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CMAA practice exam questions with accurate || || || || || ||
detailed solutions ||
Which of the following is an OSHA regulation that must be reviewed yearly to ensure
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compliance?
-workplace violence prevention plan || || ||
-emergency action plan || ||
-needlestick and sharp injuries report || || || ||
-bloodborne pathogens standard - ✔✔bloodborne pathogens standard
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A medical administrative assistant is scheduling a patient for a procedure. Which of the following
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actions should the assistant take first?
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-Provide test preparation instructions
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-ensure that a signed consent form is filed in the patients chart
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-verify the patients insurance
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-obtain a written prescription from the provider - ✔✔obtain a written prescription from the
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provider
A patient who has Medicare and had an annual wellness visit (AWV) 10 months ago calls to
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schedule their next one within the week. Which of the following actions is appropriate for the
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medical administrative assistant to take ?
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-Explain that the AWV cannot be scheduled for another 2 months
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-Schedule the AWV within the week || || || || ||
-Record the appointment as an office visit rather than as a AWV
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-Submit a preauthorization form to Medicare before scheduling the AWV - ✔✔Explain that the
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AWV cannot be scheduled for another 2 months
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A provider asks a medical administrative assistant to schedule a surgery to remove a patient's
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gallbladder. The assistant should schedule the patient for which of the following?
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-Cholecystography
-Cholecystogram
-Cholecystitis
-Cholecystectomy - ✔✔Cholecystectomy || ||
Which of the following colors indicates a biohazardous waste container?
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-Black
-Purple
-Red
-Blue - ✔✔Red || ||
After opening a report from the patient's previous provider, which of the following is the medical
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administrative assistant's next step? || || ||
-File the report in the patient's chart
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-Return the report to the provider who supplied it
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-Make a copy of the report to give to the patient
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-Give the report to the patient's current provider for review - ✔✔Give the report to the patient's
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current provider for review || || ||
When a provider requests a patient to have a diagnostic test at a hospital, which of the following
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actions should medical administrative assistant take
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-Collect the coinsurance for the procedure || || || || ||
-Have the provider call the hospital and give orders for the test
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-Advise the patient to obtain preauthorization || || || || ||
-Schedule the test with the hospital - ✔✔Schedule the test with the hospital || || || || || || || || || || || ||
A medical administrative assistant is asked to schedule a CXR for a patient. The assistant should
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make an appointment for which of the following?
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-An x-ray of the carpals
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-An x-ray of the chest
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-An x-ray of the cranium
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- An x-ray of the coccyx - ✔✔An x-ray of the chest
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Which of the following types of referrals is used in an emergent situation
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-Regular
-Urgent
-Stat
-Self - ✔✔Stat || ||
Several patients cancel their appointments for the day. Which of the following is the first action
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for the medical administrative assistant to take?
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-Call the last patient of the day to see if they can come in earlier
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-contact the patients who are on the waiting list || || || || || || || ||
-Bill the patients for the missed appointments
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-Document patients as no-shows - ✔✔Contact the patients on the waiting list || || || || || || || || || || ||
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When a medical administrative assistant makes arrangements for a staff member to attend a
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conference, which of the following is the most important step for keeping the office informed?
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-Evaluate the continuing education unit's value
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-Determine the conference enrollment deadline || || || ||
-Calculate the expense of the conference || || || || ||
-Distribute the travel itinerary - ✔✔Distribute the travel itinerary
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Which of the following methods organize patient records in chronological order according to the
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department that provided the care? || || || ||
-CHEDDAR
-POMAR
-SOAP
-SOMR - ✔✔SOMR || ||
Sealed or unsealed typed or handwritten material, including letters, postal cards, postcards, and
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business reply mail || || ||
-first class mail
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-priority mail ||
-standard mail ||
-insured mail - ✔✔First-class mail
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First-class mail that weighs more than 13 ounces. || || || || || || ||
-first class mail
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CMAA practice exam questions with accurate || || || || || ||
detailed solutions ||
Which of the following is an OSHA regulation that must be reviewed yearly to ensure
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
compliance?
-workplace violence prevention plan || || ||
-emergency action plan || ||
-needlestick and sharp injuries report || || || ||
-bloodborne pathogens standard - ✔✔bloodborne pathogens standard
|| || || || || ||
A medical administrative assistant is scheduling a patient for a procedure. Which of the following
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
actions should the assistant take first?
|| || || || ||
-Provide test preparation instructions
|| || ||
-ensure that a signed consent form is filed in the patients chart
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
-verify the patients insurance
|| || ||
-obtain a written prescription from the provider - ✔✔obtain a written prescription from the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
provider
A patient who has Medicare and had an annual wellness visit (AWV) 10 months ago calls to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
schedule their next one within the week. Which of the following actions is appropriate for the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
medical administrative assistant to take ?
|| || || || ||
-Explain that the AWV cannot be scheduled for another 2 months
|| || || || || || || || || ||
-Schedule the AWV within the week || || || || ||
-Record the appointment as an office visit rather than as a AWV
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
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-Submit a preauthorization form to Medicare before scheduling the AWV - ✔✔Explain that the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
AWV cannot be scheduled for another 2 months
|| || || || || || ||
A provider asks a medical administrative assistant to schedule a surgery to remove a patient's
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
gallbladder. The assistant should schedule the patient for which of the following?
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
-Cholecystography
-Cholecystogram
-Cholecystitis
-Cholecystectomy - ✔✔Cholecystectomy || ||
Which of the following colors indicates a biohazardous waste container?
|| || || || || || || || ||
-Black
-Purple
-Red
-Blue - ✔✔Red || ||
After opening a report from the patient's previous provider, which of the following is the medical
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
administrative assistant's next step? || || ||
-File the report in the patient's chart
|| || || || || ||
-Return the report to the provider who supplied it
|| || || || || || || ||
-Make a copy of the report to give to the patient
|| || || || || || || || || ||
-Give the report to the patient's current provider for review - ✔✔Give the report to the patient's
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current provider for review || || ||
When a provider requests a patient to have a diagnostic test at a hospital, which of the following
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
actions should medical administrative assistant take
|| || || || ||
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-Collect the coinsurance for the procedure || || || || ||
-Have the provider call the hospital and give orders for the test
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
-Advise the patient to obtain preauthorization || || || || ||
-Schedule the test with the hospital - ✔✔Schedule the test with the hospital || || || || || || || || || || || ||
A medical administrative assistant is asked to schedule a CXR for a patient. The assistant should
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
make an appointment for which of the following?
|| || || || || || ||
-An x-ray of the carpals
|| || || ||
-An x-ray of the chest
|| || || ||
-An x-ray of the cranium
|| || || ||
- An x-ray of the coccyx - ✔✔An x-ray of the chest
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Which of the following types of referrals is used in an emergent situation
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
-Regular
-Urgent
-Stat
-Self - ✔✔Stat || ||
Several patients cancel their appointments for the day. Which of the following is the first action
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
for the medical administrative assistant to take?
|| || || || || ||
-Call the last patient of the day to see if they can come in earlier
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
-contact the patients who are on the waiting list || || || || || || || ||
-Bill the patients for the missed appointments
|| || || || || ||
-Document patients as no-shows - ✔✔Contact the patients on the waiting list || || || || || || || || || || ||
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When a medical administrative assistant makes arrangements for a staff member to attend a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
conference, which of the following is the most important step for keeping the office informed?
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
-Evaluate the continuing education unit's value
|| || || || ||
-Determine the conference enrollment deadline || || || ||
-Calculate the expense of the conference || || || || ||
-Distribute the travel itinerary - ✔✔Distribute the travel itinerary
|| || || || || || || ||
Which of the following methods organize patient records in chronological order according to the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
department that provided the care? || || || ||
-CHEDDAR
-POMAR
-SOAP
-SOMR - ✔✔SOMR || ||
Sealed or unsealed typed or handwritten material, including letters, postal cards, postcards, and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
business reply mail || || ||
-first class mail
|| ||
-priority mail ||
-standard mail ||
-insured mail - ✔✔First-class mail
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First-class mail that weighs more than 13 ounces. || || || || || || ||
-first class mail
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