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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 abbreviation for grain is...






2. The medical term for a decrease in size or wasting is...






3. Inflammation of the gallbladder is called...






4. When measuring bloo pressure...






5. What type of blood sample is needed when performing a PKU?






6. When the heart rhythm is abnormal it is referred to as...






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






8. Insurance that is meant to offset medical expenses resulting form a catastrophic illness is called...






9. 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






10. The abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome is...






11. Which of the following locations is usually used for taking a pulse?






12. A recap sheet that accompanies a Medicare or Medicaid check - showing breakdown and explanation of payment on a claim is called...






13. Digestion begins in the mouth - where food is chewed and mixed with a substance called...






14. ......................... is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patient's health information.






15. Oxygen is a administered to the patient by way of a ...............






16. A rule of conduct made by a govenment body is...






17. A drug that produces sleed is called a...






18. The gauge of needle most commonly used for venipuncture is..... Gauge.






19. An organization that offers health insurance at a fixed monthly premium with little or no deductible and works through a primary care is called a ...






20. The major artery that supplies the kneww is called the...






21. A downward or negative wave of an electrocariogram following the P-wave is the...






22. When performing a venipuncture of no blood flows into the tube how would you correct this situation?






23. The abbreviation for discontinue is...






24. A health care worker who unconsciously transports harmful bacteria but is not ill called a...






25. Parcel post or......... class mail is used for bound printed matter -film - & sound recordings.






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






27. The medical term for bending backward is...






28. The standard point of the lancet to be used when collecting blood form a newborn heel is...... length (Note: please chack current guidelines - as this changes)






29. Another term for acetone in the urine is ....






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






31. High blood pressure is referred to as






32. What is considered a normal adult respiration per minute?






33. Physicians with a narcotics license are required to register on June 30 of each year with...






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






35. The ................ wave represents atrial depolarization...






36. 'HIV' means...






37. To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to...






38. Negligence by a professional person is called...






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






40. The tube used to collect a blood sample for a Complete Blood Count (cbc) is.....






41. The major artery that supplies that upper arm is called the .....






42. A person being sued is called the...






43. When writting a bussiness letter -the salutation of a letter should be followed by wich punctuation mark?






44. A 224-hr urine specimen should be...






45. The abbreviation for hour iss...






46. Lating for 'he who acts through another acts for himself' is called...






47. Concerning ECG's for irregular rhythms - any method or rate calculation that depends on intervals between complex is.............






48. When applying leads -aply V1 lead.............






49. The abbreviation for above or high is






50. The medical term for expanding or opening wider is...







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