CMA exam study guide QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE.
Potassium - Electrolyte that has an important influence on the muscle activity of the heart
Supine - What position should a medical assistant position a patient that complains of dizziness
while on the exam table
Confidential communication - Information gained as a result of the physician-patient
relationship?
-orrhaphy - suture
Arbitration - Method of resolving disputes outside of the courtroom. Doesn't involve a trial.
Trachea - The windpipe that divides into 2 bronchi
Pharynx - Passageway for air from the nasal cavity to the larynx and food from the mouth to the
esophagus
Yes - Would a elderly obese woman have a high B/P reading
Medicare Only - An advance beneficiary notice is required in which of the following cases?
1mv=10mm - What is the international standard for recording an electrocardiogram?
Flexion - Decreasing the angle between two bones
Adduction - Movement toward the midline of the body
Toprol XL (metoprolol succinate) - beta blocker that reduce the rate and strength of the
heartbeat?
Bradycardia - What is a common effect of Toprol XL (metoprolol)
Accounts Receivable - Which of the following would be decreased when a patient mails a check
to the clinic to pay for services previously rendered?
-pexy - surgical fixation
Neutrophils - Increased above the normal level in the patient with appendicitis
3 years - How many years after the patient have not been seen by a physician do they become a
new patient
, full liquid diet - Diet used for patients following surgery when there is difficulty swallowing or
chewing solid foods
Clear liquid diet - Given to a malnourished patient who has not eaten for some time, not
appropriate for patients with swallowing problems
lacto-ovo-vegetarian - one who excludes meats, poultry, and fish, but includes eggs and dairy
products
Pescovegetarian - Eats seafood but no animals
lacto-vegetarian - Eat dairy products but no animal products or eggs
hypovolemic shock - Occurs from a decrease in circulating blood volume, from hemorrhage,
severe burn some, or traumatic injury
anaphylactic shock - Severe shock caused by an allergic reaction.
10 years - The tetanus vaccine is given every (blank) years for adults?
Between 70 mg/dl and 150 mg/dl - Normal blood glucose
400 mg/dl - What blood glucose level could cause a patient to go into a diabetic coma
15 degree angle/ 25-27 gauge needle - What angle and needle for intradermal injection and
tuberculin skin test
sublingual - under the tongue
Schedule I - Marijuana and heroin
Schedule II - Cocaine,Demerol,morphine, oxycodone, ritalin
Schedule III - Codeine barbiturates
Schedule IV - low potential for abuse; librium, valium, darvon, tranxene, xanax
pulse oximetry - noninvasive method of measuring oxygen in the blood by using a device that
attaches to the fingertip
Sensitivity testing - To determine if pathogen is susceptible to antibiotics
Culture - Collecting a specimen with an applicator swab for the purpose of growing pathogens
form the inoculated substance.
Potassium - Electrolyte that has an important influence on the muscle activity of the heart
Supine - What position should a medical assistant position a patient that complains of dizziness
while on the exam table
Confidential communication - Information gained as a result of the physician-patient
relationship?
-orrhaphy - suture
Arbitration - Method of resolving disputes outside of the courtroom. Doesn't involve a trial.
Trachea - The windpipe that divides into 2 bronchi
Pharynx - Passageway for air from the nasal cavity to the larynx and food from the mouth to the
esophagus
Yes - Would a elderly obese woman have a high B/P reading
Medicare Only - An advance beneficiary notice is required in which of the following cases?
1mv=10mm - What is the international standard for recording an electrocardiogram?
Flexion - Decreasing the angle between two bones
Adduction - Movement toward the midline of the body
Toprol XL (metoprolol succinate) - beta blocker that reduce the rate and strength of the
heartbeat?
Bradycardia - What is a common effect of Toprol XL (metoprolol)
Accounts Receivable - Which of the following would be decreased when a patient mails a check
to the clinic to pay for services previously rendered?
-pexy - surgical fixation
Neutrophils - Increased above the normal level in the patient with appendicitis
3 years - How many years after the patient have not been seen by a physician do they become a
new patient
, full liquid diet - Diet used for patients following surgery when there is difficulty swallowing or
chewing solid foods
Clear liquid diet - Given to a malnourished patient who has not eaten for some time, not
appropriate for patients with swallowing problems
lacto-ovo-vegetarian - one who excludes meats, poultry, and fish, but includes eggs and dairy
products
Pescovegetarian - Eats seafood but no animals
lacto-vegetarian - Eat dairy products but no animal products or eggs
hypovolemic shock - Occurs from a decrease in circulating blood volume, from hemorrhage,
severe burn some, or traumatic injury
anaphylactic shock - Severe shock caused by an allergic reaction.
10 years - The tetanus vaccine is given every (blank) years for adults?
Between 70 mg/dl and 150 mg/dl - Normal blood glucose
400 mg/dl - What blood glucose level could cause a patient to go into a diabetic coma
15 degree angle/ 25-27 gauge needle - What angle and needle for intradermal injection and
tuberculin skin test
sublingual - under the tongue
Schedule I - Marijuana and heroin
Schedule II - Cocaine,Demerol,morphine, oxycodone, ritalin
Schedule III - Codeine barbiturates
Schedule IV - low potential for abuse; librium, valium, darvon, tranxene, xanax
pulse oximetry - noninvasive method of measuring oxygen in the blood by using a device that
attaches to the fingertip
Sensitivity testing - To determine if pathogen is susceptible to antibiotics
Culture - Collecting a specimen with an applicator swab for the purpose of growing pathogens
form the inoculated substance.
