NWCA Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2026)
How are medical records critical to a patients care? -
correct answer ✅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.
Who establishes the scope of practice guidelines for a CMA? -
correct answer ✅state
What is used to take blood pressure? -
correct answer ✅sphygmomanometer
What is used to examine ears? -
correct answer ✅otoscope
The function of triage and why is it so important? -
correct answer ✅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.
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What is used to examine eyes? -
correct answer ✅ophthalmoscope
What is used to listen to your heart, lungs and bowl sounds? -
correct answer ✅stethoscope
Actions to take if a patient has chest pain or difficulty breathing? -
correct answer ✅-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.
Know how to discard exam paper? -
correct answer ✅soiled side folding inside
How does an autoimmune disease affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do? -
correct answer ✅A condition in which your immune system
mistakenly attacks your body. Normally guards against germs like
, NWCA Exam Questions and Answers
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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.
Difference between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes? -
correct answer ✅Type 1 the pancreas does not produce any
insulin.
Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is
resistant.
How is a general anesthetic used? -
correct answer ✅Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by
inducing loss of consciousness.
How is local anesthetic used? -
correct answer ✅Provides a temporary loss of sensation from
specific areas of the body.
(Latest Update 2026)
How are medical records critical to a patients care? -
correct answer ✅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.
Who establishes the scope of practice guidelines for a CMA? -
correct answer ✅state
What is used to take blood pressure? -
correct answer ✅sphygmomanometer
What is used to examine ears? -
correct answer ✅otoscope
The function of triage and why is it so important? -
correct answer ✅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.
,NWCA Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2026)
What is used to examine eyes? -
correct answer ✅ophthalmoscope
What is used to listen to your heart, lungs and bowl sounds? -
correct answer ✅stethoscope
Actions to take if a patient has chest pain or difficulty breathing? -
correct answer ✅-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.
Know how to discard exam paper? -
correct answer ✅soiled side folding inside
How does an autoimmune disease affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do? -
correct answer ✅A condition in which your immune system
mistakenly attacks your body. Normally guards against germs like
, NWCA Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2026)
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.
Difference between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes? -
correct answer ✅Type 1 the pancreas does not produce any
insulin.
Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is
resistant.
How is a general anesthetic used? -
correct answer ✅Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by
inducing loss of consciousness.
How is local anesthetic used? -
correct answer ✅Provides a temporary loss of sensation from
specific areas of the body.
