NCCT Exam Q Questions with correct Answers

NCCT Exam Q Questions with correct Answers The adult patient has a puncture wound on the sole of the right foot due to stepping on a nail in a construction area. Which of the following immunizations is particularly important for the medical assistant to ask about while taking the patient's history? HepB Td PCV DTap Td (Tetanus booster recommended every 10 years. If a person has a deep or contaminated wound, a booster may be prescribed if it has been more than 5 years since the last dose. DTaP series is completed during the childhood immunization schedule.) Which of the following government agencies requires the medical office to develop an exposure control plan? FDA EPA CDC OSHA OSHA (OSHA is the main Federal agency committed to enforcement of safety and health legislation. The purpose of the CDC is to protect Americans from health, safety and security threats) Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:06 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More When performing a capillary puncture on an infant, the medical assistant understands the lateral heel is the proper site for collection due to which of the following? A. The tissue layers on the finger are more susceptible to permanent nerve damage. B. The finger produces a slower flow of blood, making it more difficult to obtain a specimen. C. The small amount of tissue between the skin and bone in the finger makes an injury to the bone likely. D. The blood in the fingertip has been found to contain a higher concentration of hemoglobin than the heel. C. The small amount of tissue between the skin and bone in the finger makes an injury to the bone likely. Which of the following diseases is a healthcare worker at the greatest risk of developing following an exposure incident with blood from a needle stick injury? HSV HAV HPV HBV HBV (Hepatitis B is the most transmissible infection via needle stick (it is also the only one preventable by vaccination) Which of the following agencies are physicians required to maintain registration with in order to prescribe, dispense, or administer controlled substances? Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) American Medical Association (AMA) DEA (DEA is tasked with combating drug smuggling and use of illegal drugs.. DEA registration certificates must be renewed every 3 years) The larynx is also known as the throat. voice box. tonsils. vocal cords. voice box The provider prescribed and ordered a wheel chair for a patient with a below the knee amputation. Which of the following manuals should the medical assistant use to code these services? ICD-10-CM CPT HCPCS CPT-assistant HCPCS (HCPCS codes address durable medical equipment and other services, Wheel chair is classified as medical equipment) The physician orders the following blood work to evaluate a patient for sepsis: CBC, Blood Culture, and BMP. When using the evacuated tube method for venipuncture, in which of the following orders should the tubes be drawn? Red top, blood culture, lavender top Lavender top, red top, blood culture Blood culture, lavender top, gray top Blood culture, red top, lavender top Blood Culture should be collected first, followed by the BMP (red top, no additive), then the CBC (lavender top). What does CSMT stand for? Color, Sensation, Motion, Temperature Color, Size, Mobility, Time Circumference, Sensitivity, Medication, Treatment Changes, Splints, Modality, Tightness Color, Sensation, Motion, Temperature (CMST is typically used during diagnostics. For example, for a sprained ankle, each of CMST should be looked at.) Which of the following statements is true about the SDS? The SDS contains basic information about specific chemicals. SDS must be kept on file for 30 days. Kept for 30 years OSHA is responsible for developing the hazard identification system. The SDS is required only in offices with 10 or more employees. The SDS contains basic information about specific chemicals. Which part of Medicare covers office visits with a primary care provider? Part A Part B Part C Part D Part B (Part A - hospital insurance Part B - helps to offset costs not covered by Part A Part C - Medicare Advantage, allows beneficiaries to select a managed care plan as their primary coverage Part D - prescription drug coverage) The physicain orders the medical assistant to perform an eye irrigation. What item is needed to perform this procedure? Water Basin Sterile gloves A slit lamp Basin (Has to be STERILE water) A physician wrote an order for the medical assistant to give an insulin injection to an adult patient. Which of the following is the appropriate angle of insertion? 15 degrees 45 degrees 30 degrees 60 degrees 45 degrees When preparing to assist the physician with collection of a deep wound culture, the medical assistant should have which of the following available? Blood culture media Viral transport media Bacterial culture swabs Cotton tipped swabs Bacterial Culture swabs (Bacterial culture swabs used to try to identify what bacteria is causing the infection. Blood culture media is taken by performing a venipuncture to see if an infection is present. Since the physician is looking for a bacterial infection, the viral transport media would not be used, and cotton tipped swabs would not be the appropriate swab.) Which of the following prevents duplication of payment by more than one insurance carrier? Fee‑for‑service Precertification Coordination of benefits Preauthorization Coordination of benefits (Primary insurance is billed first, then secondary) How much time is represented by each large box on the ECG graph paper? 0.04s 0.4s 0.02s 0.20s 0.02s (Each SMALL box is 0.04s) A patient comes into the office for an ECG. The medical assistant notices the patient has a burn that covers the patients' entire right arm. Which of the following is the proper lead placement? A. Place the V1 - V6 leads on the chest, RL and LL leads on the legs, RA and LA leads on the arms. B. Place the V1-V6 leads on the chest, RL and LA leads on the lower abdomen, RA and LA leads on the chest C. Place the V1-V6 leads on the chest, RL and LL leads on the legs, RA and LA leads just below the clavicle. D. Place the V1-V6 leads on the chest, RL and LL leads on the legs, RA and LA leads on the abdomen C. Place the V1-V6 leads on the chest, RL and LL leads on the legs, RA and LA leads just below the clavicle. (alternate placement such as the wrist, shoulder and upper chest may be used in certain situations) Which of the following types of licensure must a physician have and maintain to legally dispense, prescribe, or administer controlled substances? pharmaceutical Narcotics business Occupational Narcotics (Physicians must have a narcotics license in order to have the legal right to dispense controlled substances.) Which of the following is the most common means of transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)? Direct contact with the skin of infected persons Direct contact with contaminated blood Inhaling contaminated respiratory droplets of infected persons Direct contact with contaminated feces Direct contact with the skin of infected persons (Bacteria can be on surface of skin, spreads most commonly from person to person through direct contact) The medical assistant is preparing an exam room for removal of a benign nevi. Which of the following instrument trays should be set up? ophthalmic tray cryosurgical tray onychectomy tray I & D tray cryosurgical tray (nevi= mole; Cryosurgery is performed by using extreme cold to destroy the nevi- skin lesions)) The medical assistant should instruct the patient obtaining a 24-hour urine collection to A. keep the sample at room temperature. B. discard the first morning sample. C. void mid-stream into the collection container. D. collect samples exactly two hours after each meal. B. discard the first morning sample. (allows the collection to begin with fresh urine to ensure the results of the test are not skewed. The sample should be refrigerated. The patient should be instructed to collect all urine during the 24-hour period and not just to catch urine mid-stream.)z The pictured rhythm is an example of which of the following? Atrial flutter Premature ventricular contraction Sinus bradycardia Ventricular tachycardia Premature ventricular contraction (occurs when the ventricles produce an extra heartbeat, and in turn, disrupt the normal rhythm of the heart) A finger stick capillary puncture should be performed at which of the following sites to prevent injury? A. At the most distal end of the fingertip B. Slightly to the side of the center of the fingertip C. Directly in the center of the fingertip D. Proximal to the skin crease located at the first joint on the fingertip B. Slightly to the side of the center of the fingertip Forced Vital Capacity is measured by instructing the patient to A. forcefully breath air out and continue to exhale for at least 6 seconds. B. complete a minimum of eight acceptable efforts to validate the test. C. move the one way valve to a minimum of 4000 ml capacity. D. gently exhale for less than 6 seconds and document the reading A. forcefully breath air out and continue to exhale for at least 6 seconds. (Measures lung capacity and amount of air exhaled) Which of the following complications occurs from prolonged lack of muscle use? Hypertrophy Atrophy Tendonitis Cellulitis Atrophy (which is the wasting away of a muscle, occurs with prolonged lack of muscle use. This decrease in muscle mass. Hypertrophy is the opposite) When giving a nebulizer treatment with bronchodilator, the medical assistant should most closely monitor for which of the following complications? Persistent tachycardia Persistent bradycardia Severe nausea and vomiting Severe epistaxis Persistent tachycardia (When u open up the bronchioles, heart rate increases) Which of the following needle gauges is most commonly used for venipuncture? 24-25 21-23 18-20 16-17 21-23