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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 risk of infection with HIV following one needle-stick exposure to blood form a patient known to be infected with HIV is approximately......






2. The buccal method of administering a drug is done by ...






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






4. A payment for hospital charges incurred by an insured person because of injury or illness is called...






5. A recap sheet that accompanies a Medicare or Medicaid check - showing breakdown and explanation of payment on a claim is called...






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






7. The gauge of needle most commonly used for venipuncture is..... Gauge.






8. When a patient is positioned on the abdomen -arms under the head -with the head turned to one side the patient is in the ......... position






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






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






11. The word element RENAL means...






12. Inflammation of the gums is called...






13. The abbreviation for drops is...






14. The lid to the centrifuge should be kept....... when in use.






15. The divisions of the trachea which enter the lungs are called the...






16. A drug used to relieve a cough is called an...






17. The medical term for moving a body part away form the body is...






18. The major vein that drains the liver is called the...






19. The most accurate and reliable measurement of body temperature is...






20. While the duration of the ST segment is not generally of clinical significance - it is an exceedingly important portion of the ECG because of...






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






22. The term 'Universal Precautions' is an....






23. Washing out the stomach through a nasogastric tube is called...






24. The abbreviation for injection is...






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






26. Failure to achieve an agreed upon result -even when the highest degree of skill has been used - is called...






27. The presumtion or inference of negligence when an accident is otherise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called...






28. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ...






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






30. The blood lancet is used for the collection of blood specimens by...






31. A fraudulent signature is called...






32. A stethoscope is used to listen to body sounds by...






33. The pubis is located in the ...






34. The majority of the bones in the arms and legs are.......... bones






35. 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...






36. Body language -body posture -space and distance are all examples of.....






37. The abbreviation for discontinue is...






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






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






40. Which is recorded as the systolic blood pressure?






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






42. When taking the pulse - you must be able to report accurately the...






43. Which of the following locations is usually used for taking a pulse?






44. The fibula is located in the ...






45. The tibia is located in the ....






46. A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably - or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called...






47. You should wash your hands for approximately....






48. When preparing a blood smear form a skin puncture you should........... the first drop....






49. The zygomatic bone is located in the...






50. Carcinogenic means.......... causing