NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE - 100% CORRECT
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered
under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPPA) ?
A) Increasing the probability of health insurance
B) Addressing health care fraud and abuse
C) standardizing the electronic transmission of health data
D) Outlining payment of Medicare and Medicaid - Correct
Answers ✅#2 Answer is D
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a
health care provider ?
A) Discontinuing treatment because of the patient did not pay
in a timely manner
B) Discontinuing treatment because it is no longer needed
C) Being formally discharged by the patient
D) Withdrawing from the case due to patient noncompliance
or an inability to serve the patient - Correct Answers ✅#3
Answer is A
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can
potentially be held legally responsible for an act of
negligence by a medical assistant ?
A) The medical assistant only
B) The employee/provider only
C) Both the medical assistant and the employer/provider
,NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE - 100% CORRECT
D) The patient - Correct Answers ✅#4 Answer is C
Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not
consented is considered a tort of
A) invasion of privacy
B) battery
C) libel
D) slander - Correct Answers ✅#5 Answer is B
All of the following minors ( under age 18) are considered
emancipated EXCEPT a minor who is
A) a member of the armed forces
B) financially responsible and no longer under parental car
C) married
D) being tested for a sexually transmitted disease - Correct
Answers ✅#6 Answer is D
Unless public safety is involved, what is required in all cases
to release patient medical records after a subpoena is
issued ?
A) the patients written consent
B) a court order
C) a deposition
D) an interrogatory - Correct Answers ✅#7 Answer is A
,NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE - 100% CORRECT
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of
child abuse ?
A) privacy
B) confidentiality
C) documentation
D) standard of care - Correct Answers ✅#9 Answer is B
A POLST dorm is a type of
A) document declaring durable power of attorney for health
care
B) document releasing a provider from liability under Good
Samaritan laws
C) living will or advance directive
D) PSDA - Correct Answers ✅#10 Answer is C
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain
clinical procedures only under the supervision of an
employer/provider because they are NOT
A) certifies
B) registered
C) licenses
D) certified, registered, or licensed - Correct Answers
✅#11 Answer is C
, NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE - 100% CORRECT
Which of the following best describes ethics ?
A) individual choices relating to conduct
B) personal values governing an individuals perceptions of
right and wrong
C) laws defining acceptable behavior
D) creeds to live by - Correct Answers ✅#12 Answer is B
Bioethics is defined as
A) any ethical matter that pertains to life and/or health care
B) issues regarding abortion and the use of fetal tissue
C) dealings with individuals who have committed sexual
abuse or exploitation
D) dealings with individuals who have committed physical or
emotional abuse - Correct Answers ✅#13 Answer is A
Which of the following principles for a medical assistant is
NOT set forth by the American Association of Medical
Assistants (AAMA) Code of Ethics ?
A) respect for the confidentiality of patient information
B) performance of service while respecting all patients
C) continuous professional improvement
D) specific ways of dealing with certain situations - Correct
Answers ✅#14 Answer is D
ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE - 100% CORRECT
Which of the following health care issues is NOT covered
under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPPA) ?
A) Increasing the probability of health insurance
B) Addressing health care fraud and abuse
C) standardizing the electronic transmission of health data
D) Outlining payment of Medicare and Medicaid - Correct
Answers ✅#2 Answer is D
Which of the following constitutes a breach of contract by a
health care provider ?
A) Discontinuing treatment because of the patient did not pay
in a timely manner
B) Discontinuing treatment because it is no longer needed
C) Being formally discharged by the patient
D) Withdrawing from the case due to patient noncompliance
or an inability to serve the patient - Correct Answers ✅#3
Answer is A
Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, who can
potentially be held legally responsible for an act of
negligence by a medical assistant ?
A) The medical assistant only
B) The employee/provider only
C) Both the medical assistant and the employer/provider
,NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE - 100% CORRECT
D) The patient - Correct Answers ✅#4 Answer is C
Touching a patient in a manner to which they have not
consented is considered a tort of
A) invasion of privacy
B) battery
C) libel
D) slander - Correct Answers ✅#5 Answer is B
All of the following minors ( under age 18) are considered
emancipated EXCEPT a minor who is
A) a member of the armed forces
B) financially responsible and no longer under parental car
C) married
D) being tested for a sexually transmitted disease - Correct
Answers ✅#6 Answer is D
Unless public safety is involved, what is required in all cases
to release patient medical records after a subpoena is
issued ?
A) the patients written consent
B) a court order
C) a deposition
D) an interrogatory - Correct Answers ✅#7 Answer is A
,NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE - 100% CORRECT
What normal patient right is suspended upon discovery of
child abuse ?
A) privacy
B) confidentiality
C) documentation
D) standard of care - Correct Answers ✅#9 Answer is B
A POLST dorm is a type of
A) document declaring durable power of attorney for health
care
B) document releasing a provider from liability under Good
Samaritan laws
C) living will or advance directive
D) PSDA - Correct Answers ✅#10 Answer is C
Generally, medical assistants are permitted to do certain
clinical procedures only under the supervision of an
employer/provider because they are NOT
A) certifies
B) registered
C) licenses
D) certified, registered, or licensed - Correct Answers
✅#11 Answer is C
, NCCT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE - 100% CORRECT
Which of the following best describes ethics ?
A) individual choices relating to conduct
B) personal values governing an individuals perceptions of
right and wrong
C) laws defining acceptable behavior
D) creeds to live by - Correct Answers ✅#12 Answer is B
Bioethics is defined as
A) any ethical matter that pertains to life and/or health care
B) issues regarding abortion and the use of fetal tissue
C) dealings with individuals who have committed sexual
abuse or exploitation
D) dealings with individuals who have committed physical or
emotional abuse - Correct Answers ✅#13 Answer is A
Which of the following principles for a medical assistant is
NOT set forth by the American Association of Medical
Assistants (AAMA) Code of Ethics ?
A) respect for the confidentiality of patient information
B) performance of service while respecting all patients
C) continuous professional improvement
D) specific ways of dealing with certain situations - Correct
Answers ✅#14 Answer is D
