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AMCA Medical Assistant Certification Exam/
Practice Exam Questions with Correct Verified
Answer/ Latest Update 2024.
When administering a drug, you are not familiar with, what information should a medical
assistant look up on?
A) Drug contraindications
B) Generic brand names
C) The route or administration
D) Possible storage alternatives - Correct Answer - The route or administration
Patient safety is protected by ensuring which of the following?
A) You choose the correct equipment to administer the test
B) That a nurse prepares all medications and dosages
c) You are administering the right drug to the right person
D) You write down and make anecdotal notes regarding patient interaction - Correct
Answer - You are administering the right drug to the right person
Medication administered under the tongue follows which route?
A) Buccal route
B) Dermal route
C) Transdermal route
D) Sublingual route - Correct Answer - Sublingual route
Which item below could be a multiple-dose dispenser?
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A) Ampule
B) Vial
C) Tubax
D) Cartridge - Correct Answer - Vial
What is hemophilia?
A) Common skin pathogen
B) Blood clotting disease
c) An immunodeficiency disease
D) Overage of red blood cells - Correct Answer - Blood clotting disease
Hematology includes the study of which of the following?
A) Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of blood diseases
B) Pathogens and how they grow
c) The study of contraindications of drugs
D) Lipid levels and their effects on overall health - Correct Answer - Etiology, diagnosis,
and treatment of blood diseases
What information is required on a laboratory requisition form?
A) Diagnosis of patient
B) Insurance information
c) Birth date and gender of patient
D) Signature of patient - Correct Answer - Birth date and gender of patient
Medical assistants frequently work with referral laboratory customer service personnel
in order to do which of the following?
A) Make the lab work easier
B) Give advice on medication
c) Obtain orders on laboratory tests
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D) Answer questions and provide special handling for specimens from their patients -
Correct Answer - Answer questions and provide special handling for specimens from
their patients
A Pap test specimen would be sent to which department for analysis?
A) Histology
B) Cytology
C) Microbiology
D) Immunology - Correct Answer - Cytology
What type of consent is given by a patient after all potential treatment risks have been
discussed?
A) Informed consent
B) Implied consent
C) Notated consent
D) Patient consent - Correct Answer - Implied consent
What has HIPAA enabled patients to do?
A) Have more control over their medical records
B) Prescribe their own medications
c) Allow their pharmacist to give emergency medical advice
D) Allow their primary doctor to have complete control - Correct Answer - Have more
control over their medical records
What type of insurance coverage is provided for employees who are injured while
working?
A) Medicaid
B) CHAMPVA
c) Worker's compensation
D) TRICARE - Correct Answer - Worker's Compensation
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What do you call the family members covered by an insurance plan?
A) Subscribers
в) Policy holders
c) Beneficiaries
D) Dependent - Correct Answer - Dependent
How is a consultation different from a referral?
A) A consultation is needed when the patient moves to another city
B) A consultation is needed when the physician asks for the opinion of
another provider
c) A consultation is needed only in terms of mental health
D) A consultation is needed before the physician can submit a claim for services
rendered - Correct Answer - A consultation is needed when the physician asks for the
opinion of another provider
A routine hand wash procedure uses plain soap to remove transient bacteria. Hand
antisepsis requires the use of which of the following?
A) Gel-based creams after the routine hand wash
B) Scrub brushes
c) antimicrobial soap
D) Medicated towels for drying clean hands - Correct Answer - Antimicrobial soap
Which of the following is a fever that comes and goes or, fluctuates and returns into the
average range?
A) Continuous
B) Intermittent
C) Remittent
D) Crisis - Correct Answer - Intermittent
AMCA Medical Assistant Certification Exam/
Practice Exam Questions with Correct Verified
Answer/ Latest Update 2024.
When administering a drug, you are not familiar with, what information should a medical
assistant look up on?
A) Drug contraindications
B) Generic brand names
C) The route or administration
D) Possible storage alternatives - Correct Answer - The route or administration
Patient safety is protected by ensuring which of the following?
A) You choose the correct equipment to administer the test
B) That a nurse prepares all medications and dosages
c) You are administering the right drug to the right person
D) You write down and make anecdotal notes regarding patient interaction - Correct
Answer - You are administering the right drug to the right person
Medication administered under the tongue follows which route?
A) Buccal route
B) Dermal route
C) Transdermal route
D) Sublingual route - Correct Answer - Sublingual route
Which item below could be a multiple-dose dispenser?
, 2
A) Ampule
B) Vial
C) Tubax
D) Cartridge - Correct Answer - Vial
What is hemophilia?
A) Common skin pathogen
B) Blood clotting disease
c) An immunodeficiency disease
D) Overage of red blood cells - Correct Answer - Blood clotting disease
Hematology includes the study of which of the following?
A) Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of blood diseases
B) Pathogens and how they grow
c) The study of contraindications of drugs
D) Lipid levels and their effects on overall health - Correct Answer - Etiology, diagnosis,
and treatment of blood diseases
What information is required on a laboratory requisition form?
A) Diagnosis of patient
B) Insurance information
c) Birth date and gender of patient
D) Signature of patient - Correct Answer - Birth date and gender of patient
Medical assistants frequently work with referral laboratory customer service personnel
in order to do which of the following?
A) Make the lab work easier
B) Give advice on medication
c) Obtain orders on laboratory tests
, 3
D) Answer questions and provide special handling for specimens from their patients -
Correct Answer - Answer questions and provide special handling for specimens from
their patients
A Pap test specimen would be sent to which department for analysis?
A) Histology
B) Cytology
C) Microbiology
D) Immunology - Correct Answer - Cytology
What type of consent is given by a patient after all potential treatment risks have been
discussed?
A) Informed consent
B) Implied consent
C) Notated consent
D) Patient consent - Correct Answer - Implied consent
What has HIPAA enabled patients to do?
A) Have more control over their medical records
B) Prescribe their own medications
c) Allow their pharmacist to give emergency medical advice
D) Allow their primary doctor to have complete control - Correct Answer - Have more
control over their medical records
What type of insurance coverage is provided for employees who are injured while
working?
A) Medicaid
B) CHAMPVA
c) Worker's compensation
D) TRICARE - Correct Answer - Worker's Compensation
, 4
What do you call the family members covered by an insurance plan?
A) Subscribers
в) Policy holders
c) Beneficiaries
D) Dependent - Correct Answer - Dependent
How is a consultation different from a referral?
A) A consultation is needed when the patient moves to another city
B) A consultation is needed when the physician asks for the opinion of
another provider
c) A consultation is needed only in terms of mental health
D) A consultation is needed before the physician can submit a claim for services
rendered - Correct Answer - A consultation is needed when the physician asks for the
opinion of another provider
A routine hand wash procedure uses plain soap to remove transient bacteria. Hand
antisepsis requires the use of which of the following?
A) Gel-based creams after the routine hand wash
B) Scrub brushes
c) antimicrobial soap
D) Medicated towels for drying clean hands - Correct Answer - Antimicrobial soap
Which of the following is a fever that comes and goes or, fluctuates and returns into the
average range?
A) Continuous
B) Intermittent
C) Remittent
D) Crisis - Correct Answer - Intermittent
