Practice test 1

A patient with a rapid pulse has bradycardia

• True

• False

Water-soluble vitamins are A, D, E, K

• True

• False

Carbon dioxide is a waste product of metabolism.

• True

• False

Some states consider it legal for medical assistants to diagnose a condition and prescribe treatment

• True

• False

It is illegal for a patient to be denied a copy of his chart if he is unable to pay the fee to obtain it.

• True

• False

A physician cannot be held responsible for the actions of his/her employees.

• True

• False

A substance used to impart color to tissue or cells in order to study and identify microscopic organisms is called a stain.

• True

• False

A properly collected sputum specimen should contain both mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract and saliva.

• True

• False

Another name for a myocardial infarction is a heart attack.

• True

• False

The most reliable and timely method of transporting microbiologic specimens is pickup by the laboratory.

• True

• False