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CCMA Certification Study Guide
2026|Latest Questions And Correct
Answers
Chief complaint CC - correct-answer -The reason a patient called for help. Also,
the patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What
happened?"
History of present illness HPI - correct-answer -Explains the chief complaint. A
chronological description of the development of the patient's present illness from
the first sign or symptom or from the previous encounter to the present.
Vital Signs - correct-answer -Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure
are all ___________ ___________.
Normal oral temperature - correct-answer -97.6F - 99.6F
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intermittent fever - correct-answer -Fever that alternates between elevated and
normal or subnormal body temperatures.
Remittent fever - correct-answer -fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly
but never falls to the normal level.
Continuous fever - correct-answer -A fever that remains constant above the
baseline, does not fluctuate.
60-100 BPM - correct-answer -Normal pulse rate
Respirations - correct-answer -Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account
when measuring what?
Systole - correct-answer -contraction of the heart
Diastole - correct-answer -relaxation of the heart
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Anthropometric measurements - correct-answer -Measurement of height, (length
rather than height is used in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI,
head circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat.
Inspection - correct-answer -General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits,
symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
palpation - correct-answer -to examine by touch
Percussion - correct-answer -physical examination method of tapping over the
body to elicit vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content
of a cavity such as the chest.
Ausculation - correct-answer -the act of listening to sounds arising within organs
(as the lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
OSHA - correct-answer -a government agency in the Department of Labor to
maintain a safe and healthy work environment
CCMA Certification Study Guide
2026|Latest Questions And Correct
Answers
Chief complaint CC - correct-answer -The reason a patient called for help. Also,
the patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What
happened?"
History of present illness HPI - correct-answer -Explains the chief complaint. A
chronological description of the development of the patient's present illness from
the first sign or symptom or from the previous encounter to the present.
Vital Signs - correct-answer -Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure
are all ___________ ___________.
Normal oral temperature - correct-answer -97.6F - 99.6F
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intermittent fever - correct-answer -Fever that alternates between elevated and
normal or subnormal body temperatures.
Remittent fever - correct-answer -fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly
but never falls to the normal level.
Continuous fever - correct-answer -A fever that remains constant above the
baseline, does not fluctuate.
60-100 BPM - correct-answer -Normal pulse rate
Respirations - correct-answer -Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account
when measuring what?
Systole - correct-answer -contraction of the heart
Diastole - correct-answer -relaxation of the heart
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Anthropometric measurements - correct-answer -Measurement of height, (length
rather than height is used in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI,
head circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat.
Inspection - correct-answer -General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits,
symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
palpation - correct-answer -to examine by touch
Percussion - correct-answer -physical examination method of tapping over the
body to elicit vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content
of a cavity such as the chest.
Ausculation - correct-answer -the act of listening to sounds arising within organs
(as the lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
OSHA - correct-answer -a government agency in the Department of Labor to
maintain a safe and healthy work environment
