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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. The abbreviation for laboratory is...
Pleurisy
Coding
lab
Assault

2. Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in...
Breach of contract
Hospital Benefits
Invasion of privacy
Delete

3. Information given by a patient to a medical personnel which cannot be disclosed witout consent of the person who gave it is...
Attach the envelope to the correspondence
IM
Privileged communication
Veins pulsate

4. A type of insurance whereby the insured pays a specific amount per unit if service and the isurer pays the rest of the cost is called...
Remote
Infants and young children
Co-payment
Leg

5. The word element EMESIS means...
TPR
Vomiting
Agonal
syr

6. A condition of the nasal septum turning away form the midline is called a...
Deviated septum
small punctures in the dermis
Vaginitis
1-regularly scheduled check-ups 2-daily examination of equipment for frayed cords or broken parts.3- routine cleaning of the outside of the equipment with a damp cloth.

7. The area between waves is referred to as...
Blood
Hemorrhoids
Intervals
Irregular Respiration

8. The word element RHINO means...
Uniform
Breach of contract
Subpoena
nose

9. The abbreviation for electroencephalogram is...
Ethics
Hemorrhoids
ECG
Erythrocyte sedimentation rates

10. When collecting blood for a hematocrit test use a ...
Lavander-top evacuated tube
Coding
Dark and warm
Stool sample

11. In insurance coding using an 'E'' code designates...
Spirometry.
Classification of environmental events -such as poisoning
ALCOHOL
Arm

12. When mixing reagents always read the label
False imprisonment
A brush and dust pan
Twice
Below

13. A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably - or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called...
contributory negligence
popliteal
Positively identifying the patient
Grammar

14. The bladder -urethra -kidneys - and erethers are in the ................system
Vaginitis
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
urinary
Microbiological Agents

15. The major artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery
Renal
Mouth or the ostium uteri
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
decongestant

16. A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a...
Subpoena
urinary
Sim's position
Closed

17. Business on hanwritten mail that weighs less than 11 ounces is known as............ class mail.
First
Smile
IM
Contracture

18. Low income patients can be covered by what type of insurance?
An alcohol prep
Medicaid
Positively identifying the patient
pap smear

19. When you use an autoclave - fill the water reservoir with...
ALCOHOL
infective or infectious
Lavender
Opposite each other

20. When taking the pulse - you must be able to report accurately the...
Peer review
Contract
Leg
1-Rhythm of pulse beats.2-Rate(number of pulse beats per minute) 3-force of the beat.

21. A respiratory rate greater han 24 per minute is called...
Fourth
Q wave
Deposition
Tachypnea

22. Which of the following locations is usually used for taking a pulse?
Apical-radial pulse
Long
Sterilize
unreliable

23. Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is...
Hypnotic
Right
antipyretic
Consent

24. A person or institution that gives medical care is a...
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Remote
Provider
Life threatening

25. When the depth of breathing changes and the rate of the rise and fall of the chest is not steady - it is called....
Smile
October 1 to September 30
Renal
Irregular Respiration

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

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27. The heart -lymphatic organs -and blood vessels are in the .......... system
Brachial
0.5cc
Expert testimony
Cardiovascular

28. The abbreviation for tincture is ...
tinc
elix
Nasopharynx and tonsillar area
Partial disability

29. The ................ wave represents atrial depolarization...
P
CA
1000 to 15000 milliliters
abduction

30. When the heart rhythm is abnormal it is referred to as...
Make sure the skin is damp when applying the electrode
an arrhythmia
A brush and dust pan
Breach of contract

31. The statement 'A physician shall respect the law' is a part of the...
Antacid
AMA Code of Ethics
Never
gavae

32. The mandible bone is located in the
emulsion
Head
Knee-chest
Non-verbal communication

33. As part of the office bookkeping procedures -the physician's bank statement should be reconciled with the....
At the left hand margin
22
1-clean-voided speimen 2- mid-stream Specimen
Checkbook

34. which one of the following might involve a decision based upon biothics?
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
Rhinitis
Proximate cause

35. The balance between the heat produced and the heat lost is the...
Body temperature
Tissue
Vasodilator
Lithiotomy.

36. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is...
Current procedural terminology
Non compus mentis
Insurance agent
Feel

37. The abbreviation for suppository is...
Pleurisy
Brachial
Blood films
supp

38. A doctor who agress to accept an insurance companies fee as the maximum amount to be collecte is called...
Participating physician
Pronation
Usual - customary and reasonable
Res gestae

39. The term 'Universal Precautions' is an....
Unethical
1000 to 15000 milliliters
Systolic pressure
Overall approach to infection control

40. A sum of money provided in an insurance policy -payable for covered services is called...
Air -lungs
Proximate cause
Jugular
Benefits

41. Dilated veins that occur in the rectum are known as...
Twice
Brachial
Hemorrhoids
Three to four inches

42. When the internal invironment of the body is functioning properly - a condition of............ exists.
Claim
tab
Time
Homeostasis

43. 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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44. Located between the pharynx and trachea - and containing the vocal cords is the...
Fraud
Larynx
TSS
Pink

45. The International Classification of Disease -9th revision - Clinical Modification(ICD-9-CM) is used to code...
syr
Diagnoses
liters per minute
cut

46. The femur is located in the...
Leg
Adjuster
Database management
Capillary

47. The abbreviation for fluid is...
antipyretic
fl or fld
antitussive
Nervous

48. The zygomatic bone is located in the...
Admissions
hemiplegia
Head
Ethics

49. When performing any CLIA waived test it is important do to which one of the following?
Trachea
Red skin
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
infective or infectious

50. Foods that are mild in flavor and easy to digest (non-spicy) comprise a ....
Serologic
Closed
Angina pectoris
Bland diet