MA 700 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔When do schedule III drug prescriptions expire? - ✔✔expires 6 MONTHS from issue
date!
✔✔Who do you use the vastus laterals injection on ? - ✔✔Infants and children younger
than 3 years
✔✔At what phase doe the sound cease(stop) when doing a BP reading? - ✔✔Phase V
(5)
✔✔How deep do you insert a rectal thermometer on infants, children, and adults? -
✔✔infant 1/2 inch
✔✔How should the patient be positioned for blood pressure measurement? - ✔✔seated
upward in a chair, with arm at HEART level.
✔✔On who do you NOT perform a rectal temperature? - ✔✔Newborns; because it can
cause rectal damage
✔✔What are controllable risk factors in hypertension? - ✔✔obesity, sodium intake, lack
of physical exercise, chronic stress, smoking, and alcohol consumption.
✔✔What are the symptoms of a fever? - ✔✔malaise, headache, muscle and joint pain,
nausea, loss of appetite, weakness
✔✔What controls involuntary respiration? - ✔✔Medulla oblongotta
✔✔What does one respiration consist of? - ✔✔one INHALATION and one
EXHALATION
✔✔What does systolic pressure represent? - ✔✔the highest point of the blood pressure
in the body.
✔✔What happens due to a dirty lense aural temperature reading? - ✔✔Gives of a
falsely low temp. reading
✔✔What is abduction in the oxygen supply to the tissues? causing blue discoloration? -
✔✔cyanosis
✔✔What is a fever of 100° F considered? - ✔✔LOW GRADE FEVER
✔✔What is apnea? - ✔✔absence of breathing
, ✔✔What is hyperventilation? - ✔✔breathing faster than normal
✔✔what is hypoxemia? - ✔✔low oxygen in the blood
✔✔What is it called when the heart is relaxed? - ✔✔diastole/diastolic
✔✔What is malaise? - ✔✔vague feeling of body discomfort
✔✔What is normal blood pressure? - ✔✔less than 120/80
✔✔What is the first clear tapping sound you hear known as when doing BP? -
✔✔systolic
✔✔What is the function of hemoglobin? - ✔✔`transport oxygen
✔✔What is the healthy saturation level of oxygen in an individual? - ✔✔95%-99%
✔✔What is the normal respiration rate for a healthy adult? - ✔✔12-20
✔✔What is the oral temp. if it is 100° in the axillary? - ✔✔101°; because it goes 1°
lower.
✔✔What is the temperature orally if it is 99° the rectum? - ✔✔98°; because it goes 1°
higher
✔✔Where is the stethoscope placed when doing a BP? - ✔✔brachial artery
✔✔who do you perform a forehead temperature on? - ✔✔ON ALL AGES.
✔✔what is the function of the urinary system? - ✔✔Eliminates waste from the body;
regulates water balances of the blood
✔✔a PH of 8 is considered? - ✔✔Alkaline
✔✔A positive urine test in a diabetic has? - ✔✔glucose
✔✔urinaly - ✔✔physical,chemical, and microscopic exams
✔✔quality control - ✔✔the strategy for minimizing errors by managing each stage of
production
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔When do schedule III drug prescriptions expire? - ✔✔expires 6 MONTHS from issue
date!
✔✔Who do you use the vastus laterals injection on ? - ✔✔Infants and children younger
than 3 years
✔✔At what phase doe the sound cease(stop) when doing a BP reading? - ✔✔Phase V
(5)
✔✔How deep do you insert a rectal thermometer on infants, children, and adults? -
✔✔infant 1/2 inch
✔✔How should the patient be positioned for blood pressure measurement? - ✔✔seated
upward in a chair, with arm at HEART level.
✔✔On who do you NOT perform a rectal temperature? - ✔✔Newborns; because it can
cause rectal damage
✔✔What are controllable risk factors in hypertension? - ✔✔obesity, sodium intake, lack
of physical exercise, chronic stress, smoking, and alcohol consumption.
✔✔What are the symptoms of a fever? - ✔✔malaise, headache, muscle and joint pain,
nausea, loss of appetite, weakness
✔✔What controls involuntary respiration? - ✔✔Medulla oblongotta
✔✔What does one respiration consist of? - ✔✔one INHALATION and one
EXHALATION
✔✔What does systolic pressure represent? - ✔✔the highest point of the blood pressure
in the body.
✔✔What happens due to a dirty lense aural temperature reading? - ✔✔Gives of a
falsely low temp. reading
✔✔What is abduction in the oxygen supply to the tissues? causing blue discoloration? -
✔✔cyanosis
✔✔What is a fever of 100° F considered? - ✔✔LOW GRADE FEVER
✔✔What is apnea? - ✔✔absence of breathing
, ✔✔What is hyperventilation? - ✔✔breathing faster than normal
✔✔what is hypoxemia? - ✔✔low oxygen in the blood
✔✔What is it called when the heart is relaxed? - ✔✔diastole/diastolic
✔✔What is malaise? - ✔✔vague feeling of body discomfort
✔✔What is normal blood pressure? - ✔✔less than 120/80
✔✔What is the first clear tapping sound you hear known as when doing BP? -
✔✔systolic
✔✔What is the function of hemoglobin? - ✔✔`transport oxygen
✔✔What is the healthy saturation level of oxygen in an individual? - ✔✔95%-99%
✔✔What is the normal respiration rate for a healthy adult? - ✔✔12-20
✔✔What is the oral temp. if it is 100° in the axillary? - ✔✔101°; because it goes 1°
lower.
✔✔What is the temperature orally if it is 99° the rectum? - ✔✔98°; because it goes 1°
higher
✔✔Where is the stethoscope placed when doing a BP? - ✔✔brachial artery
✔✔who do you perform a forehead temperature on? - ✔✔ON ALL AGES.
✔✔what is the function of the urinary system? - ✔✔Eliminates waste from the body;
regulates water balances of the blood
✔✔a PH of 8 is considered? - ✔✔Alkaline
✔✔A positive urine test in a diabetic has? - ✔✔glucose
✔✔urinaly - ✔✔physical,chemical, and microscopic exams
✔✔quality control - ✔✔the strategy for minimizing errors by managing each stage of
production
