CPCT/A Exam Prep: 1,500 Practice Questions for the NHA Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant Exam
The Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A) from the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) is the credential for the technicians who deliver hands-on daily care in hospitals and long-term care: bathing and mobility, vital signs, specimen collection, and EKGs. PassProfessor’s CPCT/A Exam Prep gives you 1,500 original practice questions built to NHA’s 2025 test plan — every domain, weighted the way the 2027 exam weights it — with an explanation for every answer.
One date matters before anything else: this program is built to NHA’s 2025 CPCT/A test plan, which takes effect for examinations on January 13, 2027. If you sit the CPCT/A exam before that date, you will take the outgoing 2018 test plan — this product does not prepare you for that sitting. For exam dates on or after January 13, 2027, this is the plan your exam follows.
Start with the free sample
Take the 12 free sample questions first — no account, no card. It is a fixed set, so every candidate sees the same questions. The full program unlocks the complete 100-question practice exams and all five domain drills.
How the practice works
- Full practice exams: 100 questions drawn fresh from the 1,500-question bank at the 2025 test plan’s domain weights, so no two attempts repeat the same exam. The 120-minute limit matches the real sitting.
- Domain drills: five focused drills — Patient Care; Compliance, Safety, and Professional Responsibility; Infection Control; Phlebotomy and Nonblood Specimen Collection; and EKG — ten questions at a time, so you can drill your weakest domain until it stops being weak.
- Review as you go: check each answer as you answer it, then review the full set at the end.
CPCT/A Exam Prep at a glance
| Questions | 1,500 original practice questions |
| Full practice exam | 100 questions, 120-minute limit, fresh draw every attempt |
| Practice benchmark | 70% — our practice benchmark only (see the scoring note below) |
| The real NHA exam | 120 questions (100 scored + 20 unscored pretest), 2 hours — this product targets the 2025 test plan in effect from January 13, 2027 |
| Passing standard | A scaled score of 390 on NHA’s 200–500 scale — a scaled score, not a percentage |
| Price | $49 one-time — no subscription |
What the 1,500 questions cover
| NHA domain (2025 test plan) | Share of the exam | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Patient Care | 43% | 645 |
| Compliance, Safety, and Professional Responsibility | 19% | 285 |
| Infection Control | 16% | 240 |
| Phlebotomy and Nonblood Specimen Collection | 12% | 180 |
| EKG | 10% | 150 |
Patient Care carries 43% of the 2025 exam and most of this bank: activities of daily living, vital signs and weights, intake and output, skin care, mobility and transfers, oxygen and feeding-tube support, recognizing and reporting condition changes, and hospice and postmortem care. Compliance, Safety, and Professional Responsibility covers scope of practice, patient identification and consent, fall prevention, mandated reporting, OSHA, emergency response, and HIPAA. Infection Control covers standard and transmission-based precautions, the chain of infection, disinfection, and aseptic technique. Phlebotomy and Nonblood Specimen Collection covers draws and specimen handling in the patient-care role, and EKG covers electrode application, performing the tracing, artifact resolution, and recognizing rhythms you must report at once.
Which test plan are you taking?
NHA is replacing the 2018 CPCT/A test plan with the 2025 plan. The change is a re-weighting, not a new exam: the same five domains, with Patient Care moving from 45% to 43%, Infection Control from 11% to 16%, Compliance, Safety, and Professional Responsibility from 20% to 19%, Phlebotomy and Nonblood Specimen Collection from 14% to 12%, and EKG steady at 10%. The dividing line is your exam date: before January 13, 2027 you sit the 2018 plan; on or after that date you sit the 2025 plan. This bank is weighted to the 2025 plan, and that is the only plan this product claims to prepare you for.
A note on scoring
NHA reports results as a scaled score from 200 to 500, and the passing score is 390. A scaled score is not a percentage, and any prep product that converts it into one is misleading you. The 70% figure in our practice exams is our own practice benchmark: a study target we set so you can judge your readiness, not NHA’s standard.
What it costs
$49, one time. No subscription, no per-attempt fees: every full practice exam draws a fresh set of questions, and the drills are unlimited while your access lasts.
CPCT/A Exam Prep FAQ
My exam is scheduled before January 13, 2027. Is this for me?
No — and we would rather tell you that plainly. Exams before January 13, 2027 follow the outgoing 2018 test plan, and this product is built and weighted to the 2025 plan. If your sitting is on or after January 13, 2027, this is the right preparation.
Who can take the CPCT/A exam?
NHA’s eligibility routes pair a high school diploma or GED — with a provisional window for candidates who expect to earn it within 18 months — with either a patient care technician training program or supervised work experience in the role. Our exam guide points you to the exact route requirements in NHA’s current candidate materials.
How long is the practice exam?
100 questions with a 120-minute limit — the same scored length and the same time as the real exam (which adds 20 unscored pretest questions inside the same 2 hours).
What score do I need to pass the real exam?
A scaled score of 390 on NHA’s 200–500 scale. That is a scaled score, not a percentage. Our 70% is a practice benchmark we chose as a readiness target — treat consistent scores at or above it across all five domains as a sign you are ready to schedule.
Are the questions original?
Yes — 100% original, written for PassProfessor from NHA’s published test plan. They are not copied from NHA’s exam, and NHA does not endorse this program.
Enroll now — $49 for the full program
Exam change alert: the CPCT/A test plan changes January 13, 2027
The CPCT/A exam moves to the NHA’s 2025 test plan on January 13, 2027 — the plan this program is built to. Candidates testing before that date sit the outgoing 2018 plan. Read the CPCT/A test plan change page