NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Test
2025 Questions and Answers
To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical assistance should establish a
_____? - ANSWER✔✔-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. - ANSWER✔✔-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. - ANSWER✔✔-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_____? - ANSWER✔✔-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 - ANSWER✔✔-Admissions
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, 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. - ANSWER✔✔-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 -
ANSWER✔✔-Gunshot Wound
what is the federal regulation that requires healthcare professionals to protect the privacy and
confidentiality of patients health information? - ANSWER✔✔-HIPPA
a business letter, written in full block style will have all lines_____? - ANSWER✔✔-At the left hand
margin.
when writing a business letter, the salutation of a letter should be followed by which punctuation
mark? - ANSWER✔✔-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.
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2025 Questions and Answers
To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical assistance should establish a
_____? - ANSWER✔✔-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. - ANSWER✔✔-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. - ANSWER✔✔-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_____? - ANSWER✔✔-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 - ANSWER✔✔-Admissions
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, 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. - ANSWER✔✔-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 -
ANSWER✔✔-Gunshot Wound
what is the federal regulation that requires healthcare professionals to protect the privacy and
confidentiality of patients health information? - ANSWER✔✔-HIPPA
a business letter, written in full block style will have all lines_____? - ANSWER✔✔-At the left hand
margin.
when writing a business letter, the salutation of a letter should be followed by which punctuation
mark? - ANSWER✔✔-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.
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