PCT PRACTICE ACTUAL EXAM TEST QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAILED SOLUTIONS
A patient care technician is preparing to perform documentation in a patients electronic
health record. Which of the following is an example of appropriate documentation by the
technician?
A.) the technician on the previous shift reports giving the patient a bath at 1600.
B.) The patient has a large, dark bowel movement at 1100.
C.) The Patient will receive an enema at 1700.
D.) The patient is upset because the nurse from the previous shift forgot to provide
breakfast.
B.) The patient has a large, dark brown bowel movement at 1100.
A patient care technician is reinforcing teaching with a patient who has a new prescription
for albuterol sulfate to be administered via an inhaler. Which of the following patient
statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?
A.) "I should place the mouthpiece of the inhaler in my mouth"
B.) "I will shake the inhaler well before each use"
C.) I will take the second dose of medication immediately after the first"
D.) "I should take a quick, shallow breath while using the inhaler"
B.) "I will shake the inhaler well before each use"
A patient care technician is caring for a patient who is postoperative following abdominal
surgery and observes thin, water, reddish drainage on the wound dressing. The technician
should identify that which of the following terms is used to describe this type of drainage?
A.) Serous
B.) Purulent
C.) sanguineous
,D.) Serosanguineous
D.) Serosanguineous
A patient care technician in a clinic is receiving a urine specimen from a patient who
completed a 24hr urine collection. The technician should ensure that which of the
following requirements have been met for the test?
A.) The specimen was allowed to stand for 8hr following the final collection
B.) The final voiding of the 24hr period was discarded
C.) the patient cleaned the meatus prior to each void
D.) the specimen was refrigerated prior to being returned
D.) the specimen was refrigerated prior to being returned
Which of the following abnormalities is associated with large U waves on the EKG?
A.) increased sodium level
B.) increased potassium level
C.) decreased sodium level
D.) decreased potassium level
D.) decreased potassium level
a patient care technician is preparing to clean metal instruments that were used to remove
the staples from a patients surgical wound. Which of the following actions should the
technician take to destroy micro-organisms and spores on the metal instruments?
A.) rinse the instruments under hot tap water for 30 seconds
B.) scrub the instruments with a bactericidal solution and let them air dry
, C.) Place the instruments in an autoclave and stream them under pressure or moist heat
D.) soak the instruments in an iodine solution for 30min before singing them with sterile
water.
C.) Place the instruments in an autoclave and stream them under pressure or moist heat
A patient care technician is performing a passive range of motion exercises on a patient's
ankle. Which of the following motions should the technician perform?
A.) Circumduction
B.) abduction
C.) Dorsiflection
D.) external rotation
C.) Dorsiflection
A patient care technician is preparing to measure the pulse oximetry of an adult patient
who has decreased arterial blood flow. Which of the following locations is the best place to
obtain this measurement for a patient who has this condition?
A.) finger
B.) forehead
C.) earlobe
D.) toe
B.) forehead
A patient care technician is preparing to remove a patient's peripheral IV catheter. Which of
the following actions should the technician plan to take?
A patient care technician is preparing to perform documentation in a patients electronic
health record. Which of the following is an example of appropriate documentation by the
technician?
A.) the technician on the previous shift reports giving the patient a bath at 1600.
B.) The patient has a large, dark bowel movement at 1100.
C.) The Patient will receive an enema at 1700.
D.) The patient is upset because the nurse from the previous shift forgot to provide
breakfast.
B.) The patient has a large, dark brown bowel movement at 1100.
A patient care technician is reinforcing teaching with a patient who has a new prescription
for albuterol sulfate to be administered via an inhaler. Which of the following patient
statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?
A.) "I should place the mouthpiece of the inhaler in my mouth"
B.) "I will shake the inhaler well before each use"
C.) I will take the second dose of medication immediately after the first"
D.) "I should take a quick, shallow breath while using the inhaler"
B.) "I will shake the inhaler well before each use"
A patient care technician is caring for a patient who is postoperative following abdominal
surgery and observes thin, water, reddish drainage on the wound dressing. The technician
should identify that which of the following terms is used to describe this type of drainage?
A.) Serous
B.) Purulent
C.) sanguineous
,D.) Serosanguineous
D.) Serosanguineous
A patient care technician in a clinic is receiving a urine specimen from a patient who
completed a 24hr urine collection. The technician should ensure that which of the
following requirements have been met for the test?
A.) The specimen was allowed to stand for 8hr following the final collection
B.) The final voiding of the 24hr period was discarded
C.) the patient cleaned the meatus prior to each void
D.) the specimen was refrigerated prior to being returned
D.) the specimen was refrigerated prior to being returned
Which of the following abnormalities is associated with large U waves on the EKG?
A.) increased sodium level
B.) increased potassium level
C.) decreased sodium level
D.) decreased potassium level
D.) decreased potassium level
a patient care technician is preparing to clean metal instruments that were used to remove
the staples from a patients surgical wound. Which of the following actions should the
technician take to destroy micro-organisms and spores on the metal instruments?
A.) rinse the instruments under hot tap water for 30 seconds
B.) scrub the instruments with a bactericidal solution and let them air dry
, C.) Place the instruments in an autoclave and stream them under pressure or moist heat
D.) soak the instruments in an iodine solution for 30min before singing them with sterile
water.
C.) Place the instruments in an autoclave and stream them under pressure or moist heat
A patient care technician is performing a passive range of motion exercises on a patient's
ankle. Which of the following motions should the technician perform?
A.) Circumduction
B.) abduction
C.) Dorsiflection
D.) external rotation
C.) Dorsiflection
A patient care technician is preparing to measure the pulse oximetry of an adult patient
who has decreased arterial blood flow. Which of the following locations is the best place to
obtain this measurement for a patient who has this condition?
A.) finger
B.) forehead
C.) earlobe
D.) toe
B.) forehead
A patient care technician is preparing to remove a patient's peripheral IV catheter. Which of
the following actions should the technician plan to take?
