MINNESOTA CNA FINAL EXAMS 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Signs* - ✔✔Evidence of something abnormal occurring in the body which is
observed by the nursing team through seeing, listening, touching, or smelling
✔✔Subjective Observation* - ✔✔Statement made by the resident such as, "I have a
headache" (a symptom)
✔✔Symptoms* - ✔✔A change in the body or function of the body that the resident
experiences and tells the nursing team
✔✔Defamation - ✔✔To attack or injure the reputation of a person by making false or
harmful statements
✔✔Empathy* - ✔✔Understanding another person's feelings or emotion
✔✔Libel - ✔✔False written or printed statements
✔✔Objective* - ✔✔Observations measured by the HHA by seeing, hearing, feeling,
smelling, and sometimes tasting
✔✔Slander - ✔✔Verbal/oral false statements made in the presence of another about a
third person
✔✔Subjective* - ✔✔Feelings measured only by the person; must be shared with others
to be recognized
✔✔Sympathy* - ✔✔Having the same feelings of another; able to enter into another
person's emotions
✔✔Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs (ABHR) - ✔✔Refers to 60-70%ethanol or isopropyl
(types of alcohol) containing preparation designed for application to the hands to reduce
micro-organisms
✔✔Assistive Device - ✔✔Any item (handrails, grab bars, canes, wheelchairs) that is
being used by or used in the care of a resident to promote their safety and function
✔✔Body Alignment* - ✔✔Position of the body so it can function properly
✔✔Body Mechanics* - ✔✔Using muscles of the body to make the best use of strength
to lift or move objects
, ✔✔Chain of Infection* - ✔✔Process involved in the development of infectious disease in
people
✔✔Contaminated - ✔✔Items or areas considered to have disease causing organisms
✔✔Disinfect* - ✔✔Preventing infection by killing bacteria. Disinfectants are solutions
usually containing chlorine
✔✔Gait Belt* - ✔✔Name given to a transfer belt when it is used to assist a resident
when walking
✔✔Hand Hygiene* - ✔✔A general term that applies to washing hands with water and
either plain soap or soap/detergent containing an antiseptic agent; or thoroughly
applying an alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR)
✔✔HIV - ✔✔Human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS
✔✔Host - ✔✔Plant, animal, or human that harbors an organism
✔✔Infection - ✔✔Refers to the establishment of an ineffective agent in or on a suitable
host, producing clinical signs and symptoms (fever, redness, heat, or exudates)
✔✔Infection Control* - ✔✔Practices which help to reduce the spread of disease
✔✔Intact - ✔✔Unbroken, undamaged
✔✔Involuntary - ✔✔Not able to control
✔✔Isolation - ✔✔Practices used to separate people or items especially with easily
transmitted diseases
✔✔Medical Asepsis - ✔✔Procedures used to prevent pathogens from spreading
✔✔Microorganism - ✔✔Tiny living bodies that cannot be seen with the naked eye; only
seen with the microscope
✔✔Pathogen - ✔✔Disease causing microorganism
✔✔Physical Restraint* - ✔✔Any manual method or physical or mechanical device,
material, or equipment attached or adjacent to one's body that the individual cannot
remove easily which restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one's body
✔✔PPE* - ✔✔Personal protective equipment, such as gown, gloves, and mask
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Signs* - ✔✔Evidence of something abnormal occurring in the body which is
observed by the nursing team through seeing, listening, touching, or smelling
✔✔Subjective Observation* - ✔✔Statement made by the resident such as, "I have a
headache" (a symptom)
✔✔Symptoms* - ✔✔A change in the body or function of the body that the resident
experiences and tells the nursing team
✔✔Defamation - ✔✔To attack or injure the reputation of a person by making false or
harmful statements
✔✔Empathy* - ✔✔Understanding another person's feelings or emotion
✔✔Libel - ✔✔False written or printed statements
✔✔Objective* - ✔✔Observations measured by the HHA by seeing, hearing, feeling,
smelling, and sometimes tasting
✔✔Slander - ✔✔Verbal/oral false statements made in the presence of another about a
third person
✔✔Subjective* - ✔✔Feelings measured only by the person; must be shared with others
to be recognized
✔✔Sympathy* - ✔✔Having the same feelings of another; able to enter into another
person's emotions
✔✔Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs (ABHR) - ✔✔Refers to 60-70%ethanol or isopropyl
(types of alcohol) containing preparation designed for application to the hands to reduce
micro-organisms
✔✔Assistive Device - ✔✔Any item (handrails, grab bars, canes, wheelchairs) that is
being used by or used in the care of a resident to promote their safety and function
✔✔Body Alignment* - ✔✔Position of the body so it can function properly
✔✔Body Mechanics* - ✔✔Using muscles of the body to make the best use of strength
to lift or move objects
, ✔✔Chain of Infection* - ✔✔Process involved in the development of infectious disease in
people
✔✔Contaminated - ✔✔Items or areas considered to have disease causing organisms
✔✔Disinfect* - ✔✔Preventing infection by killing bacteria. Disinfectants are solutions
usually containing chlorine
✔✔Gait Belt* - ✔✔Name given to a transfer belt when it is used to assist a resident
when walking
✔✔Hand Hygiene* - ✔✔A general term that applies to washing hands with water and
either plain soap or soap/detergent containing an antiseptic agent; or thoroughly
applying an alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR)
✔✔HIV - ✔✔Human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS
✔✔Host - ✔✔Plant, animal, or human that harbors an organism
✔✔Infection - ✔✔Refers to the establishment of an ineffective agent in or on a suitable
host, producing clinical signs and symptoms (fever, redness, heat, or exudates)
✔✔Infection Control* - ✔✔Practices which help to reduce the spread of disease
✔✔Intact - ✔✔Unbroken, undamaged
✔✔Involuntary - ✔✔Not able to control
✔✔Isolation - ✔✔Practices used to separate people or items especially with easily
transmitted diseases
✔✔Medical Asepsis - ✔✔Procedures used to prevent pathogens from spreading
✔✔Microorganism - ✔✔Tiny living bodies that cannot be seen with the naked eye; only
seen with the microscope
✔✔Pathogen - ✔✔Disease causing microorganism
✔✔Physical Restraint* - ✔✔Any manual method or physical or mechanical device,
material, or equipment attached or adjacent to one's body that the individual cannot
remove easily which restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one's body
✔✔PPE* - ✔✔Personal protective equipment, such as gown, gloves, and mask
