KINN'S MEDICAL ASSISTANT – FINAL 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
ANSWER✅✅✅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
ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅Punitive; nominal
,Which OSHA Standard addresses the exit routes in a building?
-Bloodborne pathogen
-Hazard communication
-Ionizing radiation
-Means of egress
-Laboratory standard - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅medically necessary.
Qualitative and quantitative codes for drug testing are found in which of the following CPT sections?
-Pathology
-Surgical
-Anesthesia
-Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pathology
Amounts owed to the physician are accounts _____________.
-payable
-receivable
-debit
-credit - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅receivable
Which of the following pulses is palpated in the neck?
-Apical
-Brachial
-Carotid
-Radial
-Temporal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Carotid
Which of the following positions is most appropriate for a patient having a breast examination?
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
ANSWER✅✅✅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
ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅Punitive; nominal
,Which OSHA Standard addresses the exit routes in a building?
-Bloodborne pathogen
-Hazard communication
-Ionizing radiation
-Means of egress
-Laboratory standard - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅medically necessary.
Qualitative and quantitative codes for drug testing are found in which of the following CPT sections?
-Pathology
-Surgical
-Anesthesia
-Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pathology
Amounts owed to the physician are accounts _____________.
-payable
-receivable
-debit
-credit - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅receivable
Which of the following pulses is palpated in the neck?
-Apical
-Brachial
-Carotid
-Radial
-Temporal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Carotid
Which of the following positions is most appropriate for a patient having a breast examination?
