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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The standard point of the lancet to be used when collecting blood form a newborn heel is...... length (Note: please chack current guidelines - as this changes)






2. The abbreviation for dressing is...






3. A weakness in the walls of the muscle that allows underlying tissue to push through it is called .....






4. A person being sued is called the...






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






6. Which degree of burn is the most serious?






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






8. Which of the following is false?






9. When doing a venipuncture th syringe or tube should be ....... the venipuncture site to prevent back-flow.






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






11. With measuring blood pressure -the bottom number is called...






12. A notice of insurance claim or proff must be filed within a designated........... or it can be denied






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






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






15. The major artey that supplies the bladder -rectum -and some reproductive organs is called the...






16. The abbreviation for tincture is ...






17. Which test measures both suga and acetone in the urine?






18. The major artery that supplies the thorax is called the........ artery






19. A unilateral paralysis that follows damage to the brain is called...






20. Certain types of cultures -such as deep wound cultures could contain anaerobic pathogens. which of the following conditions is required for their growth?






21. When you wash your hands you should stand.....






22. Erythema refers to...






23. ........................ values are increased in infections and inflammatory disease.






24. The upper middle area of the abdomen is called the....






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






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






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






28. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?






29. Oxygen is ordered as percentage concentration and its rate of delivery is written as...






30. Bones are...






31. Which of the following is used to take an infant's rectal temperature?






32. The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is...






33. When collecting blood for cholesterol tests use a ..... top evacuated tube






34. When the patient is breathing with only the upper part of the lugs this is refereed to as...






35. The metacarpals are located in the ...






36. Contact with blood - or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply through percutaneous inoculation - or contact with an open wound - non-intact skin - or mocous membrane during the performance of normal duties' This definition(found in t






37. Business on hanwritten mail that weighs less than 11 ounces is known as............ class mail.






38. A......... report includes information relating to the patien's main reason for scheduling an appointment to see the physician.






39. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ...






40. The abbreviation for fluid is...






41. The medical term for paralysis form the neck down is...






42. If during a venipuncture a patient has a syncopal episode what would be your best course of action?

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






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






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






46. which one of the following might involve a decision based upon biothics?






47. When a patient has health insurance - the percentage of covered services that is the responsibility of the patient to pay is known as...






48. The medical term for goups of cells with the same function is...






49. The word element CARDIO means...






50. When using an evacuated tube for collection of electrolytes use a...