PCT Certification Exam Study Guide with questions and well elaborated answers
heatlhy - correct answer-to be without disease
Patient Care Technician - correct answer-nursing assistant with advanced skills
Health Promotion - correct answer-strategies that try to prevent illness from occuring
Who delegates tasks to a PCT? - correct answer-physician
ombudsman - correct answer-someone who seeks to ensure that resident rights are
maintained in the long-term setting
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - correct answer-to protect person's rights to privacy of
protected information
Encouraging mammogram screening is an example of what? - correct answer-secondary
prevention strategy
Are increasing poverty rates a negative or positive impact on healthcare for the
underserved? - correct answer-negative
A benefit of the Affordable Care Act is...? - correct answer-members are no longer denied
coverage if they have a preexisting condition
When a person can work in multiple areas and in multiple roles they are considered
________. - correct answer-cross-trained
True or False: A PCT can share pictures/info of a patient on social media. - correct answer-
False
At which point can the PCT give test results to the patient's family members? - correct
answer-if the patient has signed a release indicating which family members are allowed to
receive patient information
To say that something that is obviously harmful to someone is said to be _______. - correct
answer-detrimental
Documentation on a patient's record must be...? - correct answer-neat and able to be read
To be professional, the PCT should act in what way? - correct answer-courteous
True or False: the skills performed by the nursing assistant are the same skills performed
as a PCT? - correct answer-False
To be able to take the PCT certification test, one must have...? - correct answer-a high
school diploma
, How many hours of continuing education is required before one can renew the PCT
certification? - correct answer-10
If one does not pass the second PCT certification exam, how soon can the candidate
schedule the third exam? - correct answer-30 days
Who is responsible for paying for the PCT certification exam? - correct answer-the
candidate taking the exam
True or False: If the PCT uses jargon to describe what the specimen looks like to a patient,
the patient should know what that means. - correct answer-False
Jargon - correct answer-special words or expressions that are used by a particular
profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
The card system that is used to consolidate patient orders and is often kept in one central
location is known as the...? - correct answer-Kardex
True or False: closed posture is generally accepted to mean that one is more accepting,
warm, and interested. - correct answer-False
True or False: If the PCT completes a task but forgets to document it, his or her verbal
statement saying he or she performed the task will hold up in court if there were a lawsuit. -
correct answer-false
A teacher giving a lecture to a large classroom is known as what type of communication? -
correct answer-one-way communication
A Muslim patient becomes upset and refuses to do so when she is told she must remove
her clothes and put on an examination gown. Why is this? - correct answer-As a Muslim,
the patient must keep as much of her body covered as possible
The PCT does not understand why a Chinese American family is not grieving for their dying
father. What behaviors are being demonstrated by the student? - correct answer-
Ethnocentric
Ethnocentric - correct answer-believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural
group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups
Stereotyping - correct answer-creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of
people, usually by assuming that all members of the group are alike
A female Muslim should only be cared for by a _______? - correct answer-female
heatlhy - correct answer-to be without disease
Patient Care Technician - correct answer-nursing assistant with advanced skills
Health Promotion - correct answer-strategies that try to prevent illness from occuring
Who delegates tasks to a PCT? - correct answer-physician
ombudsman - correct answer-someone who seeks to ensure that resident rights are
maintained in the long-term setting
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - correct answer-to protect person's rights to privacy of
protected information
Encouraging mammogram screening is an example of what? - correct answer-secondary
prevention strategy
Are increasing poverty rates a negative or positive impact on healthcare for the
underserved? - correct answer-negative
A benefit of the Affordable Care Act is...? - correct answer-members are no longer denied
coverage if they have a preexisting condition
When a person can work in multiple areas and in multiple roles they are considered
________. - correct answer-cross-trained
True or False: A PCT can share pictures/info of a patient on social media. - correct answer-
False
At which point can the PCT give test results to the patient's family members? - correct
answer-if the patient has signed a release indicating which family members are allowed to
receive patient information
To say that something that is obviously harmful to someone is said to be _______. - correct
answer-detrimental
Documentation on a patient's record must be...? - correct answer-neat and able to be read
To be professional, the PCT should act in what way? - correct answer-courteous
True or False: the skills performed by the nursing assistant are the same skills performed
as a PCT? - correct answer-False
To be able to take the PCT certification test, one must have...? - correct answer-a high
school diploma
, How many hours of continuing education is required before one can renew the PCT
certification? - correct answer-10
If one does not pass the second PCT certification exam, how soon can the candidate
schedule the third exam? - correct answer-30 days
Who is responsible for paying for the PCT certification exam? - correct answer-the
candidate taking the exam
True or False: If the PCT uses jargon to describe what the specimen looks like to a patient,
the patient should know what that means. - correct answer-False
Jargon - correct answer-special words or expressions that are used by a particular
profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
The card system that is used to consolidate patient orders and is often kept in one central
location is known as the...? - correct answer-Kardex
True or False: closed posture is generally accepted to mean that one is more accepting,
warm, and interested. - correct answer-False
True or False: If the PCT completes a task but forgets to document it, his or her verbal
statement saying he or she performed the task will hold up in court if there were a lawsuit. -
correct answer-false
A teacher giving a lecture to a large classroom is known as what type of communication? -
correct answer-one-way communication
A Muslim patient becomes upset and refuses to do so when she is told she must remove
her clothes and put on an examination gown. Why is this? - correct answer-As a Muslim,
the patient must keep as much of her body covered as possible
The PCT does not understand why a Chinese American family is not grieving for their dying
father. What behaviors are being demonstrated by the student? - correct answer-
Ethnocentric
Ethnocentric - correct answer-believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural
group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups
Stereotyping - correct answer-creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of
people, usually by assuming that all members of the group are alike
A female Muslim should only be cared for by a _______? - correct answer-female
