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Medical assisting is probably not for you if you |
Do not like variety in your job |
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Which category of skills include those that keep medical assistants practicing within their scope of practice |
Legal and ethical concepts |
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Which of these is an example of an administrative medications |
Filing medical records |
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Which of these is an example of a clinical skill? |
Performing patient screenings |
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Medical assistants are generally allowed to |
Assist in the administration of treatment |
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The majority of medical assistants work in which type of environment? |
Ambulatory care |
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The expenses involved in running a business have made which if the following rare today? |
Solo practices |
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Urgent care centers... |
Take care of patients with acute illness or injury |
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The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a team-based model of care led by... |
A personal physician |
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According to the U.S. Department of Labor, employment of medical assistants is expected to grow how much from 2008 to 2018? |
34% |
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For good grooming, it is recommended that you brush and floss your teeth how often a day? |
Twice |
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To be more efficient with your time, it is recommended that you do not... |
Be a perfectionist for tasks that don't require your best effort |
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Which of these tasks is typically the lowest priority? |
Working on pending files that have tasks |
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The American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) traces it's roots back to... |
1955 |
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Candidates for the CMS (AAMA) Certification Exam are allowed how many day period in which to take the exam? |
90 |
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Which organization offers the Registered Medical Assistant certification? |
American Medical Technologists (AMT) |
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Which organization offers its members with active certification status free access to the My Professional Center (MPC) web site? |
National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) |
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Candidate certification from the NEXT is valid for a period of how long, from the date of certification indicated on each candidate's certificate. |
5 years |
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A requirement for maintaining NCCT certification is accrual of how many clock hours of continuing education each year? |
14 |
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To qualify to sit fit an NHA certification exam, you must graduate from the NHA-approved health care training program or have at least... |
1 year of full-time job experience and a high school diploma or GED |
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AACP certifications allow medical coders, billers, and other health care professionals to do all but which of the following? |
Earn up to 10% more than non-credentialed coders |
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Which of the following is the AAPC certification for Physician Practice? |
CPC |
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The term health care provider does not apply to a... |
Medical assistant |
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A physician must spend how many years in Medical school? |
8 |
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Physicians may lose their license to practice medicine if they... |
Commit fraud when applying for the medical license |
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Which type of physician specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin |
Dermatologist |
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Who diagnoses and treats disorders of the internal organs? |
Internist |
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Which type of physician specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases, disorders, and problems associated with aging? |
Gerontologist |
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Which of these people would be treated by a pediatrician? |
An adolescent with a bacterial infection |
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Which of these is considered a non-physician specialty? |
Dentistry |
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Who introduced the practice of using leeches for medicinal blood removal? |
Egyptians |
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Who is considered the founder of scientific medicine? |
Hippocrates |
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The primary contribution of the Romans to medicine was their... |
Focus on sanitation |
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In ancient Greece, patients slept while what licked their wounds and Asklepios applied salves? |
Snakes |
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The medical school at Salerno, Italy, founded around 850 AD was... |
Known for teaching medicine using a sound basis |
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The major contribution of who to medicine was distinguishing smallpox from measles? |
Rhazes |
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Who first observed that blood in the arteries always flows away from the hears, while the blood in the veins flows toward it? |
William Harvey |
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The founder of modern nursing was... |
Florence Nightingale |
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Who was the chemist that discovered microorganisms could be destroyed by heating? |
Louis Pasteur |
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Who discovered that severed arteries could be joined and again be functional? |
Alexis Carrel |
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Who discovered that the cause of yellow fever was a virus carried by a mosquito? |
Walter Reed |
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Who was the first physician to use an external heart pump successfully in a patient? |
Michael DeBakey
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Which doctor was the first person to implant a pacemaker? |
Ake Senning |
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Which legislation is intended to limit health administration costs, provide for patient information privacy, and prevent fraud and abuse? |
HIPAA |
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Which of the following focuses on three types of energies present in all things: vata, pitta, and kapha? |
Ayurvedic medicine |
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Magnet therapy is primarily promoted as a treatment for... |
Pain |
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Which term refers to what you see in your mind's eye? |
Visualization |
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To be successful as an MA, you must learn a specific... |
Knowledge base, Behaviors, and Set of Skills |
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All of the following are clinical skills except... |
Filing patient records |
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A term that means selflessness is... |
Altruism |
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Putting yourself in another person's shoes is... |
Empathy |
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Which of the following would take priority over all other floor tasks?
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Assisting the provider with a procedure |
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Which of the following organizations provides the RMA credential? |
AMT |
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Which of the following organizations' focus is primarily on certifying medical billers and coders? |
AAPC |
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Which of the following would not be an example of a health provider? |
Medical assistant |
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When one state's medical board recognizes the licensing requirements of another state's medical board as being similar to or more stringent than its own |
Reciprocity |
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The physician specialist looks after patients admitted to the hospital |
Hospitalist |
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Which of the following specialists would be considered a midlevel practitioner? |
Nurse practitioner |
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This health care professional administers radiopharmaceuticals to patients and then scans the body with a special camera to observe how the pharmaceuticals concentrate in specific organs |
Nuclear medicine technologist |
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Which of the following is considered one of the humors described by Galen? |
Phlegm |
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The legislation that was designed to make health care more accessible to those who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford health care benefits |
Health Care Reform Act |
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These treatments are considered to supplement or add to the conventional form of medicine |
Complementary therapies |
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This type of medicine identifies three types of energies that are present in all things |
Ayurvedic medicine |
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Identifies three broad areas of practice for medical assistants certified through the AAMA
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Occupational analysis |
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Person who looks out for patients
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Advocate |
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Medical assistant who performs both clinical and administrative duties |
Generalist |
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Type of medical practice made up of at least two physicians |
Partnership |
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Type of medical practice made up of at least three physicians |
Multiprovider clinic |
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the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a professional or a professional person |
Professionalism |
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This not only looks out of place in a medical setting, it is also a great collector of microorganisms |
Jewelry |
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Something that may be offensive to patients, especially if they have allergies or are suffering from nausea |
Perfume
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Type of accreditation offered by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) |
Programmatic accreditation |
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Type of accreditation offered by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) |
Institutional accreditation |
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Organization, founded in 1939, that serves as a certification and membership society for several allied health professionals, including medical assistants, phlebotomists, and medical lab assistants |
American Medical Technologists (AMT) |
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Organization that produces publications including Coding Edge magazine, Billing Insider e-Newsletter, and ICD-10 Connect e-Newsletter |
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) |
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Organization, established in 1989 as a certification agency, that offers 10 certification exams for several allied health care areas, including the CCMA and CMAA |
National Healthcareer Association |
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Organization that offers certification examinations for National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) and National Certified Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA) |
National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) |
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Being detailed and making certain that information is correct |
Accurate |
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Being polite and well-mannered |
Courteous |
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Being prudent and conscious, especially in regard to speech |
Configential |
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Being reliable and responsible |
Dependable |
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Being trustworthy and truthful |
Honest |
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Showing ambition |
Initiative |
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Acting calm when things don't necessarily go as planned |
Patient |
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Being in exact agreement with time |
Punctual |
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Showing regard for others even if you disagree with their message |
Respectful |
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Works with patients who have hearing and balance disorders |
Audiologist |
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Assists a surgeon and surgical team before, during, and after a procedure |
Surgical tecnologist |
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Evaluates, diagnoses, treats movement disorders in patients with musculoskeletal injuries and illness |
Physical therapist |
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Creates images of structures within the body using sound waves instead of x-rays |
Sonographer |
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Creates a billing statement listing all charges a patient has incurred for services rendered and sends the bill to the patient, insurance company, or attorney |
Medical biller |
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Assists licensed pharmacists in preparing medications for patients and, in certain cases, administering the medicine |
Pharmacy technician |
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Assists licensed pharmacists in preparing medications for patients and, in certain cases, administering the medicine |
Medical coder |
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Assists patients in regulating their diets |
Dietitian |
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Performs procedures of treatment that maintain or improve the ventilatory function of the respiratory tract in patient |
Respiratory therapist |
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Administers specialized emergency care to victims of acute illness or injury and transportation to medical facility |
Emergency medical technician (EMT) |
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Diagnosing and treating diseases and malfunctions of the glands of internal secretion |
Endocrinology |
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Diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the female reproductive tract |
Gynecology |
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Diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the eye |
Ophthalmology |
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Diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders with physical agents |
Physical medicine |
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Diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the nervous system |
Neurology |
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Diagnosing and treating diseases with the use of radionuclides |
Nuclear medicine |
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Diagnosing and treating pronounced manifestations of emotional problems or mental illness that may have an organic causative factor |
Psychiatry |
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Diagnosing and treating conditions of altered immunologic reactivity |
Allergy |
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Diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the ear, nose and throat |
Otorhinolaryngology |
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Evaluating and treating emotional problems through counseling of individuals, families, and groups. |
Psychology |
