MEDICAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION LATEST EXAM
2023 REAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|AGRADE
Biohazard - ANSWER: Anything that is a risk to organisms, such as ionizing radiation
or harmful bacteria or viruses
Bloodborne Pathogens - ANSWER: Pathogenic micro-organisms that are present in
human blood and can cause disease in humans
Catheter - ANSWER: A hollow, flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel or
cavity of the body to withdraw fluids
Chain of Custody - ANSWER: The chronological documentation showing the seizure,
custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of specimens, which can be used
as evidence
Chemical Reagent Strip Testing - ANSWER: Method of urinalysis involving the use of
plastic strips to which chemically specific reagent pads are affixed.
Clean-catch midstream specimen - ANSWER: Method of urine collection, ordered to
diagnose urinary tract infections or to evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy.
Dermal Puncture - ANSWER: Procedure in which a finger or heel is lanced to obtain a
small quantity of blood for testing, also called a capillary draw, finger stick, heel stick,
or skin puncture.
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) - ANSWER: Used as anticoagulant to keep
blood specimens from clotting
Enteric - ANSWER: Pertaining to the intestines
Galactosemia - ANSWER: Inherited disorder in which the body is unable to use, or
metabolize, sugar galactose, causing the patient to be unable to tolerate any form of
milk, foods containing galactose.
Hematocrit - ANSWER: Proportion of the blood that consists of packaged red blood
cells, expressed as a percentage by volume; the hematocrit test measures the
percentage of hematocrit in the blood.
Occult blood - ANSWER: Blood that comes form a source that cannot be immediately
determined, such as a peptic ulcer.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - ANSWER: A metabolic genetic disorder characterized by a
deficiency in the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase; classic PKU causes
permanent intellectual disability, seizures, delayed development, behavioral
, problems, psychiatric disorders, a "mousy" body odor, lightening of skin and hair,
and eczema.
Point of care - ANSWER: At or near the site of patient care
Quality control - ANSWER: Method of repeated assay of known standard materials
and monitoring reaction parameters to ensure precision and accuaracy
Random specimen - ANSWER: Single urine specimen taken at any time
Reagents - ANSWER: Chemical substances known to react in specific ways; used to
detect or synthesize other substances in chemical reactions
Reference laboratory - ANSWER: Laboratory outside a patient care facility; able to
perform many more types of testing than at the hospital laboratory
Semen - ANSWER: Thick, whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs
discharged from the urethra during ejaculation.
Sputum - ANSWER: Material coughed from the lungs and expectorated through the
mouth.
Stool - ANSWER: Waste form the digestive tract that is formed in the intestine and
expelled through the rectum; also called feces.
Suprapubic - ANSWER: Pertaining to a location above the symphysis pubis, which is
the slightly movable interpubic joint of the pelvis, consisting of two pubic bones
separated by a disk of fibrocartilage and connected by two ligaments.
Timed specimen - ANSWER: Collected at a predetermined time to obtain more
information; such specimens are sometimes collected two hours after a meal to test
for diabetes.
Urine - ANSWER: Fluid secreted by the kidneys, transported by the ureters, stored in
the bladder, and voided through the urethra.
Appropriate angle when performing a venipuncture procedure? - ANSWER: A 15 to
30 degree angle
What is a blood culture primarily used to check for? - ANSWER: Bacteria or other
microorganisms
When state-required testing of an infant's capillary blood is done, which of the
following must occur? - ANSWER: The circles on the filter paper must be totally
saturated
2023 REAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|AGRADE
Biohazard - ANSWER: Anything that is a risk to organisms, such as ionizing radiation
or harmful bacteria or viruses
Bloodborne Pathogens - ANSWER: Pathogenic micro-organisms that are present in
human blood and can cause disease in humans
Catheter - ANSWER: A hollow, flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel or
cavity of the body to withdraw fluids
Chain of Custody - ANSWER: The chronological documentation showing the seizure,
custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of specimens, which can be used
as evidence
Chemical Reagent Strip Testing - ANSWER: Method of urinalysis involving the use of
plastic strips to which chemically specific reagent pads are affixed.
Clean-catch midstream specimen - ANSWER: Method of urine collection, ordered to
diagnose urinary tract infections or to evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy.
Dermal Puncture - ANSWER: Procedure in which a finger or heel is lanced to obtain a
small quantity of blood for testing, also called a capillary draw, finger stick, heel stick,
or skin puncture.
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) - ANSWER: Used as anticoagulant to keep
blood specimens from clotting
Enteric - ANSWER: Pertaining to the intestines
Galactosemia - ANSWER: Inherited disorder in which the body is unable to use, or
metabolize, sugar galactose, causing the patient to be unable to tolerate any form of
milk, foods containing galactose.
Hematocrit - ANSWER: Proportion of the blood that consists of packaged red blood
cells, expressed as a percentage by volume; the hematocrit test measures the
percentage of hematocrit in the blood.
Occult blood - ANSWER: Blood that comes form a source that cannot be immediately
determined, such as a peptic ulcer.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - ANSWER: A metabolic genetic disorder characterized by a
deficiency in the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase; classic PKU causes
permanent intellectual disability, seizures, delayed development, behavioral
, problems, psychiatric disorders, a "mousy" body odor, lightening of skin and hair,
and eczema.
Point of care - ANSWER: At or near the site of patient care
Quality control - ANSWER: Method of repeated assay of known standard materials
and monitoring reaction parameters to ensure precision and accuaracy
Random specimen - ANSWER: Single urine specimen taken at any time
Reagents - ANSWER: Chemical substances known to react in specific ways; used to
detect or synthesize other substances in chemical reactions
Reference laboratory - ANSWER: Laboratory outside a patient care facility; able to
perform many more types of testing than at the hospital laboratory
Semen - ANSWER: Thick, whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs
discharged from the urethra during ejaculation.
Sputum - ANSWER: Material coughed from the lungs and expectorated through the
mouth.
Stool - ANSWER: Waste form the digestive tract that is formed in the intestine and
expelled through the rectum; also called feces.
Suprapubic - ANSWER: Pertaining to a location above the symphysis pubis, which is
the slightly movable interpubic joint of the pelvis, consisting of two pubic bones
separated by a disk of fibrocartilage and connected by two ligaments.
Timed specimen - ANSWER: Collected at a predetermined time to obtain more
information; such specimens are sometimes collected two hours after a meal to test
for diabetes.
Urine - ANSWER: Fluid secreted by the kidneys, transported by the ureters, stored in
the bladder, and voided through the urethra.
Appropriate angle when performing a venipuncture procedure? - ANSWER: A 15 to
30 degree angle
What is a blood culture primarily used to check for? - ANSWER: Bacteria or other
microorganisms
When state-required testing of an infant's capillary blood is done, which of the
following must occur? - ANSWER: The circles on the filter paper must be totally
saturated
