NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Exam || EXPERT-
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that individuals with disabilities
are correct answers Not to be discriminated against in obtaining employment
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered under the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? correct answers Obtaining payment of Medicare and
Medicaid
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a health care provider? correct
answers Discontinuing treatment because the patient did not pay in a timely manner
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can potentiallybe held legally responsible for an
act of neglience by a medical assistant? correct answers Both the medical assistant and the
employer/provider
Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not consented is considered a tort of correct
answers Battery
All of the following minors (under age 18) are considered emancipated EXCEPT a minor who is
correct answers Being treated for a sexually transmitted disease
Unless publicly safety is involved, what is required in all cases to release patient medical records
after a subpoena is issued? correct answers The patient's written consent
According to typical statuses of limitations involving neglience or malpractice, which of the
following time points is NOT used as a starting point? correct answers When the litigant filed a
claim
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of child abuse? correct answers
Confidentiality
A POLST form is a type of correct answers Living will or advance directive
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain clinical procedures only under the
supervision of an employer/ proider because they are NOT correct answers Licensed
Which of the following best describes ethics? correct answers Personal values governing an
individual's perceptions of right and wrong
Bioethics is defined as correct answers Any ethical matter that pertains to life and/ or health care
, Which of the following principles for a medical assistant is NOT set forth by the American
Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Code of Ethics? correct answers Specific ways of
dealing with certain situations
At present, what is the main difference between reporting child abuse and reporting elder or
intimate partner abuse? correct answers Child abuse must be reported to authorities in all 50
states while other types of abuse do not always need to be reported
A provider is dealing with a patient with HIV or AIDS. Which of the following statements
regarding the provider's legal or ethical requirements is NOT true? correct answers The provider
can ethically deny treatment
What is the time frame during which an abortion can be legally performed in all states? correct
answers Abortion can be performed during the first trimester
Therapeutic communication interjects what element into communication? correct answers
Empathy
Active listening requires correct answers Being attuned to what the other person is saying and
what they are communicating nonverbally
In order for verbal communication between two people to be effective, the sender's message
must be correct answers All of the above
Complete, cohesive, clear and concise
In the United States, what do most people consider a comfortable personal space for dealing on a
personal (not intimate) level with another individual? correct answers Between 1-1/2 and 4 feet
The use of a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously ascribes ther own undesirable
acts or impulses to someone else is known as correct answers Projection
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what is the first level of need that people must satisfy
before all others? correct answers Physiological and survival needs
A cultural broker is someone who correct answers Acts as an intermediary or advocate for
another person or cultural group within the health care community
When interviewing a patient, which of the following types of questions prompts only a yes or no
question? correct answers Closed question
Which of the following does NOT initially occur when a person is exposed to an acute stressor?
correct answers Triggering of the parasympathetic nervous system
In order, what are the four stages of job burnout? correct answers Honeymoon, reality,
dissatisfaction, a sad state
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that individuals with disabilities
are correct answers Not to be discriminated against in obtaining employment
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered under the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? correct answers Obtaining payment of Medicare and
Medicaid
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a health care provider? correct
answers Discontinuing treatment because the patient did not pay in a timely manner
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can potentiallybe held legally responsible for an
act of neglience by a medical assistant? correct answers Both the medical assistant and the
employer/provider
Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not consented is considered a tort of correct
answers Battery
All of the following minors (under age 18) are considered emancipated EXCEPT a minor who is
correct answers Being treated for a sexually transmitted disease
Unless publicly safety is involved, what is required in all cases to release patient medical records
after a subpoena is issued? correct answers The patient's written consent
According to typical statuses of limitations involving neglience or malpractice, which of the
following time points is NOT used as a starting point? correct answers When the litigant filed a
claim
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of child abuse? correct answers
Confidentiality
A POLST form is a type of correct answers Living will or advance directive
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain clinical procedures only under the
supervision of an employer/ proider because they are NOT correct answers Licensed
Which of the following best describes ethics? correct answers Personal values governing an
individual's perceptions of right and wrong
Bioethics is defined as correct answers Any ethical matter that pertains to life and/ or health care
, Which of the following principles for a medical assistant is NOT set forth by the American
Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Code of Ethics? correct answers Specific ways of
dealing with certain situations
At present, what is the main difference between reporting child abuse and reporting elder or
intimate partner abuse? correct answers Child abuse must be reported to authorities in all 50
states while other types of abuse do not always need to be reported
A provider is dealing with a patient with HIV or AIDS. Which of the following statements
regarding the provider's legal or ethical requirements is NOT true? correct answers The provider
can ethically deny treatment
What is the time frame during which an abortion can be legally performed in all states? correct
answers Abortion can be performed during the first trimester
Therapeutic communication interjects what element into communication? correct answers
Empathy
Active listening requires correct answers Being attuned to what the other person is saying and
what they are communicating nonverbally
In order for verbal communication between two people to be effective, the sender's message
must be correct answers All of the above
Complete, cohesive, clear and concise
In the United States, what do most people consider a comfortable personal space for dealing on a
personal (not intimate) level with another individual? correct answers Between 1-1/2 and 4 feet
The use of a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously ascribes ther own undesirable
acts or impulses to someone else is known as correct answers Projection
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what is the first level of need that people must satisfy
before all others? correct answers Physiological and survival needs
A cultural broker is someone who correct answers Acts as an intermediary or advocate for
another person or cultural group within the health care community
When interviewing a patient, which of the following types of questions prompts only a yes or no
question? correct answers Closed question
Which of the following does NOT initially occur when a person is exposed to an acute stressor?
correct answers Triggering of the parasympathetic nervous system
In order, what are the four stages of job burnout? correct answers Honeymoon, reality,
dissatisfaction, a sad state
