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The Certified Clinical Medical Assistant exam from NHA is dominated by hands-on
clinical care. Here’s the format and how it’s weighted.
Exam format
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 180 (150 scored, 30 unscored) |
| Time | 3 hours |
| Passing score | 390 out of 500 (scaled) |
The content areas
| Area | Weight |
|---|---|
| Clinical Patient Care | 56% |
| Foundational Knowledge and Basic Science | 10% |
| Patient Care Coordination and Education | 8% |
| Administrative, communication, and professional topics | remaining ~26% |
What this means for studying
More than half the exam is Clinical Patient Care, so that’s where your hours go — vitals,
phlebotomy and the order of draw, EKG, injections, and infection control. The rest covers basic
science, patient education, and the administrative, communication, and ethics topics every medical
assistant needs.
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Sources & references
The exam facts on this page are drawn from official certifying-body materials, reviewed 2026-06-18 by the DrCertifications exam-prep team (10+ years in exam preparation and publishing).