CCMA PRACTICE TEST EXAM | COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS | 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE
• What balances Body temp? -✓✓ Hypothalamus
• Another name for eardrum -✓✓ Tympanic Membrane
• Fluctuating fever that returns to baseline but then rises again -✓✓ Intermittent
• Normal pulse rate -✓✓ 60-100 BPM
• Where apex of heart is located -✓✓ 5th intercostal space
• What is BP cuff inflated to? -✓✓ 30-40 mmHg above the palpatory systolic pressure
and released to drop 2-3 mmHg per second
• Hg in BP measurement stands for this -✓✓ Mercury
• Branch responsible for the identification of various hazards present in the workplace
and the creation of rules and regulations to minimize exposure -✓✓ OSHA
• This is required by Chemical Safety Regulations -✓✓ Label all chemicals with MSDS
• Most surgical instruments are sterilized by this -✓✓ Steam sterilization/Autoclave
• Droplets can travel how far? -✓✓ Less than 3 feet
• Standard running speed of the EKG reading -✓✓ 25mm/sec
• Who invented the EKG? -✓✓ Einthoven
• Pt having mild chest pain might be prescribed this -✓✓ Nitroglycerin
• Liquid portion of blood is called -✓✓ Plasma
• Thromobocytes assist in -✓✓ Clotting
• Government based health insurance for people over 65 and others with certain
disabilities -✓✓ Medicare
• CPR Ratio -✓✓ 30 Compressions : 2 Breaths
,• Medical Asepsis -✓✓ The destruction of pathogenic microorganisms AFTER they
leave the body through Standard Precautions and Transmission Based Precautions
• Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions are control measures
aimed at preventing the spread of disease at what point in the Chain of Infection -✓✓
Portal of Exit
• Organization that issued the guidelines known as Standard and Universal Precautions
-✓✓ CDC
• Because of the nature of airborne precautions this is needed to prevent transmission -
✓✓ Ventilation
• Where you would find the spelling for a medication? -✓✓ Physician Desk Reference
• Where is V2 lead located -✓✓ 4th intercostal space, left sternal border
• Where is V5 lead located -✓✓ 5th intercostal space, anterior axillary line
• Poor tracings due to sweat or lotion would lead to this on an EKG -✓✓ Wandering
baseline
• Most critical step in pt testing -✓✓ Identifying the pt
• Which urinalysis would you use to test for bacteria? -✓✓ Clean Catch Specimen
• Codes used to describe encounters with circumstances other than disease or injury -
✓✓ ICD-9
• Supplemental codes that capture the external cause of injury or poisoning, the intent
and the place it occured -✓✓ E codes
• The sounds an MA listens for during a BP -✓✓ Korotkoff sounds
• CMS-1500 Form is aka -✓✓ Superbill
• Post-prandial -✓✓ After a meal
• Complication from repeated venipuncture of the same vein -✓✓ Phlebitis
• Bacteria, viruses, fungus or parasites belong to which type of hazard -✓✓ Biologic
, • Isolation precautions are condensed into 3 categories: -✓✓ Airborne, Droplet and
Contact
• Unit of measure on a standard Rx -✓✓ Micrograms/mcg
• Amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute is called -✓✓ Cardiac Output
• Q wave is always -✓✓ Negative
• First electrical impulse recorded on EKG -✓✓ P wave
• Movement away from the baseline on an EKG is called -✓✓ Wave form
• Several wave forms on an EKG are called -✓✓ Complex
• A wave form and a segment on an EKG -✓✓ Interval
• A line between waveforms on an EKG -✓✓ Segment
• Specific coding instructions for each CPT section are located here -✓✓ Guidelines
• Required when general practitioner sends pt to a specialist -✓✓ Method of referral
• The shallow wave that follows the T wave represents -✓✓ Late ventricular
repolarization
• Rhythm indicated by absence of/or inverted P waves -✓✓ Junctional
• Inferior wall MI is shown in what leads -✓✓ II, III, AVF
• Leads 1 and AVL show broken recording, you should -✓✓ Check Left Arm
• Three lead EKG monitor -✓✓ I, II, III
• Why increase the speed of the EKG -✓✓ Increase speed widens wave forms
• Placement of leads V1-V6 is important to diagnose -✓✓ Left ventricular
• Why place V3 on right side of chest on an infant -✓✓ To prevent crowding of the leads
• Dextrocardia -✓✓ When heart is on opposite side of the body
• Lead combo for Lateral wall acute MI -✓✓ Leads I, AVL, V5 & V6
QUESTIONS | 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE
• What balances Body temp? -✓✓ Hypothalamus
• Another name for eardrum -✓✓ Tympanic Membrane
• Fluctuating fever that returns to baseline but then rises again -✓✓ Intermittent
• Normal pulse rate -✓✓ 60-100 BPM
• Where apex of heart is located -✓✓ 5th intercostal space
• What is BP cuff inflated to? -✓✓ 30-40 mmHg above the palpatory systolic pressure
and released to drop 2-3 mmHg per second
• Hg in BP measurement stands for this -✓✓ Mercury
• Branch responsible for the identification of various hazards present in the workplace
and the creation of rules and regulations to minimize exposure -✓✓ OSHA
• This is required by Chemical Safety Regulations -✓✓ Label all chemicals with MSDS
• Most surgical instruments are sterilized by this -✓✓ Steam sterilization/Autoclave
• Droplets can travel how far? -✓✓ Less than 3 feet
• Standard running speed of the EKG reading -✓✓ 25mm/sec
• Who invented the EKG? -✓✓ Einthoven
• Pt having mild chest pain might be prescribed this -✓✓ Nitroglycerin
• Liquid portion of blood is called -✓✓ Plasma
• Thromobocytes assist in -✓✓ Clotting
• Government based health insurance for people over 65 and others with certain
disabilities -✓✓ Medicare
• CPR Ratio -✓✓ 30 Compressions : 2 Breaths
,• Medical Asepsis -✓✓ The destruction of pathogenic microorganisms AFTER they
leave the body through Standard Precautions and Transmission Based Precautions
• Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions are control measures
aimed at preventing the spread of disease at what point in the Chain of Infection -✓✓
Portal of Exit
• Organization that issued the guidelines known as Standard and Universal Precautions
-✓✓ CDC
• Because of the nature of airborne precautions this is needed to prevent transmission -
✓✓ Ventilation
• Where you would find the spelling for a medication? -✓✓ Physician Desk Reference
• Where is V2 lead located -✓✓ 4th intercostal space, left sternal border
• Where is V5 lead located -✓✓ 5th intercostal space, anterior axillary line
• Poor tracings due to sweat or lotion would lead to this on an EKG -✓✓ Wandering
baseline
• Most critical step in pt testing -✓✓ Identifying the pt
• Which urinalysis would you use to test for bacteria? -✓✓ Clean Catch Specimen
• Codes used to describe encounters with circumstances other than disease or injury -
✓✓ ICD-9
• Supplemental codes that capture the external cause of injury or poisoning, the intent
and the place it occured -✓✓ E codes
• The sounds an MA listens for during a BP -✓✓ Korotkoff sounds
• CMS-1500 Form is aka -✓✓ Superbill
• Post-prandial -✓✓ After a meal
• Complication from repeated venipuncture of the same vein -✓✓ Phlebitis
• Bacteria, viruses, fungus or parasites belong to which type of hazard -✓✓ Biologic
, • Isolation precautions are condensed into 3 categories: -✓✓ Airborne, Droplet and
Contact
• Unit of measure on a standard Rx -✓✓ Micrograms/mcg
• Amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute is called -✓✓ Cardiac Output
• Q wave is always -✓✓ Negative
• First electrical impulse recorded on EKG -✓✓ P wave
• Movement away from the baseline on an EKG is called -✓✓ Wave form
• Several wave forms on an EKG are called -✓✓ Complex
• A wave form and a segment on an EKG -✓✓ Interval
• A line between waveforms on an EKG -✓✓ Segment
• Specific coding instructions for each CPT section are located here -✓✓ Guidelines
• Required when general practitioner sends pt to a specialist -✓✓ Method of referral
• The shallow wave that follows the T wave represents -✓✓ Late ventricular
repolarization
• Rhythm indicated by absence of/or inverted P waves -✓✓ Junctional
• Inferior wall MI is shown in what leads -✓✓ II, III, AVF
• Leads 1 and AVL show broken recording, you should -✓✓ Check Left Arm
• Three lead EKG monitor -✓✓ I, II, III
• Why increase the speed of the EKG -✓✓ Increase speed widens wave forms
• Placement of leads V1-V6 is important to diagnose -✓✓ Left ventricular
• Why place V3 on right side of chest on an infant -✓✓ To prevent crowding of the leads
• Dextrocardia -✓✓ When heart is on opposite side of the body
• Lead combo for Lateral wall acute MI -✓✓ Leads I, AVL, V5 & V6
