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NCMA (NCCT) Exam Prep #1 Questions and
Verified Answers
Q: What is the name of the control center that directs the activities of the cell?
ANS: Nucleus
Q:
Which of the following was included in the original model for health maintainance
organizations (HMOs)?
ANS: Full-service clinics in which the physicians were employees
Q:
Which of the following systems allows the body parts to communicate with each other
and to communicate with the outside environment?
ANS: Nervous
Q:
Which of the following is NOT lined with a mucous membrane?
ANS: The heart
Q:
What credential is obtained if a medical assistant passes the certification examination in
medical assisting given by the American Medical Technologist (AMT)?
ANS: RMA
Q:
Which of the following cells secrete mucus?
ANS: Goblet cells
Q:
Which of the following is a large phagocytic cell that cleans up cellular debris and foreign
particles?
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ANS: Microphage
Q:
Which of the following best describes family medicine?
ANS: Provides general medical care of children, adolescents, and adults
Q:
The term for several organs that work together to accomplish a set of functions is
ANS: Body system
Q:
What type of responsibility is it when the medical assistant helps the physician during a
physical examination?
ANS: Clinical
Q:
What is utilization review?
ANS: A process to determine whether health care is medically necessary
Q:
Three trends in modern medicine have led to an increase in office-based health care.
Which of the following is NOT one of these trends?
ANS: State governments now requiring that all patients must seek ambulatory care
before going to a hospital
Q:
What is the name of gel-like fluid inside of a cell?
ANS: Cytoplasm
Q:
Which of the following occurs first when a patient is seen in the medical office?
ANS: Examination by the physician
Q:
Which medical assistant is likely to be most successful?
NCMA (NCCT) Exam Prep #1 Questions and
Verified Answers
Q: What is the name of the control center that directs the activities of the cell?
ANS: Nucleus
Q:
Which of the following was included in the original model for health maintainance
organizations (HMOs)?
ANS: Full-service clinics in which the physicians were employees
Q:
Which of the following systems allows the body parts to communicate with each other
and to communicate with the outside environment?
ANS: Nervous
Q:
Which of the following is NOT lined with a mucous membrane?
ANS: The heart
Q:
What credential is obtained if a medical assistant passes the certification examination in
medical assisting given by the American Medical Technologist (AMT)?
ANS: RMA
Q:
Which of the following cells secrete mucus?
ANS: Goblet cells
Q:
Which of the following is a large phagocytic cell that cleans up cellular debris and foreign
particles?
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ANS: Microphage
Q:
Which of the following best describes family medicine?
ANS: Provides general medical care of children, adolescents, and adults
Q:
The term for several organs that work together to accomplish a set of functions is
ANS: Body system
Q:
What type of responsibility is it when the medical assistant helps the physician during a
physical examination?
ANS: Clinical
Q:
What is utilization review?
ANS: A process to determine whether health care is medically necessary
Q:
Three trends in modern medicine have led to an increase in office-based health care.
Which of the following is NOT one of these trends?
ANS: State governments now requiring that all patients must seek ambulatory care
before going to a hospital
Q:
What is the name of gel-like fluid inside of a cell?
ANS: Cytoplasm
Q:
Which of the following occurs first when a patient is seen in the medical office?
ANS: Examination by the physician
Q:
Which medical assistant is likely to be most successful?
