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#7 missed questions
Missed questions on practice test #7
Question | Answer |
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In a color-coding filing system, which of the following colors would be used to file names beginning with the letters A to D? | Red |
Separation of the nail from its bed is called | Onycholysis |
Schizophrenia is a Multiple Choice severe distortion of reality. severe delusions. severe lack of enjoyment and interest. All of these None of these | All of these |
Blood pressure readings should routinely be started at the age of | three years |
Which of the following medications is used in conjunction with diet therapy to reduce a patient's serum cholesterol level? | Zocor |
The ratio that gives an estimate of the relative safety of a drug is called the | therapeutic index. |
Which of the following forms is filed with an employee's state income tax return? | W-2 |
Which of the following is called ''bad'' cholesterol? | Low-density lipoprotein |
All of the following are symptoms of mania except | multiple personalities. |
Paralysis on one side of the body is called | hemiplegia. |
In a business letter, the body of the letter begins two lines below the salutation or subject line, and is | single-spaced. |
A physician orders 1 g of a medication that is available in 500 mg / 5 mL. Which of the following is the correct dosage? | 10 mL |
Which of the following respiratory conditions is characterized by entrance of air or gas into the pleural space, and results in a collapsed lung? | Pneumothorax |
Maslow theorized that | Biological needs must be met before self-actualization |
Humanistic theorists believe that behavior is | Controlled by a person naturally trying to reach his or her potential |
The type of endorsement used when preparing checks for deposit into the physician’s checking account is known as which of the following? | Third-party |
A 30yo man has been diagnosed with late cancer. He will probably live only six-nine months. You are the medical assistant at the primary care doctor’s office. Two weeks after receiving his diagnosis, you see this patient, and he tells you he is sending la | Denial |
Source-oriented medical documents should be arranged in which of the following orders? | Subject |
An abnormal "tarry" stool with a strong odor, which may be a sign of peptic ulcer, is referred to as | melena. |
Groups of physicians, hospitals, and other health care organizations that voluntarily work together to coordinate care for Medicare patients are known as | ACOs |
The prefix ab- means | away from |
On a prescription, the abbreviation hs means | at bedtime. |
Which of the following body systems in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) book includes the code for a mastectomy? | Female reproductive |
Pentazocine is used as a(n) | opioid analgesic to relieve severe acute or chronic pain. |
Which of the following is an example of the fight-or-flight syndrome? | Fear |
Which of the following are most often sent by first-class mail? | Postcards |
A hemocytometer slide is used primarily for counting | sperm |
Bitter tastes are perceived | at the back of the tongue. |
Some of the humanistic approach's best-known applications are | psychotherapy methods. |
Which form must be completed for an employer tax identification number? | SS-4 |
Which of the following types of injections is given at a 10- to-15-degree angle? | Intradermal |
Which of the following classes of drugs is used to constrict the pupils? | Miotics |
CPT codes are organized into how many sections? | Six |
The salutation and complimentary close in a business letter are omitted in which of the following formats? | Simplified |
Which of the following serum levels is measured in a hyperlipoproteinemia profile test? | Cholesterol |
According to Freud, the state of development marked by disinterest in sexual concerns is known as the | genital stage |
Which of the following patient information must be recorded when you are scheduling an appointment for a patient? | Telephone number |
The rabies vaccine should be administered only in which of the following muscles? | Deltoid |
Which of the following statements is true of centrally acting muscle relaxants? | Examples include baclofen (Lioresal®), carisoprodol (Soma®), and tizandine (Zanaflex®), AND they are used for therapy of muscle strain and multiple sclerosis. |
Which of the following is/are the founder(s) of humanistic psychology? | Carl Rogers |
Which of the following is the most appropriate initial step before placing instruments in an autoclave? | Sanitizing |
You talk with a patient, and listen to him describe how he feels. You gain some understanding of how it is to be thirty years old and dying because he explains what it is like to walk in his shoes. Your emotional experience is known as | empathy. |
The petty cash fund is used to purchase which of the following items? | Postage due |
To obtain an accurate reading from a microhematocrit, the reading line should be placed at the top of which of the following levels? | Plasma |
Lynette was depressed for six months. however, she feels so confident, energetic, good that she decides to take all of her bank savings out and invest in gerbil cages and equipment. She states that she has discovered a way to make gerbils live forever. Sh | bipolar |
The inability to use a sensory organ or partial inability to move an arm or leg is referred to as which of the following psychological disorders? | Conversion |
Paul got very angry at his dog because it urinated all over his new carpet. He had an urge to hit the dog, but, instead, he punched his wall. The defense mechanism that Paul displayed is | displacement |
The suffix -emesis means | vomiting. |
In a patient who is unconscious and may have sustained an injury to the cervical spine, which of the following maneuvers is most appropriate to establish and maintain the airway? | Jaw-thrust |
Which of the following vitamins is necessary for formation of prothrombin in the liver and is essential to blood clotting? | Vitamin K |
Patient dismissal letters should be sent by which of the following types of mail? | Certified |
Which of the following procedures requires the shortest appointment time? | Blood pressure monitoring |
Dianne has an active set of defense mechanisms that constantly affect her behavior and thoughts. The defense mechanisms are her | Ego's attempt to control anxiety and guilt |
In which of the following instances do you usually have to use a combining vowel? | When connecting two word roots AND when connecting a word root and a suffix that starts with a consonant |
A corticosteroid is used to treat | asthma. |
In a healthy adult, what is the approximate ratio of hematocrit to hemoglobin? | 3:1 |
A patient is always telling the staff in the office how irritable they are and how they do not listen to her. The patient is under a lot of stress and is irritable. The office staff has been observed on multiple occasions politely listening to this patien | projection. |
Sally is a four-year-old who prefers sleeping with her parents to sleeping in her own bed. However, she gets upset when she sees her father kissing her mother. In which of Freud’s psychosexual stages of development is Sally likely to be? | Phallic |
Which of the following types of leukocytes increases during an allergic reaction? | Eosinophils |
A patient states that she just got fired from her job. You recognize this stressor as | personal stressor |
According to the United States Postal Service, which of the following is the correct abbreviation for the state of Maine? | ME |
Which of the following is a computer output device? | Printer |
Which of the following drugs is a diuretic? | Hydrochlorothiazide (Aquazide H) |
When mailing valuable items, it is most appropriate to use which of the following postal services? | Certified mail |
Which of the following filing systems is best for protecting patient confidentiality? | Color-coded |
Which of the following types of incoming mail should be sorted and placed on top of the stack due to its importance and urgency? | Physician’s personal mail |
Which of the following is synonymous with a patient ledger? | Account history |
Which of the following items is used to test for glaucoma? | Tonometer |
Which of the following is an instrument used to open or distend a body orifice? | Speculum |
A device used to measure the degree of joint movement is called a | goniometer. |
Which of the following is defined as the practice of performing medical tests and procedures in order to protect against future liability, and to document the health care provider's judgment? | Defensive medicine |
A seventy-four-year-old man has severe gangrene of the right foot and right lower leg. His physician recommends above-the-knee amputation to prevent further problems.refuses to consider this recommendation and states that he will stop smoking to control t | Denial |
Decreased amylase levels in serum are seen in which of the following conditions? | Extensive destruction of the pancreas |
Therapeutic phlebotomy may be performed to treat | polycythemia. |
Which of the following types of injections are used to administer a tuberculin skin test? | Intradermal |
Which of the following is the most appropriate turnaround time for payment of an account? | 30 Days |
Which of the following items is used to test for glaucoma? | Tonometer |
Which of the following is a mental disorder characterized by extreme withdrawal and an abnormal absorption in fantasy? | Autism |
Based on the humanist theory, a person has an internal force that pushes him or her to grow and improve. The force is known as | inner-directedness. |
Mental processes are | private thoughts, emotions, and feelings that are not directly observable, and are deducible only through inference. |
Which of the following types of injections produces a small wheal on the skin? | Intradermal |
Surgical incision into the peritoneal cavity is called | laparotomy. |