CEFM Exam 2 Questions & Answers
2025/2026
Acceleration - ANSWERS15 bpm above base line for 15 secs but less than 30 secs. If less than 32
wks 10x10
Acidosis - ANSWERSexcessive acidity of body fluids/tissue
ph less than 7.1
Respiratory acidosis - ANSWERSlow ph high Co2 (above 60)
Metabolic Acidosis - ANSWERSlow pH
Low 02
normal Co2
Mixed acidosis - ANSWERSlow pH
low p02
high pC02
Alkalosis - ANSWERSaccumulation of base in tissue/blood
Apgar - ANSWERSHR
RR
Muscle tone
Reflex
Color
, Asphyxia (fetal) - ANSWERSorgan damage due to lack of 02
Baseline change - ANSWERSFHR change 10 mins or longer
Baseline FHR - ANSWERS10 mins (rounded to 5)
2 mins without accels or decells
Does not have to be continuous 2 mins
Bradycardia - ANSWERSless than 110 for 10 mins or more
Bishops score - ANSWERSScoring system for determining whether or not induction of labor will
be successful, based on 5 criteria (scored from 0-3): position, cervical consistency, degree of
effacement, dilatation, and station; score >9 suggests that induction will be successful.
Cervical effacement - ANSWERSrefers to thinning of cervix
cervical dilation - ANSWERSopening of the cervix during childbirth
Contraction Stress Test - ANSWERSto assess fetal-placental respiratory reserve
evaluates fhr with contraction
borderline fetus will have late decls with contractions
Equivocal - ANSWERSdecels that occur in the presence of contractions more than every 2 mins
or last longer than 90secs
Equivocal-suspicious - ANSWERSIntermittent late decels or significant variable decels
2025/2026
Acceleration - ANSWERS15 bpm above base line for 15 secs but less than 30 secs. If less than 32
wks 10x10
Acidosis - ANSWERSexcessive acidity of body fluids/tissue
ph less than 7.1
Respiratory acidosis - ANSWERSlow ph high Co2 (above 60)
Metabolic Acidosis - ANSWERSlow pH
Low 02
normal Co2
Mixed acidosis - ANSWERSlow pH
low p02
high pC02
Alkalosis - ANSWERSaccumulation of base in tissue/blood
Apgar - ANSWERSHR
RR
Muscle tone
Reflex
Color
, Asphyxia (fetal) - ANSWERSorgan damage due to lack of 02
Baseline change - ANSWERSFHR change 10 mins or longer
Baseline FHR - ANSWERS10 mins (rounded to 5)
2 mins without accels or decells
Does not have to be continuous 2 mins
Bradycardia - ANSWERSless than 110 for 10 mins or more
Bishops score - ANSWERSScoring system for determining whether or not induction of labor will
be successful, based on 5 criteria (scored from 0-3): position, cervical consistency, degree of
effacement, dilatation, and station; score >9 suggests that induction will be successful.
Cervical effacement - ANSWERSrefers to thinning of cervix
cervical dilation - ANSWERSopening of the cervix during childbirth
Contraction Stress Test - ANSWERSto assess fetal-placental respiratory reserve
evaluates fhr with contraction
borderline fetus will have late decls with contractions
Equivocal - ANSWERSdecels that occur in the presence of contractions more than every 2 mins
or last longer than 90secs
Equivocal-suspicious - ANSWERSIntermittent late decels or significant variable decels
