Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)
Certification Exam Study Guide
Actual Questions and Verified Answers / A+ Grade
1. Which of the following skills are not expected of a competent medical
assistant?
a. performing insurance coding and billing
b. giving instructions to patients about self-care after treatments
c. Using the computer to perform a variety of office functions
d. diagnosing common patient symptoms
Ans>> diagnosing common patient symp- toms
2. when one state will accept the licensing requirements of another state it is referred
to as
Ans>> reciprocity
3. Which of the following clinical tasks is beyond the scope of practice for a medical
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,assistant?
Ans>> prescribing medication
4. Which of the following would be considered an ambulatory care setting?
Ans>> -
physicians office
5. When at least 3 physicians are joined in a practice to share the workload and
expenses it is called
Ans>> group practice
6. Why are continuing educational units important?
Ans>> because they keep the medical assistant up to date with new techniques and
information
7. One of the first ways to treat pain was
Ans>> the poppy plant
8. If the patient asks the medical assistant what he or she would do in a similar
medical situation, the medical assistant should
Ans>> refer the patient to the physician for advice
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, 9. Who discovered penicillin?
Ans>> Alexander Fleming
10. Which of the following regulations direct the practice of medicine within states
Ans>> medical practice acts
11. Sigmoidoscopy is the examination of the
Ans>> colon
12. Which of the following symptoms may indicate that the patient has hyper-
tension?
a. epixtaxis
b. vertigo
c. angina
Ans>> all of the above
13. The first written source for medical ethics is called the
Ans>> code of Hammurabi
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Certification Exam Study Guide
Actual Questions and Verified Answers / A+ Grade
1. Which of the following skills are not expected of a competent medical
assistant?
a. performing insurance coding and billing
b. giving instructions to patients about self-care after treatments
c. Using the computer to perform a variety of office functions
d. diagnosing common patient symptoms
Ans>> diagnosing common patient symp- toms
2. when one state will accept the licensing requirements of another state it is referred
to as
Ans>> reciprocity
3. Which of the following clinical tasks is beyond the scope of practice for a medical
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,assistant?
Ans>> prescribing medication
4. Which of the following would be considered an ambulatory care setting?
Ans>> -
physicians office
5. When at least 3 physicians are joined in a practice to share the workload and
expenses it is called
Ans>> group practice
6. Why are continuing educational units important?
Ans>> because they keep the medical assistant up to date with new techniques and
information
7. One of the first ways to treat pain was
Ans>> the poppy plant
8. If the patient asks the medical assistant what he or she would do in a similar
medical situation, the medical assistant should
Ans>> refer the patient to the physician for advice
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, 9. Who discovered penicillin?
Ans>> Alexander Fleming
10. Which of the following regulations direct the practice of medicine within states
Ans>> medical practice acts
11. Sigmoidoscopy is the examination of the
Ans>> colon
12. Which of the following symptoms may indicate that the patient has hyper-
tension?
a. epixtaxis
b. vertigo
c. angina
Ans>> all of the above
13. The first written source for medical ethics is called the
Ans>> code of Hammurabi
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