DAVITA PCT EXAM | NEWEST 2026/2027 | COMPLETE REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS | CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | PCT
FINAL EXAM PREP
• What are the two waste products that are filtered from the blood by a healthy kidney? -
✓✓ BUN and creatinine
• What is one of the leading causes of renal failure which frequently has no symptoms
until the damage to the kidney has been done? -✓✓ Hypertension
• The patient with chronic renal failure as several pathophysiological changes in the
gastrointestinal tract. Manifestation of this might include: -✓✓ Nausea and vomitting
• What is the correct formula for calculating access recirculation? -✓✓ Peripheral-
arterial/peripheral- venous x 100
• Chloramines are most efficient removed by which of the following components of the
water treatment? -✓✓ Activated Carbon
• An easy method for determining the direction of flow in a fistula or graft segment is to:
-✓✓ Occlude the flow with one finger and determine on which side of the occasion there
is a pulse
• A system of water treatment that removes bacteria, pyrogens as well as solutes is
called : -✓✓ Reverse Osmosis
• A medication used in dialysis to prevent blood from clotting in the extracorporeal circuit
is: -✓✓ Heparin
• An immune reaction caused by a new cellulose membrane is: -✓✓ First Use syndrome
• Fluid overload and renin overproduction can cause: -✓✓ Hypertension
• Which of the following is omitted from the dialysate prescription: -✓✓ Phosphorus
• Evaluation of an internal vascular access prior to treatment includes? -✓✓ Observation
for signs of infection
• Which of the following side effects may occur if the rollers of the blood pump are over
tightened? -✓✓ Hemolysis may occur
• The internal access that is created using the patients own artery and vein is a? -✓✓
Fistula
EXAM QUESTIONS | CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | PCT
FINAL EXAM PREP
• What are the two waste products that are filtered from the blood by a healthy kidney? -
✓✓ BUN and creatinine
• What is one of the leading causes of renal failure which frequently has no symptoms
until the damage to the kidney has been done? -✓✓ Hypertension
• The patient with chronic renal failure as several pathophysiological changes in the
gastrointestinal tract. Manifestation of this might include: -✓✓ Nausea and vomitting
• What is the correct formula for calculating access recirculation? -✓✓ Peripheral-
arterial/peripheral- venous x 100
• Chloramines are most efficient removed by which of the following components of the
water treatment? -✓✓ Activated Carbon
• An easy method for determining the direction of flow in a fistula or graft segment is to:
-✓✓ Occlude the flow with one finger and determine on which side of the occasion there
is a pulse
• A system of water treatment that removes bacteria, pyrogens as well as solutes is
called : -✓✓ Reverse Osmosis
• A medication used in dialysis to prevent blood from clotting in the extracorporeal circuit
is: -✓✓ Heparin
• An immune reaction caused by a new cellulose membrane is: -✓✓ First Use syndrome
• Fluid overload and renin overproduction can cause: -✓✓ Hypertension
• Which of the following is omitted from the dialysate prescription: -✓✓ Phosphorus
• Evaluation of an internal vascular access prior to treatment includes? -✓✓ Observation
for signs of infection
• Which of the following side effects may occur if the rollers of the blood pump are over
tightened? -✓✓ Hemolysis may occur
• The internal access that is created using the patients own artery and vein is a? -✓✓
Fistula
