Medical Office Administration Final
to receive certification or registration as a medical assistant, you must______ - correct answer
✔✔graduate from an approved medical assistant program and pass the CMA or RMA examination.
A certified CMA must recertify the CMA credential every? - correct answer ✔✔5 years
the duties of a medical assistant are broken into which of the following areas? - correct answer
✔✔administrative, clinical, and laboratory
the pin on the right is conferred on its members by which organization? - correct answer ✔✔AAMA
important information about a patient medical history and condition - correct answer ✔✔problem
oriented medical record system
Benefits offered by the AAMA include_______. - correct answer ✔✔professional publications and
educational opportunities.
the purpose of accreditation of medical assistant programs is to ______. - correct answer ✔✔ensure
that medical assisting programs provide a competency-based education.
externships are ________ in accredited medical assisting schools - correct answer ✔✔mandatory
a multi-skilled health professional is not trained for which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔making
judgements or interpretations concerning a patient's diagnosis.
which of the following is the nation's largest network of institutional healthcare providers? - correct
answer ✔✔American Hospital Association
, A physician who studies the changes a disease produces in the cells, fluids, tissues and processes of the
entire body is an? - correct answer ✔✔pathologist
the term "primary care physicians" refers to: - correct answer ✔✔physicians who oversee patients' long-
term healthcare
A physician who diagnoses and treats diseases of the skin, hair, and nails is a(n) - correct answer
✔✔dermatologist
internal subspecialties include all of the following except____ - correct answer ✔✔otorhinolaryngology
which of the following specialists reads electrocardiograms (ECGs) for hospital laboratories? - correct
answer ✔✔cardiologist
the "S' section of SOAP documentation is: - correct answer ✔✔the data that comes from the patient
the best place to interview a patient is: - correct answer ✔✔in a private room
the most appropriate way to terminate an initial interview with the patient is: - correct answer ✔✔"is
there anything you would like the doctor to know?"
subjective or internal conditions felt by the patient are: - correct answer ✔✔symptoms
An example of a patient symptom is: - correct answer ✔✔pain
An example of a patient sign is: - correct answer ✔✔rash
the patient got out of bed and walked 20 feet without reporting or displaying signs of shortness of
breath is an example of _____ in documentation. - correct answer ✔✔clarity
to receive certification or registration as a medical assistant, you must______ - correct answer
✔✔graduate from an approved medical assistant program and pass the CMA or RMA examination.
A certified CMA must recertify the CMA credential every? - correct answer ✔✔5 years
the duties of a medical assistant are broken into which of the following areas? - correct answer
✔✔administrative, clinical, and laboratory
the pin on the right is conferred on its members by which organization? - correct answer ✔✔AAMA
important information about a patient medical history and condition - correct answer ✔✔problem
oriented medical record system
Benefits offered by the AAMA include_______. - correct answer ✔✔professional publications and
educational opportunities.
the purpose of accreditation of medical assistant programs is to ______. - correct answer ✔✔ensure
that medical assisting programs provide a competency-based education.
externships are ________ in accredited medical assisting schools - correct answer ✔✔mandatory
a multi-skilled health professional is not trained for which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔making
judgements or interpretations concerning a patient's diagnosis.
which of the following is the nation's largest network of institutional healthcare providers? - correct
answer ✔✔American Hospital Association
, A physician who studies the changes a disease produces in the cells, fluids, tissues and processes of the
entire body is an? - correct answer ✔✔pathologist
the term "primary care physicians" refers to: - correct answer ✔✔physicians who oversee patients' long-
term healthcare
A physician who diagnoses and treats diseases of the skin, hair, and nails is a(n) - correct answer
✔✔dermatologist
internal subspecialties include all of the following except____ - correct answer ✔✔otorhinolaryngology
which of the following specialists reads electrocardiograms (ECGs) for hospital laboratories? - correct
answer ✔✔cardiologist
the "S' section of SOAP documentation is: - correct answer ✔✔the data that comes from the patient
the best place to interview a patient is: - correct answer ✔✔in a private room
the most appropriate way to terminate an initial interview with the patient is: - correct answer ✔✔"is
there anything you would like the doctor to know?"
subjective or internal conditions felt by the patient are: - correct answer ✔✔symptoms
An example of a patient symptom is: - correct answer ✔✔pain
An example of a patient sign is: - correct answer ✔✔rash
the patient got out of bed and walked 20 feet without reporting or displaying signs of shortness of
breath is an example of _____ in documentation. - correct answer ✔✔clarity
