ASSESSMENT: Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A) pratice test 2.0 Questions and Answers 2023

1. Patient care technician is caring for a patient who has died.Which of the following action should the technician take?: Secure any of the patient valuables. 2. Which of the following actions should a patient care technician take one discharging a patient?: Escort the patient using a wheelchair. 3. A patient care technician is in the cafeteria during lunch and sees a visitor that appears to be choking. Which of the following actions should the technician take first?: Ask the visitor if she is able to speak. 4. A patient care technician is caring for a patient who has an ileostomy.Which of the following types of stool should the technician expect to observe in the ostomy pouch?: Liquid 5. A patient care technician should identify that which of the following is the minimum preferred volume of urine for a routine urinalysis?: 30 mL 6. A patient care technician in a hospital is concerned about the unethical behavior of a coworker.To which of the following people should the technician report his concern?: The charge nurse 7. Patient care technician is caring for a four year old patient who reports right arm pain. The technician should identify that which of the following methods should be used to measure pain intensity for this patient?: Ask the child to point to the drawing of the face that matches their pain level 8. A patient care technician is preparing to ambulate a patient who is at increased risk for falls. The patient asked the technician, "why do you have to place a belt around me?" Which of the following response should the technician make?: "Gait belts are an added safety feature when assisting patient to walk" 9. A patient care technician is assisting with the admission of a patient who has hearing loss.Which of the following action should the technician take one communicating with this patient?: Write questions and instructions on note bad for depression 10. A patient care technician has just obtain a 12 lead EKG from a patient. When should the technician clean and disinfect reusable EKG equipment?: - Immediately after each patient 11. A patient care technician is assisting a nurse to apply a Hand-wrist immobility splint for a patient who has left sided paralysis due to a stroke.The technician should identify that the splint will secure the patient's hand and wrist in which of the following positions?: Wrist in slight dorsiflexion 12. A patient care technician should identify that according to the CDC's, standard precautions, glove are required for which of the following task?: Handling linen that is soiled with blood