CCHT 2027 LATEST SETS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
annually - ✔✔AAMI Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested
✔✔Clean the machine surface immediately - ✔✔A dialysis technician observes a drop
of blood on the surface of a patient's hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions
should the dialysis technician take?
✔✔About one ounce (30 ml) fluid is on the floor - ✔✔A dialysis technician observes all
of the below on the treatment floor, which one poses an environment risk?
✔✔An artery to a vein - ✔✔A fistula connects
✔✔Vitamin B12 - ✔✔A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a
dialyzer is
✔✔Cations and anions - ✔✔A mixed- bed DI tank contains
✔✔A glomerulus and a tubule system - ✔✔A nephron is made up of
✔✔An infiltration - ✔✔A patient complains of pain at the venous needle site. The
dialysis technician observes there is swelling distal to the venous needle site and that
the venous pressure is rising. The dialysis technician should suspect
✔✔Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome - ✔✔A patient who is to receive their first dialysis
treatment is prone to?
✔✔bananas - ✔✔A patient tells the technician that the dietician reviewed high
potassium foods with her. During the conversation she states she routinely eats the
following foods. Which one is highest in potassium?
✔✔It's a new Federal regulation - ✔✔A reason why a dialysis technician is to be
certified is
,✔✔Clotting of extracorporeal circuit - ✔✔A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux
dialyzer during hemodialysis is indicative of
✔✔Never document something that someone else did - ✔✔A teammate asks you to
document the normal saline he just gave to Mr. Smith. You would:
✔✔May rupture and cause the patient to bleed profusely - ✔✔A true aneurysm can be
dangerous because it
✔✔Was the predialysis sample drawn from the venous port? - ✔✔A patient's laboratory
results indicate that the predialysis BUN level was lower than the post dialysis BUN
level. When interpreting these findings the technician should seek the answer to which
of these questions?
✔✔Tachycardia - ✔✔A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient
has:
✔✔500 - ✔✔A patient's dry weight is 154.0 (70kg) and the patient's pre treatment
weight is 158.4. (72kg). For a four- hour treatment, how many mL/ hour must the patient
lose to reach dry weight?
✔✔200 CFU/mL - ✔✔AAMI standards for the total microbial count of dialysate shall not
exceed:
✔✔3-5% of EDW - ✔✔Acceptable interdialytic weight gains are
✔✔Less than two (2) EU/mL - ✔✔According to AAMI the standard level for endotoxins
levels is
✔✔4/15/2010 - ✔✔According to the new Conditions for Coverage, all dialysis
technicians are to be certified by a national certifying agency or state specific
certification by:
✔✔Nutritional - ✔✔Albumin is an important test that tells about the patient's
✔✔Vitamin B12 - ✔✔All of the following are phosphate binders except:
✔✔numbness and tingling - ✔✔All of the following may be signs and symptoms of an
infected access except:
✔✔The absence of disease producing organisms - ✔✔Asepsis is defined as
, ✔✔1,385 mL/hr - ✔✔Based on Mrs Smith's total amount of fluid to be removed, what is
the ultrafiltration rate per hour (mL/hr) for her 4 hour treatment?
✔✔Discard the needle - ✔✔Before a hemodialysis treatment, the technician removes
the cap from the fistula needle and accidentally touches the chair with the tip of the
needle. Which of these actions should the technician take first?
✔✔Hemolysis - ✔✔Dialysate that is too hot will cause
✔✔Weight at which the patient has no edema or fluid in the lungs and BP is normal -
✔✔Dry weight is defined as the
✔✔Disconnection of the bloodline - ✔✔During a hemodialysis treatment the technician
responds to a low venous pressure alarm. The most likely cause for this alarm is:
✔✔Blood - ✔✔Biohazardous waste includes any material exposed to:
✔✔Diffusion - ✔✔Decreasing the patient's prescribed blood flow rate affects the rate of
✔✔Stop the pump - ✔✔During a hemodialysis treatment, a patient's venous needle
infiltrates. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take first?
✔✔Between 7.0 and 7.4 - ✔✔Dialysate pH should be:
✔✔Clamp the venous line - ✔✔During hemodialysis, the air detector on Ms. Foster's
machine alarms and foam is visible in the venous drop chamber. The immediate action
of the dialysis technician should be to:
✔✔How have you been since your last dialysis treatment? - ✔✔During predialysis data
collection, it would be best for the technician to ask the patient which of these
questions?
✔✔Take the patient's temperature - ✔✔During the hemodialysis treatment, a patient
complains of feeling chilled. In addition to getting the patient a blanket, which of these
actions should the technician take?
✔✔Notify the equipment technician - ✔✔During the set up of a hemodialysis machine,
the alarm test for conductivity fails. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician
take?
✔✔Indicators of the adequacy of the renal replacement therapy - ✔✔ESRD specific
tests such as BUN, Creatinine, and URR are
SET A+
annually - ✔✔AAMI Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested
✔✔Clean the machine surface immediately - ✔✔A dialysis technician observes a drop
of blood on the surface of a patient's hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions
should the dialysis technician take?
✔✔About one ounce (30 ml) fluid is on the floor - ✔✔A dialysis technician observes all
of the below on the treatment floor, which one poses an environment risk?
✔✔An artery to a vein - ✔✔A fistula connects
✔✔Vitamin B12 - ✔✔A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a
dialyzer is
✔✔Cations and anions - ✔✔A mixed- bed DI tank contains
✔✔A glomerulus and a tubule system - ✔✔A nephron is made up of
✔✔An infiltration - ✔✔A patient complains of pain at the venous needle site. The
dialysis technician observes there is swelling distal to the venous needle site and that
the venous pressure is rising. The dialysis technician should suspect
✔✔Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome - ✔✔A patient who is to receive their first dialysis
treatment is prone to?
✔✔bananas - ✔✔A patient tells the technician that the dietician reviewed high
potassium foods with her. During the conversation she states she routinely eats the
following foods. Which one is highest in potassium?
✔✔It's a new Federal regulation - ✔✔A reason why a dialysis technician is to be
certified is
,✔✔Clotting of extracorporeal circuit - ✔✔A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux
dialyzer during hemodialysis is indicative of
✔✔Never document something that someone else did - ✔✔A teammate asks you to
document the normal saline he just gave to Mr. Smith. You would:
✔✔May rupture and cause the patient to bleed profusely - ✔✔A true aneurysm can be
dangerous because it
✔✔Was the predialysis sample drawn from the venous port? - ✔✔A patient's laboratory
results indicate that the predialysis BUN level was lower than the post dialysis BUN
level. When interpreting these findings the technician should seek the answer to which
of these questions?
✔✔Tachycardia - ✔✔A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient
has:
✔✔500 - ✔✔A patient's dry weight is 154.0 (70kg) and the patient's pre treatment
weight is 158.4. (72kg). For a four- hour treatment, how many mL/ hour must the patient
lose to reach dry weight?
✔✔200 CFU/mL - ✔✔AAMI standards for the total microbial count of dialysate shall not
exceed:
✔✔3-5% of EDW - ✔✔Acceptable interdialytic weight gains are
✔✔Less than two (2) EU/mL - ✔✔According to AAMI the standard level for endotoxins
levels is
✔✔4/15/2010 - ✔✔According to the new Conditions for Coverage, all dialysis
technicians are to be certified by a national certifying agency or state specific
certification by:
✔✔Nutritional - ✔✔Albumin is an important test that tells about the patient's
✔✔Vitamin B12 - ✔✔All of the following are phosphate binders except:
✔✔numbness and tingling - ✔✔All of the following may be signs and symptoms of an
infected access except:
✔✔The absence of disease producing organisms - ✔✔Asepsis is defined as
, ✔✔1,385 mL/hr - ✔✔Based on Mrs Smith's total amount of fluid to be removed, what is
the ultrafiltration rate per hour (mL/hr) for her 4 hour treatment?
✔✔Discard the needle - ✔✔Before a hemodialysis treatment, the technician removes
the cap from the fistula needle and accidentally touches the chair with the tip of the
needle. Which of these actions should the technician take first?
✔✔Hemolysis - ✔✔Dialysate that is too hot will cause
✔✔Weight at which the patient has no edema or fluid in the lungs and BP is normal -
✔✔Dry weight is defined as the
✔✔Disconnection of the bloodline - ✔✔During a hemodialysis treatment the technician
responds to a low venous pressure alarm. The most likely cause for this alarm is:
✔✔Blood - ✔✔Biohazardous waste includes any material exposed to:
✔✔Diffusion - ✔✔Decreasing the patient's prescribed blood flow rate affects the rate of
✔✔Stop the pump - ✔✔During a hemodialysis treatment, a patient's venous needle
infiltrates. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take first?
✔✔Between 7.0 and 7.4 - ✔✔Dialysate pH should be:
✔✔Clamp the venous line - ✔✔During hemodialysis, the air detector on Ms. Foster's
machine alarms and foam is visible in the venous drop chamber. The immediate action
of the dialysis technician should be to:
✔✔How have you been since your last dialysis treatment? - ✔✔During predialysis data
collection, it would be best for the technician to ask the patient which of these
questions?
✔✔Take the patient's temperature - ✔✔During the hemodialysis treatment, a patient
complains of feeling chilled. In addition to getting the patient a blanket, which of these
actions should the technician take?
✔✔Notify the equipment technician - ✔✔During the set up of a hemodialysis machine,
the alarm test for conductivity fails. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician
take?
✔✔Indicators of the adequacy of the renal replacement therapy - ✔✔ESRD specific
tests such as BUN, Creatinine, and URR are
