AMCA MED ASSISTANT ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following terms describes the act of listening for sounds made by
internal organs to the diagnosis of certain disorders? - ✔✔Auscultation
✔✔When a blood pressure cuff is deflated, the first tapping sound is the ___________
pressure. - ✔✔Systolic.
Diastolic is the last tap sound.
✔✔The body organ targeted by HBV is the : - ✔✔Liver
✔✔The hormone that triggers the body's reaction in fight or flight is called: -
✔✔Epinephrine
✔✔Which mode of infection transmission occurs from touching contaminated linens? -
✔✔Vehicle contact
✔✔Which of the following is the most common means of transmitting pathogens? -
✔✔Touching
✔✔When a patient fails to show for their appointment, the event must be: -
✔✔Documented in the patient's chart
✔✔Notifiable infections must be reported to: - ✔✔Center for disease control CDC
✔✔A quantitative test is one that: - ✔✔Tests for the presence and amount of substance
in sample
✔✔The interval between exposure to infection and the appearance of the first symptom
is called: - ✔✔Incubation period
, ✔✔Complete a destruction of all forms of microbial life: - ✔✔Sterilization
✔✔"how long has the pain been going on and on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the
worst pain of your life, how would you describe the pain?" This is an example of: -
✔✔An open-ended question.
✔✔Scheduling structure where no appointment is needed and patients are seen in the
order of arrival is called: - ✔✔Open hours scheduling
✔✔When looking at the imprinted numbers on a check, the second number is the : -
✔✔Account number
✔✔The invoice for monthly rent of the building where the medical field office is located,
is the typical handled by which department? - ✔✔Accounts payable
✔✔The equipment that separates liquids into their different parts in a/an: - ✔✔centrifuge
✔✔A follow up note from a previous visit is a: - ✔✔Progress note
✔✔A baby's pulse and respiration rate are: - ✔✔Faster than an adults
✔✔When a body has had adequate rest and no food for atleast 12 hours, it is said to be
in: - ✔✔basal state
✔✔What organ's main function is to eliminate excess water and waste products form
the body? - ✔✔Kidneys
✔✔A murmur is an abnormal sound that may indicate: - ✔✔Valvular heart disease
✔✔The physician prescribed penicillin for a patient with a known allergy, and the patient
died as an reaction of this action. What type of negligence is this? - ✔✔Malpractice
✔✔The number of the vertebrae within thoracic region is: - ✔✔12
✔✔Which of the following blood pressure readings would be considered stage 1
hypertension? - ✔✔a. 178/104
b. 116/72
C. 148/96
d. 126/84
✔✔Which of the following refers to the process of determining how long a patient
balance has been outstanding? - ✔✔Account aging
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following terms describes the act of listening for sounds made by
internal organs to the diagnosis of certain disorders? - ✔✔Auscultation
✔✔When a blood pressure cuff is deflated, the first tapping sound is the ___________
pressure. - ✔✔Systolic.
Diastolic is the last tap sound.
✔✔The body organ targeted by HBV is the : - ✔✔Liver
✔✔The hormone that triggers the body's reaction in fight or flight is called: -
✔✔Epinephrine
✔✔Which mode of infection transmission occurs from touching contaminated linens? -
✔✔Vehicle contact
✔✔Which of the following is the most common means of transmitting pathogens? -
✔✔Touching
✔✔When a patient fails to show for their appointment, the event must be: -
✔✔Documented in the patient's chart
✔✔Notifiable infections must be reported to: - ✔✔Center for disease control CDC
✔✔A quantitative test is one that: - ✔✔Tests for the presence and amount of substance
in sample
✔✔The interval between exposure to infection and the appearance of the first symptom
is called: - ✔✔Incubation period
, ✔✔Complete a destruction of all forms of microbial life: - ✔✔Sterilization
✔✔"how long has the pain been going on and on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the
worst pain of your life, how would you describe the pain?" This is an example of: -
✔✔An open-ended question.
✔✔Scheduling structure where no appointment is needed and patients are seen in the
order of arrival is called: - ✔✔Open hours scheduling
✔✔When looking at the imprinted numbers on a check, the second number is the : -
✔✔Account number
✔✔The invoice for monthly rent of the building where the medical field office is located,
is the typical handled by which department? - ✔✔Accounts payable
✔✔The equipment that separates liquids into their different parts in a/an: - ✔✔centrifuge
✔✔A follow up note from a previous visit is a: - ✔✔Progress note
✔✔A baby's pulse and respiration rate are: - ✔✔Faster than an adults
✔✔When a body has had adequate rest and no food for atleast 12 hours, it is said to be
in: - ✔✔basal state
✔✔What organ's main function is to eliminate excess water and waste products form
the body? - ✔✔Kidneys
✔✔A murmur is an abnormal sound that may indicate: - ✔✔Valvular heart disease
✔✔The physician prescribed penicillin for a patient with a known allergy, and the patient
died as an reaction of this action. What type of negligence is this? - ✔✔Malpractice
✔✔The number of the vertebrae within thoracic region is: - ✔✔12
✔✔Which of the following blood pressure readings would be considered stage 1
hypertension? - ✔✔a. 178/104
b. 116/72
C. 148/96
d. 126/84
✔✔Which of the following refers to the process of determining how long a patient
balance has been outstanding? - ✔✔Account aging
