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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 medical term for turning the palm backward is...
elix
Stertorous Respiration
Pronation
0.50%
2. A ............... requires the patient to be fasting and then blood is taken every hour for a predetermined time..
Infants and young children
Glucose tolerance test
Deposit slip
Backup
3. An agent of an insurance company who solits or initiates contracts for insurance coverage and and services - and is the policyholder for the insurer is called...
Res gestae
Feel
Insurance agent
Heart
4. Every medical facility is required by OSHA to have an ............... - which hall be made available to the Assistant Secretary and the Director OSHA upon request for examination and copying.
bronchi
90-130
Assumption of risk
exposure control plan
5. Holding or detaining a person against his will is...
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive
Paraplegia
Res gestae
False imprisonment
6. which one of the following might involve a decision based upon biothics?
GI or G.I
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
Respondeat superior
gtt
7. The study of bones is called...
Leg
Foot
Cholecystitis
Osteology
8. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...
Gunshot wound
Orange-red
Sterilization
Antacid
9. The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is...
Hypertension
Dorsiflexion
Pain
Menarche
10. When you pull the second slide apart form the first slide -let them...
Diastolic pressure
Air dry
urinary
Air -lungs
11. Escape of fluid into the thoracic cavity is called...
Heart
Separates the cellular and liquid portion of the blood
Pleural effusion
decongestant
12. Sodium citrate is an anticoagulant of choice for coagulation studies because it protects certain of the.....
Pro-coagulation
Holder
P
Third
13. A skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...
Claim
AU
an arrhythmia
Extended care facility
14. Performing routine maintenance on laboratory equipment is critical. The maintenance plan should inclde...
1-regularly scheduled check-ups 2-daily examination of equipment for frayed cords or broken parts.3- routine cleaning of the outside of the equipment with a damp cloth.
Homeostasis
loss of appetite and fatigue 2-fever -nause -rash -and vomiting. 3- pain -redness or swelling.
Bid
15. 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
Adhesive
decubitus ulcers
Lithiotomy.
catheter
16. The First line of defence in preventing disease is...
0.5 cc
The medical hand wash
Irregular Respiration
Assumption of risk
17. Failure to do something hat a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's property is...
Cirrhosis
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
An alcohol prep
Negligence
18. When the depth of breathing changes and the rate of the rise and fall of the chest is not steady - it is called....
0.5cc
tranquilizer
Irregular Respiration
Pink
19. A date on a bottle of medication that provides a ''use until'' date is the...
Outdate or expiration date
exposure incident
above
Percussion
20. The abbreviation for suppository is...
Res gestae
Reasonable care
supp
Fourth
21. The ability to see form another person's point of view is...
Separates the cellular and liquid portion of the blood
Empathy
tab
Reasonable care
22. An nstrument called a centrifuge.....
CMS-1500
syr
Separates the cellular and liquid portion of the blood
Plasma
23. To correct a hanwritten error in a patient's chart - it is only acceptable to...
Breach
Draw a line through the error -insert the correct information -date and initial it.
Cancer
Forgery
24. Oxygen is ordered as percentage concentration and its rate of delivery is written as...
Closed
Cleanse the site form the inside out and allow it to air dry.
liters per minute
Auxilliary
25. hen using a centrifuge - make sure equal weights are...
small punctures in the dermis
Opposite each other
Hemorrhoids
Puncture-resistant
26. A record of debits -credits -and balances is referred to as a patient's...
Jejenum
Delete
Ledger
Blood films
27. Inflammation of the nasal mucosa results in...
Rhinitis
Drug Enforcement Agency
Medicaid
Appendicitis
28. 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
Skin preparation
Lithiotomy.
decubitus ulcers
Admissions
29. Which one of the following items is not needed when taking a routine phone message?
30. When writting a bussiness letter -the salutation of a letter should be followed by wich punctuation mark?
Colon
Arm
Epistaxis
Body temperature
31. Infected Pressure sores on the skin are called...
pneumothorax
decubitus ulcers
Hepatic
Res judicata
32. The metatarsals are located in the ...
Hemiplegia
Percussion
Foot
Separates the cellular and liquid portion of the blood
33. Which of the following is false?
Leg
Veins pulsate
liters per minute
Ophthalmoscope
34. The medical name for the nose bleed is called...
hyper
Ledger
Closed
Epistaxis
35. The medical term for bending backward is...
Outdate or expiration date
PPBS
Dorsiflexion
Narcotic
36. Performing a ........ as part of a complete blood count determines the ratio of the volume packed red blood cells to that of whole blood.
Hematocrit.
Infants and young children
Microbiological Agents
Delete
37. The computer key DEL command means...
Oxygen
a hernia
Delete
Living cells
38. A drug used to relieve a cough is called an...
Pleural effusion
antitussive
Overall approach to infection control
Dilate
39. 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...
Nasogastric tube
Larynx
Gingivitis
Defendant
40. What type of blood sample is needed when performing a PKU?
an arrhythmia
Capillary
Palpitation
Rectal
41. What is considered a normal adult respiration per minute?
Law
diuretic
14 to 20
Surgical removal
42. A system whereby large quantities of data can be accessed -searched -sorted -and arranged very rapidly by computer is called a............... system
Database management
Bid
Sinusitis
Rotation
43. Awrong committed against another person or the person's property is a...
Rotation
nose
Tort
Major medical
44. The medical term for circular movement around a central point is...
Rotation
Quadriplegia
Indenmities
Proximate cause
45. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is...
Pain
On top
Non compus mentis
Draw a line through the error -insert the correct information -date and initial it.
46. The patient with an infection may have...
Show respect for thei culture
loss of appetite and fatigue 2-fever -nause -rash -and vomiting. 3- pain -redness or swelling.
Sinus arrest
Coinsurance
47. Arterioles are smallest type of...
Angina pectoris
Defamation
arteries
Coinsurance
48. In the positioning of the electrodes - if the electrodes are placed too close together - the emplitude will be ............
Fee-for-service
Long
small
Q wave
49. A drug that causes urination is called a...
Diastolic pressure
Judgment
Doctor
Diuretic
50. A rapid -irregular succession of chaotic bizarre waves;wide -irregular oscillations of the baseline is called ventricular....
Common iliac
Not use alcohol to clean the site
Glass
Fibrillation