CNA Chapter 2 Exam
Questions and Answers
(Verified Answers)
1. Which organization sets standards for nursing assistant training and competency
evaluation?
A. OSHA
B. CDC
C. OBRA
D. HIPAA
Answer: C. OBRA
2. What does OBRA stand for?
A. Office of Basic Resident Assistance
B. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
C. Occupational Board of Resident Affairs
D. Official Board of Registered Assistants
Answer: B. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
3. Which is a primary purpose of OBRA?
A. To regulate hospitals
B. To protect residents in long-term care facilities
C. To license physicians
D. To control health insurance costs
Answer: B. To protect residents in long-term care facilities
,4. What is the main responsibility of a CNA regarding resident rights?
A. Enforcing facility rules
B. Protecting residents’ dignity and privacy
C. Administering medications
D. Making care plans
Answer: B. Protecting residents’ dignity and privacy
5. Which of the following is considered a resident right?
A. Right to ignore care
B. Right to respectful treatment
C. Right to perform nursing duties
D. Right to refuse documentation
Answer: B. Right to respectful treatment
6. What should a CNA do before entering a resident’s room?
A. Announce the nurse
B. Knock and identify themselves
C. Enter quietly
D. Check vital signs
Answer: B. Knock and identify themselves
7. Confidential resident information may be shared only with:
A. Other residents
B. Family members anytime
C. The healthcare team involved in care
D. Visitors
Answer: C. The healthcare team involved in care
8. Which law protects the privacy of resident health information?
A. OSHA
B. OBRA
C. HIPAA
, D. CDC
Answer: C. HIPAA
9. What is considered abuse?
A. Explaining care
B. Speaking calmly
C. Hitting a resident
D. Offering choices
Answer: C. Hitting a resident
10. Verbal abuse includes:
A. Feeding a resident slowly
B. Threatening or yelling at a resident
C. Documenting care
D. Providing hygiene care
Answer: B. Threatening or yelling at a resident
11. Neglect is best defined as:
A. Intentional harm
B. Failure to provide needed care
C. Emotional distress
D. Financial exploitation
Answer: B. Failure to provide needed care
12. If a CNA suspects abuse, they should:
A. Ignore it
B. Tell the resident’s family
C. Report it immediately to a supervisor
D. Investigate personally
Answer: C. Report it immediately to a supervisor
13. False statements in documentation are called:
Questions and Answers
(Verified Answers)
1. Which organization sets standards for nursing assistant training and competency
evaluation?
A. OSHA
B. CDC
C. OBRA
D. HIPAA
Answer: C. OBRA
2. What does OBRA stand for?
A. Office of Basic Resident Assistance
B. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
C. Occupational Board of Resident Affairs
D. Official Board of Registered Assistants
Answer: B. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
3. Which is a primary purpose of OBRA?
A. To regulate hospitals
B. To protect residents in long-term care facilities
C. To license physicians
D. To control health insurance costs
Answer: B. To protect residents in long-term care facilities
,4. What is the main responsibility of a CNA regarding resident rights?
A. Enforcing facility rules
B. Protecting residents’ dignity and privacy
C. Administering medications
D. Making care plans
Answer: B. Protecting residents’ dignity and privacy
5. Which of the following is considered a resident right?
A. Right to ignore care
B. Right to respectful treatment
C. Right to perform nursing duties
D. Right to refuse documentation
Answer: B. Right to respectful treatment
6. What should a CNA do before entering a resident’s room?
A. Announce the nurse
B. Knock and identify themselves
C. Enter quietly
D. Check vital signs
Answer: B. Knock and identify themselves
7. Confidential resident information may be shared only with:
A. Other residents
B. Family members anytime
C. The healthcare team involved in care
D. Visitors
Answer: C. The healthcare team involved in care
8. Which law protects the privacy of resident health information?
A. OSHA
B. OBRA
C. HIPAA
, D. CDC
Answer: C. HIPAA
9. What is considered abuse?
A. Explaining care
B. Speaking calmly
C. Hitting a resident
D. Offering choices
Answer: C. Hitting a resident
10. Verbal abuse includes:
A. Feeding a resident slowly
B. Threatening or yelling at a resident
C. Documenting care
D. Providing hygiene care
Answer: B. Threatening or yelling at a resident
11. Neglect is best defined as:
A. Intentional harm
B. Failure to provide needed care
C. Emotional distress
D. Financial exploitation
Answer: B. Failure to provide needed care
12. If a CNA suspects abuse, they should:
A. Ignore it
B. Tell the resident’s family
C. Report it immediately to a supervisor
D. Investigate personally
Answer: C. Report it immediately to a supervisor
13. False statements in documentation are called:
