AMCA NAC ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔The ilium is part of the:
A) skull
• B) Pelvis
c) Rib
D) Spine - ✔✔B
✔✔The fibula is _________ the patella.
A) Above
B) Below
c) Behind
D) Within - ✔✔D
✔✔Erythrocytes are also known as:
A) Red blood cells
B) White blood cells
C) Clotting cells
D) Engulfing cells - ✔✔A
✔✔The function of the platelet is to:
A) Carry nutrients
B) Cause the blood to clot
C) Fight infection
D) Carry oxygen - ✔✔B
✔✔Cardiac arrest is:
A) The same as a stroke
B) The sudden stopping of heart action and breathing
c) The sudden loss of consciousness
D) When organs and tissues do not get enough blood - ✔✔B
,✔✔Which of the following structures contains oxygenated blood?
A) Aorta
B) Right atrium
C) Right ventricle
D) Superior vena cava - ✔✔A
✔✔The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are the:
A) Veins
B) vena cava
c) Capillaries
D) Arteries - ✔✔D
✔✔The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart:
A) Allows the heart to contract and expand within the chest cavity with minimal friction
B) Is called the mediastinum
C) Is a thick, single-walled closed sac
D) Has a tough fibrous outer layer called the visceral pericardium and an inner, thin,
transparent lining - ✔✔D
✔✔What are the three layers of the heart wall?
A) Pericardium, myocardium, endocardium
B) Myocyte, actin, myosin
C) Pericardium, myocardium, epicardium
D) Epicardium, myocardium, endocardium - ✔✔D
✔✔One complete contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart is called one
cardiac:
A) Cycle
B) Diastole
c) Output
D) Systole - ✔✔A
✔✔The average normal heart rate is:
A) 63 beats per minute
B) 72 beats per minute
c) 81 beats per minute
D) 96 beats per minute - ✔✔B
✔✔Potentially infectious body fluids include all of the following except:
A) Blood
B) Vaginal secretions
C) Sweat
D) Cerebrospinal fluid - ✔✔C
, ✔✔Clean technique is another term for:
A) Medical Asepsis
B) Surgical Asepsis
c) Hand washing
D) Sterilization - ✔✔A
✔✔Instruments that penetrate a patient's skin should bet
A) Sanitized
B) Disinfected
C) Sterilized
D) Treated with antiseptics - ✔✔C
✔✔Instruments that come in contact only with a patient's mucous membranes should
be:
A) Sanitized
B) Disinfected
c) Sterilized
D) Treated with antiseptics - ✔✔B
✔✔Instruments that touch only healthy, intact skin should ber
A) Sanitized
B) Disinfected
c) Sterilized
D) Treated with antiseptics - ✔✔A
✔✔Anything that poses a risk to the human body or a living organism is called:
A) A pathogen
B) An occupational exposure
C) A biohazard
D) Blood-borne - ✔✔C
✔✔OSHA standards require which of the following?
A) A written schedule for cleaning
B) Cleaning only when needed
c) cleaning only after procedures
D) Cleaning by cleaning staff only - ✔✔A
✔✔Treating all human blood as if it were infectious is known as:
A) Engineering controls
B) Work practice controls
c) Asepsis
D) Universal precautions - ✔✔D
A+
✔✔The ilium is part of the:
A) skull
• B) Pelvis
c) Rib
D) Spine - ✔✔B
✔✔The fibula is _________ the patella.
A) Above
B) Below
c) Behind
D) Within - ✔✔D
✔✔Erythrocytes are also known as:
A) Red blood cells
B) White blood cells
C) Clotting cells
D) Engulfing cells - ✔✔A
✔✔The function of the platelet is to:
A) Carry nutrients
B) Cause the blood to clot
C) Fight infection
D) Carry oxygen - ✔✔B
✔✔Cardiac arrest is:
A) The same as a stroke
B) The sudden stopping of heart action and breathing
c) The sudden loss of consciousness
D) When organs and tissues do not get enough blood - ✔✔B
,✔✔Which of the following structures contains oxygenated blood?
A) Aorta
B) Right atrium
C) Right ventricle
D) Superior vena cava - ✔✔A
✔✔The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are the:
A) Veins
B) vena cava
c) Capillaries
D) Arteries - ✔✔D
✔✔The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart:
A) Allows the heart to contract and expand within the chest cavity with minimal friction
B) Is called the mediastinum
C) Is a thick, single-walled closed sac
D) Has a tough fibrous outer layer called the visceral pericardium and an inner, thin,
transparent lining - ✔✔D
✔✔What are the three layers of the heart wall?
A) Pericardium, myocardium, endocardium
B) Myocyte, actin, myosin
C) Pericardium, myocardium, epicardium
D) Epicardium, myocardium, endocardium - ✔✔D
✔✔One complete contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart is called one
cardiac:
A) Cycle
B) Diastole
c) Output
D) Systole - ✔✔A
✔✔The average normal heart rate is:
A) 63 beats per minute
B) 72 beats per minute
c) 81 beats per minute
D) 96 beats per minute - ✔✔B
✔✔Potentially infectious body fluids include all of the following except:
A) Blood
B) Vaginal secretions
C) Sweat
D) Cerebrospinal fluid - ✔✔C
, ✔✔Clean technique is another term for:
A) Medical Asepsis
B) Surgical Asepsis
c) Hand washing
D) Sterilization - ✔✔A
✔✔Instruments that penetrate a patient's skin should bet
A) Sanitized
B) Disinfected
C) Sterilized
D) Treated with antiseptics - ✔✔C
✔✔Instruments that come in contact only with a patient's mucous membranes should
be:
A) Sanitized
B) Disinfected
c) Sterilized
D) Treated with antiseptics - ✔✔B
✔✔Instruments that touch only healthy, intact skin should ber
A) Sanitized
B) Disinfected
c) Sterilized
D) Treated with antiseptics - ✔✔A
✔✔Anything that poses a risk to the human body or a living organism is called:
A) A pathogen
B) An occupational exposure
C) A biohazard
D) Blood-borne - ✔✔C
✔✔OSHA standards require which of the following?
A) A written schedule for cleaning
B) Cleaning only when needed
c) cleaning only after procedures
D) Cleaning by cleaning staff only - ✔✔A
✔✔Treating all human blood as if it were infectious is known as:
A) Engineering controls
B) Work practice controls
c) Asepsis
D) Universal precautions - ✔✔D
