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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. An ECG tracing measures the amount of voltage and the .................it takes for the voltage to travel throughout the heart.






2. The .............. form is used by non-institutuinal providers and suppliers to bill Medicare - Part B covered services.






3. A drug that causes urination is called a...






4. The medical term for bending backward is...






5. 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






6. The study of bones is called...






7. The abbreviation for syrup is...






8. A drug used to relieve a cough is called an...






9. A civilian health and medical program of the uniform services is called






10. Never clean a glass thermometer with...






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






12. The process of changing words into numbers so that computers can be in processing insurance claims is called...






13. Which degree of burn is the most serious?






14. To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to...






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






16. Located between the pharynx and trachea - and containing the vocal cords is the...






17. A sum of money provided in an insurance policy -payable for covered services is called...






18. The abbreviation for solution is...






19. The glucose tolerance test is a ...........-test






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






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






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






23. It is recommended that protective masks and eye wear -or face shields -be worn by laboratory technicians - or housekeeping personnel........






24. One of the arteries that supplies the hand and forearm is called the ....






25. A drug that neutralizes acidity is called an...






26. The abbreviation for both ears is...






27. An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patien's complaints about medical care or excessive is called a............. commitee






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






29. How many hematocrit tubes should be collected form the patient?






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






31. An extrauterine pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum begins to develop outside the uterus is called...






32. The ulna is located in the ....






33. To correct a hanwritten error in a patient's chart - it is only acceptable to...






34. A system whereby large quantities of data can be accessed -searched -sorted -and arranged very rapidly by computer is called a............... system






35. 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






36. The smaller of the lower leg bones is called...






37. The metatarsals are located in the ...






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






39. The right ventricle pumps the used blood to the lungs by way of the ................... artery






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






41. An nstrument called a centrifuge.....






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






43. The reference procedural code book that uses a numbering system developed by the AMA is called a....






44. The most appropriate site for performing a capillary puncture is a healthy adult is the...






45. The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is...






46. Insurance that is meant to offset medical expenses resulting form a catastrophic illness is called...






47. The radius is located in the ...






48. Which codes can be modifiers be added to - indicate that a procedure has been altered in some way?






49. When collecting blood for a hematocrit test use a ...






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