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






2. 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 ...






3. The abbreviation for chief complaint is...






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






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






6. Concent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unproventable results of that treatment is called...






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






8. The major artery that supplies the kneww is called the...






9. The abbreviation for two times a day is...






10. Wgen a drop of blood is placed on a slide -place a second slide............ the first slide.






11. The most appropriate site for performing a capillary puncture is a healthy adult is the...






12. When listening to the brachial pulse you will use a...






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






14. When a patient's feet are placed in stirrups and the buttocks are positioned at the edge of the exam table - the patient is in the...... position






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






16. During a venipuncture - to secure the needle during insertion into the tube stopper - you need a .......






17. The gauge of needle most commonly used for venipuncture is..... Gauge.






18. The maxilla is located in the ...






19. The most common type of medical tort liability is...






20. The clean-catch urine specmen is also called.....






21. Low income patients can be covered by what type of insurance?






22. The presumtion or inference of negligence when an accident is otherise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called...






23. Never clean a glass thermometer with...






24. The abbreviation for elixir is...






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






26. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called...






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






28. The abbreviation for above or high is






29. 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....






30. The withdrawl of a physician form the care of a patient witout reasonable notice of such discharge form the case by the patient is...






31. Inflammation of the gallbladder is called...






32. Broken glassware which may be contaminated shall not be picked up directly with the hands - but by mechanical means - such as......






33. One who belongs to a group insurance plan is called...






34. The fibula is located in the ...






35. All spills of blood-contaminated fluids should be promtly cleaned up using.............. approved germicide - or a 1:10 solution of household bleach.






36. The major vein that drains the upper arm is called the ...






37. Neoplasm refers to...






38. When performing a venipuncture -the tourniquet should be wrapped around the arm about three to four inches form where you are going to ..... for a vein.






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






40. The abbreviation for solution is...






41. The abbreviation for emulsion is...






42. The abbreviation for hour iss...






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






44. The word element SUPER means...






45. Bones of the wrist and ankle are called ..............bones.






46. When a patient is positioned on the abdomen -arms under the head -with the head turned to one side the patient is in the ......... position






47. A small adhesive patch or disc used for administration of drugs is called...






48. The word element ECTOMY means...






49. The humerus is located in the....






50. The abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome is...