Medical Assisting Quiz 1-25

What is the purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?

• manufacture vaccines

• safeguard public health

• train physicians and other healthcare professionals in the United States

• track all organ donations

• lobby for healthcare reform

All the following are stages in Elizabeth Kübler-Ross’s theory of five stages of grief EXCEPT

• denial

• anger

• bargaining

• confusion

• acceptance

What does the Latin phrase respondeat superior mean?

• let the buyer beware

• malpractice

• intentional tort

• let the master answer

• misfeasance

The material safety data sheet contains information concerning

• Electrical Safety

• emergency office

• implantable medical devices and their usage

• any hazardous materials used in construction of the building

• hazardous chemicals and other harmful substances used in the office

What congressional act preserves individual rights to make decisions to consent or refuse medical treatment by presentation of a living will, advance directive, or durable power of attorney?

• Patient-Self Determination Act

• Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

• Occupational Safety and Health Act

• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act

• Americans with Disabilities Act

After placing a caller on hold, how often should you check on the caller?

• once every minute

• once every 15 seconds

• once every 30 seconds

• never

• once every two minutes

Which of the following best describes the location of the hypochondriac region of the body?

• below the pelvis

• below the ribs

• distal to the colon

• center of the stomach

• back of the brain

Which of the following conditions is NOT an emergency?

• premature labor

• possible chest pain

• asthma

• drug overdose

• family of a cancer patient who has just died at home

In medical terms, a root word is a word that

• always stands alone.

• serves as a foundation word.

• is an abbreviation.

• is a suffix.

• is a synonym.

A prefix can

• be located in the middle of a medical term.

• follow a medical term.

• give information about color.

• always be used as an abbreviation.

• be used alone with a preposition.