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NCCT's National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA)Mock Exam with Complete Solutions
Which of the following is a purpose of the medical record?
a. Diagnosis and treatment
b. Financial record of patient's account balance
c. Intraoffice communication
d. Legal protection for patient Correct Ans-c. The medical record is used to diagnosis and
treat the patient.
Medical records do not contain intraoffice communication or financial records.
The medical record is not designed to provide legal protection for the patient.
What is a location for temporary data storage during computer processing called?
a. Query
b. Buffer
c .Node
d. Bus Correct Ans-c. A location for temporary data storage during computer processing is
called a buffer.
A node is a basic unit of a data structure.
A query is a request for data.
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Mock Exam with Complete Solutions
A bus is the communication system that transfers data between components inside a
computer.
Which of the following is one who specializes in the study of tissue?
a.Cytology
b.Histology
c. Histologist
d.Cytologist Correct Ans-c. Hist- means tissue and -ology means the study of.
What are AEDs used for?
a. Resetting pacemaker
b. Ventricular fibrillation
c.Diastole
d. Asystole Correct Ans-b. AEDs are used for ventricular fibrillation and ventricular
tachycardia.
AEDs are not used in asystole, diastole, or resetting a pacemaker.
Which of the following is the urine chemistry test that measures the percent of hydrogen ion
concentration?
a.Nitrite
b. Urobilinogen
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Mock Exam with Complete Solutions
c. Bilirubin
d. pH Correct Ans-d. pH
pH is a measurement of the acidity/alkalinity of a substance and, therefore, measures the
hydrogen ion concentration of that substance.
Nitrite testing is done to determine if there is bacteria in the urine.
Urinary urobilinogen may be increased in the presence of a hemolytic process such as
hemolytic anemia.
Bilirubin is a yellowish substance made during the body's normal process of breaking down
red blood cells.
The medical abbreviation that means four times a day is which of the following?
a. qs
b. q.i.d
c. q x 4
d. q.4.h. Correct Ans-The medical abbreviation that means four times a day is q.i.d.
Q4h means every four hours.
Qx4 means every 4 days.
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Mock Exam with Complete Solutions
Qs means "defined here."
The most common color coding filing system color codes which of the following?
a. Patient's first name
b. Provider's name
c. Patient's last or surname
d. Patient's social security number Correct Ans-d. Color coding is most often applied to the
patient's last name.
Which one of the following statements applies to paper medical record entries?
a.Physicians must approve all entries
b. Must be written in permanent ink
c. Must be handwritten by the physician
d. Each entry must be no more than 200 words in length Correct Ans-d. All records should
be either typed or written using permanent ink.
Which of the following are not factors that affect respiration?
a.Gender
b. Weight
c. Height
d. Age Correct Ans-d. age
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