NCCT's National Certified Medical
Assistant (NCMA) Mock Exam
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The most common color coding filing system color codes which of the
following?
a. Patient's first name
b. Provider's name
c. Patient's last or surname
d. Patient's social security number - -d. Color coding is most often applied to
the patient's last name.
-Which one of the following statements applies to paper medical record
entries?
a.Physicians must approve all entries
b. Must be written in permanent ink
c. Must be handwritten by the physician
d. Each entry must be no more than 200 words in length - -d. All records
should be either typed or written using permanent ink.
-Which of the following are not factors that affect respiration?
a.Gender
b. Weight
c. Height
d. Age - -d. age
-Which of the following may be the cause of AC noise on an EKG?
a. Gain settings
b.Static build up
c. Skin abrasions
d. Patient movement - -c. AC noise on an EKG may be caused by an abrasion
on the skin, involuntary muscle tremor, poor ground connections, dry out of
electrodes, poor cables or lead wires, or presence of fluorescent lights.
-Identify which form of punctuation should be used inside the parentheses.
Jarrell wants to know when we expect to have all the specifications ( ).
a. Question mark
b. Comma
c .Period
d.Exclamation mark - -b. A period is the correct punctuation for this
sentence.
-Which of the following vacutainer tubes does not contain an additive?
a. Lavender
,b .Green
c .Gold
d .Red - -d. The red tube does not contain an additive. The other choices all
contain an additive.
-"Let the master answer" describes which legal doctrine?
a. Res judicata
b. Informed consent
d. Respondeat superior
e. Res ipsa loquitur - -a. Respondent superior is Latin correspondent superior
is Latin for "let the master answer."
Res ipsa loquitur describes "the thing speaks for itself".
Informed consent is a process of informing a patient of all benefits, risks and
alternate options of medical care.
Res judicata indicates that a matter has been adjudicated by court.
-Which of the following is a purpose of the medical record?
a. Diagnosis and treatment
b. Financial record of patient's account balance
c. Intraoffice communication
d. Legal protection for patient - -c. The medical record is used to diagnosis
and treat the patient.
Medical records do not contain intraoffice communication or financial
records.
The medical record is not designed to provide legal protection for the
patient.
-What is a location for temporary data storage during computer processing
called?
a. Query
b. Buffer
c .Node
d. Bus - -c. A location for temporary data storage during computer processing
is called a buffer.
A node is a basic unit of a data structure.
A query is a request for data.
A bus is the communication system that transfers data between components
inside a computer.
, -Which of the following is one who specializes in the study of tissue?
a.Cytology
b.Histology
c. Histologist
d.Cytologist - -c. Hist- means tissue and -ology means the study of.
-What are AEDs used for?
a. Resetting pacemaker
b. Ventricular fibrillation
c.Diastole
d. Asystole - -b. AEDs are used for ventricular fibrillation and ventricular
tachycardia.
AEDs are not used in asystole, diastole, or resetting a pacemaker.
-Which of the following is the urine chemistry test that measures the percent
of hydrogen ion concentration?
a.Nitrite
b. Urobilinogen
c. Bilirubin
d. pH - -d. pH
pH is a measurement of the acidity/alkalinity of a substance and, therefore,
measures the hydrogen ion concentration of that substance.
Nitrite testing is done to determine if there is bacteria in the urine.
Urinary urobilinogen may be increased in the presence of a hemolytic
process such as hemolytic anemia.
Bilirubin is a yellowish substance made during the body's normal process of
breaking down red blood cells.
-The medical abbreviation that means four times a day is which of the
following?
a. qs
b. q.i.d
c. q x 4
d. q.4.h. - -The medical abbreviation that means four times a day is q.i.d.
Q4h means every four hours.
Qx4 means every 4 days.
Qs means "defined here."
Assistant (NCMA) Mock Exam
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The most common color coding filing system color codes which of the
following?
a. Patient's first name
b. Provider's name
c. Patient's last or surname
d. Patient's social security number - -d. Color coding is most often applied to
the patient's last name.
-Which one of the following statements applies to paper medical record
entries?
a.Physicians must approve all entries
b. Must be written in permanent ink
c. Must be handwritten by the physician
d. Each entry must be no more than 200 words in length - -d. All records
should be either typed or written using permanent ink.
-Which of the following are not factors that affect respiration?
a.Gender
b. Weight
c. Height
d. Age - -d. age
-Which of the following may be the cause of AC noise on an EKG?
a. Gain settings
b.Static build up
c. Skin abrasions
d. Patient movement - -c. AC noise on an EKG may be caused by an abrasion
on the skin, involuntary muscle tremor, poor ground connections, dry out of
electrodes, poor cables or lead wires, or presence of fluorescent lights.
-Identify which form of punctuation should be used inside the parentheses.
Jarrell wants to know when we expect to have all the specifications ( ).
a. Question mark
b. Comma
c .Period
d.Exclamation mark - -b. A period is the correct punctuation for this
sentence.
-Which of the following vacutainer tubes does not contain an additive?
a. Lavender
,b .Green
c .Gold
d .Red - -d. The red tube does not contain an additive. The other choices all
contain an additive.
-"Let the master answer" describes which legal doctrine?
a. Res judicata
b. Informed consent
d. Respondeat superior
e. Res ipsa loquitur - -a. Respondent superior is Latin correspondent superior
is Latin for "let the master answer."
Res ipsa loquitur describes "the thing speaks for itself".
Informed consent is a process of informing a patient of all benefits, risks and
alternate options of medical care.
Res judicata indicates that a matter has been adjudicated by court.
-Which of the following is a purpose of the medical record?
a. Diagnosis and treatment
b. Financial record of patient's account balance
c. Intraoffice communication
d. Legal protection for patient - -c. The medical record is used to diagnosis
and treat the patient.
Medical records do not contain intraoffice communication or financial
records.
The medical record is not designed to provide legal protection for the
patient.
-What is a location for temporary data storage during computer processing
called?
a. Query
b. Buffer
c .Node
d. Bus - -c. A location for temporary data storage during computer processing
is called a buffer.
A node is a basic unit of a data structure.
A query is a request for data.
A bus is the communication system that transfers data between components
inside a computer.
, -Which of the following is one who specializes in the study of tissue?
a.Cytology
b.Histology
c. Histologist
d.Cytologist - -c. Hist- means tissue and -ology means the study of.
-What are AEDs used for?
a. Resetting pacemaker
b. Ventricular fibrillation
c.Diastole
d. Asystole - -b. AEDs are used for ventricular fibrillation and ventricular
tachycardia.
AEDs are not used in asystole, diastole, or resetting a pacemaker.
-Which of the following is the urine chemistry test that measures the percent
of hydrogen ion concentration?
a.Nitrite
b. Urobilinogen
c. Bilirubin
d. pH - -d. pH
pH is a measurement of the acidity/alkalinity of a substance and, therefore,
measures the hydrogen ion concentration of that substance.
Nitrite testing is done to determine if there is bacteria in the urine.
Urinary urobilinogen may be increased in the presence of a hemolytic
process such as hemolytic anemia.
Bilirubin is a yellowish substance made during the body's normal process of
breaking down red blood cells.
-The medical abbreviation that means four times a day is which of the
following?
a. qs
b. q.i.d
c. q x 4
d. q.4.h. - -The medical abbreviation that means four times a day is q.i.d.
Q4h means every four hours.
Qx4 means every 4 days.
Qs means "defined here."
