Self-esteem, prestige, love, safety, and survival are components of the humanistic hierarchy of needs developed by which of the following psychologists?
Pavlov
Skinner
Maslow
Freud
Piaget
Maslow
100
Which of the following medications is most appropriate for a seven-year-old child during an acute asthma attack?
Sublingual prednisone
Albuterol (Ventolin) by nebulizer
Aminophylline by rectal suppository
Intravenous amoxicillin
Intramuscular adrenaline
Albuterol (Ventolin) by nebulizer
100
When coding an insurance claim for a laboratory test, the related diagnosis code is found in which of the following?
International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM)
100
When performing a Rinne test, the vibrating tuning fork should be placed on which of the following bones to assess bone conduction?
Mastoid
100
When performing a Hemoccult test (occult blood specimen), which color is a positive indicator of blood?
blue
200
Which of the following is a step in the process of conditioning reports before filing them?
-Placing the reports in the patient's medical record
-Initialing the reports to indicate that they are ready to be filed
-Arranging similar reports together
-Making a notation to indicate where the reports should be filed
Initialing the reports to indicate that they are ready to be filed
200
A physician orders a 250-mg dose of an antibiotic for a patient. The vial is labeled "500 mg/mL." The medical assistant should aspirate what amount of antibiotic into the syringe?
0.5ml
200
Which of the following Medicare plans provides outpatient prescription drug coverage?
Part D
200
What pulse is used to measure a patient's pulse rate if a medical assistant palpates the fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line?
Apical
200
Which of the following pressure points is located in the fold of the arm?
-Temporal
-Femoral
-Popliteal
-Brachial
-Carotid
Brachial
300
Which of the following words is NOT required in the heading of a memorandum?
-Date
-Copy
-To
-Subject
-From
Copy
300
Which of the following medications is classified as an antiplatelet drug?
Gabapentin (Neurontin)
Tramadol (Ultram)
Clopidogrel (Plavix)
Amlodipine (Norvasc)
Albuterol (Proventil)
Plavix
300
Indemnity schedules are often called
fee-for-service plans
300
Which of the following neurological structures is responsible for controls of visual and auditory reflexes?
the midbrain
300
Which of the following is used in blood collection to detect alcohol levels?
Povidone iodine
Isopropyl alcohol
Sodium citrate
Potassium chloride
Benzalkonium chloride
Benzalkonium chloride
400
Which of the following terms refers to assets?
Supplier inventory
Notes payable
Accounts receivable
Accounts payable
Bank debts
Accounts receivable
400
Which of the following methods of administration is the most appropriate for medications that are irritating to the skin tissues and may cause discoloration?
Subcutaneous administration
The Z-track method
Transdermal administration
I.V. drip
None of these
The Z-track method
400
Which of the following terms describes calling an insurance carrier to determine if medical procedures are covered under a patient’s health insurance policy?
Precertification
Recertification
Preauthorization
Capitation
Precertification
400
Which of the following suffixes means "to surgically create an opening"?
−ectomy
−centesis
−otomy
−stomy
−pexy
stomy
400
When clotted blood is centrifuged, what is the top layer?
serum
500
Which of the following psychological theories was developed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross?
Stages of grief
Negative reinforcement
Hierarchy of needs
Conditioned response
Psychoanalysis
Stages of grief
500
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requires that inventory records of controlled substances be completed
every year.
two years.
three years.
four years.
five years.
two years
500
Which of the following taxes is mandated by the federal government to be withheld from an employee's paycheck?
Self-employment tax
State tax
Federal unemployment tax
Medicare
City tax