Careers for the 21st Century: Health Technologists and
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Careers for the 21st Century: Health
Technologists and Technicians (Full Video)
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1. Medical
technicians do not work under the supervision of medical technologists or
laboratory managers.
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A) true
o B) false
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2. Medical
technicians and technologists need to be very _____ to work in the field.
o A) communicative
o B) dedicated
o C) cooperative
o D) detail-oriented
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3. Opticians
are allowed to _____.
o A) write lens prescriptions
o B) design contact lenses
o C) give eye exams
o D) grind and insert lens into frames
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4. Which
of the following reflects the duties of LPNs?
o A) They develop care plans for doctors.
o B) They provide basic bedside care.
o C) They develop new tests for radiologists.
o D) They assist doctors in surgery.
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5. Experienced
radiologic technologists _____.
o A) develop X-ray films for radiologists
o B) diagnose medical problems
o C) read CT scans for doctors
o D) operate on cancer patients
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6. The
job description of a dental hygienist would probably include _____.
o A) fitting and tightening braces
o B) X-raying, cleaning, and flossing teeth
o C) extracting, filling, and capping teeth
o D) whitening, bleaching, or pulling teeth
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7. When
beginning a career in nuclear technology, you might start as a(n) _____.
o A) assistant
o B) audiologist
o C) X-ray technologist
o D) nuclear technician
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8. If
you like the medical field, but prefer very little patient contact, you may
enjoy a career as a _____.
o A) dental hygienist
o B) radiologic technologist
o C) medical records technician
o D) emergency medical technician
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9. Typically,
emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, work in teams of _____.
o A) two
o B) three
o C) four
o D) five
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10. Typical
duties of an emergency medical technician are _____.
o A) transporting the sick or injured person to a medical facility
o B) providing treatment for any type of medical emergency
o C) administering drugs orally and intravenously
o D) using defibrillators on heart patients