NCCT MEDICAL ASSISTANT STUDY EXAMS 2026
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔when preparing a blood smear from skin puncture, you should_____, the first drop
of blood - ✔✔wipe away
✔✔when performing any CLIA waived test, it is important to do which of the following? -
✔✔perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter
✔✔and ECG tracing measures the amount of voltage and the _______ required for the
voltage to travel through the heart - ✔✔time
✔✔when there is no variation of R - R intervals in an ECG reading it is called_______? -
✔✔absolutely regular
✔✔when applying the lead apply the V1 lead_______? - ✔✔on the fourth intercostal
space right sternal border
✔✔when the heart rhythm is abnormal is referred to as_______? - ✔✔an arrhythmia
✔✔oxygen can be administered to the patient by way of a_______? - ✔✔catheter,
cannula, tent
✔✔how should a 24-hour urine specimen be stored during collection? - ✔✔in a
refrigerator
✔✔a positive urine dipstick for albumin in the patient has _______in his or her urine -
✔✔protein
✔✔which urine dipstick test detects acetone in the urine? - ✔✔ketones
, ✔✔which of the following stains classifies bacteria into gram-positive and gram-negative
? - ✔✔Gram
✔✔which of the following areas should be swabbed when obtaining a specimen for a
throat culture? - ✔✔back of the throat and tonsillar area
✔✔NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Test - ✔✔NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Test
✔✔ To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical assistance
should establish a _____? - ✔✔1. Reorder Point
2. Inventory control log
3. Order quantity
✔✔A _____ is created containing the name, address, and phone number of both the
vendor and the medical practice. It will also have a preassigned number to track the
order, the quantity of items ordered, the price of the items, and the date purchased. -
✔✔Purchase Order
✔✔Periodically, the medical assistant should check all equipment in the office to ensure
that courts are not afraid, do not present hazards, and are in good working order. A
_____ will help the medical assistant track this routine inspection. - ✔✔Maintenance
Log
✔✔When a physician dictates an operative report and asked the medical assistant to
type it up, the physician is asking the medical assistant to function as a_____? -
✔✔Transcriptionist
✔✔Under the pier review improvement act of 1982, peer review organizations are
responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the
hospital by a process known as _____ review - ✔✔Admissions
✔✔Which one of the following is a decision based upon bioethics.
a. Reporting physical, emotional, or mental abuse.
b. Treating a 16 year old girl who is pregnant without parental consent.
c. The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research.
d. Reporting to the authorities a suicidal patient. - ✔✔The use of fetal tissue
transplantation for research.
✔✔A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential
information except for which of the following? gunshot wound, anorexia, drug addiction,
pregnancy - ✔✔Gunshot Wound
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔when preparing a blood smear from skin puncture, you should_____, the first drop
of blood - ✔✔wipe away
✔✔when performing any CLIA waived test, it is important to do which of the following? -
✔✔perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter
✔✔and ECG tracing measures the amount of voltage and the _______ required for the
voltage to travel through the heart - ✔✔time
✔✔when there is no variation of R - R intervals in an ECG reading it is called_______? -
✔✔absolutely regular
✔✔when applying the lead apply the V1 lead_______? - ✔✔on the fourth intercostal
space right sternal border
✔✔when the heart rhythm is abnormal is referred to as_______? - ✔✔an arrhythmia
✔✔oxygen can be administered to the patient by way of a_______? - ✔✔catheter,
cannula, tent
✔✔how should a 24-hour urine specimen be stored during collection? - ✔✔in a
refrigerator
✔✔a positive urine dipstick for albumin in the patient has _______in his or her urine -
✔✔protein
✔✔which urine dipstick test detects acetone in the urine? - ✔✔ketones
, ✔✔which of the following stains classifies bacteria into gram-positive and gram-negative
? - ✔✔Gram
✔✔which of the following areas should be swabbed when obtaining a specimen for a
throat culture? - ✔✔back of the throat and tonsillar area
✔✔NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Test - ✔✔NCCT Medical Assistant Practice Test
✔✔ To ensure that the medical office has the supplies it needs, the medical assistance
should establish a _____? - ✔✔1. Reorder Point
2. Inventory control log
3. Order quantity
✔✔A _____ is created containing the name, address, and phone number of both the
vendor and the medical practice. It will also have a preassigned number to track the
order, the quantity of items ordered, the price of the items, and the date purchased. -
✔✔Purchase Order
✔✔Periodically, the medical assistant should check all equipment in the office to ensure
that courts are not afraid, do not present hazards, and are in good working order. A
_____ will help the medical assistant track this routine inspection. - ✔✔Maintenance
Log
✔✔When a physician dictates an operative report and asked the medical assistant to
type it up, the physician is asking the medical assistant to function as a_____? -
✔✔Transcriptionist
✔✔Under the pier review improvement act of 1982, peer review organizations are
responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the
hospital by a process known as _____ review - ✔✔Admissions
✔✔Which one of the following is a decision based upon bioethics.
a. Reporting physical, emotional, or mental abuse.
b. Treating a 16 year old girl who is pregnant without parental consent.
c. The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research.
d. Reporting to the authorities a suicidal patient. - ✔✔The use of fetal tissue
transplantation for research.
✔✔A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential
information except for which of the following? gunshot wound, anorexia, drug addiction,
pregnancy - ✔✔Gunshot Wound
