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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. A liquid preparation which mixes fine droplets of an oil in water -such as castor oil - is called an...
AU
Plaintiff
Intercostal
emulsion
2. A specific eye -mouth -other mucous membrane -non-intact skin - or parenteral contact with blood - or other potentially infectious meterials that results form the performance of an employees duties is called...
Empathy
Infants and young children
exposure incident
Grace period
3. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system
Shifts up or down form baseline
Muscular
infective or infectious
HIPAA
4. It is very important when performing a capillary stick to do with one of the following?
Specimen collection
Not use alcohol to clean the site
Timed
Red top tube
5. The sphenoid bone is located in the
Puncture-resistant
Red blood cells
History and physical examination
Head
6. The major vein that drains the liver is called the...
Sterilization
Negligence
Hepatic
Hemorrhoids
7. Lack of physicl or mental fitness is known as...
Breach
decongestant
Incompetence
Jejenum
8. Biohazard labels must be colored...
Orange-red
a hernia
CPT
unreliable
9. 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...
Air -lungs
Fraud
Reflex
Skin puncture
10. The medical name for the nose bleed is called...
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.
tinc
Epistaxis
Indemnities
11. Certain types of cultures -such as deep wound cultures could contain anaerobic pathogens. which of the following conditions is required for their growth?
Nervous
Orange-red
Absence of oxygen
Defendant
12. An ECG tracing measures the amount of voltage and the .................it takes for the voltage to travel throughout the heart.
Time
Delete
Extended care facility
Below
13. The metacarpals are located in the ...
Hand
How easy the system is to operate
Invasion of privacy
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive
14. Making sure a tube is correctly labeled with the patient's complete name and identification number is part of the facilities...... plan.
Bland diet
Head
Diastolic pressure
Quality control
15. Which of the following is used to take an infant's rectal temperature?
Nervous
Short
exposure incident
Security thermomether
16. In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for...
Respiration
Participating physician
Emancipated minor
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
17. The cephalic - medial cubital -and basilic veins are..................... used for venipuncture.
sol
An alcohol prep
Diastolic pressure
Primarily
18. An act that violates criminal law i called...
Hot water
Crime
Overall approach to infection control
Ears
19. An inactive substance substitutes in place of the actual drug to satisfy the patient is called...
Co-payment
Placebo
Prenatal
AMA Code of Ethics
20. The word element RHINO means...
nose
Classification of environmental events -such as poisoning
Three to four inches
Caller's divers licence #
21. Inflammation of the pleura is called...
Smaller
Pleurisy
Trachea
Pain
22. A recap sheet that accompanies a Medicare or Medicaid check - showing breakdown and explanation of payment on a claim is called...
Explanation of benefits
Coordination of benefits
Separates the cellular and liquid portion of the blood
Arm
23. The medical term for circular movement around a central point is...
Rotation
Dysuris
Hypo
Hypnotic
24. When the patient is breathing with only the upper part of the lugs this is refereed to as...
Medical etiquette
Shallow respiration
ALCOHOL
Physiology
25. Inflammation of the mucus lining of the vagina is called...
Auscultation
nose
Flexion
Vaginitis
26. When Preparing a blood smear -the spreader slide must be made of...
Glass
Prone
Auscultation
Tibia
27. The color coding for a stopper of a tube with no addictives is(for collection of serum)......
Red
Pelvis
Brachial
Carrier
28. A respiratory rate greater han 24 per minute is called...
Tachypnea
Diagnoses
Grace period
Opposite each other
29. The physician has ordered 0.2 Gm of a medication. The amount on hand is 400 mg tabs. how many tablets will be given to the patient?
Major medical
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
0.5 cc
Non-verbal communication
30. The ability to see form another person's point of view is...
Empathy
Reasonable care
Erythrocyte sedimentation rates
Rectal
31. Which test measures both suga and acetone in the urine?
Pulmonay
Keto-diastix
AMA Code of Ethics
Bland diet
32. What license must a physician have to dispense -prescribe -or administer controlled substances?
Time
Narcotics
Orange-red
Coinsurance
33. A skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...
Extended care facility
oint -ung
Oxygen
2.4 mm
34. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?
PT and PTT
Catastrophic
Surgical removal
Statute of limitations
35. In insurance coding using an 'E'' code designates...
Palpitation
AMA Code of Ethics
Time limit
Classification of environmental events -such as poisoning
36. When the patient kneels - and places his/her head and chest on the table with buttocks elevated - it is called the..... position.
Uniform
Extension
Knee-chest
Timed
37. A person who is no longer under the care -custody -or supervision of a parent is called...
Larynx
Adduction
Emancipated minor
Deductible
38. A rubber or plastic tube used to used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening is called...
Cancer
Attach the envelope to the correspondence
Epistaxis
catheter
39. The abbreviation for temperature -pulse -and respiration is
Medical etiquette
a hernia
TPR
Clean technique
40. The abbreviation for fluid is...
Premium
fl or fld
Explanation of benefits
Diuretic
41. hen using a centrifuge - make sure equal weights are...
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Res ipsa loquitur
Opposite each other
Thirds face up
42. Arterioles are smallest type of...
Appendicitis
arteries
1 MINUTE
hr or h
43. Chronic inflammation of the colon is called...
Contaminated Sharps
Colitis
EDTA added
IM
44. FICA provides benefits for...
Assault
Social Security
Air dry
Lithiotomy.
45. The abbreviation for below or low is...
First
Ears
glucosuria
Hypo
46. To optain a specimen for a throat culture the ....... must be swabbed.
Nasopharynx and tonsillar area
Incompetence
Coding
Clean technique
47. To prevent the insured form receiving a duplicate payment for losses under more than one insurance policy is called...
Coordination of benefits
Diastolic pressure
Dorsiflexion
Three to four inches
48. A statement given concerning some scientific -technical - or professional matter by an expert - such as a physical is called...
CC
Expert testimony
Glass
base of the fire.
49. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.
Ophthalmoscope
Carrier
Show respect for thei culture
Third
50. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ...
CPT
cut
abduction
Contract