ILLINOIS CNA STATE EXAM SET 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔what can you do to help a resident who is being discharged? - ✔✔help in packing
resident's things away
✔✔at what point the bacteria disappears in hand washing? - ✔✔During friction from
rubbing
✔✔Axillary (armpit) temp - ✔✔96.6-98.6 (97.6)
✔✔back massage - ✔✔3-5min
✔✔before helping a patient stand, you raise the head of the bed and let the patients
legs dangle, why? - ✔✔prevents orthostatic hypotension (low blood pressure when
person stands up)
✔✔Before shaving a resident, what do you check first? - ✔✔if they are on blood
thinners
✔✔Normal systolic pressure - ✔✔90mm Hg or higher but lower than 120mm Hg
✔✔Normal diastolic pressure - ✔✔60mm Hg or higher but lower than 80mm Hg
✔✔Brady - ✔✔slow
✔✔Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*there will be an illustration for this question* - ✔✔1 oz = 30ml
✔✔Can a urine contaminate a stool sample? - ✔✔yes
✔✔cleansing enema - ✔✔takes effect in 10-20 min / cleans the bowel of feces and
fluids
✔✔Cold - ✔✔50-65
✔✔Cool - ✔✔65-80
✔✔Cyst - ✔✔bladder or sac
✔✔Deep breathing and coughing - ✔✔1-2 hours while awake
, ✔✔Compensation : Defense Mechanism - ✔✔the person makes up for or substitutes a
strength for a weakness
✔✔Conversion : defense mechanisms - ✔✔an emotion is shown as a physical symptom
or changed into a physical symptom
✔✔Denial : defense mechanisms - ✔✔the person refuses to face or accept unpleasant
or threatening things
✔✔Displacement : defense mechanisms - ✔✔an individual moves behaviors or
emotions from one person, place or thing to a safe person, place or thing
✔✔Identification : defense mechanism - ✔✔a person assumes the ideas, behaviors and
traits of another person
✔✔Projection : defense mechanism - ✔✔an individual blames another person or object
for unacceptable behaviors, emotions, ideas, or wishes
✔✔Rationalization : defense mechanism - ✔✔the person provides self-justifying
explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's
actions
✔✔reaction formation : defense mechanism - ✔✔a person acts in way that is opposite
to how they feel
✔✔Regression : defense mechanism - ✔✔the person retreats or moves back to an
early time or condition
✔✔Repression : defense mechanism - ✔✔the person keeps unpleasant or painful
thoughts or experiences from the conscious mind
✔✔dorsflexion - ✔✔Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle
✔✔Feet Soak Duration - ✔✔5-20min
✔✔Finger Soak Duration - ✔✔5-10min
✔✔Shower Tub/Bath Duration - ✔✔No more than 20 min
✔✔During rehab, where do you focus: - ✔✔on patients abilities - what they can do
✔✔Dys - ✔✔Bad, difficult
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔what can you do to help a resident who is being discharged? - ✔✔help in packing
resident's things away
✔✔at what point the bacteria disappears in hand washing? - ✔✔During friction from
rubbing
✔✔Axillary (armpit) temp - ✔✔96.6-98.6 (97.6)
✔✔back massage - ✔✔3-5min
✔✔before helping a patient stand, you raise the head of the bed and let the patients
legs dangle, why? - ✔✔prevents orthostatic hypotension (low blood pressure when
person stands up)
✔✔Before shaving a resident, what do you check first? - ✔✔if they are on blood
thinners
✔✔Normal systolic pressure - ✔✔90mm Hg or higher but lower than 120mm Hg
✔✔Normal diastolic pressure - ✔✔60mm Hg or higher but lower than 80mm Hg
✔✔Brady - ✔✔slow
✔✔Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*there will be an illustration for this question* - ✔✔1 oz = 30ml
✔✔Can a urine contaminate a stool sample? - ✔✔yes
✔✔cleansing enema - ✔✔takes effect in 10-20 min / cleans the bowel of feces and
fluids
✔✔Cold - ✔✔50-65
✔✔Cool - ✔✔65-80
✔✔Cyst - ✔✔bladder or sac
✔✔Deep breathing and coughing - ✔✔1-2 hours while awake
, ✔✔Compensation : Defense Mechanism - ✔✔the person makes up for or substitutes a
strength for a weakness
✔✔Conversion : defense mechanisms - ✔✔an emotion is shown as a physical symptom
or changed into a physical symptom
✔✔Denial : defense mechanisms - ✔✔the person refuses to face or accept unpleasant
or threatening things
✔✔Displacement : defense mechanisms - ✔✔an individual moves behaviors or
emotions from one person, place or thing to a safe person, place or thing
✔✔Identification : defense mechanism - ✔✔a person assumes the ideas, behaviors and
traits of another person
✔✔Projection : defense mechanism - ✔✔an individual blames another person or object
for unacceptable behaviors, emotions, ideas, or wishes
✔✔Rationalization : defense mechanism - ✔✔the person provides self-justifying
explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's
actions
✔✔reaction formation : defense mechanism - ✔✔a person acts in way that is opposite
to how they feel
✔✔Regression : defense mechanism - ✔✔the person retreats or moves back to an
early time or condition
✔✔Repression : defense mechanism - ✔✔the person keeps unpleasant or painful
thoughts or experiences from the conscious mind
✔✔dorsflexion - ✔✔Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle
✔✔Feet Soak Duration - ✔✔5-20min
✔✔Finger Soak Duration - ✔✔5-10min
✔✔Shower Tub/Bath Duration - ✔✔No more than 20 min
✔✔During rehab, where do you focus: - ✔✔on patients abilities - what they can do
✔✔Dys - ✔✔Bad, difficult
