MEDICAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION EXAM
ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100%
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What are the 4 parts to a patient's chief complaint (CC), history of present illness
medical history? (HPI), Past, Family and Social History (PFSH), and
review of systems (ROS)
Vital signs reflect the functions of body temperature, respiration and heart function
what three body processes
necessary for life?
what are the 4 vital signs of body temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure
function?
Give the normal temp ranges for the rectal 98.6-100
following sites: rectal, oral, axillary oral 97.6-99.6
and tympanic membrane? axillary 96.6-98.6
tympanic 9.8.6
febrile v afebrile febrile is the presence of fever, afebrile is absence
of fever
3 types of fever? intermittent, remittent and continuous
, oral temperature is not taken from infants and children less than 6 yo, patients who
which patients? had face, neck nose or mouth surgery, those
receiving oxygen, patients w altered mental status
and others
how long should you wait for 30 minutes
patients who just finished eating
drinking or smoking to take temp?
What method of taking temp is the axillary (underarm)
least accurate?
normal adult pulse range 60-100 BPM
what is the site most commonly used radial artery in wrist
for taking pulse?
normal range for adults respiration? 12-20 per minute
what are 3 respiration rate apnea- temporary complete absence of breathing
abnormalities? tachypnea- rate > 40.min
bradypnea- decease in number of respirations
What are to abnormalities in Cheyne-Stokes- regular pattern of irregular
respiratory rhythm? breathing rate
Orthopnea- difficult to breathe unless in upwright
position
what does depth of respiration refer amount of air that is inspired and expired during
to? respiration
ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Save
Terms in this set (297)
What are the 4 parts to a patient's chief complaint (CC), history of present illness
medical history? (HPI), Past, Family and Social History (PFSH), and
review of systems (ROS)
Vital signs reflect the functions of body temperature, respiration and heart function
what three body processes
necessary for life?
what are the 4 vital signs of body temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure
function?
Give the normal temp ranges for the rectal 98.6-100
following sites: rectal, oral, axillary oral 97.6-99.6
and tympanic membrane? axillary 96.6-98.6
tympanic 9.8.6
febrile v afebrile febrile is the presence of fever, afebrile is absence
of fever
3 types of fever? intermittent, remittent and continuous
, oral temperature is not taken from infants and children less than 6 yo, patients who
which patients? had face, neck nose or mouth surgery, those
receiving oxygen, patients w altered mental status
and others
how long should you wait for 30 minutes
patients who just finished eating
drinking or smoking to take temp?
What method of taking temp is the axillary (underarm)
least accurate?
normal adult pulse range 60-100 BPM
what is the site most commonly used radial artery in wrist
for taking pulse?
normal range for adults respiration? 12-20 per minute
what are 3 respiration rate apnea- temporary complete absence of breathing
abnormalities? tachypnea- rate > 40.min
bradypnea- decease in number of respirations
What are to abnormalities in Cheyne-Stokes- regular pattern of irregular
respiratory rhythm? breathing rate
Orthopnea- difficult to breathe unless in upwright
position
what does depth of respiration refer amount of air that is inspired and expired during
to? respiration
