NHA CCMA Test Questions with 100%
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A medical Assistant is caring for a patient who has come in contact with concrete
debris. Upon inspection of the eye, the assistant sees debris on the surface of the sclera.
Which of the following actions should the assistant take?
A. Use a clean, dry piece of gauze to sweep the debris out of the eye.
B. Position a bulb syringe on the lid of the eye during extraction.
C. Irrigate the eye starting at the inner canthus and flowing to the outer canthus.(answer)
D. Irrigate the eye by flushing it with cold tap water.
When removing debris from the patient's eye, the assistant should irrigate the eye
beginning at the inner canthus and allowing the solution to flow to the outer canthus.
This allows the debris to move away from the cornea and decreases the chance of
causing further injury to the patient's eye.
Answer C from last card reasoning-
When removing debris from the patient's eye, the assistant should irrigate the eye beginning
at the inner canthus and allowing the solution to flow to the outer canthus. This allows the
debris to move away from the cornea and decreases the chance of causing further injury to
the patient's eye.
Which of the following groups of EKG leads are bipolar?
A. Leads V1, V2, and V3
B. Leads V4, V5, and V6
C. Leads aVR, aVL, and aVF
D. Leads I, II, and III(answer make up Einthoven's Triangle.)
, A Medical Assistant is preparing 1g/kg of activated charcoal for a patient who weighs
176lb. How many grams of charcoal should the assistant prepare?
A. 79g (answer To convert from lb to kg, multiply 176 lb by 0.45. The correct answer is 79.2,
which is rounded to 79. Since the preparation of activated charcoal is 1 g/kg, the ratio of
grams of activated charcoal to the patient's weight in kg should be 1:1. Therefore, the amount
of activated charcoal the assistant should prepare is 79 g.)
B. 387g
C. 352g
D. 76g
A medical assistant is preparing a patient who has psoriasis to be examined by the
provider/ When inspecting the patient's skin lesions, the assistant should expect to
observe which of the following characteristics?
A. Yellow, waxy
B. Gray, crusty
C. Silvery, scaly(answer)
D. Brown, flat
Dorsal Recumbent
Lying face up, with the legs bent and feet flat on the table
An MA is caring for a patient who has a body mass index(BMI) of 23. This patient
should be categorized as which of the following?
A. Obese
B. Underweight
C. Normal Weight (answer BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is within the normal weight range for a
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A medical Assistant is caring for a patient who has come in contact with concrete
debris. Upon inspection of the eye, the assistant sees debris on the surface of the sclera.
Which of the following actions should the assistant take?
A. Use a clean, dry piece of gauze to sweep the debris out of the eye.
B. Position a bulb syringe on the lid of the eye during extraction.
C. Irrigate the eye starting at the inner canthus and flowing to the outer canthus.(answer)
D. Irrigate the eye by flushing it with cold tap water.
When removing debris from the patient's eye, the assistant should irrigate the eye
beginning at the inner canthus and allowing the solution to flow to the outer canthus.
This allows the debris to move away from the cornea and decreases the chance of
causing further injury to the patient's eye.
Answer C from last card reasoning-
When removing debris from the patient's eye, the assistant should irrigate the eye beginning
at the inner canthus and allowing the solution to flow to the outer canthus. This allows the
debris to move away from the cornea and decreases the chance of causing further injury to
the patient's eye.
Which of the following groups of EKG leads are bipolar?
A. Leads V1, V2, and V3
B. Leads V4, V5, and V6
C. Leads aVR, aVL, and aVF
D. Leads I, II, and III(answer make up Einthoven's Triangle.)
, A Medical Assistant is preparing 1g/kg of activated charcoal for a patient who weighs
176lb. How many grams of charcoal should the assistant prepare?
A. 79g (answer To convert from lb to kg, multiply 176 lb by 0.45. The correct answer is 79.2,
which is rounded to 79. Since the preparation of activated charcoal is 1 g/kg, the ratio of
grams of activated charcoal to the patient's weight in kg should be 1:1. Therefore, the amount
of activated charcoal the assistant should prepare is 79 g.)
B. 387g
C. 352g
D. 76g
A medical assistant is preparing a patient who has psoriasis to be examined by the
provider/ When inspecting the patient's skin lesions, the assistant should expect to
observe which of the following characteristics?
A. Yellow, waxy
B. Gray, crusty
C. Silvery, scaly(answer)
D. Brown, flat
Dorsal Recumbent
Lying face up, with the legs bent and feet flat on the table
An MA is caring for a patient who has a body mass index(BMI) of 23. This patient
should be categorized as which of the following?
A. Obese
B. Underweight
C. Normal Weight (answer BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is within the normal weight range for a
