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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. A rider added to a policy to provide additional benefits for certain conditions is called...
decongestant
Dread disease rider
Inpatient
CC
2. When the physician feels with fingers or hands to determine the physical characteristics oftissues or organs it is called...
W-4
Pulmonay
Palpitation
Breach of duty
3. The abbreviation for drops is...
Hemiplegia
P
Res judicata
gtt
4. In insurance -greater coverage of diseases or an accident - and greater indemnity payments in comparison with a limited clause is called...
Grammar
Comprehensive
Attach the envelope to the correspondence
small punctures in the dermis
5. The opposite of deep is...
Superficial
inj
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Cleanse the site form the inside out and allow it to air dry.
6. The word element EMESIS means...
W-4
Vomiting
Remote
Diagnoses
7. The branch of study of moral issues -questions - and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called...
Litigation
Ketone bodies (ketones)
Placebo
popliteal
8. Inflammation of the gallbladder is called...
hemiplegia
Cholecystitis
Leg
Blood films
9. In cases of blood contamination shoe coverings and gloves should be disposed of in............ biohazard plastic bags.
Hot water
Shifts up or down form baseline
emul
Orange-red
10. The instrument used to examine the eyes is called the...
Blood
Built to provide support & structure
Ophthalmoscope
CPT
11. A rubber or plastic tube used to used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening is called...
Feel
Outdate or expiration date
catheter
Stool sample
12. The abbreviation for tablet is...
Red top tube
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive
a hernia
tab
13. A statute that enforces private right and liabilities - as differentiated form criminal law is called a ....
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Civil War
Clavicle
lab
14. Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as....
Hematocrit.
Indemnities
AMA Code of Ethics
Gland
15. A drug that reduces anxiety is called...
Gunshot wound
fl or fld
tranquilizer
A brush and dust pan
16. Vaccinations against HBV infection provide 90% protection against hepatitis B for ............ or more years following vaccination.
Seven
a hernia
after
Hepatitis B
17. Erythema refers to...
Red skin
lancet
Fee-for-service
Judgment
18. A form to itemize deposits made to savings or checking accounts is called...
Nasal cavity
Intercostal
Deposit slip
Erythrocyte sedimentation rates
19. Arterioles are smallest type of...
arteries
1-ask if you may put the caller on hold. 2- wait for the caller to confirm they can wait. 3-obtain a return phone number.
Arm
Sim's position
20. A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is...
Will
Skull
On top
Cirrhosis
21. The abbreviation for chief complaint is...
Checkbook
Cholecystitis
CC
Bland diet
22. Foods that are mild in flavor and easy to digest (non-spicy) comprise a ....
Bland diet
Pain
Empathy
1-ask if you may put the caller on hold. 2- wait for the caller to confirm they can wait. 3-obtain a return phone number.
23. The number on the Employees withholding exemption certificate is...
W-4
a hernia
Crime
Assignment of benefits
24. The Maximum time a tourniquet should be tied on the upper arm drawing blood is ...
Foot
1 MINUTE
Trachea
elix
25. The most accurate and reliable measurement of body temperature is...
Foot
Rectal
Res ipsa loquitur
1-the patient has had brest surgery on that side. 2-On an arm with an IV infusion.3- on an arm with a cast.
26. To prevent the insured form receiving a duplicate payment for losses under more than one insurance policy is called...
Coordination of benefits
Pancreatitis
Hemiplegia
Premium
27. The abbreviation for two times a day is...
Head
Bland diet
Bid
an EPA
28. A health care worker who unconsciously transports harmful bacteria but is not ill called a...
Distance between patient and test chart
Incompetence
Carrier
Wipe away
29. The ability to see form another person's point of view is...
Right
CPT
Ethics
Empathy
30. Business on hanwritten mail that weighs less than 11 ounces is known as............ class mail.
Rotation
So your clothes do not touch the sink.
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
First
31. Bones are...
New growth
Heart
Built to provide support & structure
Skin preparation
32. The abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep is...
Hypertension
hs
Participating physician
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
33. Listening to the sounds produced while tapping the patient with fingers is called...
Percussion
a hernia
Consent
EDTA added
34. E/M codes are located in the ................ manual
CPT
14 to 20
PT and PTT
Breach of duty
35. The color coding for a stopper of a tube with no addictives is(for collection of serum)......
Hematocrit.
Comprehensive
Statute of limitations
Red
36. An agent of an insurance company who solits or initiates contracts for insurance coverage and and services - and is the policyholder for the insurer is called...
Saliva
Orange-red
Bid
Insurance agent
37. Body language -body posture -space and distance are all examples of.....
Rhinitis
Wipe away
Premium
Non-verbal communication
38. Carcinogenic means.......... causing
Explanation of benefits
Cancer
dsg
umbilical region
39. When the internal invironment of the body is functioning properly - a condition of............ exists.
Head
Homeostasis
Clean technique
Respiration
40. The central middle area of the abdomen is called the ....
Blood
Diuretic
Transdermal System
umbilical region
41. ............... testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.
Serologic
Puncture-resistant
New growth
Hand
42. Oxygen is a administered to the patient by way of a ...............
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
hs
Narcotic
1-catherer 2-cannula 3-tent
43. What kind of environment do microorganisms grow best in?
Dark and warm
Timed
Intervals
lancet
44. Inflammation of the nasal mucosa results in...
Catastrophic
Rhinitis
Physician
Saliva
45. To correct a hanwritten error in a patient's chart - it is only acceptable to...
Clean technique
Draw a line through the error -insert the correct information -date and initial it.
sourse individual
Body temperature
46. The primary anticoagulant additive EDTA removes calcium by forming insoluble or un-ionized calcium salts. It has an advantage of preventing platelet clumping and the formation of artifacts -therefore -good for the preparation of...
Blood films
Hepatitis B
Rectal
Subscriber
47. Which one of the following items is not needed when taking a routine phone message?
48. Which of these generally results form an act of carelessness - without an intent to harm?
Breach of confidentiality
Coordination of benefits
Hospital Benefits
ALCOHOL
49. Awrong committed against another person or the person's property is a...
Tort
CPT
History and physical examination
IM
50. The word element CENTESIS means...
puncture
1-regularly scheduled check-ups 2-daily examination of equipment for frayed cords or broken parts.3- routine cleaning of the outside of the equipment with a damp cloth.
Forgery
hr or h