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






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






3. Prior to answering an incoming call the medical assistant should...






4. A small adhesive patch or disc used for administration of drugs is called...






5. The point at wich air enters the respiratory tract is called the...






6. That which in natural and continous sequence -unbroken by any new independent cause - produces an event - and without wich the injury would not have occurred is called...






7. A business letter written in a full block style will have all lines...






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






9. The medical term for an involuntary movement is...






10. A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a...






11. When you pull the second slide apart form the first slide -let them...






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






13. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system






14. All spills of blood-contaminated fluids should be promtly cleaned up using.............. approved germicide - or a 1:10 solution of household bleach.






15. Branches of the bundle branches - which transmit the impluses to the walls of the ventricles - causing the ventricles to the contract are called...






16. The ability to see form another person's point of view is...






17. The color coding for a stopper of a tube with no addictives is(for collection of serum)......






18. The ................ wave represents atrial depolarization...






19. The term 'Universal Precautions' is an....






20. The word elements ALGIA - ALGESIA refer tos...






21. The medical erm for bending a body part is...






22. Which of these generally results form an act of carelessness - without an intent to harm?






23. The word element RENAL means...






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






25. The central middle area of the abdomen is called the ....






26. As part of the office bookkeping procedures -the physician's bank statement should be reconciled with the....






27. A type of insurance whereby the insured pays a specific amount per unit if service and the isurer pays the rest of the cost is called...






28. The electrode site should be...






29. A person who represents either party of an insurance claims is the...






30. Viruses can reproduce only in...






31. A letter should be folded in................. using a #10 envelope?






32. A date on a bottle of medication that provides a ''use until'' date is the...






33. The presumtion or inference of negligence when an accident is otherise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called...






34. The ulna is located in the ....






35. The abbreviation for intramuscular is...






36. Every medical facility is required by OSHA to have an ............... - which hall be made available to the Assistant Secretary and the Director OSHA upon request for examination and copying.






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






38. 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...






39. A drug that produces sleed is called a...






40. A drug that controls appetite is called an...






41. The sphenoid bone is located in the






42. The statement 'A physician shall respect the law' is a part of the...






43. The gauge of needle most commonly used for venipuncture is..... Gauge.






44. Lating for 'he who acts through another acts for himself' is called...






45. Performing routine maintenance on laboratory equipment is critical. The maintenance plan should inclde...






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






47. Referring to computers - the term 'use friendly' refers to...






48. A drug that decreases congestion is calleg a...






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






50. An amount the insures must pay before policy benefits begin is called...