NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Test Questions And Answers 2022/2023

To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical assistance should establish a _____? - Answer - 1. Reorder Point 2. Inventory control log 3. Order quantity A _____ is created containing the name, address, and phone number of both the vendor and the medical practice. It will also have a preassigned number to track the order, the quantity of items ordered, the price of the items, and the date purchased. - Answer - Purchase Order Periodically, the medical assistant should check all equipment in the office to ensure that courts are not afraid, do not present hazards, and are in good working order. A _____ will help the medical assistant track this routine inspection. - Answer - Maintenance Log When a physician dictates an operative report and asked the medical assistant to type it up, the physician is asking the medical assistant to function as a_____? - Answer - Transcriptionist Under the pier review improvement act of 1982, peer review organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as _____ review - Answer - Admissions Which one of the following is a decision based upon bioethics. a. Reporting physical, emotional, or mental abuse. b. Treating a 16 year old girl who is pregnant without parental consent. c. The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research. d. Reporting to the authorities a suicidal patient. - Answer - The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research. A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential information except for which of the following? gunshot wound, anorexia, drug addiction, pregnancy - Answer - Gunshot Wound what is the federal regulation that requires healthcare professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients health information? - Answer - HIPPA a business letter, written in full block style will have all lines_____? - Answer - At the left hand margin. when writing a business letter, the salutation of a letter should be followed by which punctuation mark? - Answer - Colon : when handling a patient complaint, which one of the following would be most appropriate? a. If the patient is angry, matches/her anger level, and she will calm down. b. take all complaints seriously and take thorough notes c. refused to talk to patients who are complaining; the doctor should handle them. d. no correct answer - Answer - b. take all complaints seriously and take thorough notes body language, body posture, space and distance are all examples of _____? - Answer - nonverbal communication what is the suggested pr