NCC EFM EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS |
ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING
CERTIFICATION
What is your first intervention in management of a patient
experiencing variable decelerations?
a. Immediate delivery
b. Change maternal position
c. No treatment indicated
d. Oxygen
e. Stop oxytocin infusion Correct Answer b. Change
maternal position
Etiology of a baseline FHR of 165bpm occurring for the
last hour can be:
1. Maternal supine hypotension
2. Maternal fever
3. Maternal dehydration
4. Unknown
a. 1 and 2
b. 1, 2 and 3
c. 2, 3 and 4 Correct Answer c. 2, 3 and 4
What is the most probable cause of recurrent late
decelerations?
a. Utero-placental insufficiency
,b. Head compression
c. Cord compression
d. Maternal position change Correct Answer a. Utero-
placental insufficiency
The most prevalent risk factor associated with fetal death
before the onset of labor is:
a. Low socioeconomic status
b. Fetal malpresentation
c. Uteroplacental insufficiency
d. Uterine anomalies Correct Answer c. Uteroplacental
insufficiency
Which of the following is NOT used for antepartum fetal
surveillance?
a. Fetal movement counting
b. Antepartum fetal heart rate testing
c. Biophysical profile testing
d. Maternal HCG levels Correct Answer d. Maternal HCG
levels
Which of the following conditions is not an indication for
antepartum fetal surveillance?
a. Gestational hypertension
b. Diabetes in pregnancy
c. Fetus in breech presentation
d. Decreased fetal movement Correct Answer c. Fetus in
breech presentation
Which of the following does not affect the degree of fetal
activity?
,a. Vibroacoustic stimulation
b. Smoking
c. Fetal position
d. Gestational age Correct Answer a. Vibroacoustic
stimulation
To be considered reactive, a nonstress test must have:
a. 4 fetal heart rate accelerations in a 20 minute window
b. 2 fetal heart rate accelerations in a 10 minute window
c. 4 fetal heart rate accelerations in a 40 minute window
d. 2 fetal heart rate accelerations in a 20 minute window
Correct Answer d. 2 fetal heart rate accelerations in a 20
minute window
If a nonstress test is nonreactive after 40 minutes, the next
step should be:
a. Have the client go home and do fetal movement counts
b. Do a biophysical profile or contraction stress test
c. Repeat the nonstress test within a week
d. Admit the client for delivery Correct Answer b. Do a
biophysical profile or contraction stress test
All of the following are components of a biophysical profile
except:
a. Contraction stress test
b. Assessment of fetal breathing
c. Amniotic fluid volume measurement
d. Fetal movement assessment Correct Answer a.
Contraction stress test
, A modified biophysical profile includes a nonstress test
and:
a. Contraction stress test
b. Ultrasound assessment of fetal movement
c. Ultrasound assessment of amniotic fluid volume
d. Fetal movement counts Correct Answer c. Ultrasound
assessment of amniotic fluid volume
For a contraction stress test to be interpretable, you must
have a minimum of:
a. 5 contractions in a 10-minute window
b. 3 contractions in a 10-minute window
c. 4 contractions in a 10-minute window
d. 2 contractions in a 10-minute window Correct Answer b.
3 contractions in a 10 minute window
A negative contraction stress test is one in which:
a. No contractions are seen
b. There are late decelerations with > 50% of the
contractions seen
c. There are no fetal heart rate late decelerations with the
contractions
d. There is one fetal heart rate deceleration seen Correct
Answer c. There are no fetal heart rate late decelerations
with the contractions
According to AWHONN, the normal baseline Fetal Heart
Rate (FHR) is
A. 90-150 bpm
B. 100-170 bpm
C. 110-160 bpm
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