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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 patella is located in the...






2. When preparing for lead placement you should first care for...






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






4. To correct a hanwritten error in a patient's chart - it is only acceptable to...






5. 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.






6. Arterioles are smallest type of...






7. A doctor who agress to accept an insurance companies fee as the maximum amount to be collecte is called...






8. Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 - Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness an necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as........ review






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






10. The abbreviation for below or low is...






11. Lesions of the mucous membrane of the stomach are called........... ulcers






12. 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.






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






14. Oxygen is a administered to the patient by way of a ...............






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






16. When performing a venipuncture - if you have the patient...... the veins will become more prominent.






17. The reference procedural code book that uses a numbering system developed by the AMA is called a....






18. With vital signs - any abnormal measurement must be inmediately reported to the...






19. ............................ are defined as what are right and wrong.






20. The venipuncture site should be cleansed with...






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






22. Parcel post or......... class mail is used for bound printed matter -film - & sound recordings.






23. The abbreviation for tincture is ...






24. A drug that neutralizes acidity is called an...






25. Ventricular depolarizarion produces an electrical force or vector with 2 components(1) Magnitude of force - and 2-...






26. The abbreviation for tablet is...






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






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






29. What kind of environment do microorganisms grow best in?






30. 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...






31. It is........................ to deny treatment to an HIV infected patients






32. A person who is no longer under the care -custody -or supervision of a parent is called...






33. The abbreviation for urinalysis is...






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






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






36. The blood Pressure should not be taken on an arm if...






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






38. Which one of the following evacuated tubes would be drams first?






39. The abbreviation for syrup is...






40. The tube used to collect a blood sample for a Complete Blood Count (cbc) is.....






41. The majority of the bones in the arms and legs are.......... bones






42. Pactices to achieve asepsis are known as






43. It is very important when performing a capillary stick to do with one of the following?






44. Conduct -courtesy -and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as...






45. The abbreviation for intramuscular is...






46. The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is...






47. One of the vital functions of long bones is the formation of...






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






49. When mixing reagents always read the label






50. The abbreviation for suppository is...