PCT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+ BEST FOR REVISION!! 2 / 29 1. A patient care technician is preparing to perform documentation in a pa- tients electronic health record.Which of the following is an example of appro- priate documentation by the technician? A.) the technicia...
PCT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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,PCT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025
GRADED A+ BEST FOR REVISION!!
1. A patient care technician is preparing to perform documentation in a
patients electronic health record. Which of the following is an example of
appropriate documentation by the technician?
A.) the technician on the previous shift reports giving the patient a bath at
1600.
B.) The patient has a large, dark bowel movement at 1100.
C.) The Patient will receive an enema at 1700.
D.) The patient is upset because the nurse from the previous shift forgot to
provide breakfast. ANS B.) The patient has a large, dark brown bowel
movement at1100.
2. Which of the following EKG findings differentiates accelerated idioventric-
ular rhythm from junctional rhythm?
A.) Accelerated idioventricular rhythm has P wave.
B.) The ventricular rate in accelerated idioventricular rhythm is slower than
junctional rhythm.
C.) junctional rhythm has P waves
D.) accelerated idioventricular rhythm has wide QRS complexes. ANS D.)
Accel-erated idioventricular rhythm has wide QRS complexes.
3. A patient care technician is caring for a patient whose has a stage 3
pressure ulcer. Which of the following manifestations should the technician
,PCT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025
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expect?
A.) The area forms a blister, and the epidermis peels away or cracks open
B.) The subcutaneous fat is visible, and there is drainage from the wound.
C.) The area appears as reddened skin that does not return to its initial color
after pressure is removed.
D.) The damaged tissue extends all the way through the tissues to the
muscle. ANS B.) The subcutaneous fat is visible, and there is drainage from the
wound.
4. Which of the following tubes should be collected first for dermal samples?
A.) lavender top
B.) green top
C.) red top
D.) light blue top ANS A.) lavender top
5. A patient care technician is transferring a patient from a bed to a wheel-
chair using a mechanical lift with a sling. As the patient is being transferred
the technician should place him in which of the following position?
A.) Sims
B.) Fowlers
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C.) Lithotomy
D.) Trendelenburg ANS B.) Fowler's
6. A patient care technician is performing a routine venipuncture for a patient
who becomes pallid and diaphoretic. Which of the following conditions is
this patient most likely to experience?
A.) Syncope
B.) Seizure
C.) Nausea
D.) Shock ANS A.) Syncope
7. A patient care technician is assisting a nurse to apply a hand-wrist immo-
bility splint for a patient who has left-sided paralysis due to a stroke. The
technician should identify that the splint will secure the patients hand and
write in which of the following positions?
A.) wrist in slight dorsiflexion
B.) fingers in a extended position
C.) fingers rotated slightly in an external position
D.) thumb kept in close proximity to the index finger ANS A.) wrist in slight
dorsi-flexion
8. A patient care technician recently attended a seminar about hospice car.
Which of the following statements by the technician indicates an understand-
ing of hospice care?
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