NCC-EFM Test Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2025)

NCC-EFM Test Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2025)
Uterine contractions are quantified as - Correct Answer
✅the number of contractions present in a 10 min window



Normal frequency of uterine contractions - Correct Answer
✅≤5 contractions in 10 min, averaged over a 30 min window



Tachysystole is - Correct Answer ✅>5 contractions in 10
min, averaged over a 30 min window. Should be qualified as
to the presence or absence of FHR decelerations



Terms describing uterine contractions that have been
abandoned - Correct Answer ✅"hyperstimulation" and
"hypercontractility"



FHR patterns are defined by the characteristics of - Correct
Answer ✅baseline, variability, accelerations, and
decelerations



Baseline FHR is determined by approximating the mean FHR
rounded to increments of (A) bpm during a (B) min window,

, NCC-EFM Test Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2025)
excluding (C) and (D) and periods of (E) FHR variability -
Correct Answer ✅A. 5

B. 10

C. accelerations

D. decelerations

E. marked



There must be at least (A) minutes of identifiable baseline
segments in any (B) minute window, or the baseline for that
period is (C) - Correct Answer ✅A. 2

B. 10

C. Indeterminate



Bradycardia - Correct Answer ✅a baseline FHR <110



Tachycardia - Correct Answer ✅a baseline FHR >160



Baseline FHR variability is determined in a (A) min window
excluding (B) and (C) - Correct Answer ✅A. 10

B. accelerations