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NCCAOM Foundations ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 ||
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS <BRAND NEW VERSION>
The entire facial complexion is red indicates? - (answers)Excess heat syndrome
from exogenous pathogen, or hyperactive yang
6 exogenous factors are? - (answers)Wind, summer heat, fire, damp, dryness, cold
7 emotions are? - (answers)Anger, joy, sadness, worry, fear, fright
BODY INSPECTION:
Entire body is yellow indicates? - (answers)Jaundice
Bright orange = yang jaundice from damp heat
Hazy, smoky yellow = yang jaundice with more damo than heat
Smoky dark yellow = yin jaundice from cold-damp or long standing blood Xue
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Withered, dried up complexion indicates? - (answers)Heat in ST & SP
Which five element correspondence between the element and the Chinese
musical note is incorrect?
A. Earth - gong
, 2
B. Fire - Zheng
C. Metal - Shang
D. Water - Jue - (answers)D. Water - Jue is incorrect. Water corresponds to Yu.
Wood corresponds to Jiao
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Dull pale yellow facial complexion indicates? - (answers)Cold damp in ST/SP
A patient has alternating chills and fever, lack of appetite, dry throat, nausea and
unilateral white tongue coating. What pulse do you expect?
A. Wiry
B. Deep
C. Floating and tight
D. Slippery - (answers)A. Wiry - Shao yang stage
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Pale with red spots on complexion indicates? - (answers)SP Xu, Stasis of LV blood
Fever, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth & throat, scanty dark urine, red tongue
w/out coating, and thin-fast pulse are symptoms of
A.Yang Ming
, 3
B. Shao yang
C. Tai yang
D. Shao Yin - (answers)D. Shao yin
A 9 month year old baby has a high fever for a few days. This was followed by
having sporadic tremors with strong convulsions. Meningitis was ruled out. What
is your treatment principle?
A. Tonify LV blood subdue wind
B. Cool blood, nourish yin, subdue wind
C. Clear heat, cool blood
D. Nourish LV wind, subdue LV yang, subdue wind - (answers)B. Cool blood,
nourish yin, subdue wind
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Bluish purple face and lips indicates? - (answers)+ intermittent pain in the pre
cordial region or behind the sternum = HT Blood Xue
+High fever, violent movement of limbs in children = infantile convulsions
Which five element correspondence between the element and the Western
musical note is incorrect?
A. Earth - do
B. Fire - Sol
C. Metal - Re
, 4
D. Water - Mi - (answers)D. Water is 'la'
Wood is 'mi'
A 36 yr old woman has chronic menorrhagia as the main complaint. She has pale-
sallow complexion, tiredness, weak voice and loose stools. She often feels thirst
and her cheeks are occasionally red. The tongue is red on the sides. The pulse is
weak and slightly rapid. After giving treatments for deficient Qi she has not
improved. What is the root?
A. Heat
B. Hot blood
C. Deficient blood
D. Deficient Qi - (answers)B. Hot blood
In treating channel problems which distal points are most powerful?
A. Knee points
B. Feet points
C. Elbow points
D. Hand points - (answers)B. Feet points
Which three meridians go to the root of the tongue? - (answers)HT, SP, KD
Cracks on a pale tongue indicate? - (answers)Blood xu
NCCAOM Foundations ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 ||
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS <BRAND NEW VERSION>
The entire facial complexion is red indicates? - (answers)Excess heat syndrome
from exogenous pathogen, or hyperactive yang
6 exogenous factors are? - (answers)Wind, summer heat, fire, damp, dryness, cold
7 emotions are? - (answers)Anger, joy, sadness, worry, fear, fright
BODY INSPECTION:
Entire body is yellow indicates? - (answers)Jaundice
Bright orange = yang jaundice from damp heat
Hazy, smoky yellow = yang jaundice with more damo than heat
Smoky dark yellow = yin jaundice from cold-damp or long standing blood Xue
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Withered, dried up complexion indicates? - (answers)Heat in ST & SP
Which five element correspondence between the element and the Chinese
musical note is incorrect?
A. Earth - gong
, 2
B. Fire - Zheng
C. Metal - Shang
D. Water - Jue - (answers)D. Water - Jue is incorrect. Water corresponds to Yu.
Wood corresponds to Jiao
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Dull pale yellow facial complexion indicates? - (answers)Cold damp in ST/SP
A patient has alternating chills and fever, lack of appetite, dry throat, nausea and
unilateral white tongue coating. What pulse do you expect?
A. Wiry
B. Deep
C. Floating and tight
D. Slippery - (answers)A. Wiry - Shao yang stage
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Pale with red spots on complexion indicates? - (answers)SP Xu, Stasis of LV blood
Fever, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth & throat, scanty dark urine, red tongue
w/out coating, and thin-fast pulse are symptoms of
A.Yang Ming
, 3
B. Shao yang
C. Tai yang
D. Shao Yin - (answers)D. Shao yin
A 9 month year old baby has a high fever for a few days. This was followed by
having sporadic tremors with strong convulsions. Meningitis was ruled out. What
is your treatment principle?
A. Tonify LV blood subdue wind
B. Cool blood, nourish yin, subdue wind
C. Clear heat, cool blood
D. Nourish LV wind, subdue LV yang, subdue wind - (answers)B. Cool blood,
nourish yin, subdue wind
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Bluish purple face and lips indicates? - (answers)+ intermittent pain in the pre
cordial region or behind the sternum = HT Blood Xue
+High fever, violent movement of limbs in children = infantile convulsions
Which five element correspondence between the element and the Western
musical note is incorrect?
A. Earth - do
B. Fire - Sol
C. Metal - Re
, 4
D. Water - Mi - (answers)D. Water is 'la'
Wood is 'mi'
A 36 yr old woman has chronic menorrhagia as the main complaint. She has pale-
sallow complexion, tiredness, weak voice and loose stools. She often feels thirst
and her cheeks are occasionally red. The tongue is red on the sides. The pulse is
weak and slightly rapid. After giving treatments for deficient Qi she has not
improved. What is the root?
A. Heat
B. Hot blood
C. Deficient blood
D. Deficient Qi - (answers)B. Hot blood
In treating channel problems which distal points are most powerful?
A. Knee points
B. Feet points
C. Elbow points
D. Hand points - (answers)B. Feet points
Which three meridians go to the root of the tongue? - (answers)HT, SP, KD
Cracks on a pale tongue indicate? - (answers)Blood xu
