NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Exam
2024/2025 Exam Questions and Detailed
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Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that
individuals with disabilities are - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Not to be discriminated
against in obtaining employment
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered under the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Obtaining payment of Medicare and Medicaid
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a health care
provider? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Discontinuing treatment because the patient did
not pay in a timely manner
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can potentiallybe held
legally responsible for an act of neglience by a medical assistant? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Both the medical assistant and the employer/provider
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,Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not consented is
considered a tort of - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Battery
All of the following minors (under age 18) are considered emancipated
EXCEPT a minor who is - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Being treated for a sexually
transmitted disease
Unless publicly safety is involved, what is required in all cases to release
patient medical records after a subpoena is issued? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
patient's written consent
According to typical statuses of limitations involving neglience or
malpractice, which of the following time points is NOT used as a starting
point? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When the litigant filed a claim
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of child abuse? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Confidentiality
A POLST form is a type of - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Living will or advance directive
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain clinical
procedures only under the supervision of an employer/ proider because
they are NOT - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Licensed
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,Which of the following best describes ethics? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Personal
values governing an individual's perceptions of right and wrong
Bioethics is defined as - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Any ethical matter that pertains to
life and/ or health care
Which of the following principles for a medical assistant is NOT set forth by
the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Code of Ethics? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Specific ways of dealing with certain situations
At present, what is the main difference between reporting child abuse and
reporting elder or intimate partner abuse? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Child abuse
must be reported to authorities in all 50 states while other types of abuse
do not always need to be reported
A provider is dealing with a patient with HIV or AIDS. Which of the following
statements regarding the provider's legal or ethical requirements is NOT
true? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The provider can ethically deny treatment
What is the time frame during which an abortion can be legally performed
in all states? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Abortion can be performed during the first
trimester
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, Therapeutic communication interjects what element into communication? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Empathy
Active listening requires - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Being attuned to what the other
person is saying and what they are communicating nonverbally
In order for verbal communication between two people to be effective, the
sender's message must be - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔All of the above
Complete, cohesive, clear and concise
In the United States, what do most people consider a comfortable personal
space for dealing on a personal (not intimate) level with another individual?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Between 1-1/2 and 4 feet
The use of a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously ascribes
ther own undesirable acts or impulses to someone else is known as -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Projection
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what is the first level of need
that people must satisfy before all others? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Physiological
and survival needs
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2024/2025 Exam Questions and Detailed
Answers | Get it 100% Correct Answers
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that
individuals with disabilities are - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Not to be discriminated
against in obtaining employment
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered under the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Obtaining payment of Medicare and Medicaid
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a health care
provider? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Discontinuing treatment because the patient did
not pay in a timely manner
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can potentiallybe held
legally responsible for an act of neglience by a medical assistant? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Both the medical assistant and the employer/provider
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 1
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not consented is
considered a tort of - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Battery
All of the following minors (under age 18) are considered emancipated
EXCEPT a minor who is - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Being treated for a sexually
transmitted disease
Unless publicly safety is involved, what is required in all cases to release
patient medical records after a subpoena is issued? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
patient's written consent
According to typical statuses of limitations involving neglience or
malpractice, which of the following time points is NOT used as a starting
point? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When the litigant filed a claim
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of child abuse? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Confidentiality
A POLST form is a type of - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Living will or advance directive
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain clinical
procedures only under the supervision of an employer/ proider because
they are NOT - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Licensed
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Which of the following best describes ethics? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Personal
values governing an individual's perceptions of right and wrong
Bioethics is defined as - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Any ethical matter that pertains to
life and/ or health care
Which of the following principles for a medical assistant is NOT set forth by
the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Code of Ethics? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Specific ways of dealing with certain situations
At present, what is the main difference between reporting child abuse and
reporting elder or intimate partner abuse? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Child abuse
must be reported to authorities in all 50 states while other types of abuse
do not always need to be reported
A provider is dealing with a patient with HIV or AIDS. Which of the following
statements regarding the provider's legal or ethical requirements is NOT
true? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The provider can ethically deny treatment
What is the time frame during which an abortion can be legally performed
in all states? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Abortion can be performed during the first
trimester
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 3
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Therapeutic communication interjects what element into communication? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Empathy
Active listening requires - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Being attuned to what the other
person is saying and what they are communicating nonverbally
In order for verbal communication between two people to be effective, the
sender's message must be - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔All of the above
Complete, cohesive, clear and concise
In the United States, what do most people consider a comfortable personal
space for dealing on a personal (not intimate) level with another individual?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Between 1-1/2 and 4 feet
The use of a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously ascribes
ther own undesirable acts or impulses to someone else is known as -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Projection
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what is the first level of need
that people must satisfy before all others? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Physiological
and survival needs
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 4
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