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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 blood Pressure should not be taken on an arm if...






2. If the septum of the hearth has an abnomal opening it is referred to as...






3. The abbreviation for grain is...






4. The mandible bone is located in the






5. Concerning ECG's for irregular rhythms - any method or rate calculation that depends on intervals between complex is.............






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






7. ........................... 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.






8. Oxygen is ordered as percentage concentration and its rate of delivery is written as...






9. Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 - Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness an necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as........ review






10. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...






11. An incoming call should be answered by the ..... ring.






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






13. An inactive substance substitutes in place of the actual drug to satisfy the patient is called...






14. A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably - or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called...






15. When preparing a blood smear form a skin puncture you should........... the first drop....






16. The major vein that drains the head and brain is called the...






17. That which in natural and continous sequence -unbroken by any new independent cause - produces an event - and without wich the injury would not have occurred is called...






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






19. To help classify bacteria into two groups;gram-positive and gram-negative is a special stain called...






20. In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for...






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


22. The word element CARDIO means...






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






24. A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is...






25. Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in...






26. Viruses can reproduce only in...






27. The electrode site should be...






28. It is recommended that protective masks and eye wear -or face shields -be worn by laboratory technicians - or housekeeping personnel........






29. The vertebrae are located in the ...






30. Neoplasm refers to...






31. A recap sheet that accompanies a Medicare or Medicaid check - showing breakdown and explanation of payment on a claim is called...






32. Diseases that can be communicated form one person to another are called.....






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






34. The study of bones is called...






35. Blood form all individuals should be considered......






36. An agreement by which a patient assigns to another party the right to receive payment form a third party for the service the patient has received is called...






37. A notice of insurance claim or proff must be filed within a designated........... or it can be denied






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






39. Ventricular depolarizarion produces an electrical force or vector with 2 components(1) Magnitude of force - and 2-...






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






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






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






43. A CLIA waived pregnancy test is based on the detenction of which one of the following?






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






45. Never clean a glass thermometer with...






46. The physician has ordered 50 mg of Demerol be given to a patient. The amount of hand is 100mg/ml. How many cc's of demerol will be injected?






47. Testimony of a withness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is....






48. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....






49. The word element ADENO means






50. The abbreviation for cancer is...