MAC PRACTICE TEST (1) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Addresing elderly patient: - Answers :Mr. or Mrs ________
When calling a facility to schedule a patient, what is the most important factor to
remember? - Answers :To maintain patient confidentiality
How many minutes after a patient has missed an appointment to call and reschedule? -
Answers :15 minutes
What method for booking several patients around the same time? - Answers :Cluster
booking
Which temperature site would give the highest normal value? - Answers :Rectal
What is a patient's chief complaint? - Answers :The main reason that the patient is
seeking care that day
You are taking vitals and they have dizziness once in a while. What type of symptom is
this? - Answers :Subjective
What procedure that requires patient intervention should be documented for patient
references? - Answers :Clinical procedure
The immune system protect the body from what? - Answers :Disease and infection
Procedure for filing insurance claims found under which policies section of the
procedure manual? - Answers :Administrative
What is the proper sequence for CPR? - Answers :Circulation (Compression), airway,
breathing
The immune system protects the body from which of the following? - Answers :Disease
and infection
General term for surgical suture? - Answers :Ligature
What instrument drains an abscess? - Answers :Scalpel
What stage of infection is the time where the pathogen has had time to grow and
establish itself in the body? - Answers :Incubation
Which of the following is one of the six C's of charting? - Answers :Client's words
, an RN asks you to start an IV? what should you do? - Answers :Assistive personnel do
not start IV's
You decide to refuse a task. What should you do? - Answers :Communicate your
concerns to the nurse
Which of the following best defines a demographic? - Answers :The statistical date of a
population such as age, gender, etc.
What is appropriate for free screenings? - Answers :Blood Pressure
The selection of one of three available blood pressure cuff sizes depends on which of
the following criteria? - Answers :Weight of patient/size of their arm
Latex sensitivity is a type of: ? - Answers :Allergic reaction
What is the scrubbing of instruments with special brushes/detergents to remove
blood/mucous, etc.? - Answers :Sanitization
What is the process of soaking or wiping process to inhibit the activity of disease-
causing organisms? - Answers :Disinfecting
What is the process used for supplies that come in contact with internal body
tissue/open wounds that involves heating/steaming and an autoclave? - Answers
:Sterilization
What kind of fever fluctuates that remains elevated and does not return to baseline? -
Answers :Remittent
Respiration can vary if abnormalities are present. Which type of abnormality is a
"temporary complete absence of breathing?" - Answers :Apnea
What is accounts receivable? - Answers :A record of all monies due to the practice
Upon receiving cash to the doctor's office what is the best way to get it to the bank? -
Answers :Take it to the bank in person
What type of medication constricts blood vessels? - Answers :Vasoconstrictors
What is true about working in a sterile field? - Answers :All sterile items should be held
above waist level
Why is a preservative added to specimen containers that are to be sent to a
pathologist? - Answers :Delay composition
What should be added to the label of a specimen container? - Answers :The date
Addresing elderly patient: - Answers :Mr. or Mrs ________
When calling a facility to schedule a patient, what is the most important factor to
remember? - Answers :To maintain patient confidentiality
How many minutes after a patient has missed an appointment to call and reschedule? -
Answers :15 minutes
What method for booking several patients around the same time? - Answers :Cluster
booking
Which temperature site would give the highest normal value? - Answers :Rectal
What is a patient's chief complaint? - Answers :The main reason that the patient is
seeking care that day
You are taking vitals and they have dizziness once in a while. What type of symptom is
this? - Answers :Subjective
What procedure that requires patient intervention should be documented for patient
references? - Answers :Clinical procedure
The immune system protect the body from what? - Answers :Disease and infection
Procedure for filing insurance claims found under which policies section of the
procedure manual? - Answers :Administrative
What is the proper sequence for CPR? - Answers :Circulation (Compression), airway,
breathing
The immune system protects the body from which of the following? - Answers :Disease
and infection
General term for surgical suture? - Answers :Ligature
What instrument drains an abscess? - Answers :Scalpel
What stage of infection is the time where the pathogen has had time to grow and
establish itself in the body? - Answers :Incubation
Which of the following is one of the six C's of charting? - Answers :Client's words
, an RN asks you to start an IV? what should you do? - Answers :Assistive personnel do
not start IV's
You decide to refuse a task. What should you do? - Answers :Communicate your
concerns to the nurse
Which of the following best defines a demographic? - Answers :The statistical date of a
population such as age, gender, etc.
What is appropriate for free screenings? - Answers :Blood Pressure
The selection of one of three available blood pressure cuff sizes depends on which of
the following criteria? - Answers :Weight of patient/size of their arm
Latex sensitivity is a type of: ? - Answers :Allergic reaction
What is the scrubbing of instruments with special brushes/detergents to remove
blood/mucous, etc.? - Answers :Sanitization
What is the process of soaking or wiping process to inhibit the activity of disease-
causing organisms? - Answers :Disinfecting
What is the process used for supplies that come in contact with internal body
tissue/open wounds that involves heating/steaming and an autoclave? - Answers
:Sterilization
What kind of fever fluctuates that remains elevated and does not return to baseline? -
Answers :Remittent
Respiration can vary if abnormalities are present. Which type of abnormality is a
"temporary complete absence of breathing?" - Answers :Apnea
What is accounts receivable? - Answers :A record of all monies due to the practice
Upon receiving cash to the doctor's office what is the best way to get it to the bank? -
Answers :Take it to the bank in person
What type of medication constricts blood vessels? - Answers :Vasoconstrictors
What is true about working in a sterile field? - Answers :All sterile items should be held
above waist level
Why is a preservative added to specimen containers that are to be sent to a
pathologist? - Answers :Delay composition
What should be added to the label of a specimen container? - Answers :The date
