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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 International Classification of Disease -9th revision - Clinical Modification(ICD-9-CM) is used to code...






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






3. The suffix -emia means...






4. The ................ wave represents atrial depolarization...






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






6. The maxilla is located in the ...






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






8. An inactive substance substitutes in place of the actual drug to satisfy the patient is called...






9. ............................ are defined as what are right and wrong.






10. A fraudulent signature is called...






11. The word element ADENO means






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






13. A civilian health and medical program of the uniform services is called






14. The abbreviation for above or high is






15. The medical term for tube feeding is...






16. The abbreviation for suppository is...






17. An accumulation of air in the pleural cavity after the lungs collapse is known as...






18. A drug that neutralizes acidity is called an...






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






20. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?






21. The femur is located in the...






22. A CLIA waived pregnancy test is based on the detenction of which one of the following?






23. A liquid preparation which mixes fine droplets of an oil in water -such as castor oil - is called an...






24. When preparing a blood smear form a skin puncture you should........... the first drop....






25. When PVC's fall o the T wave - occurs in pairs -runs of 3 or more -or are multiform in nature -these conditions are called....






26. Referring to computers - the term 'use friendly' refers to...






27. The medical term for circular movement around a central point is...






28. The most important step in the performance of a venipuncture is...






29. When listening to the brachial pulse you will use a...






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






31. Which is recorded as the systolic blood pressure?






32. The number on the Employees withholding exemption certificate is...






33. The point at wich air enters the respiratory tract is called the...






34. The time established for filling law suits is...






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






36. 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...






37. The balance between the heat produced and the heat lost is the...






38. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.






39. A record of debits -credits -and balances is referred to as a patient's...






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






41. The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is...






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






43. The study of bones is called...






44. To optain a specimen for a throat culture the ....... must be swabbed.






45. An interval after a payment is due to the insurance company in which the policy holder may make payments - and still the policy remains in effect is called...






46. A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels is called a...






47. The process by which an object or area becomes unclean is ....






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






49. Which test measures both suga and acetone in the urine?






50. The brain -nerves -and spinal cord are in the ........ system