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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

Subjects : certifications, health-sciences

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A drug used to relieve a cough is called an...
Intercostal
Medicaid
antitussive
Breach

2. The electrode site should be...
Clean -smooth - and dry
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.
2.4 mm
Physician

3. The time established for filling law suits is...
Statute of limitations
Medical grievance
exposure control plan
Dread disease rider

4. A person or institution that gives medical care is a...
Pro-coagulation
gavae
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
Provider

5. The patient with an infection may have...
above
loss of appetite and fatigue 2-fever -nause -rash -and vomiting. 3- pain -redness or swelling.
90-130
Specimen collection

6. To prevent the insured form receiving a duplicate payment for losses under more than one insurance policy is called...
P
An alcohol prep
Invasion of privacy
Coordination of benefits

7. The medical term for an involuntary movement is...
Reflex
Respiration
Stertorous Respiration
Sinus arrest

8. A......... report includes information relating to the patien's main reason for scheduling an appointment to see the physician.
History and physical examination
Echocardiography
popliteal
Color Coded

9. The venipuncture site should be cleansed with...
Coordination of benefits
An alcohol prep
Reasonable care
Human Exposure

10. When the patient makes abnormal noises like snoring sounds when he/she is breathing - it is called.......
chilled/refrigerated
Carotid
Stertorous Respiration
Health maintenance organization

11. An otoscope is used for examination of the....
CPT
Res ipsa loquitur
Ears
Diastolic pressure

12. Located between the pharynx and trachea - and containing the vocal cords is the...
Tibia
gr
Larynx
Placing the medication between the gum and the check

13. A form of insurance paid by the employer providing cash benefitis to workers injured or disabled in the course of employment is called...

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14. 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
Lithiotomy.
Red blood cells
treatment of angina pectoris
Tri-care

15. A patient receiving ambulatory care at a hospital or other health facility without being admitted as a bed patient is called an....
ALCOHOL
Sugar
Medical grievance
Outpatient

16. Rubber sleeves for a glucose tolerance test...... hours before or during the test - the patient should not eat -smoke -drink coffee or alcohol.
Ten
Red
tinc
punkinje fibers

17. A computer monitor - hard drive - and printer are known as the ...
Grace period
inj
Hardware
Foot

18. The primary anticoagulant additive EDTA removes calcium by forming insoluble or un-ionized calcium salts. It has an advantage of preventing platelet clumping and the formation of artifacts -therefore -good for the preparation of...
Peer review
Participating physician
Blood films
loss of appetite and fatigue 2-fever -nause -rash -and vomiting. 3- pain -redness or swelling.

19. It is recommended that protective masks and eye wear -or face shields -be worn by laboratory technicians - or housekeeping personnel........
small punctures in the dermis
Stertorous Respiration
TSS
When cleaning up blood or body fluids

20. The computer key DEL command means...
Teeth
Delete
0.50%
Orange-red

21. Heath insurance that proides protection against the high cost of treating severe or lengthy illnesses or disabilities is called...
Catastrophic
Cell
Partial disability
Contracture

22. When you pull the second slide apart form the first slide -let them...
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
Air dry
Empathy
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.

23. Some clinical signs for head injury could be...
Occupational exposure
Overall approach to infection control
1-vomiting.2-headache.3-confusion.
Adduction

24. The Maximum time a tourniquet should be tied on the upper arm drawing blood is ...
arteries
Red
bronchi
1 MINUTE

25. Bones are...
Skin preparation
Built to provide support & structure
1-catherer 2-cannula 3-tent
Adduction

26. The medical term for loss of appetite is...
Anorexia
Invasion of privacy
Grace period
Twice

27. Inflammation of the nasal mucosa results in...
Red top tube
bedsore
Inpatient
Rhinitis

28. The color coding for a stopper of a tube with no addictives is(for collection of serum)......
Red
Knee
Insurance agent
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive

29. A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a...
Opposite each other
Forgery
Subpoena
Brachial

30. The medical term for paralysis form the waist down is...
Breach
Paraplegia
Anorexia
Software

31. A person who is no longer under the care -custody -or supervision of a parent is called...
Abandonment
Orange-red
Doctor
Emancipated minor

32. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...
gavae
Assignment of benefits
Muscular
Sinus arrest

33. The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is...
Nervous
Quality control
Emancipated minor
Adduction

34. The process of inserting a catheter is called...
Foot
Specimen collection
Ledger
Left arm -right arm

35. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...
Sterilization
Res gestae
Current procedural terminology
Brachial

36. A notice of insurance claim or proff must be filed within a designated........... or it can be denied
Absolute regular
Contracture
Knee
Time limit

37. The risk of infection with HIV following one needle-stick exposure to blood form a patient known to be infected with HIV is approximately......
Fee-for-service
Judgment
0.50%
Supiration

38. A drug that controls appetite is called an...
kidney
Hospital Benefits
Appetite suppressor
Diastolic pressure

39. The use of ultrasound to produce a picture of the structure of the heart is called...
Indenmities
Echocardiography
Prenatal
Proximate cause

40. The maxilla is located in the ...
New growth
vein
Tissue
Head

41. The lateral movement of the limbs away form the median plane of the body - is calle...
abduction
Hypnotic
Coordination of benefits
Clavicle

42. The word element EMESIS means...
Third
Vomiting
Pre-certification
Fraud

43. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) where QRS have the same configuration each time they appear is called...
Uniform
Res ipsa loquitur
Abduction
Cell

44. Painful voiding is called...
Human Exposure
Hemiplegia
Dysuris
Cancer

45. Which of the following is false?
Biceps brachii
Respondeat superior
Veins pulsate
Grammar

46. Oxygen is ordered as percentage concentration and its rate of delivery is written as...
Nasopharynx and tonsillar area
Tort
Hepatic
liters per minute

47. An unexpected event which may cause injury is called...
Angina pectoris
Agonal
Accident
Show respect for thei culture

48. The abbreviation for elixir is...
elix
Shifts up or down form baseline
liters per minute
0.20 sec

49. Neoplasm refers to...
Foot
CPT
New growth
1-the patient has had brest surgery on that side. 2-On an arm with an IV infusion.3- on an arm with a cast.

50. The major artery that supplies the abdomen is called the.............. artery
Celiac
On top
urinary
Arm