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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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certifications
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health-sciences
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 upper middle area of the abdomen is called the....
Provider
Epigastric Region
Uniform
Third
2. It is........................ to deny treatment to an HIV infected patients
lab
Hypertension
Unethical
bronchi
3. A 224-hr urine specimen should be...
Red skin
chilled/refrigerated
Fraud
Caller's divers licence #
4. The medical term for turning the palm foward - as applied to the hand is...
Civil War
Crime
Fraud
Supiration
5. An injury that prevens a worker form performing one or more of the regular functions of his job would be known as a...
Cleanse the site form the inside out and allow it to air dry.
1000 to 15000 milliliters
Sterilize
Partial disability
6. The major artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery
CMS-1500
Renal
Fourth
Will
7. When PVC's fall o the T wave - occurs in pairs -runs of 3 or more -or are multiform in nature -these conditions are called....
Co-payment
Life threatening
stethoscope
Accident
8. Wgen a drop of blood is placed on a slide -place a second slide............ the first slide.
Sim's position
bronchi
Brachial
On top
9. Arterioles are smallest type of...
urinary
arteries
Long
Medical grievance
10. What type of blood sample will be needed to perform a hemoglobin test?
1-the cuff should be applied to the bare upper arm.2-room should be quiet so that blood pressure can be heard.3-sphygmomanometer needs to clearly visible.
EDTA added
Epistaxis
Hepatitis B
11. Testimony of a withness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is....
Flexion
above
Third
Deposition
12. The word element CENTESIS means...
Hardware
puncture
Intervals
Adduction
13. When collecting blood for cholesterol tests use a ..... top evacuated tube
Medicare
CPT
Red
d/c
14. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.
Tachypnea
Third
Leg
Diuretic
15. The gauge of needle most commonly used for venipuncture is..... Gauge.
Ethics
An alcohol prep
22
Lavander-top evacuated tube
16. Carcinogenic means.......... causing
Gingivitis
Provider
Cancer
Vasodilator
17. The liver -stomach -mouth -and pancreas are in the .........system
dsg
The medical hand wash
2.4 mm
digestive
18. 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.
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
Pink
Dread disease rider
Third
19. In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for...
Health maintenance organization
Security thermomether
Cancer
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
20. When the depth of breathing changes and the rate of the rise and fall of the chest is not steady - it is called....
Colon
catheter
Tunning fork
Irregular Respiration
21. The process of inhaling and exhaling is called...
Res gestae
Respiration
On top
Mouth or the ostium uteri
22. Making a duplicate file to protect computer information form being lost is called making a....
Jugular
Backup
ECG
hr or h
23. A medical Assistant would measure the patient's temperature -pulse - and respiration when the physician asks him or her to...
Take vital signs
How easy the system is to operate
Hemorrhoids
Deposit slip
24. The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers.This is called...
Reasonable care
Red
Oxygen
Outdate or expiration date
25. The Tri-Care fiscal year is form...
Gland
AU
October 1 to September 30
a septal defect
26. The venipuncture site should be cleansed with...
An alcohol prep
Never
Skin preparation
Sensitivity
27. The abbreviation for intramuscular is...
Ectopic
Adjuster
Head
IM
28. The medical abbreviation for by mouth is...
po
Hardware
Opposite each other
Sterilize
29. A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels is called a...
Vasodilator
Distance between patient and test chart
1-Rhythm of pulse beats.2-Rate(number of pulse beats per minute) 3-force of the beat.
Contract
30. In insurance coding using an 'E'' code designates...
Capillary
Indenmities
Classification of environmental events -such as poisoning
Medicare
31. Pactices to achieve asepsis are known as
Negligence
pap smear
Arm
Clean technique
32. Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is...
Flexion
tinc
Consent
Separates the cellular and liquid portion of the blood
33. When you wash your hands you should stand.....
So your clothes do not touch the sink.
Below
Indenmities
base of the fire.
34. The medical name for the nose bleed is called...
Abandonment
Brachial
Long
Epistaxis
35. 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...
Usual - customary and reasonable
0.12
Red skin
Proximate cause
36. When the patient kneels - and places his/her head and chest on the table with buttocks elevated - it is called the..... position.
Red
Knee-chest
gavae
pap smear
37. The word element ADENO means
carbohydrate
Irregular Respiration
Gland
Sensitivity
38. When collecting blood for a hematocrit test use a ...
Lavander-top evacuated tube
decongestant
Below
Human chrionic gonadotropin
39. The tube to collect whole blood with an additive in it has a ....... stopper
Felony
Lithiotomy.
Lavender
Trachea
40. An inactive substance substitutes in place of the actual drug to satisfy the patient is called...
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Left arm -right arm
Placebo
Positively identifying the patient
41. ............................ are defined as what are right and wrong.
Red
Lavander-top evacuated tube
Placing the medication between the gum and the check
Ethics
42. Latin for 'things done; deeds'; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called...
bedsore
CPT
Res gestae
abduction
43. Nitroglycerine is used for...
Pancreatitis
treatment of angina pectoris
pneumothorax
Non-verbal communication
44. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called...
Red blood cells
Negligence
Drug Enforcement Agency
Breach of duty
45. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is...
Timed
Assault
Outdate or expiration date
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
46. The zygomatic bone is located in the...
infective or infectious
Abandonment
Head
Delete
47. When taking the pulse - you must be able to report accurately the...
Preexisting condition
Below
Contaminated Sharps
1-Rhythm of pulse beats.2-Rate(number of pulse beats per minute) 3-force of the beat.
48. Which of the following is not a criteria for skin preparation for lead placement?
Make sure the skin is damp when applying the electrode
arteries
hs
substances that have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
49. The physician has ordered 0.2 Gm of a medication. The amount on hand is 400 mg tabs. how many tablets will be given to the patient?
Dorsal recumbent
Hepatitis B
0.5 cc
an EPA
50. Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as....
Specimen collection
Orange-red
Hepatitis B
Indemnities