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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 word element ADENO means






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






3. Heath insurance that proides protection against the high cost of treating severe or lengthy illnesses or disabilities is called...






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






5. The term for the technology that tells a computer what to do is known as the ...






6. Which of the following is not a criteria for skin preparation for lead placement?






7. An unexpected event which may cause injury is called...






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






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






10. The International Classification of Disease -9th revision - Clinical Modification(ICD-9-CM) is used to code...






11. The tibia is located in the ....






12. Wgen a drop of blood is placed on a slide -place a second slide............ the first slide.






13. Information given by a patient to a medical personnel which cannot be disclosed witout consent of the person who gave it is...






14. 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 ...






15. The process of changing words into numbers so that computers can be in processing insurance claims is called...






16. 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






17. The ability to see form another person's point of view is...






18. The abbreviation for cancer is...






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






20. Inflammation of the appendix is called...






21. The color coding for a stopper of a tube with no addictives is(for collection of serum)......






22. 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.






23. The abbreviation for emulsion is...






24. Physicians with a narcotics license are required to register on June 30 of each year with...






25. At the location where you are going to feel for a vein -wrap the tourniquet around the arm approximately........ above the area.






26. The word element RHINO means...






27. Never clean a glass thermometer with...






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






29. hen using a centrifuge - make sure equal weights are...






30. When applying leads -aply V1 lead.............






31. To cleanse the typical venipuncture site - begin at the intende site of the draw and....






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






33. The humerus is located in the....






34. Conduct -courtesy -and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as...






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






36. The common term for a decubitus ulcer;a pressure sore is...






37. A condition of the nasal septum turning away form the midline is called a...






38. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system






39. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....






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






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






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






43. To optain a specimen for a throat culture the ....... must be swabbed.






44. The statement 'A physician shall respect the law' is a part of the...






45. Lesions of the mucous membrane of the stomach are called........... ulcers






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






47. The medical term for paralysis form the waist down is...






48. An incoming call should be answered by the ..... ring.






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






50. 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...