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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 divisions of the trachea which enter the lungs are called the...






2. The computer key DEL command means...






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






4. When collecting blood for a hematocrit test use a ...






5. ............ is the single most important sourse of HIV and HBV in the workplace.






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






7. An agreement by which a patient assigns to another party the right to receive payment form a third party for the service the patient has received is called...






8. The medical term for an involuntary movement is...






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






10. FICA provides benefits for...






11. An extrauterine pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum begins to develop outside the uterus is called...






12. The word element ADENO means






13. Lating for 'he who acts through another acts for himself' is called...






14. The word element CISE means...






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






16. In the medical office the most frequently performed pulmonay function tests is....






17. The word element SUPER means...






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






19. 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....






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






21. A liquid preparation which mixes fine droplets of an oil in water -such as castor oil - is called an...






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






23. The autoclave sterilizes or completely destroys microorganism by combining...






24. The tibia is located in the ....






25. The First line of defence in preventing disease is...






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






27. The abbreviation for elixir is...






28. The healthy adult excretes daily approximately.................. of urine.






29. A fraudulent signature is called...






30. The abbreviation for drops is...






31. The abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep is...






32. The patient with an infection may have...






33. The abbreviation for intramuscular is...






34. 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...






35. The medical term for circular movement around a central point is...






36. In the evacuated blood collection system the ecuated glass tubes come in different sizes - and the stroppers are..... to denote the type of additive or lack of one.






37. The freh-fractional urine specimen is used to test urine for...






38. Making sure a tube is correctly labeled with the patient's complete name and identification number is part of the facilities...... plan.






39. A drug that increases urinary output is called a...






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






41. Inflammation of the pancreas is called...






42. Inflammation of the gums is called...






43. The lining of the duodenum is composed of thousands of tiny finger-like projections called....






44. Inflammation of the mucus lining of the vagina is called...






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






46. Body temperature measured under the arm of a patient is called the..... temperature






47. An apical pulse is the method of choice for...






48. A civilian health and medical program of the uniform services is called






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






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