CCMA NHA Certification Study Guide
Complete with Correct Answers 2025
Urine Screening for UCG or HCG CORRECT ANSWER: Pregnancy Test
HIPPA is for? CORRECT ANSWER: Patient Confidentiality
The four elements of Negligence CORRECT ANSWER: Duty, duty of care, derelict= breach of
duty of care, direct cause, damage
Tort CORRECT ANSWER: Wrongful act that results in injury to one person to another
Examples of Tort CORRECT ANSWER: Battery, invasion of privacy, defamation of character
Defamation of character by written statement is considered CORRECT ANSWER: libel
Consists of injury to another person's reputation , name or character through spoken (slander) or
written (libel) CORRECT ANSWER: Defamation of character
unpriveleged touching CORRECT ANSWER: Battery
The release of medical records with out the patient's knowledge or permission CORRECT
ANSWER: Invasion of privacy
Good Samaritan Law CORRECT ANSWER: Rendering first aid within the scope of knowledge
by a health care worker with out fear of being sued for negligence
Hypothalamus CORRECT ANSWER: regulates and maintains body temperature
Functions necessary for life CORRECT ANSWER: heart function, blood pressure, respiration,
temperature
Rectal Temperature range in celsius CORRECT ANSWER: 37.0 -38.1 C
Oral temperature range in Fahrenheit CORRECT ANSWER: 97.6-99.6 F
Axillary temperature range in celsius CORRECT ANSWER: 35.9-37.0C
Tympanic temperature range in F and C CORRECT ANSWER: 98.6 F and 37C
Intermittent fever CORRECT ANSWER: Fluctuating fever that returns to or below the baseline
then rises again
, Remittent Fever CORRECT ANSWER: Fluctuating, remains elevated and does not return to
baseline
Continuous Fever CORRECT ANSWER: remains constant above baseline, does not flucuate
Rectal temperature is not taken from the following patients CORRECT ANSWER: Patients with
heart disease
When taking axillary temperature, how long should it be taken CORRECT ANSWER: 5-10 mins
or as required by office policy
Pulse is taken where and how long CORRECT ANSWER: radial for 30sec x2, if tachy or brady
take it 1 minute
Explain blood pressure CORRECT ANSWER: measurement of amount of force blood excertes
on peripheral artery walls
BP cuffs too short and narrow can give false reading of what? CORRECT ANSWER:
Hypertension
Taking BP hearing two consecutive beats gives which reading CORRECT ANSWER: Systolic
Patient laying on back with knees flexed, soles of feet on bed CORRECT ANSWER: Dorsal
recumbant
This position is used to promote drainage or ease of breathing CORRECT ANSWER: Fowler's
This position is used for examination of the pelvic organs CORRECT ANSWER: Dorsal
Lithotomy
Prone position is used for CORRECT ANSWER: used to examine back and spine
patient lays on his/her stomach with head turned to one side for comfort CORRECT ANSWER:
prone position
Patient in on left side with the right knee flexed against abdomen CORRECT ANSWER: Sim's
position
Patients with leg injuries or arthritis cannot assume this position CORRECT ANSWER: Sim's
position
This position is usually used for taking rectal temperature CORRECT ANSWER: Sim's position
This position is usually used for rectal or vaginal examination CORRECT ANSWER: Knee
Chest
Complete with Correct Answers 2025
Urine Screening for UCG or HCG CORRECT ANSWER: Pregnancy Test
HIPPA is for? CORRECT ANSWER: Patient Confidentiality
The four elements of Negligence CORRECT ANSWER: Duty, duty of care, derelict= breach of
duty of care, direct cause, damage
Tort CORRECT ANSWER: Wrongful act that results in injury to one person to another
Examples of Tort CORRECT ANSWER: Battery, invasion of privacy, defamation of character
Defamation of character by written statement is considered CORRECT ANSWER: libel
Consists of injury to another person's reputation , name or character through spoken (slander) or
written (libel) CORRECT ANSWER: Defamation of character
unpriveleged touching CORRECT ANSWER: Battery
The release of medical records with out the patient's knowledge or permission CORRECT
ANSWER: Invasion of privacy
Good Samaritan Law CORRECT ANSWER: Rendering first aid within the scope of knowledge
by a health care worker with out fear of being sued for negligence
Hypothalamus CORRECT ANSWER: regulates and maintains body temperature
Functions necessary for life CORRECT ANSWER: heart function, blood pressure, respiration,
temperature
Rectal Temperature range in celsius CORRECT ANSWER: 37.0 -38.1 C
Oral temperature range in Fahrenheit CORRECT ANSWER: 97.6-99.6 F
Axillary temperature range in celsius CORRECT ANSWER: 35.9-37.0C
Tympanic temperature range in F and C CORRECT ANSWER: 98.6 F and 37C
Intermittent fever CORRECT ANSWER: Fluctuating fever that returns to or below the baseline
then rises again
, Remittent Fever CORRECT ANSWER: Fluctuating, remains elevated and does not return to
baseline
Continuous Fever CORRECT ANSWER: remains constant above baseline, does not flucuate
Rectal temperature is not taken from the following patients CORRECT ANSWER: Patients with
heart disease
When taking axillary temperature, how long should it be taken CORRECT ANSWER: 5-10 mins
or as required by office policy
Pulse is taken where and how long CORRECT ANSWER: radial for 30sec x2, if tachy or brady
take it 1 minute
Explain blood pressure CORRECT ANSWER: measurement of amount of force blood excertes
on peripheral artery walls
BP cuffs too short and narrow can give false reading of what? CORRECT ANSWER:
Hypertension
Taking BP hearing two consecutive beats gives which reading CORRECT ANSWER: Systolic
Patient laying on back with knees flexed, soles of feet on bed CORRECT ANSWER: Dorsal
recumbant
This position is used to promote drainage or ease of breathing CORRECT ANSWER: Fowler's
This position is used for examination of the pelvic organs CORRECT ANSWER: Dorsal
Lithotomy
Prone position is used for CORRECT ANSWER: used to examine back and spine
patient lays on his/her stomach with head turned to one side for comfort CORRECT ANSWER:
prone position
Patient in on left side with the right knee flexed against abdomen CORRECT ANSWER: Sim's
position
Patients with leg injuries or arthritis cannot assume this position CORRECT ANSWER: Sim's
position
This position is usually used for taking rectal temperature CORRECT ANSWER: Sim's position
This position is usually used for rectal or vaginal examination CORRECT ANSWER: Knee
Chest
