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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 zygomatic bone is located in the...






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






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






4. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate is called a...






5. The word element CRANIO means...






6. The abbreviation for chief complaint is...






7. Foods that are mild in flavor and easy to digest (non-spicy) comprise a ....






8. The use of ultrasound to produce a picture of the structure of the heart is called...






9. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.






10. A doctor who agress to accept an insurance companies fee as the maximum amount to be collecte is called...






11. A tube inserted into one of the patient's nostrils and down the back of the throat - through the esophagus - until the end reaches the patien's stomach is a...






12. The most important step in the performance of a venipuncture is...






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






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






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






16. ................is the study of words and their relaionship to other words in a sentence.






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






18. The major artey that supplies the bladder -rectum -and some reproductive organs is called the...






19. The mandible bone is located in the






20. The metacarpals are located in the ...






21. When using a fire extinguisher the hose should be directly to the...






22. Holding or detaining a person against his will is...






23. Neoplasm refers to...






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






25. The autoclave sterilizes or completely destroys microorganism by combining...






26. The ulna is located in the ....






27. Inflammation of the nasal mucosa results in...






28. Bones are...






29. Dilated veins that occur in the rectum are known as...






30. While ordering procedures may vay -generallly a type a tepe and RH are ordered on all pregnant women.






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






32. Which degree of burn is the most serious?






33. The ability to see form another person's point of view is...






34. The abbreviation for drops is...






35. The computer key DEL command means...






36. The abbreviation for tablet is...






37. Chronic inflammation of the colon is called...






38. The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is...






39. The major artery that supplies the thorax is called the........ artery






40. The abbreviation for Papanicolaou smear iss...






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






42. Making sure a tube is correctly labeled with the patient's complete name and identification number is part of the facilities...... plan.






43. Washing out the stomach through a nasogastric tube is called...






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






45. 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....






46. 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 ...






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






48. An amount the insures must pay before policy benefits begin is called...






49. Rubber sleeves for a glucose tolerance test...... hours before or during the test - the patient should not eat -smoke -drink coffee or alcohol.






50. Biohazard labels must be colored...