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What type of communication technique will a medical assistant use in acknowledging the patients
contribution to the communication process? ✔Correct Answer-Restate, Reflect, Focus
Which of the following is a bacterial skin infection? ✔Correct Answer-Impetigo
A hemorrhage of the ureter is? ✔Correct Answer-Ureterorrhaphy
Inflammation of the nose is? ✔Correct Answer-Rhinitis
By law in California, all medical assistants shall receive training in? ✔Correct Answer-Infection
control
Absorption of food nutrients is completed in the? ✔Correct Answer-Small intestine
Which of the following is an appropriate response to an angry patient? ✔Correct Answer-Use
techniques the deescalate the patients anger
When working with an elderly patient, you may find that they require a little more time than other
patients. Which of the following rules should be followed? ✔Correct Answer-Talk in a normal tone
unless they are hearing impaired. Talk slowly and have the elderly patient repeat directions. Talk
distinctively
While important for all patients, empathy of the medical assistant is especially important for the
patients who? ✔Correct Answer-Have limited life expectancy
The following accessory organs are all part of the digestive system except? ✔Correct Answer-
Vermiform appendix
The cavity containing the heart and lungs is the? ✔Correct Answer-Thoracic cavity
High blood pressure is also known as? ✔Correct Answer-Hypertension
A word that means "incision in skull" is? ✔Correct Answer-Craniotomy
Telephone calls that are best handled by the health professionals with the most education and
experience are those involving? ✔Correct Answer-Patient emergencies
Narc/o is a combining form that refers to? ✔Correct Answer-Drugs
Which endocrine gland is responsible for stimulating the energy metabolism of all cells? ✔Correct
Answer-Pituitary
To which medical specialist should you refer a patient who needs foot care fur to diabetes?
✔Correct Answer-Endocrinologist
Pertaining to the back is? ✔Correct Answer-Dorsal
, Medical facilities are required to account for controlled substances to the Drug Enforcement Agency
(DEA) of the U.S. government. Since the medical office may be an attractive target for the addict of
thief, which of the following actions should be taken? ✔Correct Answer-Prescription blanks should
never be left where they could be taken by unauthorized persons. The key to the drug cabinet should
be kept in a concealed, safe place. Door, window and cabinets should be equipped with suitable
locks.
"That which, in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by an efficient intervening cause,
produces an injury, and without which the results would not have occurred" in the definition of:
✔Correct Answer-Proximate cause
When instructing a specific procedure to a patient, it is MOST important that the medical assistant:
✔Correct Answer-Give the patient a packet of related information
The majority of state have passed legislation concerning elder abuse. The laws generally name a
healthcare professional as the person who should report the abuse. The law address abuse to
persons: ✔Correct Answer-60 years and older
A medical assistant who has been asked by her physician-employer to give and eye examination
using a Snellen eye chart should instruct the patient to ✔Correct Answer-Me both eyes open
during the test, covering one of them at a time
Of the following, which is NOT a reason for the revocation of physician's license: ✔Correct Answer-
Failing to accept a personas a patient
Spoken statements, as opposed to written statements, that tend to damage an individual's
reputation are called: ✔Correct Answer-Slander
A word that means "suture of the region over the stomach" is ✔Correct Answer-Epigastrorrhaphy
Necessary traits for the medical assistant include: ✔Correct Answer-Empathy
Shingles (herpes zoster) is an accuse inflammation of: ✔Correct Answer-Nerve cells
Which of the following is a poor practice when assisting with physical examinations: ✔Correct
Answer-Leave a male doctor alone with the female patient
Which of the following should occur later in the job search process after the other listed: ✔Correct
Answer-Submitting resume
Informed consent must be given by patients before they: ✔Correct Answer-Are given anesthesia
for minor surgery
A private or civil wrongdoing or injury is a/an: ✔Correct Answer-Tort
Pathology is the study of: ✔Correct Answer-Disease
Which of the following respiratory disease is not an infectious disease: ✔Correct Answer-
Emphysema