Deck 1: Medical Assistant Practice

Question 1

"It's time for Name That Organs' bonus trivia round! With your host, Ana Tomy!" "Thanks Fizzy Ology! Let's get to our bonus question: The phrase 'Anatomical position' is used for what purpose?"

A)It is used to describe the position/placement of body parts in relation to one another.
B)It is important in anatomy because anatomic directional terms are used in reference to the anatomical position.
C)A and B.
D)I can't say the purpose in polite company.

Answer 1

A and B.

Question 2

"From beautiful, downtown Hemato City, this is Name That Organ, with your favorite host and mine, the wonderful Ana Tomy! I'm your announcer Fizzy Ology. Before we start the next game, let's play a warm-up round!" "Name the blood vessels where cellular exchange of nutrients and by-products takes place."

A)Venous blood vessels.
B)Arterial blood vessels.
C)Capillary blood vessels.

Answer 2

Capillary blood vessels.

Question 3

A nurse obtains an order from a physician to restrain a client by using a jacket restraint and delegates a medical assistant to assist in the restraining of the client. Which of the following observations indicates inappropriate application of the restraint by the medical assistant?

A)A safety knot in the restraint straps
B)Restraint straps that are safely secured to the side rails
C)Jacket restraint straps that do not tighten when force is applied against them
D)Jacket restraint secured so that two fingers can slide easily between the restraint and the client's skin

Answer 3

Restraint straps that are safely secured to the side rails

Question 4

Tina informed the staff nurse that she'll take her 30-minute break. After a short snack in the cafeteria, she then went into the nurses' lounge and talked with her sister who came in to visit her. Which of the following statements best describe the situation?

A)Tina should be aware that this is not allowed. Entertaining visitors during duty hours is not appropriate.
B)Tina should inform the nurse of her sister's visit.
C)Tina should entertain her sister. She is on her break time and she can do anything she wants.
D)Tina should bring her sister to the locker room and converse with her there. The nurse's lounge is not the appropriate place to entertain visitors.

Question 5

Where is the area of the anterior shoulder located?

A)The area between the neck and shoulder (the top of the shoulder).
B)The area on the back (the shoulder blade).
C)The area above the upper chest (front of shoulder).
D)The deltoid area of the upper arm (the area on the side of the shoulder).

Question 6

Phil the Medical Assistant has returned to a patient's room for another blood draw. The patient has several visitors in the room. After introducing himself and properly identifying the patient, Phil makes conversation by congratulating the patient, as the previous blood draw confirmed the patient's pregnancy. What, if anything, has Phil done wrong?

A)Phil has not done anything wrong.
B)Phil has breached the patient's right to confidentiality.
C)Phil has violated the Patient Bill of Rights.
D)Both B and C.

Question 7

The word myringotomy means:

A)To place an incision into the muscles
B)To place an opening into the tympanic membrane
C)To remove the ear drum
D)None of the above

Question 8

"I am Commander I. M. Unity; you can call me sir. I coordinate millions of soldiers in the war against infection, inflammation, and allergies. My massive army defends your world from scoundrels like bacteria, viruses, and parasites, just to name a few. My scouts tell me there is an infection brewing underneath a scab on the knee. I have dispatched a massive unit of hungry fighters from my granulocyte division. Alright recruit, what's the official name of these soldiers?"

A)Eosinophils.
B)Basophils.
C)Monocytes.
D)Neutrophils.

Question 9

What is informed consent?

A)Type of consent given when a patient is unconscious.
B)Type of consent given when a patient is tested for HIV.
C)Type of consent given by a patient that allows medical examination and treatment.

Question 10

You have no suitable venipuncture sites on either arm. You are now considering the foot, before informing the patient's nurse. What are the names of the superficial veins located on the foot?

A)The greater saphenous vein.
B)The lesser saphenous vein.
C)The dorsal venous arch.
D)All of the above.

Question 11

A medical assistant is in the lab. He is looking at a specimen he drew earlier. He is concerned that he may have done something wrong because this specimen was supposed to be for serum studies and the serum appears cloudy and milky. What could have happened to this specimen?

A)The patient was not in a basal state.
B)The patient ate a fatty meal.
C)The cloudy specimen may be due to bacteria.
D)Any of the above.

Question 12

A medical assistant, Phil, is collecting blood for a multiple test draw from an older adult. After switching a filled container for the next tube in the order, Phil notices a hematoma quickly forming under the skin next to the needle insertion site. Phil is so surprised by how fast it is growing that he has forgotten how he should respond! Can you help Phil?

A)Phil should tighten the tourniquet and adjust the bevel of the needle.
B)Phil should call an experienced phlebotomy tech for help, immediately!
C)Phil should loosen the tourniquet, remove the needle, apply pressure, then check to make sure bleeding has stopped.
D)Phil should measure the hematoma.

Question 13

What special precautions should be considered when drawing a blood specimen for a blood alcohol level?

A)Alcohol wipes should not be used to prep the site.
B)Correctly identifying the patient.
C)Correctly labeling and packaging the sample.
D)All of the above.

Question 14

Pheona the Medical Assistant is working in the ER when an unconscious patient is received from rescue paramedics, without family members in attendance. Pheona performs a stat draw for several tests, while the entire ER team begins lifesaving treatment. This is an example of what form of consent?

A)Informed consent
B)Implied consent
C)Good Samaritan act

Question 15

Phil the Medical Assistant is at the patient's bedside. While completing the label of the blood specimen he just drew, Phil realizes he wrote the wrong date. He puts a line across the wrong entry, adds his initials at the end of the line, and writes the correct date above the incorrect date. What, if anything, has Phil done wrong?

A)Phil has not done anything wrong.
B)Phil should have kept the label neat by whiting-out the wrong date.
C)Phil should have gone back to the lab for a new label.
D)Phil should make a very black box over the wrong date, so as not to cause confusion.

Question 16

In order to make the medical term larynx plural, one would:

A)Add an es to the end of the word.
B)Change the x to a g and add an es to the end of the word.
C)Add an s to the end of the word.
D)None of the above.

Question 17

The suffix-poiesis means:

A)Formation
B)Destruction
C)Administration
D)None of the above

Question 18

The following PPE is always required when performing phlebotomy:

A)Face mask.
B)Respirator.
C)Gloves.
D)Sterile Gown.

Question 19

The word balanitis means:

A)Inflammation of the lips
B)Inflammation of the eye lids
C)Inflammation of the glans penis
D)None of the above

Question 20

Which of the following is not part of the circulatory system?

A)Veins
B)Cerebrum
C)Arteries
D)Aorta
E)Capillaries

Question 21

Phil the Medical Assistant accidently stuck himself with a needle just used to draw a specimen for a CBC. The patient is a young nun, who assures him, "I don't have anything you need to be worried about." Phil the Medical Assistant squeezes the site to promote bleeding, washes his puncture site, applies a bit of antibiotic ointment and a bandage over the site, and promises himself to be much more careful. What (if anything) has Phil done wrong?

A)Phil has not done anything wrong.
B)Phil did everything wrong!
C)Phil did not use tincture of iodine on his puncture site.
D)Phil did not notify his supervisor or otherwise report the injury as the guidelines of his facility instruct.

Question 22

Phil the Medical Assistant has been notified that yet another of his finger sticks has been rejected by the lab. The lab tech tells him, "Dude, quit milking so much!" Phil is not sure what that means. Can you tell Phil what is causing rejection of his capillary collections from finger puncture?

A)Phil, you are squeezing too hard and pulling the fingers toward the fingertip. It causes hemolysis and tissue fluid to be squeezed into the blood.
B)Phil, you are scooping the blood with the capillary collection device, instead of letting it fill on its own. It's causing hemolysis.
C)Phil my man, don't pester the lab techs so much; lay low and they will quit picking on your specimens.

Question 23

The processes of correcting erroneous test results, calling critical test values, and reporting the final test results are all examples of processes that are completed during the _____________ phase of specimen examination.

A)Preanalytical
B)Analytical
C)Postanalytical
D)None of the above

Question 24

Which of the following may cause false negative blood culture results?

A)Not enough blood collected.
B)Air injected into anaerobic collection bottle.
C)Iodine-contamination of sample.
D)All of the above.

Question 25

Phil the Medical Assistant has his first real requisition form! After checking it, he believes it may be incomplete. The requisition form has the following information: Patient name, birth date, and hospital ID number, name of ordering physician, name of tests to be performed, special instructions (fasting, timed, priority) along with date and time test is due. What information is missing from the requisition form?

A)Phil's' own initials.
B)Phil is just a little nervous! The requisition form is complete.
C)Patients room number.
D)Patient gender.

Question 26

Which of the following tests require the specimen to be protected from light?

A)Vitamin B12
B)Bilirubin
C)Folate level
D)All of the above.

Question 27

This laboratory professional has extensive training in both clinical and anatomical laboratory interpretations, has a medical degree, and is often classified as the laboratory director:

A)Lab Assistant
B)Phlebotomist
C)Medical Assistant
D)Pathologist

Question 28

Pheona, a medical assistant, has entered a room to draw a blood specimen for VDRL and Hep C. The patient is sitting in bed. His wife is also in the room. After introducing herself and correctly identifying the patient, the patients' wife asks, "Oh is this for the tests the doctor mentioned earlier, what was the name of the tests?" How should Pheona respond?

A)"Why yes it is! The doctor is testing your husbands' blood to see if he may have been exposed to an STD or hepatitis."
B)"Yes, the doctor has ordered blood drawn for studies."
C)"Ask your husband."
D)"I dunno."

Question 29

Phil the Medical Assistant is preparing to perform a routine venipuncture. After allowing enough time for the skin wipe time to air dry, Phil begins the venipuncture procedure. He anchors the vein below the venipuncture site, by holding the patients arm in his non-dominant hand, using the thumb to pull the skin taut. He holds the collection container so that the needle forms a 45-degree angle to the patients arm. What (if anything) has Phil down wrong?

A)Phil has not done anything wrong.
B)Phil should not anchor the vein below the venipuncture site.
C)Phil is using his no dominant hand in a venipuncture procedure,
D)Phil is not using the correct angle for a routine venipuncture.

Question 30

Phil the Medical Assistant is feeling a bit distracted. He is finishing one specimen collection and thinking about the stat draw he was just notified of, as well as the timed draw already scheduled on his run. After the collection tube is filled to the correct level, Phil quickly removes the needle, covers the puncture site with gauze, labels the specimen, and leaves the patients room. What (if anything) has Phil done wrong?

A)Phil hasn't done anything wrong.
B)Phil did not remove the tourniquet.
C)Phil did not check the site for bleeding before leaving the room.
D)B and C