KINN'S MEDICAL ASSISTANT – FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which statement best describes the main difference between the DO and the MD?
-The training for the DO includes more courses and a longer residency.
-Only the MD can prescribe drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease.
-The DO places more emphasis on the relationship of the musculoskeletal structure to
the function of organs and tissues in the body.
-The license for the MD has more requirements and is more difficult to earn. - Correct
Answers -The DO places more emphasis on the relationship of the musculoskeletal
structure to the function of organs and tissues in the body.
What is true regarding defense mechanisms?
-They are unconscious mental processes that protect people from anxiety, loss, conflict,
or shame.
-They include denial, repression, displacement, regression, and projection.
-They may hide a variety of thoughts or feelings.
-All are correct
-They are unconscious mental processes that protect people from anxiety, loss, conflict,
or shame and they include denial, repression, displacement, regression, and projection.
- Correct Answers -All are correct
______ damages are large payments intended to punish the defendant and ______
damages are very small settlements.
-Special; general
-Compensatory; nominal
-Compensatory; special
-Punitive; nominal
-Punitive; special - Correct Answers -Punitive; nominal
Which OSHA Standard addresses the exit routes in a building?
-Bloodborne pathogen
-Hazard communication
-Ionizing radiation
-Means of egress
-Laboratory standard - Correct Answers -Means of egress
, A medical assistant helps the providers identify the immunizations that patients need.
What ethical principle is the medical assistant demonstrating?
-Nonmaleficence
-Beneficence
-Autonomy
-Justice - Correct Answers -Beneficence
A medical assistant needs to send a termination letter to a patient. Many state laws
mandate this type of letter must be sent by ______________.
-Priority mail express
-Priority mail
-First-class mail with return receipt
-Certified mail with return receipt
-Registered mail with return receipt - Correct Answers -Certified mail with return receipt
Services that are needed to improve the patient's current health are considered:
-elective.
-preventive.
-medically necessary.
-provider network. - Correct Answers -medically necessary.
Qualitative and quantitative codes for drug testing are found in which of the following
CPT sections?
-Pathology
-Surgical
-Anesthesia
-Medicine - Correct Answers -Pathology
Amounts owed to the physician are accounts _____________.
-payable
-receivable
-debit
-credit - Correct Answers -receivable
Which of the following pulses is palpated in the neck?
-Apical
-Brachial
-Carotid
-Radial
-Temporal - Correct Answers -Carotid
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which statement best describes the main difference between the DO and the MD?
-The training for the DO includes more courses and a longer residency.
-Only the MD can prescribe drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease.
-The DO places more emphasis on the relationship of the musculoskeletal structure to
the function of organs and tissues in the body.
-The license for the MD has more requirements and is more difficult to earn. - Correct
Answers -The DO places more emphasis on the relationship of the musculoskeletal
structure to the function of organs and tissues in the body.
What is true regarding defense mechanisms?
-They are unconscious mental processes that protect people from anxiety, loss, conflict,
or shame.
-They include denial, repression, displacement, regression, and projection.
-They may hide a variety of thoughts or feelings.
-All are correct
-They are unconscious mental processes that protect people from anxiety, loss, conflict,
or shame and they include denial, repression, displacement, regression, and projection.
- Correct Answers -All are correct
______ damages are large payments intended to punish the defendant and ______
damages are very small settlements.
-Special; general
-Compensatory; nominal
-Compensatory; special
-Punitive; nominal
-Punitive; special - Correct Answers -Punitive; nominal
Which OSHA Standard addresses the exit routes in a building?
-Bloodborne pathogen
-Hazard communication
-Ionizing radiation
-Means of egress
-Laboratory standard - Correct Answers -Means of egress
, A medical assistant helps the providers identify the immunizations that patients need.
What ethical principle is the medical assistant demonstrating?
-Nonmaleficence
-Beneficence
-Autonomy
-Justice - Correct Answers -Beneficence
A medical assistant needs to send a termination letter to a patient. Many state laws
mandate this type of letter must be sent by ______________.
-Priority mail express
-Priority mail
-First-class mail with return receipt
-Certified mail with return receipt
-Registered mail with return receipt - Correct Answers -Certified mail with return receipt
Services that are needed to improve the patient's current health are considered:
-elective.
-preventive.
-medically necessary.
-provider network. - Correct Answers -medically necessary.
Qualitative and quantitative codes for drug testing are found in which of the following
CPT sections?
-Pathology
-Surgical
-Anesthesia
-Medicine - Correct Answers -Pathology
Amounts owed to the physician are accounts _____________.
-payable
-receivable
-debit
-credit - Correct Answers -receivable
Which of the following pulses is palpated in the neck?
-Apical
-Brachial
-Carotid
-Radial
-Temporal - Correct Answers -Carotid
