Post Test Certification Review Questions With Complete
Solutions
"Have you had this problem in the past?" is an example of which
of the following types of questions? Correct Answers Closed-
ended
"Radial pulses are present bilaterally."
When entering the above information in the medical record,
under which of the following headings should it be entered?
Correct Answers Extremities
1 cc is equivalent to Correct Answers 1 mL
A 75-year-old woman with emphysema continues to smoke and
to miss appointments against the orders of her physician. What
is the most appropriate next step? Correct Answers Notify the
patient that her medical care is being terminated
A breast mass is found in a woman whose mother and sister
have died from breast cancer. She cancels her next three follow-
up appointments. Which defense mechanism is she using?
Correct Answers Denial
A cholecystogram is used to view the Correct Answers
Gallbladder
A common laboratory test that may be ordered for a patient
receiving Coumadin therapy is a Correct Answers
Prothrombin time
,A failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells (RBCs)
results in which type of anemia? Correct Answers Aplastic
A fee schedule can also be known as a(n) Correct Answers
Price list
A hemoglobin value of 10g/dL is approximately equivalent to a
hematocrit of Correct Answers 30%
A lateral curvature of the spine is known as Correct Answers
Scoliosis
A mucous membrane Correct Answers Lines body cavities
that open to the outside of the body
A patient has had a left thyroid lobectomy performed. In
preparing the insurance claim form, coding for which of the
following body systems should be selected? Correct Answers
Endocrine
A patient in the medical office has a nosebleed. Which of the
following would be the most appropriate action to be taken first
by the medical assistant? Correct Answers Tilt the patient's
head forward
A patient whose husband recently passed away comes into the
office because of malaise. She is unkempt and weepy. She tells
the medical assistant that she wishes she were dead. Which of
the following would be the most sensitive response to this
patient? Correct Answers "Please tell me more about those
feelings."
, A physician accepts payment from another physician for the
referral of a patient. This practice is known as Correct Answers
Fee splitting
A postprandial blood glucose level is measured after Correct
Answers . Eating
A sphygmomanometer is used to perform which of the
following procedures? Correct Answers Measure blood
pressure
A spreadsheet would be commonly used for which of the
following? Correct Answers Accounting
A tickler file is Correct Answers Future events arranged in
chronologic order
A type of drug that increases urinary output is a(n) Correct
Answers Diuretic
A voluntary form of credentialing is Correct Answers
Registration
Certification
A woman patient with advanced breast cancer refuses to allow
her mother to care for her. She becomes extremely upset when
her family members talk about her maternal grandmother who
died of the disease. Which of the following defense mechanisms
is this patient using? Correct Answers Denial
Solutions
"Have you had this problem in the past?" is an example of which
of the following types of questions? Correct Answers Closed-
ended
"Radial pulses are present bilaterally."
When entering the above information in the medical record,
under which of the following headings should it be entered?
Correct Answers Extremities
1 cc is equivalent to Correct Answers 1 mL
A 75-year-old woman with emphysema continues to smoke and
to miss appointments against the orders of her physician. What
is the most appropriate next step? Correct Answers Notify the
patient that her medical care is being terminated
A breast mass is found in a woman whose mother and sister
have died from breast cancer. She cancels her next three follow-
up appointments. Which defense mechanism is she using?
Correct Answers Denial
A cholecystogram is used to view the Correct Answers
Gallbladder
A common laboratory test that may be ordered for a patient
receiving Coumadin therapy is a Correct Answers
Prothrombin time
,A failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells (RBCs)
results in which type of anemia? Correct Answers Aplastic
A fee schedule can also be known as a(n) Correct Answers
Price list
A hemoglobin value of 10g/dL is approximately equivalent to a
hematocrit of Correct Answers 30%
A lateral curvature of the spine is known as Correct Answers
Scoliosis
A mucous membrane Correct Answers Lines body cavities
that open to the outside of the body
A patient has had a left thyroid lobectomy performed. In
preparing the insurance claim form, coding for which of the
following body systems should be selected? Correct Answers
Endocrine
A patient in the medical office has a nosebleed. Which of the
following would be the most appropriate action to be taken first
by the medical assistant? Correct Answers Tilt the patient's
head forward
A patient whose husband recently passed away comes into the
office because of malaise. She is unkempt and weepy. She tells
the medical assistant that she wishes she were dead. Which of
the following would be the most sensitive response to this
patient? Correct Answers "Please tell me more about those
feelings."
, A physician accepts payment from another physician for the
referral of a patient. This practice is known as Correct Answers
Fee splitting
A postprandial blood glucose level is measured after Correct
Answers . Eating
A sphygmomanometer is used to perform which of the
following procedures? Correct Answers Measure blood
pressure
A spreadsheet would be commonly used for which of the
following? Correct Answers Accounting
A tickler file is Correct Answers Future events arranged in
chronologic order
A type of drug that increases urinary output is a(n) Correct
Answers Diuretic
A voluntary form of credentialing is Correct Answers
Registration
Certification
A woman patient with advanced breast cancer refuses to allow
her mother to care for her. She becomes extremely upset when
her family members talk about her maternal grandmother who
died of the disease. Which of the following defense mechanisms
is this patient using? Correct Answers Denial
