HUC MOCK CERTIFICATION
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ To schedule a patient for services such as nuclear medicine scans or
ultrasounds, which of the following departments should the health unit
coordinator contact? Diagnostic imaging, physical medicine, clinical
laboratory, or cardiovascular services Answer: diagnostic imaging
◉ This term is the correct spelling for the illness known as inflammation
of the liver. Answer: Hepatitis
◉ A laparotomy is an incision into which body cavity? Thoracic cavity,
cranial cavity, pelvic cavity, or abdominal cavity. Answer: abdominal
cavity
◉ A patient with a possible tumor in the lower bowel may be scheduled
for a: sigmoidoscopy, cystoscopy, gastroscopy, or bronchoscopy.
Answer: sigmoidoscopy
◉ An order is written for a patient to receive packed red blood cells.
Which department should the health unit coordinator contact?
Hematology, chemistry, blood bank, or serology. Answer: blood bank
◉ Which of the following is an example of a vital sign?
, HOB, CBC, B/P, or KUB Answer: B/P
◉ According to the written order, which of the following medications
would be administered by mouth?
KCl 20 meq added to each IV bad, Amoxicillin 250 mg po q8hrs, PCA
Morphine 2mg, or Demerol 25 mg IM STAT Answer: Amoxicillin 250
mg po q8hrs
◉ This term identifies the level or care a patient requires based on
medical needs and is used to assist with determining the staff to patient
ratio: adjustment, assignment, acuity, or alignment. Answer: acuity
◉ Telephone etiquette suggests answering the telephone by which ring?
Second ring, third ring, fourth ring, or fifth ring. Answer: third ring
◉ Downtime forms may include the following form for documentation
of new medication orders: MDI, MRI, MAR, or MEC. Answer: MAR
◉ Recognition that an organization has met a certain group of standards
is known as: accountability, accreditation, achievement, or acclimation.
Answer: accreditation
◉ Placing a patient in a private room with negative pressure air flow and
using a mask when entering the room is which type of isolation?
Standard isolation, contact isolation, airborne isolation, or skin isolation.
Answer: airborne isolation
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ To schedule a patient for services such as nuclear medicine scans or
ultrasounds, which of the following departments should the health unit
coordinator contact? Diagnostic imaging, physical medicine, clinical
laboratory, or cardiovascular services Answer: diagnostic imaging
◉ This term is the correct spelling for the illness known as inflammation
of the liver. Answer: Hepatitis
◉ A laparotomy is an incision into which body cavity? Thoracic cavity,
cranial cavity, pelvic cavity, or abdominal cavity. Answer: abdominal
cavity
◉ A patient with a possible tumor in the lower bowel may be scheduled
for a: sigmoidoscopy, cystoscopy, gastroscopy, or bronchoscopy.
Answer: sigmoidoscopy
◉ An order is written for a patient to receive packed red blood cells.
Which department should the health unit coordinator contact?
Hematology, chemistry, blood bank, or serology. Answer: blood bank
◉ Which of the following is an example of a vital sign?
, HOB, CBC, B/P, or KUB Answer: B/P
◉ According to the written order, which of the following medications
would be administered by mouth?
KCl 20 meq added to each IV bad, Amoxicillin 250 mg po q8hrs, PCA
Morphine 2mg, or Demerol 25 mg IM STAT Answer: Amoxicillin 250
mg po q8hrs
◉ This term identifies the level or care a patient requires based on
medical needs and is used to assist with determining the staff to patient
ratio: adjustment, assignment, acuity, or alignment. Answer: acuity
◉ Telephone etiquette suggests answering the telephone by which ring?
Second ring, third ring, fourth ring, or fifth ring. Answer: third ring
◉ Downtime forms may include the following form for documentation
of new medication orders: MDI, MRI, MAR, or MEC. Answer: MAR
◉ Recognition that an organization has met a certain group of standards
is known as: accountability, accreditation, achievement, or acclimation.
Answer: accreditation
◉ Placing a patient in a private room with negative pressure air flow and
using a mask when entering the room is which type of isolation?
Standard isolation, contact isolation, airborne isolation, or skin isolation.
Answer: airborne isolation
