Malone: Administrative Medical Assisting: Foundations and Practices, 2e
Chapter 1 The History of Medicine and Health Care
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Ancient practitioners in the B.C. era of civilization used ________ to treat patients.
A) general and local anesthesia
B) plants, herbs, nonpoisonous snakes, and religious beliefs
C) penicillin
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Heading: The Earliest Medical Practices
Learning Objective: 1.2
Page: 4
2) The national, professional organization for medical assistants is:
A) AHIMA.
B) AAMA.
C) AAPC.
D) AAMT.
Answer: B
Heading: The History of the Medical Assisting Profession
Learning Objective: 1.7
Page: 16
3) Medical assisting began in the early:
A) 1940s.
B) 1950s.
C) 1960s.
D) 1930s.
Answer: B
Heading: The History of the Medical Assisting Profession
Learning Objective: 1.7
Page: 16
4) The first president of the AAMA was:
A) Maxine Williams.
B) Clara Barton.
C) Florence Nightingale.
D) Elizabeth Blackwell.
Answer: A
Heading: The History of the Medical Assisting Profession
Learning Objective: 1.7
Page: 16
5) What is the emblem of the medical profession that is derived from ancient times?
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A) Shaman
B) Imhotep
C) Caduceus
D) Hippocratic Oath
Answer: C
Heading: The Earliest Medical Practices
Learning Objective: 1.2
Page: 3
6) The humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance is the:
A) WHO.
B) American Red Cross.
C) American Hospital Association.
D) American Medical Association.
Answer: B
Heading: The Start of the American Red Cross
Learning Objective: 1.4
Page: 13
7) In the history of medical treatment, who is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
A) Caduceus
B) Hippocrates
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Imhotep
Answer: B
Heading: The Father of Medicine
Learning Objective: 1.2
Page: 5
8) The study of the structure and organization of animals and plants is termed:
A) evidence-based medicine.
B) physiology.
C) astrology.
D) anatomy.
Answer: D
Heading: Key Terminology
Learning Objective: 1.1
Page: 3
9) Which medical organization was founded with the goals of scientific advancement, standards
for medical education, launching a program of medical ethics, and improved public health?
A) AHA
B) AMA
C) WHO
D) JAMA
Answer: B
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Heading: The History of the American Medical Association
Learning Objective: 1.4
Page: 12
10) Dr. Ignaz Semmelweiss is noted for which health care technique that reduced the rate of
deaths in treating women in childbirth?
A) Bloodletting
B) Human autopsies
C) Hand washing
D) Immunization
Answer: C
Heading: The Beginning of Hand Washing in Health Care
Learning Objective: 1.3
Pages: 8–9
11) French physician René Laennec:
A) invented the stethoscope.
B) was the first physician to recognize cirrhosis of the liver as a disease.
C) performed extensive research on the disease tuberculosis.
D) invented the stethoscope, performed extensive research on TB, and was the first physician to
recognize cirrhosis of the liver as a disease.
Answer: D
Heading: Medical Discoveries
Learning Objective: 1.3
Page: 7
12) The smallpox vaccine was discovered by whom?
A) John Hunter
B) Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
C) Dr. Edward Jenner
D) Wilhelm Roentgen
Answer: C
Heading: Medical Discoveries
Learning Objective: 1.3
Page: 7
13) Who in health care earned the title of the "Father of Preventive Medicine"?
A) Hippocrates
B) Louis Pasteur
C) Joseph Lister
D) Ignaz Semmelweiss
Answer: B
Heading: Antisepsis Use in Health Care
Learning Objective 1.3
Page: 9
14) The destruction of the microorganisms that produce sepsis or septic disease is referred to as:
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Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
Chapter 1 The History of Medicine and Health Care
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Ancient practitioners in the B.C. era of civilization used ________ to treat patients.
A) general and local anesthesia
B) plants, herbs, nonpoisonous snakes, and religious beliefs
C) penicillin
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Heading: The Earliest Medical Practices
Learning Objective: 1.2
Page: 4
2) The national, professional organization for medical assistants is:
A) AHIMA.
B) AAMA.
C) AAPC.
D) AAMT.
Answer: B
Heading: The History of the Medical Assisting Profession
Learning Objective: 1.7
Page: 16
3) Medical assisting began in the early:
A) 1940s.
B) 1950s.
C) 1960s.
D) 1930s.
Answer: B
Heading: The History of the Medical Assisting Profession
Learning Objective: 1.7
Page: 16
4) The first president of the AAMA was:
A) Maxine Williams.
B) Clara Barton.
C) Florence Nightingale.
D) Elizabeth Blackwell.
Answer: A
Heading: The History of the Medical Assisting Profession
Learning Objective: 1.7
Page: 16
5) What is the emblem of the medical profession that is derived from ancient times?
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A) Shaman
B) Imhotep
C) Caduceus
D) Hippocratic Oath
Answer: C
Heading: The Earliest Medical Practices
Learning Objective: 1.2
Page: 3
6) The humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance is the:
A) WHO.
B) American Red Cross.
C) American Hospital Association.
D) American Medical Association.
Answer: B
Heading: The Start of the American Red Cross
Learning Objective: 1.4
Page: 13
7) In the history of medical treatment, who is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
A) Caduceus
B) Hippocrates
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Imhotep
Answer: B
Heading: The Father of Medicine
Learning Objective: 1.2
Page: 5
8) The study of the structure and organization of animals and plants is termed:
A) evidence-based medicine.
B) physiology.
C) astrology.
D) anatomy.
Answer: D
Heading: Key Terminology
Learning Objective: 1.1
Page: 3
9) Which medical organization was founded with the goals of scientific advancement, standards
for medical education, launching a program of medical ethics, and improved public health?
A) AHA
B) AMA
C) WHO
D) JAMA
Answer: B
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Heading: The History of the American Medical Association
Learning Objective: 1.4
Page: 12
10) Dr. Ignaz Semmelweiss is noted for which health care technique that reduced the rate of
deaths in treating women in childbirth?
A) Bloodletting
B) Human autopsies
C) Hand washing
D) Immunization
Answer: C
Heading: The Beginning of Hand Washing in Health Care
Learning Objective: 1.3
Pages: 8–9
11) French physician René Laennec:
A) invented the stethoscope.
B) was the first physician to recognize cirrhosis of the liver as a disease.
C) performed extensive research on the disease tuberculosis.
D) invented the stethoscope, performed extensive research on TB, and was the first physician to
recognize cirrhosis of the liver as a disease.
Answer: D
Heading: Medical Discoveries
Learning Objective: 1.3
Page: 7
12) The smallpox vaccine was discovered by whom?
A) John Hunter
B) Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
C) Dr. Edward Jenner
D) Wilhelm Roentgen
Answer: C
Heading: Medical Discoveries
Learning Objective: 1.3
Page: 7
13) Who in health care earned the title of the "Father of Preventive Medicine"?
A) Hippocrates
B) Louis Pasteur
C) Joseph Lister
D) Ignaz Semmelweiss
Answer: B
Heading: Antisepsis Use in Health Care
Learning Objective 1.3
Page: 9
14) The destruction of the microorganisms that produce sepsis or septic disease is referred to as:
3
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