Medical Assistant certification Practice TEST

A patient with a rapid pulse has bradycardia

• True

• False

Water-soluble vitamins are A, D, E and 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 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

Another name for a heart attack is myocardial infarction.

• true

• false

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

• true

• false

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

• true

• false