Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A) Exam — NHA
Patient care technicians and assistants earn the NHA CPCT/A credential by passing a two-hour exam of 100 scored plus 20 pretest questions across patient care, compliance and safety, infection control, phlebotomy and EKG, where 390 on a 200-500 scale is passing. In SummitCert's portal for the CPCT/A Exam you can drill explained practice questions, review flashcards, take a timed 100-question mock and watch your progress by area.
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CPCT/A, Phlebotomy (CPT) and EKG (CET), together
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Your full practice pool — 350 questions total, written to mirror the real exam blueprint, with full answer explanations for every question.
Including Patient Care, Compliance, Safety, and Professional Responsibility, Infection Control, and more.
A complete, realistic exam-day simulation with the same question count and time limit as the real thing.
Covering every key term, concept, and framework you're expected to know.
Hand-picked walkthroughs and explainers organized by topic.
Visual breakdowns of the frameworks and models the exam tests you on.
The exact formulas and calculations you need, ready to review before test day.
A searchable glossary so unfamiliar terminology never slows you down.
See your accuracy by domain, spot weak areas early, and follow a built-in study schedule.
Tailored to this exam: it knows your progress and weak areas, remembers your earlier chats, and picks up where you left off on your other devices.
Study anywhere — your progress syncs on the device you are using and picks up where you left off.
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Topics you'll drill
5 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.
- Patient Care
- Compliance, Safety, and Professional Responsibility
- Infection Control
- Phlebotomy
- EKG
CPCT/A Exam exam requirements & cost
Straight from the certifying body — separate from what we charge for the study portal.
The NHA test plan lists 100 scored items plus 20 pretest items with an exam time of two hours, and the NHA CPCT/A page says you take the exam at your school, at a PSI testing center or through live remote proctoring. The NHA candidate handbook (updated October 5, 2026) reports scores on a scaled range of 200 to 500, with a scaled score of 390 or higher passing; pretest questions do not count toward the score. The NHA test plan sets five areas by number of scored items: Patient Care 45, Compliance, Safety, and Professional Responsibility 20, Infection Control 11, Phlebotomy 14 and EKG 10. NHA scores the exam on a scaled range of 200 to 500, weighting questions by difficulty, and a scaled score of 390 or higher passes. Because of that weighting there is no fixed percent-correct cut, so the portal mock shows 70 percent only as a rough self-check. The NHA CPCT/A page says an exam fee payment is required when you set your exam date but does not state the amount; confirm the current fee on nhanow.com. The content outline spreads questions across 5 areas; the largest are Patient Care (45.0%); Compliance, Safety, and Professional Responsibility (20.0%); Phlebotomy (14.0%). The full list of areas and weights is on the portal exam page. A high school diploma or GED (or scheduled to earn one within 18 months) plus a patient care technician training or education program completed in the last five years, or supervised patient care technician work experience (one year in the last three years or two years in the last five) (NHA).
CPCT/A Exam exam blueprint
Real domain weighting from the certifying body's own published exam syllabus.
- Patient Care45%
- Compliance, Safety, and Professional Responsibility20%
- Infection Control11%
- Phlebotomy14%
- EKG10%
Real pass rate, retake policy, scoring, and a study timeline for CPCT/A Exam — free, no purchase required.
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