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AMCA Medical Assistant Practice Test 2
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AMCA Medical Assistant PracticeTest 2
Which of the type on an ECG reflects ventricular heart depolarization? - -QRS
wave
-What is the universal standard speed for recording an ECG? -
-25mm/second
-What is the purpose of performing a specific gravity on a urine sample? - -
It measures its density when compared with distilled water
-All of the following demonstrate quality control. What is the exception? - -
Treating every customer properly
-What is the pacemaker of the heart? - -SA node (sinoatrial node)
-Which of the following commonly used disinfectants is used in the medical
field and found to be effective against bloodborne pathogens? - -Bleach
-Which of the following is the appropriate method for disposing of
contaminated needles? - -Place it in bio-hazard sharps container located in
the room where used
-What is the most important step in achieving medical asepsis? - -Washing
Hands
-Which of the following solutions will help prevent the transmission of
hepatitis? - -Household bleach
-How often should quality control tests be done? - -Daily
-Which organization developed the guidelines for universal precautions? - -
CDC
-According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE when they have
contact with which of the following? - -Blood
-To detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is tested for the presence
of which of the following? - -HCG hormone
-A bacteriological culture needs to be performed on a collected urine
specimen. Which of the following instructions best describe what your
patient should do? - -Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup
, -A urine specimen was collected and then left standing for more than 1
hour. Bacteria grew, and the pH of the urine became which of the following?
- -Alkaline
-What is the pH range for normal urine?? - -4.5 to 8.0
-If a patient normally drinks ten or more 8-oz glasses of water each day,
urine would most likely be which color? - -Straw
-Urine needs to be collected in which type of container if it is collected for
bacterial culture? - -Sterile
-A routine analysis of urine is made up of which of the following sets of
examinations? - -Microscopic, Chemical, Physical
-To prevent a urine sample from becoming an unreliable pH sample, the
specimen should be handled in which manner? - -Tested within 1 hour of
collection
-Which color on a vacuum tube top indicates that the blood specimen will be
used for cultures? - -Yellow
-When placing a urine specimen tube into the centrifuge for later creating a
wet mount, where should you place an identical tube containing water in that
same centrifuge? - -Directly opposite the tube containing the urine specimen
-What are bioethics concerned with? - -moral controversy over biomedical
technology
-What is the principle of the hand holding the needle assembly against the
patient's arm during phlebotomy? - -Prevent excess needle movement
-When a reagent strip is used to test a urine specimen and the result is
positive for ketones, this may be an indication of which condition? - -
Diabetes Mellitus
-What is the term for the measure of the degree of acidity or alkalinity of
urine? - -pH
-Which of the following steps listed is not appropriate when performing a
capillary puncture? - -placing a tourniquet around the finger
-When would a capillary blood sample be diluted with tissue fluid? - -If the
finger is squeezed excessively
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