Medical Assistant Worksheet - Lessons 1 & 2

Which of the following is an example of a patient who is contagious?

• A patient comes into the office with rhinitis and excessive sneezing episodes due to seasonal changes

• A patient comes into the office asymptomatic. When tested, their HSV-1 blood antibodies (IgG) test comes back positive, but they have a negative PCR test (the virus is currently in an inactive state)

• A patient comes into the office experiencing excessive night sweats, elevated HR upon waking, and consistent feelings of impending doom.

• A patient comes in who works with children. Many of the children they work with were absent throughout the month due to documented illness. They are experiencing a cough that has persisted for about a week, and they cannot seem to break their low-grade fever.

Which of the following is an appropriate solution for cleaning a patient's arm prior to a venipuncture ordered to test their A1C?

• Hot water and soap

• 100% isopropyl alcohol

• Iodine

• 70% isopropyl alcohol

• 20% ammonia solution

A medical assistant is talking with the parent of a child who has food poisoning symptoms due to e. coli. The medical assistant should explain that which of the following is the mode of transmission for this infection?

• Fomite

• Foodborne

• Droplet

• Contact

Which of the following is the normal range for an adult heart rate per minute?

• 60-100

• 75-130

• 80-160

• 85-150

• 55-110

Subjective information that is described by the patient constitutes as which of the following?

• Diagnosis

• Condition

• Observation

• Sign

• Symptom

When should a patient's allergy list be updated?

• Every 6 months

• At every office visit

• When the patient indicates that she is taking a new medication

• Every 3 months

• Once a year

In which position does the patient lie flat on the examination table, face-down, with the head turned to one side and the arms placed at the sides or bent at the elbows?

• Supine

• Prone

• Fowler's

• Lithotomy

• Knee-elbow

Often test like hCG pregnancy work as ELISA tests. One of the lines will react if the antigen of interest is present, in this case the hormone hCG, the second line is present to confirm the tests validity. What is this second line called?

• Control line

• Confounding line

• Independent line

• Test line

• Dependent line

A deficiency in which mineral causes a goiter?

• Magnesium

• Zinc

• Iron

• Iodine

• Phosphorus

A medical assistant performs a POC capillary/dermal puncture. For this test they drop the blood and developer onto a cassette to test for a common enteric bacterial infection on a patient presenting with symptoms consistent with a peptic ulcer. This POCT is confirming the presence of which bacterial infection?

• H. pylori

• Mononucleosis caused by EBV

• Enterobacteriaceae (E. coli)

• Salmonella