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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 medical term for the time when menstruation begins is...






2. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...






3. Inflammation of the gums is called...






4. When measuring bloo pressure...






5. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called...






6. A medical Assistant would measure the patient's temperature -pulse - and respiration when the physician asks him or her to...






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






8. When the patient kneels - and places his/her head and chest on the table with buttocks elevated - it is called the..... position.






9. To measure a blood pressure -the medical assistant will need..






10. To prevent the insured form receiving a duplicate payment for losses under more than one insurance policy is called...






11. The abbreviation for dressing is...






12. A rider added to a policy to provide additional benefits for certain conditions is called...






13. The abbreviation for fluid is...






14. The medical term for expanding or opening wider is...






15. The computer's directional arrow keys...






16. Reasonable anticipated skin -eye -mucous membrane - or parenteral contact with blood - or other potentially infectious materials that may result form the performance of an employee's duties is called....






17. The abbreviation for intramuscular is...






18. To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to...






19. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...






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






21. When collecting blood for cholesterol tests use a ..... top evacuated tube






22. How quickly will an electronic thermometer measure body temperature?






23. A drug that causes urination is called a...






24. The medical term for circular movement around a central point is...






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






26. The major artery that supplies the thorax is called the........ artery






27. The least reliable measurement of body temperature is....






28. Right and wrong conduct is known as...






29. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) where QRS have the same configuration each time they appear is called...






30. 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 ...






31. The abbreviation for suppository is...






32. The word element RENAL means...






33. What license must a physician have to dispense -prescribe -or administer controlled substances?






34. which one of the following might involve a decision based upon biothics?






35. Groups or clusters of bacteria taken for laboratory study are called...






36. A physician must have the patient's permission in writting to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following?






37. A terminal lethal dysrhythmia - a dying heart - is called...






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






39. A notice of insurance claim or proff must be filed within a designated........... or it can be denied






40. That which in natural and continous sequence -unbroken by any new independent cause - produces an event - and without wich the injury would not have occurred is called...






41. If the septum of the hearth has an abnomal opening it is referred to as...






42. Concerning ECG's for irregular rhythms - any method or rate calculation that depends on intervals between complex is.............






43. Never clean a glass thermometer with...






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






45. Rubber sleeves for a glucose tolerance test...... hours before or during the test - the patient should not eat -smoke -drink coffee or alcohol.






46. Lying flat on one's back with arms at one's side is the.......... position






47. Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is...






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






49. Vaccinations against HBV infection provide 90% protection against hepatitis B for ............ or more years following vaccination.






50. The medical term for straightening of a body part is...