PART ONE- AMCA PRACTICE EXAM QUIZ

Question 1

What is the purpose of performing a specific gravity on a urine sample?

Accepted Answer

To measure its density when compared with distilled water

Question 2

Method of examination using some fingers to tap the body lightly or sharply

Accepted Answer

Percussion

Question 3

How often should quality control tests be done for procedures performed in the office?

Accepted Answer

Daily

Question 4

What is the average quantity of urine produced by an adult over a 24-hr period?

Accepted Answer

1,250 mL

Question 5

What is the best reason for the clinical medical assistant to check examination room supplies throughout the day?

Accepted Answer

Maintenance of office professionalism

Question 6

Which suffix means “berry shaped?”

Accepted Answer

-coccus

Question 7

Where would you find the paper chart of a patient you have not seen for 3+ years?

Accepted Answer

Inactive files

Question 8

What is the term for information like date of birth, home address, and phone number provided by a new patient?

Accepted Answer

Demographic

Question 9

What is the most important reason for documenting all appointment “no shows” in each patient’s medical record?

Accepted Answer

To provide risk management

Question 10

The office appointment book must provide space for recording all the patient information EXCEPT which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Patient’s address

Question 11

Which of the following prevents unauthorized computer access to any patient records and/or office financial records?

Accepted Answer

Assignment of user passwords

Question 12

Blood pressure reading for the force with which blood is pushed against arterial walls upon the heart ventricles:

Accepted Answer

Systolic

Question 13

Blood collected in a vacuum tube with no additive is used for blood chemistry tests.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Why won't antibiotics cure the common cold?

Accepted Answer

Because it is caused by a virus

Question 15

Which of the following best describes the type of analysis used when processing blood for transfusions?

Accepted Answer

Immunohematological

Question 16

Which medical term is used to describe “pinpoint skin hemorrhage?”

Accepted Answer

Petechia

Question 17

Which blood type is considered the universal recipient?

Accepted Answer

AB positive

Question 18

Which anatomical structure secretes sweat and arises from the dermis?

Accepted Answer

Sudoriferous gland

Question 19

What is the diagnostic term “seborrhea” defined as?

Accepted Answer

Excessive discharge of oil

Question 20

Even though the schedule has no buffer times available, which patient would you have to fit into the day’s schedule?

Accepted Answer

Patient needing history and physical for a scheduled surgical procedure

Question 21

What is the term describing the process of sharing data by linking two or more computers?

Accepted Answer

Networking

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a sign or symptom of shock?

Accepted Answer

Strong, slow pulse

Question 23

Which of the following combining word forms means “internal organs?”

Accepted Answer

Viscer/o

Question 24

Which of the following are the three most common types of medical records?

Accepted Answer

Active, inactive, closed

Question 25

Which test determines the degree of inflammation to the body?

Accepted Answer

ESR Test

Question 26

Which kind of blood study includes examining the blood for its total number of formed elements and cell morphology?

Accepted Answer

Hematology tests

Question 27

You schedule appointments for a patient who habitually arrives up to an hour late for scheduled appointment times:

Accepted Answer

At the end of the day

Question 28

Which urine specimen would contain the highest solute concentration?

Accepted Answer

1st morning

Question 29

Which statement is TRUE about the border of a sterile field?

Accepted Answer

The one inch border is considered nonsterile

Question 30

Blood collected in a vacuum tube with EDTA is used for hematology tests.

Accepted Answer

True

PART ONE- AMCA PRACTICE EXAM QUIZ

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PART ONE- AMCA PRACTICE EXAM QUIZ

Questions 30