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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 word element CARDIO means...






2. ........................... mean any contaminated objects that can penetrate the skin including -but not limited to needles -scalpels -broken glass -capillary tubes - and exposed ends of dental wires.






3. The medical abbreviation for by mouth is...






4. With vital signs - any abnormal measurement must be inmediately reported to the...






5. When a patient's feet are placed in stirrups and the buttocks are positioned at the edge of the exam table - the patient is in the...... position






6. In drug testing the............ regulates describe how evidence is to be collected and handled.






7. 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....






8. 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...






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






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






11. The major artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery






12. 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...






13. What licence must a physician have to dispense -precribe or administer controlled substances?






14. When the internal invironment of the body is functioning properly - a condition of............ exists.






15. A fraudulent signature is called...






16. The radial pulse is located in the...






17. Inflammation of the nasal mucosa results in...






18. When the patient kneels - and places his/her head and chest on the table with buttocks elevated - it is called the..... position.






19. The medical term for sugar in the urine iss...






20. Biohazard labels must be colored...






21. A rubber or plastic tube used to used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening is called...






22. When the depth of breathing changes and the rate of the rise and fall of the chest is not steady - it is called....






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






24. One of the vital functions of long bones is the formation of...






25. Inflammation of the sinus cavity is called...






26. When mixing reagents always read the label






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






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






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






30. The abbreviation for ointment is...






31. The abbreviation for tincture is ...






32. The radius is located in the ...






33. The medical term for paralysis on one side of the body is...






34. The term for the technology that tells a computer what to do is known as the ...






35. A rider added to a policy to provide additional benefits for certain conditions is called...






36. The fibula is located in the ...






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






38. A computer monitor - hard drive - and printer are known as the ...






39. Studies suggest that the potential for salivary transmission of HIV is.....






40. A weakness in the walls of the muscle that allows underlying tissue to push through it is called .....






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






42. Body language -body posture -space and distance are all examples of.....






43. Any indibidual -living or dead -whose blood -or other potentially infectious materials nay be a sourse of occupational exposure to the employee is called a ...






44. An obstruction of a coronary artery causing death of an area of the myocardium due to blockage of blood supply and oxygen supply is called...






45. An nstrument called a centrifuge.....






46. A notice of insurance claim or proff must be filed within a designated........... or it can be denied






47. Which is recorded as the systolic blood pressure?






48. The patient with an infection may have...






49. The lid to the centrifuge should be kept....... when in use.






50. Conduct -courtesy -and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as...