CHTM Exam Guide 2026: AAMI/ACI Healthcare Technology Manager Prep
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What is the PRIMARY purpose of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) in an HTM department?
Operations Management
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Prepare for the 2026 AAMI Credentials Institute CHTM exam with operations, finance, risk, HR, and training domain priorities, eligibility pathways, 100-question format, and free CHTM practice questions.
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An HTM department's preventive maintenance (PM) completion rate has dropped to 78% over the past quarter. Which action should the CHTM take FIRST?
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Software that a facilities team uses to track work orders, service history and parts inventory.
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Chapter 1: CHTM Credential & Healthcare Technology Leadership
1.1 ACI CHTM Exam Structure, Eligibility, Recertification, & Code of Conduct
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Which Key Performance Indicator (KPI) BEST measures the effectiveness of an HTM department's corrective maintenance response?
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When developing an equipment replacement plan, which factor is MOST critical for the CHTM to evaluate?
Financial Management
Financial benchmark found by dividing total maintenance and repair-parts spending by the acquisition value of the device fleet.
A medical device is reasonably believed to have caused or contributed to a patient death at your facility. Under the Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA) / 21 CFR Part 803, when must the user facility report the death?
Risk Management
Which budgeting approach requires the CHTM to justify every expense from zero each budget cycle, rather than basing the budget on the previous year's spending?
Measure used to gauge productivity and progress toward a goal.
1.2 HTM Leadership, Governance, Meetings, & Stakeholder Communication
A biomedical equipment technician (BMET) reports to you that a nurse is consistently misusing an infusion pump despite receiving training. As the CHTM, what is the MOST appropriate initial action?
Education And Training
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Term Match
During a Joint Commission survey, the surveyor asks about your equipment management plan. Which document is the surveyor MOST likely requesting?
Federal agency that provides health coverage to more than 160 million people through the nation's public insurance programs.
An employee in your HTM department files a complaint alleging workplace harassment. As the CHTM, what is your FIRST obligation?
Human Resources
Which analysis technique systematically evaluates potential failure modes of a process or device, their causes, and their effects to prioritize corrective actions?
Federal agency that ensures the safety and effectiveness of medicines, biologics and medical devices.
Chapter 2: Work Order Systems, CMMS, & Asset Inventory Management
2.1 CMMS Architecture, Database Integrity, & Asset Inventory Control
When evaluating whether to lease or purchase a major piece of capital equipment, which factor MOST favors leasing?
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Term Pairs
Which U.S. regulatory body has primary authority to regulate medical device safety and performance, including premarket review and recognition of consensus standards?
Standards organization whose Health Care Facilities Code addresses hospital electrical safety.
Your facility is opening a new cardiac catheterization lab. As the CHTM, at which phase of the project should you become involved?
Which performance evaluation method compares an employee's performance against specific, predetermined objectives that were mutually agreed upon at the beginning of the review period?
U.S. agency that created a radio service for remotely monitoring hospital patients.
2.2 Work Order Management, Prioritization, & Workflow Optimization
A medical device manufacturer issues a Class I recall for a ventilator model used in your facility. What does a Class I recall indicate?
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Term Search
When calculating Return on Investment (ROI) for an in-house HTM program versus outsourced service, which costs should be included in the in-house calculation?
Financial measure of net value compared with what a project or program costs.
Budgeting
An HTM technician discovers a defibrillator that delivers energy output outside the manufacturer's specified tolerance during routine testing. What is the CORRECT immediate action?
Which federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities?
Set of financial reporting standards for U.S. companies, not-for-profit organizations and governments.
2.3 Medical Device Lifecycle Management & End-of-Life Strategies
Which project management tool visually displays the schedule of project tasks, their durations, and dependencies as horizontal bars along a timeline?
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Your hospital is evaluating three competing patient monitoring systems. Which evaluation method provides the MOST objective comparison?
Private, independent body recognized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the designated setter of reporting rules for public companies.
Which document should the CHTM require from a third-party service provider BEFORE they begin working on medical equipment in the facility?
When conducting a root cause analysis (RCA) of a medical device incident, which approach is MOST appropriate?
Price agreed between a willing buyer and seller, neither required to act and both knowing the relevant facts.
Chapter 3: Maintenance Strategies & Alternative Equipment Maintenance (AEM)
3.1 Preventive Maintenance Program Design, Risk Scoring, & Scheduling
A newly hired BMET asks you about the department's orientation process. Which element is MOST essential to include?
Which metric BEST indicates the overall reliability and availability of medical equipment managed by the HTM department?
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