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1. Poisonous snakes

2. A medical assistant should identify which of the following look-alike and sound-alike medications as an anticonvulsant?

3. Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take when closing the clinical area at the end of the day?

4. Which of the following tubes should a medical assistant select first when adhering to the proper order of draw?

5. Which of the following community resources should a medical assistant recommend to an older adult patient who lost his partner 3 months ago?

6. Which of the following describes the purpose of a patient's discharge summary in a provider's office?

7. A medical assistant is instructing a patient about collecting stool specimens at home for occult blood testing. Which of the following statements should the medical assistant make about the patient's medications?

8. Which of the following factors puts a patient at high risk for experiencing a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?

9. What is the ratio of applied leads to recorded leads for a standard EKG machine?

10. A medical assistant is performing a visual acuity test on an adult patient. The patient is able to read the 20/30 line with both eyes, but misses one letter. Which of the following results should the medical assistant document in the patient's medical record?

11. After receiving blood test results from the reference laboratory, which of the following actions should the medical assistant take?

12. In what type of fracture is the bone splintered or shattered into three or more fragments?

13. What type of shock is caused by a reaction of the body to a substance to which an individual is highly allergic?

14. A medical assistant left a computer unlocked with a patient's chart visible. Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take in the future to prevent unauthorized viewing of patient information?

15. A medical assistant is converting a prescription of 30mL of liquid medication from milliliters to tablespoons. The medical assistant should calculate that this amount of medication converts to how many table spoons?

16. A medical assistant is preparing to perform a rapid strep test. Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take?

17. In which of the following locations should the inside address appear in a business letter?

18. A medical assistant is performing venipuncture. Which of the following pieces of information should be included on both the requisition form and the specimen label.

19. The parent of a 5 year old child tells a medical assistant that the child has begun sucking her thumb. The parent states, 'She hasn't done this since she was a baby.' The medical assistant should identify that the child is using which of the following defense mechanisms?

20. Which of the following is recommended regarding fingernail care and hand hygiene?

21. A medical assistant is checking in a patient who does not speak the same language as the medical assistant. Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take?

22. A medical assistant is performing an allergen skin test. Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take?

23. A medical assistant is educating a patient about how to interpret food labels. The medical assistant should inform the patient that the FDA requires nutrition labels to include measurements of which of the following nutritional elements?

24. A patient who walks with difficulty as a result of nerve damage on one side of the body enters a clinic for a first visit. Which of the following statements should the medical assistant in front of the office make?

25. Which of the following components of the body's cells provides the energy the cell needs to perform its specific functions?

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