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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.
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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. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....
Checkbook
Inpatient
mydriatic
Oxygen
2. The medical term for paralysis on one side of the body is...
Hemorrhoids
Hemiplegia
po
HIPAA
3. One who Institutes a lawsuit is ...
Color Coded
Auxilliary
gr
Plaintiff
4. The venipuncture site should be cleansed with...
Tort
1 to 2 minutes
Glucose tolerance test
An alcohol prep
5. When preparing a blood smear form a skin puncture you should........... the first drop....
Sugar
digestive
Wipe away
small
6. A weakness in the walls of the muscle that allows underlying tissue to push through it is called .....
Appetite suppressor
Hemiplegia
pneumothorax
a hernia
7. In drug testing the............ regulates describe how evidence is to be collected and handled.
Chain of custody
auxillary
Coinsurance
Usual - customary and reasonable
8. Conduct -courtesy -and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as...
Built to provide support & structure
Medical etiquette
Database management
Occupational exposure
9. ............................ are defined as what are right and wrong.
Tunning fork
Apical-radial pulse
Ethics
Software
10. ................... is a method used for determining whether a particular service or procedure is covered under a patient's policy.
Pre-certification
sourse individual
small
Ophthalmoscope
11. The major artery to the head is called the
Ethics
Medicaid
Invasion of privacy
Carotid
12. An incoming call should be answered by the ..... ring.
Third
Gunshot wound
Hypo
Remove the needle and tourniquet and lower patient's head and arms
13. The medical term for straightening of a body part is...
emul
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
Hemorrhoids
Extension
14. Aserious chronic disease of the liver is called...
0.12
Ophthalmoscope
Fraud
Cirrhosis
15. ................is the study of words and their relaionship to other words in a sentence.
ECG
after
Grammar
Closed
16. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) where QRS have the same configuration each time they appear is called...
Outdate or expiration date
W-4
Uniform
Smaller
17. A date on a bottle of medication that provides a ''use until'' date is the...
Outdate or expiration date
antitussive
Software
Assignment of benefits
18. The tube to collect whole blood with an additive in it has a ....... stopper
bedsore
Nasopharynx and tonsillar area
Lavender
Echocardiography
19. Erythema refers to...
Life threatening
Red skin
Breach
Assumption of risk
20. A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels is called a...
Respondeat superior
Vasodilator
Bagged or containerized at the location.
Peer review
21. When doing a venipuncture th syringe or tube should be ....... the venipuncture site to prevent back-flow.
digestive
Celiac
Knee
Below
22. FICA provides benefits for...
Social Security
Rhinitis
dsg
New growth
23. The abbreviation for urinalysis is...
Head
Orange-red
Non compus mentis
UA
24. The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is...
October 1 to September 30
diuretic
Menarche
CMS-1500
25. The medical term for an involuntary movement is...
Built to provide support & structure
Reflex
Keto-diastix
First
26. Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as...
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
Contagious
Indenmities
AMA Code of Ethics
27. The major artey that supplies the bladder -rectum -and some reproductive organs is called the...
iliac
90-130
small punctures in the dermis
Clavicle
28. A record of debits -credits -and balances is referred to as a patient's...
Ledger
Glass
Nervous
Primarily
29. A statement given concerning some scientific -technical - or professional matter by an expert - such as a physical is called...
Expert testimony
A brush and dust pan
Physician
Red
30. When caring for patients with physical disabilities all of the following must be taken into consideration except...
Head
Premium
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
Superficial
31. An organization that offers health insurance at a fixed monthly premium with little or no deductible and works through a primary care is called a ...
Diastolic pressure
Health maintenance organization
Lavage
Dilate
32. The word element CRANIO means...
Outpatient
Skull
Red
Checkbook
33. Never clean a glass thermometer with...
Below
HIPAA
umbilical region
Hot water
34. The abbreviation for emulsion is...
Placing the medication between the gum and the check
emul
Coding
Will
35. When performing any CLIA waived test it is important do to which one of the following?
Head
Nasogastric tube
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
Blood films
36. Referring to computers - the term 'use friendly' refers to...
How easy the system is to operate
Coinsurance
Assumption of risk
Nasopharynx and tonsillar area
37. E/M codes are located in the ................ manual
Consent
CPT
Ears
Teeth
38. The abbreviation for syrup is...
Provider
syr
gavae
Cultures
39. 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...
0.50%
CA
Jugular
Assignment of benefits
40. When applying leads -aply V1 lead.............
Brachial
cut
The fourth intercostal spce right sternal border
Life threatening
41. To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or intention or resumption at a later date -or to ask for a continuance is called a ...
Dark and warm
Hemiplegia
Ethics
Suspension
42. To cleanse the typical venipuncture site - begin at the intende site of the draw and....
Timed
Work in a circle to the periphery
Defendant
Gingivitis
43. A CLIA waived pregnancy test is based on the detenction of which one of the following?
auxillary
Antacid
Human chrionic gonadotropin
Sim's position
44. The lateral movement of the limbs away form the median plane of the body - is calle...
abduction
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.
Defendant
Civil War
45. Performing routine maintenance on laboratory equipment is critical. The maintenance plan should inclde...
Contagious
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.
Composition
Physician
46. 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
0.12
Respiration
Celiac
Human Exposure
47. A doctor who agress to accept an insurance companies fee as the maximum amount to be collecte is called...
IM
Nervous
Red
Participating physician
48. The word element POST means...
after
gtt
0.5cc
Hot water
49. Physicians with a narcotics license are required to register on June 30 of each year with...
Mouth or the ostium uteri
Drug Enforcement Agency
Menarche
Respondeat superior
50. Information given by a patient to a medical personnel which cannot be disclosed witout consent of the person who gave it is...
AU
Surgical removal
An alcohol prep
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