CNA PRACTICE TEST HEADMASTER
Questions and Answers
1.Libel is?
a. oral slander
b. written defamation
c. criminal act
d. written slander
Answer b. written defamation
2.When assisting Ellie, who has a disability, you should?
a. pity her for her dysfunction
b. do everything for her to prevent frustration
c. discourage from her doing hard tasks
d. encourage her to do as much as possible
Answer d. encourage her to do as much as possible
3.You need to wear gloves to?
a. take a temperature
b. weigh and measure
c. collect a urine specimen
d. take pulse and respiration
Answer c. collect a urine specimen
,4.While having a conversation with Mrs. Ruby, you would maintain
open communication by?
a. crossing your arms across your chest
b. nodding encouragingly as she speaks
c. staring out of the window
d. finishing her sentences
Answer b. nodding encouragingly as she speaks
5.Mrs. Carpenter is sitting in her room watching TV. When leaving her
alone the most important thing for the nursing assistance to do is to?
a. shut the door
b. give her the call light
c. tidy up her room
d. turn on the light
Answer b. give her the call light
6.If the nursing assistant does not understand what a resident says,
the nursing assistant should?
a. pretend to understand what the resident said
b. ignore what the resident said
c. ask the resident to repeat what was said
d. talk about something else to avoid embarrassment
Answer c. ask the resident to repeat what was said
7.As you finish your shift, a patient with a history of bowel incontinence
, has a strong odor. Your responsibility is to?
a. leave the building, your shift is over
b. shout to the oncoming shift that they have a "Code Brown"
c. provide peri-care in a dignified and private manner
d. none of the above
Answer c. provide peri-care in a dignified and private manner
8.Respirations are usually counted?
a. after taking the pulse
b. while the person is talking
c. only when the person is asleep
d. when the person is aware you are counting them
Answer a. after taking the pulse
9.A principle of care for a resident in traction is?
a. keep the weights on the floor
b. remove the traction to give the resident a bath
c. keep the resident in a good body alignment
d. perform range of motion on the casted extremity
Answer c. keep the resident in a good body alignment
10.If the CNA is confused about instructions of a task that the nurse told
the CNA to do, the CNA should?
a. do the best job possible and not bother co-workers with the
misunderstand- ing
Questions and Answers
1.Libel is?
a. oral slander
b. written defamation
c. criminal act
d. written slander
Answer b. written defamation
2.When assisting Ellie, who has a disability, you should?
a. pity her for her dysfunction
b. do everything for her to prevent frustration
c. discourage from her doing hard tasks
d. encourage her to do as much as possible
Answer d. encourage her to do as much as possible
3.You need to wear gloves to?
a. take a temperature
b. weigh and measure
c. collect a urine specimen
d. take pulse and respiration
Answer c. collect a urine specimen
,4.While having a conversation with Mrs. Ruby, you would maintain
open communication by?
a. crossing your arms across your chest
b. nodding encouragingly as she speaks
c. staring out of the window
d. finishing her sentences
Answer b. nodding encouragingly as she speaks
5.Mrs. Carpenter is sitting in her room watching TV. When leaving her
alone the most important thing for the nursing assistance to do is to?
a. shut the door
b. give her the call light
c. tidy up her room
d. turn on the light
Answer b. give her the call light
6.If the nursing assistant does not understand what a resident says,
the nursing assistant should?
a. pretend to understand what the resident said
b. ignore what the resident said
c. ask the resident to repeat what was said
d. talk about something else to avoid embarrassment
Answer c. ask the resident to repeat what was said
7.As you finish your shift, a patient with a history of bowel incontinence
, has a strong odor. Your responsibility is to?
a. leave the building, your shift is over
b. shout to the oncoming shift that they have a "Code Brown"
c. provide peri-care in a dignified and private manner
d. none of the above
Answer c. provide peri-care in a dignified and private manner
8.Respirations are usually counted?
a. after taking the pulse
b. while the person is talking
c. only when the person is asleep
d. when the person is aware you are counting them
Answer a. after taking the pulse
9.A principle of care for a resident in traction is?
a. keep the weights on the floor
b. remove the traction to give the resident a bath
c. keep the resident in a good body alignment
d. perform range of motion on the casted extremity
Answer c. keep the resident in a good body alignment
10.If the CNA is confused about instructions of a task that the nurse told
the CNA to do, the CNA should?
a. do the best job possible and not bother co-workers with the
misunderstand- ing
