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64) Forced Vital Capacity is measured by instructing the patient to
A. forcefully breath air out and continue to exhale for at least 6 seconds.
B. complete a minimum of eight acceptable efforts to validate the test.
C. move the one way valve to a minimum of 4000 ml capacity.
D. exhale as fast and hard as possible and document the reading.
65) The physician has instructed the medical assistant to obtain a patient’s temperature.
Before placing the oral thermometer in the patient's mouth, it is important to ensure the
accuracy of the reading by asking the patient if she has
A. recently ingested hot or cold food or beverages.
B. taken her prescribed medications today.
C. had a fever in the last 24 hours.
D. pain with swallowing.
