CCMA Exam Certification Study Guide Questions
with Certified Solutions
Chief complaint CC - Answer The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's response to
questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
History of present illness HPI - Answer Explains the chief complaint. A chronological description of the
development of the patient's present illness from the first sign or symptom or from the previous
encounter to the present.
Vital Signs - Answer Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all ___________
___________.
Normal oral temperature - Answer 97.6F - 99.6F
intermittent fever - Answer Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or subnormal body
temperatures.
Remittent fever - Answer fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the normal
level.
Continuous fever - Answer A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not fluctuate.
60-100 BPM - Answer Normal pulse rate
Respirations - Answer Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what?
Systole - Answer contraction of the heart
Diastole - Answer relaxation of the heart
, Anthropometric measurements - Answer Measurement of height, (length rather than height is used in
infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body
fat.
Inspection - Answer General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait,
speech.
palpation - Answer to examine by touch
Percussion - Answer physical examination method of tapping over the body to elicit vibrations and
sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content of a cavity such as the chest.
Ausculation - Answer the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs or heart) as an aid
to diagnosis and treatment.
OSHA - Answer a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work
environment
cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Answer an emergency procedure for life support consisting of artificial
respiration and manual external cardiac compression
SHOCK - Answer This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart and in turn to the rest of the body.
Symptoms of shock - Answer Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse
increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___ _________.
First aid for Shock - Answer maintain open airway for the victim, call for assistance, keep victim lying
down w/ head lower than rest of body; attempt to control bleeding or other cause of shock if known;
keep victim warm until help arrives
with Certified Solutions
Chief complaint CC - Answer The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's response to
questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
History of present illness HPI - Answer Explains the chief complaint. A chronological description of the
development of the patient's present illness from the first sign or symptom or from the previous
encounter to the present.
Vital Signs - Answer Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all ___________
___________.
Normal oral temperature - Answer 97.6F - 99.6F
intermittent fever - Answer Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or subnormal body
temperatures.
Remittent fever - Answer fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the normal
level.
Continuous fever - Answer A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not fluctuate.
60-100 BPM - Answer Normal pulse rate
Respirations - Answer Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what?
Systole - Answer contraction of the heart
Diastole - Answer relaxation of the heart
, Anthropometric measurements - Answer Measurement of height, (length rather than height is used in
infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body
fat.
Inspection - Answer General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait,
speech.
palpation - Answer to examine by touch
Percussion - Answer physical examination method of tapping over the body to elicit vibrations and
sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content of a cavity such as the chest.
Ausculation - Answer the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs or heart) as an aid
to diagnosis and treatment.
OSHA - Answer a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work
environment
cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Answer an emergency procedure for life support consisting of artificial
respiration and manual external cardiac compression
SHOCK - Answer This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart and in turn to the rest of the body.
Symptoms of shock - Answer Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse
increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___ _________.
First aid for Shock - Answer maintain open airway for the victim, call for assistance, keep victim lying
down w/ head lower than rest of body; attempt to control bleeding or other cause of shock if known;
keep victim warm until help arrives
