Publisher's Synopsis
Prepare for the California Certifying Board for Medical Assistants (CCBMA) Clinical Exam with this unofficial book of practice questions.
This book contains 300 multiple choice practice questions divided into the six sections of the exam:1. Infection Control
2. Patient Preparation
3. Lab Procedures/Diagnostic Testing
4. Patient History
5. Administering Medications
6. Office Emergencies To give you an idea of what the questions are like, here are four questions from the book: 1) On which part of the body is the radial pulse taken?
a. Elbow
b. Neck
c. Shoulder
d. Wrist 2) The CAGE questionnaire is used to help diagnose which health problem?
a. Alcoholism
b. Post-natal depression
c. Schizophrenia
d. Sleeping disorders 3) How is NPH insulin administered?
a. Intramuscularly
b. Intravenously
c. Orally
d. Subcutaneously 4) An interaction between two or more drugs that have opposite effects on the body is called:
a. a duplication reaction
b. an idiosyncratic reaction
c. drug antagonism
d. drug synergism Answers:
1) d. Wrist. The radial artery is an artery in the forearm. It is a useful artery for taking a patient's pulse. To take the radial pulse, place two of your fingertips on the thumb side of the patient's inner wrist.
2) a. alcoholism. The CAGE questionnaire is a 4-question screening tool that helps diagnose alcoholism.
3) d. Subcutaneously. NPH insulin is administered by subcutaneous injection only.
4) c. drug antagonism
