MEDICAL ASSISTANT FINAL EXAM CCMA COPY UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

MEDICAL ASSISTANT FINAL EXAM CCMA COPY
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

Question:
1. What diagnostic procedure is used to examine an illuminated, magnified view of the cervix and vagina?
Answer:
Colposcopy

Question:
2. How should leftover medications be disposed of?
Answer:
Per your facility's best practices.

Question:
3. What lab specimen requires warm handling?
Answer:
Cold Agglutinins

Question:
4. What is considered the heart's secondary pacemaker?
Answer:
Atrioventricular (AV) Node

Question:
5. How much blood does the average adult have in their body?
Answer:
5 liters

Question:
6. Patients with HIV are likely to be what?
Answer:
Immunocompromised

Question:
7. Under what section of medical history are childhood illnesses recorded?
Answer:
Past Medical History (PMH)

Question:
8. What prefix means 'on top of'?
Answer:
Epi-

, Question:
9. What does code gray mean?
Answer:
internal or external disaster in a medical facility

Question:
10. Where can a pulse oximetry probe be placed on a patient?
Answer:
Finger, toe, or ear

Question:
11. What is the most important means of preventing the spread of infection?
Answer:
Handwashing

Question:
12. How is a patient's blood type determined?
Answer:
Based on antigens on the red blood cell membranes

Question:
13. 23g needle is an appropriate gauge to use for a
Answer:
needle intramuscular injection

Question:
14. What directional terms describe moving from a point further away toward a point closer to origin?
Answer:
Distal to Proximal

Question:
15. Are ABGs CLIA-waived testing?
Answer:
No (ABGs are NOT CLIA-waived)

Question:
16. What color is a gram-positive bacterium after gram-staining?
Answer:
Violet

Question:
17. Hematology processes a
Answer:
sedimentation rate