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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. Concerning ECG's for irregular rhythms - any method or rate calculation that depends on intervals between complex is.............






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






3. The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is...






4. An inactive substance substitutes in place of the actual drug to satisfy the patient is called...






5. 'HIV' means...






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






7. Escape of fluid into the thoracic cavity is called...






8. The medical term for moving a body part away form the body is...






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






10. In the human body - the senses include all of the following EXCEPT...






11. Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 - Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness an necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as........ review






12. The abbreviation for syrup is...






13. A payment for hospital charges incurred by an insured person because of injury or illness is called...






14. Which one of the following items is not needed when taking a routine phone message?

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






16. The abbreviation for discontinue is...






17. When applying leads -aply V1 lead.............






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






19. The abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep is...






20. The International Classification of Disease -9th revision - Clinical Modification(ICD-9-CM) is used to code...






21. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...






22. In the evacuated blood collection system the ecuated glass tubes come in different sizes - and the stroppers are..... to denote the type of additive or lack of one.






23. A stethoscope is used to listen to body sounds by...






24. The science of the function of cells -tissues - and organs of the body is called...






25. One who belongs to a group insurance plan is called...






26. One of the vital functions of long bones is the formation of...






27. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system






28. A drug that produces sleed is called a...






29. The abbreviation for dressing is...






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






31. ............... testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.






32. The abbreviation for grain is...






33. 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....






34. Erythema refers to...






35. When the patient makes abnormal noises like snoring sounds when he/she is breathing - it is called.......






36. The blood Pressure should not be taken on an arm if...






37. The abbreviation for above or high is






38. The process by which an object or area becomes unclean is ....






39. A ............... requires the patient to be fasting and then blood is taken every hour for a predetermined time..






40. The humerus is located in the....






41. With measuring blood pressure -the bottom number is called...






42. To measure a blood pressure -the medical assistant will need..






43. The ..............switch controls the gain or amplitude on th EKG.






44. The number on the Employees withholding exemption certificate is...






45. The word element ADENO means






46. An apical pulse is the method of choice for...






47. The bladder -urethra -kidneys - and erethers are in the ................system






48. 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 ...






49. Biohazard labels must be colored...






50. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ...