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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

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  • 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 vertebrae are located in the ...






2. Latin for 'things done; deeds'; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called...






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






4. Aserious chronic disease of the liver is called...






5. 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






6. The physician has ordered 0.2 Gm of a medication. The amount on hand is 400 mg tabs. how many tablets will be given to the patient?






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






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






9. The major artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery






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






11. A health program for People agen65 and older under social security is called...






12. The abbreviation for drops is...






13. With measuring blood pressure -the bottom number is called...






14. In the application of electrodes -secure the electrode by rubbing your finger around the .......... area






15. 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...






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






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






18. 'HIV' means...






19. When the depth of breathing changes and the rate of the rise and fall of the chest is not steady - it is called....






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






21. Carcinogenic means.......... causing






22. The second portion of the small intestine is called the...






23. The medical term for goups of cells with the same function is...






24. The bladder -urethra -kidneys - and erethers are in the ................system






25. Whoping cough is another name for...






26. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate is called a...






27. ........................... mean any contaminated objects that can penetrate the skin including -but not limited to needles -scalpels -broken glass -capillary tubes - and exposed ends of dental wires.






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






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






30. The primary anticoagulant additive EDTA removes calcium by forming insoluble or un-ionized calcium salts. It has an advantage of preventing platelet clumping and the formation of artifacts -therefore -good for the preparation of...






31. The abbreviation for laboratory is...






32. When the hearth is contracting - the pressure is highest. This pressure is called the....






33. The abbreviation for discontinue is...






34. The computer key DEL command means...






35. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called...






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






37. How quickly will an electronic thermometer measure body temperature?






38. ............ is the single most important sourse of HIV and HBV in the workplace.






39. While ordering procedures may vay -generallly a type a tepe and RH are ordered on all pregnant women.






40. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?






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






42. A business letter written in a full block style will have all lines...






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






44. Infected Pressure sores on the skin are called...






45. The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is...






46. The word element ECTOMY means...






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






48. The word element CRANIO means...






49. The area between waves is referred to as...






50. A request for payment under an insurance contractor bond is called a...






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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