NHA CCMA Practice Test 2024: 150 Actual Exam Questions with Verified Answers

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NHA CCMA 150 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED

DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS /A+ GRADE ASSURED

CC .....ANSWER.....Chief Complaint

Segment .....ANSWER.....Line between two wave forms

P-wave .....ANSWER.....Atrial Depolarization

How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second Rythm strip?

.....ANSWER.....30 one millimeter boxes

The SA node represents which waveform on the ekg?

.....ANSWER.....Only the P-wave

What is the reading you can get from the RR interval?

.....ANSWER.....Ventricular Pulse

What is the primary stage of Hemolisis? .....ANSWER.....Vascular

phase and platelet phase together

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What is Electophoresis? .....ANSWER.....Analyzation of the

chemical components of blood e.g. hemoglobin, serum, urinem

cerebrospinal fluid based on electrical charge.

Positive testing for occult blood in a stool sample turn which

color? .....ANSWER.....Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood

in feces.

The stages of Hemostasis: .....ANSWER.....1. Vascular 2. Platelet

Phase 3. Coagulation Phase 4. Fibronolysis

Blood Vessels .....ANSWER.....Aorta, arteries, arterioles,

capillaries, venues, veins, superior and inferior vena cavae.

Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel

.....ANSWER.....Tunica adventitia

Inner endothelial tissue layer of a blood vessel

.....ANSWER.....Tunica Intima

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The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel .....ANSWER.....Tunica

media

The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting

.....ANSWER.....Code of Ethics

What do you find in capillaries? .....ANSWER.....A mixture of

venous and arterial blood is found

The average adult has how many liters of blood?

.....ANSWER.....5-6 liters

What is the percentage of water in blood? .....ANSWER.....92%

Percentage of plasma in blood .....ANSWER.....55%

Percentage of Formed Elements in the blood .....ANSWER.....45%

99% of formed elements in blood .....ANSWER.....RBC's or

Erythrocytes

Where you find Hemoglobin .....ANSWER.....RBC's

Where do all blood cells originate? .....ANSWER.....Bone Marrow

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How many RBC's per microliter of blood .....ANSWER.....4.2-6.2

million

What is the second most numerous WBC?

.....ANSWER.....Lymphocyte with 20-40%

Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB

.....ANSWER.....Monocytes

Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and often are first

on scene .....ANSWER.....Neutrophils

These WBC's play an important role in viral infection as well as

in immunity. .....ANSWER.....Lymphocytes

Number of leukocytes for average adult per micrometer

.....ANSWER.....5000-10000

Leukopenia .....ANSWER.....Decrease in WBC's seen with viral

infection and leukemia

Comprises 3-8% of wbc or leukocytes .....ANSWER.....Monocytes