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CPCT EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK| COMPLETE 450 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| CPCT EXAM PREP
2025 ||BRAND NEW!!
A PCT is recording a patient's output and notes that the patient voided a
small amount of dark yellow urine. The patient is flushed and reports dry
mouth. The tech should identify that these findings indicate which if the
following?
a.) dehydration
b.) frequent urination
c.) adequate fluid intake
d.) urinary incontinence - Correct Answer - a.) Dehydration
-decreased urine output causing urine concentration and dark yellow
color. tech should report this finding and urine output over the past 4 hr
to nurse
The CPCT must invert anticoagulant tubes to prevent which of the
following?
A) hemolysis
B) clothing
C) hemoconcentration
D) reflux - Correct Answer - B) clothing
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A PCT is caring for a patient who has an indwelling urinary catheter.
How often should the tech empty the drainage receptacle?
a.) every 24 hr
b.) every 16 hr
c.) every 8 hr
d.) every 12 hr - Correct Answer - c.) Every 8 hrs
A PCT is caring for a patient who has congestive heart failure. Which of
the following findings should be reported to the nurse immediately?
a.) changes in appetite and food preferences
b.) swelling in the legs and feet
c.) a weight loss of 1 lb in 3 weeks
d.) increased urinary output - Correct Answer - b.) Swelling in the legs
and feet
-signs of edema should be monitored and reported to the nurse
immediately
A pct is caring for a patient who is postoperative following abdominal
surgery and observes thin, watery, reddish drainage on the wound
dressing. The tech should identify that which of the following terms is
used to describe this type of drainage?
a.) serous
b.) purulent
c.) sanguineous
d.) serosanguineous - Correct Answer - d.) Serosanguineous
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A PCT is performing ostomy care for a patient. Which of the following
actions should the tech take first?
a.) cut an opening in the center of the wafer
b.) measure the opening of the stoma
c.) apply a protective skin barrier near the stoma
d.) cleanse the skin around the stoma with warm water - Correct Answer
- d.) Cleanse the skin around the stoma with warm water
A PCT observes a nurse administering an influenza vaccine to a patient.
The tech should identify that receiving an influenza vaccine breaks
which of the following links in the chain of infection?
a.) susceptible host
b.) portal of entry
c.) infectious agent
d.) method of transmission - Correct Answer - a.) Susceptible host
A pct has just collected a blood specimen from a patient. For which of
the following reasons should the tech invert the collection tubes that
contain anticoagulants immediately following a blood collection?
a.) to encourage the mixing of hemoglobin and plasma
b.) to prevent clotting of the blood
c.) to prevent blood from mixing with the additives
d.) to encourage sedimentation within collection tubes - Correct Answer
- b.) To prevent clotting of the blood
-mixes blood with anticoagulant to prevent clotting
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A PCT should recognize that it is the primary purpose of which of the
following agencies to provide guidelines that ensure safe work
environments?
a.) CDC
b.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
c.) OSHA
d.) The Joint Commission (TJC) - Correct Answer - c.) OSHA
A PCT should identify that the Patient's Bill of Rights guarantees
patients which of the following things?
a.) insurance coverage for health care services
b.) legal advice for malpractice concerns
c.) sharing of health care information with their family members
d.) involvement in making decisions about their care - Correct Answer -
d.) involvement in making decisions about their care
-Patient's Bill of Rights ensures that patients can be involved in making
decisions about their own care, have a clean and safe environment,
protection of privacy, high-quality care, help when leaving the hospital,
and help with billing concerns.
A PCT is performing CPR for an adult patient. Which of the following
actions should the technician take?
a.) check for a pulse at the patient's radial artery site
b.) give the patient rescue breaths that have a 3 second duration
c.) depress 5 cm (2 in) into the patient's chest while performing
compressions
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CPCT EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK| COMPLETE 450 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| CPCT EXAM PREP
2025 ||BRAND NEW!!
A PCT is recording a patient's output and notes that the patient voided a
small amount of dark yellow urine. The patient is flushed and reports dry
mouth. The tech should identify that these findings indicate which if the
following?
a.) dehydration
b.) frequent urination
c.) adequate fluid intake
d.) urinary incontinence - Correct Answer - a.) Dehydration
-decreased urine output causing urine concentration and dark yellow
color. tech should report this finding and urine output over the past 4 hr
to nurse
The CPCT must invert anticoagulant tubes to prevent which of the
following?
A) hemolysis
B) clothing
C) hemoconcentration
D) reflux - Correct Answer - B) clothing
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A PCT is caring for a patient who has an indwelling urinary catheter.
How often should the tech empty the drainage receptacle?
a.) every 24 hr
b.) every 16 hr
c.) every 8 hr
d.) every 12 hr - Correct Answer - c.) Every 8 hrs
A PCT is caring for a patient who has congestive heart failure. Which of
the following findings should be reported to the nurse immediately?
a.) changes in appetite and food preferences
b.) swelling in the legs and feet
c.) a weight loss of 1 lb in 3 weeks
d.) increased urinary output - Correct Answer - b.) Swelling in the legs
and feet
-signs of edema should be monitored and reported to the nurse
immediately
A pct is caring for a patient who is postoperative following abdominal
surgery and observes thin, watery, reddish drainage on the wound
dressing. The tech should identify that which of the following terms is
used to describe this type of drainage?
a.) serous
b.) purulent
c.) sanguineous
d.) serosanguineous - Correct Answer - d.) Serosanguineous
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A PCT is performing ostomy care for a patient. Which of the following
actions should the tech take first?
a.) cut an opening in the center of the wafer
b.) measure the opening of the stoma
c.) apply a protective skin barrier near the stoma
d.) cleanse the skin around the stoma with warm water - Correct Answer
- d.) Cleanse the skin around the stoma with warm water
A PCT observes a nurse administering an influenza vaccine to a patient.
The tech should identify that receiving an influenza vaccine breaks
which of the following links in the chain of infection?
a.) susceptible host
b.) portal of entry
c.) infectious agent
d.) method of transmission - Correct Answer - a.) Susceptible host
A pct has just collected a blood specimen from a patient. For which of
the following reasons should the tech invert the collection tubes that
contain anticoagulants immediately following a blood collection?
a.) to encourage the mixing of hemoglobin and plasma
b.) to prevent clotting of the blood
c.) to prevent blood from mixing with the additives
d.) to encourage sedimentation within collection tubes - Correct Answer
- b.) To prevent clotting of the blood
-mixes blood with anticoagulant to prevent clotting
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A PCT should recognize that it is the primary purpose of which of the
following agencies to provide guidelines that ensure safe work
environments?
a.) CDC
b.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
c.) OSHA
d.) The Joint Commission (TJC) - Correct Answer - c.) OSHA
A PCT should identify that the Patient's Bill of Rights guarantees
patients which of the following things?
a.) insurance coverage for health care services
b.) legal advice for malpractice concerns
c.) sharing of health care information with their family members
d.) involvement in making decisions about their care - Correct Answer -
d.) involvement in making decisions about their care
-Patient's Bill of Rights ensures that patients can be involved in making
decisions about their own care, have a clean and safe environment,
protection of privacy, high-quality care, help when leaving the hospital,
and help with billing concerns.
A PCT is performing CPR for an adult patient. Which of the following
actions should the technician take?
a.) check for a pulse at the patient's radial artery site
b.) give the patient rescue breaths that have a 3 second duration
c.) depress 5 cm (2 in) into the patient's chest while performing
compressions
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