10 free, exam-style Certified Healthcare Technology Manager (CHTM) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free CHTM practice test to study every exam domain.
An HTM manager is expanding the department's alternative equipment maintenance (AEM) program to reduce service costs. Under CMS requirements, which of the following devices is PROHIBITED from being placed in an AEM program?
Correct answer: A - A computed tomography (CT) scanner
A patient death is associated with a suspected medical device malfunction. Under the Safe Medical Devices Act and FDA Medical Device Reporting (MDR) requirements, the user facility is required to report this event to:
Correct answer: D - Both the FDA and the device manufacturer
A hospital purchases an imaging system for $480,000 with an estimated salvage value of $30,000 and a useful life of 9 years. Using straight-line depreciation, what is the annual depreciation expense?
Correct answer: C - $50,000
A surveyor asks an HTM manager to demonstrate how the maintenance strategy was determined for each device in the medical equipment inventory. This expectation is MOST directly addressed by which Joint Commission Environment of Care standard?
Correct answer: A - EC.02.04.01, which addresses managing medical equipment risks and the inventory
While conducting a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), a team assigns a failure mode a Detection rating of 9 on a 10-point scale. What does this high Detection rating indicate?
Correct answer: D - The failure is very unlikely to be caught before it causes harm
An HTM director wants to benchmark the department's overall cost efficiency against peer hospitals. Which metric is MOST appropriate for this comparison?
Correct answer: B - Cost-of-service ratio (CoSR)
An HTM department maintains a large fleet of low-acuity, non-critical devices that rarely fail and are inexpensive to repair. The manager wants to minimize fixed annual service costs and is willing to accept variable per-repair expenses. Which service coverage approach is MOST appropriate?
Correct answer: D - Time-and-materials (pay-per-repair) coverage
A clinician brings in a manufacturer's loaner infusion pump to use for a single patient while the hospital's own units are being serviced. Regarding the medical equipment management program, the HTM department is responsible for:
Correct answer: A - Documenting it and adding it to the equipment program before use
Within two weeks of deploying a new model of patient monitor, the HTM department receives a surge of service calls, but technicians repeatedly find no device fault - a 'no problem found' result. What is the MOST likely cause and the BEST initial response?
Correct answer: C - Use error from an unfamiliar interface; coordinate operator training
A qualified BMET develops a disability and requests a modified work schedule to continue performing the job's essential functions. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the HTM manager's appropriate FIRST step is to:
Correct answer: B - Engage in an interactive process to identify a reasonable accommodation
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