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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. The process of inhaling and exhaling is called...






2. With vital signs - any abnormal measurement must be inmediately reported to the...






3. When performing a venipuncture - if you have the patient...... the veins will become more prominent.






4. Which of the following is not a criteria for skin preparation for lead placement?






5. Physicians with a narcotics license are required to register on June 30 of each year with...






6. Digestion begins in the mouth - where food is chewed and mixed with a substance called...






7. The medical term for turning the palm backward is...






8. When Preparing a blood smear -the spreader slide must be made of...






9. To prevent the insured form receiving a duplicate payment for losses under more than one insurance policy is called...






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






11. Located between the pharynx and trachea - and containing the vocal cords is the...






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






13. Infected Pressure sores on the skin are called...






14. A condition of the nasal septum turning away form the midline is called a...






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






16. The abbreviation for solution is...






17. A specific eye -mouth -other mucous membrane -non-intact skin - or parenteral contact with blood - or other potentially infectious meterials that results form the performance of an employees duties is called...






18. The abbreviation for drops is...






19. The medical term for turning the palm foward - as applied to the hand is...






20. The divisions of the trachea which enter the lungs are called the...






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






22. You should wash your hands for approximately....






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






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






25. The abbreviation for syrup is...






26. All workers whose jobs involve participation in tasks - or activities with exposure to blood -or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply -should be vaccinated with................... vaccine.






27. Low income patients can be covered by what type of insurance?






28. The word element ADENO means






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






30. The breaking of a law -promise -or duty is called...






31. A drug used to control temperature is called an...






32. When cleansing the venipuncture site - it is good practice to...






33. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is...






34. Which degree of burn is the most serious?






35. The word element EMESIS means...






36. When the hearth is contracting - the pressure is highest. This pressure is called the....






37. Some clinical signs for head injury could be...






38. The medical name for the nose bleed is called...






39. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) where QRS have the same configuration each time they appear is called...






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






41. The abbreviation for laboratory is...






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






43. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....






44. which one of the following might involve a decision based upon biothics?






45. The abbreviation for discontinue is...






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






47. The opposite of deep is...






48. When a patient has health insurance - the percentage of covered services that is the responsibility of the patient to pay is known as...






49. A violations of a person's right not to have his or her name -photograph -or private affairs exposed od made public without consent is...






50. Use your index finger when you......... for a vein