CMA Certification Study Guide 2025
Questions and Answers
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 - ANSWER-diagnosing common patient
symptoms
when one state will accept the licensing requirements of another state it is referred
to as: - ANSWER-reciprocity
Which of the following clinical tasks is beyond the scope of practice for a medical
assistant? - ANSWER-prescribing medication
Which of the following would be considered an ambulatory care setting? -
ANSWER-physicians office
When at least 3 physicians are joined in a practice to share the workload and
expenses it is called: - ANSWER-group practice
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,Why are continuing educational units important? - ANSWER-because they keep
the medical assistant up to date with new techniques and information
One of the first ways to treat pain was: - ANSWER-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: - ANSWER-refer the patient to the
physician for advice
Who discovered penicillin? - ANSWER-Alexander Fleming
Which of the following regulations direct the practice of medicine within states -
ANSWER-medical practice acts
Sigmoidoscopy is the examination of the: - ANSWER-colon
Which of the following symptoms may indicate that the patient has hypertension?
a. epixtaxis
b. vertigo
c. angina - ANSWER-all of the above
The first written source for medical ethics is called the: - ANSWER-code of
Hammurabi
Which branch of medicine specializes in the treatment of cancer - ANSWER-
oncology
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, Hospitals can be categorized by the type of service they provide. An example of a
long term care hospital might be: - ANSWER-rehabilitation and psychiatric
To withdraw protection or support or to discontinue medical care without proper
notice is called: - ANSWER-abandonment
A patient thinks that she has a kidney stone is in severe pain, when should she be
seen - ANSWER-immediately
Which health care professionals may administer IV medications? - ANSWER-
nurses
what regulates procedures medical assistants may perform - ANSWER-individual
states, the federal government, and individual office policies
The Patient's Bill of Rights states that the patient has a right to - ANSWER-make
their own decisions about their care
Direct cause of an injury is referred to as - ANSWER-negligence
What would be considered a normal pulse for an average-sized 37 year old patient
in good health? - ANSWER-60-80 bpm
Refusing to allow the patient to leave the hospital when they request is: -
ANSWER-false imprisonment
which site for taking an infant's body temperature is considered to give the most
accurate results? - ANSWER-temporal artery
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Questions and Answers
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 - ANSWER-diagnosing common patient
symptoms
when one state will accept the licensing requirements of another state it is referred
to as: - ANSWER-reciprocity
Which of the following clinical tasks is beyond the scope of practice for a medical
assistant? - ANSWER-prescribing medication
Which of the following would be considered an ambulatory care setting? -
ANSWER-physicians office
When at least 3 physicians are joined in a practice to share the workload and
expenses it is called: - ANSWER-group practice
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,Why are continuing educational units important? - ANSWER-because they keep
the medical assistant up to date with new techniques and information
One of the first ways to treat pain was: - ANSWER-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: - ANSWER-refer the patient to the
physician for advice
Who discovered penicillin? - ANSWER-Alexander Fleming
Which of the following regulations direct the practice of medicine within states -
ANSWER-medical practice acts
Sigmoidoscopy is the examination of the: - ANSWER-colon
Which of the following symptoms may indicate that the patient has hypertension?
a. epixtaxis
b. vertigo
c. angina - ANSWER-all of the above
The first written source for medical ethics is called the: - ANSWER-code of
Hammurabi
Which branch of medicine specializes in the treatment of cancer - ANSWER-
oncology
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, Hospitals can be categorized by the type of service they provide. An example of a
long term care hospital might be: - ANSWER-rehabilitation and psychiatric
To withdraw protection or support or to discontinue medical care without proper
notice is called: - ANSWER-abandonment
A patient thinks that she has a kidney stone is in severe pain, when should she be
seen - ANSWER-immediately
Which health care professionals may administer IV medications? - ANSWER-
nurses
what regulates procedures medical assistants may perform - ANSWER-individual
states, the federal government, and individual office policies
The Patient's Bill of Rights states that the patient has a right to - ANSWER-make
their own decisions about their care
Direct cause of an injury is referred to as - ANSWER-negligence
What would be considered a normal pulse for an average-sized 37 year old patient
in good health? - ANSWER-60-80 bpm
Refusing to allow the patient to leave the hospital when they request is: -
ANSWER-false imprisonment
which site for taking an infant's body temperature is considered to give the most
accurate results? - ANSWER-temporal artery
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