Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) (NAHP) Practice Exam

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A prefix is found where in a word?

Middle
End
Beginning
Outside

The correct answer is: Beginning

A prefix is a group of letters that is added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning. For example, the prefix "re-" means "again" or "back," so the word "do" becomes "redo" with the prefix. Therefore, a prefix is always found at the beginning of a word, making the incorrect answers options A, B, and D. These options are incorrect because they describe other parts of a word, not the prefix. For example, the middle of a word contains the root and suffix, the end of a word usually contains the suffix, and the outside of a word does not specifically refer to any part of the word. Thus, the correct answer is C, beginning, to identify where a prefix is found in a word.