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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

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  • 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 word element RENAL means...






2. 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






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






4. A unilateral paralysis that follows damage to the brain is called...






5. The abbreviation for dressing is...






6. Which codes can be modifiers be added to - indicate that a procedure has been altered in some way?






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






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






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






10. A drug that reduces anxiety is called...






11. When using an evacuated tube for collection of electrolytes use a...






12. The lateral movement of the limbs away form the median plane of the body - is calle...






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






14. Reasonable anticipated skin -eye -mucous membrane - or parenteral contact with blood - or other potentially infectious materials that may result form the performance of an employee's duties is called....






15. The medical erm for bending a body part is...






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






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






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






19. The major artery that supplies that upper arm is called the .....






20. Which is recorded as the systolic blood pressure?






21. Neoplasm refers to...






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






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






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






25. Latin for 'things decided' that is - a matter already decided by judicial authority is called...






26. The standard point of the lancet to be used when collecting blood form a newborn heel is...... length (Note: please chack current guidelines - as this changes)






27. The medical term for the adnormal shortening of a muscle is...






28. An injury that prevens a worker form performing one or more of the regular functions of his job would be known as a...






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






30. The mandible bone is located in the






31. Body language -body posture -space and distance are all examples of.....






32. Which of the following is used to take an infant's rectal temperature?






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






34. An agreement by which a patient assigns to another party the right to receive payment form a third party for the service the patient has received is called...






35. ........................ values are increased in infections and inflammatory disease.






36. The liver -stomach -mouth -and pancreas are in the .........system






37. The least reliable measurement of body temperature is....






38. The point at wich air enters the respiratory tract is called the...






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






40. The word elements ALGIA - ALGESIA refer tos...






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






42. The term for the technology that tells a computer what to do is known as the ...






43. When measuring bloo pressure...






44. The metatarsals are located in the ...






45. Aerobic bacteria prefer which of these environmental conditions to grow well?






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






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






48. The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is...






49. The central middle area of the abdomen is called the ....






50. The major vein that drains the pelvis is called the ...