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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 name for the collar bone is...






2. A violations of a person's right not to have his or her name -photograph -or private affairs exposed od made public without consent is...






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






4. Concent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unproventable results of that treatment is called...






5. 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.






6. The medical term for tube feeding is...






7. E/M codes are located in the ................ manual






8. The major artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery






9. Rubber sleeves for a glucose tolerance test...... hours before or during the test - the patient should not eat -smoke -drink coffee or alcohol.






10. A patient positioned on her back with feet in stirrups is said to be in the ...

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11. The medical term for paralysis form the neck down is...






12. Nitroglycerine is used for...






13. The smaller of the lower leg bones is called...






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






15. Hydrocortisone is a drug used to suppress...






16. When there is no variation or R-R intervals it is called...






17. 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?






18. A liquid preparation which mixes fine droplets of an oil in water -such as castor oil - is called an...






19. What type of blood sample is needed when performing a PKU?






20. The abbreviation for intramuscular is...






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






22. Biohazard labels must be colored...






23. When you wash your hands you should stand.....






24. In a visual acuity reading of 20/60 - what does the 20 represent?






25. Body temperature measured under the arm of a patient is called the..... temperature






26. A drug that increases urinary output is called a...






27. The abbreviation for grain is...






28. A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels is called a...






29. High blood pressure is referred to as






30. The bladder -urethra -kidneys - and erethers are in the ................system






31. Infected Pressure sores on the skin are called...






32. Sodium citrate is an anticoagulant of choice for coagulation studies because it protects certain of the.....






33. When the hearth is contracting - the pressure is highest. This pressure is called the....






34. A stethoscope is used to listen to body sounds by...






35. What license must a physician have to dispense -prescribe -or administer controlled substances?






36. The word element EMESIS means...






37. What licence must a physician have to dispense -precribe or administer controlled substances?






38. 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 ...






39. The abbreviation for chief complaint is...






40. With measuring blood pressure -the bottom number is called...






41. The computer's directional arrow keys...






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






43. The medical term for an involuntary movement is...






44. The most common type of medical tort liability is...






45. The abbreviation for drops is...






46. The abbreviation for fluid is...






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






48. Schedule 1 drugs include...






49. The International Classification of Disease -9th revision - Clinical Modification(ICD-9-CM) is used to code...






50. Contaminated laundryy shall be........ where it was soiled.