CMAA Juniors Test 1

Which of the following is NOT a way to protect information when using a fax machine?

• Walk away while a fax is sent.

• Stay at the fax machine while the fax is being sent

• Include a cover sheet with a confidentiality statement.

• Shred unneeded information after sending a fax.

Which of the following is information that is shared within a protected relationship?

• Protected privacy

• Accountability

• Privileged communication

• Secure Information

If an employer pays for a job-related physical examination, which of the following is TRUE?

• The patient is automatically sent a copy of the record following the examination.

• The physician always discusses the results with the patient.

• The health care facility own the records and the employer is only entitled to a summary of findings.

• The employer has rights to the medical records.

How should a documentation error be corrected?

• Erase the error and initial the change.

• Use correction fluid and initial the change.

• Black out the error, add the correct information, and initial the change.

• Draw a line through the error, add the correct information, initial, and date.

Which of the following is a type of advance directive?

• Client rights

• Grievance

• Privileged communication

• Living will

Which of the following is considered a civil right?

• Freedom of religion

• The right to emergency services.

• The right to free health care.

• Justice

Liability can be defined as which of the following?

• A moral desire to do the right thing

• An ethical responsibility to cause no harm

• Legal responsibility for causing harm

• The ability to sue the party responsible for causing harm

Which of the following should be done when copying confidential information?

• Remain by the copier and make sure to collect the original item.

• Ask someone who isn't busy to gather the copied items.

• Throw away extra copies immediately.

• Create a central area to store unclaimed copies.

What is the purpose of communication patterns?

• To prevent the spread of gossip

• To provide a systematic way of sharing important information

• To make it clear who is in-charge

• To make employees feel important

A provider asks a medical administrative assistant to schedule a patient's next appointment for arthrocentesis of the right shoulder. This would be an appointment for which of the following:

• surgical repair of the right shoulder

• injection of medicine into the right shoulder joint

• surgical puncture to remove fluid from the right shoulder joint

• visual examination of the right shoulder