Medical Office Procedures Review

The majority medical assistants work in which type of environment?

• surgical

• insurance company

• ambulatory care

• laboratory

The American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) traces it roots back to:

• 1935

• 1955

• 1975

• 1995

Which organization offers the Registered Medical Assistant certification?

• American Medical Technologists (AMT)

• American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)

• National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)

• American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)

   

The founder of modern nursing was:

• Rene Laennec

• Trotula Platearius

• Florence Nightingale

• Marie Curie

Urgent care centers:

• originated about 10 years ago

• are usually open only on weekends

• typically require patients to make an appointment

• take care of patients with acute illness or injury

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, employment of medical assistants is expected to ______ from 2012 to 2022.

• grow 118 percent

• grow 29 percent

• remain about the same

• shrink 17 percent 

The medical school at Salerno, Italy, founded around 850 CE was:

• created by a group of four Italian scholars

• open only to men

• open only to Italians

• known for teaching medicine using a sound basis

The two main types of boundaries are:

• economic and personal

• political and social

• physical and emotional

• chronological and ecological

What is the most commonly used defense mechanism?

• rationalization

• displacement

• repression

• intellectualization

Candidate certification from the NCCT is valid for a period of ____ years, from the date of certification indicated on each candidate’s certificate.

• 2

• 5

• 7

• 10