NCCT MEDICAL ASSISTANT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which government agency oversees HIPAA?
A. OIG
B. CMS
C. HHS
D. OSHA - ✔✔C. HHS
✔✔The patient presents to the pre-op clinic for a lithotripsy (ESWL) procedure. Which of
the following actions should the medical assistant take prior to witnessing the consent
form to ensure it is legally binding?
A. Verify the patient has not had anything to eat or drink for eight hours prior to the
procedure.
B. Obtain a copy of the patient's insurance card.
C. Confirm there is someone in the waiting room available to drive the patient home.
D. Confirm the surgeon has explained all risks and benefits of the procedure. - ✔✔D.
Confirm the surgeon has explained all risks and benefits of the procedure.
✔✔Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take when disposing of a
needle following a venipuncture?
A. Recap the needle and place it immediately in a sharps container.
B. Push the needle guard over the needle until it clicks and then place in a biohazard
bag.
C. Place the needle with safety device activated immediately in a sharps container.
D. Recap the needle and place it on the blood collection tray. - ✔✔C. Place the needle
with safety device activated immediately in a sharps container.
✔✔Employees of a major automobile manufacturer are provided health insurance under
a master contract issued to their employer. Which of the following types of coverage
does this reflect?
A. Indemnity plan
B. Group policy
C. Coinsurance
D. Fee-for-service plan - ✔✔B. Group policy
✔✔A medical assistant is reviewing a patient's encounter that is documented in the
medical record prior to completing a CMS-1500 form. She notices that the physician
upcoded the encounter. The medical office assistant has the ethical obligation to
A. change the code.
,B. debate the code.
C. alter the code.
D. down code the code. - ✔✔B. debate the code.
✔✔The medical assistant should stamp checks with the restrictive endorsement "for
deposit only" to prevent
A. overdraft fees.
B. nonsufficient funds.
C. stop-payment.
D. loss or theft. - ✔✔D. loss or theft.
✔✔The pictured rhythm is an example of which of the following?
A. Atrial flutter
B. Premature ventricular contraction
C. Sinus bradycardia
D. Ventricular tachycardia - ✔✔B. Premature ventricular contraction
✔✔The medical assistant applies pressure to the venipuncture site using gauze. After
two minutes the medical assistant observes that bleeding has not stopped. The next
appropriate action would be to
A. elevate the arm while applying pressure.
B. wrap the arm with a pressure dressing.
C. continue to apply pressure while bending the arm at the elbow.
D. notify the physician immediately. - ✔✔A. elevate the arm while applying pressure.
✔✔The medical assistant asks a patient, "How are you doing today?" The patient yells,
"How do you think I'm doing? I just got out of that terrible hospital and they didn't help
me at all! I still have cancer don't I?" The medical assistant recognizes that this patient
is most likely experiencing which of the following stages of dying/grief according to
Kubler-Ross?
A. Depression
B. Anger
C. Denial
D. Bargaining - ✔✔B. Anger
✔✔The medical assistant receives a call from an attorney requesting information about
an established patient's operative report. Which of the following actions is required prior
to fulfilling the request?
A. Call the patient to request verbal consent.
, B. Check the patient's file for authorization of release of information listing the name of
the attorney.
C. Ask for the name and number of the attorney and return the call to confirm the
identity of the caller.
D. Refer the call to be handled by the physician directly to prevent liability. - ✔✔B.
Check the patient's file for authorization of release of information listing the name of the
attorney.
✔✔Which of the following complications occurs from prolonged lack of muscle use?
A. Hypertrophy
B. Atrophy
C. Tendonitis
D. Cellulitis - ✔✔B. Atrophy
✔✔Which of the following ECG leads records the electrical activity of the inferior surface
of the left ventricle and is closest to the heart?
A. Lead I
B. aVR
C. Lead II
D. aVL - ✔✔C. Lead II
✔✔Which of the following rhythms is shown in the strip above?
A. Atrial fibrillation
B. Premature atrial complex
C. Atrial flutter
D. Atrial tachycardia - ✔✔C. Atrial flutter
✔✔The medical assistant demonstrates proper handling of sharps containers by doing
which of the following?
A. Discard the sharps container in a biohazard waste container when it is two-thirds full.
B. Inspect the sharps container to ensure that only sharps have been deposited.
C. Seal the sharps container and place in the regular waste container.
D. Empty half full sharps containers into a larger container to maintain cost
effectiveness. - ✔✔A. Discard the sharps container in a biohazard waste container
when it is two-thirds full.
✔✔The patient is not able to distinguish certain numbers on an Ishihara test. This
indicates a problem with which of the following?
A. Rods
B. Cones
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which government agency oversees HIPAA?
A. OIG
B. CMS
C. HHS
D. OSHA - ✔✔C. HHS
✔✔The patient presents to the pre-op clinic for a lithotripsy (ESWL) procedure. Which of
the following actions should the medical assistant take prior to witnessing the consent
form to ensure it is legally binding?
A. Verify the patient has not had anything to eat or drink for eight hours prior to the
procedure.
B. Obtain a copy of the patient's insurance card.
C. Confirm there is someone in the waiting room available to drive the patient home.
D. Confirm the surgeon has explained all risks and benefits of the procedure. - ✔✔D.
Confirm the surgeon has explained all risks and benefits of the procedure.
✔✔Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take when disposing of a
needle following a venipuncture?
A. Recap the needle and place it immediately in a sharps container.
B. Push the needle guard over the needle until it clicks and then place in a biohazard
bag.
C. Place the needle with safety device activated immediately in a sharps container.
D. Recap the needle and place it on the blood collection tray. - ✔✔C. Place the needle
with safety device activated immediately in a sharps container.
✔✔Employees of a major automobile manufacturer are provided health insurance under
a master contract issued to their employer. Which of the following types of coverage
does this reflect?
A. Indemnity plan
B. Group policy
C. Coinsurance
D. Fee-for-service plan - ✔✔B. Group policy
✔✔A medical assistant is reviewing a patient's encounter that is documented in the
medical record prior to completing a CMS-1500 form. She notices that the physician
upcoded the encounter. The medical office assistant has the ethical obligation to
A. change the code.
,B. debate the code.
C. alter the code.
D. down code the code. - ✔✔B. debate the code.
✔✔The medical assistant should stamp checks with the restrictive endorsement "for
deposit only" to prevent
A. overdraft fees.
B. nonsufficient funds.
C. stop-payment.
D. loss or theft. - ✔✔D. loss or theft.
✔✔The pictured rhythm is an example of which of the following?
A. Atrial flutter
B. Premature ventricular contraction
C. Sinus bradycardia
D. Ventricular tachycardia - ✔✔B. Premature ventricular contraction
✔✔The medical assistant applies pressure to the venipuncture site using gauze. After
two minutes the medical assistant observes that bleeding has not stopped. The next
appropriate action would be to
A. elevate the arm while applying pressure.
B. wrap the arm with a pressure dressing.
C. continue to apply pressure while bending the arm at the elbow.
D. notify the physician immediately. - ✔✔A. elevate the arm while applying pressure.
✔✔The medical assistant asks a patient, "How are you doing today?" The patient yells,
"How do you think I'm doing? I just got out of that terrible hospital and they didn't help
me at all! I still have cancer don't I?" The medical assistant recognizes that this patient
is most likely experiencing which of the following stages of dying/grief according to
Kubler-Ross?
A. Depression
B. Anger
C. Denial
D. Bargaining - ✔✔B. Anger
✔✔The medical assistant receives a call from an attorney requesting information about
an established patient's operative report. Which of the following actions is required prior
to fulfilling the request?
A. Call the patient to request verbal consent.
, B. Check the patient's file for authorization of release of information listing the name of
the attorney.
C. Ask for the name and number of the attorney and return the call to confirm the
identity of the caller.
D. Refer the call to be handled by the physician directly to prevent liability. - ✔✔B.
Check the patient's file for authorization of release of information listing the name of the
attorney.
✔✔Which of the following complications occurs from prolonged lack of muscle use?
A. Hypertrophy
B. Atrophy
C. Tendonitis
D. Cellulitis - ✔✔B. Atrophy
✔✔Which of the following ECG leads records the electrical activity of the inferior surface
of the left ventricle and is closest to the heart?
A. Lead I
B. aVR
C. Lead II
D. aVL - ✔✔C. Lead II
✔✔Which of the following rhythms is shown in the strip above?
A. Atrial fibrillation
B. Premature atrial complex
C. Atrial flutter
D. Atrial tachycardia - ✔✔C. Atrial flutter
✔✔The medical assistant demonstrates proper handling of sharps containers by doing
which of the following?
A. Discard the sharps container in a biohazard waste container when it is two-thirds full.
B. Inspect the sharps container to ensure that only sharps have been deposited.
C. Seal the sharps container and place in the regular waste container.
D. Empty half full sharps containers into a larger container to maintain cost
effectiveness. - ✔✔A. Discard the sharps container in a biohazard waste container
when it is two-thirds full.
✔✔The patient is not able to distinguish certain numbers on an Ishihara test. This
indicates a problem with which of the following?
A. Rods
B. Cones
