PCT practice exam questions(Latest
Exam 2024)
A patient care technician is preparing to perform
documentation in a patients electronic health record.
Which of the following is an example of appropriate
documentation by the technician?
A.) the technician on the previous shift reports giving the
patient a bath at 1600.
B.) The patient has a large, dark bowel movement at
1100.
C.) The Patient will receive an enema at 1700.
D.) The patient is upset because the nurse from the
previous shift forgot to provide breakfast. - correct
answers✅B.) The patient has a large, dark brown bowel
movement at 1100.
Which of the following EKG findings differentiates
accelerated idioventricular rhythm from junctional
rhythm?
A.) Accelerated idioventricular rhythm has P wave.
B.) The ventricular rate in accelerated idioventricular
rhythm is slower than junctional rhythm.
C.) junctional rhythm has P waves
D.) accelerated idioventricular rhythm has wide QRS
complexes. - correct answers✅D.) Accelerated
idioventricular rhythm has wide QRS complexes.
,PCT practice exam questions(Latest
Exam 2024)
A patient care technician is caring for a patient whose has
a stage 3 pressure ulcer. Which of the following
manifestations should the technician expect?
A.) The area forms a blister, and the epidermis peels
away or cracks open
B.) The subcutaneous fat is visible, and there is drainage
from the wound.
C.) The area appears as reddened skin that does not
return to its initial color after pressure is removed.
D.) The damaged tissue extends all the way through the
tissues to the muscle. - correct answers✅B.) The
subcutaneous fat is visible, and there is drainage from the
wound.
Which of the following tubes should be collected first for
dermal samples?
A.) lavender top
B.) green top
C.) red top
D.) light blue top - correct answers✅A.) lavender top
A patient care technician is transferring a patient from a
bed to a wheelchair using a mechanical lift with a sling.
As the patient is being transferred the technician should
place him in which of the following position?
,PCT practice exam questions(Latest
Exam 2024)
A.) Sims
B.) Fowlers
C.) Lithotomy
D.) Trendelenburg - correct answers✅B.) Fowler's
A patient care technician is performing a routine
venipuncture for a patient who becomes pallid and
diaphoretic. Which of the following conditions is this
patient most likely to experience?
A.) Syncope
B.) Seizure
C.) Nausea
D.) Shock - correct answers✅A.) Syncope
A patient care technician is assisting a nurse to apply a
hand-wrist immobility splint for a patient who has left-
sided paralysis due to a stroke. The technician should
identify that the splint will secure the patients hand and
write in which of the following positions?
A.) wrist in slight dorsiflexion
B.) fingers in a extended position
C.) fingers rotated slightly in an external position
D.) thumb kept in close proximity to the index finger -
correct answers✅A.) wrist in slight dorsiflexion
, PCT practice exam questions(Latest
Exam 2024)
A patient care technician recently attended a seminar
about hospice car. Which of the following statements by
the technician indicates an understanding of hospice
care?
A.) "the cost of hospice care is reimbursed by Medicare or
Medicaid"
B.) "many hospice agencies do not require patients to
have a primary caregiver"
C.) "an immediate family member must accept
responsibility for the patients care"
D.) "hospice care covers curative therapies prescribed by
the health care provider" - correct answers✅A.) "the
cost of hospice care is reimbursed by Medicare or
Medicaid"
A patient care technician is preparing a peripheral blood
smear on a slide. Which of the following actions should
the technician take?
A.) press down on the spreader slide to fix the cells on the
lower slide
B.) Apply the spreader slide to the lower slide at a 60
degree angle
C.) verify that the smear covers about three-quarters of
the slide
Exam 2024)
A patient care technician is preparing to perform
documentation in a patients electronic health record.
Which of the following is an example of appropriate
documentation by the technician?
A.) the technician on the previous shift reports giving the
patient a bath at 1600.
B.) The patient has a large, dark bowel movement at
1100.
C.) The Patient will receive an enema at 1700.
D.) The patient is upset because the nurse from the
previous shift forgot to provide breakfast. - correct
answers✅B.) The patient has a large, dark brown bowel
movement at 1100.
Which of the following EKG findings differentiates
accelerated idioventricular rhythm from junctional
rhythm?
A.) Accelerated idioventricular rhythm has P wave.
B.) The ventricular rate in accelerated idioventricular
rhythm is slower than junctional rhythm.
C.) junctional rhythm has P waves
D.) accelerated idioventricular rhythm has wide QRS
complexes. - correct answers✅D.) Accelerated
idioventricular rhythm has wide QRS complexes.
,PCT practice exam questions(Latest
Exam 2024)
A patient care technician is caring for a patient whose has
a stage 3 pressure ulcer. Which of the following
manifestations should the technician expect?
A.) The area forms a blister, and the epidermis peels
away or cracks open
B.) The subcutaneous fat is visible, and there is drainage
from the wound.
C.) The area appears as reddened skin that does not
return to its initial color after pressure is removed.
D.) The damaged tissue extends all the way through the
tissues to the muscle. - correct answers✅B.) The
subcutaneous fat is visible, and there is drainage from the
wound.
Which of the following tubes should be collected first for
dermal samples?
A.) lavender top
B.) green top
C.) red top
D.) light blue top - correct answers✅A.) lavender top
A patient care technician is transferring a patient from a
bed to a wheelchair using a mechanical lift with a sling.
As the patient is being transferred the technician should
place him in which of the following position?
,PCT practice exam questions(Latest
Exam 2024)
A.) Sims
B.) Fowlers
C.) Lithotomy
D.) Trendelenburg - correct answers✅B.) Fowler's
A patient care technician is performing a routine
venipuncture for a patient who becomes pallid and
diaphoretic. Which of the following conditions is this
patient most likely to experience?
A.) Syncope
B.) Seizure
C.) Nausea
D.) Shock - correct answers✅A.) Syncope
A patient care technician is assisting a nurse to apply a
hand-wrist immobility splint for a patient who has left-
sided paralysis due to a stroke. The technician should
identify that the splint will secure the patients hand and
write in which of the following positions?
A.) wrist in slight dorsiflexion
B.) fingers in a extended position
C.) fingers rotated slightly in an external position
D.) thumb kept in close proximity to the index finger -
correct answers✅A.) wrist in slight dorsiflexion
, PCT practice exam questions(Latest
Exam 2024)
A patient care technician recently attended a seminar
about hospice car. Which of the following statements by
the technician indicates an understanding of hospice
care?
A.) "the cost of hospice care is reimbursed by Medicare or
Medicaid"
B.) "many hospice agencies do not require patients to
have a primary caregiver"
C.) "an immediate family member must accept
responsibility for the patients care"
D.) "hospice care covers curative therapies prescribed by
the health care provider" - correct answers✅A.) "the
cost of hospice care is reimbursed by Medicare or
Medicaid"
A patient care technician is preparing a peripheral blood
smear on a slide. Which of the following actions should
the technician take?
A.) press down on the spreader slide to fix the cells on the
lower slide
B.) Apply the spreader slide to the lower slide at a 60
degree angle
C.) verify that the smear covers about three-quarters of
the slide
