PCT Certification Exam Study Guide
heatlhy - Answer-to be without disease
Patient Care Technician - Answer-nursing assistant with advanced skills
Health Promotion - Answer-strategies that try to prevent illness from occuring
Who delegates tasks to a PCT? - Answer-physician
ombudsman - Answer-someone who seeks to ensure that resident rights are maintained in the long-
term setting
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - Answer-to protect person's rights to privacy of protected information
Encouraging mammogram screening is an example of what? - Answer-secondary prevention strategy
Are increasing poverty rates a negative or positive impact on healthcare for the underserved? - Answer-
negative
A benefit of the Affordable Care Act is...? - Answer-members are no longer denied coverage if they have
a preexisting condition
,When a person can work in multiple areas and in multiple roles they are considered ________. - Answer-
cross-trained
True or False: A PCT can share pictures/info of a patient on social media. - Answer-False
At which point can the PCT give test results to the patient's family members? - Answer-if the patient has
signed a release indicating which family members are allowed to receive patient information
To say that something that is obviously harmful to someone is said to be _______. - Answer-detrimental
Documentation on a patient's record must be...? - Answer-neat and able to be read
To be professional, the PCT should act in what way? - Answer-courteous
True or False: the skills performed by the nursing assistant are the same skills performed as a PCT? -
Answer-False
To be able to take the PCT certification test, one must have...? - Answer-a high school diploma
How many hours of continuing education is required before one can renew the PCT certification? -
Answer-10
If one does not pass the second PCT certification exam, how soon can the candidate schedule the third
exam? - Answer-30 days
Who is responsible for paying for the PCT certification exam? - Answer-the candidate taking the exam
, True or False: If the PCT uses jargon to describe what the specimen looks like to a patient, the patient
should know what that means. - Answer-False
Jargon - Answer-special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are
difficult for others to understand
The card system that is used to consolidate patient orders and is often kept in one central location is
known as the...? - Answer-Kardex
True or False: closed posture is generally accepted to mean that one is more accepting, warm, and
interested. - Answer-False
True or False: If the PCT completes a task but forgets to document it, his or her verbal statement saying
he or she performed the task will hold up in court if there were a lawsuit. - Answer-false
A teacher giving a lecture to a large classroom is known as what type of communication? - Answer-one-
way communication
A Muslim patient becomes upset and refuses to do so when she is told she must remove her clothes and
put on an examination gown. Why is this? - Answer-As a Muslim, the patient must keep as much of her
body covered as possible
The PCT does not understand why a Chinese American family is not grieving for their dying father. What
behaviors are being demonstrated by the student? - Answer-Ethnocentric
Ethnocentric - Answer-believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group, and having a
corresponding disdain for all other groups
Stereotyping - Answer-creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people, usually by
assuming that all members of the group are alike
heatlhy - Answer-to be without disease
Patient Care Technician - Answer-nursing assistant with advanced skills
Health Promotion - Answer-strategies that try to prevent illness from occuring
Who delegates tasks to a PCT? - Answer-physician
ombudsman - Answer-someone who seeks to ensure that resident rights are maintained in the long-
term setting
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - Answer-to protect person's rights to privacy of protected information
Encouraging mammogram screening is an example of what? - Answer-secondary prevention strategy
Are increasing poverty rates a negative or positive impact on healthcare for the underserved? - Answer-
negative
A benefit of the Affordable Care Act is...? - Answer-members are no longer denied coverage if they have
a preexisting condition
,When a person can work in multiple areas and in multiple roles they are considered ________. - Answer-
cross-trained
True or False: A PCT can share pictures/info of a patient on social media. - Answer-False
At which point can the PCT give test results to the patient's family members? - Answer-if the patient has
signed a release indicating which family members are allowed to receive patient information
To say that something that is obviously harmful to someone is said to be _______. - Answer-detrimental
Documentation on a patient's record must be...? - Answer-neat and able to be read
To be professional, the PCT should act in what way? - Answer-courteous
True or False: the skills performed by the nursing assistant are the same skills performed as a PCT? -
Answer-False
To be able to take the PCT certification test, one must have...? - Answer-a high school diploma
How many hours of continuing education is required before one can renew the PCT certification? -
Answer-10
If one does not pass the second PCT certification exam, how soon can the candidate schedule the third
exam? - Answer-30 days
Who is responsible for paying for the PCT certification exam? - Answer-the candidate taking the exam
, True or False: If the PCT uses jargon to describe what the specimen looks like to a patient, the patient
should know what that means. - Answer-False
Jargon - Answer-special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are
difficult for others to understand
The card system that is used to consolidate patient orders and is often kept in one central location is
known as the...? - Answer-Kardex
True or False: closed posture is generally accepted to mean that one is more accepting, warm, and
interested. - Answer-False
True or False: If the PCT completes a task but forgets to document it, his or her verbal statement saying
he or she performed the task will hold up in court if there were a lawsuit. - Answer-false
A teacher giving a lecture to a large classroom is known as what type of communication? - Answer-one-
way communication
A Muslim patient becomes upset and refuses to do so when she is told she must remove her clothes and
put on an examination gown. Why is this? - Answer-As a Muslim, the patient must keep as much of her
body covered as possible
The PCT does not understand why a Chinese American family is not grieving for their dying father. What
behaviors are being demonstrated by the student? - Answer-Ethnocentric
Ethnocentric - Answer-believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group, and having a
corresponding disdain for all other groups
Stereotyping - Answer-creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people, usually by
assuming that all members of the group are alike
