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Practice Test Part III: Clinical Questions
With Verified Answers
Sterilization means that - answer✔All organisms have been removed from an object
Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take to ensure disposable
thermometers are ready for an exam? - answer✔Ensure the expiration dates have not passed
What information will not be found in the medical record of a patient? - answer✔Personal
opinion of the medical staff
Using a tape measure to evaluate the head and chest circumference of an infant is called -
answer✔Mensuration
What is the maximum time allotted for a collected blood sample to sit in a serum separator tube
before being centrifuged? - answer✔30 minutes
A medical assistant is giving a DPT injection to a six-month-old infant. The assistant would give
the injection at which of the following sites? - answer✔Vastus lateralis
If the physician is going to do a Pap smear, the medical assistant should have which of the
following equipment available? - answer✔Speculum and water soluble lubricant
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Emergency treatment for a second-degree burn would include - answer✔Applying a clean, cool,
wet cloth to the area
Evaluation of the spinal column is accomplished easily from which of the following positions? -
answer✔Prone
To respect the patient's privacy while obtaining information about her history, you should -
answer✔Take the patient to a quiet and private area to obtain the history
Which of the following terms is defined as the concentration at which a substance in the blood,
not normally excreted by the kidney, begins to appear in the urine? - answer✔Renal threshold
The patient is having occult blood in the stool caused by a medication that he is taking. Which of
the following medications would you suspect? - answer✔Coumadin
A fomite is - answer✔An inanimate object that can harbor pathogens
To correctly treat an adult with a foreign body airway obstruction, the medical assistant should
first - answer✔Ask the patient if he can speak
The Ishihara test is used to diagnose - answer✔Color blindness
A non-sterile item is accidentally added to a sterile field being prepared for the suture of a skin
laceration. Once the medical assistant discovers this, he should - answer✔Redo the sterile field
and resterilize any instruments
Practice Test Part III: Clinical Questions
With Verified Answers
Sterilization means that - answer✔All organisms have been removed from an object
Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take to ensure disposable
thermometers are ready for an exam? - answer✔Ensure the expiration dates have not passed
What information will not be found in the medical record of a patient? - answer✔Personal
opinion of the medical staff
Using a tape measure to evaluate the head and chest circumference of an infant is called -
answer✔Mensuration
What is the maximum time allotted for a collected blood sample to sit in a serum separator tube
before being centrifuged? - answer✔30 minutes
A medical assistant is giving a DPT injection to a six-month-old infant. The assistant would give
the injection at which of the following sites? - answer✔Vastus lateralis
If the physician is going to do a Pap smear, the medical assistant should have which of the
following equipment available? - answer✔Speculum and water soluble lubricant
, ©BRAINBARTER 2024/2025
Emergency treatment for a second-degree burn would include - answer✔Applying a clean, cool,
wet cloth to the area
Evaluation of the spinal column is accomplished easily from which of the following positions? -
answer✔Prone
To respect the patient's privacy while obtaining information about her history, you should -
answer✔Take the patient to a quiet and private area to obtain the history
Which of the following terms is defined as the concentration at which a substance in the blood,
not normally excreted by the kidney, begins to appear in the urine? - answer✔Renal threshold
The patient is having occult blood in the stool caused by a medication that he is taking. Which of
the following medications would you suspect? - answer✔Coumadin
A fomite is - answer✔An inanimate object that can harbor pathogens
To correctly treat an adult with a foreign body airway obstruction, the medical assistant should
first - answer✔Ask the patient if he can speak
The Ishihara test is used to diagnose - answer✔Color blindness
A non-sterile item is accidentally added to a sterile field being prepared for the suture of a skin
laceration. Once the medical assistant discovers this, he should - answer✔Redo the sterile field
and resterilize any instruments
