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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.
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1. Inflammation of the pancreas is called...
False imprisonment
Abandonment
supp
Pancreatitis
2. A specific eye -mouth -other mucous membrane -non-intact skin - or parenteral contact with blood - or other potentially infectious meterials that results form the performance of an employees duties is called...
exposure incident
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.
Thirds face up
Rotation
3. An unexpected event which may cause injury is called...
Pronation
Breach
0.5 cc
Accident
4. A payment for hospital charges incurred by an insured person because of injury or illness is called...
Invasion of privacy
Life threatening
Hospital Benefits
Medical etiquette
5. The lateral movement of the limbs away form the median plane of the body - is calle...
Respiration
PPBS
abduction
Life threatening
6. A drug that produces sleed is called a...
Invasion of privacy
Hypnotic
Time
Supiration
7. A request for payment under an insurance contractor bond is called a...
Larynx
gtt
Claim
Nasogastric tube
8. The medical term for a decrease in size or wasting is...
Atrophy
oint -ung
Rotation
Remote
9. ........................... 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.
Work in a circle to the periphery
Uniform
Contaminated Sharps
Tibia
10. A date on a bottle of medication that provides a ''use until'' date is the...
Outdate or expiration date
1 MINUTE
Endorsement
ECG
11. The International Classification of Disease -9th revision - Clinical Modification(ICD-9-CM) is used to code...
above
Diagnoses
Empathy
Common iliac
12. The pubis is located in the ...
Diastolic pressure
Reasonable care
Pelvis
Holder
13. After they are used -disposable syringes and needles -scalpel blades - and other sharp items should be placed in ................... containers for disposal.
Back
Puncture-resistant
2
Pleural effusion
14. A condition of the nasal septum turning away form the midline is called a...
Transdermal System
Lithiotomy.
Deviated septum
contamination
15. When you use an autoclave - fill the water reservoir with...
Defribillation
Tri-care
Head
ALCOHOL
16. The use of ultrasound to produce a picture of the structure of the heart is called...
Tri-care
1 MINUTE
Suspension
Echocardiography
17. Blood form all individuals should be considered......
vein
Invasion of privacy
infective or infectious
1-clean-voided speimen 2- mid-stream Specimen
18. A medical Assistant would measure the patient's temperature -pulse - and respiration when the physician asks him or her to...
tranquilizer
Take vital signs
Red blood cells
CC
19. When working with pstients form a culture different than your own - one should...
bronchi
Show respect for thei culture
Brachial
Renal
20. The radius is located in the ...
Negative
Arm
GI or G.I
Long
21. The number on the Employees withholding exemption certificate is...
CPT
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Take vital signs
W-4
22. The right ventricle pumps the used blood to the lungs by way of the ................... artery
Cultures
Drug Enforcement Agency
Pulmonay
Mouth or the ostium uteri
23. The abbreviation for emulsion is...
emul
Celiac
Usual - customary and reasonable
14 to 20
24. FICA provides benefits for...
Caller's divers licence #
hyper
Percussion
Social Security
25. An injury that prevens a worker form performing one or more of the regular functions of his job would be known as a...
Q wave
Rectal
Pancreatitis
Partial disability
26. One of the vital functions of long bones is the formation of...
Ketone bodies (ketones)
Red blood cells
So your clothes do not touch the sink.
Dysuris
27. The time established for filling law suits is...
gavae
Lavander top -ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid additive
Intervals
Statute of limitations
28. If during a venipuncture a patient has a syncopal episode what would be your best course of action?
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29. What type of blood sample is needed when performing a PKU?
Capillary
Red top tube
An alcohol prep
Positively identifying the patient
30. When performing a venipuncture - if you have the patient...... the veins will become more prominent.
Res judicata
Statute of limitations
arteries
Make a fist
31. A 'V wave' will ..................be seen in the normal ECG
gram stain
Red blood cells
Will
Never
32. With vital signs - any abnormal measurement must be inmediately reported to the...
Wipe away
Doctor
Atrophy
Outpatient
33. The medical term for moving a body part away form the body is...
Medical grievance
Wrist
Absolute regular
Abduction
34. The major vein that drains the head and brain is called the...
Jugular
Medical grievance
Flexion
Dorsal recumbent
35. Concent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unproventable results of that treatment is called...
Civil War
Assumption of risk
Crime
gr
36. The word element EMESIS means...
base of the fire.
Vomiting
a septal defect
Bland diet
37. The medical term for loss of appetite is...
Remove the needle and tourniquet and lower patient's head and arms
Anorexia
Hemiplegia
CA
38. The ..............switch controls the gain or amplitude on th EKG.
Pertussis
Teeth
Sensitivity
Indenmities
39. Referring to computers - the term 'use friendly' refers to...
How easy the system is to operate
Red blood cells
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Hemorrhoids
40. An ECG tracing measures the amount of voltage and the .................it takes for the voltage to travel throughout the heart.
1-clean-voided speimen 2- mid-stream Specimen
Time
Infants and young children
Composition
41. Body temperature measured under the arm of a patient is called the..... temperature
Spirometry.
Auxilliary
inj
Prenatal
42. The abbreviation for urinalysis is...
Knee
1-vomiting.2-headache.3-confusion.
UA
Fibrillation
43. The large squares on the ECK paper are equal to ...
W-4
Placebo
0.20 sec
Primarily
44. A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is...
elix
Fibrillation
Felony
Negligence
45. The major artery that supplies the thorax is called the........ artery
Intercostal
Oxygen
Move the cursor -right -left -up or down
Surgical removal
46. The abbreviation for elixir is...
elix
Contagious
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.
Show respect for thei culture
47. Which of the following is false?
Pro-coagulation
Veins pulsate
Nasal cavity
antipyretic
48. Carcinogenic means.......... causing
Cancer
contamination
Direction or shape
Echocardiography
49. The major artery that supplies the kneww is called the...
Tachypnea
How easy the system is to operate
popliteal
abduction
50. A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is...
Red Blood Cells
Will
gr
Hypogastric region