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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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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 skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...
Placing the medication between the gum and the check
Extended care facility
bedsore
Admissions
2. The abbreviation for electroencephalogram is...
ECG
mydriatic
Trachea
Keto-diastix
3. Which codes can be modifiers be added to - indicate that a procedure has been altered in some way?
Draw a line through the error -insert the correct information -date and initial it.
CPT
Medicaid
Nasal cavity
4. The clean-catch urine specmen is also called.....
AD
Comprehensive
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
1-clean-voided speimen 2- mid-stream Specimen
5. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) where QRS have the same configuration each time they appear is called...
cut
inj
Dread disease rider
Uniform
6. The zygomatic bone is located in the...
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
Sterilization
Smaller
Head
7. When the right atrium contracts it forces blood through the tricuspid valve into the...... ventricle
ECG
Hemorrhoids
Right
Intercostal
8. The term 'Universal Precautions' is an....
nose
Abandonment
Overall approach to infection control
Pertussis
9. Which of the following locations is usually used for taking a pulse?
Apical-radial pulse
Knee
Veins pulsate
Coding
10. The medical term for the basic unit of body structute is...
Cell
Coding
Breach of contract
tranquilizer
11. A rider added to a policy to provide additional benefits for certain conditions is called...
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.
Hypo
Dread disease rider
Knee
12. When Preparing a blood smear -the spreader slide must be made of...
Sterilization
Narcotic
Ledger
Glass
13. Failure to achieve an agreed upon result -even when the highest degree of skill has been used - is called...
Breach of contract
Preexisting condition
1000 to 15000 milliliters
ALCOHOL
14. To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or intention or resumption at a later date -or to ask for a continuance is called a ...
Defribillation
Accident
Suspension
Physiology
15. A health program for People agen65 and older under social security is called...
Percussion
Medicare
gram stain
Foot
16. While the duration of the ST segment is not generally of clinical significance - it is an exceedingly important portion of the ECG because of...
Irregular Respiration
Shifts up or down form baseline
Gingivitis
Composition
17. A drug used to relieve a cough is called an...
Cancer
Felony
antitussive
above
18. In the application of electrodes -secure the electrode by rubbing your finger around the .......... area
1000 to 15000 milliliters
0.12
Adhesive
Vomiting
19. Awrong committed against another person or the person's property is a...
Physiology
1-Rhythm of pulse beats.2-Rate(number of pulse beats per minute) 3-force of the beat.
Admissions
Tort
20. The medical term for paralysis form the waist down is...
Time limit
Paraplegia
Fourth
Angina pectoris
21. The .............. form is used by non-institutuinal providers and suppliers to bill Medicare - Part B covered services.
Lithiotomy.
Breach of duty
CMS-1500
Capillary
22. A respiratory rate greater han 24 per minute is called...
Tachypnea
Third
inflammation
puncture
23. Listening to the sounds produced while tapping the patient with fingers is called...
Plasma
Breach of confidentiality
Percussion
Colitis
24. When caring for patients with physical disabilities all of the following must be taken into consideration except...
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
Deviated septum
bronchi
Oxygen
25. The patella is located in the...
Catastrophic
Knee
Orange-red
Reflex
26. The medical name for the nose bleed is called...
Database management
Superficial
oint -ung
Epistaxis
27. The abbreviation for grain is...
hyper
W-4
gr
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
28. Bones of the wrist and ankle are called ..............bones.
Vaginitis
Tissue
Transdermal System
Short
29. The major vein that drains the pelvis is called the ...
Common iliac
Menarche
Oxygen
Appendicitis
30. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?
PT and PTT
lab
A brush and dust pan
Assignment of benefits
31. Branches of the bundle branches - which transmit the impluses to the walls of the ventricles - causing the ventricles to the contract are called...
punkinje fibers
Checkbook
Fourth
Security thermomether
32. When cleansing the venipuncture site - it is good practice to...
carbohydrate
Cleanse the site form the inside out and allow it to air dry.
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Ethics
33. The lower middle area of the abdomen is called the ...
Ketone bodies (ketones)
Vaginitis
Defamation
Hypogastric region
34. The liver -stomach -mouth -and pancreas are in the .........system
urinary
Leg
digestive
emulsion
35. The central middle area of the abdomen is called the ....
Dark and warm
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive
Forgery
umbilical region
36. One who Institutes a lawsuit is ...
carbohydrate
Consent
Plaintiff
Backup
37. Painful voiding is called...
Blood
Three to four inches
Dysuris
Third
38. Before placing a telefone caller on a hold it is appropriate to...
Stertorous Respiration
Make a fist
Palpate
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.
39. ............... testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.
CA
Common iliac
Remove the needle and tourniquet and lower patient's head and arms
Serologic
40. When you pull the second slide apart form the first slide -let them...
Invasion of privacy
Air dry
Red
Arm
41. The sebaceous glands -skin -hair -and nails make up the............ system
Occupational exposure
Ethics
Nervous
catheter
42. The word element CARDIO means...
Deposit slip
exposure incident
Heart
Never
43. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium of the...
Epigastric Region
Smaller
An alcohol prep
Hearth
44. A patient receiving ambulatory care at a hospital or other health facility without being admitted as a bed patient is called an....
Diastolic pressure
Cultures
Hearth
Outpatient
45. A 224-hr urine specimen should be...
Unethical
chilled/refrigerated
Sensitivity
ALCOHOL
46. Which one of the following evacuated tubes would be drams first?
Red
Negligence
contamination
Defribillation
47. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called...
Battery
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Adduction
1-catherer 2-cannula 3-tent
48. When doing a venipuncture th syringe or tube should be ....... the venipuncture site to prevent back-flow.
Below
elix
contamination
Long
49. What is considered a normal adult pulse rate?
90-130
Backup
Indenmities
Deviated septum
50. When mixing reagents always read the label
Keto-diastix
Twice
False imprisonment
Coinsurance