Medical Assistant NCMA Practice Test - Question List

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66. Phil the Medical Assistant has his first real requisition form! After checking it, he believes it may be incomplete. The requisition form has the following information: Patient name, birth date, and hospital ID number, name of ordering physician, name of tests to be performed, special instructions (fasting, timed, priority) along with date and time test is due. What information is missing from the requisition form?
  1. Phil’s’ own initials.
  2. Phil is just a little nervous! The requisition form is complete.
  3. Patients room number.
  4. Patient gender.
67. Which of the following drugs are bronchodilators and used to treat asthma?

I. Albuterol
II. Isoproterenol
III. Terbutaline
IV. Mirtazapine
  1. All of the above
  2. None of the above
  3. I, II and III only
  4. I and II only
68. Which of the following tests require the specimen to be protected from light?
  1. Vitamin B12
  2. Bilirubin
  3. Folate level
  4. All of the above.
69. This laboratory professional has extensive training in both clinical and anatomical laboratory interpretations, has a medical degree, and is often classified as the laboratory director:
  1. Lab Assistant
  2. Phlebotomist
  3. Medical Assistant
  4. Pathologist
70. Pheona, a medical assistant, has entered a room to draw a blood specimen for VDRL and Hep C. The patient is sitting in bed. His wife is also in the room. After introducing herself and correctly identifying the patient, the patients’ wife asks, “Oh is this for the tests the doctor mentioned earlier, what was the name of the tests?” How should Pheona respond?
  1. “Why yes it is! The doctor is testing your husbands’ blood to see if he may have been exposed to an STD or hepatitis.”
  2. “Yes, the doctor has ordered blood drawn for studies.”
  3. “Ask your husband.”
  4. “I dunno.”

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