CCMA PRACTICE TEST EXAM | COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE
• When obtaining a blood pressure on an adult patient, which of the following represents
correct positioning? -✓✓ Feet flat on floor with back against chair
• CHEDDAR -✓✓ chief complaint, history of present illness examination, details, drugs
and dosages, assessment, return visit information or referral.
• After assisting with a minor surgical procedure, the medical assistant must follow
which precaution when cleaning the instruments? -✓✓ Wear utility gloves
• Upon venipuncture attempt, a hematoma begins to form. Which next steps should the
medical assistant take? -✓✓ Discontinue the procedure and apply pressure and ice
• Which is an injection administered at a 90 degree angle, either ventrogluteal, deltoid,
or vastus lateralis? -✓✓ Intramuscular
• What is a fixed amount collected at the time of the medical service? -✓✓ Copayment
• 3 Major Body Planes -✓✓ Coronal Plane (Front) -divides body into front and back
Transverse (Axial) Plane:
Divides body into top and bottom portions (superior-head; inferior-feat)
Sagittal Plane (Median):
Cut that divides body into left and right halves
• To avoid a hemolyzed specimen, what is the maximum amount of time the medical
assistant should leave the tourniquet on the patient's arm? -✓✓ One Minute
• -PO-RX-SIG-PRN-BID-QD -✓✓ By mouth, prescription, Provider's instructions, as
needed, twice a day, everyday
• Schedule 1 Drugs -✓✓ Highest potential for abuse, no therapeutic use, (Heroine
marijuana LSD)
• Schedule II drugs -✓✓ - Drugs have high potential for abuse
- Drugs have currently accepted medical uses, although there may be serious
restrictions
Ex: Methadone, Opium Extracts, Morphine, Ritalin, Oxycodone
, • Normal Heartrate range for a newborn: -✓✓ 120-160 bpm
• Appointment scheduling process to block off specific times when the physician is not in
the office, holidays, and lunch breaks: -✓✓ Setting up the Matrix
• When a healthcare professional knowingly commits a wrongful act, this is identified as
which of the following? -✓✓ Malfeasance
• When you ______a vein, you use your _______ finger. -✓✓ Palpate...... index finger.
• Intradermal Injection -✓✓ 10-15 degree angle-formation of a wheel
Needle Length:
3/8-5/8
Needle Gauge:
25-27
• subcutaneous injection -✓✓ 45-90 degree angle
Needle Length: 3/8-5/8
Needle Gauge:
23-30
• intramuscular injection -✓✓ 90 degree angle into muscle
Needle Length: 5/8-1.5
Needle Gauge:
18-25
• Rectal exam position
Vaginal Exam -✓✓ Sims
Lithotomy
• A CBC was ordered by the physician. Which tube should be drawn by the clinical
medical assistant? -✓✓ Lavender
• What type of infections are treated with palliative care? -✓✓ Viral
• What was created to improve healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency with use of
electronic health records, or EHR? -✓✓ HITECH
• A properly calibrated ECG machine should indicate which of the following for
standardization? -✓✓ 10 mm high and 25 mm/second
• If a patient presented with complaint of chest pain when running, which of the following
might be ordered by the physician? -✓✓ Stress Test
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE
• When obtaining a blood pressure on an adult patient, which of the following represents
correct positioning? -✓✓ Feet flat on floor with back against chair
• CHEDDAR -✓✓ chief complaint, history of present illness examination, details, drugs
and dosages, assessment, return visit information or referral.
• After assisting with a minor surgical procedure, the medical assistant must follow
which precaution when cleaning the instruments? -✓✓ Wear utility gloves
• Upon venipuncture attempt, a hematoma begins to form. Which next steps should the
medical assistant take? -✓✓ Discontinue the procedure and apply pressure and ice
• Which is an injection administered at a 90 degree angle, either ventrogluteal, deltoid,
or vastus lateralis? -✓✓ Intramuscular
• What is a fixed amount collected at the time of the medical service? -✓✓ Copayment
• 3 Major Body Planes -✓✓ Coronal Plane (Front) -divides body into front and back
Transverse (Axial) Plane:
Divides body into top and bottom portions (superior-head; inferior-feat)
Sagittal Plane (Median):
Cut that divides body into left and right halves
• To avoid a hemolyzed specimen, what is the maximum amount of time the medical
assistant should leave the tourniquet on the patient's arm? -✓✓ One Minute
• -PO-RX-SIG-PRN-BID-QD -✓✓ By mouth, prescription, Provider's instructions, as
needed, twice a day, everyday
• Schedule 1 Drugs -✓✓ Highest potential for abuse, no therapeutic use, (Heroine
marijuana LSD)
• Schedule II drugs -✓✓ - Drugs have high potential for abuse
- Drugs have currently accepted medical uses, although there may be serious
restrictions
Ex: Methadone, Opium Extracts, Morphine, Ritalin, Oxycodone
, • Normal Heartrate range for a newborn: -✓✓ 120-160 bpm
• Appointment scheduling process to block off specific times when the physician is not in
the office, holidays, and lunch breaks: -✓✓ Setting up the Matrix
• When a healthcare professional knowingly commits a wrongful act, this is identified as
which of the following? -✓✓ Malfeasance
• When you ______a vein, you use your _______ finger. -✓✓ Palpate...... index finger.
• Intradermal Injection -✓✓ 10-15 degree angle-formation of a wheel
Needle Length:
3/8-5/8
Needle Gauge:
25-27
• subcutaneous injection -✓✓ 45-90 degree angle
Needle Length: 3/8-5/8
Needle Gauge:
23-30
• intramuscular injection -✓✓ 90 degree angle into muscle
Needle Length: 5/8-1.5
Needle Gauge:
18-25
• Rectal exam position
Vaginal Exam -✓✓ Sims
Lithotomy
• A CBC was ordered by the physician. Which tube should be drawn by the clinical
medical assistant? -✓✓ Lavender
• What type of infections are treated with palliative care? -✓✓ Viral
• What was created to improve healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency with use of
electronic health records, or EHR? -✓✓ HITECH
• A properly calibrated ECG machine should indicate which of the following for
standardization? -✓✓ 10 mm high and 25 mm/second
• If a patient presented with complaint of chest pain when running, which of the following
might be ordered by the physician? -✓✓ Stress Test
