CMA exam study guide Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Pylor/o - ANSWER✔✔-Pyloric Sphincter
Sapling/o - ANSWER✔✔-Fallopian tube
Paginating - ANSWER✔✔-The act of numbering pages in sequence
Collating - ANSWER✔✔-Gathering and arranging papers in proper sequence
Basophils - ANSWER✔✔-An alteration in bone marrow function such as leukemia or Hodgkin's
disease may cause what ?
Pasteurized, processed cheese - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following foods should be eliminated
from the diet of a sodium restricted diet?
Written - ANSWER✔✔-Patients are most likely to remember instructions when the medical
assistant uses which of the following educational methods?
Shock - ANSWER✔✔-A patient with cyanosis, cool clammy skin, hypotension, altered
consciousness, rapid pulse and rapid breathing would be exhibiting signs of which of what?
Oliguria - ANSWER✔✔-Decreased urine production
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,Pyuria (WBCs) - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following is the term for an abnormal increase of
WBC's in urine?
Yes - ANSWER✔✔-Should a fasting glucose level of 40 mg/dl be brought to the attention of the
physician?
Sincerely - ANSWER✔✔-What closing would be appropriate for business correspondence?
Potassium - ANSWER✔✔-Electrolyte that has an important influence on the muscle activity of the
heart
Supine - ANSWER✔✔-What position should a medical assistant position a patient that complains
of dizziness while on the exam table
Confidential communication - ANSWER✔✔-Information gained as a result of the physician-patient
relationship?
-orrhaphy - ANSWER✔✔-suture
Arbitration - ANSWER✔✔-Method of resolving disputes outside of the courtroom. Doesn't
involve a trial.
Trachea - ANSWER✔✔-The windpipe that divides into 2 bronchi
Pharynx - ANSWER✔✔-Passageway for air from the nasal cavity to the larynx and food from the
mouth to the esophagus
Yes - ANSWER✔✔-Would a elderly obese woman have a high B/P reading
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, Medicare Only - ANSWER✔✔-An advance beneficiary notice is required in which of the following
cases?
1mv=10mm - ANSWER✔✔-What is the international standard for recording an electrocardiogram?
Flexion - ANSWER✔✔-Decreasing the angle between two bones
Adduction - ANSWER✔✔-Movement toward the midline of the body
Toprol XL (metoprolol succinate) - ANSWER✔✔-beta blocker that reduce the rate and strength of
the heartbeat?
Bradycardia - ANSWER✔✔-What is a common effect of Toprol XL (metoprolol)
Accounts Receivable - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following would be decreased when a patient
mails a check to the clinic to pay for services previously rendered?
-pexy - ANSWER✔✔-surgical fixation
Neutrophils - ANSWER✔✔-Increased above the normal level in the patient with appendicitis
3 years - ANSWER✔✔-How many years after the patient have not been seen by a physician do they
become a new patient
full liquid diet - ANSWER✔✔-Diet used for patients following surgery when there is difficulty
swallowing or chewing solid foods
Clear liquid diet - ANSWER✔✔-Given to a malnourished patient who has not eaten for some time,
not appropriate for patients with swallowing problems
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Questions and Answers
Pylor/o - ANSWER✔✔-Pyloric Sphincter
Sapling/o - ANSWER✔✔-Fallopian tube
Paginating - ANSWER✔✔-The act of numbering pages in sequence
Collating - ANSWER✔✔-Gathering and arranging papers in proper sequence
Basophils - ANSWER✔✔-An alteration in bone marrow function such as leukemia or Hodgkin's
disease may cause what ?
Pasteurized, processed cheese - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following foods should be eliminated
from the diet of a sodium restricted diet?
Written - ANSWER✔✔-Patients are most likely to remember instructions when the medical
assistant uses which of the following educational methods?
Shock - ANSWER✔✔-A patient with cyanosis, cool clammy skin, hypotension, altered
consciousness, rapid pulse and rapid breathing would be exhibiting signs of which of what?
Oliguria - ANSWER✔✔-Decreased urine production
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,Pyuria (WBCs) - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following is the term for an abnormal increase of
WBC's in urine?
Yes - ANSWER✔✔-Should a fasting glucose level of 40 mg/dl be brought to the attention of the
physician?
Sincerely - ANSWER✔✔-What closing would be appropriate for business correspondence?
Potassium - ANSWER✔✔-Electrolyte that has an important influence on the muscle activity of the
heart
Supine - ANSWER✔✔-What position should a medical assistant position a patient that complains
of dizziness while on the exam table
Confidential communication - ANSWER✔✔-Information gained as a result of the physician-patient
relationship?
-orrhaphy - ANSWER✔✔-suture
Arbitration - ANSWER✔✔-Method of resolving disputes outside of the courtroom. Doesn't
involve a trial.
Trachea - ANSWER✔✔-The windpipe that divides into 2 bronchi
Pharynx - ANSWER✔✔-Passageway for air from the nasal cavity to the larynx and food from the
mouth to the esophagus
Yes - ANSWER✔✔-Would a elderly obese woman have a high B/P reading
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, Medicare Only - ANSWER✔✔-An advance beneficiary notice is required in which of the following
cases?
1mv=10mm - ANSWER✔✔-What is the international standard for recording an electrocardiogram?
Flexion - ANSWER✔✔-Decreasing the angle between two bones
Adduction - ANSWER✔✔-Movement toward the midline of the body
Toprol XL (metoprolol succinate) - ANSWER✔✔-beta blocker that reduce the rate and strength of
the heartbeat?
Bradycardia - ANSWER✔✔-What is a common effect of Toprol XL (metoprolol)
Accounts Receivable - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following would be decreased when a patient
mails a check to the clinic to pay for services previously rendered?
-pexy - ANSWER✔✔-surgical fixation
Neutrophils - ANSWER✔✔-Increased above the normal level in the patient with appendicitis
3 years - ANSWER✔✔-How many years after the patient have not been seen by a physician do they
become a new patient
full liquid diet - ANSWER✔✔-Diet used for patients following surgery when there is difficulty
swallowing or chewing solid foods
Clear liquid diet - ANSWER✔✔-Given to a malnourished patient who has not eaten for some time,
not appropriate for patients with swallowing problems
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