AMCA Exam

Question 1

A physician is not required to report

Answer 1

Stroke

Question 2

A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than a year is

Answer 2

misdemeanor

Question 3

Professional negligence is also called

Answer 3

malpractice

Question 4

What should an assistive person keep in mind during their daily routine in medicine

Answer 4

confidentiality

Question 5

When is it permissible to release information about a patient record

Answer 5

When the court requests it by means of a subpoena

Question 6

Under what circumstance is it permissible to release information from a patient’s records

Answer 6

when patient signs a consent form

Question 7

Potential infectious body fluid doesn’t include

Answer 7

sweat

Question 8

Cleaning technique is another name for

Answer 8

medical asepsis

Question 9

Instruments that penetrate a patient’s skin should be

Answer 9

sterile

Question 10

Instruments that come in contact with only a patient’s mucous membrane should be

Answer 10

disinfected

Question 11

Instruments that touch only the healthy intact skin should be

Answer 11

sanitized

Question 12

Anything that posseses a risk to the human body or a living organism is called a

Answer 12

biohazard

Question 13

OSHA standard requires

Answer 13

a written schedule for cleaning

Question 14

Treating all human blood as if it were infectious is called

Answer 14

universal precautious

Question 15

standard precautions are

Answer 15

used mainly in hospital

Question 16

What liquid is used in an autoclave to sterilize instruments

Answer 16

DI water

Question 17

six C’s

Answer 17

Client words

Question 18

What suture is the largest

Answer 18

0-0

Question 19

The position in which the patient is lying flat on their back is known as

Answer 19

supine

Question 20

What position is used for prrineal and vaginal area examination

Answer 20

Lithotomy

Question 21

What position requires the examination table to be raised in the middle both ends pointing down

Answer 21

Proctological

Question 22

Surgical procedures that require less than one day to perform with no over night stay is

Answer 22

Outpatient surgery

Question 23

What wouldn’t be the MA’s responsibility in the physical preparing of the patient

Answer 23

Obtaining and prescribing medication that are not expired

Question 24

In what position is used to examine the rectum, where the patient lies on the left side with the left leg sightly flexed

Answer 24

Sims’

Question 25

What thermometer is considered the most accurate indicator of the body temp.

Answer 25

Rectal

Question 26

The artery most common used for taking pulse

Answer 26

Radial

Question 27

A patient’s temp. was 96.9¤f, what is the temp. in ¤c

Answer 27

36.1¤c

Question 28

What is not a vital sign

Answer 28

weight

Question 29

What term means “difficulty breathing”

Answer 29

Dyspnea

Question 30

When taking rectal temp. how long should the thermometer be left in the rectum

Answer 30

5 min

Question 31

The absence of respiration for periods lasting 15 <

Answer 31

Apnea

Question 32

What area of the body is the popliteal pulse taken

Answer 32

Knee

Question 33

What is included in a patient’s vital signs

Answer 33

Respiration

Question 34

What temperature is considered fatal

Answer 34

103.8¤f

Question 35

What route is involved in administering a drug by placing it under the patient’s tongue and leaving it there until it dissolves?

Answer 35

Sublingual

Question 36

What part of a prescription includes, patient name address date and the Rx symbol

Answer 36

Superscription

Question 37

Sedative

Answer 37

Barbituate