CMAA and CMAC Exam Review
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2026)
A patient approaches the reception desk and the medical assistant
is on the phone. The medical assistant should -
correct answer ✅The medical assistant needs to ask the patient on
the telephone to hold one moment, greet the patient in the office
and then resume the telephone conversation
When calling patients from the waiting room, the medical assistant
should -
correct answer ✅call the first and last name
When registering a patient, the medical assistant should ask the
patient for the following -
correct answer ✅Insurance information and valid ID
When mailing reminders to patients to return to yearly physicals,
the reminders are usually mailed -
correct answer ✅monthly
Wave scheduling -
correct answer ✅A certain # of patients are scheduled to arrive at
the same time and are seen in which the order they arrive.
,CMAA and CMAC Exam Review
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2026)
The classification of mail in which a letter is usually received
overnight to local cities and second-day service nation wide is -
correct answer ✅first class mail
The letter style in which the letterhead may be centered but all
other lines are left justified is known as -
correct answer ✅full block style
What is the function of the cerebrum -
correct answer ✅The cerebrum controls and coordinates
voluntary movement and balance.
Beginning from the outside, what is the order of the layers of bone?
-
correct answer ✅The periosteum is the outer covering of the
bone; the compact bone is the hard thick layer; the cancellous bone
is the spongy type of bone; and the bone marrow is the innermost
part of the bone and produces blood cells.
, CMAA and CMAC Exam Review
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2026)
What position is the diaphragm in when the lungs are filled with
air? -
correct answer ✅contracted
Rods and cones perform what function within the eye? -
correct answer ✅The rods are responsible for both night and
peripheral vision while the cones are responsible for detailed and
color vision.
What is the visceral serosa? -
correct answer ✅The visceral serosa covers the internal organs
while the meninges cover the brain and spinal cord.
What constitutes one cardiac cycle? -
correct answer ✅The cardiac cycle includes one contraction of the
atriums, then one relaxation, and one contraction and relaxation of
the ventricles.
Which of the following colors represent the right arm and left arm
limb leads? -
correct answer ✅The limb lead colors are white for the right arm
and black for the left arm.
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2026)
A patient approaches the reception desk and the medical assistant
is on the phone. The medical assistant should -
correct answer ✅The medical assistant needs to ask the patient on
the telephone to hold one moment, greet the patient in the office
and then resume the telephone conversation
When calling patients from the waiting room, the medical assistant
should -
correct answer ✅call the first and last name
When registering a patient, the medical assistant should ask the
patient for the following -
correct answer ✅Insurance information and valid ID
When mailing reminders to patients to return to yearly physicals,
the reminders are usually mailed -
correct answer ✅monthly
Wave scheduling -
correct answer ✅A certain # of patients are scheduled to arrive at
the same time and are seen in which the order they arrive.
,CMAA and CMAC Exam Review
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2026)
The classification of mail in which a letter is usually received
overnight to local cities and second-day service nation wide is -
correct answer ✅first class mail
The letter style in which the letterhead may be centered but all
other lines are left justified is known as -
correct answer ✅full block style
What is the function of the cerebrum -
correct answer ✅The cerebrum controls and coordinates
voluntary movement and balance.
Beginning from the outside, what is the order of the layers of bone?
-
correct answer ✅The periosteum is the outer covering of the
bone; the compact bone is the hard thick layer; the cancellous bone
is the spongy type of bone; and the bone marrow is the innermost
part of the bone and produces blood cells.
, CMAA and CMAC Exam Review
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2026)
What position is the diaphragm in when the lungs are filled with
air? -
correct answer ✅contracted
Rods and cones perform what function within the eye? -
correct answer ✅The rods are responsible for both night and
peripheral vision while the cones are responsible for detailed and
color vision.
What is the visceral serosa? -
correct answer ✅The visceral serosa covers the internal organs
while the meninges cover the brain and spinal cord.
What constitutes one cardiac cycle? -
correct answer ✅The cardiac cycle includes one contraction of the
atriums, then one relaxation, and one contraction and relaxation of
the ventricles.
Which of the following colors represent the right arm and left arm
limb leads? -
correct answer ✅The limb lead colors are white for the right arm
and black for the left arm.
