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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 name for the collar bone is...






2. When handling incoming mail the medical assistant should...






3. A 224-hr urine specimen should be...






4. Awrong committed against another person or the person's property is a...






5. The abbreviation for laboratory is...






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






7. What licence must a physician have to dispense -precribe or administer controlled substances?






8. The word element CRANIO means...






9. Biohazard labels must be colored...






10. Conversion of a dysrhythmia to a normal rhythm by applying electric shock to the chest is called....






11. The abbreviation for two times a day is...






12. The major vein that drains the kidneys is called the...






13. A respiratory rate greater han 24 per minute is called...






14. Which test measures both suga and acetone in the urine?






15. The faucet is turned off with...






16. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...






17. Negligence by a professional person is called...






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

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19. An accumulation of air in the pleural cavity after the lungs collapse is known as...






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






21. How quickly will an electronic thermometer measure body temperature?






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






23. Failure to do something hat a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's property is...






24. During a venipuncture - to secure the needle during insertion into the tube stopper - you need a .......






25. The major vein that drains the liver is called the...






26. With vital signs -any abnormal measurement must be immediatly reported to the ....






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






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






29. The tube to collect whole blood with an additive in it has a ....... stopper






30. A signature on the reverse side of a check is called...






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






32. The medical term for straightening of a body part is...






33. The word element CARDIO means...






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






35. A CLIA waived pregnancy test is based on the detenction of which one of the following?






36. General infection-control procedures are designed to prevent transmission of a wide range of ................ and to provide a wide margin of safety in the varied situations encountered in the health-care environment.






37. The final decision of a court in an action or suit is...






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






39. Bones of the wrist and ankle are called ..............bones.






40. Which degree of burn is the most serious?






41. The second portion of the small intestine is called the...






42. The medical term for goups of cells with the same function is...






43. Business on hanwritten mail that weighs less than 11 ounces is known as............ class mail.






44. Information given by a patient to a medical personnel which cannot be disclosed witout consent of the person who gave it is...






45. Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as....






46. Payment made periodically to keep an insurance policy in force is called...






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






48. A statute that enforces private right and liabilities - as differentiated form criminal law is called a ....






49. The most accurate and reliable measurement of body temperature is...






50. A statement given concerning some scientific -technical - or professional matter by an expert - such as a physical is called...