NHA CCMA 2023/ 2024 EXAM| Questions
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1. A patient comes is not a provider's office and reports intimate partner abuse, Which of
the following actions should the medical assistant take to assist this patient?
Answer: Provide a list of relevant...
1. A patient comes is not a provider's office and reports intimate partner abuse, Which of
the following actions should the medical assistant take to assist this patient?
✓ Answer: Provide a list of relevant community organizations
2. A medical assistant should identify that which of the following tasks requires the use of
gloves?
✓ Answer: removing a cyst
3. A medical assistant is scheduling a patient for a new patient exam when should the
assistant first verify insurance benefits for the patient?
✓ Answer: when scheduling the patient
4. A medical assistant has assisted the provider in completing a cyst removal in-office.
Before the patient is released which of the following documentation should the assistant
give to the patient?
✓ Answer: Post procedural Instructions
5. A medical assistant is preparing to place lower limb electrodes on a patient who has left
above the knee amputation. Which of the following action should the assistant take when
placing the lower limb electrodes?
✓ Answer: Place the left electrode on the left mid-thigh, and place the
right electrode in the right mid-thigh
,6. Which of the following arteries is primarily used to obtain a manual blood pressure?
✓ Answer: Brachial
7. Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take when performing ear
irrigation for an adult patient?
✓ Answer: Pull the pinna up and back
8. Which of the following terms describes the movement of a medication from its site of
administration to the body system it affects?
✓ Answer: Absorption
9. Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take when performing a
capillary puncture?
✓ Answer: Apply even pressure to the finger during the collection
10. A medical assistant is scheduling a patient for allergy skin testing next month. Which of
the following information should the assistant include about the preparation for this
procedure?
✓ Answer: Stop antihistamines for 3 to 10 days before testing
11. Which of the following criteria are used to determine BMI?
✓ Answer: Height & Weight
, 12. When accepting a fecal occult blood sample from a patient, a medical assistant should
confirm that the patient avoided which of the following foods prior to collecting this
sample?
✓ Answer: Liver
13. A patient has recently lost their partner and refuses to acknowledge the loss. The medical
assistant should identify that this reflects which of the following stages of grief?
✓ Answer: Denial
14. A medical assistant is obtaining a set of blood cultures from an adult patient. Which of
the following is the correct amount of mL per bottle the assistant should collect?
✓ Answer: 8-10 mL
15. Which of the following is a step of the sanitization process?
✓ Answer: Rinse the instrument under running water
16. Which of the following types of diabetes is the most common?
✓ Answer: Type II Diabetes
17. What is the normal PR interval on a standard EKG tracing
✓ Answer: 0.12 to 0.2 seconds
18. Which of the following areas of the body should a medical assistant use to obtain a
patient's temp. using a temporal artery thermometer?
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