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What foods are high in potassium? - Answer✔Bananas
Oranges
Milk
Potatoes
Plums (prunes)
tomatoes
What lab values are monitored for assessing bone disease? - Answer✔Calcium,
Phosphorus,
PTH
What is the most common cause of chronic kidney failure in the US? - Answer✔Diabetes
What is the reason potassium dialyzes and RBC's do not? - Answer✔Potassium has a smaller
molecular weight
What is an acceptable limit for chlorine's in water? - Answer✔Less than 0.1mg/L (ppm)
If a new patient starts with a very high BUN, dialysis is purposely made less efficient to prevent
what? - Answer✔Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
What causes poor clearance during dialysis? - Answer✔Low blood flow rate,
Access recirculation,
Poor dialyzer reuse
What is the movement of water from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high
solute concentration? - Answer✔Osmosis
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What is a potting compound, casing, fibers, and headers from? - Answer✔A dialyzer
What does a hematocrit test in indicate? - Answer✔Concentration of red blood cells in the
blood
In a dialysis machine, the proportioning system does what? - Answer✔Appropriately mixes the
dialysate concentrates with water
What is the best reason to wear gloves when handling machine's prior to blood? -
Answer✔Universal Precaustions
You test for sterilant levels in a hemodialysis machines prior to patient use. The test is positive
for sterilant. The machines needs to do what? - Answer✔Needs to go through another rinse
What are serum abnormalities in renal failure? - Answer✔When creatinine, BUN, Phosphorus
are elevated
Hemodialysis requires a means to channel the patient's blood to the hemodialyzer and then
back to the body, what is this called? - Answer✔Vascular Access
Where is a fistula usually placed? - Answer✔Forearm, near the wrist
According to the CDC, how long do you wash your hands with soap and water? - Answer✔15-
Seconds
(True/False)
A solvent is a fluid? - Answer✔True
In the process of dialysis, dialysate is a solution. What is a solvent? - Answer✔Treated Water
Total Cell Volume (TCV) is also called the Fiber Bundle Volume. When preparing a new dialyzer,
what is the TCV? - Answer✔The total amount of fluid the dialyzer blood compartment will hold
What dialyzer characteristic explains how much water will be removed during a treatment? -
Answer✔Ultrafiltration Coefficient
What dialyzer characteristic explains the rate of solute removal? - Answer✔Clearance
When you perform a water quality check, what are you checking for? - Answer✔Chlorine and
Chloramine
The term pH is a measurement of the concentration of what? - Answer✔Hydrogen Ions
What is the technicians role in patient teaching? - Answer✔Determine the patient's learning
needs
What precautions do dialysis staff make to reduce the risk of being infected with a blood borne
pathogen? - Answer✔Proper sharps disposal,
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Certified Hemodialysis Technician Exam
Questions And Answers |Latest 2025 |
Guaranteed Pass.
What foods are high in potassium? - Answer✔Bananas
Oranges
Milk
Potatoes
Plums (prunes)
tomatoes
What lab values are monitored for assessing bone disease? - Answer✔Calcium,
Phosphorus,
PTH
What is the most common cause of chronic kidney failure in the US? - Answer✔Diabetes
What is the reason potassium dialyzes and RBC's do not? - Answer✔Potassium has a smaller
molecular weight
What is an acceptable limit for chlorine's in water? - Answer✔Less than 0.1mg/L (ppm)
If a new patient starts with a very high BUN, dialysis is purposely made less efficient to prevent
what? - Answer✔Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
What causes poor clearance during dialysis? - Answer✔Low blood flow rate,
Access recirculation,
Poor dialyzer reuse
What is the movement of water from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high
solute concentration? - Answer✔Osmosis
1
, ©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:08AM. A+
What is a potting compound, casing, fibers, and headers from? - Answer✔A dialyzer
What does a hematocrit test in indicate? - Answer✔Concentration of red blood cells in the
blood
In a dialysis machine, the proportioning system does what? - Answer✔Appropriately mixes the
dialysate concentrates with water
What is the best reason to wear gloves when handling machine's prior to blood? -
Answer✔Universal Precaustions
You test for sterilant levels in a hemodialysis machines prior to patient use. The test is positive
for sterilant. The machines needs to do what? - Answer✔Needs to go through another rinse
What are serum abnormalities in renal failure? - Answer✔When creatinine, BUN, Phosphorus
are elevated
Hemodialysis requires a means to channel the patient's blood to the hemodialyzer and then
back to the body, what is this called? - Answer✔Vascular Access
Where is a fistula usually placed? - Answer✔Forearm, near the wrist
According to the CDC, how long do you wash your hands with soap and water? - Answer✔15-
Seconds
(True/False)
A solvent is a fluid? - Answer✔True
In the process of dialysis, dialysate is a solution. What is a solvent? - Answer✔Treated Water
Total Cell Volume (TCV) is also called the Fiber Bundle Volume. When preparing a new dialyzer,
what is the TCV? - Answer✔The total amount of fluid the dialyzer blood compartment will hold
What dialyzer characteristic explains how much water will be removed during a treatment? -
Answer✔Ultrafiltration Coefficient
What dialyzer characteristic explains the rate of solute removal? - Answer✔Clearance
When you perform a water quality check, what are you checking for? - Answer✔Chlorine and
Chloramine
The term pH is a measurement of the concentration of what? - Answer✔Hydrogen Ions
What is the technicians role in patient teaching? - Answer✔Determine the patient's learning
needs
What precautions do dialysis staff make to reduce the risk of being infected with a blood borne
pathogen? - Answer✔Proper sharps disposal,
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