Certification Exam Review Pt.3

Question 1

Pathology

Answer 1

study of the disease

Question 2

What suffix means discharge of flow ?

Answer 2

orrhea

Question 3

How often is the physician narcotic license renewed?

Answer 3

annually

Question 4

What does the word part phago mean?

Answer 4

eat

Question 5

Under the Substance Act, how many schedules are there?

Answer 5

5

Question 6

What kind of insurance provides medical care for jobs related accident or illness?

Answer 6

Workers Compensation

Question 7

What are muscle walls of the heart called?

Answer 7

myocardium

Question 8

How does the patient stand in anatomical position?

Answer 8

stands erect

Question 9

What is a counting chamber utilized in manual microscopic method called?

Answer 9

hematocytometer

Question 10

How is the patient lying in prone position?

Answer 10

face down

Question 11

When one encounters a baffling term you should?

Answer 11

consult a dictionary

Question 12

Are the words “annorexia, oititis, and legder” spelled correctly ?

Answer 12

NO its spelled anorexia, otitis, and ledger

Question 13

Abbreviation for every hour

Answer 13

QH

Question 14

Glaucoma

Answer 14

a condition for excessive intraocular pressure which results in atrophy of the optic nerve

Question 15

What is the universal donor blood type?

Answer 15

O

Question 16

What is a way to prevent patients from forgetting future appointments?

Answer 16

use appointment cards

Question 17

Abbreviation for teaspoon

Answer 17

TSP

Question 18

Anemia

Answer 18

a condition indicating that certain elements are lacking in the blood

Question 19

Abortion

Answer 19

the premature termination of pregnancy before the embryo or fetus is able to exist on its own

Question 20

Food and Drug Administration

Answer 20

a governmental agency having legal responsibility for enforcing proper drug manufacture and clinical use

Question 21

Parturition

Answer 21

act of giving birth

Question 22

What does conducting away refer to?

Answer 22

efferent

Question 23

Abbreviation for every two hours

Answer 23

q.2.h

Question 24

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 24

chronic inflammation disease that attacks joints and surrounding tissue and is an intermittent disease with periods of remission

Question 25

Why is the pH of urine checked?

Answer 25

to determine the acidity and the alkalinity

Question 26

Are the words "lisense, and euforia" spelled incorrectly?

Answer 26

YES they are spelled "license and euphoria"

Question 27

Larynx

Answer 27

the voice box

Question 28

Supine positon

Answer 28

the patient lays flat on their back with palms and face up

Question 29

When collecting specimens for a WBC you would use a tube that contians..

Answer 29

EDTA as an anticoagulant

Question 30

Does a 19 gauge needle have a wide lumen?

Answer 30

YES

Question 31

On an ECG, the first wave to show downward deflection is

Answer 31

P wave

Question 32

Bradycardia

Answer 32

slow heart beat

Question 33

Three main groups of carbohydrates

Answer 33

monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides

Question 34

To inflate the blood pressure cuff the valve is turned

Answer 34

clockwise

Question 35

Tachycardia

Answer 35

patient with a rapid pulse

Question 36

When taking a cervical x-ray, you would take film of ?

Answer 36

the neck region

Question 37

During a Snellen eye chart examination a patient should

Answer 37

keep both eyes open but cover one of them

Question 38

What should be avoided as a medical assistant ?

Answer 38

giving medical advice, arguing with the patient, and discussing the patients condition with others

Question 39

What objective should you use when focusing the microscope?

Answer 39

10x

Question 40

Epidermis

Answer 40

outer most cellular layer of skin

Question 41

Where is the plaster placed when applying a cast ?

Answer 41

it is applied over a stockinette

Question 42

Meningitis

Answer 42

an inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord due to a bacterial infection from the ears, sinuses, lungs or brain

Question 43

What does the word part peri mean?

Answer 43

around

Question 44

When autoclaving instruments, the timing period beings when..

Answer 44

when the adequate pressure has built up and when the instrument has been placed in the autoclave and door is sealed

Question 45

What is the word part that means joint?

Answer 45

arthro

Question 46

Antacids

Answer 46

drug agent that neutralize the hydrochloric acid in the stomach

Question 47

Systolic Pressure

Answer 47

the first sound heard when taking blood pressure

Question 48

Metastasis

Answer 48

growth from cancer cells from one tissue to another

Question 49

Hepatomegaly

Answer 49

liver enlargement

Question 50

Eczema

Answer 50

an inflammation of the skin usually causing itching and sometimes accompanied by scaling or blisters