PCT Certification Exam Study Guide
Healthy - (ANSWERS)to be without disease
Patient Care Technician - (ANSWERS)nursing assistant with advanced skills
Health Promotion - (ANSWERS)strategies that try to prevent illness from occuring
Who delegates tasks to a PCT? - (ANSWERS)physician
Ombudsman - (ANSWERS)someone who seeks to ensure that resident rights are
maintained in the long-term setting
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - (ANSWERS)to protect person's rights to privacy
of protected information
Encouraging mammogram screening is an example of what? -
(ANSWERS)secondary prevention strategy
Are increasing poverty rates a negative or positive impact on healthcare for the
underserved? - (ANSWERS)negative
A benefit of the Affordable Care Act is...? - (ANSWERS)members are no longer
denied coverage if they have a preexisting condition
When a person can work in multiple areas and in multiple roles they are considered
________. - (ANSWERS)cross-trained
True or False: A PCT can share pictures/info of a patient on social media. -
(ANSWERS)False
At which point can the PCT give test results to the patient's family members? -
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(ANSWERS)if the patient has signed a release indicating which family members are
allowed to receive patient information
To say that something that is obviously harmful to someone is said to be _______. -
(ANSWERS)detrimental
Documentation on a patient's record must be...? - (ANSWERS)neat and able to be
read
To be professional, the PCT should act in what way? - (ANSWERS)courteous
True or False: the skills performed by the nursing assistant are the same skills
performed as a PCT? - (ANSWERS)False
To be able to take the PCT certification test, one must have...? - (ANSWERS)a high
school diploma
How many hours of continuing education is required before one can renew the PCT
certification? - (ANSWERS)10
If one does not pass the second PCT certification exam, how soon can the candidate
schedule the third exam? - (ANSWERS)30 days
Who is responsible for paying for the PCT certification exam? - (ANSWERS)the
candidate taking the exam
True or False: If the PCT uses jargon to describe what the specimen looks like to a
patient, the patient should know what that means. - (ANSWERS)False
Jargon - (ANSWERS)special words or expressions that are used by a particular
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profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
The card system that is used to consolidate patient orders and is often kept in one
central location is known as the...? - (ANSWERS)Kardex
True or False: closed posture is generally accepted to mean that one is more
accepting, warm, and interested. - (ANSWERS)False
True or False: If the PCT completes a task but forgets to document it, his or her
verbal statement saying he or she performed the task will hold up in court if there
were a lawsuit. - (ANSWERS)false
A teacher giving a lecture to a large classroom is known as what type of
communication? - (ANSWERS)one-way communication
A Muslim patient becomes upset and refuses to do so when she is told she must
remove her clothes and put on an examination gown. Why is this? - (ANSWERS)As
a Muslim, the patient must keep as much of her body covered as possible
The PCT does not understand why a Chinese American family is not grieving for
their dying father. What behaviors are being demonstrated by the student? -
(ANSWERS)Ethnocentric
Ethnocentric - (ANSWERS)believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and
cultural group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups
Stereotyping - (ANSWERS)creating an oversimplified image of a particular group
of people, usually by assuming that all members of the group are alike
A female Muslim should only be cared for by a _______? - (ANSWERS)female
Healthy - (ANSWERS)to be without disease
Patient Care Technician - (ANSWERS)nursing assistant with advanced skills
Health Promotion - (ANSWERS)strategies that try to prevent illness from occuring
Who delegates tasks to a PCT? - (ANSWERS)physician
Ombudsman - (ANSWERS)someone who seeks to ensure that resident rights are
maintained in the long-term setting
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - (ANSWERS)to protect person's rights to privacy
of protected information
Encouraging mammogram screening is an example of what? -
(ANSWERS)secondary prevention strategy
Are increasing poverty rates a negative or positive impact on healthcare for the
underserved? - (ANSWERS)negative
A benefit of the Affordable Care Act is...? - (ANSWERS)members are no longer
denied coverage if they have a preexisting condition
When a person can work in multiple areas and in multiple roles they are considered
________. - (ANSWERS)cross-trained
True or False: A PCT can share pictures/info of a patient on social media. -
(ANSWERS)False
At which point can the PCT give test results to the patient's family members? -
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(ANSWERS)if the patient has signed a release indicating which family members are
allowed to receive patient information
To say that something that is obviously harmful to someone is said to be _______. -
(ANSWERS)detrimental
Documentation on a patient's record must be...? - (ANSWERS)neat and able to be
read
To be professional, the PCT should act in what way? - (ANSWERS)courteous
True or False: the skills performed by the nursing assistant are the same skills
performed as a PCT? - (ANSWERS)False
To be able to take the PCT certification test, one must have...? - (ANSWERS)a high
school diploma
How many hours of continuing education is required before one can renew the PCT
certification? - (ANSWERS)10
If one does not pass the second PCT certification exam, how soon can the candidate
schedule the third exam? - (ANSWERS)30 days
Who is responsible for paying for the PCT certification exam? - (ANSWERS)the
candidate taking the exam
True or False: If the PCT uses jargon to describe what the specimen looks like to a
patient, the patient should know what that means. - (ANSWERS)False
Jargon - (ANSWERS)special words or expressions that are used by a particular
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profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
The card system that is used to consolidate patient orders and is often kept in one
central location is known as the...? - (ANSWERS)Kardex
True or False: closed posture is generally accepted to mean that one is more
accepting, warm, and interested. - (ANSWERS)False
True or False: If the PCT completes a task but forgets to document it, his or her
verbal statement saying he or she performed the task will hold up in court if there
were a lawsuit. - (ANSWERS)false
A teacher giving a lecture to a large classroom is known as what type of
communication? - (ANSWERS)one-way communication
A Muslim patient becomes upset and refuses to do so when she is told she must
remove her clothes and put on an examination gown. Why is this? - (ANSWERS)As
a Muslim, the patient must keep as much of her body covered as possible
The PCT does not understand why a Chinese American family is not grieving for
their dying father. What behaviors are being demonstrated by the student? -
(ANSWERS)Ethnocentric
Ethnocentric - (ANSWERS)believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and
cultural group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups
Stereotyping - (ANSWERS)creating an oversimplified image of a particular group
of people, usually by assuming that all members of the group are alike
A female Muslim should only be cared for by a _______? - (ANSWERS)female
