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RMA practice exam 2 Practice Questions
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What document applies to donation of anatomical gifts? - ANSWER✔✔-Uniform anatomical gift act
Which endocrine gland produces calcitonin? - ANSWER✔✔-Thyroid
In what situation can a patient's medical record be released without a signed authorization? -
ANSWER✔✔-The pt is HIV positive
What health care worker is licensed to practice? - ANSWER✔✔-Registered nurse
What would be the most appropriate first step when dealing with a pt who is distraught and angry? -
ANSWER✔✔-Ask the pt to calm down
Hematopoiesis is - ANSWER✔✔-The production of new blood cells
A 75-yr-old woman with emphysema continues to smoke and to miss appointments against the orders of
her physician. What is the most appropriate next step? - ANSWER✔✔-Notify the pt that her medical care
is being terminated
What would be the most appropriate action for the medical assistant to take when the physician is
running behind schedule? - ANSWER✔✔-Explain the delay and offer another appointment if the pt
requests one
What agency regulates licensure for physicians? - ANSWER✔✔-State government
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This document allows a pt to grant her husband legal authority to act on her behalf? - ANSWER✔✔-
Durable power of attorney
"Have you had this problem in the past?" is an example of which of the following types of questions? -
ANSWER✔✔-Closed-ended
An 18-yr-old woman comes into the office for an STD test. The next day her mother calls and asks for the
results. What prevents disclosure of this info? - ANSWER✔✔-HIPPA
Which developmental stage is characterized by the desire to belong to a group and a need for
independence and privacy? - ANSWER✔✔-Adolescence
A lateral curvature is known as - ANSWER✔✔-scoliosis
The best method for transmitting confidential info from one medical practice to another is by -
ANSWER✔✔-fax
The best method for communicating with an elderly pt would be to - ANSWER✔✔-encourage questions
Ischemia - ANSWER✔✔-lack of blood flow to tissue
The correct term that describes fluid that drains from a wound is - ANSWER✔✔-serous
A pt whose husband recently passed away comes into the office because of malaise. She is unkempt and
weepy. She tells the medical assistant that she wishes she were dead. What would be the most sensitive
response to this pt? - ANSWER✔✔-"Please tell me more about those feelings."
What would most likely be the cause of revocation of the physician's license? - ANSWER✔✔-Performing
medical research without the consent of the pt
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Tingling in the hands and numbness in the arm, and frequent episodes of blurred vision are
characteristic of - ANSWER✔✔-transient ischemic attack
What punctuation mark is used to indicate the exact words of the pt? - ANSWER✔✔-quotation marks
A woman pt with advanced breast cancer refuses to allow her mother to care for her. She becomes
extremely upset when her family member talk about her maternal grandmother who died of the
disease. Which defense mechanism is this pt using? - ANSWER✔✔-Denial
The suffix that means deficiency is - ANSWER✔✔--penia
A mucous membrane - ANSWER✔✔-lines body cavities that open to the outside of the body
What demonstrates proper grammar? - ANSWER✔✔-There was no recurrence of the tumor*
Review of the systems were negative
She neither drinks or smokes
He was scheduled for the replacement of his aorta valve
What is a fungal infection of the skin - ANSWER✔✔-Ringworm
What is the most effective way of communicating with a pt who does not speak English? - ANSWER✔✔-
Encouraging nonverbal communication
The term that refers to the back of the body - ANSWER✔✔-Dorsal
An X-ray study to confirm the diagnosis of a break in the bone of the thigh would be ordered on which
bone? - ANSWER✔✔-Femur
Spermatozoa are produced in the - ANSWER✔✔-Seminiferous tubules
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RMA practice exam 2 Practice Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
What document applies to donation of anatomical gifts? - ANSWER✔✔-Uniform anatomical gift act
Which endocrine gland produces calcitonin? - ANSWER✔✔-Thyroid
In what situation can a patient's medical record be released without a signed authorization? -
ANSWER✔✔-The pt is HIV positive
What health care worker is licensed to practice? - ANSWER✔✔-Registered nurse
What would be the most appropriate first step when dealing with a pt who is distraught and angry? -
ANSWER✔✔-Ask the pt to calm down
Hematopoiesis is - ANSWER✔✔-The production of new blood cells
A 75-yr-old woman with emphysema continues to smoke and to miss appointments against the orders of
her physician. What is the most appropriate next step? - ANSWER✔✔-Notify the pt that her medical care
is being terminated
What would be the most appropriate action for the medical assistant to take when the physician is
running behind schedule? - ANSWER✔✔-Explain the delay and offer another appointment if the pt
requests one
What agency regulates licensure for physicians? - ANSWER✔✔-State government
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This document allows a pt to grant her husband legal authority to act on her behalf? - ANSWER✔✔-
Durable power of attorney
"Have you had this problem in the past?" is an example of which of the following types of questions? -
ANSWER✔✔-Closed-ended
An 18-yr-old woman comes into the office for an STD test. The next day her mother calls and asks for the
results. What prevents disclosure of this info? - ANSWER✔✔-HIPPA
Which developmental stage is characterized by the desire to belong to a group and a need for
independence and privacy? - ANSWER✔✔-Adolescence
A lateral curvature is known as - ANSWER✔✔-scoliosis
The best method for transmitting confidential info from one medical practice to another is by -
ANSWER✔✔-fax
The best method for communicating with an elderly pt would be to - ANSWER✔✔-encourage questions
Ischemia - ANSWER✔✔-lack of blood flow to tissue
The correct term that describes fluid that drains from a wound is - ANSWER✔✔-serous
A pt whose husband recently passed away comes into the office because of malaise. She is unkempt and
weepy. She tells the medical assistant that she wishes she were dead. What would be the most sensitive
response to this pt? - ANSWER✔✔-"Please tell me more about those feelings."
What would most likely be the cause of revocation of the physician's license? - ANSWER✔✔-Performing
medical research without the consent of the pt
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Tingling in the hands and numbness in the arm, and frequent episodes of blurred vision are
characteristic of - ANSWER✔✔-transient ischemic attack
What punctuation mark is used to indicate the exact words of the pt? - ANSWER✔✔-quotation marks
A woman pt with advanced breast cancer refuses to allow her mother to care for her. She becomes
extremely upset when her family member talk about her maternal grandmother who died of the
disease. Which defense mechanism is this pt using? - ANSWER✔✔-Denial
The suffix that means deficiency is - ANSWER✔✔--penia
A mucous membrane - ANSWER✔✔-lines body cavities that open to the outside of the body
What demonstrates proper grammar? - ANSWER✔✔-There was no recurrence of the tumor*
Review of the systems were negative
She neither drinks or smokes
He was scheduled for the replacement of his aorta valve
What is a fungal infection of the skin - ANSWER✔✔-Ringworm
What is the most effective way of communicating with a pt who does not speak English? - ANSWER✔✔-
Encouraging nonverbal communication
The term that refers to the back of the body - ANSWER✔✔-Dorsal
An X-ray study to confirm the diagnosis of a break in the bone of the thigh would be ordered on which
bone? - ANSWER✔✔-Femur
Spermatozoa are produced in the - ANSWER✔✔-Seminiferous tubules
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