NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
correct answer is C - Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) mandates that individuals with disabilities are:
A) to be provided access to public services
B) to be given opportunities for public housing
C) not be discriminated against in obtaining employment
D) to be provided means of telecommunication
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered under the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) ?
A) Increasing the probability of health insurance
B) Addressing health care fraud and abuse
C) standardizing the electronic transmission of health data
D) Outlining payment of Medicare and Medicaid - #2
correct answer is D
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a health
care provider ?
A) Discontinuing treatment because of the patient did not pay in a
timely manner
B) Discontinuing treatment because it is no longer needed
,NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
C) Being formally discharged by the patient
D) Withdrawing from the case due to patient noncompliance or an
inability to serve the patient - #3
correct answer is A
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can potentially be
held legally responsible for an act of negligence by a medical
assistant ?
A) The medical assistant only
B) The employee/provider only
C) Both the medical assistant and the employer/provider
D) The patient - #4
correct answer is C
Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not consented is
considered a tort of
A) invasion of privacy
B) battery
C) libel
D) slander - #5
correct answer is B
,NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
All of the following minors ( under age 18) are considered
emancipated EXCEPT a minor who is
A) a member of the armed forces
B) financially responsible and no longer under parental car
C) married
D) being tested for a sexually transmitted disease - #6
correct answer is D
Unless public safety is involved, what is required in all cases to
release patient medical records after a subpoena is issued ?
A) the patients written consent
B) a court order
C) a deposition
D) an interrogatory - #7
correct answer is A
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of child
abuse ?
A) privacy
, NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
B) confidentiality
C) documentation
D) standard of care - #9
correct answer is B
A POLST dorm is a type of
A) document declaring durable power of attorney for health care
B) document releasing a provider from liability under Good
Samaritan laws
C) living will or advance directive
D) PSDA - #10
correct answer is C
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain clinical
procedures only under the supervision of an employer/provider
because they are NOT
A) certifies
B) registered
C) licenses
D) certified, registered, or licensed - #11
correct answer is C
AND ANSWERS
correct answer is C - Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) mandates that individuals with disabilities are:
A) to be provided access to public services
B) to be given opportunities for public housing
C) not be discriminated against in obtaining employment
D) to be provided means of telecommunication
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered under the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) ?
A) Increasing the probability of health insurance
B) Addressing health care fraud and abuse
C) standardizing the electronic transmission of health data
D) Outlining payment of Medicare and Medicaid - #2
correct answer is D
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a health
care provider ?
A) Discontinuing treatment because of the patient did not pay in a
timely manner
B) Discontinuing treatment because it is no longer needed
,NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
C) Being formally discharged by the patient
D) Withdrawing from the case due to patient noncompliance or an
inability to serve the patient - #3
correct answer is A
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can potentially be
held legally responsible for an act of negligence by a medical
assistant ?
A) The medical assistant only
B) The employee/provider only
C) Both the medical assistant and the employer/provider
D) The patient - #4
correct answer is C
Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not consented is
considered a tort of
A) invasion of privacy
B) battery
C) libel
D) slander - #5
correct answer is B
,NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
All of the following minors ( under age 18) are considered
emancipated EXCEPT a minor who is
A) a member of the armed forces
B) financially responsible and no longer under parental car
C) married
D) being tested for a sexually transmitted disease - #6
correct answer is D
Unless public safety is involved, what is required in all cases to
release patient medical records after a subpoena is issued ?
A) the patients written consent
B) a court order
C) a deposition
D) an interrogatory - #7
correct answer is A
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of child
abuse ?
A) privacy
, NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
B) confidentiality
C) documentation
D) standard of care - #9
correct answer is B
A POLST dorm is a type of
A) document declaring durable power of attorney for health care
B) document releasing a provider from liability under Good
Samaritan laws
C) living will or advance directive
D) PSDA - #10
correct answer is C
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain clinical
procedures only under the supervision of an employer/provider
because they are NOT
A) certifies
B) registered
C) licenses
D) certified, registered, or licensed - #11
correct answer is C
