CMA General knowledge Practice Test – Part 2

Which of the following patients CANNOT consent to their own care?

All of the following are parenteral routes of medication administration EXCEPT

Which of the following words is MISSPELLED?

Which item should a patient on a low-sodium diet select for a snack?

Which of the following is the pacemaker for the heart?

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of the medical record?

The length of time in which a person can file a lawsuit is called

A patient has blood drawn for a pregnancy test, then leaves the medical office. Later that day, the laboratory delivers the result, and the medical assistant phones the patient to share it: positive pregnancy test. If the patient does not answer the phone, which of the following actions should the medical assistant take?

Which of the following words describes bone pain?

Which of the following is NOT a good source of calcium?

The abbreviation that indicates a patient should take the medication before a meal is

Which of the following phrases describes the amount of evidence required to convict in a civil case?

Which mineral helps prevent dental cavities?

Which of the following blood types can give to all other blood types?

A patient who is instructed to take 10 mL of a medication would be able to use which of the following household equivalents?

When a physical exam has been performed and the physician documents PERRLA, what part(s) of the body is this term referring to?

Which of the following words is NOT a correctly spelled medical term?

Which of the following is descriptive of arteries?

Torticollis or wryneck is a spasm of which muscle?

Laws that protect consumers from harassing phone calls for collection are part of the

Bones are joined to muscles by

“Multipara” means

Which of the following does NOT describe Schedule IV drugs?

Which region is referred to when charting a notation about the area near the navel?

Which term did Freud use to describe the area of the mind that determined a person’s basic identity?

Which of the following words means “without menstrual flow”?

Which of the following food items would NOT be consumed by a lacto-vegetarian?

The act that protects patient rights including the right to agree to or refuse medical treatment is the

The condition in which blood accumulates due to a tear in the meningeal layer is

The abbreviation for potassium is

Which of the following is NOT an early warning symptom of cancer?

Which of the following practitioners would treat patients for ADHD, PTSD, and bipolar disorder?

All of the following are duties performed by the public health department EXCEPT

Which of the following waves represents relaxation of the ventricles?

The term “carcinogenic” means

The disease where the coating on the axon begins to disintegrate and slows neural transmissions is called

Erythema may be caused by all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following terms means “the process of using an instrument to record data of electrical activity of the heart”?

If an elderly patient refuses an antibiotic injection, but the medical assistant holds the patient down “for their own good” and gives it anyway,

A papule with clear fluid is called a

Which abbreviation would be unlikely to appear on a chart in a gynecologist’s office?

The person accused of a crime or illegal act is the

The disease where uric acid collects in the joint and crystallizes is called

One state accepting the licensure requirements of another state to enable a health care worker to practice is called

A patient with cryptorchidism, balantitis, or hematuria would likely see a/an

Which of the following is NOT an action of the sympathetic nervous system?

Which of the following is NOT true about a legal contract?

A procedure such as a CABG or EKG is likely to be done by a/an

Intentional misrepresentation of facts and figures is called

A dying patient tells the medical assistant that if she survives, she will give the rest of her life to caring for children. What stage of Kübler-Ross’s model of grief is this patient currently in?