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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.
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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. In the application of electrodes -secure the electrode by rubbing your finger around the .......... area
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Adhesive
sol
Medical etiquette
2. Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is...
Great toe
Defamation
Breach of confidentiality
Non-verbal communication
3. An otoscope is used for examination of the....
Absolute regular
Ears
Ethics
Coordination of benefits
4. ........................ values are increased in infections and inflammatory disease.
Celiac
Colitis
Incompetence
Erythrocyte sedimentation rates
5. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called...
Breach of duty
Brachial
Color Coded
Sinus arrest
6. The medical term for circular movement around a central point is...
Stertorous Respiration
Sterilization
Rotation
Red Blood Cells
7. With vital signs - any abnormal measurement must be inmediately reported to the...
Red
The medical hand wash
Doctor
Ten
8. The medical term for paralysis on one side of the body is...
puncture
Hemiplegia
Cardiovascular
Red blood cells
9. Erythema refers to...
Capillary
Red skin
Negative
Antacid
10. A skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...
Extended care facility
How easy the system is to operate
Human chrionic gonadotropin
Ethics
11. The abbreviation for Papanicolaou smear iss...
Common iliac
Lavage
pap smear
A stethoscope and shygmomanometer
12. An organization that offers health insurance at a fixed monthly premium with little or no deductible and works through a primary care is called a ...
Grace period
Defendant
Indenmities
Health maintenance organization
13. When anticoagulated blood is centrifuged....... goes to the tope of the tube.
Epistaxis
1 MINUTE
AU
Plasma
14. Which test measures both suga and acetone in the urine?
Tort
cut
Gunshot wound
Keto-diastix
15. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...
Q wave
Sensitivity
Sinus arrest
1000 to 15000 milliliters
16. Making a duplicate file to protect computer information form being lost is called making a....
Backup
Contract
bronchi
substances that have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
17. A form to itemize deposits made to savings or checking accounts is called...
Air dry
UA
Deposit slip
Law
18. A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is...
EDTA added
Hypogastric region
Contaminated Sharps
Will
19. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...
Sterilization
1 MINUTE
Quadriplegia
Leg
20. The major vein that drains the kidneys is called the...
Veins pulsate
lancet
Bland diet
Hepatic
21. The name for the collar bone is...
elix
Clavicle
Cell
abduction
22. The medical term for turning the palm foward - as applied to the hand is...
Osteology
Supiration
vein
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
23. A downward or negative wave of an electrocariogram following the P-wave is the...
Peer review
mydriatic
Q wave
Seven
24. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate is called a...
Left arm -right arm
mydriatic
Stool sample
Built to provide support & structure
25. Body temperature measured under the arm of a patient is called the..... temperature
Auxilliary
Erythrocyte sedimentation rates
Hemorrhoids
Catastrophic
26. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ...
Inpatient
Contract
Pro-coagulation
hs
27. What licence must a physician have to dispense -precribe or administer controlled substances?
Wrist
Contract
Diastolic pressure
Narcotic
28. The abbreviation for suppository is...
Dread disease rider
Ethics
So your clothes do not touch the sink.
supp
29. As part of the office bookkeping procedures -the physician's bank statement should be reconciled with the....
1-clean-voided speimen 2- mid-stream Specimen
pap smear
emul
Checkbook
30. A liquid preparation which mixes fine droplets of an oil in water -such as castor oil - is called an...
Human chrionic gonadotropin
chilled/refrigerated
Hypertension
emulsion
31. Inflammation of the nasal mucosa results in...
Skin puncture
Ketone bodies (ketones)
Rhinitis
Draw a line through the error -insert the correct information -date and initial it.
32. A drug that reduces anxiety is called...
villi
Ears
tranquilizer
Benefits
33. FICA provides benefits for...
cut
Uniform
Social Security
Software
34. The science of the function of cells -tissues - and organs of the body is called...
Physiology
Contagious
Ledger
emul
35. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system
Erythrocyte sedimentation rates
Muscular
condition of
Bland diet
36. A health program for People agen65 and older under social security is called...
Medicare
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Direction or shape
1-Gently insert the needle a little deeper.2-Gently pull the needle or just a little.3-Remove the needle and tourniquet and prepare another site.
37. When writting a bussiness letter -the salutation of a letter should be followed by wich punctuation mark?
Gland
Colon
Ectopic
Lavage
38. The major artery that supplies the abdomen is called the.............. artery
Placebo
Statute of limitations
Celiac
Ten
39. A letter should be folded in................. using a #10 envelope?
Head
Ectopic
Breach of confidentiality
Thirds face up
40. The most appropriate site for performing a capillary puncture is a healthy adult is the...
Attach the envelope to the correspondence
Carotid
Great toe
Medical etiquette
41. The upper middle area of the abdomen is called the....
umbilical region
Absolute regular
Epigastric Region
Pleurisy
42. Information given by a patient to a medical personnel which cannot be disclosed witout consent of the person who gave it is...
Privileged communication
Great toe
Pleural effusion
Clavicle
43. Contact with blood - or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply through percutaneous inoculation - or contact with an open wound - non-intact skin - or mocous membrane during the performance of normal duties' This definition(found in t
Human Exposure
urinary
Knee-chest
Hypogastric region
44. A drug that decreases congestion is calleg a...
Subscriber
nose
decongestant
Tachypnea
45. The abbreviation for fluid is...
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Physician
fl or fld
Contract
46. The final decision of a court in an action or suit is...
Preexisting condition
Carotid
Judgment
Dread disease rider
47. A record of debits -credits -and balances is referred to as a patient's...
Breach of confidentiality
Ledger
Pronation
Deposition
48. A condition of the nasal septum turning away form the midline is called a...
Deviated septum
Judgment
sourse individual
Defendant
49. 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...
Breach of confidentiality
Myocardial infarction
chilled/refrigerated
Negligence
50. The area between waves is referred to as...
Long
Medical etiquette
Larynx
Intervals