Medical Assistant Practice Test for
NCCT Study Guide 2024
The temperature take at the armpit is the ________? -Correct Answer ✔B (axillary)
The abbreviation for "nothing by mouth" is? -Correct Answer ✔A (NPO)
The abbreviation for "as needed" is? -Correct Answer ✔A (prn)
Which of these would be the best choice to administer an intradermal injection? -Correct
Answer ✔B (Tuberculin syringe)
The amount an insured patient pay toward claims each year before the insurance
company will pay for medical treatment is known as the __________? -Correct Answer
✔B (deductible)
To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical assistant should
establish a(n)__________? -Correct Answer ✔D (all the answers are correct) A (reorder
point) B (inventory control log) C (order quantity)
Refer to illustration #5 and identify number 17? -Correct Answer ✔B (aorta)
Refer to illustration #5 and identify number 18? -Correct Answer ✔B (Superior vena
cava)
Refer to illustration #1 and identify number 69? -Correct Answer ✔C (temporal)
Refer to illustration #1 and identify number 70? -Correct Answer ✔C (scapula)
Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982, Peer Review Organizations are
responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the
hospital by a process known as ____________review -Correct Answer ✔B (admissions)
Which one of the following is a decision based upon bioethics? -Correct Answer ✔C
(the use of fetal tissue transplantation for research)
A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential
information except for which one of the following? -Correct Answer ✔A (gunshot wound)
Which of the following is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to
protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients' health information? -Correct Answer
✔D (HIPAA)
Medical Assistant Practice Test for NCCT