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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is...
Catastrophic
Non compus mentis
Lavender
Epigastric Region
2. When taking the pulse - you must be able to report accurately the...
Serologic
Shifts up or down form baseline
1-Rhythm of pulse beats.2-Rate(number of pulse beats per minute) 3-force of the beat.
gram stain
3. You should wash your hands for approximately....
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Sterilization
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
1 to 2 minutes
4. The ................ wave represents atrial depolarization...
Participating physician
P
Celiac
1-the patient has had brest surgery on that side. 2-On an arm with an IV infusion.3- on an arm with a cast.
5. A type of insurance whereby the insured pays a specific amount per unit if service and the isurer pays the rest of the cost is called...
Sterilization
Co-payment
Fax machine
Adduction
6. What license must a physician have to dispense -prescribe -or administer controlled substances?
Superficial
Red
Narcotics
carbohydrate
7. An unexpected event which may cause injury is called...
Accident
Contagious
Benefits
Diastolic pressure
8. At the location where you are going to feel for a vein -wrap the tourniquet around the arm approximately........ above the area.
Emancipated minor
puncture
Three to four inches
Hypertension
9. The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is...
Air dry
Vaginitis
Cancer
GI or G.I
10. Every medical facility is required by OSHA to have an ............... - which hall be made available to the Assistant Secretary and the Director OSHA upon request for examination and copying.
exposure control plan
Knee-chest
Brachial
Make a fist
11. The balance between the heat produced and the heat lost is the...
W-4
Body temperature
Tachypnea
Head
12. The common term for a decubitus ulcer;a pressure sore is...
Nasogastric tube
bedsore
Biceps brachii
Epigastric Region
13. The abbreviation for dressing is...
dsg
Time
Assignment of benefits
Lavender
14. An accumulation of air in the pleural cavity after the lungs collapse is known as...
1-vomiting.2-headache.3-confusion.
an arrhythmia
pneumothorax
2 to 60 seconds
15. The point at wich air enters the respiratory tract is called the...
Feel
Quadriplegia
Head
Nasal cavity
16. An apical pulse is the method of choice for...
Infants and young children
Participating physician
Hand
Abandonment
17. The radial pulse is located in the...
Primarily
Tachypnea
Wrist
Negligence
18. In drug testing the............ regulates describe how evidence is to be collected and handled.
Chain of custody
Myocardial infarction
Twice
Physiology
19. Inflammation of the sinus cavity is called...
Sinusitis
October 1 to September 30
after
1-Gently insert the needle a little deeper.2-Gently pull the needle or just a little.3-Remove the needle and tourniquet and prepare another site.
20. Performing routine maintenance on laboratory equipment is critical. The maintenance plan should inclde...
Hypo
Keto-diastix
1-regularly scheduled check-ups 2-daily examination of equipment for frayed cords or broken parts.3- routine cleaning of the outside of the equipment with a damp cloth.
Doctor
21. The electrode site should be...
Erythrocyte sedimentation rates
Skin puncture
Clean -smooth - and dry
Knee-chest
22. The major artery to the head is called the
Rhinitis
Clavicle
Carotid
AMA Code of Ethics
23. Making sure a tube is correctly labeled with the patient's complete name and identification number is part of the facilities...... plan.
Quality control
Medicaid
Occupational exposure
Sensitivity
24. Branches of the bundle branches - which transmit the impluses to the walls of the ventricles - causing the ventricles to the contract are called...
punkinje fibers
Atrophy
1 to 2 minutes
Ectopic
25. Which one of the following evacuated tubes would be drams first?
Microbiological Agents
Red
Checkbook
Absolute regular
26. The term 'Universal Precautions' is an....
Life threatening
Overall approach to infection control
tab
Nasogastric tube
27. 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
Human Exposure
Hand
above
Rotation
28. When the right atrium contracts it forces blood through the tricuspid valve into the...... ventricle
Right
CPT
hemiplegia
Auxilliary
29. The abbreviation for discontinue is...
1-Gently insert the needle a little deeper.2-Gently pull the needle or just a little.3-Remove the needle and tourniquet and prepare another site.
d/c
infective or infectious
Irregular Respiration
30. Certain types of cultures -such as deep wound cultures could contain anaerobic pathogens. which of the following conditions is required for their growth?
Head
Absence of oxygen
Pre-certification
Common iliac
31. Which one of the following items is not needed when taking a routine phone message?
32. Rubber sleeves for a glucose tolerance test...... hours before or during the test - the patient should not eat -smoke -drink coffee or alcohol.
Appendicitis
Coordination of benefits
Ten
Tachypnea
33. Oxygen is a administered to the patient by way of a ...............
substances that have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
Cardiovascular
Cirrhosis
1-catherer 2-cannula 3-tent
34. In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for...
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Stool sample
Veins pulsate
Database management
35. A rubber or plastic tube used to used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening is called...
Hemiplegia
catheter
Inpatient
condition of
36. The major vein that drains the upper arm is called the ...
Brachial
Indemnities
Head
Auscultation
37. The major vein that drains the pelvis is called the ...
gavae
Cirrhosis
Knee-chest
Common iliac
38. A skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...
infective or infectious
Benefits
Extended care facility
Deposit slip
39. When performing a venipuncture of no blood flows into the tube how would you correct this situation?
Narcotics
1-Gently insert the needle a little deeper.2-Gently pull the needle or just a little.3-Remove the needle and tourniquet and prepare another site.
ECG
Deposit slip
40. Located between the pharynx and trachea - and containing the vocal cords is the...
Microbiological Agents
lancet
Larynx
Hypnotic
41. When using an evacuated tube for collection of electrolytes use a...
Red top tube
Shallow respiration
gtt
Classification of environmental events -such as poisoning
42. The medical term for the basic unit of body structute is...
Appetite suppressor
Coordination of benefits
Reasonable care
Cell
43. The healthy adult excretes daily approximately.................. of urine.
Puncture-resistant
Work in a circle to the periphery
urinary
1000 to 15000 milliliters
44. In a visual acuity reading of 20/60 - what does the 20 represent?
after
Distance between patient and test chart
Prenatal
Partial disability
45. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...
Security thermomether
Overall approach to infection control
Sinus arrest
punkinje fibers
46. When performing any CLIA waived test it is important do to which one of the following?
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
Distance between patient and test chart
Social Security
gr
47. The time established for filling law suits is...
Premium
Statute of limitations
Partial disability
mydriatic
48. The central middle area of the abdomen is called the ....
Orange-red
tranquilizer
Attach the envelope to the correspondence
umbilical region
49. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.
Proximate cause
Celiac
Third
On top
50. 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.
Sim's position
Color Coded
Doctor
umbilical region