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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 large squares on the ECK paper are equal to ...






2. Certain types of cultures -such as deep wound cultures could contain anaerobic pathogens. which of the following conditions is required for their growth?






3. Negligence by a professional person is called...






4. A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably - or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called...






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






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






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






8. Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is...






9. The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers.This is called...






10. The balance between the heat produced and the heat lost is the...






11. The heart -lymphatic organs -and blood vessels are in the .......... system






12. The term 'Universal Precautions' is an....






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






14. The ..............switch controls the gain or amplitude on th EKG.






15. When the physician feels with fingers or hands to determine the physical characteristics oftissues or organs it is called...






16. The Tri-Care fiscal year is form...






17. When anticoagulated blood is centrifuged....... goes to the tope of the tube.






18. The metacarpals are located in the ...






19. Another term for acetone in the urine is ....






20. An apical pulse is the method of choice for...






21. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is...






22. A previous injury -disease or physical condition that existed before the health insurance policy was ussued is called...






23. A respiratory rate greater han 24 per minute is called...






24. A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a...






25. The abbreviation CARB means...






26. An injury that prevens a worker form performing one or more of the regular functions of his job would be known as a...






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






28. To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to...






29. In insurance coding using an 'E'' code designates...






30. A health care worker who unconsciously transports harmful bacteria but is not ill called a...






31. The .............. form is used by non-institutuinal providers and suppliers to bill Medicare - Part B covered services.






32. 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.






33. Washing out the stomach through a nasogastric tube is called...






34. Aserious chronic disease of the liver is called...






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






36. The word element SUPER means...






37. The right ventricle pumps the used blood to the lungs by way of the ................... artery






38. 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...






39. A CLIA waived pregnancy test is based on the detenction of which one of the following?






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






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






42. One who belongs to a group insurance plan is called...






43. The First line of defence in preventing disease is...






44. Carcinogenic means.......... causing






45. The process of changing words into numbers so that computers can be in processing insurance claims is called...






46. A system whereby large quantities of data can be accessed -searched -sorted -and arranged very rapidly by computer is called a............... system






47. Insurance plans that pay a physician's full charge if it does not exceed his normal charge or does not exceed the amount normally charged for the service is called...






48. Foods that are mild in flavor and easy to digest (non-spicy) comprise a ....






49. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?






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







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