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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. When handling incoming mail the medical assistant should...






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






3. Aerobic bacteria prefer which of these environmental conditions to grow well?






4. The sebaceous glands -skin -hair -and nails make up the............ system






5. An extrauterine pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum begins to develop outside the uterus is called...






6. The healthy adult excretes daily approximately.................. of urine.






7. A drug that neutralizes acidity is called an...






8. In the positioning of the electrodes - if the electrodes are placed too close together - the emplitude will be ............






9. 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...






10. The medical term for the basic unit of body structute is...






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






12. 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






13. The medical term for loss of appetite is...






14. The most important step in the performance of a venipuncture is...






15. A doctor who agress to accept an insurance companies fee as the maximum amount to be collecte is called...






16. A 224-hr urine specimen should be...






17. A special device called a 'regulator' or 'flow meter' is necessary when using...






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






19. When anticoagulated blood is centrifuged....... goes to the tope of the tube.






20. The word element SUPER means...






21. 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...






22. 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 ...






23. To help classify bacteria into two groups;gram-positive and gram-negative is a special stain called...






24. A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is...






25. When performing any CLIA waived test it is important do to which one of the following?






26. The major vein that drains the upper arm is called the ...






27. The medical term for sugar in the urine iss...






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






29. ........................ values are increased in infections and inflammatory disease.






30. A drug that controls appetite is called an...






31. The ulna is located in the ....






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






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






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






35. Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 - Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness an necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as........ review






36. When you wash your hands you should stand.....






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






38. The clean-catch urine specmen is also called.....






39. E/M codes are located in the ................ manual






40. High blood pressure is referred to as






41. Lating for 'he who acts through another acts for himself' is called...






42. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?






43. ................is the study of words and their relaionship to other words in a sentence.






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






45. A system whereby large quantities of data can be accessed -searched -sorted -and arranged very rapidly by computer is called a............... system






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






47. In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for...






48. The word element STOMATO means






49. The abbreviation for hour iss...






50. When you use an autoclave - fill the water reservoir with...