Exam 12: Keyboarding and Computer Applications

According to the Kübler-Ross theory of death and dying, a patient with terminal cancer who is beginning to deal with the fact that he or she will die is in which of the following stages of dying?

Which of the following is able to transfer information from one computer to another over telephone lines?

The study of the amount of drug that is required to produce therapeutic effects is referred to as

Which of the following health insurance plans often uses a fiscal intermediary or third-party administrator to handle paperwork and claim payments?

The medical assistant is sterilizing an instrument pack in the autoclave. Which of the following best represents complete sterilization?

Which of the following letter styles eliminates both the salutation and complimentary closure?

A one-sided relationship between a host and a microorganism is called

The cranial nerve that has three branches is the

A low-cholesterol diet is often recommended for patients with all of the following conditions, EXCEPT

Which of the following terms describes a vitamin that cannot be produced by the body and must be obtained from food?

The medical office supply company offers a 15% discount to customers when they order five or more cases of paper gowns at one time. If each case costs $55, what is the cost for eight cases of paper gowns?

In a patient with diabetes, which of the following tests is used to retrieve information about the blood glucose control over the past two to four months?

The presence of which of the following substances in urine is most characteristic of glomerular damage?

Which of the following taxes is mandated by the federal government to be withheld from an employee's paycheck?

A physician orders 40 mg po hs famotidine (Pepcid) for a patient who has difficulty swallowing pills. Famotidine is available in an oral suspension powder for reconstitution. After reconstitution, the bottle should contain 250 mL of solution. The label shows 20 mg of medication per 5 mL. Which of the following is the appropriate nightly dose?

Which of the following words should be capitalized in this chart note? "Patient presents with aggregations of nodules, peyer's patches, throughout the mucosal lining of the ileum."

What is the gross weeklypay for a medical assistant who works thirty-five hours per week at a rate of $12.50 per hour?

Codes that are identified in the coding book as those not permitted to be used on the same claim form with other specified codes are referred to as

Indemnity schedules are often called

Which of the following is the most abundant plasma protein?