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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. A rule of conduct made by a govenment body is...






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






3. ............................ are defined as what are right and wrong.






4. The abbreviation for ointment is...






5. Viruses can reproduce only in...






6. A lancet is a small -sterile -needle like piece of metal used to make...






7. An international perversion of thuth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance uopm it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called...






8. The venipuncture site should be cleansed with...






9. The physician has ordered 50 mg of Demerol be given to a patient. The amount of hand is 100mg/ml. How many cc's of demerol will be injected?






10. The word element CENTESIS means...






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






12. Neoplasm refers to...






13. The abbreviation for laboratory is...






14. When a patient is positioned on the abdomen -arms under the head -with the head turned to one side the patient is in the ......... position






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






16. The most common type of medical tort liability is...






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






18. A drug that increases urinary output is called a...






19. The abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome is...






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






21. Before placing a telefone caller on a hold it is appropriate to...






22. When you wash your hands you should stand.....






23. The area between waves is referred to as...






24. The electrode site should be...






25. The major vein that drains the head and brain is called the...






26. When collecting blood for cholesterol tests use a ..... top evacuated tube






27. The medical term for paralysis on one side of the body is...






28. A coronary occlusion causing a condition that produces chest pain which may radiate to the left arm - shoulder -jaw or neck due to lack of blood supply to the hearth is called...






29. Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in...






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






31. The combination of sensors or electrodes used for lead # 1 is...






32. When you use an autoclave - fill the water reservoir with...






33. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?






34. The word element PHLEBO means...






35. Oxygen is a administered to the patient by way of a ...............






36. When the depth of breathing changes and the rate of the rise and fall of the chest is not steady - it is called....






37. The buccal method of administering a drug is done by ...






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






39. Testimony of a withness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is....






40. When using an evacuated tube for collection of electrolytes use a...






41. A request for payment under an insurance contractor bond is called a...






42. Which one of the following evacuated tubes would be drams first?






43. The tube used to collect a blood sample for a Complete Blood Count (cbc) is.....






44. A person who is no longer under the care -custody -or supervision of a parent is called...






45. A rider added to a policy to provide additional benefits for certain conditions is called...






46. Parcel post or......... class mail is used for bound printed matter -film - & sound recordings.






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






48. Erythema refers to...






49. The medical term for paralysis form the neck down is...






50. 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...