Medical Assistant Certification Test
Questions With All Correct Answers
/. Biohazard - Answer-Anything that is a risk to organisms, such as ionizing radiation or
harmful bacteria or viruses
/.Bloodborne Pathogens - Answer-Pathogenic micro-organisms that are present in
human blood and can cause disease in humans
/.Catheter - Answer-A hollow, flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel or cavity of
the body to withdraw fluids
/.Chain of Custody - Answer-The chronological documentation showing the seizure,
custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of specimens, which can be used as
evidence
/.Chemical Reagent Strip Testing - Answer-Method of urinalysis involving the use of
plastic strips to which chemically specific reagent pads are affixed.
/.Clean-catch midstream specimen - Answer-Method of urine collection, ordered to
diagnose urinary tract infections or to evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy.
/.Dermal Puncture - Answer-Procedure in which a finger or heel is lanced to obtain a
small quantity of blood for testing, also called a capillary draw, finger stick, heel stick, or
skin puncture.
/.Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) - Answer-Used as anticoagulant to keep
blood specimens from clotting
/.Enteric - Answer-Pertaining to the intestines
/.Galactosemia - Answer-Inherited disorder in which the body is unable to use, or
metabolize, sugar galactose, causing the patient to be unable to tolerate any form of
milk, foods containing galactose.
/.Hematocrit - Answer-Proportion of the blood that consists of packaged red blood cells,
expressed as a percentage by volume; the hematocrit test measures the percentage of
hematocrit in the blood.
/.Occult blood - Answer-Blood that comes form a source that cannot be immediately
determined, such as a peptic ulcer.
, /.Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Answer-A metabolic genetic disorder characterized by a
deficiency in the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase; classic PKU causes
permanent intellectual disability, seizures, delayed development, behavioral problems,
psychiatric disorders, a "mousy" body odor, lightening of skin and hair, and eczema.
/.Point of care - Answer-At or near the site of patient care
/.Quality control - Answer-Method of repeated assay of known standard materials and
monitoring reaction parameters to ensure precision and accuaracy
/.Random specimen - Answer-Single urine specimen taken at any time
/.Reagents - Answer-Chemical substances known to react in specific ways; used to
detect or synthesize other substances in chemical reactions
/.Reference laboratory - Answer-Laboratory outside a patient care facility; able to
perform many more types of testing than at the hospital laboratory
/.Semen - Answer-Thick, whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs discharged
from the urethra during ejaculation.
/.Sputum - Answer-Material coughed from the lungs and expectorated through the
mouth.
/.Stool - Answer-Waste form the digestive tract that is formed in the intestine and
expelled through the rectum; also called feces.
/.Suprapubic - Answer-Pertaining to a location above the symphysis pubis, which is the
slightly movable interpubic joint of the pelvis, consisting of two pubic bones separated
by a disk of fibrocartilage and connected by two ligaments.
/.Timed specimen - Answer-Collected at a predetermined time to obtain more
information; such specimens are sometimes collected two hours after a meal to test for
diabetes.
/.Urine - Answer-Fluid secreted by the kidneys, transported by the ureters, stored in the
bladder, and voided through the urethra.
/.Appropriate angle when performing a venipuncture procedure? - Answer-A 15 to 30
degree angle
/.What is a blood culture primarily used to check for? - Answer-Bacteria or other
microorganisms
/.When state-required testing of an infant's capillary blood is done, which of the following
must occur? - Answer-The circles on the filter paper must be totally saturated
Questions With All Correct Answers
/. Biohazard - Answer-Anything that is a risk to organisms, such as ionizing radiation or
harmful bacteria or viruses
/.Bloodborne Pathogens - Answer-Pathogenic micro-organisms that are present in
human blood and can cause disease in humans
/.Catheter - Answer-A hollow, flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel or cavity of
the body to withdraw fluids
/.Chain of Custody - Answer-The chronological documentation showing the seizure,
custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of specimens, which can be used as
evidence
/.Chemical Reagent Strip Testing - Answer-Method of urinalysis involving the use of
plastic strips to which chemically specific reagent pads are affixed.
/.Clean-catch midstream specimen - Answer-Method of urine collection, ordered to
diagnose urinary tract infections or to evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy.
/.Dermal Puncture - Answer-Procedure in which a finger or heel is lanced to obtain a
small quantity of blood for testing, also called a capillary draw, finger stick, heel stick, or
skin puncture.
/.Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) - Answer-Used as anticoagulant to keep
blood specimens from clotting
/.Enteric - Answer-Pertaining to the intestines
/.Galactosemia - Answer-Inherited disorder in which the body is unable to use, or
metabolize, sugar galactose, causing the patient to be unable to tolerate any form of
milk, foods containing galactose.
/.Hematocrit - Answer-Proportion of the blood that consists of packaged red blood cells,
expressed as a percentage by volume; the hematocrit test measures the percentage of
hematocrit in the blood.
/.Occult blood - Answer-Blood that comes form a source that cannot be immediately
determined, such as a peptic ulcer.
, /.Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Answer-A metabolic genetic disorder characterized by a
deficiency in the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase; classic PKU causes
permanent intellectual disability, seizures, delayed development, behavioral problems,
psychiatric disorders, a "mousy" body odor, lightening of skin and hair, and eczema.
/.Point of care - Answer-At or near the site of patient care
/.Quality control - Answer-Method of repeated assay of known standard materials and
monitoring reaction parameters to ensure precision and accuaracy
/.Random specimen - Answer-Single urine specimen taken at any time
/.Reagents - Answer-Chemical substances known to react in specific ways; used to
detect or synthesize other substances in chemical reactions
/.Reference laboratory - Answer-Laboratory outside a patient care facility; able to
perform many more types of testing than at the hospital laboratory
/.Semen - Answer-Thick, whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs discharged
from the urethra during ejaculation.
/.Sputum - Answer-Material coughed from the lungs and expectorated through the
mouth.
/.Stool - Answer-Waste form the digestive tract that is formed in the intestine and
expelled through the rectum; also called feces.
/.Suprapubic - Answer-Pertaining to a location above the symphysis pubis, which is the
slightly movable interpubic joint of the pelvis, consisting of two pubic bones separated
by a disk of fibrocartilage and connected by two ligaments.
/.Timed specimen - Answer-Collected at a predetermined time to obtain more
information; such specimens are sometimes collected two hours after a meal to test for
diabetes.
/.Urine - Answer-Fluid secreted by the kidneys, transported by the ureters, stored in the
bladder, and voided through the urethra.
/.Appropriate angle when performing a venipuncture procedure? - Answer-A 15 to 30
degree angle
/.What is a blood culture primarily used to check for? - Answer-Bacteria or other
microorganisms
/.When state-required testing of an infant's capillary blood is done, which of the following
must occur? - Answer-The circles on the filter paper must be totally saturated
