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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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Assistant NCMA Exam
Scheduling patients with similar diagnoses, treatments, or needs within a specified time frame
describes which of the following systems?
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a. Double booking
b. Clustering
c. Time-specified
d. Wave system –
Correct Answer :b. Clustering
If after assessing the victim's pulse and discovering there is no pulse, what would be the next step?
a. Start chest compressions
b. 2 ventilations
c. Check for a radial pulse
d. 1 ventilation, then 5 chest compressions –
Correct Answer :a. Start chest compressions
The form completed when damaged or contaminated controlled substances are destroyed is called
which of the following?
a. DEA-222
b. DEA-41
c. DEA-335
d. DEA-106
- Correct Answer :b. DEA-41
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The computer command that organizes data alphabetically or numerically in ascending or descending
order is which of the following?
a. Function
b. Presort
c. Sort
d. Macro –
Correct Answer :c. Sort
Which of the following may be the cause of pacing spikes when performing an EKG?
a. The pacemaker is implanted incorrectly.
b. The pacemaker is firing.
c. The batteries in the patient's pacemaker are low.
d. The patient's pacemaker is not working. –
Correct Answer :b. The pacemaker is firing.
Which of the following may require notification of the appropriate health agencies?
a. Staph infection
b. Phenylketonuria
c. Auto accident
d. Roseola –
Correct Answer :b. Phenylketonuria
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During two-rescuer CPR, the compression to ventilation ratio for children is which of the following?
a. 1 to 5
b. 5 to 10
c. 15 to 2
d. 15 to 1 –
Correct Answer :c. 15 to 2
Ventricular depolarization is represented by which of the following?
a. P wave
b. PR interval
c. ST segment
d. QRS complex –
Correct Answer :d. QRS complex
Chest pain due to lack of blood nourishment to the heart is called which of the following terms?
a. Tetralogy of Fallot
b. Aortic stenosis
c. Angina stenosis
d. Angina pectoris - Correct Answer :d. Angina pectoris
From what area of the mouth is a strep screening specimen collected?
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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
(NCMA) Latest Practice Test Bank with
330 Questions and Correct Answers/
NCCT Medical Assistant Latest Practice
Exam / National Certified Medical
Assistant NCMA Exam
Scheduling patients with similar diagnoses, treatments, or needs within a specified time frame
describes which of the following systems?
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, Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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a. Double booking
b. Clustering
c. Time-specified
d. Wave system –
Correct Answer :b. Clustering
If after assessing the victim's pulse and discovering there is no pulse, what would be the next step?
a. Start chest compressions
b. 2 ventilations
c. Check for a radial pulse
d. 1 ventilation, then 5 chest compressions –
Correct Answer :a. Start chest compressions
The form completed when damaged or contaminated controlled substances are destroyed is called
which of the following?
a. DEA-222
b. DEA-41
c. DEA-335
d. DEA-106
- Correct Answer :b. DEA-41
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The computer command that organizes data alphabetically or numerically in ascending or descending
order is which of the following?
a. Function
b. Presort
c. Sort
d. Macro –
Correct Answer :c. Sort
Which of the following may be the cause of pacing spikes when performing an EKG?
a. The pacemaker is implanted incorrectly.
b. The pacemaker is firing.
c. The batteries in the patient's pacemaker are low.
d. The patient's pacemaker is not working. –
Correct Answer :b. The pacemaker is firing.
Which of the following may require notification of the appropriate health agencies?
a. Staph infection
b. Phenylketonuria
c. Auto accident
d. Roseola –
Correct Answer :b. Phenylketonuria
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During two-rescuer CPR, the compression to ventilation ratio for children is which of the following?
a. 1 to 5
b. 5 to 10
c. 15 to 2
d. 15 to 1 –
Correct Answer :c. 15 to 2
Ventricular depolarization is represented by which of the following?
a. P wave
b. PR interval
c. ST segment
d. QRS complex –
Correct Answer :d. QRS complex
Chest pain due to lack of blood nourishment to the heart is called which of the following terms?
a. Tetralogy of Fallot
b. Aortic stenosis
c. Angina stenosis
d. Angina pectoris - Correct Answer :d. Angina pectoris
From what area of the mouth is a strep screening specimen collected?
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