NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Test Questions and Answers
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NCCT Medical Assistant
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NCCT Medical Assistant
To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical assistance should establish a _____? -Correct Answer 1. Reorder Point
2. Inventory control log
3. Order quantity
A _____ is created containing the name, address, and phone number of both the vendor and the medical practic...
NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Test
Questions and Answers 2024-2025
To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical assistance
should establish a _____? -Correct Answer ✔1. Reorder Point
2. Inventory control log
3. Order quantity
A _____ is created containing the name, address, and phone number of both the
vendor and the medical practice. It will also have a preassigned number to track the
order, the quantity of items ordered, the price of the items, and the date purchased. -
Correct Answer ✔Purchase Order
Periodically, the medical assistant should check all equipment in the office to ensure
that courts are not afraid, do not present hazards, and are in good working order. A
_____ will help the medical assistant track this routine inspection. -Correct Answer
✔Maintenance Log
When a physician dictates an operative report and asked the medical assistant to type it
up, the physician is asking the medical assistant to function as a_____? -Correct
Answer ✔Transcriptionist
Under the pier review improvement act of 1982, peer review organizations are
responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the
hospital by a process known as _____ review -Correct Answer ✔Admissions
Which one of the following is a decision based upon bioethics.
a. Reporting physical, emotional, or mental abuse.
b. Treating a 16 year old girl who is pregnant without parental consent.
c. The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research.
d. Reporting to the authorities a suicidal patient. -Correct Answer ✔The use of fetal
tissue transplantation for research.
A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential
information except for which of the following? gunshot wound, anorexia, drug addiction,
pregnancy -Correct Answer ✔Gunshot Wound
what is the federal regulation that requires healthcare professionals to protect the
privacy and confidentiality of patients health information? -Correct Answer ✔HIPPA
a business letter, written in full block style will have all lines_____? -Correct Answer ✔At
the left hand margin.
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when writing a business letter, the salutation of a letter should be followed by which
punctuation mark? -Correct Answer ✔Colon :
when handling a patient complaint, which one of the following would be most
appropriate?
a. If the patient is angry, matches/her anger level, and she will calm down.
b. take all complaints seriously and take thorough notes
c. refused to talk to patients who are complaining; the doctor should handle them.
d. no correct answer -Correct Answer ✔b. take all complaints seriously and take
thorough notes
body language, body posture, space and distance are all examples of _____? -Correct
Answer ✔nonverbal communication
what is the suggested procedure for canceling an appointment in the appointment
book? -Correct Answer ✔Mark through the entry with a single red line
the amount an insured patient must pay towards claims each year for the insurance
company will pay for medical treatment is known as the_____? -Correct Answer
✔deductible
instructions to an insurance company about where and to whom to make payment are
called_____? -Correct Answer ✔assignment of benefits
the Internal Revenue Service issues a_____ to medical groups or solo practices for
income tax purposes -Correct Answer ✔federal tax identification number
an office appointment calendar or book must record not only the name of the patient
and the start time of appointment, but also indicate the_____? -Correct Answer
✔duration of the appointment
a 12 month period selected for financial purposes is called a_____year. -Correct
Answer ✔fiscal
each prescription for a controlled substance requires the physician signature and
a_____registration number -Correct Answer ✔DEA
determining whether a particular medical treatment i.e. surgery, tests will be covered
under a patient's insurance policy contract involves a process known as_____? -Correct
Answer ✔pre-certification
in the reception area of a medical practice, the computer screen must never be_____? -
Correct Answer ✔able to be viewed by patients
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