PCT NCCT Exam Review | Updated
Questions, Key Concepts & Complete Study
Guide (2025)
If the RA - LA sensors are reversed on a patient, the ECG will record a
downward deflection in - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Lead I.
When reading the results of an HCT the patient care technician should
read starting at the - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----top of the packed cells.
Which of the following are appropriate actions for the patient care
technician to take when placing electrodes on a patient's skin for a 24-
hour Holter monitor? (Select the three (3) correct answers.)
Avoid scars and incisions.
, Tape the electrodes to the patient pointing toward the ankles.
Tape the lead wires to the patient's skin.
Abrade the skin with an alcohol pad or dry 4x4.
Place limb leads with tabs facing up. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Avoid
scars and incisions.,
Tape the lead wires to the patient's skin.,
Abrade the skin with an alcohol pad or dry 4x4.
When obtaining a temperature reading using a tympanic thermometer,
the patient care technician should pull the pinna of an adult patient
gently - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----up and back.
A pulse oximetry monitor measures which of the following? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----oxygen saturation
Which of the following pieces of equipment should the patient care
technician anticipate using when taking a patient's blood pressure? - --
-✔✔✔ANSWER----sphygmomanometer
Which of the following conditions is exhibited by paralysis on one side
of the body? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----hemiplegia
Questions, Key Concepts & Complete Study
Guide (2025)
If the RA - LA sensors are reversed on a patient, the ECG will record a
downward deflection in - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Lead I.
When reading the results of an HCT the patient care technician should
read starting at the - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----top of the packed cells.
Which of the following are appropriate actions for the patient care
technician to take when placing electrodes on a patient's skin for a 24-
hour Holter monitor? (Select the three (3) correct answers.)
Avoid scars and incisions.
, Tape the electrodes to the patient pointing toward the ankles.
Tape the lead wires to the patient's skin.
Abrade the skin with an alcohol pad or dry 4x4.
Place limb leads with tabs facing up. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Avoid
scars and incisions.,
Tape the lead wires to the patient's skin.,
Abrade the skin with an alcohol pad or dry 4x4.
When obtaining a temperature reading using a tympanic thermometer,
the patient care technician should pull the pinna of an adult patient
gently - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----up and back.
A pulse oximetry monitor measures which of the following? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----oxygen saturation
Which of the following pieces of equipment should the patient care
technician anticipate using when taking a patient's blood pressure? - --
-✔✔✔ANSWER----sphygmomanometer
Which of the following conditions is exhibited by paralysis on one side
of the body? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----hemiplegia
