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CCHT Practice Exam Questions & Answers
1. AAMI Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested
Answer annually
2. A dialysis technician observes a drop of blood on the surface of a patient's
hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician
take?
Answer Clean the machine surface immediately
3. A dialysis technician observes all of the below on the treatment floor, which
one poses an environment risk?
Answer About one ounce (30 ml) fluid is on the floor
4. A fistula connects
Answer An artery to a vein
5. A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a dialyzer is
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Answer Vitamin B12
6. A mixed- bed DI tank contains
Answer Cations and anions
7. A nephron is made up of
Answer A glomerulus and a tubule system
8. A patient complains of pain at the venous needle site.The dialysis tech-
nician observes there is swelling distal to the venous needle site and that
the venous pressure is rising. The dialysis technician should suspect
Answer An infiltration
9. A patient who is to receive their first dialysis treatment is prone to?
Answer Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
10. A patient tells the technician that the dietician reviewed high potassium
foods with her. During the conversation she states she routinely eats the
following foods. Which one is highest in potassium?
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Answer bananas
11. A reason why a dialysis technician is to be certified is
Answer It's a new Federal regulation
12. A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during hemodial-
ysis is indicative of
Answer Clotting of extracorporeal circuit
13. A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to Mr.
Smith.You would
Answer Never document something that someone else did
14. A true aneurysm can be dangerous because it
Answer May rupture and cause the patient to bleed profusely
15. A patient's laboratory results indicate that the predialysis BUN level was
lower than the post dialysis BUN level. When interpreting these findings the
technician should seek the answer to which of these questions?
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Answer Was the predialysis sample drawn from the venous port?
16. A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient has
Answer -
Tachycardia
17. A patient's dry weight is 154.0 (70kg) and the patient's pre treatment weight
is 158.4. (72kg). For a four- hour treatment, how many mL/ hour must the
patient lose to reach dry weight?
Answer 500
18. AAMI standards for the total microbial count of dialysate shall not exceed
Answer- 200 CFU/mL
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CCHT Practice Exam Questions & Answers
1. AAMI Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested
Answer annually
2. A dialysis technician observes a drop of blood on the surface of a patient's
hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician
take?
Answer Clean the machine surface immediately
3. A dialysis technician observes all of the below on the treatment floor, which
one poses an environment risk?
Answer About one ounce (30 ml) fluid is on the floor
4. A fistula connects
Answer An artery to a vein
5. A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a dialyzer is
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Answer Vitamin B12
6. A mixed- bed DI tank contains
Answer Cations and anions
7. A nephron is made up of
Answer A glomerulus and a tubule system
8. A patient complains of pain at the venous needle site.The dialysis tech-
nician observes there is swelling distal to the venous needle site and that
the venous pressure is rising. The dialysis technician should suspect
Answer An infiltration
9. A patient who is to receive their first dialysis treatment is prone to?
Answer Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
10. A patient tells the technician that the dietician reviewed high potassium
foods with her. During the conversation she states she routinely eats the
following foods. Which one is highest in potassium?
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Answer bananas
11. A reason why a dialysis technician is to be certified is
Answer It's a new Federal regulation
12. A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during hemodial-
ysis is indicative of
Answer Clotting of extracorporeal circuit
13. A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to Mr.
Smith.You would
Answer Never document something that someone else did
14. A true aneurysm can be dangerous because it
Answer May rupture and cause the patient to bleed profusely
15. A patient's laboratory results indicate that the predialysis BUN level was
lower than the post dialysis BUN level. When interpreting these findings the
technician should seek the answer to which of these questions?
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Answer Was the predialysis sample drawn from the venous port?
16. A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient has
Answer -
Tachycardia
17. A patient's dry weight is 154.0 (70kg) and the patient's pre treatment weight
is 158.4. (72kg). For a four- hour treatment, how many mL/ hour must the
patient lose to reach dry weight?
Answer 500
18. AAMI standards for the total microbial count of dialysate shall not exceed
Answer- 200 CFU/mL
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