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Test Bank For Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant, 15th Edition by Brigitte Niedzwiecki, Julie Pepper. ISBN: 9780323873765. Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant 15e test bank. TOC:=PART 1 – Introduction to Medical Assisting 1. The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team 2. ...

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Chapter 01: The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team
Niedzwiecki: Kinn’s The Clinical Medical Assistant, 15th Edition


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following is a characteristic of stage 1 learners according to the learning style
inventory?
a. Want to practice what you are learning.
b. Learn best with hands-on practice.
c. Like to create ways of thinking about the material.
d. Comfortable watching rather than doing.
e. Want to practice what you are learning and learn best with hands-on practice.
ANS: D
Stage 1 learners have a concrete reflective style. These students want to know the purpose of
the information and have a personal connection to the content. They like to consider a
situation from many points of view, observe others, and plan before taking action. They feel
most comfortable watching rather than doing.

REF: p. 9 OBJ: 5
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.5 | ABHES: 1.c.

2. Which of the following mind maps would display the cause and effect of events?
a. Spider map
b. Fishbone map
c. Chain-of-events map
d. Cycle map
ANS: C
The chain-of-events map displays the cause and effect of events, such as infection control or
the history of medicine.

REF: p. 11 OBJ: 5
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.5 | ABHES: 1.c.

3. Which of the following is NOT part of critical thinking?
a. Sorting out conflicting information
b. Weighing your knowledge about the information
c. Deciding on a reasonable belief or action
d. Incorporating personal beliefs
ANS: D
The process of critical thinking involves: (1) sorting out conflicting information, (2) weighing
your knowledge about that information, (3) ignoring or letting go of personal biases, and (4)
deciding on a reasonable belief or action. Critical thinking is actually an active search for the
truth.

REF: p. 12 OBJ: 5
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel

, MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.5 | ABHES: 1.c.

4. Which scientist first described circulatory system?
a. Edward Jenner
b. William Harvey
c. John Hunter
d. Andreas Vesalius
ANS: B
William Harvey announced in 1628 that the heart acts as a muscular pump, forcing and
propelling the blood throughout the body.

REF: p. 14 OBJ: 6 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

5. What contribution made by Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis drastically reduced deaths that
commonly took place in hospitals?
a. Promotion of the use of vaccinations in Hungary
b. Insistence on the disinfection of physicians’ hands before they assisted with
childbirth
c. Encouragement of better educational methods for hospital personnel
d. Discovery that heat killed disease-causing microorganisms in contaminated water
ANS: B
Semmelweis realized that infections were caused by physicians who did not wash and
disinfect their hands before assisting with childbirth.

REF: p. 14 OBJ: 6 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

6. Which two scientists developed a vaccine that brought polio under control?
a. Helen Taussig and Alfred Blalock
b. Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk
c. Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey
d. Walter Reed and Sir Frederick Grant Banting
ANS: B
Sabin and Salk developed the vaccination that brought polio under control.

REF: p. 14 OBJ: 6 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

7. Which procedure was first performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard?
a. Operation to save babies born with malformed hearts
b. Heart transplant from one human to another
c. Catheterization for diagnosis of heart disease
d. Injection of penicillin to cure infectious diseases
ANS: B
Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant from one human to
another.

, REF: p. 14 OBJ: 6 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

8. Which statement best describes the main difference between the DO and the MD?
a. The training for the DO includes more courses and a longer residency.
b. Only the MD can prescribe drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease.
c. The DO places more emphasis on the relationship of the musculoskeletal structure
to the function of organs and tissues in the body.
d. The license for the MD has more requirements and is more difficult to earn.
ANS: C
Doctors of osteopathy stress preventive medicine and holistic patient care. They also place a
special emphasis on the musculoskeletal system and osteopathic manipulative therapy.

REF: p. 13 OBJ: 7 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

9. The allied health specialist who performs ultrasound diagnostic procedures under the
supervision of a physician is called a(n):
a. cytotechnologist.
b. diagnostic medical sonographer.
c. electroneurodiagnostic technologist.
d. perfusionist.
ANS: B
A diagnostic medical sonographer performs ultrasound diagnostic procedures under the order
and supervision of a physician.

REF: pp. 18-19 OBJ: 8
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

10. A medical doctor who specializes in the treatment of disorders of the eye is called an:
a. otolaryngologist.
b. optometrist.
c. obstetrician.
d. ophthalmologist.
ANS: D
The medical doctor who specializes in eye disorders is an ophthalmologist. An optometrist is
not a medical doctor.

REF: p. 15 OBJ: 7 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

11. Which legislation most affects the which laboratory tests can be performed in a physician’s
office lab?
a. OSHA
b. CLIA
c. CDC
d. WHO

, ANS: B
CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) stipulates that only CLIA-waived
tests can be performed in a physician’s office.

REF: p. 20 OBJ: 8 TOP: Law and Ethics: Acts and Legislation
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

12. What type of registered nurse has advanced training to diagnose and treat common illnesses?
a. Anesthetist
b. Practitioner
c. Dietician
d. Practical
ANS: B
Nurse practitioners are trained to diagnose and treat common illnesses under the supervision
of a physician.

REF: p. 16 OBJ: 7
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

13. A method of prioritizing patients so that the most urgent cases receive care first is called:
a. case management.
b. accreditation.
c. triage.
d. quality control.
ANS: C
Triage is the sorting and allocation of treatment to patients according to a system of priorities
designed to maximize the number of survivors and treat the sickest patients first.

REF: p. 2 OBJ: 8
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: N/A | ABHES: 5.f.

14. The Father of Medicine contributed which of the following to medicine?
a. Dissection techniques
b. More than 500 treatises
c. Hippocratic Oath
d. Robotics
ANS: C
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, wrote the Hippocratic Oath.

REF: p. 12 OBJ: 6
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b.

15. Which of the following patients is not receiving care in an ambulatory center?
a. A patient in a freestanding emergency center
b. A patient in a day surgery center
c. A hospital inpatient

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