CMA Certification Exam – Administrative
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Common Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Law that derives authority from ancient usages
and customs affirmed by court judgments and decrees.
Criminal Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the body of law dealing with crimes and their
punishment
Private Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A body of law that deals with relationships
between private individuals, such as contracts, civil injuries, domestic relations, and
partnerships.
Public Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The legal rights defining the relationship between
the government and governed
Case Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Law established by judicial decision in legal cases
and used as legal precedent
Defendant - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅someone who has been accused of committing a
crime
Plaintiff - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a person or party filing a lawsuit
Standard of Care - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The degree of care that a reasonably prudent
person should exercise under the same or similar circumstances
Medical Practice Acts - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅STATE LAWS that govern the practice
of medicine.
, Defensive Medicine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The practice of performing medical tests
and procedures in order to protect against future liability and to document the health-care
providers judgment.
Res ipsa loquitur - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The matter speaks for itself - common
knowledge
Respondeat superior - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Let the master answer
Res judicata - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The matter has been decided
Sole Proprietorship - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a business owned and managed by a single
individual
Partnership - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a contract between two or more persons who agree
to pool talent and money and share profits or losses
Corporation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅body authorized by law to act as a single person
and to have rights and duties
Professional Corporation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a corporation formed by lawyers,
doctors, or other professionals
Group Practice - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a medical management system in which three
or more licensed physicians share the collective income, expenses, facilities, equipment,
records, and personnel for the business
Indemnity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅protection against future loss
SOAP - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Subjective (patient's symptoms), Objective (physician's
diagnosis), Assessment, and Plan of action
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Common Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Law that derives authority from ancient usages
and customs affirmed by court judgments and decrees.
Criminal Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the body of law dealing with crimes and their
punishment
Private Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A body of law that deals with relationships
between private individuals, such as contracts, civil injuries, domestic relations, and
partnerships.
Public Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The legal rights defining the relationship between
the government and governed
Case Law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Law established by judicial decision in legal cases
and used as legal precedent
Defendant - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅someone who has been accused of committing a
crime
Plaintiff - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a person or party filing a lawsuit
Standard of Care - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The degree of care that a reasonably prudent
person should exercise under the same or similar circumstances
Medical Practice Acts - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅STATE LAWS that govern the practice
of medicine.
, Defensive Medicine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The practice of performing medical tests
and procedures in order to protect against future liability and to document the health-care
providers judgment.
Res ipsa loquitur - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The matter speaks for itself - common
knowledge
Respondeat superior - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Let the master answer
Res judicata - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The matter has been decided
Sole Proprietorship - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a business owned and managed by a single
individual
Partnership - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a contract between two or more persons who agree
to pool talent and money and share profits or losses
Corporation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅body authorized by law to act as a single person
and to have rights and duties
Professional Corporation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a corporation formed by lawyers,
doctors, or other professionals
Group Practice - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a medical management system in which three
or more licensed physicians share the collective income, expenses, facilities, equipment,
records, and personnel for the business
Indemnity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅protection against future loss
SOAP - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Subjective (patient's symptoms), Objective (physician's
diagnosis), Assessment, and Plan of action
