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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. The abbreviation for electroencephalogram is...






2. ............... testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.






3. The radial pulse is located in the...






4. When the heart rhythm is abnormal it is referred to as...






5. When Preparing a blood smear -the spreader slide must be made of...






6. The branch of study of moral issues -questions - and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called...






7. When collecting blood for a hematocrit test use a ...






8. The ................ wave represents atrial depolarization...






9. As part of the office bookkeping procedures -the physician's bank statement should be reconciled with the....






10. Physicians with a narcotics license are required to register on June 30 of each year with...






11. hen using a centrifuge - make sure equal weights are...






12. In the human body - the senses include all of the following EXCEPT...






13. The majority of the bones in the arms and legs are.......... bones






14. A notice of insurance claim or proff must be filed within a designated........... or it can be denied






15. A statement given concerning some scientific -technical - or professional matter by an expert - such as a physical is called...






16. You should wash your hands for approximately....






17. Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as...






18. With vital signs - any abnormal measurement must be inmediately reported to the...






19. When listening to the brachial pulse you will use a...






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






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






22. The right ventricle pumps the used blood to the lungs by way of the ................... artery






23. Lack of physicl or mental fitness is known as...






24. A violations of a person's right not to have his or her name -photograph -or private affairs exposed od made public without consent is...






25. Oxygen is a administered to the patient by way of a ...............






26. When handling incoming mail the medical assistant should...






27. When working with pstients form a culture different than your own - one should...






28. A downward or negative wave of an electrocariogram following the P-wave is the...






29. A respiratory rate greater han 24 per minute is called...






30. Broken glassware which may be contaminated shall not be picked up directly with the hands - but by mechanical means - such as......






31. Which of the following locations is usually used for taking a pulse?






32. When the patient makes abnormal noises like snoring sounds when he/she is breathing - it is called.......






33. A rapid -irregular succession of chaotic bizarre waves;wide -irregular oscillations of the baseline is called ventricular....






34. The abbreviation for suppository is...






35. The term 'Universal Precautions' is an....






36. Which degree of burn is the most serious?






37. In drug testing the............ regulates describe how evidence is to be collected and handled.






38. The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is...






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






40. The Maximum time a tourniquet should be tied on the upper arm drawing blood is ...






41. A record of debits -credits -and balances is referred to as a patient's...






42. The divisions of the trachea which enter the lungs are called the...






43. Dilated veins that occur in the rectum are known as...






44. Failure to do something hat a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's property is...






45. Inflammation of the mucus lining of the vagina is called...






46. The most common type of medical tort liability is...






47. The sebaceous glands -skin -hair -and nails make up the............ system






48. The............. pages of the Physician's Desk Reference is where a medical assistant would be able to locate a medication by brand or genetic name.






49. The smaller of the lower leg bones is called...






50. A rubber or plastic tube used to used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening is called...