CCMA PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027 (22pages)

Vital signs - answer Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, BP What balances Body temp? - answer Hypothalamus Another name for eardrum - answer Tympanic Membrane Fluctuating fever that returns to baseline but then rises again - answer Intermittent Normal pulse rate - answer 60-100 BPM Where apex of heart is located - answer 5th intercostal space What is BP cuff inflated to? - answer 30-40 mmHg above the palpatory systolic pressure and released to drop 2-3 mmHg per second Hg in BP measurement stands for this - answer Mercury Branch responsible for the identification of various hazards present in the workplace and the creation of rules and regulations to minimize exposure - answer OSHA This is required by Chemical Safety Regulations - answer Label all chemicals with MSDS Most surgical instruments are sterilized by this - answer Steam sterilization/Autoclave Droplets can travel how far? - answer Less than 3 feet Standard running speed of the EKG reading - answer 25mm/sec Who invented the EKG? - answer Einthoven Pt having mild chest pain might be prescribed this - answer Nitroglycerin Liquid portion of blood is called - answer Plasma Thromobocytes assist in - answer Clotting Government based health insurance for people over 65 and others with certain disabilities - answer Medicare CPR Ratio - answer 30 Compressions : 2 Breaths Medical Asepsis - answer The destruction of pathogenic microorganisms AFTER they leave the body through Standard Precautions and Transmission Based Precautions Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions are control measures aimed at preventing the spread of disease at what point in the Chain of Infection - answer Portal of Exit Organization that issued the guidelines known as Standard and Universal Precautions - answer CDC Because of the nature of airborne precautions this is needed to prevent transmission - answer Ventilation Where you would find the spelling for a medication? - answer Physician Desk Reference Where is V2 lead located - answer 4th intercostal space, left sternal border Where is V5 lead located - answer 5th intercostal space, anterior axillary line Poor tracings due to sweat or lotion would lead to this on an EKG - answer Wandering baseline Most critical step in pt testing - answer Identifying the pt Which urinalysis would you use to test for bacteria? - answer Clean Catch Specimen Codes used to describe encounters with circumstances other than disease or injury - answer ICD-9 Supplemental codes that capture the external cause of injury or poisoning, the intent and the place it occured - answer E codes The sounds an MA listens for during a BP - answer Korotkoff sounds CMS-1500 Form is aka - answer Superbill Post-prandial - answer After a meal Complication from repeated venipuncture of the same vein - answer Phlebitis Bacteria, viruses, fungus or parasites belong to which type of hazard - answer Biologic Isolation precautions are condensed into 3 categories: - answer Airborne, Droplet and Contact Unit of measure on a standard Rx - answer Micrograms/mcg Amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute is called - answer Cardiac Output Q wave is always - answer Negative First electrical impulse recorded on EKG - answer P wave Movement away from the baseline on an EKG is called - answer Wave form Several wave forms on an EKG are called - answer Complex A wave form and a segment on an EKG - answer Interval A line between waveforms on an EKG - answer Segment Specific coding instructions for each CPT section are located here - answer Guidelines Required when general practitioner sends pt to a specialist - answer Method of referral The shallow wave that follows the T wave represents - answer Late ventricular repolarization Rhythm indicated by absence of/or inverted P waves - answer Junctional Inferior wall MI is shown in what leads - answer II, III, AVF Leads 1 and AVL show broken recording, you should - answer Check Left Arm Three lead EKG monitor - answer I, II, III Why increase the speed of the EKG - answer Increase speed widens wave forms Placement of leads V1-V6 is important to diagnose - answer Left ventricular Why place V3 on right side of chest on an infant - answer To prevent crowding of the leads Dextrocardia - answer When heart is on opposite side of the body Lead combo for Lateral wall acute MI - answer Leads I, AVL, V5 & V6 ST Segment Elevation indicates - answer Cardiac injury in progress Which leads allow viewing pt's anterior wall of Left Ventricular - answer V3 & V4 EKG line representing zero electrical activity - answer Isoelectric line Patient with a 2 degree heart block would show this - answer Progressively prolonged PR intervals until the QRS complex dropped What is the heart rate with 5 big boxes and 3 little boxes - answer 54 Sequencing - answer 300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50 The epicardium forms a protective sac around the heart known as the - answer Pericardium Atrio ventricular valves - answer Tricuspid and mitral The last valve to touch de-oxygenated blood is the - answer Pulmonary valve All 4 valves are - answer Unidirectional The right side of the heart has what type of blood - answer De-oxygenated blood The heart is fed by these - answer Coronary arteries The L anterior descending artery is also known as - answer The Widow maker The pathway from the SA node to the AV node is the - answer Internodal pathway Intrinsic rate for the SA node is - answer 60-100 BPMs Eintoven's Triangle does what? - answer shows basic EKG reading Calculating the atrial rate would be - answer The p-p big box method The PR interval is measured from - answer The beginning of the P wave to the beginning of QRS complex This makes a rhythm a "sinus rhythm" - answer a P wave In hospital cardiac monitoring - answer Telemetry On a telemetry monitor what color lead is on the right shoulder - answer White lead The artery used for blood pressure is - answer Brachial The area of the eye you start irrigation in - answer Inner canthus Pulmonary function tests use this - answer Spirometer Heart muscle disease - answer Cardiomyopathy With wave scheduling, which patient would be priority - answer Patient who arrives first Refers to coding procedures - answer CPT Refers to preventative coding like a flu shot - answer V codes Refers to coding diagnoses - answer ICD 9