NCCT MEDICAL ASSISTANT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical
assistance should establish a _____?
1. Reorder Point
2. Inventory control log
3. Order quantity
A _____ is created containing the name, address, and phone number of both the
vendor and the medical practice. It will also have a preassigned number to track
the order, the quantity of items ordered, the price of the items, and the date
purchased.
Purchase Order
Periodically, the medical assistant should check all equipment in the office to
ensure that courts are not afraid, do not present hazards, and are in good working
order. A _____ will help the medical assistant track this routine inspection.
Maintenance Log
When a physician dictates an operative report and asked the medical assistant to
type it up, the physician is asking the medical assistant to function as a_____?
Transcriptionist
Under the pier 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
Admissions
Which one of the following is a decision based upon bioethics.
a. Reporting physical, emotional, or mental abuse.
b. Treating a 16 year old girl who is pregnant without parental consent.
c. The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research.
d. Reporting to the authorities a suicidal patient.
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 of the following? gunshot wound,
anorexia, drug addiction, pregnancy
Gunshot Wound
what is the federal regulation that requires healthcare professionals to protect the
privacy and confidentiality of patients health information?
HIPPA
a business letter, written in full block style will have all lines_____?
At the left hand margin.
when writing a business letter, the salutation of a letter should be followed by
which punctuation mark?
Colon :
when handling a patient complaint, which one of the following would be most
appropriate?
a. If the patient is angry, matches/her anger level, and she will calm down.
b. take all complaints seriously and take thorough notes
c. refused to talk to patients who are complaining; the doctor should handle them.
d. no correct answer
b. take all complaints seriously and take thorough notes
body language, body posture, space and distance are all examples of _____?
nonverbal communication
what is the suggested procedure for canceling an appointment in the
appointment book?
Mark through the entry with a single red line
the amount an insured patient must pay towards claims each year for the
insurance company will pay for medical treatment is known as the_____?
deductible
instructions to an insurance company about where and to whom to make
payment are called_____?
assignment of benefits
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical
assistance should establish a _____?
1. Reorder Point
2. Inventory control log
3. Order quantity
A _____ is created containing the name, address, and phone number of both the
vendor and the medical practice. It will also have a preassigned number to track
the order, the quantity of items ordered, the price of the items, and the date
purchased.
Purchase Order
Periodically, the medical assistant should check all equipment in the office to
ensure that courts are not afraid, do not present hazards, and are in good working
order. A _____ will help the medical assistant track this routine inspection.
Maintenance Log
When a physician dictates an operative report and asked the medical assistant to
type it up, the physician is asking the medical assistant to function as a_____?
Transcriptionist
Under the pier 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
Admissions
Which one of the following is a decision based upon bioethics.
a. Reporting physical, emotional, or mental abuse.
b. Treating a 16 year old girl who is pregnant without parental consent.
c. The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research.
d. Reporting to the authorities a suicidal patient.
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 of the following? gunshot wound,
anorexia, drug addiction, pregnancy
Gunshot Wound
what is the federal regulation that requires healthcare professionals to protect the
privacy and confidentiality of patients health information?
HIPPA
a business letter, written in full block style will have all lines_____?
At the left hand margin.
when writing a business letter, the salutation of a letter should be followed by
which punctuation mark?
Colon :
when handling a patient complaint, which one of the following would be most
appropriate?
a. If the patient is angry, matches/her anger level, and she will calm down.
b. take all complaints seriously and take thorough notes
c. refused to talk to patients who are complaining; the doctor should handle them.
d. no correct answer
b. take all complaints seriously and take thorough notes
body language, body posture, space and distance are all examples of _____?
nonverbal communication
what is the suggested procedure for canceling an appointment in the
appointment book?
Mark through the entry with a single red line
the amount an insured patient must pay towards claims each year for the
insurance company will pay for medical treatment is known as the_____?
deductible
instructions to an insurance company about where and to whom to make
payment are called_____?
assignment of benefits
