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Final Exam Study guide MDCA 1321
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
Question: Which of the following is the most important reason to be able
to communicate effectively with patients and keep them informed?
Ans✅ ✅: make patients feel more comfortable and less threatened
Question: Which of the following attributes of a medical assistant does
NOT identify a true professional?
Ans✅ ✅: Inflexibility
Question: Which of the following will keep the medical assistant current
in knowledge in the years to come and serves as testimony to a
commitment to professionalism?
Ans✅ ✅: continuing education
Question: Which of the following is NOT a benefit of a practicum to the
medical assistant student?
Ans✅ ✅: the staff can observe the student before employment
Question: Which of the following qualities does a medical assistant who
continually asks to leave early to go to other appointment needs to
develop?
Ans✅ ✅: dependability
Question: which term describes stepping into a patient's place,
discovering what the patient is experiencing, and then recognizing and
identifying with those feelings?
Ans✅ ✅: empathy
Question: which of the following statement(s) best describe(s) the
professional medical assistant?
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Ans✅ ✅: All of the above, the medical assistant had good written and oral
communication skills
Question: The period in which a student is able to apply his or her
newly acquired skills as a medical assistant prior to graduation is known
as which of the following?
Ans✅ ✅: practicum
Question: the medical assistant is educated in which of the following
settings?
Ans✅ ✅: both classroom and laboratory
Question: Courses in a professional medical assisting program include a
complement of general knowledge classes such as anatomy and
physiology and:
Ans✅ ✅: all of the above
Question: Which of the following contributes to a professional
appearance?
Ans✅ ✅: all of the above, daily showering and use of deodorant
Question: Which term describes a system of values that each individual
has that determines perceptions of right and wrong?
Ans✅ ✅: ethics
Question: In what way does a medical assistant display his or her
professional attitude?
Ans✅ ✅: by helping patients in a friendly and empathetic manner
Question: Which of the following terms describes regulation for health
care providers that is legislated by each state and is mandatory in order
to practice?
Ans✅ ✅: licensure
Final Exam Study guide MDCA 1321
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
Question: Which of the following is the most important reason to be able
to communicate effectively with patients and keep them informed?
Ans✅ ✅: make patients feel more comfortable and less threatened
Question: Which of the following attributes of a medical assistant does
NOT identify a true professional?
Ans✅ ✅: Inflexibility
Question: Which of the following will keep the medical assistant current
in knowledge in the years to come and serves as testimony to a
commitment to professionalism?
Ans✅ ✅: continuing education
Question: Which of the following is NOT a benefit of a practicum to the
medical assistant student?
Ans✅ ✅: the staff can observe the student before employment
Question: Which of the following qualities does a medical assistant who
continually asks to leave early to go to other appointment needs to
develop?
Ans✅ ✅: dependability
Question: which term describes stepping into a patient's place,
discovering what the patient is experiencing, and then recognizing and
identifying with those feelings?
Ans✅ ✅: empathy
Question: which of the following statement(s) best describe(s) the
professional medical assistant?
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Ans✅ ✅: All of the above, the medical assistant had good written and oral
communication skills
Question: The period in which a student is able to apply his or her
newly acquired skills as a medical assistant prior to graduation is known
as which of the following?
Ans✅ ✅: practicum
Question: the medical assistant is educated in which of the following
settings?
Ans✅ ✅: both classroom and laboratory
Question: Courses in a professional medical assisting program include a
complement of general knowledge classes such as anatomy and
physiology and:
Ans✅ ✅: all of the above
Question: Which of the following contributes to a professional
appearance?
Ans✅ ✅: all of the above, daily showering and use of deodorant
Question: Which term describes a system of values that each individual
has that determines perceptions of right and wrong?
Ans✅ ✅: ethics
Question: In what way does a medical assistant display his or her
professional attitude?
Ans✅ ✅: by helping patients in a friendly and empathetic manner
Question: Which of the following terms describes regulation for health
care providers that is legislated by each state and is mandatory in order
to practice?
Ans✅ ✅: licensure
