Test your basic knowledge |

Medical Assistant Certification Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Inflammation of the pleura is called...






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






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






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






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






6. Persistent increased systolic and diastolic pressures are indicative of ...






7. The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers.This is called...






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






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






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






11. Escape of fluid into the thoracic cavity is called...






12. A skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...






13. The abbreviation for tablet is...






14. 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...






15. A health program for People agen65 and older under social security is called...






16. A request for payment under an insurance contractor bond is called a...






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






18. The major artery to the head is called the






19. The femur is located in the...






20. The medical erm for bending a body part is...






21. The abbreviation for suppository is...






22. An injury that prevens a worker form performing one or more of the regular functions of his job would be known as a...






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






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






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






26. What license must a physician have to dispense -prescribe -or administer controlled substances?






27. Holding or detaining a person against his will is...






28. A drug that produces sleed is called a...






29. The branch of study of moral issues -questions - and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called...






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






31. As part of the office bookkeping procedures -the physician's bank statement should be reconciled with the....






32. A physician must have the patient's permission in writting to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following?






33. The maxilla is located in the ...






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






35. When the hearth is contracting - the pressure is highest. This pressure is called the....






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






37. The time established for filling law suits is...






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






39. 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.






40. A drug that decreases congestion is calleg a...






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






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






43. Inflammation of the pancreas is called...






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






45. The right ventricle pumps the used blood to the lungs by way of the ................... artery






46. When the patient kneels - and places his/her head and chest on the table with buttocks elevated - it is called the..... position.






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






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






49. The combination of sensors or electrodes used for lead # 1 is...






50. Aserious chronic disease of the liver is called...