NCMA Practice Test 2025 Questions and
Answers
Changing an existing field, record, or file in a database is called
indexing
modification
inserting
appending - ANSWER✔✔-modification
IV medication is administered in which one of the following manners?
Drops per minute
Drops per hour
Drops per 24-hour period
Drops per second - ANSWER✔✔-Drops per minute
Which of the following is not a major objective that guided the development of ICD-10-PCS?
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,These are all objectives used in the development of ICD-10-PCS.
Multiaxial
Expandability
Completeness - ANSWER✔✔-These are all objectives used in the development of ICD-10-PCS.
Which of the following types of coding systems is used to code medical services?
CPT
ICD-10-CM
DRG
RBRVS - ANSWER✔✔-CPT
The inner protective layer of the brain and spinal cord is the
dura mater
pia mater
meninges
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,arachnoid - ANSWER✔✔-pia mater
All of the following are purposes of medical records EXCEPT
intra- and interoffice communication
chronological record of a patient's medical care
legal protection for patient
financial record of patient's account balance - ANSWER✔✔-financial record of patient's account
balance
Which of the following commonly serves as a fiscal intermediary for the Medicare program?
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Tricare
Medicaid
Workers' compensation - ANSWER✔✔-Blue Cross/Blue Shield
_____ prohibits the use of unfair employment practices regarding people over 40 years of age.
ADEA
ADAE
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, FLSA
ADA - ANSWER✔✔-ADEA
When reducing fees, which of the following is an example of a courtesy allowance?
Discount given to a clergy member
Discount given to an indigent patient
Discount to third-party payors
None of these answers - ANSWER✔✔-Discount given to a clergy member
Which type of mail is not easily traced?
Express
Fourth class
First class
Second class - ANSWER✔✔-First class
_____ measures the rate at which anticoagulated RBCs will fall when allowed to settle in a thin
columnar tube.
ESR
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Answers
Changing an existing field, record, or file in a database is called
indexing
modification
inserting
appending - ANSWER✔✔-modification
IV medication is administered in which one of the following manners?
Drops per minute
Drops per hour
Drops per 24-hour period
Drops per second - ANSWER✔✔-Drops per minute
Which of the following is not a major objective that guided the development of ICD-10-PCS?
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,These are all objectives used in the development of ICD-10-PCS.
Multiaxial
Expandability
Completeness - ANSWER✔✔-These are all objectives used in the development of ICD-10-PCS.
Which of the following types of coding systems is used to code medical services?
CPT
ICD-10-CM
DRG
RBRVS - ANSWER✔✔-CPT
The inner protective layer of the brain and spinal cord is the
dura mater
pia mater
meninges
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,arachnoid - ANSWER✔✔-pia mater
All of the following are purposes of medical records EXCEPT
intra- and interoffice communication
chronological record of a patient's medical care
legal protection for patient
financial record of patient's account balance - ANSWER✔✔-financial record of patient's account
balance
Which of the following commonly serves as a fiscal intermediary for the Medicare program?
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Tricare
Medicaid
Workers' compensation - ANSWER✔✔-Blue Cross/Blue Shield
_____ prohibits the use of unfair employment practices regarding people over 40 years of age.
ADEA
ADAE
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, FLSA
ADA - ANSWER✔✔-ADEA
When reducing fees, which of the following is an example of a courtesy allowance?
Discount given to a clergy member
Discount given to an indigent patient
Discount to third-party payors
None of these answers - ANSWER✔✔-Discount given to a clergy member
Which type of mail is not easily traced?
Express
Fourth class
First class
Second class - ANSWER✔✔-First class
_____ measures the rate at which anticoagulated RBCs will fall when allowed to settle in a thin
columnar tube.
ESR
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