AMCA Exam Test Practice Exam Questions
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A physician is not required to report: - ANSWER Stroke
A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than a year is -
ANSWER Misdemeanor
Professional negligence is also called - ANSWER Malpractice
What should an assistive person keep in mind during their daily routine in
medicine - ANSWER Confidentiality
When is it permissible to release information about a patient record -
ANSWER When the court requests it by means of a subpoena
Under what circumstance is it permissible to release information from a
patient's records - ANSWER When patient signs a consent form
Potential infectious body fluid doesn't include - ANSWER Sweat
Cleaning technique is another name for - ANSWER Medical asespsis
Instruments that penetrate a patient's skin should be - ANSWER Sterile
Instruments that come in contact with only a patient's mucous membrane
should be - ANSWER Disinfected
Instruments that touch only the healthy intact skin should be - ANSWER
Sanitized
Anything that posseses a risk to the human body or a living organism is
called a - ANSWER Biohazard
OSHA standard requires - ANSWER A written schedule for cleaning
Treating all human blood as if it were infectious is called - ANSWER Universal
precautions
Standard precautions are - ANSWER Used mainly in hospitals
What liquid is used in an autoclave to sterilize instruments - ANSWER
Distilled water
Six C's - ANSWER Client words
, What suture is the largest - ANSWER 0-0
The position in which the patient is lying flat on their back is known as -
ANSWER Supine
What position is used for prrineal and vaginal area examination - ANSWER
Lithotomy
What position requires the examination table to be raised in the middle both
ends pointing down - ANSWER Proctological
Surgical procedures that require less than one day to perform with no over
night stay is - ANSWER Outpatient surgery
What wouldn't be the MA's responsibility in the physical preparing of the
patient - ANSWER Obtaining and prescribing medication that are not expired
In what position is used to examine the rectum, where the patient lies on the
left side with the left leg sightly flexed - ANSWER Sims'
What thermometer is considered the most accurate indicator of the body
temp. - ANSWER Rectal
The artery most common used for taking pulse - ANSWER Radial
A patient's temp. was 96.9¤f, what is the temp. in ¤c - ANSWER 36.1¤c
What is not a vital sign - ANSWER Weight
What term means "difficulty breathing" - ANSWER Dyspnea
When taking rectal temp. how long should the thermometer be left in the
rectum - ANSWER 5 min
The absence of respiration for periods lasting 15 < - ANSWER Apnea
What area of the body is the popliteal pulse taken - ANSWER Knee
What is included in a patient's vital signs - ANSWER Respiration
What temperature is considered fatal - ANSWER 103.8¤f
What route is involved in administering a drug by placing it under the
patient's tongue and leaving it there until it dissolves? - ANSWER Sublingual
And Answers Solved 100%
A physician is not required to report: - ANSWER Stroke
A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than a year is -
ANSWER Misdemeanor
Professional negligence is also called - ANSWER Malpractice
What should an assistive person keep in mind during their daily routine in
medicine - ANSWER Confidentiality
When is it permissible to release information about a patient record -
ANSWER When the court requests it by means of a subpoena
Under what circumstance is it permissible to release information from a
patient's records - ANSWER When patient signs a consent form
Potential infectious body fluid doesn't include - ANSWER Sweat
Cleaning technique is another name for - ANSWER Medical asespsis
Instruments that penetrate a patient's skin should be - ANSWER Sterile
Instruments that come in contact with only a patient's mucous membrane
should be - ANSWER Disinfected
Instruments that touch only the healthy intact skin should be - ANSWER
Sanitized
Anything that posseses a risk to the human body or a living organism is
called a - ANSWER Biohazard
OSHA standard requires - ANSWER A written schedule for cleaning
Treating all human blood as if it were infectious is called - ANSWER Universal
precautions
Standard precautions are - ANSWER Used mainly in hospitals
What liquid is used in an autoclave to sterilize instruments - ANSWER
Distilled water
Six C's - ANSWER Client words
, What suture is the largest - ANSWER 0-0
The position in which the patient is lying flat on their back is known as -
ANSWER Supine
What position is used for prrineal and vaginal area examination - ANSWER
Lithotomy
What position requires the examination table to be raised in the middle both
ends pointing down - ANSWER Proctological
Surgical procedures that require less than one day to perform with no over
night stay is - ANSWER Outpatient surgery
What wouldn't be the MA's responsibility in the physical preparing of the
patient - ANSWER Obtaining and prescribing medication that are not expired
In what position is used to examine the rectum, where the patient lies on the
left side with the left leg sightly flexed - ANSWER Sims'
What thermometer is considered the most accurate indicator of the body
temp. - ANSWER Rectal
The artery most common used for taking pulse - ANSWER Radial
A patient's temp. was 96.9¤f, what is the temp. in ¤c - ANSWER 36.1¤c
What is not a vital sign - ANSWER Weight
What term means "difficulty breathing" - ANSWER Dyspnea
When taking rectal temp. how long should the thermometer be left in the
rectum - ANSWER 5 min
The absence of respiration for periods lasting 15 < - ANSWER Apnea
What area of the body is the popliteal pulse taken - ANSWER Knee
What is included in a patient's vital signs - ANSWER Respiration
What temperature is considered fatal - ANSWER 103.8¤f
What route is involved in administering a drug by placing it under the
patient's tongue and leaving it there until it dissolves? - ANSWER Sublingual
