NCCT Medical Assisting Test Questions With Complete Solutions

NCCT Medical Assisting Test Questions With Complete Solutions

1. Why is using the heel for a capillary puncture
There is a greater
on an infant better than the finger?
distance between skin
and bone in the heel,
minimizing risk of injury
to bone and carti-
lage.

2. Proper lead placement for ECG V1: 4th intercostal space
to the right of the
sternum V2: 4th
intercostal space to the
left of the sternum
V3: Midway between
V2 and V4
V4: 5th intercostal space
at the midclavicular
line
V5: 5th intercostal
space, anterior axillary
line
V6: 5th intercostal
space, mid-axillary
line

Right arm (RA): On
the wrist or above the
elbow Left arm (LA): On
the wrist or above the
elbow
Right leg (RL): Between
the knee and ankle
Left leg (LL): Between


,NCCT Medical Assisting Test Questions With Complete Solutions

the knee and ankle






, NCCT Medical Assisting Test Questions With Complete Solutions




3. Urinalysis Dipstick Tests 1. Blood (negative)
2. glucose
(negative)
3. ketones
(negative)
4. leukocytes
(negative)
5. pH (5-9)
6. protein (up to 8
mg/dl)
7. nitrites (negative)

4. Urinalysis Quality Control hold container
upright and test
strip vertically

5. Diastolic Pressure -bottom number
-blood pressure in
your arteries when your
heart is at rest in
between beats

6. Systolic Pressure -top number
-blood pressure in
arter- ies when heart
beats and pumps
blood