Test your basic knowledge |

Medical Assistant Certification Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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 skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...






2. The abbreviation for electroencephalogram is...






3. Which codes can be modifiers be added to - indicate that a procedure has been altered in some way?






4. The clean-catch urine specmen is also called.....






5. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) where QRS have the same configuration each time they appear is called...






6. The zygomatic bone is located in the...






7. When the right atrium contracts it forces blood through the tricuspid valve into the...... ventricle






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






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






10. The medical term for the basic unit of body structute is...






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






12. When Preparing a blood smear -the spreader slide must be made of...






13. Failure to achieve an agreed upon result -even when the highest degree of skill has been used - is called...






14. To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or intention or resumption at a later date -or to ask for a continuance is called a ...






15. A health program for People agen65 and older under social security is called...






16. While the duration of the ST segment is not generally of clinical significance - it is an exceedingly important portion of the ECG because of...






17. A drug used to relieve a cough is called an...






18. In the application of electrodes -secure the electrode by rubbing your finger around the .......... area






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






20. The medical term for paralysis form the waist down is...






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






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






23. Listening to the sounds produced while tapping the patient with fingers is called...






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






25. The patella is located in the...






26. The medical name for the nose bleed is called...






27. The abbreviation for grain is...






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






29. The major vein that drains the pelvis is called the ...






30. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?






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






32. When cleansing the venipuncture site - it is good practice to...






33. The lower middle area of the abdomen is called the ...






34. The liver -stomach -mouth -and pancreas are in the .........system






35. The central middle area of the abdomen is called the ....






36. One who Institutes a lawsuit is ...






37. Painful voiding is called...






38. Before placing a telefone caller on a hold it is appropriate to...






39. ............... testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.






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






41. The sebaceous glands -skin -hair -and nails make up the............ system






42. The word element CARDIO means...






43. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium of the...






44. A patient receiving ambulatory care at a hospital or other health facility without being admitted as a bed patient is called an....






45. A 224-hr urine specimen should be...






46. Which one of the following evacuated tubes would be drams first?






47. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called...






48. When doing a venipuncture th syringe or tube should be ....... the venipuncture site to prevent back-flow.






49. What is considered a normal adult pulse rate?






50. When mixing reagents always read the label