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 upwright position what does depth of respiration refer to? - Answer -amount of air that is inspired and expired during respiration what are three abnormalities in depth of respirations? - Answer - hypoventilation-reduced amt of air enters lungshypernea- abnormal inc in depth and rate of breathing hyperventilation- increased amt of air entering lungs Define blood pressure - Answer -measurement of the amt of force exerted by the blood on the peripheral arterial walls and is expressed in mmHg BP consists of what 2 components? - Answer -highest (systole) and lowest (diastole) amt of pressure exerted during cardiac cycle Name some common errors in blood pressure measurmens - Answer - improper cuff size, arm is not at heart le