NHA CCMA EXAMINERS 2027 SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the proper way to clean a patient's wound? - ✔✔Clean from center of wound
outwards
✔✔Scheduling three patients to arrive at the same time for each hour of the day and
seeing them in the order they arrive is which type of scheduling? - ✔✔Wave scheduling
✔✔If a medical assistant spills blood on her uniform, she should do which of the
following? - ✔✔Complete the procedure
✔✔A patient takes Excedrin for a migraine headache. This is an example of which of
the following? - ✔✔Indication
✔✔The medical assistant finds packages of autoclave sterile instruments with no dates
on the packages. What is the most appropriate action for the medical assistant to take?
- ✔✔Repackage and reprocess the instruments
✔✔How many compressions per minute should be performed during CPR? - ✔✔100
, ✔✔What is included inside the package to properly prepare instruments for sterilization
in the autoclave? - ✔✔Sterilization indicators
✔✔Of the following, which is considered outside the scope of practice for a medical
assistant? - ✔✔Identifying pathogenic microorganisms
✔✔What pharmacokinetic process is disrupted if a patient has a diseased liver? -
✔✔Metabolism
✔✔Why is it necessary for the medical assistant to educate patients? - ✔✔It allows
patients to actively participate in their medical care
✔✔A patient in your care as experiencing a hypoglycemic emergency. Of the following,
which is the most appropriate action to be taken by the medical assistant to help this
patient? - ✔✔Give the patient Orange juice to drink
✔✔What eye chart is used to detect color blindness? - ✔✔Ishihara chart
✔✔Where would a medical assistant place the ground lead of an EKG to decrease
interference? - ✔✔Right leg
✔✔Why is it important to invert laboratory tubes after performing phlebotomy? - ✔✔To
properly mix additives with the blood
✔✔What is the term used to describe decreased flow of oxygen-rich blood to a body
part? - ✔✔Ischemia
✔✔Prolonged tourniquet application longer than one minute can cause which of the
following to the blood sample? - ✔✔Hemoconcentration
✔✔What is the function of hemostasis? - ✔✔Promotes coagulation
✔✔Parathyroid hormone is associated with the regulation of which element in the body?
- ✔✔Calcium
✔✔One of the Joint Commission's main goals in patient safety is to: - ✔✔Identify
patient's correctly
✔✔Which of the following should the medical assistant perform to maintain quality
control for CLIA-waived testing? - ✔✔Performing tests under supervision
✔✔What is the definition of aerophagia? - ✔✔Swallowing air
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the proper way to clean a patient's wound? - ✔✔Clean from center of wound
outwards
✔✔Scheduling three patients to arrive at the same time for each hour of the day and
seeing them in the order they arrive is which type of scheduling? - ✔✔Wave scheduling
✔✔If a medical assistant spills blood on her uniform, she should do which of the
following? - ✔✔Complete the procedure
✔✔A patient takes Excedrin for a migraine headache. This is an example of which of
the following? - ✔✔Indication
✔✔The medical assistant finds packages of autoclave sterile instruments with no dates
on the packages. What is the most appropriate action for the medical assistant to take?
- ✔✔Repackage and reprocess the instruments
✔✔How many compressions per minute should be performed during CPR? - ✔✔100
, ✔✔What is included inside the package to properly prepare instruments for sterilization
in the autoclave? - ✔✔Sterilization indicators
✔✔Of the following, which is considered outside the scope of practice for a medical
assistant? - ✔✔Identifying pathogenic microorganisms
✔✔What pharmacokinetic process is disrupted if a patient has a diseased liver? -
✔✔Metabolism
✔✔Why is it necessary for the medical assistant to educate patients? - ✔✔It allows
patients to actively participate in their medical care
✔✔A patient in your care as experiencing a hypoglycemic emergency. Of the following,
which is the most appropriate action to be taken by the medical assistant to help this
patient? - ✔✔Give the patient Orange juice to drink
✔✔What eye chart is used to detect color blindness? - ✔✔Ishihara chart
✔✔Where would a medical assistant place the ground lead of an EKG to decrease
interference? - ✔✔Right leg
✔✔Why is it important to invert laboratory tubes after performing phlebotomy? - ✔✔To
properly mix additives with the blood
✔✔What is the term used to describe decreased flow of oxygen-rich blood to a body
part? - ✔✔Ischemia
✔✔Prolonged tourniquet application longer than one minute can cause which of the
following to the blood sample? - ✔✔Hemoconcentration
✔✔What is the function of hemostasis? - ✔✔Promotes coagulation
✔✔Parathyroid hormone is associated with the regulation of which element in the body?
- ✔✔Calcium
✔✔One of the Joint Commission's main goals in patient safety is to: - ✔✔Identify
patient's correctly
✔✔Which of the following should the medical assistant perform to maintain quality
control for CLIA-waived testing? - ✔✔Performing tests under supervision
✔✔What is the definition of aerophagia? - ✔✔Swallowing air
