PCT Certification Exam Review Guide: A Complete Collection of Practice
Exam Questions and Answers for Patient Care Technician Students
A 58-year-old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by his wife.
Which of these approaches should the dialysis technician use when interacting with
the patient?
A. Avoid using phrases that refer to sight, such as "It looks like..."
B. Describe the activities in the immediate environment
C. Give instructions to his wife instead of him
D. Touch the patient before speaking to him
B. Describe the activities in the immediate environment
A dialysis technician observes a drop of blood on the surface of a patient's
hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take?
A. Clean the machine surface at the end of treatment
B. Clean the machine surface immediately
C. Notify the equipment technician
D. Notify the nurse
Clean the machine surface immediately
All of the following are phosphate binders EXCEPT:
A. Renagel
B. Phos-Lo
C. Tums
D. Vitamin B12
D. Vitamin B12
A patient who is to receive their first dialysis treatment is prone to?
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
A patient tells the technician that the dietitian reviewed high-potassium foods with
her. During the conversation she states she routinely eats the following foods.
Which one is highest in potassium?
A. Bananas
B. Ice Cream
, C. Pasta
D. Rice
A. Bananas
Dialysate that is too hot will cause
hemolysis.
A slow pulse of 54 beats/minute would indicate the patient has
Bradycardia
A reason why a dialysis technician is to be certified is:
It is a CMS requirement
A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during hemodialysis is
indicative of:
Clotting of the extracorporeal circuit
A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to Mr. Smith.
You would:
never document something that someone else did
A true aneurysm can be dangerous because it
may rupture and cause the patient to bleed profusely.
A patient's laboratory results indicate that the predialysis BUN level was lower
than the post dialysis BUN level. When interpreting these findings, the technician
should seek the answer to which of these questions.
A. Was the machine in bypass during the post sampling?
B. Was the patient's heparin pump turned off when the post sample was drawn?
C. Was the post dialysis sample drawn correctly?
D. Was the port used for predialysis sampling cleaned with disinfectant?
D. Was the post dialysis sample drawn correctly?
A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient has:
Tachycardia
Exam Questions and Answers for Patient Care Technician Students
A 58-year-old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by his wife.
Which of these approaches should the dialysis technician use when interacting with
the patient?
A. Avoid using phrases that refer to sight, such as "It looks like..."
B. Describe the activities in the immediate environment
C. Give instructions to his wife instead of him
D. Touch the patient before speaking to him
B. Describe the activities in the immediate environment
A dialysis technician observes a drop of blood on the surface of a patient's
hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take?
A. Clean the machine surface at the end of treatment
B. Clean the machine surface immediately
C. Notify the equipment technician
D. Notify the nurse
Clean the machine surface immediately
All of the following are phosphate binders EXCEPT:
A. Renagel
B. Phos-Lo
C. Tums
D. Vitamin B12
D. Vitamin B12
A patient who is to receive their first dialysis treatment is prone to?
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
A patient tells the technician that the dietitian reviewed high-potassium foods with
her. During the conversation she states she routinely eats the following foods.
Which one is highest in potassium?
A. Bananas
B. Ice Cream
, C. Pasta
D. Rice
A. Bananas
Dialysate that is too hot will cause
hemolysis.
A slow pulse of 54 beats/minute would indicate the patient has
Bradycardia
A reason why a dialysis technician is to be certified is:
It is a CMS requirement
A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during hemodialysis is
indicative of:
Clotting of the extracorporeal circuit
A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to Mr. Smith.
You would:
never document something that someone else did
A true aneurysm can be dangerous because it
may rupture and cause the patient to bleed profusely.
A patient's laboratory results indicate that the predialysis BUN level was lower
than the post dialysis BUN level. When interpreting these findings, the technician
should seek the answer to which of these questions.
A. Was the machine in bypass during the post sampling?
B. Was the patient's heparin pump turned off when the post sample was drawn?
C. Was the post dialysis sample drawn correctly?
D. Was the port used for predialysis sampling cleaned with disinfectant?
D. Was the post dialysis sample drawn correctly?
A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient has:
Tachycardia
