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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. The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is...
At the left hand margin
Respondeat superior
Menarche
Echocardiography
2. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...
mydriatic
PT and PTT
Sterilization
Indemnities
3. Inflammation of the gums is called...
Cardiovascular
Dilate
Gingivitis
Direction or shape
4. When measuring bloo pressure...
Clean technique
1-the cuff should be applied to the bare upper arm.2-room should be quiet so that blood pressure can be heard.3-sphygmomanometer needs to clearly visible.
Leg
Orange-red
5. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called...
The fourth intercostal spce right sternal border
Assignment of benefits
Benefits
Battery
6. A medical Assistant would measure the patient's temperature -pulse - and respiration when the physician asks him or her to...
Take vital signs
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Absolute regular
Dorsiflexion
7. A statement given concerning some scientific -technical - or professional matter by an expert - such as a physical is called...
Expert testimony
Color Coded
Tunning fork
tranquilizer
8. When the patient kneels - and places his/her head and chest on the table with buttocks elevated - it is called the..... position.
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
Knee-chest
1-Rhythm of pulse beats.2-Rate(number of pulse beats per minute) 3-force of the beat.
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.
9. To measure a blood pressure -the medical assistant will need..
Carotid
A stethoscope and shygmomanometer
Assignment of benefits
Human chrionic gonadotropin
10. To prevent the insured form receiving a duplicate payment for losses under more than one insurance policy is called...
Res gestae
Specimen collection
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive
Coordination of benefits
11. The abbreviation for dressing is...
Human chrionic gonadotropin
Dilate
dsg
Pleural effusion
12. A rider added to a policy to provide additional benefits for certain conditions is called...
Human Exposure
Provider
A stethoscope and shygmomanometer
Dread disease rider
13. The abbreviation for fluid is...
fl or fld
1-regularly scheduled check-ups 2-daily examination of equipment for frayed cords or broken parts.3- routine cleaning of the outside of the equipment with a damp cloth.
Dorsiflexion
Hepatic
14. The medical term for expanding or opening wider is...
small
Dilate
Narcotic
Wrist
15. The computer's directional arrow keys...
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive
Move the cursor -right -left -up or down
CA
Sterilize
16. Reasonable anticipated skin -eye -mucous membrane - or parenteral contact with blood - or other potentially infectious materials that may result form the performance of an employee's duties is called....
Stool sample
2 to 60 seconds
Litigation
Occupational exposure
17. The abbreviation for intramuscular is...
liters per minute
Red skin
IM
Nervous
18. To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to...
Cleanse the site form the inside out and allow it to air dry.
Time limit
Sterilize
Leg
19. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...
Short
exposure control plan
Sinus arrest
Blood films
20. To optain a specimen for a throat culture the ....... must be swabbed.
Battery
Muscular
fl or fld
Nasopharynx and tonsillar area
21. When collecting blood for cholesterol tests use a ..... top evacuated tube
Celiac
Red
Plaintiff
Breach
22. How quickly will an electronic thermometer measure body temperature?
2 to 60 seconds
Colon
Res gestae
Spirometry.
23. A drug that causes urination is called a...
Quadriplegia
Abduction
Current procedural terminology
Diuretic
24. The medical term for circular movement around a central point is...
Apical-radial pulse
TSS
Rotation
Litigation
25. A drug that decreases congestion is calleg a...
October 1 to September 30
decongestant
First
Contagious
26. The major artery that supplies the thorax is called the........ artery
Cell
Intercostal
Tibia
Long
27. The least reliable measurement of body temperature is....
Life threatening
Breach of duty
villi
auxillary
28. Right and wrong conduct is known as...
Cirrhosis
Biceps brachii
Nervous
Ethics
29. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) where QRS have the same configuration each time they appear is called...
Uniform
Gland
Ears
Below
30. To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or intention or resumption at a later date -or to ask for a continuance is called a ...
Sterilization
Keto-diastix
Surgical removal
Suspension
31. The abbreviation for suppository is...
bedsore
supp
Respiration
Physiology
32. The word element RENAL means...
hs
arteries
kidney
Atrophy
33. What license must a physician have to dispense -prescribe -or administer controlled substances?
Lavander-top evacuated tube
Narcotics
Defendant
Blood films
34. which one of the following might involve a decision based upon biothics?
Air dry
a hernia
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
Nervous
35. Groups or clusters of bacteria taken for laboratory study are called...
after
Cultures
Narcotic
Celiac
36. A physician must have the patient's permission in writting to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following?
Holder
Gunshot wound
Q wave
Body temperature
37. A terminal lethal dysrhythmia - a dying heart - is called...
Agonal
Dread disease rider
cut
New growth
38. The medical term for paralysis form the waist down is...
1-Rhythm of pulse beats.2-Rate(number of pulse beats per minute) 3-force of the beat.
Paraplegia
Placing the medication between the gum and the check
Intervals
39. A notice of insurance claim or proff must be filed within a designated........... or it can be denied
Glucose tolerance test
Head
dsg
Time limit
40. 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...
Short
Angina pectoris
Proximate cause
Expert testimony
41. If the septum of the hearth has an abnomal opening it is referred to as...
Outdate or expiration date
a septal defect
0.5cc
Doctor
42. Concerning ECG's for irregular rhythms - any method or rate calculation that depends on intervals between complex is.............
Erythrocyte sedimentation rates
Gingivitis
unreliable
Breach of confidentiality
43. Never clean a glass thermometer with...
Remove the needle and tourniquet and lower patient's head and arms
Make sure the skin is damp when applying the electrode
Hot water
22
44. A condition of the nasal septum turning away form the midline is called a...
Deviated septum
sourse individual
an EPA
Stertorous Respiration
45. Rubber sleeves for a glucose tolerance test...... hours before or during the test - the patient should not eat -smoke -drink coffee or alcohol.
Atrophy
Ten
Living cells
Sensitivity
46. Lying flat on one's back with arms at one's side is the.......... position
Dorsal recumbent
Oxygen
Move the cursor -right -left -up or down
Usual - customary and reasonable
47. Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is...
nose
Respondeat superior
1-catherer 2-cannula 3-tent
Pleurisy
48. A person or institution that gives medical care is a...
Dark and warm
Seven
Atrophy
Provider
49. Vaccinations against HBV infection provide 90% protection against hepatitis B for ............ or more years following vaccination.
contributory negligence
Gunshot wound
Seven
Antacid
50. The medical term for straightening of a body part is...
Extension
exposure incident
Wrist
an EPA