Q1 Exam Quizziz

Which tissue type contains cells with the specialized ability to react to stimuli and to conduct electrical impulses?

• nerve

• connective

• epithelial

• muscle

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, for the period 2018 to 2028, the employment of medical assistants is expected to ______.

• grow 118 percent

• grow 23 percent

• remain about the same

• shrink 17 percent

Which of the following will assist you in being more efficient with your time?

• Be a perfectionist for all tasks, even those that don’t require your best effort, so you don’t have to spend time correcting things.

• Make a daily list of tasks and projects that must be completed.

• Complete low-priority requests first—especially those that are optional as they are usually simple tasks.

• Complete tasks in the order they become available because prioritizing takes too much time.

Which is true about a chronic condition?

• It has a rapid onset.

• It has a short duration.

• It has a severe course.

• It is rarely cured.

Gloria Quilles arrives at the ER with severe chest pains. The on-call nurse uses which process to determine how quickly Gloria will be seen by a doctor?

• triage

• remission

• diagnosis

• malaise

Which prefix means scanty or few?

• dextro-

• oligo-

• megalo-

• sinistro-

What does the suffix in the term diarrhea mean?

• flow or discharge

• abnormal softening

• inflammation

• abnormal condition

Which advance directive grants power to another person to make treatment decisions for a patient should the patient be unable to make them?

• health care proxy

• living will

• allow natural death

• physician's orders for life-sustaining treatment

Where are the organs of the excretory system located?

• abdominal cavity

• pelvic cavity

• cranial cavity

• spinal cavity

What is Alzheimer's disease an example of?

• an acronym

• an abbreviation

• a sign

• an eponym