NHA CERTIFIED CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT
PRACTICE EXAM 1 2026: 100 MOST TESTED
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!
1. An effective method of charting progress notes is using the SOAP approach.
What is the subjective data?
a. Provider's exam and diagnostic testing
b. Describes the provider's impression and ultimate diagnosis after reviewing all
data
c. Plan of action
d. Patient's view of his signs and symptoms
- answer-Patient's view of his signs and symptoms
1. Spirometry is a type of test used in the medical office for:
a. The percentage of oxygen in the blood
b. The evaluate lung capacity
c. To measure the patient's response to tones for evaluation of hearing
d. To measure blood pressure
- answer-The evaluate lung capacity
1. What is the fourth phase of blood pressure sound?
a. Crisp sounds that increase in volume
b. Sounds develop into a squeaking quality
c. Sounds become muffled
d. Sounds disappear
- answer-Sounds become muffled
A large muscle that forms the buttocks region is the:
a. Rectus abdominis
b. Vastus lateralis
c. Gluteus maximus
,d. Latissimus dorsi
- answer-Gluteus maximus
A microcomputer is BEST described as what?
a. Large computer that can handle hundreds of users
b. Medium-sized computer that can handle several users
c. Desktop PC
d. Large, complex computer system that can perform rapid and complex functions
- answer-Desktop PC
A patient is requesting a copy of his own medical records. What does the office
need in order to release the information?
a. A phone call from the patient
b. A written request and a patient signature
c. A request by fax or mail
d. A request in person
- answer-A written request and a patient signature
A patient tells you she needs after care instructions from the surgeon you work for.
The Medical Assistant knows that this is:
a. Detailed instructions
b. Comfort care instructions
c. Preoperative instructions
d. Postoperative instructions
- answer-Postoperative instructions
A patient's pulse is taken using the femoral artery. Where is it located?
a. In the groove of the neck between the trachea and sternocleidomastoid
b. On the medial arm at the fold of the elbow
c. In the groin region
d. At the wrist on the thumb side
- answer-In the groin region
A Treponema pallidum antibodies blood test is positive. What condition does this
indicate?
, a. Obesity
b. Prostate cancer
c. Muscular dystrophies
d. Syphilis
- answer-Syphilis
All of the following are prefixes with their correct meanings EXCEPT:
a. dis- ( apart, separate)
b. ec- (out)
c. en- (in)
d. psych- (body)
- answer-psych- (body)
Crisp sounds increase at this phase of BP sound. What is it?
a. Phase 4
b. Phase 1
c. Phase 2
d. Phase 3
- answer-Phase 3
Evaluating bronchoconstriction requires how many tests at a time?
a. 3
b. 1
c. 4
d. 2
- answer-2
How many decigrams would there be if you convert 10 grams to decigrams using
the decimal point method?
a. 1 dg
b. 100 dg
c. 10 dg
d. 1000 dg
- answer-100 dg
If a condition is "tardive," what does this tell us?
PRACTICE EXAM 1 2026: 100 MOST TESTED
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!
1. An effective method of charting progress notes is using the SOAP approach.
What is the subjective data?
a. Provider's exam and diagnostic testing
b. Describes the provider's impression and ultimate diagnosis after reviewing all
data
c. Plan of action
d. Patient's view of his signs and symptoms
- answer-Patient's view of his signs and symptoms
1. Spirometry is a type of test used in the medical office for:
a. The percentage of oxygen in the blood
b. The evaluate lung capacity
c. To measure the patient's response to tones for evaluation of hearing
d. To measure blood pressure
- answer-The evaluate lung capacity
1. What is the fourth phase of blood pressure sound?
a. Crisp sounds that increase in volume
b. Sounds develop into a squeaking quality
c. Sounds become muffled
d. Sounds disappear
- answer-Sounds become muffled
A large muscle that forms the buttocks region is the:
a. Rectus abdominis
b. Vastus lateralis
c. Gluteus maximus
,d. Latissimus dorsi
- answer-Gluteus maximus
A microcomputer is BEST described as what?
a. Large computer that can handle hundreds of users
b. Medium-sized computer that can handle several users
c. Desktop PC
d. Large, complex computer system that can perform rapid and complex functions
- answer-Desktop PC
A patient is requesting a copy of his own medical records. What does the office
need in order to release the information?
a. A phone call from the patient
b. A written request and a patient signature
c. A request by fax or mail
d. A request in person
- answer-A written request and a patient signature
A patient tells you she needs after care instructions from the surgeon you work for.
The Medical Assistant knows that this is:
a. Detailed instructions
b. Comfort care instructions
c. Preoperative instructions
d. Postoperative instructions
- answer-Postoperative instructions
A patient's pulse is taken using the femoral artery. Where is it located?
a. In the groove of the neck between the trachea and sternocleidomastoid
b. On the medial arm at the fold of the elbow
c. In the groin region
d. At the wrist on the thumb side
- answer-In the groin region
A Treponema pallidum antibodies blood test is positive. What condition does this
indicate?
, a. Obesity
b. Prostate cancer
c. Muscular dystrophies
d. Syphilis
- answer-Syphilis
All of the following are prefixes with their correct meanings EXCEPT:
a. dis- ( apart, separate)
b. ec- (out)
c. en- (in)
d. psych- (body)
- answer-psych- (body)
Crisp sounds increase at this phase of BP sound. What is it?
a. Phase 4
b. Phase 1
c. Phase 2
d. Phase 3
- answer-Phase 3
Evaluating bronchoconstriction requires how many tests at a time?
a. 3
b. 1
c. 4
d. 2
- answer-2
How many decigrams would there be if you convert 10 grams to decigrams using
the decimal point method?
a. 1 dg
b. 100 dg
c. 10 dg
d. 1000 dg
- answer-100 dg
If a condition is "tardive," what does this tell us?
