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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

Subjects : certifications, health-sciences

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Admissions
Make sure the skin is damp when applying the electrode
an arrhythmia
liters per minute

2. The risk of infection with HIV following one needle-stick exposure to blood form a patient known to be infected with HIV is approximately......
Wrist
EDTA added
Admissions
0.50%

3. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system
Empathy
Subscriber
Positively identifying the patient
Muscular

4. An instrument used for auditory and sensory perception is called the...
GI or G.I
Diastolic pressure
Tunning fork
Agonal

5. The balance between the heat produced and the heat lost is the...
Non-verbal communication
Body temperature
Defendant
Ledger

6. To correct a hanwritten error in a patient's chart - it is only acceptable to...
Brachial
History and physical examination
Fibrillation
Draw a line through the error -insert the correct information -date and initial it.

7. The medical term for straightening of a body part is...
Air -lungs
Health Insure Portability and Accountability Act
Law
Extension

8. When performing a venipuncture of no blood flows into the tube how would you correct this situation?
2.4 mm
Glass
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.
CC

9. The abbreviation for fluid is...
Blood
fl or fld
AMA Code of Ethics
Primarily

10. A record of debits -credits -and balances is referred to as a patient's...
Ledger
Vomiting
Make sure the skin is damp when applying the electrode
antitussive

11. When you wash your hands you should stand.....
umbilical region
Tort
So your clothes do not touch the sink.
2 to 60 seconds

12. The word element CARDIO means...
Proximate cause
Will
Heart
1-catherer 2-cannula 3-tent

13. When performing a venipuncture - if you have the patient...... the veins will become more prominent.
Rotation
Cirrhosis
1000 to 15000 milliliters
Make a fist

14. The abbreviation for ointment is...
Nervous
exposure incident
oint -ung
Fourth

15. The muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm is called.....
P
Civil War
Biceps brachii
Irregular Respiration

16. How quickly will an electronic thermometer measure body temperature?
New growth
2 to 60 seconds
pap smear
Contagious

17. The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
W-4
Ketone bodies (ketones)
Menarche

18. When handling a patient complaint which one of the following would be most appropiate?
Take all complaints seriously and ake through notes
Third
Take vital signs
catheter

19. While the duration of the ST segment is not generally of clinical significance - it is an exceedingly important portion of the ECG because of...
Litigation
Shifts up or down form baseline
d/c
Coding

20. An apical pulse is the method of choice for...
Skin puncture
Infants and young children
P
inj

21. A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels is called a...
Clean -smooth - and dry
Holder
Crime
Vasodilator

22. When writting a bussiness letter -the salutation of a letter should be followed by wich punctuation mark?
Inpatient
Deposition
Knee
Colon

23. To netermine the size of the needle remember that the higher the gauge number the......... needle
exposure control plan
Ethics
Cultures
Smaller

24. The word elements ALGIA - ALGESIA refer tos...
Endorsement
villi
Pain
Fibrillation

25. The femur is located in the...
Pleural effusion
Forgery
Body temperature
Leg

26. When you use an autoclave - fill the water reservoir with...
Hemorrhoids
Cancer
ALCOHOL
Pleural effusion

27. A system whereby large quantities of data can be accessed -searched -sorted -and arranged very rapidly by computer is called a............... system
Hematocrit.
90-130
Preexisting condition
Database management

28. The abbreviation for electroencephalogram is...
Colitis
Medicare
Third
ECG

29. The word element OSIS means...
Prone
condition of
Capillary
Smaller

30. Parcel post or......... class mail is used for bound printed matter -film - & sound recordings.
Pink
Fourth
Brachial
auxillary

31. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....
Hot water
Doctor
Benefits
Inpatient

32. The word element PHLEBO means...
Blood films
vein
Intercostal
Cancer

33. Which is recorded as the systolic blood pressure?
0.20 sec
The point where the first sound is heard.
Invasion of privacy
condition of

34. What type of blood sample is needed when performing a PKU?
Capillary
Epigastric Region
Rotation
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.

35. When a patient's feet are placed in stirrups and the buttocks are positioned at the edge of the exam table - the patient is in the...... position
tab
Head
Lithiotomy.
Blood

36. A sum of money provided in an insurance policy -payable for covered services is called...
Ears
1-the patient has had brest surgery on that side. 2-On an arm with an IV infusion.3- on an arm with a cast.
Benefits
Narcotics

37. A tube inserted into one of the patient's nostrils and down the back of the throat - through the esophagus - until the end reaches the patien's stomach is a...
Abandonment
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
Homeostasis
Nasogastric tube

38. hen using a centrifuge - make sure equal weights are...
Third
Opposite each other
Coding
Qui facit per alium facit per se

39. The abbreviation for solution is...
sol
AMA Code of Ethics
tranquilizer
1 to 2 minutes

40. One of the vital functions of long bones is the formation of...
Premium
treatment of angina pectoris
Red blood cells
Brachial

41. The maxilla is located in the ...
UA
Shallow respiration
Mouth or the ostium uteri
Head

42. Hydrocortisone is a drug used to suppress...
Grace period
UA
inflammation
Dark and warm

43. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is...
Diastolic pressure
Opposite each other
Non compus mentis
Res gestae

44. 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.
Hypnotic
lancet
Res judicata
Color Coded

45. Which test measures both suga and acetone in the urine?
Emancipated minor
Keto-diastix
unreliable
Major medical

46. Concerning ECG's for irregular rhythms - any method or rate calculation that depends on intervals between complex is.............
unreliable
History and physical examination
Contagious
Co-payment

47. The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers.This is called...
Dorsiflexion
Reasonable care
Remote
Expert testimony

48. The radial pulse is located in the...
Wrist
Partial disability
contamination
CPT

49. Located between the pharynx and trachea - and containing the vocal cords is the...
Lavage
treatment of angina pectoris
Colitis
Larynx

50. Another term for acetone in the urine is ....
contributory negligence
substances that have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
Explanation of benefits
Ketone bodies (ketones)