RMA EXAM 2025/2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
The patient is a mentally challenged adult. The adult who accompanied the patient
has some errands to do. How should the medical office staff handle this situation?
C. Tell the accompanying adult that he or she must remain in the office with the
patient
The opposite of anterior is
A. Posterior
The prefix HYPER- means
A. Above
Joint pain may be charted as
D. Arthrodynia
Otoplasty is a surgical procedure performed on the
D. Ear
The clinical term for farsightedness is
,B. Hyperopia
Inflammation of the brain is
B. Encephalitis
An enlargement of the heart is termed
D. Cardiomegaly
The combining form XANTHO- indicates the color
D. Yellow
The suffix -EMIA refers to
B. Blood
The plural of "appendix" is
B. Appendices
After an initial period of denial, terminally ill Janet moved to the second phase of
the grieving process, which is
C. Anger
,Understanding the feelings that a patient has in both an intellectual and an
emotional way is called
B. Empathy
A patient has been diagnosed with high blood pressure. The medical assistant
should instruct her to restrict her intake of
B. Sodium
Teaching modalities planned for a patient who has just been diagnosed with
diabetes should include all of the following EXCEPT
B. Relying on only one teaching method
There are three important areas of learning. They are
B. Cognitive, affective, and psychomotor
Patient teaching is very important to the prognosis for the patient. Any teaching
should therefore be
B. Documented as part of the patient medical record
, A patient is diagnosed with a very elevated blood pressure. Which of the following
will make it most difficult for her to learn about dietary modifications?
B. She doesn't know how to read food labels
Factors that could interfere with the effectiveness of the communication process
include
D. All of the above (A - Anxiety; B - Cultural differences; C - Language barriers
In communicating with patients, the medical assistant can make sure that the
patient has correctly received a message by
B. Asking the patient to repeat the message
The word GRAVIDA refers to
A. Pregnancy
When the medical assistant does not understand what the patient has said, which of
the following would be appropriate to clarify the communication?`
C. "I'm sorry, I did not understand what you just said. Could you please repeat it?"
Insulin is produced in the
C. Pancreas
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
The patient is a mentally challenged adult. The adult who accompanied the patient
has some errands to do. How should the medical office staff handle this situation?
C. Tell the accompanying adult that he or she must remain in the office with the
patient
The opposite of anterior is
A. Posterior
The prefix HYPER- means
A. Above
Joint pain may be charted as
D. Arthrodynia
Otoplasty is a surgical procedure performed on the
D. Ear
The clinical term for farsightedness is
,B. Hyperopia
Inflammation of the brain is
B. Encephalitis
An enlargement of the heart is termed
D. Cardiomegaly
The combining form XANTHO- indicates the color
D. Yellow
The suffix -EMIA refers to
B. Blood
The plural of "appendix" is
B. Appendices
After an initial period of denial, terminally ill Janet moved to the second phase of
the grieving process, which is
C. Anger
,Understanding the feelings that a patient has in both an intellectual and an
emotional way is called
B. Empathy
A patient has been diagnosed with high blood pressure. The medical assistant
should instruct her to restrict her intake of
B. Sodium
Teaching modalities planned for a patient who has just been diagnosed with
diabetes should include all of the following EXCEPT
B. Relying on only one teaching method
There are three important areas of learning. They are
B. Cognitive, affective, and psychomotor
Patient teaching is very important to the prognosis for the patient. Any teaching
should therefore be
B. Documented as part of the patient medical record
, A patient is diagnosed with a very elevated blood pressure. Which of the following
will make it most difficult for her to learn about dietary modifications?
B. She doesn't know how to read food labels
Factors that could interfere with the effectiveness of the communication process
include
D. All of the above (A - Anxiety; B - Cultural differences; C - Language barriers
In communicating with patients, the medical assistant can make sure that the
patient has correctly received a message by
B. Asking the patient to repeat the message
The word GRAVIDA refers to
A. Pregnancy
When the medical assistant does not understand what the patient has said, which of
the following would be appropriate to clarify the communication?`
C. "I'm sorry, I did not understand what you just said. Could you please repeat it?"
Insulin is produced in the
C. Pancreas
