CEFM Exam Questions and Answer
(Latest Update 2025)
what does a category I tracing predict? - Correct Answer
✅a normal acid-base balance
what is the baseline for a category I strip? - Correct Answer
✅110 to 160 BPM
what is the variability for a category I strip? - Correct
Answer ✅moderate (6 to 25 bpm)
what decelerations can be present in a category I strip? -
Correct Answer ✅early decelerations
late and variable decelerations must be absent
does a category I tracing have to have accelerations? -
Correct Answer ✅no; accelerations are not required for a
category I tracing
category I tracing example - Correct Answer ✅
,CEFM Exam Questions and Answer
(Latest Update 2025)
what does a category II tracing mean? - Correct Answer
✅the acid-base balance is indeterminate
includes anything that is not category I or III
what is the baseline rate of a category II tracing? - Correct
Answer ✅- bradycardia WITHOUT absent variability
- tachycardia
what is the variability of a category II tracing? - Correct
Answer ✅- minimal baseline variability
- absent baseline variability WITHOUT recurrent decelerations
- marked variability
minimal variability example - Correct Answer ✅less than 5
BPM
marked variability example - Correct Answer ✅greater
than 25 BPM
,CEFM Exam Questions and Answer
(Latest Update 2025)
are accelerations present in category II tracings after fetal
stimulations? - Correct Answer ✅accelerations are not
present after fetal stimulation to classify tracing as category
II
what are the possible periodic or episodic decelerations
present in category II tracings? - Correct Answer ✅-
recurrent variable decelerations accompanied by minimal or
moderate baseline variability
- prolonged deceleration > 2 minutes but < 10 minutes
- recurrent late decelerations with moderate baseline
variability
- variable decelerations with other characters (slow return to
baseline or shoulders)
variable deceleration example - Correct Answer ✅an
abrupt decrease in FHR below baseline; greater than 15 BPM
lasting greater than 15 seconds, but less than 2 minutes from
onset to return to baseline
, CEFM Exam Questions and Answer
(Latest Update 2025)
prolonged deceleration example - Correct Answer ✅a
decrease in FHR below the baseline of 15 bpm or more,
lasting at least 2 minutes but < 10 minutes from onset to
return to baseline
late deceleration example - Correct Answer ✅a gradual
decrease and return to baseline of the fetal heart rate
associated with uterine contractions
what does a category III tracing predict? - Correct Answer
✅predicts abnormal acid-base status
a category III tracing includes either of the following... -
Correct Answer ✅- absent baseline FHR variability and ANY
of the following:
- recurrent late decelerations
- recurrent variable decelerations
- bradycardia
- sinusoidal pattern
(Latest Update 2025)
what does a category I tracing predict? - Correct Answer
✅a normal acid-base balance
what is the baseline for a category I strip? - Correct Answer
✅110 to 160 BPM
what is the variability for a category I strip? - Correct
Answer ✅moderate (6 to 25 bpm)
what decelerations can be present in a category I strip? -
Correct Answer ✅early decelerations
late and variable decelerations must be absent
does a category I tracing have to have accelerations? -
Correct Answer ✅no; accelerations are not required for a
category I tracing
category I tracing example - Correct Answer ✅
,CEFM Exam Questions and Answer
(Latest Update 2025)
what does a category II tracing mean? - Correct Answer
✅the acid-base balance is indeterminate
includes anything that is not category I or III
what is the baseline rate of a category II tracing? - Correct
Answer ✅- bradycardia WITHOUT absent variability
- tachycardia
what is the variability of a category II tracing? - Correct
Answer ✅- minimal baseline variability
- absent baseline variability WITHOUT recurrent decelerations
- marked variability
minimal variability example - Correct Answer ✅less than 5
BPM
marked variability example - Correct Answer ✅greater
than 25 BPM
,CEFM Exam Questions and Answer
(Latest Update 2025)
are accelerations present in category II tracings after fetal
stimulations? - Correct Answer ✅accelerations are not
present after fetal stimulation to classify tracing as category
II
what are the possible periodic or episodic decelerations
present in category II tracings? - Correct Answer ✅-
recurrent variable decelerations accompanied by minimal or
moderate baseline variability
- prolonged deceleration > 2 minutes but < 10 minutes
- recurrent late decelerations with moderate baseline
variability
- variable decelerations with other characters (slow return to
baseline or shoulders)
variable deceleration example - Correct Answer ✅an
abrupt decrease in FHR below baseline; greater than 15 BPM
lasting greater than 15 seconds, but less than 2 minutes from
onset to return to baseline
, CEFM Exam Questions and Answer
(Latest Update 2025)
prolonged deceleration example - Correct Answer ✅a
decrease in FHR below the baseline of 15 bpm or more,
lasting at least 2 minutes but < 10 minutes from onset to
return to baseline
late deceleration example - Correct Answer ✅a gradual
decrease and return to baseline of the fetal heart rate
associated with uterine contractions
what does a category III tracing predict? - Correct Answer
✅predicts abnormal acid-base status
a category III tracing includes either of the following... -
Correct Answer ✅- absent baseline FHR variability and ANY
of the following:
- recurrent late decelerations
- recurrent variable decelerations
- bradycardia
- sinusoidal pattern
