QMA PRACTICE TEST 2026 EXAM
PREPARATION PACK KEY DRUG
CLASSIFICATIONS DOSAGE CALCULATIONS
AND PATIENT CARE PROCEDURES WITH
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
◉ If you leave the residents chart open and out on the nurses station
counter where others can see it, this is considered:
a. a resident right
b. a breach in privacy
c. personal preference
d. as long as you are in a healthcare facility so it is okay. Answer: b. a
breach in privacy
◉ A resident is having seizure, you will do all except:
a. never restrain them
b. turn them on their side after the seizure is over
c. document the duration and areas of body involved
d. place a tongue blade in their mouth. Answer: d. place a tongue
blade in their mouth
,◉ your resident has a red swollen ankle, as a QMA you are allowed
to:
a. place a heating pad on the ankle
b. place a cold compress on the ankle if it is ordered by the physician
c. go find her some crutches
d. wrap it with a bandage until the nurse sees it later. Answer: b.
place a cold compress on the ankle if it is ordered by the physician
◉ AIDS is spread:
a. through contaminated food and water
b. through blood and body fluids
c. drinking after an infected person
d. through droplets. airborne. Answer: b. through blood and body
fluids
◉ a drug that is bioavailable is one that:
a. is only available through IV
b. is circulation freely in the bloodstream
c. can only be given by a nurse
d. is a medication given by IM injection. Answer: b. is circulation
freely in the bloodstream
, ◉ why is it important to give a medication as prescribed, at the exact
time each day?
a. to maintain a constant blood level
b. so the medication is excreted
c. to help with metabolizing
d. so the next shift doesn't get behind. Answer: a. to maintain a
constant blood level
◉ you make an error while documenting, you should:
a. tell the nurse to fix it
b. leave it alone
c. white it out
d. draw a single line through it, write the work error, initial, and
write date. Answer: d. draw a single line through it, write the work
error, initial, and write date
◉ you place your resident in the sims position, sims position is:
a. right side
b. left side
c. face down
d. flat on back. Answer: b. left side
◉ the doctor has ordered a fleets enema, as a QMA you may:
PREPARATION PACK KEY DRUG
CLASSIFICATIONS DOSAGE CALCULATIONS
AND PATIENT CARE PROCEDURES WITH
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
◉ If you leave the residents chart open and out on the nurses station
counter where others can see it, this is considered:
a. a resident right
b. a breach in privacy
c. personal preference
d. as long as you are in a healthcare facility so it is okay. Answer: b. a
breach in privacy
◉ A resident is having seizure, you will do all except:
a. never restrain them
b. turn them on their side after the seizure is over
c. document the duration and areas of body involved
d. place a tongue blade in their mouth. Answer: d. place a tongue
blade in their mouth
,◉ your resident has a red swollen ankle, as a QMA you are allowed
to:
a. place a heating pad on the ankle
b. place a cold compress on the ankle if it is ordered by the physician
c. go find her some crutches
d. wrap it with a bandage until the nurse sees it later. Answer: b.
place a cold compress on the ankle if it is ordered by the physician
◉ AIDS is spread:
a. through contaminated food and water
b. through blood and body fluids
c. drinking after an infected person
d. through droplets. airborne. Answer: b. through blood and body
fluids
◉ a drug that is bioavailable is one that:
a. is only available through IV
b. is circulation freely in the bloodstream
c. can only be given by a nurse
d. is a medication given by IM injection. Answer: b. is circulation
freely in the bloodstream
, ◉ why is it important to give a medication as prescribed, at the exact
time each day?
a. to maintain a constant blood level
b. so the medication is excreted
c. to help with metabolizing
d. so the next shift doesn't get behind. Answer: a. to maintain a
constant blood level
◉ you make an error while documenting, you should:
a. tell the nurse to fix it
b. leave it alone
c. white it out
d. draw a single line through it, write the work error, initial, and
write date. Answer: d. draw a single line through it, write the work
error, initial, and write date
◉ you place your resident in the sims position, sims position is:
a. right side
b. left side
c. face down
d. flat on back. Answer: b. left side
◉ the doctor has ordered a fleets enema, as a QMA you may:
