Niedzwiecki Test Bank

Kinn’s The Administrative Medical Assistant 14th Edition Niedzwiecki Test Bank

Chapter 01: The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team

Niedzwiecki: Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant, 14th edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• Which of the following is a characteristic of stage 1 learners according to the learning style

inventory?

• Want to practice what you are learning.
• Learn best with hands-on practice.
• Like to create ways of thinking about the material.
• Comfortable watching rather than doing.
• Want to practice what you are learning and learn best with hands-on practice.

ANS: D

Stage 1 learners have a concrete reflective style. These students want to know the purpose of the information and have a personal connection to the content. They like to consider a situation from many points of view, observe others, and plan before taking action. They feel most comfortable watching rather than doing.

REF: p. 9 OBJ: 5 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.5, ABHES: 1.c

• Which of the following mind maps would display the cause and effect of events?
• Spider map
• Fishbone map
• Chain-of-events map
• Cycle map

ANS: C

The chain-of-events map displays the cause and effect of events, such as infection control or the history of medicine.

REF: p. 10 OBJ: 6 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.5, ABHES: 1.c

• Which of the following is NOT part of critical thinking?
• Sorting out conflicting information
• Weighing your knowledge about the information
• Deciding on a reasonable belief or action
• Incorporating personal beliefs

ANS: D

The process of critical thinking involves: (1) sorting out conflicting information, (2) weighing your knowledge about that information, (3) ignoring or letting go of personal biases, and (4) deciding on a reasonable belief or action. Critical thinking is actually an active search for the truth. 1 / 4

REF: p. 12 OBJ: 6 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.5, ABHES: 1.c

• Which scientist first described circulatory system?
• Edward Jenner
• William Harvey
• John Hunter
• Andreas Vesalius

ANS: B

William Harvey announced in 1628 that the heart acts as a muscular pump, forcing and propelling the blood throughout the body.

REF: p. 14 OBJ: 7 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 1.b

• What contribution made by Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis drastically reduced deaths that

commonly took place in hospitals?

• Promotion of the use of vaccinations in Hungary
• Insistence on the disinfection of physicians’ hands before they assisted with

childbirth

• Encouragement of better educational methods for hospital personnel
• Discovery that heat killed disease-causing microorganisms in contaminated water

ANS: B

Semmelweis realized that infections were caused by physicians who did not wash and disinfect their hands before assisting with childbirth.

REF: p. 14 OBJ: 7 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 1.b

• Which two scientists developed a vaccine that brought polio under control?
• Helen Taussig and Alfred Blalock
• Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk
• Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey
• Walter Reed and Sir Frederick Grant Banting

ANS: B

Sabin and Salk developed the vaccination that brought polio under control.

REF: p. 14 OBJ: 7 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 1.b

• Which procedure was first performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard?
• Operation to save babies born with malformed hearts
• Heart transplant from one human to another 2 / 4

• Catheterization for diagnosis of heart disease
• Injection of penicillin to cure infectious diseases

ANS: B

Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant from one human to another.

REF: p. 14 OBJ: 7 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 1.b

• Which statement best describes the main difference between the DO and the MD?
• The training for the DO includes more courses and a longer residency.
• Only the MD can prescribe drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease.
• The DO places more emphasis on the relationship of the musculoskeletal structure

to the function of organs and tissues in the body.

• The license for the MD has more requirements and is more difficult to earn.

ANS: C

Doctors of osteopathy stress preventive medicine and holistic patient care. They also place a special emphasis on the musculoskeletal system and osteopathic manipulative therapy.

REF: p. 13 OBJ: 8 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 1.b

• The allied health speciali

T st E w S h T o B p A er N fo K rm SE s u L l L tra E s R ou .n C d O d M iagnostic procedures under the

supervision of a physician is called a(n):

• cytotechnologist.
• diagnostic medical sonographer.
• electroneurodiagnostic technologist.
• perfusionist.

ANS: B

A diagnostic medical sonographer performs ultrasound diagnostic procedures under the order and supervision of a physician.

REF: p. 17 OBJ: 8 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 1.b

• A medical doctor who specializes in the treatment of disorders of the eye is called an:
• otolaryngologist.
• optometrist.
• obstetrician.
• ophthalmologist.

ANS: D

The medical doctor who specializes in eye disorders is an ophthalmologist. An optometrist is not a medical doctor. 3 / 4

REF: p. 15 OBJ: 8 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary relationships MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 1.b

• Which legislation most affects the which laboratory tests can be performed in a physician’s

office lab?

• OSHA
• CLIA
• CDC
• WHO

ANS: B

CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) stipulates that only CLIA-waived tests can be performed in a physician’s office.

REF: p. 20 OBJ: 8 TOP: Law and Ethics: Acts and Legislation MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 1.b

• What type of registered nurse has advanced training to diagnose and treat common

illnesses?

• Anesthetist
• Practitioner
• Dietician
• Practical

ANS: B

Nurse practitioners are tr T ai E ne S d T t B o A di N ag K n S o E se L a L nd ER tre .a C t c O o M mmon illnesses under the supervision of a physician.

REF: p. 16 OBJ: 8 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 1.b

• A method of prioritizing patients so that the most urgent cases receive care first is called:
• case management.
• accreditation.
• triage.
• quality control.

ANS: C

Triage is the sorting and allocation of treatment to patients according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors and treat the sickest patients first.

REF: p. 2 OBJ: 11 TOP: Healthcare Systems: Roles of Allied Health Personnel MSC: CAAHEP: X.C.2, ABHES: 5.f

• The Father of Medicine contributed which of the following to medicine?
• Dissection techniques
• More than 500 treatises
• / 4