NRCMA Practice Test

Protein deficiency may result in:

• Beriberi

• Goiter

• Nutritional edema

• Leukemia

An employee who is considered to be acting on the doctor’s behalf while performing professional tasks is:

• res ipsa loquitur

• subpoena duces tecum

• malfeasance

• respondent superior

What is the medical term for excessive vomiting?

• hyperbaria gravidarum

• hyperemesis gravidarum

• hypersaliva gravidarum

• hypercatharsis gravidarum

White area of the mouth is called:

• leukoplakia

• serous nodule

• Fordyce's granules

• edema

Medicaid is:

• a private health insurance program

• low cost government health insurance for the needy

• a government health insurance plan for military personnel and their families

• a program of medical care for the needy provided by the Title XIX of the Social Security Amendments

An adverse effect is:

• a potentially toxic effect

• an effect that only occurs in high doses

• an effect that only occurs in low doses

• a normal result

When you are asked to take a cervical x-ray, you would take the film of the:

• lower back

• neck region

• central vertebra

• none of the choices

The bones of the fingers are called:

• navicular

• lunate

• phalanges

• hamate

A physician reports a case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) to the state. This is called:

• negligence

• breach of contract

• physician's public duty

• lack of confidentiality

The underlying principle of all types of insurance is:

• the concept of liability

• the law of probability

• let the buyer be aware

• Boyle's Law