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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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certifications
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health-sciences
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 artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery
Sinus arrest
Renal
Cardiovascular
Tachypnea
2. The abbreviation for chief complaint is...
Carotid
Adhesive
Sterilization
CC
3. When Preparing a blood smear -the spreader slide must be made of...
Epigastric Region
Peer review
Glass
Dark and warm
4. The second portion of the small intestine is called the...
Fourth
Distance between patient and test chart
Quality control
Jejenum
5. The process of changing words into numbers so that computers can be in processing insurance claims is called...
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
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.
Coding
Contagious
6. A coronary occlusion causing a condition that produces chest pain which may radiate to the left arm - shoulder -jaw or neck due to lack of blood supply to the hearth is called...
October 1 to September 30
Explanation of benefits
Angina pectoris
Caller's divers licence #
7. The opposite of deep is...
Reasonable care
Non compus mentis
Superficial
First
8. A health program for People agen65 and older under social security is called...
Medicare
cut
diuretic
abduction
9. A lancet is a small -sterile -needle like piece of metal used to make...
Remove the needle and tourniquet and lower patient's head and arms
contamination
small punctures in the dermis
small
10. The abbreviation for right ear is
AD
Pulmonay
Tibia
Skin puncture
11. Every medical facility is required by OSHA to have an ............... - which hall be made available to the Assistant Secretary and the Director OSHA upon request for examination and copying.
abduction
exposure control plan
Comprehensive
The point where the first sound is heard.
12. What office instrument is designed to receive and send printed documents via the telephone?
Tibia
UA
Fax machine
Transdermal System
13. The most appropriate site for performing a capillary puncture is a healthy adult is the...
ALCOHOL
An infection
Leg
Great toe
14. The metatarsals are located in the ...
Third
Foot
Pleurisy
Intercostal
15. It is recommended that protective masks and eye wear -or face shields -be worn by laboratory technicians - or housekeeping personnel........
Medicare
pap smear
Subpoena
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
16. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called...
Contagious
Battery
Explanation of benefits
2.4 mm
17. The lateral movement of the limbs away form the median plane of the body - is calle...
abduction
Time
Stool sample
iliac
18. Never clean a glass thermometer with...
popliteal
Separates the cellular and liquid portion of the blood
Hot water
Non compus mentis
19. which one of the following might involve a decision based upon biothics?
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
iliac
Glass
Ketone bodies (ketones)
20. When a vector travels away form the positive electrode - a ........... deflectio results...
Negative
Comprehensive
Opposite each other
Indenmities
21. Carcinogenic means.......... causing
Sinus arrest
Attach the envelope to the correspondence
First
Cancer
22. The upper middle area of the abdomen is called the....
Red top tube
Built to provide support & structure
Epigastric Region
Hemorrhoids
23. The abbreviation for tincture is ...
tinc
Physiology
Human chrionic gonadotropin
Fraud
24. 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 ...
sourse individual
Defribillation
ECG
Contagious
25. The wind pipe which conducts air between the larynx and lungs is called the...
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive
Trachea
Partial disability
Fraud
26. Vaccinations against HBV infection provide 90% protection against hepatitis B for ............ or more years following vaccination.
Seven
Echocardiography
Security thermomether
Admissions
27. The major vein that drains the head and brain is called the...
Cirrhosis
Fraud
Software
Jugular
28. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....
Thirds face up
PPBS
Privileged communication
Inpatient
29. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...
Epigastric Region
Suspension
Outpatient
Sterilization
30. The area between waves is referred to as...
Intervals
Invasion of privacy
Emancipated minor
Chain of custody
31. Lesions of the mucous membrane of the stomach are called........... ulcers
0.50%
Gastric
Overall approach to infection control
Accident
32. When collecting blood by skin puncture on an infant - you should use a ....
Placebo
Ledger
Database management
lancet
33. Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is...
Respondeat superior
Breach
treatment of angina pectoris
infective or infectious
34. Nitroglycerine is used for...
treatment of angina pectoris
a hernia
Current procedural terminology
an EPA
35. How quickly will an electronic thermometer measure body temperature?
an EPA
Never
Red top tube
2 to 60 seconds
36. Viruses can reproduce only in...
Intervals
Living cells
Contract
mydriatic
37. The maxilla is located in the ...
Homeostasis
umbilical region
Unethical
Head
38. The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is...
2.4 mm
tinc
GI or G.I
Jugular
39. When performing any CLIA waived test it is important do to which one of the following?
Glucose tolerance test
ALCOHOL
Colitis
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
40. A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is...
Leg
Cell
Pre-certification
Felony
41. A rider added to a policy to provide additional benefits for certain conditions is called...
Intervals
2 to 60 seconds
Clean technique
Dread disease rider
42. The vertebrae are located in the ...
Grace period
Hematocrit.
Back
Heat eith steam under pressure
43. The major artery that supplies the kneww is called the...
Tri-care
Gland
popliteal
Q wave
44. What federal agency requires the use of Sharps Containers?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
umbilical region
puncture
Left arm -right arm
45. When measuring bloo pressure...
catheter
Accident
Infants and young children
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.
46. A date on a bottle of medication that provides a ''use until'' date is the...
Doctor
Color Coded
Outdate or expiration date
Ketone bodies (ketones)
47. Which one of the following evacuated tubes would be drams first?
po
Red
urinary
Palpate
48. Latin for 'things done; deeds'; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called...
Res gestae
Tunning fork
Remote
Expert testimony
49. A form of insurance paid by the employer providing cash benefitis to workers injured or disabled in the course of employment is called...
50. While ordering procedures may vay -generallly a type a tepe and RH are ordered on all pregnant women.
1-ask if you may put the caller on hold. 2- wait for the caller to confirm they can wait. 3-obtain a return phone number.
Shifts up or down form baseline
Prenatal
decubitus ulcers