MA 100 Week 4 Final Exam Questions
and All Correct Answers.
What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the
disease? - Answer Palliative
What type of insurance plan pays a physician separately for each procedure that was
performed? - Answer Fee-for-service insurance
What facility functions primarily to provide acute care and diagnostic services? - Answer
Hospital
What type of health care encourages regular checkups, immunizations, and well-child visits? -
Answer Routine care
Which of the following health professionals can manage routine patient care? - Answer
Physician
Nurse practitioner
Physician assistant
Which of the following is an important part of effective teamwork for the medical assistant? -
Answer Communicating well with all staff in the medical office
What best describes family medicine? - Answer Provides general medical care of children,
adolescents, and adults
What is a means for medical assisting programs to demonstrate high quality? - Answer
Gaining and maintaining accreditation
What is/are important character traits for a medical assistant? - Answer Being tolerant of
different beliefs and attitudes
Why are neatness and good grooming important for medical assistants? - Answer -They help
the medical assistant project a professional image.
- Clean hair and hands help prevent the spread of infection.
-If medical office staff looks professional, it helps patients believe that they will receive
competent care.
-Excessive jewelry can become tangled in equipment or tear gloves.
, What behavior demonstrates that a medical assistant fails to work well with others? - Answer
Complaining about staff members who do not pull their weight
How often must a CMA (AAMA) (certified medical assistant) recertify to continue to use the
credential? - Answer Every 5 years
Which of the following is most likely to be a responsibility of the medical assistant in a medical
office? - Answer Instructing patients about the meaning of systolic and diastolic blood
pressure
Coaching patients to maintain health through proper diet and exercise
Creating a brochure to instruct a patient about the cause and treatment of his or her disease
Telling a patient exactly how hazardous waste is discarded and removed from the medical office
In what type of settings are the majority of medical assistants employed? - Answer Physician
offices
What is the name for a patient's right to make decisions about health care according to
individual values and concerns? - Answer Autonomy
Informed consent is consent based on? - Answer Understanding of a medical procedure and
its possible outcomes
Which 1990 law recognizes the rights of adults to refuse treatment for disease? - Answer
Patient Self-Determination Act
What is the purpose of an advance directive? - Answer States an individual's wishes
regarding health care if the individual is not able to speak for him or herself
Names an individual to make decisions for an individual if he or she becomes incapable of
doing this
Expresses an individual's wish to donate organs when he or she dies
States an individual's wish not to be resuscitated if his or her heart stops beating
What principle applies if a patient confides information about their health to a medical assistant
and then asks the medical assistant not to tell the physician? - Answer The medical assistant
cannot ethically withhold medical information from the physician
A physician has discontinued care of a patient without properly notifying the patient. This is
called - Answer Abandonment
and All Correct Answers.
What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the
disease? - Answer Palliative
What type of insurance plan pays a physician separately for each procedure that was
performed? - Answer Fee-for-service insurance
What facility functions primarily to provide acute care and diagnostic services? - Answer
Hospital
What type of health care encourages regular checkups, immunizations, and well-child visits? -
Answer Routine care
Which of the following health professionals can manage routine patient care? - Answer
Physician
Nurse practitioner
Physician assistant
Which of the following is an important part of effective teamwork for the medical assistant? -
Answer Communicating well with all staff in the medical office
What best describes family medicine? - Answer Provides general medical care of children,
adolescents, and adults
What is a means for medical assisting programs to demonstrate high quality? - Answer
Gaining and maintaining accreditation
What is/are important character traits for a medical assistant? - Answer Being tolerant of
different beliefs and attitudes
Why are neatness and good grooming important for medical assistants? - Answer -They help
the medical assistant project a professional image.
- Clean hair and hands help prevent the spread of infection.
-If medical office staff looks professional, it helps patients believe that they will receive
competent care.
-Excessive jewelry can become tangled in equipment or tear gloves.
, What behavior demonstrates that a medical assistant fails to work well with others? - Answer
Complaining about staff members who do not pull their weight
How often must a CMA (AAMA) (certified medical assistant) recertify to continue to use the
credential? - Answer Every 5 years
Which of the following is most likely to be a responsibility of the medical assistant in a medical
office? - Answer Instructing patients about the meaning of systolic and diastolic blood
pressure
Coaching patients to maintain health through proper diet and exercise
Creating a brochure to instruct a patient about the cause and treatment of his or her disease
Telling a patient exactly how hazardous waste is discarded and removed from the medical office
In what type of settings are the majority of medical assistants employed? - Answer Physician
offices
What is the name for a patient's right to make decisions about health care according to
individual values and concerns? - Answer Autonomy
Informed consent is consent based on? - Answer Understanding of a medical procedure and
its possible outcomes
Which 1990 law recognizes the rights of adults to refuse treatment for disease? - Answer
Patient Self-Determination Act
What is the purpose of an advance directive? - Answer States an individual's wishes
regarding health care if the individual is not able to speak for him or herself
Names an individual to make decisions for an individual if he or she becomes incapable of
doing this
Expresses an individual's wish to donate organs when he or she dies
States an individual's wish not to be resuscitated if his or her heart stops beating
What principle applies if a patient confides information about their health to a medical assistant
and then asks the medical assistant not to tell the physician? - Answer The medical assistant
cannot ethically withhold medical information from the physician
A physician has discontinued care of a patient without properly notifying the patient. This is
called - Answer Abandonment
