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NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Exam
Questions And Answers 2025 Update.
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that individuals with disabilities
are - Answer✔Not to be discriminated against in obtaining employment
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered under the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? - Answer✔Obtaining payment of Medicare and Medicaid
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a health care provider? -
Answer✔Discontinuing treatment because the patient did not pay in a timely manner
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can potentiallybe held legally responsible for
an act of neglience by a medical assistant? - Answer✔Both the medical assistant and the
employer/provider
Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not consented is considered a tort of -
Answer✔Battery
All of the following minors (under age 18) are considered emancipated EXCEPT a minor who is -
Answer✔Being treated for a sexually transmitted disease
Unless publicly safety is involved, what is required in all cases to release patient medical records
after a subpoena is issued? - Answer✔The patient's written consent
According to typical statuses of limitations involving neglience or malpractice, which of the
following time points is NOT used as a starting point? - Answer✔When the litigant filed a claim
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of child abuse? -
Answer✔Confidentiality
A POLST form is a type of - Answer✔Living will or advance directive
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain clinical procedures only under the
supervision of an employer/ proider because they are NOT - Answer✔Licensed
Which of the following best describes ethics? - Answer✔Personal values governing an
individual's perceptions of right and wrong
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Bioethics is defined as - Answer✔Any ethical matter that pertains to life and/ or health care
Which of the following principles for a medical assistant is NOT set forth by the American
Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Code of Ethics? - Answer✔Specific ways of dealing
with certain situations
At present, what is the main difference between reporting child abuse and reporting elder or
intimate partner abuse? - Answer✔Child abuse must be reported to authorities in all 50 states
while other types of abuse do not always need to be reported
A provider is dealing with a patient with HIV or AIDS. Which of the following statements
regarding the provider's legal or ethical requirements is NOT true? - Answer✔The provider can
ethically deny treatment
What is the time frame during which an abortion can be legally performed in all states? -
Answer✔Abortion can be performed during the first trimester
Therapeutic communication interjects what element into communication? - Answer✔Empathy
Active listening requires - Answer✔Being attuned to what the other person is saying and what
they are communicating nonverbally
In order for verbal communication between two people to be effective, the sender's message
must be - Answer✔All of the above
Complete, cohesive, clear and concise
In the United States, what do most people consider a comfortable personal space for dealing on
a personal (not intimate) level with another individual? - Answer✔Between 1-1/2 and 4 feet
The use of a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously ascribes ther own
undesirable acts or impulses to someone else is known as - Answer✔Projection
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what is the first level of need that people must
satisfy before all others? - Answer✔Physiological and survival needs
A cultural broker is someone who - Answer✔Acts as an intermediary or advocate for another
person or cultural group within the health care community
When interviewing a patient, which of the following types of questions prompts only a yes or
no question? - Answer✔Closed question
Which of the following does NOT initially occur when a person is exposed to an acute stressor?
- Answer✔Triggering of the parasympathetic nervous system
In order, what are the four stages of job burnout? - Answer✔Honeymoon, reality,
dissatisfaction, a sad state
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NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Exam
Questions And Answers 2025 Update.
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that individuals with disabilities
are - Answer✔Not to be discriminated against in obtaining employment
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered under the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? - Answer✔Obtaining payment of Medicare and Medicaid
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a health care provider? -
Answer✔Discontinuing treatment because the patient did not pay in a timely manner
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can potentiallybe held legally responsible for
an act of neglience by a medical assistant? - Answer✔Both the medical assistant and the
employer/provider
Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not consented is considered a tort of -
Answer✔Battery
All of the following minors (under age 18) are considered emancipated EXCEPT a minor who is -
Answer✔Being treated for a sexually transmitted disease
Unless publicly safety is involved, what is required in all cases to release patient medical records
after a subpoena is issued? - Answer✔The patient's written consent
According to typical statuses of limitations involving neglience or malpractice, which of the
following time points is NOT used as a starting point? - Answer✔When the litigant filed a claim
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of child abuse? -
Answer✔Confidentiality
A POLST form is a type of - Answer✔Living will or advance directive
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain clinical procedures only under the
supervision of an employer/ proider because they are NOT - Answer✔Licensed
Which of the following best describes ethics? - Answer✔Personal values governing an
individual's perceptions of right and wrong
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Bioethics is defined as - Answer✔Any ethical matter that pertains to life and/ or health care
Which of the following principles for a medical assistant is NOT set forth by the American
Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Code of Ethics? - Answer✔Specific ways of dealing
with certain situations
At present, what is the main difference between reporting child abuse and reporting elder or
intimate partner abuse? - Answer✔Child abuse must be reported to authorities in all 50 states
while other types of abuse do not always need to be reported
A provider is dealing with a patient with HIV or AIDS. Which of the following statements
regarding the provider's legal or ethical requirements is NOT true? - Answer✔The provider can
ethically deny treatment
What is the time frame during which an abortion can be legally performed in all states? -
Answer✔Abortion can be performed during the first trimester
Therapeutic communication interjects what element into communication? - Answer✔Empathy
Active listening requires - Answer✔Being attuned to what the other person is saying and what
they are communicating nonverbally
In order for verbal communication between two people to be effective, the sender's message
must be - Answer✔All of the above
Complete, cohesive, clear and concise
In the United States, what do most people consider a comfortable personal space for dealing on
a personal (not intimate) level with another individual? - Answer✔Between 1-1/2 and 4 feet
The use of a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously ascribes ther own
undesirable acts or impulses to someone else is known as - Answer✔Projection
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what is the first level of need that people must
satisfy before all others? - Answer✔Physiological and survival needs
A cultural broker is someone who - Answer✔Acts as an intermediary or advocate for another
person or cultural group within the health care community
When interviewing a patient, which of the following types of questions prompts only a yes or
no question? - Answer✔Closed question
Which of the following does NOT initially occur when a person is exposed to an acute stressor?
- Answer✔Triggering of the parasympathetic nervous system
In order, what are the four stages of job burnout? - Answer✔Honeymoon, reality,
dissatisfaction, a sad state
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