MA500 Week 1 Today's Medical
Assistant Study Guide 2024/2025 Exam
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What is most important when the medical assistant answers the telephone?
- ✔✔Be courteous with a positive attitude and personality
What is the first thing the medical assistant should do when answering a
telephone call? - ✔✔Identify the practice and himself or herself
When answering the telephone, what is the best question for the medical
assistant to ask to find out a caller's name? - ✔✔"May I ask who is calling,
please?"
What is NOT an important aspect of a pleasing telephone personality? -
✔✔Speaking louder than normally
How often should the medical assistant check back with a caller who is on
hold? - ✔✔At least every 30 seconds
How can the medical assistant prevent neck and shoulder strain when
answering telephone calls? - ✔✔Use a telephone headset
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, What should be readily available when taking telephone messages? -
✔✔Desk clock, computer clock, or wristwatch
If the medical assistant has transferred a telephone call, but the light for
that extension continues to blink, what does it mean? - ✔✔The intended
recipient has not yet answered the telephone
What is the name of the telephone feature that allows a medical assistant
to send calls from one telephone number or extension to another? - ✔✔Call
forwarding
When is call forwarding used? - ✔✔When all calls are rerouted to another
telephone number
What is the purpose of answering service if one is used by the medical
office? - ✔✔Answer calls when the office is closed
What is true about voicemail? - ✔✔It is built into the telephone system
Which type of electronic device may add computer capabilities to a
telephone with software such as a drug reference? - ✔✔Smartphone
What type of telephone system offers the caller a menu with several
options when the telephone is answered? - ✔✔Electronic routing system
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Assistant Study Guide 2024/2025 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
What is most important when the medical assistant answers the telephone?
- ✔✔Be courteous with a positive attitude and personality
What is the first thing the medical assistant should do when answering a
telephone call? - ✔✔Identify the practice and himself or herself
When answering the telephone, what is the best question for the medical
assistant to ask to find out a caller's name? - ✔✔"May I ask who is calling,
please?"
What is NOT an important aspect of a pleasing telephone personality? -
✔✔Speaking louder than normally
How often should the medical assistant check back with a caller who is on
hold? - ✔✔At least every 30 seconds
How can the medical assistant prevent neck and shoulder strain when
answering telephone calls? - ✔✔Use a telephone headset
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, What should be readily available when taking telephone messages? -
✔✔Desk clock, computer clock, or wristwatch
If the medical assistant has transferred a telephone call, but the light for
that extension continues to blink, what does it mean? - ✔✔The intended
recipient has not yet answered the telephone
What is the name of the telephone feature that allows a medical assistant
to send calls from one telephone number or extension to another? - ✔✔Call
forwarding
When is call forwarding used? - ✔✔When all calls are rerouted to another
telephone number
What is the purpose of answering service if one is used by the medical
office? - ✔✔Answer calls when the office is closed
What is true about voicemail? - ✔✔It is built into the telephone system
Which type of electronic device may add computer capabilities to a
telephone with software such as a drug reference? - ✔✔Smartphone
What type of telephone system offers the caller a menu with several
options when the telephone is answered? - ✔✔Electronic routing system
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