NHA PCT EXAM: PRACTICE TEST 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS /ALREADY GRADED A+/2024-2025
1.A pct in a clinic receives a urine sample form a pt who completed a 24 hr urine
collection. The tech should ensure that the following condition has been met?
The specimen was allowed to stand for 8 hr following the final collection.
The final voiding of the 24-hr period was discarded.
The patient cleaned the meatus prior to each void.
The specimen was refrigerated prior to being returned.: The specimen was
allowed to stand for 8 hr following the final collection. The patient should bring the
specimen to the clinic as soon as possible after completion of the 24-hr collection.
The final voiding of the 24-hr period was discarded. The patient should
ensure that every void during the 24-period is included in the specimen.
The patient cleaned the meatus prior to each void. The patient should
perform this step when collecting a clean-catch urine specimen.
,However, it is not necessary to complete this step for a 24-hr urine
collection.
The specimen was refrigerated prior to being returned. The patient
should keep the specimen cool for the entire collection period to
preserve the integrity of the specimen.
2.A pct is teaching a pt about HIPAA regulations, which of the following client
statements indicate an understanding of the teaching?
-I do not need to give my provider permission to share my health info with m
family members
-My provider is required to report if I receive a diagnosis of tuberculosis
-If I require an interpreter, my provider cannot share my health info with them
-If I am injured at work my employer has a right to see my health information
I do not need to give my provider permission to share my health info with my family
members: HIPAA regulations require the patient to sign a consent form in order for the
provider to give a third party access to the patient's protected health information. This als
applies to family members.
,-My provider is required to report if I receive a diagnosis of tuberculosis:
HIPAA reg- ulations require providers to report instances of
communicable diseases, including tuberculosis, to prevent an outbreak
in the community.
-If I require an interpreter, my provider cannot share my health info with
them: HIPAA regulations require that a patient's protected health
information is kept confidential. However, sharing a patient's information
with a medical interpreter is necessary to provide effective care and is
therefore allowed by HIPAA regulations.
-If I am injured at work my employer has a right to see my health
information: HIPAA regulations require the patient to sign a consent
form in order for the provider to give a third party access to the
patient's protected health information. This applies to the patient's
employer, even if the patient sustained an injury at work.
, 3.A pct is assisting a nurse to insert an indwelling urinary catheter for a pt. After
setting up a sterile field, the tech drops the catheter on clean sheets. Which of the
following actions should the tech take?
-Wipe the catheter with sterile gauze
-Continue the procedure
-Rinse the catheter with povidone iodine
-Obtain another sterile kit: -Wipe the catheter with sterile gauze: The
technician should discard the catheter because it touched a nonsterile
surface.
-Continue the procedure: The technician should discard the catheter
because it touched a nonsterile surface.
-Rinse the catheter with povidone iodine: The technician should discard
the catheter because it touched a nonsterile surface.
-Obtain another sterile kit: The technician should obtain another sterile
kit and discard the catheter because it touched a nonsterile surface.
ANSWERS /ALREADY GRADED A+/2024-2025
1.A pct in a clinic receives a urine sample form a pt who completed a 24 hr urine
collection. The tech should ensure that the following condition has been met?
The specimen was allowed to stand for 8 hr following the final collection.
The final voiding of the 24-hr period was discarded.
The patient cleaned the meatus prior to each void.
The specimen was refrigerated prior to being returned.: The specimen was
allowed to stand for 8 hr following the final collection. The patient should bring the
specimen to the clinic as soon as possible after completion of the 24-hr collection.
The final voiding of the 24-hr period was discarded. The patient should
ensure that every void during the 24-period is included in the specimen.
The patient cleaned the meatus prior to each void. The patient should
perform this step when collecting a clean-catch urine specimen.
,However, it is not necessary to complete this step for a 24-hr urine
collection.
The specimen was refrigerated prior to being returned. The patient
should keep the specimen cool for the entire collection period to
preserve the integrity of the specimen.
2.A pct is teaching a pt about HIPAA regulations, which of the following client
statements indicate an understanding of the teaching?
-I do not need to give my provider permission to share my health info with m
family members
-My provider is required to report if I receive a diagnosis of tuberculosis
-If I require an interpreter, my provider cannot share my health info with them
-If I am injured at work my employer has a right to see my health information
I do not need to give my provider permission to share my health info with my family
members: HIPAA regulations require the patient to sign a consent form in order for the
provider to give a third party access to the patient's protected health information. This als
applies to family members.
,-My provider is required to report if I receive a diagnosis of tuberculosis:
HIPAA reg- ulations require providers to report instances of
communicable diseases, including tuberculosis, to prevent an outbreak
in the community.
-If I require an interpreter, my provider cannot share my health info with
them: HIPAA regulations require that a patient's protected health
information is kept confidential. However, sharing a patient's information
with a medical interpreter is necessary to provide effective care and is
therefore allowed by HIPAA regulations.
-If I am injured at work my employer has a right to see my health
information: HIPAA regulations require the patient to sign a consent
form in order for the provider to give a third party access to the
patient's protected health information. This applies to the patient's
employer, even if the patient sustained an injury at work.
, 3.A pct is assisting a nurse to insert an indwelling urinary catheter for a pt. After
setting up a sterile field, the tech drops the catheter on clean sheets. Which of the
following actions should the tech take?
-Wipe the catheter with sterile gauze
-Continue the procedure
-Rinse the catheter with povidone iodine
-Obtain another sterile kit: -Wipe the catheter with sterile gauze: The
technician should discard the catheter because it touched a nonsterile
surface.
-Continue the procedure: The technician should discard the catheter
because it touched a nonsterile surface.
-Rinse the catheter with povidone iodine: The technician should discard
the catheter because it touched a nonsterile surface.
-Obtain another sterile kit: The technician should obtain another sterile
kit and discard the catheter because it touched a nonsterile surface.
