AMCA CMAC EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM
NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
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Which of the following practices is most important for
maintaining medical asepsis?
a. Making sure your vaccinations are up-to-date
b. Allowing the exam room to air out after each patient
c. Washing your hands before and after each patient
contact
d. Wearing gloves and goggles during all examinations
- ...ANSWER...*Hand sanitizing is one of the best means
of reducing the spread of microorganisms in a health
care facility
The correct answer is: Washing your hands before and
after each patient contact
Using a stethoscope, the artery most commonly used
for taking a patient's pulse is:
a. Apical
b. Temporal
c. Carotid
d. Radial - ...ANSWER...**The apical pulse (the heartbeat
at the apex of the heart) can be heard with a
stethoscope
The correct answer is: Apical
You've taken a patient's temperature and recorded it as
96.9°F. Later, the physician asks you to convert this
measurement to Celsius. What is the patient
temperature in Celsius?
a. 21.8
b. 36.1
c. 116.8
d. 37.9 - ...ANSWER...**The formula for Fahrenheit to
Celsius is 96.9 (F-32) x 5/9 = ? 96.9 - 32 x 5/9 = ?
The correct answer is: 36.1
Which of the following is not considered a vital sign?
a. Weight
b. Respiration
c. Pulse Rate
d. Blood pressure - ...ANSWER...**Vital signs include
temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure and
pain
The correct answer is: Weight
Coordination of benefits means that:
a. Services are coordinated between the primary and
secondary patient insurance
b. The secondary insurance is always filed before the
primary insurance
c. The physician and patient coordinate health-care
costs and codes
d. The codes used are coordinated between procedure
and diagnostic code - ...ANSWER...*Coordination of
Benefits (COB) is only applicable when the patient has
multiple insurance policies
The correct answer is: Services are coordinated
between the primary and secondary patient insurance
The heart muscle gets its blood supply from the:
a. Pulmonary veins
b. Carotid arteries
c. Pulmonary arteries
d. Coronary arteries - ...ANSWER...*The tissues of the
heart receive their blood supply through the coronary
arteries
The correct answer is: Coronary arteries
Marks on the ECG tracing caused by another source of
activity are:
a. Artifacts
b. Conduction marks
c. Wandering baseline
d. Asystole - ...ANSWER...*Unwanted marks on the ECG
tracing are called artifacts
The correct answer is: Artifacts
One complete contraction and subsequent relaxation of
the heart is called one cardiac:
a. Diastole
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