National Certified Patient Care Technician (NCPCT) Examination
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- National Center for Competency Testing
- Contact:
- Mindy Jennings, Vice President, Exam Development
- Phone:
- 913387.2390
- Email:
- mindy@ncctinc.com
- Website:
- www.ncctinc.com
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- School: Online
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 125 scored items, 25 unscored pre-test items (No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Time Allowed (minutes):
180
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Passing Score (percent):
70 (scaled score)
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Cost Per Test:
$119
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Test Specifics:
https://www.ncctinc.com/certifications/pct
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Additional information:
The National Certified Patient Care Technician (NCPCT) certification program has earned accreditation from the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the accrediting arm of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE). NCCT has proctor options available for school, online or off-site testing. Special accommodations are provided on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
Possible Preparatory Courses
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- No
- Time of day
- No
- Order of tasks
- No
- Planned breaks during test
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
Setting
- Test location
- No
- Adaptive or special furniture
- No
- Special lighting
- No
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- No
- Specific verbal prompts
- No
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- No
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- No
- Large-print test
- No
- Braille test
- No
- Read-aloud test
- No
- Audio test
- No
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- No
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- No
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- No
- Communication board or choice cards
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Brailler
- No
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- No
- Augmentative communication device
- No
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Dictation using a recording device
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- Read back student response
- No
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- No
- Calculator with additional functions
- No
- Math aids
- No
- Dry erase board
- No
- Additional writing implements
- No
- Audio test
- No
- Bilingual dictionary
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Flexible Schedule
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
- Multiple test sessions
- No
- Read-aloud test
- No
- Test directions delivery
- No
- Visual aids
- No
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