MAST 1100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
What is the name for an insurance plan's list of approved medications? - Answers formulary
What is utilization review? - Answers a process to determine whether health care is medically
necessary
When a patient comes to the office for care and then leaves and goes home,what type of care
has the patient received? - Answers ambulatory
What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the
disease? - Answers palliative
What type of health care encourages regular checkups, immunizations, and well-child visits? -
Answers routine care
What is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee from the insurance company for
each subscriber in his or her practice? - Answers capitation
What is the name for an insurance plan's list of approved medications? - Answers formulary
A system by which a person (or person's employer) pays an insurance company a yearly amount
of money in exchange for the insurance company's paying some or most of the person's
medical expenses for that year is: - Answers health insurance
What type of insurance plan pays a physician separately for each procedure that was performed?
- Answers fee-for-service insurance
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA '88) - Answers standards set for
all laboratories to ensure quality patient care; provisions include requirements for quality control
and assurance, for the use of proficiency tests, and for certain levels of personnel to perform
and supervise work done in the clinical laboratory
Traditionally, what distinguished a clinic from other types of medical offices? - Answers Care
was free or very-low cost
Where is patient billing usually performed? - Answers Billing may be done in an individual office,
in a centralized location for several offices, or by a private billing service
Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western Medicine? - Answers He believed that
disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that could be studied.
which of the following is/are important character traits for a medical assistant - Answers being
tolerant of different beliefs and attitudes
why are neatness and good grooming important for medical assistant - Answers all of the above
, what is the name given to the practical experience in a physician office that is included in a
medical assisting program - Answers externship
what is the most direct route for career advancement for a medical assistant - Answers office
or practice management
what is meant by the term defensive medicine? - Answers physicians order more diagnostic
tests than before as a defense against a possible lawsuit
what is a key concept of the hippocratic oath - Answers do no harm
confidentiality and avoiding harm to pts
if medical assistant performs only those procedures that he or she is trained for and allowed to
perform by law, what is this an example of? - Answers working within the scope of practice
what is an advantage to a student of completing an accredited medical assisting program -
Answers after graduation, the student is eligible to take the medical assisting certification
examination
what does it mean for medical assisting programs to demonstrate high quality - Answers
gaining and maintaining accrediation
how often must a cma(aama)(certified medical assistant) recertify to continue to use the
credential - Answers every 5 years
how many contact hours must a rma(registered medical assistant) obtain in order to recertify -
Answers 30 contact hours
how many CEUs does a CMA need? - Answers 60 CEUs
Neatness and grooming are important not only for professionalism but for - Answers reasons of
health and safety
What credential is obtained if an MA passes the certification examination in medical assisting
given by the American Medical Technologists (AMT) - Answers RMA
how many ceu's must a RMA have - Answers 12
What agency accredits medical assisting education programs - Answers CAAHEP
How can a medical assistant find approved educational programs to meet continuing education
unit requirements - Answers professional organizations offer approved continuing education
programs at their meetings
In what type of setting is the majority of medical assistant employed - Answers physician
offices
What is the name for an insurance plan's list of approved medications? - Answers formulary
What is utilization review? - Answers a process to determine whether health care is medically
necessary
When a patient comes to the office for care and then leaves and goes home,what type of care
has the patient received? - Answers ambulatory
What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the
disease? - Answers palliative
What type of health care encourages regular checkups, immunizations, and well-child visits? -
Answers routine care
What is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee from the insurance company for
each subscriber in his or her practice? - Answers capitation
What is the name for an insurance plan's list of approved medications? - Answers formulary
A system by which a person (or person's employer) pays an insurance company a yearly amount
of money in exchange for the insurance company's paying some or most of the person's
medical expenses for that year is: - Answers health insurance
What type of insurance plan pays a physician separately for each procedure that was performed?
- Answers fee-for-service insurance
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA '88) - Answers standards set for
all laboratories to ensure quality patient care; provisions include requirements for quality control
and assurance, for the use of proficiency tests, and for certain levels of personnel to perform
and supervise work done in the clinical laboratory
Traditionally, what distinguished a clinic from other types of medical offices? - Answers Care
was free or very-low cost
Where is patient billing usually performed? - Answers Billing may be done in an individual office,
in a centralized location for several offices, or by a private billing service
Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western Medicine? - Answers He believed that
disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that could be studied.
which of the following is/are important character traits for a medical assistant - Answers being
tolerant of different beliefs and attitudes
why are neatness and good grooming important for medical assistant - Answers all of the above
, what is the name given to the practical experience in a physician office that is included in a
medical assisting program - Answers externship
what is the most direct route for career advancement for a medical assistant - Answers office
or practice management
what is meant by the term defensive medicine? - Answers physicians order more diagnostic
tests than before as a defense against a possible lawsuit
what is a key concept of the hippocratic oath - Answers do no harm
confidentiality and avoiding harm to pts
if medical assistant performs only those procedures that he or she is trained for and allowed to
perform by law, what is this an example of? - Answers working within the scope of practice
what is an advantage to a student of completing an accredited medical assisting program -
Answers after graduation, the student is eligible to take the medical assisting certification
examination
what does it mean for medical assisting programs to demonstrate high quality - Answers
gaining and maintaining accrediation
how often must a cma(aama)(certified medical assistant) recertify to continue to use the
credential - Answers every 5 years
how many contact hours must a rma(registered medical assistant) obtain in order to recertify -
Answers 30 contact hours
how many CEUs does a CMA need? - Answers 60 CEUs
Neatness and grooming are important not only for professionalism but for - Answers reasons of
health and safety
What credential is obtained if an MA passes the certification examination in medical assisting
given by the American Medical Technologists (AMT) - Answers RMA
how many ceu's must a RMA have - Answers 12
What agency accredits medical assisting education programs - Answers CAAHEP
How can a medical assistant find approved educational programs to meet continuing education
unit requirements - Answers professional organizations offer approved continuing education
programs at their meetings
In what type of setting is the majority of medical assistant employed - Answers physician
offices
