RMA EXAM CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTING
QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Sterilization is the:
a. careful cleaning of instruments.
b. destruction of all microbial life.
c. destruction of pathogens.
d. removal of blood and body fluids. - Accurate answers b. destruction of all microbial life.
Sterilization is the process of destroying all microbial life to include spores.
According to OSHA, what information must be included in the exposure control plan?
a. A list of potential hazards and decontamination processes
b. Exposure determination, method of compliance, postexposure evaluation and follow up
procedures
c. Records of exposure incidents in the last seven years and follow up procedures
d. Safety information for medical equipment and maintenance records for the equipment -
Accurate answers b. Exposure determination, method of compliance, postexposure
evaluation and follow up procedures.
A written OSHA Exposure Control Plan must be created and updated annually or whenever
procedures that require exposure to potentially contaminated material are added or changed.
The plan must be available to all employees and to authorized OSHA authorities.
What instruments have sharp edges and are used to incise skin and tissue?
a. Cutting and dissecting instruments
b. Dilators
c. Probes
d. Retractors - Accurate answers a. Cutting and dissecting instruments
Cutting and dissecting instruments have sharp edges and are used to cut (incise) skin and tissue.
Most instruments are classified according to their function, which instrument is classified as a
dilating/probing instrument?
a. Forceps
b. Hemostat
c. Scalpel
d. Speculum - Accurate answers d. Speculum
, A speculum is an instrument used to open or distend a body orifice or cavity to permit visual
inspection.
When caring and handling surgical instruments which of the following can prolong the life span
and ensure proper function of the instrument?
a. Prevent instruments from being piled and getting entangled with one another
b. Rinse blood and body secretions off after allowing it to dry on the instrument
c. Sharp instruments can be mixed with other instruments
d. Using instruments in a way other than their intended purpose does not affect their life span.
- Accurate answers a. Prevent instruments from being piled and getting entangled with
one another.
Protecting instruments from damage can ensure the proper function and allows for longer use.
This is a best practice to implement in the surgical setting.
Forceps are used to:
a. close incisions.
b. hold drapes.
c. hold tissue.
d. retract tissue. - Accurate answers c. hold tissue.
Forceps are instruments that are commonly used to grasp or hold objects and tissue.
The cleansing process used to remove debris such as blood, tissue, and other body fluids from
medical instruments or equipment is called:
a. asepsis.
b. disinfection.
c. sanitation.
d. sterilization. - Accurate answers c. sanitation.
Instruments and other items used in office procedures must be carefully cleaned before
disinfection or sterilization. Sanitization is the cleaning process that removes organic material
and reduces the number of microorganisms to a safe level.
The most effective method of sterilization is:
a. autoclaving.
b. boiling.
c. chemicals.
d. disinfectants. - Accurate answers a. autoclaving.
QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Sterilization is the:
a. careful cleaning of instruments.
b. destruction of all microbial life.
c. destruction of pathogens.
d. removal of blood and body fluids. - Accurate answers b. destruction of all microbial life.
Sterilization is the process of destroying all microbial life to include spores.
According to OSHA, what information must be included in the exposure control plan?
a. A list of potential hazards and decontamination processes
b. Exposure determination, method of compliance, postexposure evaluation and follow up
procedures
c. Records of exposure incidents in the last seven years and follow up procedures
d. Safety information for medical equipment and maintenance records for the equipment -
Accurate answers b. Exposure determination, method of compliance, postexposure
evaluation and follow up procedures.
A written OSHA Exposure Control Plan must be created and updated annually or whenever
procedures that require exposure to potentially contaminated material are added or changed.
The plan must be available to all employees and to authorized OSHA authorities.
What instruments have sharp edges and are used to incise skin and tissue?
a. Cutting and dissecting instruments
b. Dilators
c. Probes
d. Retractors - Accurate answers a. Cutting and dissecting instruments
Cutting and dissecting instruments have sharp edges and are used to cut (incise) skin and tissue.
Most instruments are classified according to their function, which instrument is classified as a
dilating/probing instrument?
a. Forceps
b. Hemostat
c. Scalpel
d. Speculum - Accurate answers d. Speculum
, A speculum is an instrument used to open or distend a body orifice or cavity to permit visual
inspection.
When caring and handling surgical instruments which of the following can prolong the life span
and ensure proper function of the instrument?
a. Prevent instruments from being piled and getting entangled with one another
b. Rinse blood and body secretions off after allowing it to dry on the instrument
c. Sharp instruments can be mixed with other instruments
d. Using instruments in a way other than their intended purpose does not affect their life span.
- Accurate answers a. Prevent instruments from being piled and getting entangled with
one another.
Protecting instruments from damage can ensure the proper function and allows for longer use.
This is a best practice to implement in the surgical setting.
Forceps are used to:
a. close incisions.
b. hold drapes.
c. hold tissue.
d. retract tissue. - Accurate answers c. hold tissue.
Forceps are instruments that are commonly used to grasp or hold objects and tissue.
The cleansing process used to remove debris such as blood, tissue, and other body fluids from
medical instruments or equipment is called:
a. asepsis.
b. disinfection.
c. sanitation.
d. sterilization. - Accurate answers c. sanitation.
Instruments and other items used in office procedures must be carefully cleaned before
disinfection or sterilization. Sanitization is the cleaning process that removes organic material
and reduces the number of microorganisms to a safe level.
The most effective method of sterilization is:
a. autoclaving.
b. boiling.
c. chemicals.
d. disinfectants. - Accurate answers a. autoclaving.
