Certified Nursing Assistant Exam 1 2026
Questions and Answers Graded A+
Acute - Correct answer-Sudden, Sharp
Ambulatory - Correct answer-Able to walk around
Aphasia - Correct answer-Inability to express oneself properly through loss of
speech and/or loss of verbal comprehension
-Expressive: Cannot Speak
-Receptive: Cannot Understand What is Being Said
Artery - Correct answer-Large blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart to
the tissues
Arthritis - Correct answer-Inflammation of the joints and tissues
Attitudes - Correct answer-Feeling and opinions one has or shows towards
situations, or other people
Coma - Correct answer-An abnormal deep stupor
,-sleeplike
-cannot be awakened
Comatose - Correct answer-Used to describe the condition of a patient in a coma.
Sometimes the word unconscious is used.
Constipation - Correct answer-Infrequent and difficult bowel evacuation
Convulsion - Correct answer-Violent, strong involuntary muscular contractions
CVA/Stroke - Correct answer-Cerebral Vascular Accident
Cognition - Correct answer-The ability to think, reason, make and remember
decisions
Decubitus Ulcer - Correct answer-Ulcerated, worn away area on the skin. Also
called a Pressure Sore.
Deformity - Correct answer-Distortion/Disfiguration
Degeneration - Correct answer-Breakdown, Deterioration
Defecate - Correct answer-Bowel Movement
Dementia - Correct answer-Progressive deterioration of mental functions
Diarrhea - Correct answer-Frequent watery bowel evacuation
,Edema - Correct answer-Condition in which the body tissues contain an excessive
amount of fluid
Ethics - Correct answer-Standards of behavior; right and wrong
Ethnicity - Correct answer-Special customs, language, national origin and/or
heritage
Exploitation - Correct answer-Illegal use of vulnerable adult's property or personal
items
Geriatric - Correct answer-Study of the elderly
Hemiplegia - Correct answer-Paralysis of one side of the body (Left/Right)
Hemorrhage - Correct answer-Abnormal loss or discharge of blood
Hypertension - Correct answer-High Blood Pressure
Hypotension - Correct answer-Low Blood Pressure
Impaction - Correct answer-Tightly wedged stool
Involuntary - Correct answer-Uncontrollable
Incontinent - Correct answer-Involuntary evacuation of bowel or bladder
Mental - Correct answer-Related to the mind
Myocardial Infarction - Correct answer-Heart Attack
, Neglect - Correct answer-Failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid
physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness
Pathogen - Correct answer-Disease causing microorganism; germ
Paraplegia - Correct answer-Paralysis of the lower half of the body - waist down
Physical - Correct answer-Relates to the body
Prosthesis - Correct answer-Artificial or man-made part of organ (dentures/false
eyes)
Pulse - Correct answer-Rhythmical throbbing of an artery showing how fast the
heart is beating
Reality Orientation - Correct answer-Assisting residents to be aware of the time,
place, and person
Respiration - Correct answer-The act of breathing
Shearing - Correct answer-Force of skin over a bone when the bone moves but the
skin stays at the point of contact
Sign - Correct answer-Evidence of something abnormal in the body which is
observed by the nursing team through seeing, listening, touching and smelling
Standard Precautions - Correct answer-Practices that reduce risk of disease
transmission like wearing gloves or washing hands
Questions and Answers Graded A+
Acute - Correct answer-Sudden, Sharp
Ambulatory - Correct answer-Able to walk around
Aphasia - Correct answer-Inability to express oneself properly through loss of
speech and/or loss of verbal comprehension
-Expressive: Cannot Speak
-Receptive: Cannot Understand What is Being Said
Artery - Correct answer-Large blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart to
the tissues
Arthritis - Correct answer-Inflammation of the joints and tissues
Attitudes - Correct answer-Feeling and opinions one has or shows towards
situations, or other people
Coma - Correct answer-An abnormal deep stupor
,-sleeplike
-cannot be awakened
Comatose - Correct answer-Used to describe the condition of a patient in a coma.
Sometimes the word unconscious is used.
Constipation - Correct answer-Infrequent and difficult bowel evacuation
Convulsion - Correct answer-Violent, strong involuntary muscular contractions
CVA/Stroke - Correct answer-Cerebral Vascular Accident
Cognition - Correct answer-The ability to think, reason, make and remember
decisions
Decubitus Ulcer - Correct answer-Ulcerated, worn away area on the skin. Also
called a Pressure Sore.
Deformity - Correct answer-Distortion/Disfiguration
Degeneration - Correct answer-Breakdown, Deterioration
Defecate - Correct answer-Bowel Movement
Dementia - Correct answer-Progressive deterioration of mental functions
Diarrhea - Correct answer-Frequent watery bowel evacuation
,Edema - Correct answer-Condition in which the body tissues contain an excessive
amount of fluid
Ethics - Correct answer-Standards of behavior; right and wrong
Ethnicity - Correct answer-Special customs, language, national origin and/or
heritage
Exploitation - Correct answer-Illegal use of vulnerable adult's property or personal
items
Geriatric - Correct answer-Study of the elderly
Hemiplegia - Correct answer-Paralysis of one side of the body (Left/Right)
Hemorrhage - Correct answer-Abnormal loss or discharge of blood
Hypertension - Correct answer-High Blood Pressure
Hypotension - Correct answer-Low Blood Pressure
Impaction - Correct answer-Tightly wedged stool
Involuntary - Correct answer-Uncontrollable
Incontinent - Correct answer-Involuntary evacuation of bowel or bladder
Mental - Correct answer-Related to the mind
Myocardial Infarction - Correct answer-Heart Attack
, Neglect - Correct answer-Failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid
physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness
Pathogen - Correct answer-Disease causing microorganism; germ
Paraplegia - Correct answer-Paralysis of the lower half of the body - waist down
Physical - Correct answer-Relates to the body
Prosthesis - Correct answer-Artificial or man-made part of organ (dentures/false
eyes)
Pulse - Correct answer-Rhythmical throbbing of an artery showing how fast the
heart is beating
Reality Orientation - Correct answer-Assisting residents to be aware of the time,
place, and person
Respiration - Correct answer-The act of breathing
Shearing - Correct answer-Force of skin over a bone when the bone moves but the
skin stays at the point of contact
Sign - Correct answer-Evidence of something abnormal in the body which is
observed by the nursing team through seeing, listening, touching and smelling
Standard Precautions - Correct answer-Practices that reduce risk of disease
transmission like wearing gloves or washing hands
