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Sterilization - ANSWER✔✔All pathogenic organisms have been removed from an
object
Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take to ensure
disposable thermometers are ready for an exam?
(A) Make sure they have been autoclaved within 28 days
(B) Ensure the expiration dates have not passed
(C) Swab the tips with alcohol
(D) Place probe covers on them
(E) Store them in a locked cabinet - ANSWER✔✔(B) Ensure the expiration dates
have not passed
What information will not be found in the medical record of a patient?
(A) If the patient admits to any illegal drug use
(B) Personal opinion of the medical staff
(C) Legal history of the patient
(D) Direct quotations form the patient
(E) Medication history - ANSWER✔✔(B) Personal opinion of the medical staff
What is the maximum time allotted for a collected blood sample to sit in a serum
separator tube before being centrifuged?
(A) 1 minute
,(B) 5 minutes
(C) 15 minutes
(D) 30 minutes
(E) 60 minutes - ANSWER✔✔(D) 30 minutes
A medical assistant is giving a DPT injection to a six-month-old infant. The
assistant would give the injection at which of the following sites?
(A) Upper outer quadrant of the gluteus muscle
(B) Deltoid muscle
(C) Vastus lateralis
(D) Subcutaneous tissue of the thigh
(E) Gluteus medius - ANSWER✔✔(C) Vastus lateralis
Evaluation of the spinal column is accomplished easily from which of the
following positions?
(A) Knee-chest
(B) Prone
(C) Supine
(D) Lithotomy
(E) Trendelenburg - ANSWER✔✔(B) Prone
Which of the following terms is defined as the concentration at which a substance
in the blood, not normally excreted by the kidney, begins to appear in the urine?
(A) Supernatant
(B) Refractive index
,(C) Renal threshold
(D) Micturition
(E) Aliquot - ANSWER✔✔(C) Renal threshold
The patient is having occult blood in the stool caused by a medication that he is
taking. Which of the following medications would you suspect?
(A) Lisinopril
(B) Coumadin
(C) Prozac
(D)Hydrocholothiazide
(E) Ativan - ANSWER✔✔(B) Coumadin
A fomite is
(A) an animal or insect that can transmit disease
(B) a method of removing pathogens used of objects
(C) an inanimate object that can harbor pathogens
(D) a sexually transmitted disease
(E) a method of sanitization used on objects that cannot be scrubbed -
ANSWER✔✔(C) an inanimate object that can harbor pathogens
To correctly treat an adult with a foreign body airway obstruction, the medical
assistant should first
(A) open the patient's mouth and attempt to remove any foreign body that can be
seen
(B) lower the victim to the floor and start to perform abdominal thrusts
, (C) with the left hand, check the pulse at the left carotid artery
(D) ask the patient if he can speak
(E) place your hands around the victim from behind palms against abdomen and
thrust upward - ANSWER✔✔(D) ask the patient is he can speak
The process used to wash and remove tissue from medical instruments is called
(A) asepsis
(B) disinfection
(C) sanitization
(D) sterilization
(E) boiling - ANSWER✔✔(C) sanitization
Which of the following is the maximum amount of time a tourniquet should remain
on the patient's arm during the performance of a routine venipuncture?
(A) 30 seconds
(B) 60 seconds
(C) 2 minutes
(D) 3 minutes
(E) 5 minutes - ANSWER✔✔(B) 60 seconds
In a large-scale national disaster or disease outbreak, which of the following
considerations should be taken into account by a medical practice office?
(A) some patients will come to the office for care due to overcrowded emergency
rooms.
(B) The practice may need to administer vaccinations or immunizations to their
patients
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