1. Medicare Part A:

2. When reading the CPT manual, a triangle next to a code notes:

3. When considering coding for hospital stays, a _ is used to provide physicians with guidelines for admission and length of hospital stays.

4. Where would your office obtain additional legal copies of Medicare forms?

5. Which of the following is not considered an asset?

6. A physician asks a medical assistant to run to the store to get stickers to give to children who come into the office for medical care. How should the medical assistant pay for the stickers?

7. A doctor’s office recently bought new waiting room furniture and financed the purchase. From the perspective of the doctor’s office, what is the nature of the debt owed to the vendor?

8. IRS Form W-2 refers to:

9. The government agency that regulates Medicaid and Medicare:

10. What coding system is used to code for procedures and medical services provided by the practitioner?

11. A patient was brought to the emergency room because of slurring of speech and weakness of the right arm. Six hours after, the patient feels normal. What is the condition of this patient?

12. A patient presents with a rapid and weak pulse, shallow breathing, hypotension and cold and clammy skin from a gunshot wound. What is the condition of this patient?

13. A 55 year old male patient presents with symptoms of diaphoresis and chest pain for more than 30 minutes, not relieved by analgesics. What condition should be suspected in this patient?

14. The doctor ordered the medical assistant to apply RICE to the patient with a sprain. Which of the following is not a RICE application?

15. A patient was brought to the clinic because of a burn on the right hand. The site has blistered red appearance with edema. What is the classification of the patient’s burn?

16. A 65 year old female was brought to the emergency room because of high fever, hypotension, tachypnea and cold, clammy skin. The patient has severe pneumonia. What type of shock does the patient have?

17. A 28 year old man cut himself with a knife while slicing a rack of ribs. To control the patient’s hemorrhage, the initial step is to:

18. Why is the Review of Systems important for the health practitioner?

19. When the patient complains of abdominal pain, how will you know what organ is most likely affected?

20. A patient, a 17 year old female, is complaining of palpitation and fast heart beat. The patient has a history of panic attacks and anxiety. To determine if she has tachycardia, the medical assistant decided to use her thumb to count the pulse. Is this recommended to determine pulse?

21. The following are included in the rules on charting, EXCEPT:

22. A sphygmomanometer is used to:

23. What term is used when all microorganisms including the spores in an instrument have been eliminated?

24. What is the position that produces the most accurate blood pressure determination?

25. Red marked glass thermometers are used to take what temperature?

26. A medical assistant cleaned a patient’s wound using forceps. She then soaked the forceps in alcohol. Which aseptic technique did she use?

27. A physician is about to give a Pap smear procedure to a patient. As a medical assistant, you assist the patient and help her get into position for the procedure. What position should you put her in?

28. A wound where tissue is not just separated but torn away from the body is referred to as:

29. Michael, a 5 year old boy, has been complaining of itchiness, rash and irritation around the anal areA. He was brought to the clinic by his mother, and to her surprise, the doctor performed a scotch tape test. This test is used to diagnose infestation of which parasite?

30. Round-shaped bacteria that are seen in pairs are called:

31. When placing a patient on the weighing scale, the medical assistant should:

32. Dr. Jones closed his medical practice and moved to another state while he had patients under his care. He failed to inform his patients that he was terminating their treatment. What cause of action may be brought against Dr. Jones by his patients?

33. Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) credential is awarded by which certification agency?

34. The acronym AAMA refers to:

35. If a medical assistant defies the doctor and refuses to obey his orders, it is an act of:

36. Putting off pending tasks to a later time, sometimes completing the task right before the deadline is:

37. Which of the following is an example of professional conduct?

38. Two patients arrive at the office simultaneously, one with severe high blood pressure and the other one with a severe headache. Deciding which patient is to be seen by the doctor first is referred to as:

39. Which of the following locations offers the most protection to confidential communications?

40. A filling system that consists of a series of 43 file folders including 12 monthly and 31 daily folders:

41. All of the following are rules to be followed when charting, EXCEPT:

42. Which of the following is NOT one of the C’s of charting?

43. All of the following should be followed when purging medical records, EXCEPT:

44. The root word lapar/o means:

45. The “transverse” plane of the body is also known as the _.

46. Which of the following is the suffix for “to create an opening”?

47. An abnormal curvature of the spine is a disease called:

48. What prefix means “below”?

49. The valves on the right side of the heart are:

50. The medical term for reduced blood flow is:

51. The lifting of the shoulders and turning of the head is controlled by:

52. What is the term for slow breathing?

53. The following are true statements of the urinary bladder, EXCEPT:

54. What is the procedure to detect cancer in the large intestines?

55. What is the recommended pulse site that the medical professionals use when doing a routine check of the pulse rate?

56. A 45 year old was brought to the hospital because of vomiting of blood. The term for this is:

57. Which of the following is not used to clean the site for a blood culture specimen?

58. Which of the following blood samples should be placed in ice water?

59. The normal bleeding time is:

60. A fingerstick is done on the following fingers:

61. What is the number one complication of venipuncture?

62. A patient came in complaining of having a burning sensation while urinating. What chemical in the urine would confirm a suspicion that the patient has a urinary tract infection?

63. Surgical hand washing is performed in this way:

64. The transplant of animal tissue into a human:

65. When should the Meningococcal vaccine be administered?

66. The greeting used in a letter such as “To whom it may concern:” is what part of a letter?

67. An electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to and from a computer via telephone or other communication lines:

68. All of the following are input devices for a computer, EXCEPT:

69. Which of the following is NOT a storage device?

70. What reference is used at the end of a letter to list people who will receive a copy of the letter?

71. Which of the following devices allow the user to manipulate the cursor?

72. Which mail classification includes cards, letters and parcels that weigh 13 ounces or less?

73. One gigabyte is approximately how many bytes?

74. In a business letter, what margin is commonly used?

75. The substance in the body that is needed for energy:

76. If the patient’s BMI is 27, what would be the classification of the patient?

77. What vitamin deficiency will lead to night blindness?

78. Osteomalacia is caused by a deficiency of:

79. Mrs. Nagal is 6 weeks pregnant. She has a family history of congenital birth defects. She is concerned about neurological diseases during pregnancy. Which vitamin is used in pregnancy to prevent her baby from having Spina Bifida?

80. A 42 year old male came to the clinic complaining of twitching of the muscles. Sometimes the patient involuntary jerks for no reason. He said he started experiencing the twitches after he started water therapy and started to urinate frequently. Which mineral most likely is the culprit for his twitching?

81. A physicians’ prescription ordered 120 mg per day of medication for a patient. The patient is to take one-half the dose in the morning and one-half in the evening. The medication comes only in 30mg tablets. How many tablets will the patient take combined in one day?

82. Used therapeutically, certain medications reduce anxiety in certain stress disorders, relieve insomnia and aid in pain relief. Which of these would not?

83. Medication, when applied to a patch that is affixed to the patient’s skin, is called:

84. What is another name for a prefilled syringe?

85. To calculate doses, what is the pediatric method for calculation based on infants younger than 2 years old?

86. Before you prepare any medication to be administered to a patient, you should:

87. Your patient has been placed on two different medications. Your patient is not improving and the physician discovered that one drug decreased the effect of the other. What is this drug interaction called?

88. The study of drug action as it moves in the body:

89. Which of the following is a prophylactic drug?

90. Your patient is displaying signs and symptoms of chronic anxiety. Which type of drug might be appropriate?

91. When we justify our thoughts or actions whether it is right or wrong:

92. According to Sigmund Freud, a child can be fixated at this psychosexual stage if he or she becomes obsessed with control, perfection and cleanliness?

93. Which of the following is not an effective communication strategy for the visually-impaired?

94. What legislation prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities?

95. In scheduling procedures, the chief complaint of the patient assists the medical assistant in the following, EXCEPT:

96. When medical supplies are being inventoried, the medical assistant should:

97. Screening calls is important because it allows the office to_.

98. Which of the following is not a type of business formation for a medical practice?

99. SOAP chart refers to:

100. If you have a new patient appointment, which of the following should not be asked from the patient?