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Which of the following emergency situations should be managed first? ✔Correct Answer-Occluded
airway
A medical doctor who specialized in the treatment of disorders of the eye is called an ✔Correct
Answer-opthalmologist
Which legislation most affects the quality of laboratory reports and results ✔Correct Answer-CLIA
The agency that inspects facilities for workplace safety violation is ✔Correct Answer-OSHA
Which of the following patients is not receiving care in an ambulatory center ✔Correct Answer-A
hospital patient
Which of the following is NOT true about a group practice ✔Correct Answer-It does not share
income and expenses
Group practice consists of at least ____ physicians ✔Correct Answer-3
Which of the following skills would not be an appropriate expectation of a competent medical
assistant ✔Correct Answer-Diagnosing common patient symptoms
which of the following is not the role of the medical assistant in communicating with patients
✔Correct Answer-advising
which health care professionals may administer IV medications ✔Correct Answer-Nurses
a patient thinks that he has a kidney stone and is in severe pain: when should he be seen?
✔Correct Answer-Immediately
The patients bill of rights stated that he patient has a right to ✔Correct Answer-make their own
decisions about their care
if a bedridden patient has chills and is shivering, what would you expect the body temperature to be
✔Correct Answer-Increased
The recommended method or cleaning sharp instruments is to ✔Correct Answer-Use an ultrasonic
cleaner
Treatment that is below an acceptable standard of care and is the direct cause of an injury is
✔Correct Answer-Negligence
_______ regulates procedures medical assistants may perform ✔Correct Answer-All of the above;
Individual office policy, federal government, states
, Refusing to allow the patient to leave the hospital when they request is ✔Correct Answer-False
imprisonment
What would be considered a normal pulse for an average-sized, 37-year old patient in good health
✔Correct Answer-60/80 beats per minute
Who discovered penicilin ✔Correct Answer-Fleming
Which instrument has a fine tip for retrieval of foreign objects ✔Correct Answer-Splinter forceps
Confidentiality is important because ✔Correct Answer-All of the above; Laws protect patient
against breach of confidentiality, patients has a right to privacy, patient trust medical professionals to
keep their medical information confidential
If the patient asks the medical assistant what he or she would do in a similar medical situation on the
medical assistant should ✔Correct Answer-Refer the patient to physician for advice
which of the following is not one of the stages of grief ✔Correct Answer-Dealing
The stage in Maslows hierarchy of needs in which we maximize in our potential is ✔Correct
Answer-Self-actualization
An obligation that people have or perceive themselves to have is called ✔Correct Answer-Duty
the earliest written code of ethics was ✔Correct Answer-Code of Hammurabi
A physician who fails to obtain consent before treating a patient could be charged with ✔Correct
Answer-Battery
To withdraw protection or support or to discontinue medical care without proper notice is called
✔Correct Answer-Abandonment
Which of the following scenarios is the only situation in which recapping a needle is considered an
appropriate procedure ✔Correct Answer-MA has just withdrawn medication from a vial
Process used to wash and remove blood and tissue from medical instrument is called ✔Correct
Answer-Sanitization
Method that completely destroys microorganisms is ✔Correct Answer-Sterilization
According to OSHA regulations, under which of the following circumstances is recapping needles
allowed ✔Correct Answer-When recapping an unused needle
gloves, gowns, and goggles are examples of ✔Correct Answer-Personal protective equipment
A spore ✔Correct Answer-Resistant bacterial reproductive cell that can become active and cause
disease
Relapse and remission are seen frequently in what types of infection ✔Correct Answer-Latent
infections