This NCCT Medical Assistant cheat sheet distills the National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) exam into a printable rundown of the facts NCCT tests most across all four scored domains. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free NCMA toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
NCCT Medical Assistant exam at a glance
- Questions: 125 scored items + 25 unscored pretest (150 total)
- Time: 3 hours (180 minutes)
- Passing score: Scaled 0–100; all pass points scaled to 70
- Cost: Approximately $119 exam fee (verify at ncctinc.com)
- Administered by: National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
What’s on the NCCT Medical Assistant cheat sheet
- Clinical Medical Procedures (72 items, ~58%) — asepsis and Standard vs. transmission-based precautions, injection routes and angles, phlebotomy and the order of draw, vital signs, point-of-care testing, and ECG — the largest domain.
- Law & Ethics (20 items, ~16%) — HIPAA and minimum necessary, informed vs. implied consent, scope of practice, advance directives, and negligence.
- Pharmacology & General Medical Knowledge (18 items, ~14%) — the six rights of medication administration, drug classes and routes, dosage math, terminology, and anatomy.
- Medical Administrative Duties (15 items, ~12%) — scheduling and records, ICD-10-CM vs. CPT coding, prior authorization, and the CMS-1500 claim form.
How to use it in your final week
- Front-load Clinical Medical Procedures — it's the largest domain at 72 of the 125 scored items. If you master one section from the sheet, make it asepsis, injections, and the order of draw.
- Drill the numbers cold: injection angles (intradermal 10–15°, subcutaneous 45°, intramuscular 90°), the desired-over-have dosage formula, and normal adult vital-sign ranges.
- Read the Law and Ethics block last thing — HIPAA minimum-necessary, informed vs. implied consent, and scope of practice are tested straight and are easy points to bank.
- Pair each review pass with a short timed practice set (roughly 1.4 minutes per item to match the 3-hour, 150-item pace) so your timing stays sharp.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your NCCT Medical Assistant practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
NCCT Medical Assistant cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the NCCT NCMA cheat sheet downloads as a PDF with no sign-up and no account. It's part of Career Employer's free NCMA toolkit alongside the practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so you can grab it and review in minutes.
It condenses the highest-yield facts from all four scored NCMA domains: Clinical Medical Procedures (the largest — asepsis, injection angles, order of draw, vital signs, ECG), Pharmacology and General Medical Knowledge (the six rights, drug routes, dosage math), Law and Ethics (HIPAA, consent, scope of practice), and Medical Administrative Duties (ICD-10-CM vs. CPT, prior authorization).
It's built from NCCT's current NCMA Detailed Test Plan and reviewed against the official content outline. Exam logistics such as the fee and question count can change, so confirm the current details at ncctinc.com before you register.
No — it's a fast review and final-week cram layer, not a full course. The NCMA scores 125 items across three hours on a scaled 0–100 with pass points set to 70, so use the sheet to lock in facts and the practice test to build readiness across every domain.
Click the download button or the preview card at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly. Bookmark the page so you can find it again for a last pass the morning of your exam.
References
- 1.National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT). “National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) Certification.” ncctinc.com. ↑
- 2.National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT). “National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) Detailed Test Plan.” ncctinc.com. ↑
- 3.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Standard Precautions for All Patient Care.” cdc.gov. ↑
- 4.U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). “The HIPAA Privacy Rule.” hhs.gov. ↑
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