AMCA MEDICAL ASSISTANT EXAM
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Revealing information about patients without consent unless otherwise required to by law
is called:
✓ -:- Breach of confidentiality
The federal government sponsors a healthcare insurance for those specifically over the age
of 65 called:
✓ -:- Medicaid
Demerol 75 mg, IM every 4 hours, as needed for severe pain, is what type of medication
order?
✓ -:- PRN
This unit in the hospital is run by the physicians and experts in the field of musculoskeletal
disorders of the bones, joints, ligaments and tendons. Identify this department.
✓ -:- Rheumatology
MSDS information includes:
✓ -:- General and emergency information
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The physician prescribes a buccal medication. The medical assistant should instruct the
patient to:
✓ -:- Place the medication between the lower teeth and cheek
All pathogens are:
✓ -:- Microbes that can cause disease
Choose the most appropriate way for all employees to understand their role regarding
emergencies?
✓ -:- The office should have a written plan of response for all employees to follow
You are working as the medical intake at an urgent care center. At 9AM, 3 individuals arrive
as walk-ins with various illnesses; you need to decide who will be seen first. What process
will you use to determine the order in which the patients will be seen?
✓ -:- Triage
You must schedule a patient for a mammogram. What special instructions will you provide
to the patient for this radiographic examination?
✓ -:- Inform the patient to not wear deodorant, lotion or powder
Co-insurace is calculated based on a:
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✓ -:- Percentage of charge
Muscles that act on the knee joint exhibit two actions:
✓ -:- Flexion and extension
A structure that composed of two or more tissue types is called a/an:
✓ -:- Organ
The part of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood out of the heart to the body is called:
✓ -:- Left ventricle
The smallest structural unit of the nervous system is the:
✓ -:- Neuron
A patient came into the doctor's office with chest pain and shortness of breath. Which
position is best to help him breathe better?
✓ -:- Fowler's
The primary function of the nervous system is:
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