BOY Pre-Assessment

A patient with a rapid pulse has bradycardia.

• True

• False

Water-soluble vitamins are A,D,E and K.

• True

• False

Carbon dioxide is a waste product of metabolism.

• True

• False

Some states consider it legal for medical assistants to diagnose a condition and prescribe treatment.

• True

• False

It is illegal for a patient to be denied a copy of his chart if he is unable to pay the fee to obtain it.

• True

• False

A physician cannot be held responsible for the actions of employees.

• True

• False

A substance used to impact color to tissue or cells in order to study and identify microscopic organisms is called a stain.

• True

• False

Another name for a heart attack is myocardial infraction.

• True

• False

A properly collected sputum specimen should contain both mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract and saliva.

• True

• False

The process of blood cells clumping together to form a clot is called coagulation.

• True

• False