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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. Medications can be located in the Physician's Drug reference under all of the following categories EXCEPT...






2. Inflammation of the pancreas is called...






3. The word element PHLEBO means...






4. The brain -nerves -and spinal cord are in the ........ system






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






6. Business on hanwritten mail that weighs less than 11 ounces is known as............ class mail.






7. The most important step in the performance of a venipuncture is...






8. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....






9. Latin for 'things decided' that is - a matter already decided by judicial authority is called...






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






11. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ...






12. The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is...






13. The wind pipe which conducts air between the larynx and lungs is called the...






14. Use your index finger when you......... for a vein






15. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...






16. Awrong committed against another person or the person's property is a...






17. A drug used to control temperature is called an...






18. Which of the following is false?






19. Some clinical signs for head injury could be...






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






21. Arterioles are smallest type of...






22. A form to itemize deposits made to savings or checking accounts is called...






23. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called...






24. Physicians with a narcotics license are required to register on June 30 of each year with...






25. Which of the following locations is usually used for taking a pulse?






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






27. The blood lancet is used for the collection of blood specimens by...






28. Broken glassware which may be contaminated shall not be picked up directly with the hands - but by mechanical means - such as......






29. The medical term for expanding or opening wider is...






30. The suffix -emia means...






31. Oxygen is a administered to the patient by way of a ...............






32. The common term for a decubitus ulcer;a pressure sore is...






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






34. The abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome is...






35. 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...






36. A person who is no longer under the care -custody -or supervision of a parent is called...






37. Payment made periodically to keep an insurance policy in force is called...






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






39. 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...






40. A method of charching whereby a physician presents a bill for each service render is called...






41. When collecting blood by skin puncture on an infant - you should use a ....






42. When caring for patients with physical disabilities all of the following must be taken into consideration except...






43. Groups or clusters of bacteria taken for laboratory study are called...






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






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






46. Performing a ........ as part of a complete blood count determines the ratio of the volume packed red blood cells to that of whole blood.






47. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is...






48. The abbreviation for urinalysis is...






49. 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.






50. To optain a specimen for a throat culture the ....... must be swabbed.