Medical Assistant Study Guide
Questions (100 Questions) correctly
solved
To receive certification as a medical assistant, you must...? - correct answer
✔✔Complete an approve medical assistant program and pass the CMA
The main purpose of the American Association of Medical Assistants is to...? -
correct answer ✔✔Raise standards to a high professional level.
Which of the following declared medical assisting as an allied health profession?
A. U.S Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
B. American Association of Medical Assistants - correct answer ✔✔A. U.S
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Benefits offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
include...?
A. Free admission to an accredited medical assisting program
B. Professional publications and educational opportunities - correct answer ✔✔B.
Professional Publications and educational opportunities.
,Formal training programs in medical assisting...? - correct answer ✔✔Last 9
months to 2 years and award you with a certificate, diploma, or associate degree.
A certified medical assistant (CMA) must recertify the CMA credential every...? -
correct answer ✔✔Every 5 years
The purpose of accreditation of medical assisting programs is to...?
A. Ensure that medical assisting program provide a competency-based education
B. Set maximum standards of practice for medical assisting programs - correct
answer ✔✔A. Ensure that medical assisting program provide a competency based
education
Which of the following is most likely to increase the career options for a medical
assistant?
A. Graduate from an accredited program
B. Enrollment with an employment agency - correct answer ✔✔A. Graduate from
an accredited program
Which of the following tasks is not considered in the scope of practice for a
multiskilled healthcare professional?
A. Scheduling teleconferences for doctors in different locations
, B. Making judgments or interpretations concerning a patient's diagnosis - correct
answer ✔✔B. Making judgments or interpretations concerning a patient's
diagnosis
An example of a clinical duty for a medical assistant is...?
A. Preparing a patient for an examination
B. Meeting safety and fire protection standards
C. Maintaining patient medical records - correct answer ✔✔A. Preparing a patient
for an examination
Confirmation by an organiziation that an individual is qualified to perform a job to
professional standards is known as...? - correct answer ✔✔Certification
Which of the following is not a benefit of joining a professional association?
A. scoring higher on exams
B. Furthering the medical profession - correct answer ✔✔A. scoring higher on
exams
The scope of practice of a medical assistant is determined by...?
A. AAMA
B. State law - correct answer ✔✔B. State law
Questions (100 Questions) correctly
solved
To receive certification as a medical assistant, you must...? - correct answer
✔✔Complete an approve medical assistant program and pass the CMA
The main purpose of the American Association of Medical Assistants is to...? -
correct answer ✔✔Raise standards to a high professional level.
Which of the following declared medical assisting as an allied health profession?
A. U.S Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
B. American Association of Medical Assistants - correct answer ✔✔A. U.S
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Benefits offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
include...?
A. Free admission to an accredited medical assisting program
B. Professional publications and educational opportunities - correct answer ✔✔B.
Professional Publications and educational opportunities.
,Formal training programs in medical assisting...? - correct answer ✔✔Last 9
months to 2 years and award you with a certificate, diploma, or associate degree.
A certified medical assistant (CMA) must recertify the CMA credential every...? -
correct answer ✔✔Every 5 years
The purpose of accreditation of medical assisting programs is to...?
A. Ensure that medical assisting program provide a competency-based education
B. Set maximum standards of practice for medical assisting programs - correct
answer ✔✔A. Ensure that medical assisting program provide a competency based
education
Which of the following is most likely to increase the career options for a medical
assistant?
A. Graduate from an accredited program
B. Enrollment with an employment agency - correct answer ✔✔A. Graduate from
an accredited program
Which of the following tasks is not considered in the scope of practice for a
multiskilled healthcare professional?
A. Scheduling teleconferences for doctors in different locations
, B. Making judgments or interpretations concerning a patient's diagnosis - correct
answer ✔✔B. Making judgments or interpretations concerning a patient's
diagnosis
An example of a clinical duty for a medical assistant is...?
A. Preparing a patient for an examination
B. Meeting safety and fire protection standards
C. Maintaining patient medical records - correct answer ✔✔A. Preparing a patient
for an examination
Confirmation by an organiziation that an individual is qualified to perform a job to
professional standards is known as...? - correct answer ✔✔Certification
Which of the following is not a benefit of joining a professional association?
A. scoring higher on exams
B. Furthering the medical profession - correct answer ✔✔A. scoring higher on
exams
The scope of practice of a medical assistant is determined by...?
A. AAMA
B. State law - correct answer ✔✔B. State law
