NHA CCMA Certification Exam 2025 | Updated
Clinical Medical Assistant Practice Test with Real
Questions & Detailed Rationales | Exam 1
What is within the scope of practice for a CCMA ?- ANSWER ✔✔ 1. Educating patients on how
to take their medication
2. Health promotion of the patient.
3. Performing an EKG.
4. Taking patients vitals.
5. Performing urinalysis.
6. Performing a throat culture.
7. Patient education.
What is outside the scope of practice ?- ANSWER ✔✔ 1. Diagnosing patients.
2. Administering narcotics.
3. Interpreting laboratory results.
4. Pathogenic identification.
5. Performing an Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
What is assault ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Open threat of bodily harm against another person.
What is battery ?- ANSWER ✔✔ An action that causes bodily harm.
How do you define fraud ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Deception with the intent to deprive another person
of his or her own rights.
,What is invasion of privacy ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Intruding on a patients private affairs, or
disclosure of private information.
Example: Entering a patients room without knocking or having permission.
Malpractice ?- ANSWER ✔✔ The negligent delivery of professional services.
Negligence ?- ANSWER ✔✔ The failure to do something that a reasonably prudent individual
would do under similar circumstances.
Spousal abuse/ Intimate partner abuse ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Provides a list of organizations within
the local community that can assist in the situation.
What should you do if you suspect child abuse ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Report suspected child abuse to
the provider.
Tort ?- ANSWER ✔✔ A civil wrong committed against a person or property. (fraud)
Chain of custody ?- ANSWER ✔✔ In legal context, refers to the chronological documentation
showing the paper trail, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical or
electronic evidence.
Sample evidence must be sealed in front of patient.
(drug screen)
What is the purpose of the CLIA ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Clinical laboratory Improvement Amendment
sets quality standards and issues certifications for human laboratories.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)- ANSWER ✔✔ Then right to
inspect, review, and to receive a copy of your medical records and billing records that are held by
health plans and healthcare providers covered by the privacy rule.
,What are the two main purposes of HIPPA ?- ANSWER ✔✔ 1. To provide continuous health
insurance coverage for workers who lose or change their job.
2.To reduce the administrative burdens and cost of healthcare by standardizing the electronic
transmission of administrative and financial transactions and protects the patients personal
medical information and confidentiality.
A CCMA cannot disclose what information ?- ANSWER ✔✔ A Patients information unless
authorized.
Discussing a patients medical information is breaking what ?- ANSWER ✔✔ HIPPA guidelines
Even if you are related to the patient you are required to have what to obtain medical
information ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Consent of the patient
The Joint Commission is responsible for what ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Regulates that identifying
patients is crucial to improving patient safety.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)- ANSWER ✔✔ 1. Federal agency that
oversees and regulates safety in the workplace.
2. Training provided to employee at no cost.
Quality Control (QC) promotes what ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Accurate test results
What is the most important step in ensuring patient safety ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Is proper
identification
Always ask for what two forms of identification to ID a patient ?- ANSWER ✔✔ FULL NAME
DATE OF BIRTH
, Never confirm a patients name and date of birth how ?- ANSWER ✔✔ By speaking their name
and date of birth to them.
If they are not paying attention they may say yes when they didn't hear you.
What is implied consent ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Extending an arm for phlebotomy
Removing clothes for a medical procedure or examination.
What is informed consent ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Informing the patient of the risk, possible outcomes,
and alternative therapies.
What is written consent ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Must have a patients signature to perform procedure.
Patients bill of rights ?- ANSWER ✔✔ A list of guarantees for those receiving medical care.
What are some of the rights to the patient covered under patients bill of rights ?- ANSWER ✔✔
1. Patients have the right to a copy of their medical records.
2.Guarantees fair treatment.
3. Autonomy over medical decisions and many more rights.
POMR Should always be filled in what order ?
(Problem Oriented Medical Record)- ANSWER ✔✔ Should always be filled out in
chronological order.
Patients have a right to view their medical records at any time.
The information in the medical record belongs to who ?- ANSWER ✔✔ The medical record
belongs to the patient, however the place where the information is housed belongs to the author.
Clinical Medical Assistant Practice Test with Real
Questions & Detailed Rationales | Exam 1
What is within the scope of practice for a CCMA ?- ANSWER ✔✔ 1. Educating patients on how
to take their medication
2. Health promotion of the patient.
3. Performing an EKG.
4. Taking patients vitals.
5. Performing urinalysis.
6. Performing a throat culture.
7. Patient education.
What is outside the scope of practice ?- ANSWER ✔✔ 1. Diagnosing patients.
2. Administering narcotics.
3. Interpreting laboratory results.
4. Pathogenic identification.
5. Performing an Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
What is assault ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Open threat of bodily harm against another person.
What is battery ?- ANSWER ✔✔ An action that causes bodily harm.
How do you define fraud ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Deception with the intent to deprive another person
of his or her own rights.
,What is invasion of privacy ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Intruding on a patients private affairs, or
disclosure of private information.
Example: Entering a patients room without knocking or having permission.
Malpractice ?- ANSWER ✔✔ The negligent delivery of professional services.
Negligence ?- ANSWER ✔✔ The failure to do something that a reasonably prudent individual
would do under similar circumstances.
Spousal abuse/ Intimate partner abuse ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Provides a list of organizations within
the local community that can assist in the situation.
What should you do if you suspect child abuse ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Report suspected child abuse to
the provider.
Tort ?- ANSWER ✔✔ A civil wrong committed against a person or property. (fraud)
Chain of custody ?- ANSWER ✔✔ In legal context, refers to the chronological documentation
showing the paper trail, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical or
electronic evidence.
Sample evidence must be sealed in front of patient.
(drug screen)
What is the purpose of the CLIA ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Clinical laboratory Improvement Amendment
sets quality standards and issues certifications for human laboratories.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)- ANSWER ✔✔ Then right to
inspect, review, and to receive a copy of your medical records and billing records that are held by
health plans and healthcare providers covered by the privacy rule.
,What are the two main purposes of HIPPA ?- ANSWER ✔✔ 1. To provide continuous health
insurance coverage for workers who lose or change their job.
2.To reduce the administrative burdens and cost of healthcare by standardizing the electronic
transmission of administrative and financial transactions and protects the patients personal
medical information and confidentiality.
A CCMA cannot disclose what information ?- ANSWER ✔✔ A Patients information unless
authorized.
Discussing a patients medical information is breaking what ?- ANSWER ✔✔ HIPPA guidelines
Even if you are related to the patient you are required to have what to obtain medical
information ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Consent of the patient
The Joint Commission is responsible for what ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Regulates that identifying
patients is crucial to improving patient safety.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)- ANSWER ✔✔ 1. Federal agency that
oversees and regulates safety in the workplace.
2. Training provided to employee at no cost.
Quality Control (QC) promotes what ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Accurate test results
What is the most important step in ensuring patient safety ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Is proper
identification
Always ask for what two forms of identification to ID a patient ?- ANSWER ✔✔ FULL NAME
DATE OF BIRTH
, Never confirm a patients name and date of birth how ?- ANSWER ✔✔ By speaking their name
and date of birth to them.
If they are not paying attention they may say yes when they didn't hear you.
What is implied consent ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Extending an arm for phlebotomy
Removing clothes for a medical procedure or examination.
What is informed consent ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Informing the patient of the risk, possible outcomes,
and alternative therapies.
What is written consent ?- ANSWER ✔✔ Must have a patients signature to perform procedure.
Patients bill of rights ?- ANSWER ✔✔ A list of guarantees for those receiving medical care.
What are some of the rights to the patient covered under patients bill of rights ?- ANSWER ✔✔
1. Patients have the right to a copy of their medical records.
2.Guarantees fair treatment.
3. Autonomy over medical decisions and many more rights.
POMR Should always be filled in what order ?
(Problem Oriented Medical Record)- ANSWER ✔✔ Should always be filled out in
chronological order.
Patients have a right to view their medical records at any time.
The information in the medical record belongs to who ?- ANSWER ✔✔ The medical record
belongs to the patient, however the place where the information is housed belongs to the author.
