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A medical assistant is performing a pulmonary function test using spirometry. How many maneuvers are required from the patient before the assistant can calculate the average measurements and record the results?

 A medical assistant is speaking with a patient on the phone who has billing questions. Which of the following actions by the assistant demonstrates active listening?

A medical assistant obtains the following vital signs from an adult patient: heart rate 105/min, temperature 37.2C (99F), BP 94/62 mm Hg, and respiratory rate 18/mins. The assistant should document which of the following in the patient’s health record?

When administering CPR, how many compressions, at a minimum, should the medical assistant do in 1 min?

Ringworm belongs to which of the following disease classifications?

 Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take when performing a capillary puncture on a 10 month old patient? 

A medical assistant is reviewing the electronic health record of a patient who is scheduled for a postoperative mastectomy visit. Which of the following documents should the assistant ensure is present from the hospital prior to this visit? 

A provider is caring for a patient who has a bowel blockage and recommends a surgical procedure to reroute the colon. The medical assistant should identify that which of the following terms describes this procedure?

A medical assistant is performing a body fat measurement on a patient. Which of the following areas should the assistant use to obtain an accurate measurement?

A medical assistant schedules three patients to arrive at the same time for each hour of the day, and each patient is seen in the order they arrive. Which scheduling style is the assistant using?