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






2. Conversion of a dysrhythmia to a normal rhythm by applying electric shock to the chest is called....






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






4. While ordering procedures may vay -generallly a type a tepe and RH are ordered on all pregnant women.






5. A person who represents either party of an insurance claims is the...






6. Referring to computers - the term 'use friendly' refers to...






7. The most appropriate site for performing a capillary puncture is a healthy adult is the...






8. The word element EMESIS means...






9. It is........................ to deny treatment to an HIV infected patients






10. The medical term for tube feeding is...






11. Concent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unproventable results of that treatment is called...






12. An nstrument called a centrifuge.....






13. The brain -nerves -and spinal cord are in the ........ system






14. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate is called a...






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






16. The faucet is turned off with...






17. The medical term for straightening of a body part is...






18. A skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...






19. Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 - Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness an necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as........ review






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






21. The lining of the duodenum is composed of thousands of tiny finger-like projections called....






22. When performing any CLIA waived test it is important do to which one of the following?






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






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






25. Diseases that can be communicated form one person to another are called.....






26. Inflammation of the gallbladder is called...






27. Listening to the sounds produced while tapping the patient with fingers is called...






28. The medical term for expanding or opening wider is...






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






30. A statute that enforces private right and liabilities - as differentiated form criminal law is called a ....






31. The combination of sensors or electrodes used for lead # 1 is...






32. 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...






33. Ventricular depolarizarion produces an electrical force or vector with 2 components(1) Magnitude of force - and 2-...






34. The abbreviation for temperature -pulse -and respiration is






35. When applying leads -aply V1 lead.............






36. The abbreviation for ointment is...






37. Escape of fluid into the thoracic cavity is called...






38. A fraudulent signature is called...






39. Branches of the bundle branches - which transmit the impluses to the walls of the ventricles - causing the ventricles to the contract are called...






40. High blood pressure is referred to as






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






42. The major vein that drains the upper arm is called the ...






43. The abbreviation for both ears is...






44. How many hematocrit tubes should be collected form the patient?






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






46. In a visual acuity reading of 20/60 - what does the 20 represent?






47. The metacarpals are located in the ...






48. A form of insurance paid by the employer providing cash benefitis to workers injured or disabled in the course of employment is called...

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49. The sphenoid bone is located in the






50. A person or institution that gives medical care is a...