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Chapter 01: The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team
Niedzwiecki: Kinn’s The Clinical Medical Assistant, 14th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is a characteristic of stage 1 learners according to the learning style inventory?
a. Want to practice what you are learning.
b. Learn best with hands-on practice.
c. Like to create ways of thinking about the material.
d. Comfortable watching rather than doing.
e. Want to practice what you are learning and learn best with hands-on practice.
ANS: D
Stage 1 learners have a concrete reflective style. These students want to know the purpose of the inform
connection to the content. They like to consider a situation from many points of view, observe others, a
They feel most comfortable watching rather than doing.
REF: p. 9 OBJ: 5
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.5 | ABHES: 1.c
2. Which of the following mind maps would display the cause and effect of events?
a. Spider map
b. Fishbone map
c. Chain-of-events map
d. Cycle map
ANS: C
The chain-of-events map displays the cause and effect of events, such as infection control or the history
REF: p. 10 OBJ: 6
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.5 | ABHES: 1.c
3. Which of the following is NOT part of critical thinking?
a. Sorting out conflicting information
b. Weighing your knowledge about the information
c. Deciding on a reasonable belief or action
d. Incorporating personal beliefs
ANS: D
The process of critical thinking involves: (1) sorting out conflicting information, (2) weighing your kno
information, (3) ignoring or letting go of personal biases, and (4) deciding on a reasonable belief or act
actually an active search for the truth.
REF: p. 12 OBJ: 6
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.5 | ABHES: 1.c
4. Which scientist first described circulatory system?
a. Edward Jenner
b. William Harvey
c. John Hunter
d. Andreas Vesalius
ANS: B
William Harvey announced in 1628 that the heart acts as a muscular pump, forcing and propelling the
, 6. Which two scientists developed a vaccine that brought polio under control?
a. Helen Taussig and Alfred Blalock
b. Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk
c. Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey
d. Walter Reed and Sir Frederick Grant Banting
ANS: B
Sabin and Salk developed the vaccination that brought polio under control.
7. Which procedure was first performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard?
a. Operation to save babies born with malformed hearts
b. Heart transplant from one human to another
c. Catheterization for diagnosis of heart disease
d. Injection of penicillin to cure infectious diseases
ANS: B
Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant from one human to another.
8. Which statement best describes the main difference between the DO and the MD?
a. The training for the DO includes more courses and a longer residency.
b. Only the MD can prescribe drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease.
c. The DO places more emphasis on the relationship of the musculoskeletal structure
to the function of organs and tissues in the body.
d. The license for the MD has more requirements and is more difficult to earn.
ANS: C
Doctors of osteopathy stress preventive medicine and holistic patient care. They also place a special em
musculoskeletal system and osteopathic manipulative therapy.
9. The allied health specialist who performs ultrasound diagnostic procedures under the supervision of a p
a. cytotechnologist.
b. diagnostic medical sonographer.
c. electroneurodiagnostic technologist.
d. perfusionist.
ANS: B
A diagnostic medical sonographer performs ultrasound diagnostic procedures under the order and supe
REF: p. 17 OBJ: 8
TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b
10. A medical doctor who specializes in the treatment of disorders of the eye is called an:
a. otolaryngologist.
b. optometrist.
c. obstetrician.
d. ophthalmologist.
ANS: D
The medical doctor who specializes in eye disorders is an ophthalmologist. An optometrist is not a med
REF: p. 15 OBJ: 8 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships
MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2 | ABHES: 1.b
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