PCT NHA 2025/2026 NEW UPDATE EXAM STUDY TEST GUIDE – VERIFIED QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
1. Which of the following screening tests might a physician order during a 55-year-old
male's physical examination?
a. Colonoscopy
b. Color blind testing
c. Spirometry
d. Tympanometry
a. Colonoscopy
1. In which of the following positions would a patient experiencing shock be placed?
a. Dorsal recumbent
b. Semi-Fowler
c. Supine
d. Trendelenburg
d. Trendelenburg
1. Patients who are experiencing shortness of breath would benefit from being placed in
which of the following positions?
a. Fowler
b. Horizontal recumbent
c. Sitting
d. Trendelenburg
a. Fowler
,1. The patient is lying flat on the examination table with her legs apart, knees bent, and her
feet at the edges of the table. Which of the following positions is the patient in?
a. Dorsal recumbent
b. Semi-Fowler
c. Fowler
d. Lithotomy
a. Dorsal recumbent
1. The PCT must administer a rectal suppository. In which of the following positions would
she put the patient?
a. Lithotomy
b. Horizontal recumbent
c. Knee-chest
d. Sims
d. sims
1. Which of the following positions would be most appropriate for a patient undergoing a
cervical examination?
a. Sitting
b. Supine
c. Dorsal recumbent
d. Lithotomy
d. lithotomy
,1. Which of the following is the most common solution used to cleanse a wound during a
dressing change?
a. Sterile saline
b. Betadine
c. Isopropyl alcohol
None of the above
a. Sterile saline
1. Which of the following is considered a break in the sterile field?
a. Covering a sterile field prior to the procedure with a sterile drape
b. Facing the sterile field at all times
c. Maintaining hands below the waist
Hair tied back
c. maintaining hands below the waist
1. Which of the following terms means "much thirst"?
a. Macroplasia
b. Aphagia
c. Hyperphasia
d. Polydipsia
d. Polydipsia
, 1. Which of the following best describes what a directional term is?
a. A term used to indicate a specific disease
b. A term used to indicate specific areas of the body
c. A term used to indicate the origin of a disease
d. A term used to indicate the origin of insertion for a limb
b. A term use to indicate specific areas of the body
1. Which of the following is the definition of "cutaneous"?
a. Pertaining to the surface of the head
b. Pertaining to the cervix
c. Pertaining to the skin
Pertaining to the back
c. Pertaining to the skin
1. The physician wrote a prescription for the patient to take "2 tabs pot id." The PCT would
then explain to the patient that he is to take the medication
a. Once each day
b. Twice each day
c. Three times each day
d. Four times each day
c. Three times each day
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
1. Which of the following screening tests might a physician order during a 55-year-old
male's physical examination?
a. Colonoscopy
b. Color blind testing
c. Spirometry
d. Tympanometry
a. Colonoscopy
1. In which of the following positions would a patient experiencing shock be placed?
a. Dorsal recumbent
b. Semi-Fowler
c. Supine
d. Trendelenburg
d. Trendelenburg
1. Patients who are experiencing shortness of breath would benefit from being placed in
which of the following positions?
a. Fowler
b. Horizontal recumbent
c. Sitting
d. Trendelenburg
a. Fowler
,1. The patient is lying flat on the examination table with her legs apart, knees bent, and her
feet at the edges of the table. Which of the following positions is the patient in?
a. Dorsal recumbent
b. Semi-Fowler
c. Fowler
d. Lithotomy
a. Dorsal recumbent
1. The PCT must administer a rectal suppository. In which of the following positions would
she put the patient?
a. Lithotomy
b. Horizontal recumbent
c. Knee-chest
d. Sims
d. sims
1. Which of the following positions would be most appropriate for a patient undergoing a
cervical examination?
a. Sitting
b. Supine
c. Dorsal recumbent
d. Lithotomy
d. lithotomy
,1. Which of the following is the most common solution used to cleanse a wound during a
dressing change?
a. Sterile saline
b. Betadine
c. Isopropyl alcohol
None of the above
a. Sterile saline
1. Which of the following is considered a break in the sterile field?
a. Covering a sterile field prior to the procedure with a sterile drape
b. Facing the sterile field at all times
c. Maintaining hands below the waist
Hair tied back
c. maintaining hands below the waist
1. Which of the following terms means "much thirst"?
a. Macroplasia
b. Aphagia
c. Hyperphasia
d. Polydipsia
d. Polydipsia
, 1. Which of the following best describes what a directional term is?
a. A term used to indicate a specific disease
b. A term used to indicate specific areas of the body
c. A term used to indicate the origin of a disease
d. A term used to indicate the origin of insertion for a limb
b. A term use to indicate specific areas of the body
1. Which of the following is the definition of "cutaneous"?
a. Pertaining to the surface of the head
b. Pertaining to the cervix
c. Pertaining to the skin
Pertaining to the back
c. Pertaining to the skin
1. The physician wrote a prescription for the patient to take "2 tabs pot id." The PCT would
then explain to the patient that he is to take the medication
a. Once each day
b. Twice each day
c. Three times each day
d. Four times each day
c. Three times each day
