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AMCA CMAC EXAM ACTUAL PREP QUESTIONS
AND WELL REVISED ANSWERS - LATEST AND
COMPLETE UPDATE WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS – ASSURES PASS
Which of the following concepts typically define ethics? Select one:
a. Legal actions to civil wrongs
b. Practical actions to taken
c. Guidelines for occupational professionalism
d. Principles of right and wrong - ANSWER: d. Principles of right and wrong
Any breach by medical office staff of patient confidentiality may result in charges
of: Select one:
a. theft
b. malfeasance
c. negligence
d. assault
e. malpractice - ANSWER: c. negligence
Which is a sedative? - ANSWER: Barbiturate
Which is NOT a common route for the administration of parental medications? -
ANSWER: Oral
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What is the function of hemoglobin? - ANSWER: Carry oxygen from the lungs
and to carry carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs
What is a jagged, open wound of the skin called? - ANSWER: Laceration
What are the sterile materials used to cover an incision called? - ANSWER:
dressings
What tests is most likely to test for inflammation, infectious disease, & malignant
neoplasms? - ANSWER: ESR
What is the unauthorized release of confidential patient information called? -
ANSWER: Invasion of privacy
Which of the following situations would present a civil rather than a criminal
liability for a physician?
Select one:
a. A physician falsifies medical records for a workers' compensation case.
b. A physician is accused of substance abuse while on the job.
c. A physician is accused of child abuse.
d. A physician in medical practice treats patients without a valid license.
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e. A surgeon performs knee replacement on the wrong knee. - ANSWER: e. A
surgeon performs knee replacement on the wrong knee.
Which of the following responses is NOT a true statement about ethics? Select
one:
a. Ethics comprises are principles of right and wrong conduct.
b. Ethics comprises philosophical thoughts and judgments.
c. Ethics relates to morals and moral judgments.
d. Ethics comprises self-imposed standards of conduct.
e. Ethics comprises formal actions of a legislative body. - ANSWER: e. Ethics
comprises formal actions of a legislative body
A medical office's policy regarding the length of time for retaining patient files
should be based on which of the following laws?
Select one:
a. Fair Credit Billing Act
b. Medical Practice Act
c. Patient Self-Determination Act
d. Freedom of Information Act
e. statute of limitations - ANSWER: e. statute of limitations
The principal purpose of a living will is to:
Select one:
a. give a physician authority to make life-sustaining measures for a patient
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b. give family members permission to make medical care decisions for the
patient
c. keep a patient alive by whatever measures are necessary
d. make preparation of any part of a person's body for transplantation
e. let caregivers know the patient's wants with regard to lifesaving measures -
ANSWER: e. let caregivers know the patient's wants with regard to lifesaving
measures
To comply with HIPAA, a medical office must always furnish what information to
a new patient to be seen for treatment?
Select one:
a. the provision of privacy practices document
b. certifications and licensure documents of medical staff
c. office policy manual
d. a copy of each staff member's malpractice insurance policy
e. clinical daily equipment control log - ANSWER: a. the provision of privacy
practices document
Verbally divulging information about a patient to someone not directly involved in
the patient's care is an example of which improper conduct?
Select one:
a. libel
b. malfeasance
c. misfeasance
d. invasion of privacy
AMCA CMAC EXAM ACTUAL PREP QUESTIONS
AND WELL REVISED ANSWERS - LATEST AND
COMPLETE UPDATE WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS – ASSURES PASS
Which of the following concepts typically define ethics? Select one:
a. Legal actions to civil wrongs
b. Practical actions to taken
c. Guidelines for occupational professionalism
d. Principles of right and wrong - ANSWER: d. Principles of right and wrong
Any breach by medical office staff of patient confidentiality may result in charges
of: Select one:
a. theft
b. malfeasance
c. negligence
d. assault
e. malpractice - ANSWER: c. negligence
Which is a sedative? - ANSWER: Barbiturate
Which is NOT a common route for the administration of parental medications? -
ANSWER: Oral
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What is the function of hemoglobin? - ANSWER: Carry oxygen from the lungs
and to carry carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs
What is a jagged, open wound of the skin called? - ANSWER: Laceration
What are the sterile materials used to cover an incision called? - ANSWER:
dressings
What tests is most likely to test for inflammation, infectious disease, & malignant
neoplasms? - ANSWER: ESR
What is the unauthorized release of confidential patient information called? -
ANSWER: Invasion of privacy
Which of the following situations would present a civil rather than a criminal
liability for a physician?
Select one:
a. A physician falsifies medical records for a workers' compensation case.
b. A physician is accused of substance abuse while on the job.
c. A physician is accused of child abuse.
d. A physician in medical practice treats patients without a valid license.
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e. A surgeon performs knee replacement on the wrong knee. - ANSWER: e. A
surgeon performs knee replacement on the wrong knee.
Which of the following responses is NOT a true statement about ethics? Select
one:
a. Ethics comprises are principles of right and wrong conduct.
b. Ethics comprises philosophical thoughts and judgments.
c. Ethics relates to morals and moral judgments.
d. Ethics comprises self-imposed standards of conduct.
e. Ethics comprises formal actions of a legislative body. - ANSWER: e. Ethics
comprises formal actions of a legislative body
A medical office's policy regarding the length of time for retaining patient files
should be based on which of the following laws?
Select one:
a. Fair Credit Billing Act
b. Medical Practice Act
c. Patient Self-Determination Act
d. Freedom of Information Act
e. statute of limitations - ANSWER: e. statute of limitations
The principal purpose of a living will is to:
Select one:
a. give a physician authority to make life-sustaining measures for a patient
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b. give family members permission to make medical care decisions for the
patient
c. keep a patient alive by whatever measures are necessary
d. make preparation of any part of a person's body for transplantation
e. let caregivers know the patient's wants with regard to lifesaving measures -
ANSWER: e. let caregivers know the patient's wants with regard to lifesaving
measures
To comply with HIPAA, a medical office must always furnish what information to
a new patient to be seen for treatment?
Select one:
a. the provision of privacy practices document
b. certifications and licensure documents of medical staff
c. office policy manual
d. a copy of each staff member's malpractice insurance policy
e. clinical daily equipment control log - ANSWER: a. the provision of privacy
practices document
Verbally divulging information about a patient to someone not directly involved in
the patient's care is an example of which improper conduct?
Select one:
a. libel
b. malfeasance
c. misfeasance
d. invasion of privacy
