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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. In a visual acuity reading of 20/60 - what does the 20 represent?






2. The time established for filling law suits is...






3. The abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep is...






4. The primary anticoagulant additive EDTA removes calcium by forming insoluble or un-ionized calcium salts. It has an advantage of preventing platelet clumping and the formation of artifacts -therefore -good for the preparation of...






5. A ............... requires the patient to be fasting and then blood is taken every hour for a predetermined time..






6. In cases of blood contamination shoe coverings and gloves should be disposed of in............ biohazard plastic bags.






7. The second portion of the small intestine is called the...






8. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...






9. General infection-control procedures are designed to prevent transmission of a wide range of ................ and to provide a wide margin of safety in the varied situations encountered in the health-care environment.






10. Foods that are mild in flavor and easy to digest (non-spicy) comprise a ....






11. Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is...






12. Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as....






13. To measure a blood pressure -the medical assistant will need..






14. Schedule 1 drugs include...






15. In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for...






16. The tibia is located in the ....






17. To optain a specimen for a throat culture the ....... must be swabbed.






18. The major artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery






19. The abbreviation for injection is...






20. The word element CARDIO means...






21. Inflammation of the gums is called...






22. An organization that offers health insurance at a fixed monthly premium with little or no deductible and works through a primary care is called a ...






23. To correct a hanwritten error in a patient's chart - it is only acceptable to...






24. When you use an autoclave - fill the water reservoir with...






25. A person who is no longer under the care -custody -or supervision of a parent is called...






26. When the presure is lowest - this pressure is called...






27. An act that violates criminal law i called...






28. The science of the function of cells -tissues - and organs of the body is called...






29. The abbreviation for postprandial blood sugar is...






30. When the physician feels with fingers or hands to determine the physical characteristics oftissues or organs it is called...






31. When the right atrium contracts it forces blood through the tricuspid valve into the...... ventricle






32. The physician has ordered 50 mg of Demerol be given to a patient. The amount of hand is 100mg/ml. How many cc's of demerol will be injected?






33. Insurance plans that pay a physician's full charge if it does not exceed his normal charge or does not exceed the amount normally charged for the service is called...






34. When the depth of breathing changes and the rate of the rise and fall of the chest is not steady - it is called....






35. Insurance that is meant to offset medical expenses resulting form a catastrophic illness is called...






36. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...






37. Another term for acetone in the urine is ....






38. A medical Assistant would measure the patient's temperature -pulse - and respiration when the physician asks him or her to...






39. With measuring blood pressure -the bottom number is called...






40. The breaking of a law -promise -or duty is called...






41. To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to...






42. The ulna is located in the ....






43. Persistent increased systolic and diastolic pressures are indicative of ...






44. The withdrawl of a physician form the care of a patient witout reasonable notice of such discharge form the case by the patient is...






45. Prior to answering an incoming call the medical assistant should...






46. It is very important when performing a capillary stick to do with one of the following?






47. The buccal method of administering a drug is done by ...






48. Before placing a telefone caller on a hold it is appropriate to...






49. The medical term for a decrease in size or wasting is...






50. When doing a venipuncture th syringe or tube should be ....... the venipuncture site to prevent back-flow.