NWCA STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
By providing patients with quality care, ensuring accurate and timely payment for the services furnished,
mitigating malpractice risks, and helping healthcare providers evaluate and plan the patient's treatment
and maintain the continuum of care. - CORRECT ANSWER- How are medical records critical to a patients
care?
state - CORRECT ANSWER- Who establishes the scope of practice guidelines for a CMA?
sphygmomanometer - CORRECT ANSWER- What is used to take blood pressure?
otoscope - CORRECT ANSWER- What is used to examine ears?
To prioritize or sort the patients for care and treatment based on
the urgency of their need for care. Results in the best outcome for the greatest number of people. -
CORRECT ANSWER- The function of triage and why is it so important?
ophthalmoscope - CORRECT ANSWER- What is used to examine eyes?
stethoscope - CORRECT ANSWER- What is used to listen to your heart, lungs and bowl sounds?
-If not present in the office go straight to Emergency Care.
- Call EMS on another line keep caller on phone to get additional info.
- If in office take to treatment room immediately and doctor notified and begin take vital signs and
symptoms. - CORRECT ANSWER- Actions to take if a patient has chest pain or difficulty breathing?
, soiled side folding inside - CORRECT ANSWER- Know how to discard exam paper?
A condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body. Normally guards against germs
like bacteria and viruses. When it senses these foreign invaders, it sends out an army of fighter cells to
attack them.
Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own cells.
In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of your body, like your joints or skin, as
foreign. It releases proteins called autoantibodies that attack healthy cells. - CORRECT ANSWER- How
does an autoimmune disease affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do?
Type 1 the pancreas does not produce any insulin.
Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is resistant. - CORRECT ANSWER- Difference
between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes?
Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by inducing loss of consciousness. - CORRECT ANSWER- How
is a general anesthetic used?
Provides a temporary loss of sensation from specific areas of the body. - CORRECT ANSWER- How is
local anesthetic used?
97.6 - 99.6 degrees F - CORRECT ANSWER- Normal range for body temperature?
60-100 bpm - CORRECT ANSWER- Normal range for adult pulse?
120/80 - CORRECT ANSWER- Normal range for blood pressure?
systolic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER- Name for the highest point of blood pressure?
dyastolic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER- Name for the lowest point of blood pressure?
ANSWERS|2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
By providing patients with quality care, ensuring accurate and timely payment for the services furnished,
mitigating malpractice risks, and helping healthcare providers evaluate and plan the patient's treatment
and maintain the continuum of care. - CORRECT ANSWER- How are medical records critical to a patients
care?
state - CORRECT ANSWER- Who establishes the scope of practice guidelines for a CMA?
sphygmomanometer - CORRECT ANSWER- What is used to take blood pressure?
otoscope - CORRECT ANSWER- What is used to examine ears?
To prioritize or sort the patients for care and treatment based on
the urgency of their need for care. Results in the best outcome for the greatest number of people. -
CORRECT ANSWER- The function of triage and why is it so important?
ophthalmoscope - CORRECT ANSWER- What is used to examine eyes?
stethoscope - CORRECT ANSWER- What is used to listen to your heart, lungs and bowl sounds?
-If not present in the office go straight to Emergency Care.
- Call EMS on another line keep caller on phone to get additional info.
- If in office take to treatment room immediately and doctor notified and begin take vital signs and
symptoms. - CORRECT ANSWER- Actions to take if a patient has chest pain or difficulty breathing?
, soiled side folding inside - CORRECT ANSWER- Know how to discard exam paper?
A condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body. Normally guards against germs
like bacteria and viruses. When it senses these foreign invaders, it sends out an army of fighter cells to
attack them.
Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own cells.
In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of your body, like your joints or skin, as
foreign. It releases proteins called autoantibodies that attack healthy cells. - CORRECT ANSWER- How
does an autoimmune disease affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do?
Type 1 the pancreas does not produce any insulin.
Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is resistant. - CORRECT ANSWER- Difference
between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes?
Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by inducing loss of consciousness. - CORRECT ANSWER- How
is a general anesthetic used?
Provides a temporary loss of sensation from specific areas of the body. - CORRECT ANSWER- How is
local anesthetic used?
97.6 - 99.6 degrees F - CORRECT ANSWER- Normal range for body temperature?
60-100 bpm - CORRECT ANSWER- Normal range for adult pulse?
120/80 - CORRECT ANSWER- Normal range for blood pressure?
systolic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER- Name for the highest point of blood pressure?
dyastolic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER- Name for the lowest point of blood pressure?
