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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 abbreviation for both ears is...






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






3. Before placing a telefone caller on a hold it is appropriate to...






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






5. The area between waves is referred to as...






6. A CLIA waived pregnancy test is based on the detenction of which one of the following?






7. What is considered a normal adult respiration per minute?






8. Lack of physicl or mental fitness is known as...






9. The liver -stomach -mouth -and pancreas are in the .........system






10. Inflammation of the gums is called...






11. The word element CENTESIS means...






12. In the human body - the senses include all of the following EXCEPT...






13. A person or institution that gives medical care is a...






14. A fraudulent signature is called...






15. The risk of infection with HIV following one needle-stick exposure to blood form a patient known to be infected with HIV is approximately......






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






17. A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels is called a...






18. Erythema refers to...






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






20. When writting a bussiness letter -the salutation of a letter should be followed by wich punctuation mark?






21. An international perversion of thuth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance uopm it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called...






22. Use your index finger when you......... for a vein






23. ......................... is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patient's health information.






24. General infection-control procedures are designed to prevent transmission of a wide range of ................ and to provide a wide margin of safety in the varied situations encountered in the health-care environment.






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






26. A patient receiving ambulatory care at a hospital or other health facility without being admitted as a bed patient is called an....






27. An amount the insures must pay before policy benefits begin is called...






28. How many hematocrit tubes should be collected form the patient?






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






30. Nitroglycerine is used for...






31. The muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm is called.....






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






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






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






35. A statement given concerning some scientific -technical - or professional matter by an expert - such as a physical is called...






36. 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.






37. The maxilla is located in the ...






38. Never clean a glass thermometer with...






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






40. When measuring bloo pressure...






41. The major vein that drains the head and brain is called the...






42. The smaller of the lower leg bones is called...






43. When using a fire extinguisher the hose should be directly to the...






44. The word element STOMATO means






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






46. The pubis is located in the ...






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






48. Any indibidual -living or dead -whose blood -or other potentially infectious materials nay be a sourse of occupational exposure to the employee is called a ...






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






50. The heart -lymphatic organs -and blood vessels are in the .......... system