CASPER TEST PREPARATION PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Describe one time when your boss had to confront you about an
issue with your work.
Answer: As a student researcher with an independent project, my PI
(primary investigator) approached me about not receiving progress on
my end from him.
●● Describe a past situation in which your ethics were challenged.
Answer:
●● Describe a time when you used teamwork to solve a problem.
Answer:
●● Have you ever been at odds with a coworker? How did you handle
this?
Answer:
●● What is the greatest challenge you have ever faced and what did you
do to overcome it?
Answer:
,●● What quality or personality trait is most important in the PA
profession?
Answer:
●● Do you get frustrated or angry?
Answer:
●● Tell me about a time that you made a mistake at work?
Answer:
●● What do you do if a patient refuses to be seen by a PA?
Answer:
●● Imagine that you witness your attending doing something that in
your opinion does not fit the standard of care. How would you react?
Answer:
●● Your supervising physician or fellow PA are drunk at work, what
would you do?
Answer:
●● Your patient is diagnosed with Syphalis but does not want to tell his
wife. What would you do?
,Answer:
●● What would you do if you witnessed a coworker stealing Tylenol
from Pyxis?
Answer:
●● Imagine that you diagnose an elderly patient with a life threatening
condition that requires overnight observation. The patient refuses to be
treated. However, the patient's son tells you that the patient has dementia
and is incapable of understanding the diagnosis or making medical
decisions. The son wants you to admit the patient to the hospital against
the patient's wishes. What do you do?
Answer:
●● What if you caught a student cheating?
Answer: If I had caught a student cheating, I would approach them after
class and have a discussion about what I just saw and how I'm
uncomfortable with the cheating and knowing. I'd try to encourage them
to turn themselves in to the teacher, but if they refused I would go to the
teacher myself because it's unfair to me and all my peers who had
studied for the exam. It will also help the other person understand that
cheating is wrong and that he/she shouldn't continue to do it other
courses as well. I find students cheat when they aren't prepared, maybe
going forward I can lend some studying tips or offer to study with them
if they really need help and feel like cheating is the only way.
, ●● If a student fails a test, is it the student's fault or the teacher's fault?
Answer: If the majority of the class had done fairly well on the exam,
then it's the student, although sometimes the teaching methods of the
course and a student's learning style don't mesh as well. If the student
was reaching out for help or alternative explanations after class and the
teacher was unwilling to help or provide additional assistance or at least
ways to find assistance like tutoring then there is also a level of fault on
the teacher's end.
●● Describe a situation you have had with a difficult patient.
Answer: AS a transporter in a nursing home, I've had a patient that
refused to go to therapy
●● You are at a baseball game and the woman in front of you has a very
suspicious mole that you suspect could be melanoma. What do you do?
Answer:
●● You are in a surgery and the anesthesiologist starts making
inappropriate comments about the patient once they are asleep. What do
you do in this situation?
Answer:
●● You are about to leave for the day and realize that you gave a patient
medicine they are allergic to. What do you do?
Answer:
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Describe one time when your boss had to confront you about an
issue with your work.
Answer: As a student researcher with an independent project, my PI
(primary investigator) approached me about not receiving progress on
my end from him.
●● Describe a past situation in which your ethics were challenged.
Answer:
●● Describe a time when you used teamwork to solve a problem.
Answer:
●● Have you ever been at odds with a coworker? How did you handle
this?
Answer:
●● What is the greatest challenge you have ever faced and what did you
do to overcome it?
Answer:
,●● What quality or personality trait is most important in the PA
profession?
Answer:
●● Do you get frustrated or angry?
Answer:
●● Tell me about a time that you made a mistake at work?
Answer:
●● What do you do if a patient refuses to be seen by a PA?
Answer:
●● Imagine that you witness your attending doing something that in
your opinion does not fit the standard of care. How would you react?
Answer:
●● Your supervising physician or fellow PA are drunk at work, what
would you do?
Answer:
●● Your patient is diagnosed with Syphalis but does not want to tell his
wife. What would you do?
,Answer:
●● What would you do if you witnessed a coworker stealing Tylenol
from Pyxis?
Answer:
●● Imagine that you diagnose an elderly patient with a life threatening
condition that requires overnight observation. The patient refuses to be
treated. However, the patient's son tells you that the patient has dementia
and is incapable of understanding the diagnosis or making medical
decisions. The son wants you to admit the patient to the hospital against
the patient's wishes. What do you do?
Answer:
●● What if you caught a student cheating?
Answer: If I had caught a student cheating, I would approach them after
class and have a discussion about what I just saw and how I'm
uncomfortable with the cheating and knowing. I'd try to encourage them
to turn themselves in to the teacher, but if they refused I would go to the
teacher myself because it's unfair to me and all my peers who had
studied for the exam. It will also help the other person understand that
cheating is wrong and that he/she shouldn't continue to do it other
courses as well. I find students cheat when they aren't prepared, maybe
going forward I can lend some studying tips or offer to study with them
if they really need help and feel like cheating is the only way.
, ●● If a student fails a test, is it the student's fault or the teacher's fault?
Answer: If the majority of the class had done fairly well on the exam,
then it's the student, although sometimes the teaching methods of the
course and a student's learning style don't mesh as well. If the student
was reaching out for help or alternative explanations after class and the
teacher was unwilling to help or provide additional assistance or at least
ways to find assistance like tutoring then there is also a level of fault on
the teacher's end.
●● Describe a situation you have had with a difficult patient.
Answer: AS a transporter in a nursing home, I've had a patient that
refused to go to therapy
●● You are at a baseball game and the woman in front of you has a very
suspicious mole that you suspect could be melanoma. What do you do?
Answer:
●● You are in a surgery and the anesthesiologist starts making
inappropriate comments about the patient once they are asleep. What do
you do in this situation?
Answer:
●● You are about to leave for the day and realize that you gave a patient
medicine they are allergic to. What do you do?
Answer:
