NCC EFM UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
LATE DECELERATIONS ARE MEDIATED PRIMARILY BY - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔CHEMORECEPTORS
BASELINE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHR IN A 10 MIN SEGMENT
TACHYCARDIA - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHR >160
BRADYCARDIA - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHR <110
VARIABILITY - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔VARIATIONS IN BASELINE ABSENT-0
MIN <=5
MOD 6-25
MARKED >25
NO DISTINCTION IS MADE BETWEEN SHORT TERM & LONG TERM VARIABILITY
BECAUSE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔THEY ARE VISUALIZED AS A UNIT
ACCELERATION - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ABRUPT INCREASE <30 SEC FROM
BASELINE
ACCELERATION IN 32+ WEEKS GESTATION - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔PEAK OF AT
LEAST 15 BPM AND DURATION OF 15 SEC BUT < THAN 2 MINUTES
ACCELERATION IN < 32 WEEKS GESTATION - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔PEAK OF
AT LEAST 10 BPM AND DURATION 10 SEC BUT < THAN 2 MINUTES
PROLONGED ACCELERATION - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔LASTS >= 2 MIN BUT <
THAN 10 MIN
, BASE LINE CHANGE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ACCELERATION LASTING >= 10
MIN
EARLY - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔GRADUAL ONSET >= 30 SECONDS W
CONTRACTION >= TO NADAR.
HEAD COMPRESSION...VAGAL RESPONSE
LATE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔GRADUAL ONSET >= 30 SECONDS TO NADAR
OCCUR AFTER CONTRACTION
VARIABLE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ABRUPT ONSET <30 SECONDS TO NADAR
CATEGORY 1 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHT INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
RATE: 110-160
MODERATE VARIABILITY
ACCELERATIONS PRESENT OR ABSENT
0 LATE OR VARIABILE DECELERATIONS
EARLY DECELERATIONS PRESENT OR ABSENT
CATEGORY 2 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ALL FHT NOT CATEGORY 1 OR
CATEGORY 3
CATEGORY 3 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHT INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
ABSENT VARIABILITY WITH RECURRENT LATES
ABSENT VARIABILITY WITH RECURRENT VARIABLES
ABSENT VARIABILITY WITH BRADY FOR 10 MIN
SINUSOIDAL PATTERN FOR AT LEAST 20 MIN
SINUSOIDAL PATTERN - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔SAW TOOTH >= 20 MIN
Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
LATE DECELERATIONS ARE MEDIATED PRIMARILY BY - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔CHEMORECEPTORS
BASELINE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHR IN A 10 MIN SEGMENT
TACHYCARDIA - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHR >160
BRADYCARDIA - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHR <110
VARIABILITY - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔VARIATIONS IN BASELINE ABSENT-0
MIN <=5
MOD 6-25
MARKED >25
NO DISTINCTION IS MADE BETWEEN SHORT TERM & LONG TERM VARIABILITY
BECAUSE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔THEY ARE VISUALIZED AS A UNIT
ACCELERATION - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ABRUPT INCREASE <30 SEC FROM
BASELINE
ACCELERATION IN 32+ WEEKS GESTATION - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔PEAK OF AT
LEAST 15 BPM AND DURATION OF 15 SEC BUT < THAN 2 MINUTES
ACCELERATION IN < 32 WEEKS GESTATION - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔PEAK OF
AT LEAST 10 BPM AND DURATION 10 SEC BUT < THAN 2 MINUTES
PROLONGED ACCELERATION - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔LASTS >= 2 MIN BUT <
THAN 10 MIN
, BASE LINE CHANGE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ACCELERATION LASTING >= 10
MIN
EARLY - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔GRADUAL ONSET >= 30 SECONDS W
CONTRACTION >= TO NADAR.
HEAD COMPRESSION...VAGAL RESPONSE
LATE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔GRADUAL ONSET >= 30 SECONDS TO NADAR
OCCUR AFTER CONTRACTION
VARIABLE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ABRUPT ONSET <30 SECONDS TO NADAR
CATEGORY 1 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHT INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
RATE: 110-160
MODERATE VARIABILITY
ACCELERATIONS PRESENT OR ABSENT
0 LATE OR VARIABILE DECELERATIONS
EARLY DECELERATIONS PRESENT OR ABSENT
CATEGORY 2 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ALL FHT NOT CATEGORY 1 OR
CATEGORY 3
CATEGORY 3 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔FHT INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
ABSENT VARIABILITY WITH RECURRENT LATES
ABSENT VARIABILITY WITH RECURRENT VARIABLES
ABSENT VARIABILITY WITH BRADY FOR 10 MIN
SINUSOIDAL PATTERN FOR AT LEAST 20 MIN
SINUSOIDAL PATTERN - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔SAW TOOTH >= 20 MIN
