NWCA Study Guide Exam Questions and
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
Study Material)
How are medical records critical to a patients care? - Correct
Answers ✅By providing patients with quality care, ensuring
accurate and timely payment for the services furnished,
mitigating malpractice risks, and helping healthcare providers
evaluate and plan the patient's treatment and maintain the
continuum of care.
Who establishes the scope of practice guidelines for a CMA? -
Correct Answers ✅state
What is used to take blood pressure? - Correct Answers
✅sphygmomanometer
What is used to examine ears? - Correct Answers
✅otoscope
The function of triage and why is it so important? - Correct
Answers ✅To prioritize or sort the patients for care and
treatment based on
the urgency of their need for care. Results in the best
outcome for the greatest number of people.
What is used to examine eyes? - Correct Answers
✅ophthalmoscope
,NWCA Study Guide Exam Questions and
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
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What is used to listen to your heart, lungs and bowl sounds? -
Correct Answers ✅stethoscope
Actions to take if a patient has chest pain or difficulty
breathing? - Correct Answers ✅-If not present in the office
go straight to Emergency Care.
- Call EMS on another line keep caller on phone to get
additional info.
- If in office take to treatment room immediately and doctor
notified and begin take vital signs and symptoms.
Know how to discard exam paper? - Correct Answers
✅soiled side folding inside
How does an autoimmune disease affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do? - Correct Answers ✅A
condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks
your body. Normally guards against germs like bacteria and
viruses. When it senses these foreign invaders, it sends out
an army of fighter cells to attack them.
Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between
foreign cells and your own cells.
In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part
of your body, like your joints or skin, as foreign. It releases
proteins called autoantibodies that attack healthy cells.
, NWCA Study Guide Exam Questions and
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
Study Material)
Difference between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes? -
Correct Answers ✅Type 1 the pancreas does not produce
any insulin.
Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is
resistant.
How is a general anesthetic used? - Correct Answers
✅Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by inducing loss
of consciousness.
How is local anesthetic used? - Correct Answers ✅Provides
a temporary loss of sensation from specific areas of the body.
Normal range for body temperature? - Correct Answers
✅97.6 - 99.6 degrees F
Normal range for adult pulse? - Correct Answers ✅60-100
bpm
Normal range for blood pressure? - Correct Answers
✅120/80
Name for the highest point of blood pressure? - Correct
Answers ✅systolic pressure
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
Study Material)
How are medical records critical to a patients care? - Correct
Answers ✅By providing patients with quality care, ensuring
accurate and timely payment for the services furnished,
mitigating malpractice risks, and helping healthcare providers
evaluate and plan the patient's treatment and maintain the
continuum of care.
Who establishes the scope of practice guidelines for a CMA? -
Correct Answers ✅state
What is used to take blood pressure? - Correct Answers
✅sphygmomanometer
What is used to examine ears? - Correct Answers
✅otoscope
The function of triage and why is it so important? - Correct
Answers ✅To prioritize or sort the patients for care and
treatment based on
the urgency of their need for care. Results in the best
outcome for the greatest number of people.
What is used to examine eyes? - Correct Answers
✅ophthalmoscope
,NWCA Study Guide Exam Questions and
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
Study Material)
What is used to listen to your heart, lungs and bowl sounds? -
Correct Answers ✅stethoscope
Actions to take if a patient has chest pain or difficulty
breathing? - Correct Answers ✅-If not present in the office
go straight to Emergency Care.
- Call EMS on another line keep caller on phone to get
additional info.
- If in office take to treatment room immediately and doctor
notified and begin take vital signs and symptoms.
Know how to discard exam paper? - Correct Answers
✅soiled side folding inside
How does an autoimmune disease affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do? - Correct Answers ✅A
condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks
your body. Normally guards against germs like bacteria and
viruses. When it senses these foreign invaders, it sends out
an army of fighter cells to attack them.
Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between
foreign cells and your own cells.
In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part
of your body, like your joints or skin, as foreign. It releases
proteins called autoantibodies that attack healthy cells.
, NWCA Study Guide Exam Questions and
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
Study Material)
Difference between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes? -
Correct Answers ✅Type 1 the pancreas does not produce
any insulin.
Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is
resistant.
How is a general anesthetic used? - Correct Answers
✅Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by inducing loss
of consciousness.
How is local anesthetic used? - Correct Answers ✅Provides
a temporary loss of sensation from specific areas of the body.
Normal range for body temperature? - Correct Answers
✅97.6 - 99.6 degrees F
Normal range for adult pulse? - Correct Answers ✅60-100
bpm
Normal range for blood pressure? - Correct Answers
✅120/80
Name for the highest point of blood pressure? - Correct
Answers ✅systolic pressure
