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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 medical term for loss of appetite is...






2. The maxilla is located in the ...






3. A drug that decreases congestion is calleg a...






4. The electrode site should be...






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






6. A computer monitor - hard drive - and printer are known as the ...






7. A business letter written in a full block style will have all lines...






8. Which of these generally results form an act of carelessness - without an intent to harm?






9. Washing out the stomach through a nasogastric tube is called...






10. The wind pipe which conducts air between the larynx and lungs is called the...






11. In the positioning of the electrodes - if the electrodes are placed too close together - the emplitude will be ............






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






13. The abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome is...






14. The major artery that supplies the kneww is called the...






15. An obstruction of a coronary artery causing death of an area of the myocardium due to blockage of blood supply and oxygen supply is called...






16. The patient with an infection may have...






17. ................is the study of words and their relaionship to other words in a sentence.






18. The study of bones is called...






19. The medical term for the basic unit of body structute is...






20. Failure to achieve an agreed upon result -even when the highest degree of skill has been used - is called...






21. Performing routine maintenance on laboratory equipment is critical. The maintenance plan should inclde...






22. When anticoagulated blood is centrifuged....... goes to the tope of the tube.






23. To cleanse the typical venipuncture site - begin at the intende site of the draw and....






24. A payment for hospital charges incurred by an insured person because of injury or illness is called...






25. Never clean a glass thermometer with...






26. The medical term for moving a body part away form the body is...






27. The major artey that supplies the bladder -rectum -and some reproductive organs is called the...






28. The gauge of needle most commonly used for venipuncture is..... Gauge.






29. What is considered a normal adult pulse rate?






30. Low income patients can be covered by what type of insurance?






31. The word element CENTESIS means...






32. Which of the following is false?






33. The medical term for turning the palm backward is...






34. The abbreviation for right ear is






35. 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.






36. Schedule 1 drugs include...






37. Neoplasm refers to...






38. With vital signs -any abnormal measurement must be immediatly reported to the ....






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






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






41. Testimony of a withness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is....






42. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.






43. One who Institutes a lawsuit is ...






44. FICA provides benefits for...






45. What is considered a normal adult respiration per minute?






46. Body temperature measured under the arm of a patient is called the..... temperature






47. An interval after a payment is due to the insurance company in which the policy holder may make payments - and still the policy remains in effect is called...






48. The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is...






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






50. The .............. form is used by non-institutuinal providers and suppliers to bill Medicare - Part B covered services.