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Correct Answers
where do cardiac electrical impulses originate in the heart? - answer✔✔Sinoartial Node
According to the regulation of controlled substances, which of the following is true of a schedule
I drug? - answer✔✔Have no accepted medical use
A medical assistant is collecting a health history from an older adult patient who exhibits
moderate hearing loss. Which of the following actions should the assistant take? -
answer✔✔Remain within the patient's view to allow lip-reading
A medical assistant is coding an office visit during which the provider reviewed the system
related to a patient's chief complaint but did not discuss the patient's family or social history.
Which of the following procedure codes should the assistant use for the visit? -
answer✔✔Expanded problem-focused history
A medical assistant is preparing a patient who has anemia for an examination by the provider.
Which of the following manifestation should the assistant expect to find? - answer✔✔Irregular
Heartbeats
The Patients' Bill of Rights protects individuals from which of the following? - answer✔✔Denial
of care due to patient's age
A provider has requested a dissecting instrument on a sterile tray that a medical assistant is
preparing. Which of the following instruments should the assistant include on the tray? -
answer✔✔Scissors
Which of the following techniques should a medical assistant use for the routine cleaning of
EKG cables? - answer✔✔Disinfection
Which of the following additives should be used when performing a CBC? - answer✔✔EDTA
Which of the following dressing should a medical assistant use on a partial-thickness burn? -
answer✔✔non-adherent dressing
A Medical assistant is caring for a patient who has recently received a terminal diagnosis and is
crying. Which of the following actions should the assistant take? - answer✔✔Allow the patient
to cry.
Which of the following positions is appropriate for a pelvic examination? - answer✔✔Lithotomy
, Which of the following documents indicates how a patient's medical record is used and disclosed
by a medical office? - answer✔✔Notice of Privacy Practice (NPP)
A medical assistant is reinforcing instructions with a patient about how to take a buccal tablet.
Which of the following instructions should the assistant give the patient? - answer✔✔"Place the
tablet between your gums and cheek"
A medical assistant is cleaning an examination room after assisting a provider with a biopsy.
Which of the following actions should the assistant take? - answer✔✔Hold sharps by the blunt
end to avoid a needle-stick injury.
A medical assistant is monitoring an infant patient for microcephaly. Which of the following
describes the anthropometric measurement that the assistant should perform? - answer✔✔Head
Circumference
Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take when obtaining the length of an
infant during a well-child visit? - answer✔✔Position the infant on his back
Which of the following instructions should a medical assistant give to a patient when
administering an enteric-coated tablet? - answer✔✔"Swallow the tablet whole with a glass of
water"
A provider examines an older adult patient who is disabled and has a lesion on her arm. A
medical assistant should anticipate a referral for this patient to which of the following ancillary
services? - answer✔✔Home Health Care
A medical assistant in an emergency clinic is admitting several patients. The assistant should
recognize that the provider should see which of the following patient first? - answer✔✔An older
adult patient who had diabetes and has a blood pressure of 80/42 mm Hg
A medical assistant is checking a patient's hearing using the Weber test. Which of the following
actions should the assistant take? - answer✔✔Ask the patient if he hears the vibration louder in
one ear than the other.
At work, a medical assistant cared for a neighbor who sustained multiple injuries in a fall. After
work, another neighbor ask the assistant what happened to the neighbor who fell. Following the
American Association of Medical Assistants' (AAMA) Code of Ethics, Which of the following
responses should the assistant make? - answer✔✔"I can't share any information about what
happens at my job"
When performing the palpatory method for obtaining blood pressure, which of the following
indicates the level at which the medical assistant should inflate the cuff? - answer✔✔30 mm Hg
above the radial pulse cessation
Correct Answers
where do cardiac electrical impulses originate in the heart? - answer✔✔Sinoartial Node
According to the regulation of controlled substances, which of the following is true of a schedule
I drug? - answer✔✔Have no accepted medical use
A medical assistant is collecting a health history from an older adult patient who exhibits
moderate hearing loss. Which of the following actions should the assistant take? -
answer✔✔Remain within the patient's view to allow lip-reading
A medical assistant is coding an office visit during which the provider reviewed the system
related to a patient's chief complaint but did not discuss the patient's family or social history.
Which of the following procedure codes should the assistant use for the visit? -
answer✔✔Expanded problem-focused history
A medical assistant is preparing a patient who has anemia for an examination by the provider.
Which of the following manifestation should the assistant expect to find? - answer✔✔Irregular
Heartbeats
The Patients' Bill of Rights protects individuals from which of the following? - answer✔✔Denial
of care due to patient's age
A provider has requested a dissecting instrument on a sterile tray that a medical assistant is
preparing. Which of the following instruments should the assistant include on the tray? -
answer✔✔Scissors
Which of the following techniques should a medical assistant use for the routine cleaning of
EKG cables? - answer✔✔Disinfection
Which of the following additives should be used when performing a CBC? - answer✔✔EDTA
Which of the following dressing should a medical assistant use on a partial-thickness burn? -
answer✔✔non-adherent dressing
A Medical assistant is caring for a patient who has recently received a terminal diagnosis and is
crying. Which of the following actions should the assistant take? - answer✔✔Allow the patient
to cry.
Which of the following positions is appropriate for a pelvic examination? - answer✔✔Lithotomy
, Which of the following documents indicates how a patient's medical record is used and disclosed
by a medical office? - answer✔✔Notice of Privacy Practice (NPP)
A medical assistant is reinforcing instructions with a patient about how to take a buccal tablet.
Which of the following instructions should the assistant give the patient? - answer✔✔"Place the
tablet between your gums and cheek"
A medical assistant is cleaning an examination room after assisting a provider with a biopsy.
Which of the following actions should the assistant take? - answer✔✔Hold sharps by the blunt
end to avoid a needle-stick injury.
A medical assistant is monitoring an infant patient for microcephaly. Which of the following
describes the anthropometric measurement that the assistant should perform? - answer✔✔Head
Circumference
Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take when obtaining the length of an
infant during a well-child visit? - answer✔✔Position the infant on his back
Which of the following instructions should a medical assistant give to a patient when
administering an enteric-coated tablet? - answer✔✔"Swallow the tablet whole with a glass of
water"
A provider examines an older adult patient who is disabled and has a lesion on her arm. A
medical assistant should anticipate a referral for this patient to which of the following ancillary
services? - answer✔✔Home Health Care
A medical assistant in an emergency clinic is admitting several patients. The assistant should
recognize that the provider should see which of the following patient first? - answer✔✔An older
adult patient who had diabetes and has a blood pressure of 80/42 mm Hg
A medical assistant is checking a patient's hearing using the Weber test. Which of the following
actions should the assistant take? - answer✔✔Ask the patient if he hears the vibration louder in
one ear than the other.
At work, a medical assistant cared for a neighbor who sustained multiple injuries in a fall. After
work, another neighbor ask the assistant what happened to the neighbor who fell. Following the
American Association of Medical Assistants' (AAMA) Code of Ethics, Which of the following
responses should the assistant make? - answer✔✔"I can't share any information about what
happens at my job"
When performing the palpatory method for obtaining blood pressure, which of the following
indicates the level at which the medical assistant should inflate the cuff? - answer✔✔30 mm Hg
above the radial pulse cessation
