Person’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting Administrative and Clinical
Competencies Ch 1-5 Exam with Questions and Answers
-ar - ✔✔✔-pertaining to
-cyte - ✔✔✔-cell
-ectomy - ✔✔✔-surgical removal
-ia - ✔✔✔-state or condition
-ism - ✔✔✔-condition
-ist
-ician
-logist
-gist
-itrician
-atrist - ✔✔✔-doctors of
-megaly - ✔✔✔-enlargement
-oma - ✔✔✔-tumor, mass
-osis - ✔✔✔-condition of
-rhea - ✔✔✔-flow, discharge
,Person’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting Administrative and Clinical
Competencies Ch 1-5 Exam with Questions and Answers
-scopy - ✔✔✔-process of visually examining
A 49-year-old patient has a developmental delay and is highly emotional. What would be the
best course when approaching the patient in the reception area? - ✔✔✔-Privately ask the
caregiver how best to approach him.
Accreditation - ✔✔✔-The process in which an institution voluntarily completes a process of
determining whether or
not their school meets or exceeds standards set forth by an accrediting body.
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) - ✔✔✔-Accreditation bureau that
certifies medical assisting programs; graduates of ABHES accredited programs may take the
CMA (AAMA) or RMA examination.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndorme (AIDS) - ✔✔✔-Series of illnesses that occur as a result
of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes the immune system to
break down.
Active listening - ✔✔✔-Paying attention completely to the speaker, concentrating on the verbal
message, watching for nonverbal cues, and offering a response.
Advance directive - ✔✔✔-A document that allows patients to request that life-sustaining
treatments and nutritional support not be used to prolong their life; includes the durable power
of attorney.
Agressive - ✔✔✔-Trying to impose one's point of view on others.
Allergy & Immunology - ✔✔✔-The study and treatment of the body's reaction to foreign and
non-foreign substances.
,Person’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting Administrative and Clinical
Competencies Ch 1-5 Exam with Questions and Answers
An example of combining form? - ✔✔✔-glyc/o
An- - ✔✔✔-no, not, without
Anatomical Position - ✔✔✔-Body erect, head facing forward, arms by the sides with palms to
the front; used as the position of reference in designating the site or direction of a body
structure.
Anatomy - ✔✔✔-body structure
Anesthesia - ✔✔✔-Medication that causes the partial or complete loss of sensation.
Anesthesiology - ✔✔✔-A physician who specializes in the administration of anesthesia for pain
relief, and the care of patients before, during and after surgery.
Anthrax - ✔✔✔-A deadly infectious disease caused by Bacillus Anthracite. Humans contract the
disease from infected animal hair, hides, or waste.
Arthr - ✔✔✔-joint
As per the CAAHEP Essentials, at a minimum, the curriculum of a medical assisting school does
NOT include - ✔✔✔-emergency medical technician training.
Assault - ✔✔✔-The threat of bodily harm to another.
Assertive - ✔✔✔-To make a point in a positive manner.
, Person’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting Administrative and Clinical
Competencies Ch 1-5 Exam with Questions and Answers
Assessment - ✔✔✔-Evaluation or appraisal of a condition.
Associate Practice - ✔✔✔-A legal arrangement in which physicians agree to share a facility and
staff. They do not, in general rule, share responsibility for the legal actions of each other as in
the partnership.
Attitudes - ✔✔✔-People's evaluations of objects, of events, or of ideas.
Auditory - ✔✔✔-By ear. Relating to the sense of hearing
Autopsy - ✔✔✔-Examination of the organs and tissues of a deceased body to determine cause
of death.
b.i.d., bid - ✔✔✔-two times a day
Bacteria - ✔✔✔-Microorganisms that are capable of causing death.
Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery - ✔✔✔-Surgery of the stomach and/or intestines to help a
person with extreme obesity lose weight.
Bariatrics - ✔✔✔-Science of obesity.
Battery - ✔✔✔-Actual bodily harm to another person without permission.
Behavior - ✔✔✔-The actions others see.
Competencies Ch 1-5 Exam with Questions and Answers
-ar - ✔✔✔-pertaining to
-cyte - ✔✔✔-cell
-ectomy - ✔✔✔-surgical removal
-ia - ✔✔✔-state or condition
-ism - ✔✔✔-condition
-ist
-ician
-logist
-gist
-itrician
-atrist - ✔✔✔-doctors of
-megaly - ✔✔✔-enlargement
-oma - ✔✔✔-tumor, mass
-osis - ✔✔✔-condition of
-rhea - ✔✔✔-flow, discharge
,Person’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting Administrative and Clinical
Competencies Ch 1-5 Exam with Questions and Answers
-scopy - ✔✔✔-process of visually examining
A 49-year-old patient has a developmental delay and is highly emotional. What would be the
best course when approaching the patient in the reception area? - ✔✔✔-Privately ask the
caregiver how best to approach him.
Accreditation - ✔✔✔-The process in which an institution voluntarily completes a process of
determining whether or
not their school meets or exceeds standards set forth by an accrediting body.
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) - ✔✔✔-Accreditation bureau that
certifies medical assisting programs; graduates of ABHES accredited programs may take the
CMA (AAMA) or RMA examination.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndorme (AIDS) - ✔✔✔-Series of illnesses that occur as a result
of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes the immune system to
break down.
Active listening - ✔✔✔-Paying attention completely to the speaker, concentrating on the verbal
message, watching for nonverbal cues, and offering a response.
Advance directive - ✔✔✔-A document that allows patients to request that life-sustaining
treatments and nutritional support not be used to prolong their life; includes the durable power
of attorney.
Agressive - ✔✔✔-Trying to impose one's point of view on others.
Allergy & Immunology - ✔✔✔-The study and treatment of the body's reaction to foreign and
non-foreign substances.
,Person’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting Administrative and Clinical
Competencies Ch 1-5 Exam with Questions and Answers
An example of combining form? - ✔✔✔-glyc/o
An- - ✔✔✔-no, not, without
Anatomical Position - ✔✔✔-Body erect, head facing forward, arms by the sides with palms to
the front; used as the position of reference in designating the site or direction of a body
structure.
Anatomy - ✔✔✔-body structure
Anesthesia - ✔✔✔-Medication that causes the partial or complete loss of sensation.
Anesthesiology - ✔✔✔-A physician who specializes in the administration of anesthesia for pain
relief, and the care of patients before, during and after surgery.
Anthrax - ✔✔✔-A deadly infectious disease caused by Bacillus Anthracite. Humans contract the
disease from infected animal hair, hides, or waste.
Arthr - ✔✔✔-joint
As per the CAAHEP Essentials, at a minimum, the curriculum of a medical assisting school does
NOT include - ✔✔✔-emergency medical technician training.
Assault - ✔✔✔-The threat of bodily harm to another.
Assertive - ✔✔✔-To make a point in a positive manner.
, Person’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting Administrative and Clinical
Competencies Ch 1-5 Exam with Questions and Answers
Assessment - ✔✔✔-Evaluation or appraisal of a condition.
Associate Practice - ✔✔✔-A legal arrangement in which physicians agree to share a facility and
staff. They do not, in general rule, share responsibility for the legal actions of each other as in
the partnership.
Attitudes - ✔✔✔-People's evaluations of objects, of events, or of ideas.
Auditory - ✔✔✔-By ear. Relating to the sense of hearing
Autopsy - ✔✔✔-Examination of the organs and tissues of a deceased body to determine cause
of death.
b.i.d., bid - ✔✔✔-two times a day
Bacteria - ✔✔✔-Microorganisms that are capable of causing death.
Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery - ✔✔✔-Surgery of the stomach and/or intestines to help a
person with extreme obesity lose weight.
Bariatrics - ✔✔✔-Science of obesity.
Battery - ✔✔✔-Actual bodily harm to another person without permission.
Behavior - ✔✔✔-The actions others see.
