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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 humerus is located in the....






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






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






4. ............... testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.






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






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






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






8. A drug that increases urinary output is called a...






9. The femur is located in the...






10. ................... is a method used for determining whether a particular service or procedure is covered under a patient's policy.






11. It is very important when performing a capillary stick to do with one of the following?






12. The medical erm for bending a body part is...






13. When working with pstients form a culture different than your own - one should...






14. The medical name for the nose bleed is called...






15. Which is recorded as the systolic blood pressure?






16. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is...






17. The abbreviation for tablet is...






18. The radial pulse is located in the...






19. The metatarsals are located in the ...






20. Wgen a drop of blood is placed on a slide -place a second slide............ the first slide.






21. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is...






22. An amount the insures must pay before policy benefits begin is called...






23. A signature on the reverse side of a check is called...






24. Oxygen is ordered as percentage concentration and its rate of delivery is written as...






25. When Preparing a blood smear -the spreader slide must be made of...






26. 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...






27. What licence must a physician have to dispense -precribe or administer controlled substances?






28. A patient receiving ambulatory care at a hospital or other health facility without being admitted as a bed patient is called an....






29. During a venipuncture - to secure the needle during insertion into the tube stopper - you need a .......






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






31. With vital signs -any abnormal measurement must be immediatly reported to the ....






32. Listening to the sounds produced while tapping the patient with fingers is called...






33. An otoscope is used for examination of the....






34. An incoming call should be answered by the ..... ring.






35. Prior to answering an incoming call the medical assistant should...






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






37. The glucose tolerance test is a ...........-test






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






39. Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as....






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






41. The word element SUPER means...






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






43. Concent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unproventable results of that treatment is called...






44. The First line of defence in preventing disease is...






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






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






47. When the internal invironment of the body is functioning properly - a condition of............ exists.






48. 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...






49. The word element CENTESIS means...






50. An unexpected event which may cause injury is called...