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






2. The abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep is...






3. The patient with an infection may have...






4. When listening to the brachial pulse you will use a...






5. To cleanse the typical venipuncture site - begin at the intende site of the draw and....






6. To measure a blood pressure -the medical assistant will need..






7. To netermine the size of the needle remember that the higher the gauge number the......... needle






8. The lining of the duodenum is composed of thousands of tiny finger-like projections called....






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






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






11. The medical abbreviation for by mouth is...






12. What is considered a normal adult pulse rate?






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






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






15. ........................... mean any contaminated objects that can penetrate the skin including -but not limited to needles -scalpels -broken glass -capillary tubes - and exposed ends of dental wires.






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






17. ........................ values are increased in infections and inflammatory disease.






18. A business letter written in a full block style will have all lines...






19. A drug that controls appetite is called an...






20. Which of the following is used to take an infant's rectal temperature?






21. The point at wich air enters the respiratory tract is called the...






22. An organization that offers health insurance at a fixed monthly premium with little or no deductible and works through a primary care is called a ...






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






24. The medical term for goups of cells with the same function is...






25. Lying flat on one's back with arms at one's side is the.......... position






26. A person being sued is called the...






27. When a vector travels away form the positive electrode - a ........... deflectio results...






28. Lack of physicl or mental fitness is known as...






29. Performing routine maintenance on laboratory equipment is critical. The maintenance plan should inclde...






30. When the patient is breathing with only the upper part of the lugs this is refereed to as...






31. A sum of money provided in an insurance policy -payable for covered services is called...






32. When using an evacuated tube for collection of electrolytes use a...






33. When the presure is lowest - this pressure is called...






34. The cephalic - medial cubital -and basilic veins are..................... used for venipuncture.






35. A QRS measurement of less than.......... seconds indicates a supraventricular pacemaker....






36. A payment for hospital charges incurred by an insured person because of injury or illness is called...






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






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






39. Body language -body posture -space and distance are all examples of.....






40. The abbreviation for both ears is...






41. The abbreviation for cancer is...






42. A drug that neutralizes acidity is called an...






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






44. A unilateral paralysis that follows damage to the brain is called...






45. The word element PHLEBO means...






46. 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 ...






47. When you use an autoclave - fill the water reservoir with...






48. The abbreviation for emulsion is...






49. The electrode site should be...






50. An instrument used for auditory and sensory perception is called the...