AMCA PCT exam questions with verified answers

A stroke - Answer- A physician is required to report all of the following except? A misdemeanor - Answer- A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for LESS than a year is known as? Malpractice - Answer- Professional Negligence is called? Confidentiality - Answer- What is important for assistive personnel to keep in mind when they go throughout their daily medical routine? When a court requests it by means of a subpoena - Answer- What is the situation when it is permissible to release information from a pt's records? When the patient signs a release - Answer- Under what circumstance is it permissible to release information from a pt's records? Sweat - Answer- What body fluid is not infectious? medical asepsis - Answer- Cleaning techniques are also referred as to? Disinfected - Answer- Instruments that come into contact only with the pt's mucous membranes should be? sanitized - Answer- Instruments that touch ONLY healthy intact skin should be? A bio-hazard - Answer- Anything that poses a risk to the human body or a living organism is called what? A written schedule for cleaning - Answer- OSHA standards require what? Universal Precautions - Answer- Treating human blood as if it were infectious is known as? Mainly used in hospitals - Answer- Standard precautions are mainly used where? Distilled water - Answer- What liquid is used in an autoclave to sterilize instruments and supplies? Clients words - Answer- Which of the following is one of the 6 C's of charting? 0-0 - Answer- What is the thickest suture size? Supine - Answer- What position is it called when the pt is laying flat on their back? Lithotomy - Answer- What position is used when used for peritoneal and vaginal examination? Proctological - Answer- What position requires the examination table to be raised in the middle with both ends down? Outpatient surgery - Answer- Surgical procedures that require less than a day to preform with no overnight stay for the patient is called? Obtaining and prescribing medications that are not expired - Answer- What is not a responsibility of a medical assistant in the physical preparation of the pt except? Sims position - Answer- What position is used for the examination of the rectum when the pt lies on their left side slightly flexed? Rectal - Answer- What site is the most accurate when taking a temperature? Radial - Answer- The artery most commonly used for taking a pt's pulse is where? 36.1 C - Answer- You have taken a pt's temperature and recorded as 96.9 F. Later the physician asks you to convert the measurement to Celsius. What is the temp? Weight - Answer- What is not considered a vital sign? Dyspnea - Answer- What is the word for difficulty of breathing? 30 seconds - Answer- When a temperature is taken rectally, how long should it be left in? Apnea - Answer- The absence of respirations that last longer than 15 seconds is called what? Knee - Answer- Which of the following areas of the body is the site at which to detect the popliteal pulse? Respiration rate - Answer- What is included in a pt's vital signs? 103.8 F - Answer- What temperature is most likely to be fatal? Sublingual route - Answer- What route is involved in administering a drug by placing it under the pt's tongue and leaving it there until it dissolves? Supercription - Answer- What part of the subscription contains the pt's name, address, date, and symbol RX? Barbituate - Answer- What is a sedative? Narcotic Analgesic - Answer- Codeine is an example of what drug? Injection - Answer- What is a common route for the administration of parenteral medications? Cartridge - Answer- A prefilled syringe is also called what? Vastus lateralis - Answer- What muscle is commonly used for intramuscular injections? 25 - Answer- What is the most appropiate needle gauge for a subcutaneous injection? Transdermal - Answer- Medication applied in patch form is called what? 6 Tablets - Answer- The doctor ordered a dose of medicine to be 300mg, but it is only available in 50mg tablets. How many tablets is the correct dosage? 4 Tablets - Answer- The doctor ordered a dose of medicine to be 120mg but only comes in 30mg. How many tablets do you need for the correct dosage? 100 units - Answer- The most commonly used size of an insulin syringe is what? Rectal - Answer- What drug administration route is the most appropriate of use when a pt is feeling nauseated and experiences vomiting? A STAT order - Answer- A single order that is administered immediately and is usually written for emergencies is known as what? Fraud - Answer- Deceitful practice or false portrayal or facts either by words or conduct is the definition of what term? Negligence - Answer- A very busy phlebotomist miss identified a pt when collecting a specimen for a transfusion preparation. The possible missed diagnosis of blood type could cause harmful actions to the pt. This wrongful act is called what? Inavasion of privacy - Answer- Unauthorized release confidential pt information is called what? Fails to report significant changes in a patient's condition - Answer- An example of negligence is when a phlebotomist...? Legal proceedings between a private party - Answer- Civil actions involve what?