AMCA CMAC EXAM 3 NEWEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
When measuring a patient's vital signs, you would take all the following
EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. pulse
b. weight
c. respiration rate
d. blood pressure
e. temperature - ANSWER-b. weight
Normal respiratory rates for adults are within the following ranges:
Select one:
a. none of these answers
b. 12 to 20 per minute
c. 10 to 16 per minute
d. 18 to 30 per minute
e. 30 to 40 per minute - ANSWER-b. 12 to 20 per minute
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,Which of the following terms refers to absence or cessation of
breathing?
Select one:
a. dyspnea
b. orthopnea
c. apnea
d. eupnea
e. hypoxia - ANSWER-c. apnea
The force with which blood is pushed against arterial walls upon the
heart ventricles contraction is called a ____ blood pressure reading.
Select one:
a. venous
b. diastolic
c. volume
d. systolic
e. pulse pressure - ANSWER-d. systolic
Which of the following methods of examination uses slight or forcible
pressure applied by the tips of fingers, the whole hand, or both hands to
the body part?
Select one:
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,a. mensuration
b. inspection
c. percussion
d. auscultation
e. palpation - ANSWER-e. palpation
Which of the following methods of examination uses some fingers to tap
the body lightly or sharply to determine the density, size, and position of
underlying organs?
Select one:
a. mensuration
b. percussion
c. inspection
d. palpation
e. auscultation - ANSWER-b. percussion
A stethoscope is usually used in which method of examination?
Select one:
a. inspection
b. mensuration
c. auscultation
d. percussion
e. palpation - ANSWER-c. auscultation
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, When a physician is going to perform a sigmoidoscopy, the medical
assistant would most commonly place the patient in the __________
position.
Select one:
a. Sims
b. Trendelenburg
c. prone
d. semi-Fowler
e. supine - ANSWER-a. Sims
Exposure to sunlight is considered adequate for adults as a source of:
Select one:
a. vitamin K
b. vitamin D
c. vitamin C
d. vitamin E
e. vitamin A - ANSWER-b. vitamin D
Which statement is TRUE about the border of a sterile field?
Select one:
a. Sterile instrument parts within the 1-inch border remain sterile.
b. You may touch the border with a sterile instrument.
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EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
When measuring a patient's vital signs, you would take all the following
EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. pulse
b. weight
c. respiration rate
d. blood pressure
e. temperature - ANSWER-b. weight
Normal respiratory rates for adults are within the following ranges:
Select one:
a. none of these answers
b. 12 to 20 per minute
c. 10 to 16 per minute
d. 18 to 30 per minute
e. 30 to 40 per minute - ANSWER-b. 12 to 20 per minute
pg. 1
,Which of the following terms refers to absence or cessation of
breathing?
Select one:
a. dyspnea
b. orthopnea
c. apnea
d. eupnea
e. hypoxia - ANSWER-c. apnea
The force with which blood is pushed against arterial walls upon the
heart ventricles contraction is called a ____ blood pressure reading.
Select one:
a. venous
b. diastolic
c. volume
d. systolic
e. pulse pressure - ANSWER-d. systolic
Which of the following methods of examination uses slight or forcible
pressure applied by the tips of fingers, the whole hand, or both hands to
the body part?
Select one:
pg. 2
,a. mensuration
b. inspection
c. percussion
d. auscultation
e. palpation - ANSWER-e. palpation
Which of the following methods of examination uses some fingers to tap
the body lightly or sharply to determine the density, size, and position of
underlying organs?
Select one:
a. mensuration
b. percussion
c. inspection
d. palpation
e. auscultation - ANSWER-b. percussion
A stethoscope is usually used in which method of examination?
Select one:
a. inspection
b. mensuration
c. auscultation
d. percussion
e. palpation - ANSWER-c. auscultation
pg. 3
, When a physician is going to perform a sigmoidoscopy, the medical
assistant would most commonly place the patient in the __________
position.
Select one:
a. Sims
b. Trendelenburg
c. prone
d. semi-Fowler
e. supine - ANSWER-a. Sims
Exposure to sunlight is considered adequate for adults as a source of:
Select one:
a. vitamin K
b. vitamin D
c. vitamin C
d. vitamin E
e. vitamin A - ANSWER-b. vitamin D
Which statement is TRUE about the border of a sterile field?
Select one:
a. Sterile instrument parts within the 1-inch border remain sterile.
b. You may touch the border with a sterile instrument.
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