CMA (AAMA) Practice Test

Answer choices

1. A. Treat the living will, power of attorney, DNR, and DNI as identical documents, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for this task.
2. B. Assume a DNR automatically supplies every possible treatment instruction, including a DNI, within the documented operational, security, ownership, and validation requirements.
3. C. Interpret the documents independently and override the authorized decision-maker, within the documented operational, security, ownership, and validation requirements.
4. D. Recognize their different functions and escalate questions about validity or applicability rather than ignoring or independently interpreting them, as the selected approach for the stated technical and business outcome.

Wrong-answer review

• A. Treat the living will, power of attorney, DNR, and DNI as identical documents, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for this task.: The documents serve materially different treatment-direction, resuscitation, and authorized decision-maker functions.
• B. Assume a DNR automatically supplies every possible treatment instruction, including a DNI, within the documented operational, security, ownership, and validation requirements.: A DNR and a DNI address distinct resuscitation interventions and are not automatically identical.
• C. Interpret the documents independently and override the authorized decision-maker, within the documented operational, security, ownership, and validation requirements.: The assistant does not override or independently reinterpret authorized directives and decision-makers.

Answer choices

1. A. Allow credential sharing because relatives do not need verified proxy access, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, in this situation.
2. B. Ignore the unexpected login until the intruder changes clinical information, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, as proposed.
3. C. Create an unverified proxy account and keep the possibly compromised password active, as the proposed design for the complete governed operational workflow.
4. D. Secure and escalate the suspected account compromise, prohibit shared credentials, and process proxy access through authorization and identity verification, for the required iii. administrative (20%) outcome.

Answer choices

1. A. Identify the pain statement as subjective and the observed swelling and measured temperature as objective, with clear attribution
2. B. Label every finding subjective because all information appears in the same encounter, as the recommended implementation across the complete governed service lifecycle.
3. C. Record the assistant's observations as patient quotations and omit the source, under the stated technical, operational, and governance constraints.
4. D. Convert the patient's report into an objective diagnosis without provider evaluation, as the primary implementation for the described business requirement.

Answer choices

1. A. Use the group-based assumption because individual preferences are less reliable, under the proposed approach.
2. B. Ask and follow the patient's stated needs and understanding while communicating impartially and respectfully, for review.
3. C. Refuse to adapt communication because cultural beliefs never influence care preferences, within the documented operational, security, ownership, and validation requirements.
4. D. Tell the patient to adopt the communication style used for every other group member, within the described operational context.

Answer choices

1. A. Proceed because any prior authorization guarantees payment forever, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, within the described operational context.
2. B. Verify current authorization and referral requirements before service, document references, and avoid guaranteeing payment when other coverage conditions may apply, as the organization’s selected response.
3. C. Borrow an authorization from another patient with a similar service, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for evaluation.
4. D. Ignore plan requirements and change the service date after claim denial, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.

Answer choices

1. A. Continue silently because a missed specimen cannot affect a timed result, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.
2. B. Estimate the missing volume and add tap water to the collection container, within the documented operational, security, ownership, and validation requirements.
3. C. Use any convenient container because preservation requirements do not depend on the ordered test, as the recommended implementation across the complete governed service lifecycle.
4. D. Report the missed specimen because it can invalidate the collection, and follow the laboratory's instructions for timing, container, and preservation, in this situation.

Answer choices

1. A. Both are libel because every clinical statement is written defamation, for the specified implementation requirement.
2. B. The online post is slander because internet publication is spoken communication, as the organization’s selected response.
3. C. The provider report is improper because objective need-to-know communication is always defamatory, within the described operational context.
4. D. The clinical report is need-to-know factual communication, while the unsupported written publication can be libel, as the primary proposed approach.

Answer choices

1. A. Appeal both as adjudicated denials without reviewing their stated reasons, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for the described technical objective.
2. B. Resubmit both unchanged because the difference between rejection and denial is irrelevant, as the selected approach for the stated technical and business outcome.
3. C. Correct and resubmit the rejected format defect, and address the denied claim through the option appropriate to its adjudicated coverage reason, for the stated requirement.
4. D. Change unrelated diagnosis codes on both claims until the payer responds differently, as the primary implementation for the described business requirement.

Answer choices

1. A. The package supplies 460 mg of sodium, which the patient should compare with the ordered dietary goal, under end-to-end security-and-governance requirements.
2. B. The package supplies only 230 mg because nutrition labels always list totals for the full container, as proposed.
3. C. The package supplies 115 mg because the per-serving value must be divided by the serving count, within the documented scope, ownership, and validation boundaries.
4. D. The assistant should declare the package acceptable without comparing intake with the ordered goal, for the specified implementation requirement.

Answer choices

1. A. Keep shared credentials because they improve individual accountability, as the primary implementation for the described business requirement.
2. B. Address only the unlocked screen because electronic PHI needs physical safeguards alone, under the documented operational and governance requirements.
3. C. Use the personal account whenever encryption status is unknown but delivery is faster, under the organization’s defined implementation and exception-management process.
4. D. Require unique credentials, protect workstation access, prohibit password sharing, and transmit PHI only through approved secure methods, within the described operational context.