Health Medical Homework Help

Question 1 (5 points)

Impairment of hearing associated with aging is called

Question 1 options:

	presbyopia.
	myopia.
	presbycusis.
	otitis media.

Question 2 (5 points)

A diagnosis predicting a patient’s condition and recovery is called a

Question 2 options:

	prognosis.
	clinical.
	differential.
	primary.

Question 3 (5 points)

A diagnosis that’s included while the physician is trying to determine the problem is called the

Question 3 options:

	principal.
	clinical.
	prognosis.
	differential.

Question 4 (5 points)

Which
one of the following sets standards for examination rooms, including
specifying how wide the hallways and doorways need to be?

Question 4 options:

	HIPAA
	CDC
	AMA
	ADA

Question 5 (5 points)

Rapid growth of a child’s head may indicate

Question 5 options:

	encephaly.
	microencephaly.
	hydrocephalous.
	macroencephaly.

Question 6 (5 points)

Which one of the following allergy tests places a small amount of allergen onto the forearm and is then covered?

Question 6 options:

	Scratch
	Intradermal
	Patch
	Skin

Question 7 (5 points)

What is one reason a patient would need an ear irrigation?

Question 7 options:

	Loss of hearing
	To clear the organ of Corti
	To place medications in the ear
	Excessive earwax

Question 8 (5 points)

Which one of the following choices provides a complete, expansive description of a patient’s chief complaint?

Question 8 options:

	OTC
	PI
	R/O
	CC

Question 9 (5 points)

A medical assistant who has special training to work with dermatologists during cancerous lesion removal is called a/an

Question 9 options:

	nevus.
	Mohs technician.
	allergist.
	immunologist.

Question 10 (5 points)

When a physician examines the eye, he or she may document

Question 10 options:

	LGV.
	AFP.
	GERD.
	PERRLA.

Question 11 (5 points)

What should a medical assistant avoid doing when communicating with an elderly patient?

Question 11 options:

	Providing the patient with plenty of time to respond to questions
	Finishing sentences for the patient
	Looking directly at the patient when speaking to him or her
	Speaking clearly in a normal tone of voice

Question 12 (5 points)

Which one of the following choices measures the range of motion in a joint?

Question 12 options:

	Auscultation
	Geniometer
	Percussion
	Speculum

Question 13 (5 points)

Irrigation may be used to remove

Question 13 options:

	neoplasms.
	cerumen.
	congestion.
	benign tissue.

Question 14 (5 points)

Which
one of the following choices describes when a physician taps a
patient’s skin lightly to understand the position and size of the
underlying body parts?

Question 14 options:

	Inspection
	Palpation
	Percussion
	Auscultation

Question 15 (5 points)

Which one of the following conditions can be caused by a staph or strep infection and is treated with antibiotics?

Question 15 options:

	Cellulitis
	Scleroderma
	Psoriasis
	Acne vulgaris

Question 16 (5 points)

Which one of the following choices could be used to examine the tympanic membrane?

Question 16 options:

	Otoscope
	Laryngeal mirror
	Tuning fork
	Ophthalmoscope

Question 17 (5 points)

A patient is complaining that he can suddenly see things up close, but not far away. The patient may be suffering from

Question 17 options:

	myopia.
	hyperopia.
	presbyopia.
	astigmatism.

Question 18 (5 points)

Which one of the following choices detects cervical cancer with 95% accuracy?

Question 18 options:

	Pap smear
	Urk
	AFP
	Nuchal translucency screening

Question 19 (5 points)

Which one of the following choices measures a patient’s ability to see faint differences in the shades of gray?

Question 19 options:

	Irrigation
	Instillation
	Contrast sensitivity
	Snellen chart

Question 20 (5 points)

Which one of the following conditions is an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands?

Question 20 options:

Cellulitis

Scleroderma

Psoriasis

Acne vulgaris