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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. An extrauterine pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum begins to develop outside the uterus is called...






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






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






4. Varicose veins of the anal canal or outside the external sphincter are called...






5. 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...






6. Digestion begins in the mouth - where food is chewed and mixed with a substance called...






7. The large squares on the ECK paper are equal to ...






8. The liver -stomach -mouth -and pancreas are in the .........system






9. The brain -nerves -and spinal cord are in the ........ system






10. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system






11. When a patient has health insurance - the percentage of covered services that is the responsibility of the patient to pay is known as...






12. 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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13. The medical term for expanding or opening wider is...






14. When anticoagulated blood is centrifuged...... goes to the bottom of the tube.






15. The medical term for the basic unit of body structute is...






16. 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 ...






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

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






19. Failure to achieve an agreed upon result -even when the highest degree of skill has been used - is called...






20. Listening to the sounds produced while tapping the patient with fingers is called...






21. You should wash your hands for approximately....






22. A computer monitor - hard drive - and printer are known as the ...






23. A downward or negative wave of an electrocariogram following the P-wave is the...






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






25. Before placing a telefone caller on a hold it is appropriate to...






26. A terminal lethal dysrhythmia - a dying heart - is called...






27. The lateral movement of the limbs away form the median plane of the body - is calle...






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






29. Medications can be located in the Physician's Drug reference under all of the following categories EXCEPT...






30. With vital signs -any abnormal measurement must be immediatly reported to the ....






31. The abbreviation for Papanicolaou smear iss...






32. 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 ...






33. The freh-fractional urine specimen is used to test urine for...






34. The upper middle area of the abdomen is called the....






35. Studies suggest that the potential for salivary transmission of HIV is.....






36. The abbreviation for right ear is






37. Carcinogenic means.......... causing






38. The abbreviation for discontinue is...






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






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






41. The medical term for paralysis on one side of the body is...






42. A rider added to a policy to provide additional benefits for certain conditions is called...






43. All workers whose jobs involve participation in tasks - or activities with exposure to blood -or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply -should be vaccinated with................... vaccine.






44. The abbreviation for drops is...






45. The word element RENAL means...






46. Painful voiding is called...






47. Insurance plans that pay a physician's full charge if it does not exceed his normal charge or does not exceed the amount normally charged for the service is called...






48. The major artery that supplies the thorax is called the........ artery






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






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