NHA CCMA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NEW UPDATE 2023
CC - CORRECT ANSWER Chief Complaint
Segment - CORRECT ANSWER Line between two wave forms
P-wave - CORRECT ANSWER Atrial Depolarization
How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second Rythm strip? - CORRECT ANSWER 30 one
millimeter boxes
The SA node represents which waveform on the ekg? - CORRECT ANSWER Only the
P-wave
What is the reading you can get from the RR interval? - CORRECT ANSWER
Ventricular Pulse
What is the primary stage of Hemolisis? - CORRECT ANSWER Vascular phase and
platelet phase together
What is Electophoresis? - CORRECT ANSWER Analyzation of the chemical
components of blood e.g. hemoglobin, serum, urinem cerebrospinal fluid based on
electrical charge.
Positive testing for occult blood in a stool sample turn which color? - CORRECT
ANSWER Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces.
The stages of Hemostasis: - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Vascular 2. Platelet Phase 3.
Coagulation Phase 4. Fibronolysis
Blood Vessels - CORRECT ANSWER Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venues,
veins, superior and inferior vena cavae.
Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel - CORRECT ANSWER Tunica
adventitia
Inner endothelial tissue layer of a blood vessel - CORRECT ANSWER Tunica Intima
The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel - CORRECT ANSWER Tunica media
The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting - CORRECT ANSWER Code of
Ethics
, What do you find in capillaries? - CORRECT ANSWER A mixture of venous and arterial
blood is found
The average adult has how many liters of blood? - CORRECT ANSWER 5-6 liters
What is the percentage of water in blood? - CORRECT ANSWER 92%
Percentage of plasma in blood - CORRECT ANSWER 55%
Percentage of Formed Elements in the blood - CORRECT ANSWER 45%
99% of formed elements in blood - CORRECT ANSWER RBC's or Erythrocytes
Where you find Hemoglobin - CORRECT ANSWER RBC's
Where do all blood cells originate? - CORRECT ANSWER Bone Marrow
How many RBC's per microliter of blood - CORRECT ANSWER 4.2-6.2 million
What is the second most numerous WBC? - CORRECT ANSWER Lymphocyte with 20-
40%
Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB - CORRECT ANSWER
Monocytes
Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and often are first on scene - CORRECT
ANSWER Neutrophils
These WBC's play an important role in viral infection as well as in immunity. -
CORRECT ANSWER Lymphocytes
Number of leukocytes for average adult per micrometer - CORRECT ANSWER 5000-
10000
Leukopenia - CORRECT ANSWER Decrease in WBC's seen with viral infection and
leukemia
Comprises 3-8% of wbc or leukocytes - CORRECT ANSWER Monocytes
Largest in size of the leukocytes - CORRECT ANSWER Monocytes
Carries Histamine - CORRECT ANSWER Basophil
Injury to a blood vessel that causes it to constrict, slowing the clot of blood - CORRECT
ANSWER Cascular phase of hemostasis
NEW UPDATE 2023
CC - CORRECT ANSWER Chief Complaint
Segment - CORRECT ANSWER Line between two wave forms
P-wave - CORRECT ANSWER Atrial Depolarization
How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second Rythm strip? - CORRECT ANSWER 30 one
millimeter boxes
The SA node represents which waveform on the ekg? - CORRECT ANSWER Only the
P-wave
What is the reading you can get from the RR interval? - CORRECT ANSWER
Ventricular Pulse
What is the primary stage of Hemolisis? - CORRECT ANSWER Vascular phase and
platelet phase together
What is Electophoresis? - CORRECT ANSWER Analyzation of the chemical
components of blood e.g. hemoglobin, serum, urinem cerebrospinal fluid based on
electrical charge.
Positive testing for occult blood in a stool sample turn which color? - CORRECT
ANSWER Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces.
The stages of Hemostasis: - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Vascular 2. Platelet Phase 3.
Coagulation Phase 4. Fibronolysis
Blood Vessels - CORRECT ANSWER Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venues,
veins, superior and inferior vena cavae.
Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel - CORRECT ANSWER Tunica
adventitia
Inner endothelial tissue layer of a blood vessel - CORRECT ANSWER Tunica Intima
The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel - CORRECT ANSWER Tunica media
The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting - CORRECT ANSWER Code of
Ethics
, What do you find in capillaries? - CORRECT ANSWER A mixture of venous and arterial
blood is found
The average adult has how many liters of blood? - CORRECT ANSWER 5-6 liters
What is the percentage of water in blood? - CORRECT ANSWER 92%
Percentage of plasma in blood - CORRECT ANSWER 55%
Percentage of Formed Elements in the blood - CORRECT ANSWER 45%
99% of formed elements in blood - CORRECT ANSWER RBC's or Erythrocytes
Where you find Hemoglobin - CORRECT ANSWER RBC's
Where do all blood cells originate? - CORRECT ANSWER Bone Marrow
How many RBC's per microliter of blood - CORRECT ANSWER 4.2-6.2 million
What is the second most numerous WBC? - CORRECT ANSWER Lymphocyte with 20-
40%
Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB - CORRECT ANSWER
Monocytes
Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and often are first on scene - CORRECT
ANSWER Neutrophils
These WBC's play an important role in viral infection as well as in immunity. -
CORRECT ANSWER Lymphocytes
Number of leukocytes for average adult per micrometer - CORRECT ANSWER 5000-
10000
Leukopenia - CORRECT ANSWER Decrease in WBC's seen with viral infection and
leukemia
Comprises 3-8% of wbc or leukocytes - CORRECT ANSWER Monocytes
Largest in size of the leukocytes - CORRECT ANSWER Monocytes
Carries Histamine - CORRECT ANSWER Basophil
Injury to a blood vessel that causes it to constrict, slowing the clot of blood - CORRECT
ANSWER Cascular phase of hemostasis
