2024 MEDICATION AIDE MACE
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Why is it important for you as a Medication Aide to introduce yourself to the
residents?
A. For residents to know who is in charge
B. To build relationships with the residents
C. For the residents to be able to call you if needed
D. To adhere to proper etiquette - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. To build
relationships with the residents
You are asked by the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to give a resident his
pain medication. You know your responsibility as the Medication Aide is to
see that this request is followed up by asking for further clarification from
whom?
A. The resident
B. Anther CNA
C. The manager
D. The residents roommate - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. The resident
Dosages are calculated by weight for which group of patients?
A. Small adults
B. Very large adults
C. Children
D. The elderly - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
A medication is given for anxiety but causes the resident to become more
anxious; this is called a(n) _____________ effect?
A. Idiosyncratic
B. Paradoxical
C. Antagonist
D. Agonist - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
A couple of antipsychotic medications are known to have causes of muscle
pain and muscle breakdown. This type of drug reaction is known as what?
A. Idiosyncratic
B. Paradoxical
C. Antagonist
D. Agonist - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
When the drug naloxone is administered to block the effect of an opioid
narcotic, the drug action is known as which type?
, A. Idiosyncratic
B. Antagonist
C. Agonist
D. Pradoxical - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
Requip is a medication used to decrease restless leg syndrome and as a
treatment for Parkinsonism by mimicking dopamine in the brain. What type
of drug is Requip?
A. Idiosyncratic
B. Antagonist
C. Agonist
D. Paradoxical - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
Levothyoxine (Synthroid) should be administered early in the morning, on an
empty stomach, and the resident:
A. will need to wait 3 to 4 hours before eating or drinking anything
B. Should not eat for at least 1 hour but may drink soda or milk
C. Should wait 15 minutes before eating
D. Should wait at least 30 minutes before drinking or eating - CORRECT-
ANSWERSD
Metoclopramide (Reglan) is given when?
A. 1 hour before meals
B. 30 minutes before meals
C. 1 hour before meals and at bedtime
D. 30 minutes before meals and at bedtime - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
A resident is prescribed a new antihypertensive medication know as a beta-
blocker. After three days on the medication, the residents heart rate is 54
and he complains of wheezing. Which of the following is the best action for
the MA to take regarding medication administration of the beta-blocker?
A. Wait until bedtime to give the next dose
B. Hold the next dose and report it to the nurse
C. Give the medication and report to the nurse
D. Call the physician and report the residents response. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSB
Which of the following is not a side effect of phenytoin (Dilantin)?
A. Confusion
B. Hyperactivity
C. Sleepiness
D. Rash - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
The reaction to antihyperglycemic medication that causes a person to shake
and feel nervous is known as what?
A. Hyperglycemia
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Why is it important for you as a Medication Aide to introduce yourself to the
residents?
A. For residents to know who is in charge
B. To build relationships with the residents
C. For the residents to be able to call you if needed
D. To adhere to proper etiquette - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. To build
relationships with the residents
You are asked by the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to give a resident his
pain medication. You know your responsibility as the Medication Aide is to
see that this request is followed up by asking for further clarification from
whom?
A. The resident
B. Anther CNA
C. The manager
D. The residents roommate - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. The resident
Dosages are calculated by weight for which group of patients?
A. Small adults
B. Very large adults
C. Children
D. The elderly - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
A medication is given for anxiety but causes the resident to become more
anxious; this is called a(n) _____________ effect?
A. Idiosyncratic
B. Paradoxical
C. Antagonist
D. Agonist - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
A couple of antipsychotic medications are known to have causes of muscle
pain and muscle breakdown. This type of drug reaction is known as what?
A. Idiosyncratic
B. Paradoxical
C. Antagonist
D. Agonist - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
When the drug naloxone is administered to block the effect of an opioid
narcotic, the drug action is known as which type?
, A. Idiosyncratic
B. Antagonist
C. Agonist
D. Pradoxical - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
Requip is a medication used to decrease restless leg syndrome and as a
treatment for Parkinsonism by mimicking dopamine in the brain. What type
of drug is Requip?
A. Idiosyncratic
B. Antagonist
C. Agonist
D. Paradoxical - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
Levothyoxine (Synthroid) should be administered early in the morning, on an
empty stomach, and the resident:
A. will need to wait 3 to 4 hours before eating or drinking anything
B. Should not eat for at least 1 hour but may drink soda or milk
C. Should wait 15 minutes before eating
D. Should wait at least 30 minutes before drinking or eating - CORRECT-
ANSWERSD
Metoclopramide (Reglan) is given when?
A. 1 hour before meals
B. 30 minutes before meals
C. 1 hour before meals and at bedtime
D. 30 minutes before meals and at bedtime - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
A resident is prescribed a new antihypertensive medication know as a beta-
blocker. After three days on the medication, the residents heart rate is 54
and he complains of wheezing. Which of the following is the best action for
the MA to take regarding medication administration of the beta-blocker?
A. Wait until bedtime to give the next dose
B. Hold the next dose and report it to the nurse
C. Give the medication and report to the nurse
D. Call the physician and report the residents response. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSB
Which of the following is not a side effect of phenytoin (Dilantin)?
A. Confusion
B. Hyperactivity
C. Sleepiness
D. Rash - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
The reaction to antihyperglycemic medication that causes a person to shake
and feel nervous is known as what?
A. Hyperglycemia
