ACCOUNTANT LATEST EXAM WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025/2026
Which of the following skills are not expected of a competent medical assistant?
a. performing insurance coding and billing
b. giving instructions to patients about self-care after treatments
c. Using the computer to perform a variety of office functions
d. diagnosing common patient symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS -diagnosing common patient symptoms
when one state will accept the licensing requirements of another state it is referred to as: - CORRECT
ANSWERS -reciprocity
Which of the following clinical tasks is beyond the scope of practice for a medical assistant? - CORRECT
ANSWERS -prescribing medication
Which of the following would be considered an ambulatory care setting? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
physicians office
When at least 3 physicians are joined in a practice to share the workload and expenses it is called: -
CORRECT ANSWERS -group practice
Why are continuing educational units important? - CORRECT ANSWERS -because they keep the medical
assistant up to date with new techniques and information
One of the first ways to treat pain was: - CORRECT ANSWERS -the poppy plant
,If the patient asks the medical assistant what he or she would do in a similar medical situation, the
medical assistant should: - CORRECT ANSWERS -refer the patient to the physician for advice
Who discovered penicillin? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Alexander Fleming
Which of the following regulations direct the practice of medicine within states - CORRECT ANSWERS -
medical practice acts
Sigmoidoscopy is the examination of the: - CORRECT ANSWERS -colon
Which of the following symptoms may indicate that the patient has hypertension?
a. epixtaxis
b. vertigo
c. angina - CORRECT ANSWERS -all of the above
The first written source for medical ethics is called the: - CORRECT ANSWERS -code of Hammurabi
Which branch of medicine specializes in the treatment of cancer - CORRECT ANSWERS -oncology
Hospitals can be categorized by the type of service they provide. An example of a long term care
hospital might be: - CORRECT ANSWERS -rehabilitation and psychiatric
To withdraw protection or support or to discontinue medical care without proper notice is called: -
CORRECT ANSWERS -abandonment
A patient thinks that she has a kidney stone is in severe pain, when should she be seen - CORRECT
ANSWERS -immediately
, Which health care professionals may administer IV medications? - CORRECT ANSWERS -nurses
what regulates procedures medical assistants may perform - CORRECT ANSWERS -individual states, the
federal government, and individual office policies
The Patient's Bill of Rights states that the patient has a right to - CORRECT ANSWERS -make their own
decisions about their care
Direct cause of an injury is referred to as - CORRECT ANSWERS -negligence
What would be considered a normal pulse for an average-sized 37 year old patient in good health? -
CORRECT ANSWERS -60-80 bpm
Refusing to allow the patient to leave the hospital when they request is: - CORRECT ANSWERS -false
imprisonment
which site for taking an infant's body temperature is considered to give the most accurate results? -
CORRECT ANSWERS -temporal artery
When a blood pressure cuff is deflated, the first tapping sound is the ________pressure - CORRECT
ANSWERS -systolic
The stethoscope typically is placed over which artery when the BP is auscultated? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
brachial
What is the instrument used to measure blood pressure? - CORRECT ANSWERS -sphygmomanometer