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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 major vein that drains the pelvis is called the ...
Primarily
Incompetence
Common iliac
Overall approach to infection control
2. A skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...
History and physical examination
Extended care facility
Specimen collection
Systolic pressure
3. If the septum of the hearth has an abnomal opening it is referred to as...
At the left hand margin
CMS-1500
a septal defect
On top
4. The electrode site should be...
Vomiting
Head
Clean -smooth - and dry
2.4 mm
5. The metacarpals are located in the ...
Time
Hand
2 to 60 seconds
loss of appetite and fatigue 2-fever -nause -rash -and vomiting. 3- pain -redness or swelling.
6. In the medical office the most frequently performed pulmonay function tests is....
Spirometry.
decongestant
Cholecystitis
fl or fld
7. The combination of sensors or electrodes used for lead # 1 is...
Breach
Battery
Skin puncture
Left arm -right arm
8. A drug that causes urination is called a...
Coordination of benefits
Diuretic
Carrier
Forgery
9. A person being sued is called the...
Defendant
Make a fist
Deposition
Ears
10. The............. pages of the Physician's Desk Reference is where a medical assistant would be able to locate a medication by brand or genetic name.
Blood
An infection
Percussion
Pink
11. A notice of insurance claim or proff must be filed within a designated........... or it can be denied
Intercostal
Extended care facility
Time limit
Saliva
12. The abbreviation CARB means...
Pain
carbohydrate
Holder
Cleanse the site form the inside out and allow it to air dry.
13. Carcinogenic means.......... causing
Pro-coagulation
CA
Medicaid
Cancer
14. Body language -body posture -space and distance are all examples of.....
Sinus arrest
d/c
Non-verbal communication
Primarily
15. When caring for patients with physical disabilities all of the following must be taken into consideration except...
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
Oxygen
Grammar
EDTA added
16. The standard point of the lancet to be used when collecting blood form a newborn heel is...... length (Note: please chack current guidelines - as this changes)
Pro-coagulation
Epigastric Region
2.4 mm
Wrist
17. Biohazard labels must be colored...
Deposit slip
Sinus arrest
Orange-red
A brush and dust pan
18. Concent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unproventable results of that treatment is called...
Assumption of risk
Subpoena
Drug Enforcement Agency
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive
19. The ulna is located in the ....
Microbiological Agents
abduction
UA
Arm
20. The word element RHINO means...
Red
Hepatitis B
nose
Red
21. A health program for People agen65 and older under social security is called...
Medicare
Hemorrhoids
Emancipated minor
Wrist
22. When performing a venipuncture -the tourniquet should be wrapped around the arm about three to four inches form where you are going to ..... for a vein.
Medicaid
fl or fld
Feel
Red blood cells
23. The tube to collect whole blood with an additive in it has a ....... stopper
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
Vomiting
GI or G.I
Lavender
24. In the positioning of the electrodes - if the electrodes are placed too close together - the emplitude will be ............
Infants and young children
Skin preparation
Jugular
small
25. The medical term for a decrease in size or wasting is...
Atrophy
a septal defect
1-Rhythm of pulse beats.2-Rate(number of pulse beats per minute) 3-force of the beat.
Hemorrhoids
26. A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a...
Subpoena
bronchi
Occupational exposure
Catastrophic
27. An agreement by which a patient assigns to another party the right to receive payment form a third party for the service the patient has received is called...
Red
Pro-coagulation
Assignment of benefits
Palpitation
28. The abbreviation for chief complaint is...
Remove the needle and tourniquet and lower patient's head and arms
Palpate
Qui facit per alium facit per se
CC
29. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....
Respondeat superior
Inpatient
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Worker's compensation
30. The maxilla is located in the ...
Celiac
Head
Incompetence
Holder
31. A small adhesive patch or disc used for administration of drugs is called...
On top
Transdermal System
Bid
Will
32. A statement given concerning some scientific -technical - or professional matter by an expert - such as a physical is called...
Invasion of privacy
Osteology
Gland
Expert testimony
33. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Fax machine
Third
Coordination of benefits
34. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ...
The fourth intercostal spce right sternal border
Contract
Smaller
syr
35. Never clean a glass thermometer with...
Cleanse the site form the inside out and allow it to air dry.
Gland
Hot water
Skin preparation
36. Which of the following is false?
Time
Cholecystitis
Pertussis
Veins pulsate
37. With vital signs - any abnormal measurement must be inmediately reported to the...
Jejenum
Specimen collection
Colon
Doctor
38. As part of the office bookkeping procedures -the physician's bank statement should be reconciled with the....
infective or infectious
contributory negligence
Body temperature
Checkbook
39. An international perversion of thuth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance uopm it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called...
Ophthalmoscope
Move the cursor -right -left -up or down
Explanation of benefits
Fraud
40. Latin for 'things decided' that is - a matter already decided by judicial authority is called...
Res judicata
Hand
Respondeat superior
Security thermomether
41. It is recommended that protective masks and eye wear -or face shields -be worn by laboratory technicians - or housekeeping personnel........
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
Lavander-top evacuated tube
Assumption of risk
Pertussis
42. It is very important when performing a capillary stick to do with one of the following?
arteries
Irregular Respiration
Specimen collection
Not use alcohol to clean the site
43. An injury that prevens a worker form performing one or more of the regular functions of his job would be known as a...
Indenmities
gtt
Three to four inches
Partial disability
44. The wind pipe which conducts air between the larynx and lungs is called the...
Trachea
Res ipsa loquitur
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Pro-coagulation
45. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate is called a...
1000 to 15000 milliliters
tinc
mydriatic
90-130
46. When anticoagulated blood is centrifuged...... goes to the bottom of the tube.
Nervous
Deductible
Red Blood Cells
CMS-1500
47. A health care worker who unconsciously transports harmful bacteria but is not ill called a...
Keto-diastix
Cell
Rectal
Carrier
48. To measure a blood pressure -the medical assistant will need..
Blood
Hemorrhoids
Remote
A stethoscope and shygmomanometer
49. The process by which an object or area becomes unclean is ....
contamination
Pleurisy
Fraud
Sinus arrest
50. Which of these generally results form an act of carelessness - without an intent to harm?
Twice
Breach of confidentiality
above
Red top tube