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AMCA Practice questions and answers verified 2025, Exams of Nursing

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AMCA Practice
The fixed amount to be paid at time of office visit? - correct answer Co-Payment.
What does the term deductible refer to? - correct answer The amount of money the
insured must pay before the policy begins to pay.
When Multiple computers are linked together and share information. What is this called?
- correct answer Network
Giving the patient adequate information concerning the method, risk, and consequences
prior to a procedure? - correct answer Informed consent.
A statement authorizing the insurance company to pay benefits to the physician -
correct answer Assignment of Benefits
Which is not appropriate information to give out to a caller - correct answer The
doctor's marital status
One who studies and practices in medicine related to nerves - correct answer
Neurologist
The symptoms a patient is currently seen for are called - correct answer The Chief
complaint
Suffix meaning inflamation - correct answer -itis
The combining form hepat/o means - correct answer Liver
When a doctor wants a test done immediately - correct answer Stat
The meaning of MI - correct answer Myocardial Infarction
Health policies concerning the patient's constitutional right to privacy,
confidentiality ,and consent are - correct answer Patient's Bill of Rights
When a physician decides to end the professional relationship with a patient - correct
answer Thoroughly document, in writing-to the patient, the reason for withdrawing from
the case and offer specified number of days to seek a new physician.
Veterans with service related disabilities are eligible for care under which program. -
correct answer Champva
Family members, such as spouse or children, who are covered under the member's
insurance policy - correct answer Dependents
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The fixed amount to be paid at time of office visit? - correct answer Co-Payment. What does the term deductible refer to? - correct answer The amount of money the insured must pay before the policy begins to pay. When Multiple computers are linked together and share information. What is this called?

  • correct answer Network Giving the patient adequate information concerning the method, risk, and consequences prior to a procedure? - correct answer Informed consent. A statement authorizing the insurance company to pay benefits to the physician - correct answer Assignment of Benefits Which is not appropriate information to give out to a caller - correct answer The doctor's marital status One who studies and practices in medicine related to nerves - correct answer Neurologist The symptoms a patient is currently seen for are called - correct answer The Chief complaint Suffix meaning inflamation - correct answer -itis The combining form hepat/o means - correct answer Liver When a doctor wants a test done immediately - correct answer Stat The meaning of MI - correct answer Myocardial Infarction Health policies concerning the patient's constitutional right to privacy, confidentiality ,and consent are - correct answer Patient's Bill of Rights When a physician decides to end the professional relationship with a patient - correct answer Thoroughly document, in writing-to the patient, the reason for withdrawing from the case and offer specified number of days to seek a new physician. Veterans with service related disabilities are eligible for care under which program. - correct answer Champva Family members, such as spouse or children, who are covered under the member's insurance policy - correct answer Dependents

Which part of the prescription contains the patient's name, address, date, and the symbol Rx? - correct answer Superscription Which route is involved in administering a drug by placing it under the patient's tongue and leaving it there until it is dissolved - correct answer Sublingual Route Which of the following is not the role of medical assitant in communicating with patients

  • correct answer Advising Which of the following fractures in bones is common in children - correct answer Greenstick The opening tinside the skull that holds the brain - correct answer Cranial cavity A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less then one year - correct answer Misdemeanor Professional negligence - correct answer Malpractice Most important thing for assistive personnel to keep in mind during daily routine - correct answer Confidentiality When is it permissible to release information from a patient's chart - correct answer When a court request it by means of a subpoena Its permissible to release information from a patient's chart when - correct answer The patient signs a release The cavity that contains the heart and lungs - correct answer Thoracic The cavity that is a continuous internal opening that includes the cranial and spinal cavities - correct answer Posterior (dorsal) cavity Scrubbing instruments to remove blood, mucous, etc.. - correct answer Sanitization Process that involves soaking or wiping that inhibits the activity of disease causing organisms - correct answer Disinfection The process that is used for supplies that comes in contact with internal body tissues or open wound. It involves steam and an autoclave. - correct answer Sterilization You are taking vitals and a patient complains of having dizziness. This is what type of symptom - correct answer Subjective

This heart valve is between the left atrium and the left ventricle - correct answer Bicuspid Where do you detect the popliteal pulse? - correct answer behind the knee Respiration rate is what? - correct answer Patients Vital sign The total amount of blood pumped out of the heart in one minute - correct answer Cardiac Output Administering a drug under the patient's tongue and leaving it to dissolve - correct answer Sublingual Route Part of a prescription that contains the patients name, address, date and the symbol Rx

  • correct answer Superscription Is a Sedative - correct answer Barbituate Codeine is what type of drug - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic Which route is common for administration of parenteral medications - correct answer INjection A prefilled syringe is known as? - correct answer Cartridge Which muscle is commonly used for intramuscular injections in a infant - correct answer Vastus Lateralis What is the function of the hemoglobin? - correct answer Carry oxygen from the lungs and to carry carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs Medication applied in patch form - correct answer Transdermal Needle gauge used for intravenous injection - correct answer 20- Refers to control of bleeding - correct answer Hemostasis Removal of dead tissue from a wound - correct answer Debridement Instrument used to clear a blockage - correct answer Probe Most effect drug administration route for a patient with nausea and vomiting - correct answer Rectal A order that is administered immediately and usually written for emergencies. - correct answer STAT Order

Jagged open wound of the skin - correct answer Laceration Deceitful practice or false portrayal of facts by word or conduct. - correct answer Fraud Sterile materials used to cover an incision - correct answer Drapes Is a phlebotomy QA procedure - correct answer Checking needles for blunt tips and small barbs A test that is most likely used to test for inflammation, infectious disease, and malignant neoplasm - correct answer RBC count Unauthorized release of confidential patient information - correct answer Invasion of privacy Example of negligence - correct answer Fails to report significant change in a patient's condition Civil actions involve - correct answer Legal proceedings between private parties Drawing a patients blood without his or her permission can result in what charge - correct answer Malpractice Series of components that lead to infection - correct answer Chain of infection The pathogen responsible for causing a infection - correct answer Vector Most severe irregularity on a EKG(ECG) - correct answer V-Fib The heart's ability to create its own electrical impulse - correct answer Automaticity Term for when a infection, infects the entire body - correct answer Systemic Term used when a infection, infects only a certain area of the body - correct answer Local Precautions used for a patient who has pulmonary tuberculosis - correct answer Airborne Abbreviation for the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) - correct answer HIV When a person recovers from a particular virus and develops antibodies against that virus they are said to be? - correct answer Immune

Decrease in size of muscle because of inactivity - correct answer Atrophy Produced by the integumentary systerm - correct answer melanin Nervous system disorder - correct answer Encephalitis Thin fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart - correct answer Pericardium Middle layer of the heart - correct answer Myocardium Number of chambers in the human heart - correct answer 4 Heart chamber that delivers oxygen-rich blood to ascending aorta - correct answer Left ventricle Heart chamber that receives blood from the systemic systerm - correct answer Right Atrium Heart muscle gets its blood supply from - correct answer Coronary arteries Marks on the ECG tracing caused by another source of activity - correct answer Artifacts Complete contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart - correct answer Cardiac cycle Average normal heart rate - correct answer 81 beats per minute sinus rhythm has a rate of less then 60 beats per minute - correct answer Sinus Bradycardia Lavender-stopper tubes are most commonly used to collect - correct answer Hematology test Lithium heparin is a suitable anticoagulant for which test - correct answer Lytes Additive found in a royal-blue topped collection tube - correct answer EDTA Collection tube used for measurement of copper - correct answer Royal-Blue Needle gauge used primarily for infant or child veins, and difficult or hard vein adults - correct answer 23 Solution used to clean site before routine venipuncture - correct answer 70% isopropyl alcohol

Guage of a needle relates to what - correct answer Diameter Slanted tip of a needle - correct answer Bevel Tube used for testing of coagulation - correct answer Light-blue Heparin prevents blood from clotting by - correct answer Inhibiting thrombin Purpose of an antiglycolytic agent - correct answer Preserves glucose Examine by touch or feel - correct answer Palpate Sinus rhythm that has a rate of more then 100 beats per minute - correct answer Sinus tachycardia To convey an open posture while communicating with a patient - correct answer Lean forward in your chair facing the patient Fixed-dollar amount the subscriber must pay each year before the insurance begins to cover expenses - correct answer Deductible Commonly ordered Stat test - correct answer Lytes Diagnosis code that can never stand alone - correct answer E code Considered the most important codes - correct answer E/M A pre-op patient - correct answer Will soon be going to surgery Test are classified as routine if they are ordered - correct answer In the course of establishing a diagnosis Term that means the same as Stat - correct answer Medical Emergency Heat is lost through the skin - correct answer Conduction When body temperature is at its lowest - correct answer In the morning A patients arm swollen. Term used to describe this - correct answer Edematous Lipemia results from - correct answer High fat content from the blood Patient with high degree of jaundice typically has - correct answer yellow skin and sclerae

Form that must be signed by the patient, in order for a physician to send records to another physician - correct answer Release of information Medicare part B covers - correct answer Physicians Service Medicare part C Covers - correct answer Advantage plans offered through private health insurance Medicare part D covers - correct answer Prescriptions Ventral - correct answer front part of the body Dorsal - correct answer Back part of body Anterior - correct answer In Front of Posterior - correct answer toward the back part of the body Lateral - correct answer towards the side of the body Proximal - correct answer closest to the point of origin Medial - correct answer towards the mid-line of the body Lateral - correct answer Towards the side of the body Proximal - correct answer closest to the point of origin Distal - correct answer away from the point of origin Frontal plane - correct answer divides the body into front and back portions Transverse plane - correct answer divides the body into upper and lower portions Normal anatomic position - correct answer standing with arms lank and palms forward prone position - correct answer lying on stomach Lateral recumbent position - correct answer lying on side Apnea - correct answer Temporary complete absence of breathing Tachypnea - correct answer Respiration rate of greater then 40 breaths per minute Bradypnea - correct answer Decreased respiration less then 12 breaths per minute

Average Pulse for an adult - correct answer 60-100 bpm National organization that sets standards for phlebotomy procedures - correct answer CLSI -Clinical Laboratory Science Institute Type of contact infection transmission involves transfer of an infective microbe to the mucous membranes of a susceptible individual by means of cough or sneeze - correct answer Droplet Transmission A test of the respiratory systerm - correct answer ABGs-Arterial blood gas Urine C & S is typically ordered to detect - correct answer Presence of UTI-Urinary tract infection Statement that describes proper centrifuge operation - correct answer Place tubes of equal size and volume opposite one another for balance First tube for blood draw - correct answer Yellow-blood cultures microbiology Second tube for blood draw - correct answer Light Blue-Coagulation Third tube for blood draw - correct answer Red-Chemistry Fourth Tube for blood draw - correct answer Gold/Tiger Top-SST Serum Separator 5th Tube for blood draw - correct answer Green-Blood Gases 6th Tube for blood draw - correct answer Lavender-Hematology testing 7th Tube for blood draw - correct answer Grey-Glucose Sugar First step in analyzing an ECG strip - correct answer Calculate rate Second step on analyzing an ECG strip - correct answer Determine regularity Third stop of analyzing an ECG strip - correct answer Assess the P waves Fourth step of analyzing an ECG strip - correct answer Determine PR interval Fifth step of analyzing an ECG strip - correct answer Determine QRS duration Causes petechiae to arise on the forearm when doing a venipuncture - correct answer Tourniquet being applied too tightly