CCHT Role Responsibilities Practice Questions
Area IV of 4 in NNCC’s CCHT blueprint · 10–14% of the exam
150 questions across all four areas in 3 hours, with a score for Role Responsibilities so you know where you stand.
Free Role Responsibilities drillA patient wants to stop treatment 45 minutes early to catch a bus. What should the technician do first?
Role Responsibilities on the CCHT exam
Role Responsibilities is 10–14% of the CCHT exam, 15 to 20 of the 150 questions. NNCC lists 17 activities about how technicians protect patients’ privacy and dignity, document, communicate, work in the care team and support patient education.
- Share of the exam
- 10–14% in NNCC’s blueprint; our mock exam draws 15 of its 125 scored questions from this area
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 52 Role Responsibilities questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What Role Responsibilities questions test
- Privacy, confidentiality and dignity, and appropriate caregiver-patient relationships
- Documenting findings and interventions, and correcting errors
- Encouraging treatment and prescription adherence, and communicating treatment outcomes
- Communication skills, hand-offs before breaks and shift changes, reporting behavior changes and supporting cultural diversity
- The roles of care-team members, reinforcing patient education, recognizing a need for teaching, precepting and defusing escalating behavior
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150 questions across all four areas in 3 hours, with a score for Role Responsibilities so you know where you stand.
Free Role Responsibilities drillHow to study it
- When a question asks what the technician should do about a medicine, a prescription change or a lab result, the answer is usually to report it to the nurse.
- Know the difference between privacy (the patient’s body and space) and confidentiality (the patient’s information).
- Take the role responsibilities drill until you score 90% or better.
Common questions
How many role responsibilities questions are on the CCHT?
NNCC’s blueprint puts Role Responsibilities at 10–14% of the test, which is 15 to 20 of the 150 questions.
Does the CCHT test precepting?
Yes. NNCC’s role activities include participating in precepting, along with reinforcing patient education and differentiating the roles of care-team members.
150 questions across all four areas in 3 hours, with a score for Role Responsibilities so you know where you stand.
Free Role Responsibilities drillThe other CCHT areas
Sources
- NNCC: Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT): eligibility, exam length, passing score, fees, references
- NNCC: CCHT Test Blueprint (ideal distribution of 150 items)
- NNCC: CCHT Weights for Blueprint Categories and Activities by Blueprint Area
- NNCC: How the CCHT Examination is Developed (pilot questions, passing score)
- NNCC: Certification Examination Application booklet (revised 7/2026): PSI testing, 90-day window, results, reapplication, recertification
- NNCC: 2025–2026 Annual Report (CCHT exams administered in 2025)
- CMS ESRD Conditions for Coverage, 42 CFR 494.140(e): patient care dialysis technician qualifications
- BONENT: Eligibility and fees (CHT certification)
Original practice questions for exam preparation, written to the NNCC CCHT test blueprint and activity statements, not NNCC exam questions. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC), C-NET or PSI. CCHT is an NNCC certification.