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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 metacarpals are located in the ...






2. A form to itemize deposits made to savings or checking accounts is called...






3. An accumulation of air in the pleural cavity after the lungs collapse is known as...






4. Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is...






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






6. A system whereby large quantities of data can be accessed -searched -sorted -and arranged very rapidly by computer is called a............... system






7. Right and wrong conduct is known as...






8. If during a venipuncture a patient has a syncopal episode what would be your best course of action?

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9. The most accurate and reliable measurement of body temperature is...






10. The opposite of deep is...






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






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






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






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






15. Pactices to achieve asepsis are known as






16. General infection-control procedures are designed to prevent transmission of a wide range of ................ and to provide a wide margin of safety in the varied situations encountered in the health-care environment.






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






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






19. The word element STOMATO means






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






21. An ECG tracing measures the amount of voltage and the .................it takes for the voltage to travel throughout the heart.






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






23. The abbreviation for discontinue is...






24. Aerobic bacteria prefer which of these environmental conditions to grow well?






25. An unexpected event which may cause injury is called...






26. When performing a venipuncture of no blood flows into the tube how would you correct this situation?






27. Contact with blood - or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply through percutaneous inoculation - or contact with an open wound - non-intact skin - or mocous membrane during the performance of normal duties' This definition(found in t






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






29. The abbreviation for fluid is...






30. An international perversion of thuth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance uopm it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called...






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






32. A drug that causes urination is called a...






33. What office instrument is designed to receive and send printed documents via the telephone?






34. To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to...






35. The tibia is located in the ....






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






37. When the internal invironment of the body is functioning properly - a condition of............ exists.






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






39. Carcinogenic means.......... causing






40. The name for the collar bone is...






41. The abbreviation for tablet is...






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






43. Information given by a patient to a medical personnel which cannot be disclosed witout consent of the person who gave it is...






44. When handling incoming mail the medical assistant should...






45. A previous injury -disease or physical condition that existed before the health insurance policy was ussued is called...






46. A special device called a 'regulator' or 'flow meter' is necessary when using...






47. Inflammation of the gallbladder is called...






48. 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?






49. A lancet is a small -sterile -needle like piece of metal used to make...






50. To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or intention or resumption at a later date -or to ask for a continuance is called a ...