MEDICAL ASSISTANT (MA) PRACTICE
TEST FOR WRITTEN EXAM –
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) 2025/2026 |
ALREADY GRADED A+
The medical assistant needs a handwritten clinical order from the physician and, due
to the handwriting, cannot distinguish the dose of the medication ordered. The
medical assistant should?
A: Make a best guest and take off the order.
B:Dismiss any concern and transcribe the order to the best of your ability.
C: Call the physician and verify the order.
D: Ask a coworker what they think the dose is. --PRECISE ANSS-- C
The psychologist who described developmental periods based on cognitive ability,
such as pre-operational and concrete operations, was named?
A: Sigmund Freud
B: Miles Erikson
C: Erik Erikson
D: Jean Piaget --PRECISE ANSS-- D
When communicating with an angry patient, the MA should do all of the following
EXCEPT
A: Apologize for the circumstances, whether a delay or a rescheduled appointment
B: Apologize and let the person know that you will call the police if needed
C: Listen and let the person tell you his or her story
D: use a lower- volume voice with low tones to reply --PRECISE ANSS-- B
The Medical assistant is preparing for a sterile procedure. When applying sterile
gloves, she opens the peel pack. The correction action to take next:
A. Tuck the thumb into the palm and slide the hand into the glove
B. pick up the cuff of the non-dominant hand
C. Slide the fingers of the gloved hand under the other cuff
D. open the inner sterile packs using the tabs --PRECISE ANSS-- D. open the inner
sterile packs using the tabs
Wave Scheduling --PRECISE ANSS-- A method for assigning appointments for
patients that brings several patients in to see their health care professionals at the
same time (e.g., at the beginning of each hour instead of every 15 or 20 min during
the hour).
Block Scheduling --PRECISE ANSS-- Is a system for scheduling the middle- or
high-school day, typically by replacing a more traditional schedule of six or seven
40-50 minute daily periods with longer class periods that meet fewer times each day
, and week
CSF stands for:
A.Cerebral Stenosis finding
B. Cerebrospinal fluid
C. Chorionic stimulating factor
D. Cortical stimulating factor --PRECISE ANSS-- B
A Medical Assistant is proofreading the physician's letter to another physician. The
Medical Assistant would correct which of the following situations:
A: The physician wants a carbon copy sent with the letter and writes "bcc: Dr.
George Sterner."
TEST FOR WRITTEN EXAM –
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) 2025/2026 |
ALREADY GRADED A+
The medical assistant needs a handwritten clinical order from the physician and, due
to the handwriting, cannot distinguish the dose of the medication ordered. The
medical assistant should?
A: Make a best guest and take off the order.
B:Dismiss any concern and transcribe the order to the best of your ability.
C: Call the physician and verify the order.
D: Ask a coworker what they think the dose is. --PRECISE ANSS-- C
The psychologist who described developmental periods based on cognitive ability,
such as pre-operational and concrete operations, was named?
A: Sigmund Freud
B: Miles Erikson
C: Erik Erikson
D: Jean Piaget --PRECISE ANSS-- D
When communicating with an angry patient, the MA should do all of the following
EXCEPT
A: Apologize for the circumstances, whether a delay or a rescheduled appointment
B: Apologize and let the person know that you will call the police if needed
C: Listen and let the person tell you his or her story
D: use a lower- volume voice with low tones to reply --PRECISE ANSS-- B
The Medical assistant is preparing for a sterile procedure. When applying sterile
gloves, she opens the peel pack. The correction action to take next:
A. Tuck the thumb into the palm and slide the hand into the glove
B. pick up the cuff of the non-dominant hand
C. Slide the fingers of the gloved hand under the other cuff
D. open the inner sterile packs using the tabs --PRECISE ANSS-- D. open the inner
sterile packs using the tabs
Wave Scheduling --PRECISE ANSS-- A method for assigning appointments for
patients that brings several patients in to see their health care professionals at the
same time (e.g., at the beginning of each hour instead of every 15 or 20 min during
the hour).
Block Scheduling --PRECISE ANSS-- Is a system for scheduling the middle- or
high-school day, typically by replacing a more traditional schedule of six or seven
40-50 minute daily periods with longer class periods that meet fewer times each day
, and week
CSF stands for:
A.Cerebral Stenosis finding
B. Cerebrospinal fluid
C. Chorionic stimulating factor
D. Cortical stimulating factor --PRECISE ANSS-- B
A Medical Assistant is proofreading the physician's letter to another physician. The
Medical Assistant would correct which of the following situations:
A: The physician wants a carbon copy sent with the letter and writes "bcc: Dr.
George Sterner."
