CPCT PRACTICE EXAM FINAL PAPER TESTED
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ A patient care technician is providing palliative care to a patient.
The patient's family expresses feelings of anger and hopelessness.
Which of the following actions should the technician take?
A.Explain that anger is the first coping mechanism everyone
experiences during grief
B. Refer the family to the charge nurse
C. Recommend that the patient talk to social services
D. Listen when the family is ready to talk.
Answer: D. Listen when the family is ready to talk
◉ Which of the following abnormalities is associated with large U
waves on the EKG?
A.Increased sodium level
B. Increased potassium level
C.Decreased sodium level
D.Decreased potassium level.
Answer: A.Increased sodium level
,◉ A patient care technician has been monitoring a patient's intake
and output for the past 24 hr. Which of the following findings should
the technician report to the nurse immediately?
A. pink, yellow-colored urine
B. amber-colored urine
C. urine output 1,400 mL
D. urine output 500 mL.
Answer: D. urine output 500 mL
◉ A patient care technician should identify that which of the
following settings adjust the height of the EKG waveform on a
tracing?
A. gain control
B. speed control
C. stylus
D. lead selector.
Answer: A. gain control
,◉ a patient care technician is measuring a patient's blood pressure.
The technician should identify that which of the following situation
can result in an inaccurate reading?
A. the cuff deflates at a constant, steady rate
B. the cuff bladder is centered over the patient's brachial artery
C. the patient's arm is above the level of the heart
D. the aneroid needle is calibrated to zero.
Answer: C. the patient's arm is above the level of the heart
◉ a patient care technician is caring for a patient who has an
indwelling urinary catheter. How often should the technician empty
the drainage receptacle?
A. every 24 hr
B. every 16 hr
C. every 8 hr
D. every 12 hr.
Answer: C. every 8 hr
◉ a patient care technician is caring for a patient who has congestive
heart failure. Which of the following findings should be reported to
the nurse immediately?
, A. change in appetite and food preferences
B. Swelling in legs and feet
C. A weight loss of 1 lb in 3 weeks
D. increased urinary output.
Answer: B. Swelling in legs and feet
◉ a patient care technician is caring for a patient who is
postoperative following abdominal surgery and observes thin,
watery, reddish drainage on the wound dressing. The technician
should identify that which of the following terms is used to describe
this type of drainage?
A. serous
B. purulent
C. sanguineous
D. Seroanguineous.
Answer: D. Seroanguineous
◉ a patient care technician observes a nurse administering an
influenza vaccine to a patient. The technician should identify that
receiving an influenza vaccine breaks which of the following links in
the chain of infection?
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ A patient care technician is providing palliative care to a patient.
The patient's family expresses feelings of anger and hopelessness.
Which of the following actions should the technician take?
A.Explain that anger is the first coping mechanism everyone
experiences during grief
B. Refer the family to the charge nurse
C. Recommend that the patient talk to social services
D. Listen when the family is ready to talk.
Answer: D. Listen when the family is ready to talk
◉ Which of the following abnormalities is associated with large U
waves on the EKG?
A.Increased sodium level
B. Increased potassium level
C.Decreased sodium level
D.Decreased potassium level.
Answer: A.Increased sodium level
,◉ A patient care technician has been monitoring a patient's intake
and output for the past 24 hr. Which of the following findings should
the technician report to the nurse immediately?
A. pink, yellow-colored urine
B. amber-colored urine
C. urine output 1,400 mL
D. urine output 500 mL.
Answer: D. urine output 500 mL
◉ A patient care technician should identify that which of the
following settings adjust the height of the EKG waveform on a
tracing?
A. gain control
B. speed control
C. stylus
D. lead selector.
Answer: A. gain control
,◉ a patient care technician is measuring a patient's blood pressure.
The technician should identify that which of the following situation
can result in an inaccurate reading?
A. the cuff deflates at a constant, steady rate
B. the cuff bladder is centered over the patient's brachial artery
C. the patient's arm is above the level of the heart
D. the aneroid needle is calibrated to zero.
Answer: C. the patient's arm is above the level of the heart
◉ a patient care technician is caring for a patient who has an
indwelling urinary catheter. How often should the technician empty
the drainage receptacle?
A. every 24 hr
B. every 16 hr
C. every 8 hr
D. every 12 hr.
Answer: C. every 8 hr
◉ a patient care technician is caring for a patient who has congestive
heart failure. Which of the following findings should be reported to
the nurse immediately?
, A. change in appetite and food preferences
B. Swelling in legs and feet
C. A weight loss of 1 lb in 3 weeks
D. increased urinary output.
Answer: B. Swelling in legs and feet
◉ a patient care technician is caring for a patient who is
postoperative following abdominal surgery and observes thin,
watery, reddish drainage on the wound dressing. The technician
should identify that which of the following terms is used to describe
this type of drainage?
A. serous
B. purulent
C. sanguineous
D. Seroanguineous.
Answer: D. Seroanguineous
◉ a patient care technician observes a nurse administering an
influenza vaccine to a patient. The technician should identify that
receiving an influenza vaccine breaks which of the following links in
the chain of infection?
