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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 venipuncture site should be cleansed with...






2. The buccal method of administering a drug is done by ...






3. The............. pages of the Physician's Desk Reference is where a medical assistant would be able to locate a medication by brand or genetic name.






4. A health care worker who unconsciously transports harmful bacteria but is not ill called a...






5. The word element CRANIO means...






6. The wind pipe which conducts air between the larynx and lungs is called the...






7. High blood pressure is referred to as






8. A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is...






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






10. A respiratory rate greater han 24 per minute is called...






11. What federal agency requires the use of Sharps Containers?






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






13. The use of ultrasound to produce a picture of the structure of the heart is called...






14. The abbreviation for tincture is ...






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






16. The medical term for sugar in the urine iss...






17. When writting a bussiness letter -the salutation of a letter should be followed by wich punctuation mark?






18. The Tri-Care fiscal year is form...






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






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






21. When taking the pulse - you must be able to report accurately the...






22. The statement 'A physician shall respect the law' is a part of the...






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






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






25. 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.






26. The word elements ALGIA - ALGESIA refer tos...






27. The femur is located in the...






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






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






30. ......................... is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patient's health information.






31. Some clinical signs for head injury could be...






32. The word element RENAL means...






33. Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is...






34. The abbreviation for dressing is...






35. Vaccinations against HBV infection provide 90% protection against hepatitis B for ............ or more years following vaccination.






36. The abbreviation for fluid is...






37. Conversion of a dysrhythmia to a normal rhythm by applying electric shock to the chest is called....






38. The major artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery






39. Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as....






40. Which of these generally results form an act of carelessness - without an intent to harm?






41. Washing out the stomach through a nasogastric tube is called...






42. The Maximum time a tourniquet should be tied on the upper arm drawing blood is ...






43. An nstrument called a centrifuge.....






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






45. Reasonable anticipated skin -eye -mucous membrane - or parenteral contact with blood - or other potentially infectious materials that may result form the performance of an employee's duties is called....






46. What type of blood sample is needed when performing a PKU?






47. In the positioning of the electrodes - if the electrodes are placed too close together - the emplitude will be ............






48. Which of the following locations is usually used for taking a pulse?






49. A coronary occlusion causing a condition that produces chest pain which may radiate to the left arm - shoulder -jaw or neck due to lack of blood supply to the hearth is called...






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