CMA Practice Test Questions WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

A Material Safety Data Sheet includes Correct Answer: Information on the hazardous materials in the office. How soon should a patient be greeted upon entering the medical office? Correct Answer: Within 3 minutes. CLIA classifies laboratories into how many categories? Correct Answer: 3 The QRS complex Correct Answer: contraction of the ventricles What instrument measures Intraocular Pressure (IOP)? Correct Answer: Tanometer Tissue death due to lack of blood supply & O2 Correct Answer: Infarct Tissue death due to decreased blood flow Correct Answer: Ischemia A thick walled cell that can withstand exposure to extreme temperatures. Correct Answer: A spore First line of defense against micro-organisms Correct Answer: intact skin Normal urine color Correct Answer: Straw A urine pH of 7.2 or higher means Correct Answer: high protein diet, fever, increased intake of vitamin C, diarrhea How long should urine be centrifuged? Correct Answer: 5 minutes Cells that make up the greatest amount of solid blood components. Correct Answer: erythrocytes What color tube would be used for a PT/PTT Correct Answer: light blue What condition would NOT be associated with a low Hct? Correct Answer: Polycythemia How far ahead should an appointment book be "blocked out?" Correct Answer: 6 months Which is responsible for handling all instructions & calculations received from other hardware components in a computer as well as software programs running on the computer? Correct Answer: CPU