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AMCA Practice Exams Questions & Correct Answers Verified 1.Which of the following best describes ethics?Answer A. Conforming to moral stan- dards of the right behavior or rule of conduct 2.What is the main purpose of PPE?Answer C. Provide employees a barrier against infection 3.OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) laws that protect medical professionals in which way?Answer C. Guidelines and procedures that protect you from exposure to blood borne pathogens and other bodily fluids in the workplace 4.If you are said to be in a basal state, which answer would apply to your current condition?Answer D. A resting metabolic state early in the morning after a minimum of 12 hours of fasting 5.Which of the following options best describes a quantitative test?Answer B. Tests for the presence and amount of substance in sample 1 / 4

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6.PPE Check! You are exposed to bloody vomit, which is the most appropriate PPE?Answer B. Gloves, gowns, booties 7.Which answer best defines HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability Account- ability Act)?Answer D. Gives patients a right to copies of their medical records upon request 8.Which Medical Assistant has breached HIPAA?A.Kris who works in the clinic asks Mark why her neighbor was in the office to see the doctor. Mark told Kris the patient was in an MVA.B.Marcia sees her mother leaving the doctors office as she is checking in. She asks Leslie, the MA who is taking her vitals, why her mother was there. Leslie said she was just following up on her diabetes, nothing serious.C.Steven an 18 y/o high school senior was getting a physical done with his PCP. His father calls in to request the records for Stevens football try outs. Kerry the MA copies the records and gives them to Stevens father.D.All of the above Answer D. All of the above 9.If a patient is experiencing SOB, which is the best body 2 / 4

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position for the patient?Answer A. Fowlers 10.All of the following could result in revocation of a Physicians license except for which answer?Answer D. Discharge of a non-compliant patient 11.What is the smallest structural unit of the nervous system?Answer D. Neuron 12.The left ventricle of the heart is responsible for what function?Answer C. Part of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood out of the heart 13.Cells form together to make up tissue. Tissue forms together to make up . Which answer best fits?Answer D. Organs 14.What are the two actions that muscles assist the knee joint to perform?Answer B. Flexion and extension 15.What is co-insurance? 3 / 4

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Answer C. The patients share of the cost of services 16.Which is the best example of co-insurance?Answer C. Both A & B- A percentage of the charges that are the patient's responsibility and A set amount the patient pays at every visit 17.TWO PART QUESTION; Two patients walk into your office at the same time. The first patient is a 45 y/o male who c/o SOB, chest pain and left side jaw pain. The second patient is an 80 y/o female who needs refills on her heart medications. She only has one pill left. What process would you use to determine who will be seen first? Which patient should be seen first?Answer B. Triage 18.All of the following information is included in the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) except for Answer B. Emergency Information 19.A patient who is 65 years or older can qualify for which type of Federally funded insurance?Answer B. Medicare 20.Which part of Medicare allows a patient to choose a secondary private insurance to assist with medical costs not

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