CERTIFIED PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN
ASSISTANT CPCT A PRACTICE TEST 2.0 B
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLVED
ANSWERS
◉ What does the abbreviation 'NPO' stand for?
Answer: Nothing by mouth.
◉ What is the meaning of the abbreviation 'MI'?
Answer: Myocardial Infarction.
◉ What does 'WBC' represent in medical terminology?
Answer: Leukocytes (white blood cells).
◉ What is the purpose of the exam challenges?
Answer: To address misleading or unfair questions within 5
business days of the exam.
◉ What is the role of prefixes in medical terminology?
Answer: They define the root as an adjective or adverb.
,◉ What does the suffix '-algia' indicate?
Answer: Pain.
◉ What is the meaning of the suffix '-pathy'?
Answer: Disease.
◉ What does the prefix 'Tachy' mean?
Answer: Fast.
◉ What does the prefix 'Brady' signify?
Answer: Slow.
◉ What is the meaning of the suffix '-malacia'?
Answer: Softening.
◉ What does the abbreviation 'RBC' stand for?
Answer: Erythrocytes (red blood cells).
◉ What does the suffix '-sclerosis' refer to?
Answer: Hardening.
,◉ What is the purpose of the Certified Patient Care Technician
exam?
Answer: To assess competencies in Patient Care, Phlebotomy, EKG,
Terminology/Anatomy, and ethical/legal considerations.
◉ What is the consequence of not submitting a special
accommodations request on time?
Answer: The request may not be considered.
◉ What is the significance of the root in medical terminology?
Answer: It is the most important part of the medical word.
◉ What does NPO stand for in medical terms?
Answer: Nothing by mouth
◉ What is the abbreviation for White Blood Cells?
Answer: WBC
◉ What does BP represent in a medical context?
Answer: Blood Pressure
◉ What does CDC stand for?
, Answer: Center of Disease Control
◉ What does CHF stand for?
Answer: Congestive Heart Failure
◉ What is the meaning of NPT?
Answer: New Patient
◉ What does NYD mean?
Answer: Not Yet Diagnosed
◉ What does S/R stand for in medical terms?
Answer: Suture removal
◉ What does STAT mean?
Answer: Immediately
◉ What is the definition of anatomy?
Answer: The science that studies the structure of the human body.
◉ What does physiology study?
Answer: The function of the human body.
ASSISTANT CPCT A PRACTICE TEST 2.0 B
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLVED
ANSWERS
◉ What does the abbreviation 'NPO' stand for?
Answer: Nothing by mouth.
◉ What is the meaning of the abbreviation 'MI'?
Answer: Myocardial Infarction.
◉ What does 'WBC' represent in medical terminology?
Answer: Leukocytes (white blood cells).
◉ What is the purpose of the exam challenges?
Answer: To address misleading or unfair questions within 5
business days of the exam.
◉ What is the role of prefixes in medical terminology?
Answer: They define the root as an adjective or adverb.
,◉ What does the suffix '-algia' indicate?
Answer: Pain.
◉ What is the meaning of the suffix '-pathy'?
Answer: Disease.
◉ What does the prefix 'Tachy' mean?
Answer: Fast.
◉ What does the prefix 'Brady' signify?
Answer: Slow.
◉ What is the meaning of the suffix '-malacia'?
Answer: Softening.
◉ What does the abbreviation 'RBC' stand for?
Answer: Erythrocytes (red blood cells).
◉ What does the suffix '-sclerosis' refer to?
Answer: Hardening.
,◉ What is the purpose of the Certified Patient Care Technician
exam?
Answer: To assess competencies in Patient Care, Phlebotomy, EKG,
Terminology/Anatomy, and ethical/legal considerations.
◉ What is the consequence of not submitting a special
accommodations request on time?
Answer: The request may not be considered.
◉ What is the significance of the root in medical terminology?
Answer: It is the most important part of the medical word.
◉ What does NPO stand for in medical terms?
Answer: Nothing by mouth
◉ What is the abbreviation for White Blood Cells?
Answer: WBC
◉ What does BP represent in a medical context?
Answer: Blood Pressure
◉ What does CDC stand for?
, Answer: Center of Disease Control
◉ What does CHF stand for?
Answer: Congestive Heart Failure
◉ What is the meaning of NPT?
Answer: New Patient
◉ What does NYD mean?
Answer: Not Yet Diagnosed
◉ What does S/R stand for in medical terms?
Answer: Suture removal
◉ What does STAT mean?
Answer: Immediately
◉ What is the definition of anatomy?
Answer: The science that studies the structure of the human body.
◉ What does physiology study?
Answer: The function of the human body.
