NCC Exam ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Maternal Serum Alpha Fetoprotein (MSAFP) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅16-18 Weeks,
Increased in neural tube defects
Syphilis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Red hands, feet, and sniffles; need LP
HIV/AIDS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Can be spread through breastfeeding = NO
BREASTFEEDING
Chlamydia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Can develop conjunctivitis, pneumonia; 3-4 months
Thrombocytopenia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Low platelets, usually benign, dt
hemodilution (mom low platelets, baby low platelets)
Oligohydramnios - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Low fluid; Potters, hypoplastic Lungs,
positional deformities
Poliyhydramnios (Hydramnios) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Increased fluid; GI
obstructions
Phosphatidylglycerol (PG) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Present in amniotic fluid; indicates
lung maturity
L/S ratio - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅>/= 2 is normal
VEAL CHOP (Decels) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Variable = Cord; Early = Head;
Accelerations = OK; Late = Placental Insufficiency
Sustained fetal tachycardia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Think Infection
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Maternal Serum Alpha Fetoprotein (MSAFP) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅16-18 Weeks,
Increased in neural tube defects
Syphilis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Red hands, feet, and sniffles; need LP
HIV/AIDS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Can be spread through breastfeeding = NO
BREASTFEEDING
Chlamydia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Can develop conjunctivitis, pneumonia; 3-4 months
Thrombocytopenia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Low platelets, usually benign, dt
hemodilution (mom low platelets, baby low platelets)
Oligohydramnios - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Low fluid; Potters, hypoplastic Lungs,
positional deformities
Poliyhydramnios (Hydramnios) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Increased fluid; GI
obstructions
Phosphatidylglycerol (PG) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Present in amniotic fluid; indicates
lung maturity
L/S ratio - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅>/= 2 is normal
VEAL CHOP (Decels) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Variable = Cord; Early = Head;
Accelerations = OK; Late = Placental Insufficiency
Sustained fetal tachycardia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Think Infection
