NCC EFM Certification Exam Questions and Verified Answers| Score 100%| (Latest Update 2023/ 2024)

NCC EFM Certification Exam Questions and Verified Answers| Score 100%| (Latest Update 2023/ 2024) 1. If a nonstress test is nonreactive after 40 minutes, the next step should be: A. Have the client go home and do fetal movement counts B. Do a biophysical profile or contraction stress test C. Repeat the nonstress test within a week D. Admit the client for delivery ~ Answer: b. Do a biophysical profile or contraction stress test 2. All of the following are components of a biophysical profile except: A. Contraction stress test B. Assessment of fetal breathing C. Amniotic fluid volume measurement D. Fetal movement assessment ~ Answer: a. Contraction stress test 3. A modified biophysical profile includes a nonstress test and: A. Contraction stress test B. Ultrasound assessment of fetal movement C. Ultrasound assessment of amniotic fluid volume D. Fetal movement counts ~ Answer: c. Ultrasound assessment of amniotic fluid volume 4. For a contraction stress test to be interpretable, you must have a minimum of: A. 5 contractions in a 10-minute window B. 3 contractions in a 10-minute window C. 4 contractions in a 10-minute window D. 2 contractions in a 10-minute window ~ Answer: b. 3 contractions in a 10 minute window 5. A negative contraction stress test is one in which: A. No contractions are seen B. There are late decelerations with > 50% of the contractions seen C. There are no fetal heart rate late decelerations with the contractions D. There is one fetal heart rate deceleration seen ~ Answer: c. There are no fetal heart rate late decelerations with the contractions 6. According to AWHONN, the normal baseline Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) is A. 90-150 bpm B. 100-170 bpm C. 110-160 bpm D. 120-140 bpm ~ Answer: C. 110-160 bpm 7. What are the two most important characteristics of the FHR? A. Rate and decelerations B. Variability and accelerations C. Variability and decelerations D. Rate and variability ~ Answer: B. Variability and accelerations 8. You recognize that an FHR tracing has been showing a decrease in variability for the last 45 minutes. Your first intervention should be to A. Encourage ambulation B. Administer oxygen C. Discontinue IV fluids D. Increase Pitocin rate ~ Answer: B. Administer oxygen 9. Resuscitation measures improves the baby's variability, but the FHR is still not reactive. You attempt fetal scalp stimulation (FSE) because you know that a well-oxygenated fetus will respond to FSE with a(n) A. Acceleration B. Deceleration C. Fetal movement D. Sleep pattern ~ Answer: A. Acceleration 10. You are evaluating a patient in the Prenatal Testing Department who has just completed a biophysical profile (BPP). You suspect that there could be chronic fetal asphyxia because the score is below A. 10 B. 6 C. 8 ~ Answer: B. 6