NHA CCMA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.CC
ANS Chief Complaint
2.Segment
ANS Line between two wave forms
3.P-wave
ANS Atrial Depolarization
4.How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second Rythm strip?
ANS 30 one millimeter boxes
5.The SA node represents which waveform on the ekg?
ANS Only the P-wave
6.What is the reading you can get from the RR interval?
ANS Ventricular Pulse
7.What is the primary stage of Hemolisis?
ANS Vascular phase and platelet phase together
8.What is Electophoresis?
ANS Analyzation of the chemical components of blood e.g. hemoglobin,
,serum, urinem cerebrospinal fluid based on electrical charge.
9.Positive testing for occult blood in a stool sample turn which
color?
ANS Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces.
10.The stages of Hemostasis
ANS 1. Vascular 2. Platelet Phase 3. Coagulation Phase
4. Fibronolysis
11.Blood Vessels
ANS Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venues, veins, superior and
inferior vena cavae.
12.Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel
ANS Tunica adventitia
13.Inner endothelial tissue layer of a blood vessel
ANS Tunica Intima
14.The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel
ANS Tunica media
15.The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting
ANS Code of Ethics
,16.What do you find in capillaries?
ANS A mixture of venous and arterial blood is found
17.The average adult has how many liters of blood?
ANS 5-6 liters
18.What is the percentage of water in blood?
ANS 92%
19.Percentage of plasma in blood
ANS 55%
20.Percentage of Formed Elements in the blood
ANS 45%
21.99% of formed elements in blood
ANS RBC's or Erythrocytes
22.Where you find Hemoglobin
ANS RBC's
23.Where do all blood cells originate?
ANS Bone Marrow
, 24.How many RBC's per microliter of blood
ANS 4.2-6.2 million
25.What is the second most numerous WBC?
ANS Lymphocyte with 20-40%
26.Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB
ANS Monocytes
27.Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and often are
first on scene-
ANS Neutrophils
28.These WBC's play an important role in viral infection as well
as in immuni- ty.
ANS Lymphocytes
29.Number of leukocytes for average adult per micrometer
ANS 5000-10000
30.Leukopenia
ANS Decrease in WBC's seen with viral infection and leukemia
1.CC
ANS Chief Complaint
2.Segment
ANS Line between two wave forms
3.P-wave
ANS Atrial Depolarization
4.How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second Rythm strip?
ANS 30 one millimeter boxes
5.The SA node represents which waveform on the ekg?
ANS Only the P-wave
6.What is the reading you can get from the RR interval?
ANS Ventricular Pulse
7.What is the primary stage of Hemolisis?
ANS Vascular phase and platelet phase together
8.What is Electophoresis?
ANS Analyzation of the chemical components of blood e.g. hemoglobin,
,serum, urinem cerebrospinal fluid based on electrical charge.
9.Positive testing for occult blood in a stool sample turn which
color?
ANS Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces.
10.The stages of Hemostasis
ANS 1. Vascular 2. Platelet Phase 3. Coagulation Phase
4. Fibronolysis
11.Blood Vessels
ANS Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venues, veins, superior and
inferior vena cavae.
12.Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel
ANS Tunica adventitia
13.Inner endothelial tissue layer of a blood vessel
ANS Tunica Intima
14.The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel
ANS Tunica media
15.The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting
ANS Code of Ethics
,16.What do you find in capillaries?
ANS A mixture of venous and arterial blood is found
17.The average adult has how many liters of blood?
ANS 5-6 liters
18.What is the percentage of water in blood?
ANS 92%
19.Percentage of plasma in blood
ANS 55%
20.Percentage of Formed Elements in the blood
ANS 45%
21.99% of formed elements in blood
ANS RBC's or Erythrocytes
22.Where you find Hemoglobin
ANS RBC's
23.Where do all blood cells originate?
ANS Bone Marrow
, 24.How many RBC's per microliter of blood
ANS 4.2-6.2 million
25.What is the second most numerous WBC?
ANS Lymphocyte with 20-40%
26.Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB
ANS Monocytes
27.Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and often are
first on scene-
ANS Neutrophils
28.These WBC's play an important role in viral infection as well
as in immuni- ty.
ANS Lymphocytes
29.Number of leukocytes for average adult per micrometer
ANS 5000-10000
30.Leukopenia
ANS Decrease in WBC's seen with viral infection and leukemia
