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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. The humerus is located in the....
Arm
Oxygen
inj
Abandonment
2. The medical term for straightening of a body part is...
Extension
Dysuris
Take vital signs
infective or infectious
3. A condition of the nasal septum turning away form the midline is called a...
Heart
Deviated septum
Atrophy
Judgment
4. ............... testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.
umbilical region
1-clean-voided speimen 2- mid-stream Specimen
Serologic
Vasodilator
5. The sebaceous glands -skin -hair -and nails make up the............ system
October 1 to September 30
Hepatic
Nervous
exposure incident
6. When handling incoming mail the medical assistant should...
Clavicle
Body temperature
Database management
Attach the envelope to the correspondence
7. Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is...
Medical etiquette
Respondeat superior
Palpate
Defribillation
8. A drug that increases urinary output is called a...
diuretic
Epigastric Region
1-catherer 2-cannula 3-tent
Narcotics
9. The femur is located in the...
An alcohol prep
Leg
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Hand
10. ................... is a method used for determining whether a particular service or procedure is covered under a patient's policy.
Pre-certification
Peer review
Remove the needle and tourniquet and lower patient's head and arms
Ectopic
11. It is very important when performing a capillary stick to do with one of the following?
abduction
Not use alcohol to clean the site
Cardiovascular
Cancer
12. The medical erm for bending a body part is...
Pre-certification
Flexion
Superficial
Positively identifying the patient
13. When working with pstients form a culture different than your own - one should...
oint -ung
22
Hypertension
Show respect for thei culture
14. The medical name for the nose bleed is called...
Quadriplegia
Epistaxis
Knee-chest
Pulmonay
15. Which is recorded as the systolic blood pressure?
Brachial
Arm
The point where the first sound is heard.
Pronation
16. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is...
The medical hand wash
The point where the first sound is heard.
Non compus mentis
Head
17. The abbreviation for tablet is...
Seven
tab
oint -ung
Inpatient
18. The radial pulse is located in the...
Back
po
Wrist
Coinsurance
19. The metatarsals are located in the ...
Hemorrhoids
14 to 20
gtt
Foot
20. Wgen a drop of blood is placed on a slide -place a second slide............ the first slide.
Non-verbal communication
Ten
Diastolic pressure
On top
21. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is...
Echocardiography
Assault
Subpoena
infective or infectious
22. An amount the insures must pay before policy benefits begin is called...
Epigastric Region
Deductible
CA
Benefits
23. A signature on the reverse side of a check is called...
Larynx
Endorsement
Health maintenance organization
small punctures in the dermis
24. Oxygen is ordered as percentage concentration and its rate of delivery is written as...
Assumption of risk
hemiplegia
liters per minute
Classification of environmental events -such as poisoning
25. When Preparing a blood smear -the spreader slide must be made of...
Cell
Grammar
sol
Glass
26. An obstruction of a coronary artery causing death of an area of the myocardium due to blockage of blood supply and oxygen supply is called...
Veins pulsate
Myocardial infarction
Blood films
Three to four inches
27. What licence must a physician have to dispense -precribe or administer controlled substances?
gram stain
Deposition
0.20 sec
Narcotic
28. A patient receiving ambulatory care at a hospital or other health facility without being admitted as a bed patient is called an....
Outpatient
a paper towel
Systolic pressure
Coding
29. During a venipuncture - to secure the needle during insertion into the tube stopper - you need a .......
Coinsurance
Holder
Leg
sourse individual
30. The healthy adult excretes daily approximately.................. of urine.
1000 to 15000 milliliters
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.
Ketone bodies (ketones)
Knee-chest
31. With vital signs -any abnormal measurement must be immediatly reported to the ....
Diagnoses
Outdate or expiration date
Physician
Tri-care
32. Listening to the sounds produced while tapping the patient with fingers is called...
Ledger
Claim
Indenmities
Percussion
33. An otoscope is used for examination of the....
How easy the system is to operate
tab
Ears
Ethics
34. An incoming call should be answered by the ..... ring.
Third
Nasal cavity
Shallow respiration
Leg
35. Prior to answering an incoming call the medical assistant should...
Adduction
Smile
AD
glucosuria
36. The lid to the centrifuge should be kept....... when in use.
ECG
Closed
exposure control plan
Subscriber
37. The glucose tolerance test is a ...........-test
A brush and dust pan
Narcotics
Timed
CPT
38. A person or institution that gives medical care is a...
Infants and young children
Provider
carbohydrate
po
39. Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as....
A stethoscope and shygmomanometer
Indemnities
Endorsement
1000 to 15000 milliliters
40. which one of the following might involve a decision based upon biothics?
Hardware
Blood films
Epigastric Region
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
41. The word element SUPER means...
Heat eith steam under pressure
Atrophy
above
Three to four inches
42. The majority of the bones in the arms and legs are.......... bones
Diagnoses
Non compus mentis
Suspension
Long
43. Concent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unproventable results of that treatment is called...
Res judicata
Skull
Unethical
Assumption of risk
44. The First line of defence in preventing disease is...
an EPA
The medical hand wash
Abandonment
0.12
45. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...
Cultures
bronchi
1000 to 15000 milliliters
Sterilization
46. A terminal lethal dysrhythmia - a dying heart - is called...
villi
Agonal
Fee-for-service
abduction
47. When the internal invironment of the body is functioning properly - a condition of............ exists.
1 to 2 minutes
Blood
Surgical removal
Homeostasis
48. 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...
Back
Angina pectoris
Statute of limitations
Transdermal System
49. The word element CENTESIS means...
hyper
AMA Code of Ethics
2.4 mm
puncture
50. An unexpected event which may cause injury is called...
nose
Accident
Lavage
Infants and young children