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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 major artery that supplies the abdomen is called the.............. artery






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






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






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






5. Viruses can reproduce only in...






6. If the septum of the hearth has an abnomal opening it is referred to as...






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






8. The abbreviation for right ear is






9. Business on hanwritten mail that weighs less than 11 ounces is known as............ class mail.






10. The Tri-Care fiscal year is form...






11. The healthy adult excretes daily approximately.................. of urine.






12. A coronary occlusion causing a condition that produces chest pain which may radiate to the left arm - shoulder -jaw or neck due to lack of blood supply to the hearth is called...






13. When a vector travels away form the positive electrode - a ........... deflectio results...






14. A CLIA waived pregnancy test is based on the detenction of which one of the following?






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






16. Inflammation of the appendix is called...






17. When performing a venipuncture -the tourniquet should be wrapped around the arm about three to four inches form where you are going to ..... for a vein.






18. The word element CRANIO means...






19. FICA provides benefits for...






20. The femur is located in the...






21. The abbreviation for Papanicolaou smear iss...






22. The word element ADENO means






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






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






25. Schedule 1 drugs include...






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






27. Contact with blood - or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply through percutaneous inoculation - or contact with an open wound - non-intact skin - or mocous membrane during the performance of normal duties' This definition(found in t






28. The humerus is located in the....






29. The computer's directional arrow keys...






30. A letter should be folded in................. using a #10 envelope?






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






32. When handling a patient complaint which one of the following would be most appropiate?






33. The abbreviation for urinalysis is...






34. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?






35. A 224-hr urine specimen should be...






36. When writting a bussiness letter -the salutation of a letter should be followed by wich punctuation mark?






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






38. Lating for 'he who acts through another acts for himself' is called...






39. Conduct -courtesy -and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as...






40. Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is...






41. Any indibidual -living or dead -whose blood -or other potentially infectious materials nay be a sourse of occupational exposure to the employee is called a ...






42. At the location where you are going to feel for a vein -wrap the tourniquet around the arm approximately........ above the area.






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






44. How quickly will an electronic thermometer measure body temperature?






45. A health program for People agen65 and older under social security is called...






46. Making a duplicate file to protect computer information form being lost is called making a....






47. When you wash your hands you should stand.....






48. When preparing for lead placement you should first care for...






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






50. The area between waves is referred to as...