MEDICAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION EXAM ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

MEDICAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION EXAM ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS What are the 4 parts to a patient's medical history? - Answer -chief complaint (CC), history of present illness (HPI), Past, Family and Social History (PFSH), and review of systems (ROS) Vital signs reflect the functions of what three body processes necessary for life? - Answer -body temperature, respiration and heart function what are the 4 vital signs of body function? - Answer -temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure Give the normal temp ranges for the following sites: rectal, oral, axillary and tympanic membrane? - Answer -rectal 98.6-100 oral 97.6-99.6 axillary 96.6-98.6 tympanic 9.8.6 febrile v afebrile - Answer -febrile is the presence of fever, afebrile is absence of fever 3 types of fever? - Answer -intermittent, remittent and continuousoral temperature is not taken from which patients? - Answer -infants and children less than 6 yo, patients who had face, neck nose or mouth surgery, those receiving oxygen, patients w altered mental status and others how long should you wait for patients who just finished eating drinking or smoking to take temp? - Answer -30 minutes What method of taking temp is the least accurate? - Answer -axillary (underarm) normal adult pulse range - Answer -60-100 BPM what is the site most commonly used for taking pulse? - Answer -radial artery in wrist normal range for adults respiration? - Answer -12-20 per minute what are 3 respiration rate abnormalities? - Answer -apnea- temporary complete absence of breathing tachypnea- rate > bradypnea- decease in number of respirations What are to abnormalities in respiratory rhythm? - Answer -CheyneStokes- regular pattern of irregular breathing rate Orthopnea- difficult to breathe unless in