STATE TEST PRACTICE FOR CMA
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following does NOT affect a drug's effect, metabolism and toxicity? - ANSWER✔✔-
A. Physiological altercations of advancing age
B. Generic variations
C. Environmental factors
D. Generic versus brand-nameform
ANSWER: D. GENERIC BRAND-NAMEFORM
Which of the following vital signs is NOT affected by he changes of aging? - ANSWER✔✔-A.
Pulse
B. Blood pressure
C. Respirations
D. Temperature
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,ANSWER: D. TEMPERATURE
Which of the following is NOT a change that occurs in the cardiovascular system associated with
aging? - ANSWER✔✔-A. The heart pumps less forcefully and moves less blood with each beat
B. The heart has less of an ability to gear up when the body is under stress
C. Hypo tension develops
D. There is less blood flow to all parts of the body
ANSWER: C. HYPO TENSION DEVELOPS
Which of the following is NOT a change that occurs in the respiratory system that is associated with
aging? - ANSWER✔✔-A. The lungs have less of an ability to expand
B. Breathing is shallower
C. Respirations slows down to less than the normal 16-20 breath per minute
D. Not as much oxygen is supplied to the body
ANSWER: C. RESPIRATION SLOWS DOWN TO LESS THAN THE MORMAL 16-20
BREATH PER MINUTE
Which of the following is NOT a change in the nervous system that is associated with deceased
blood flow an oxygen supply to the brain? - ANSWER✔✔-A. Memory is affected
B. The ability to make decisions is affected
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,C. Confused thinking result
D. People experience difficulty in understanding the meaning of words
ANSWER: D. PEOPLE EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING THE
MEANING OF WORDS
Which of the following is NOT a change that occurs in the sensory system that is associated with
aging? - ANSWER✔✔-A. Eyes have difficulty adjusting to light
B. Ears do not hear the lower pitched sounds
C. Taste is dulled
D. Sense if touch is dulled
ANSWER: D. EARS DO NOT HEAR THE LOWER PITCHED SOUNDS
Which of the following results from the interaction between sedatives and alcohol? - ANSWER✔✔-
A. Hypertension
B. Hyperkalemia
C. Increased sedation
D. Decreased absorption of sedatives
ANSWER: INCREASED SEDATION
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, Which of the following results from combination of warfarin (Coumadin) and aspirin or
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)? - ANSWER✔✔-A. Increased action of warfarin
B. Decreased action of warfarin
C. Increased action of aspirin or nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAID)
D. Decreased action of aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)
ANSWER: A. INREASED ACTION OF WARFARIN
Which of the following statements describes why wastes are excreted more slowly in the older adult?
- ANSWER✔✔-A. The kidneys do not filter the blood as efficiently
B. Eating is less pleasurable because taste and smell are dulled
C. Older adult produce less stomach acid than normal
D. Teeth are lost and eating become difficult
ANSWER: THE KIDNEYS DO. NOT FILTER AS EFFICIENTLY
Which of the following statements about pharmacokinetics in the older adult is NOT true? -
ANSWER✔✔-A. Absorption becomes slower
B. Biotransformation becomes slower
C. Excretion becomes slower
D. Distribution becomes slower
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following does NOT affect a drug's effect, metabolism and toxicity? - ANSWER✔✔-
A. Physiological altercations of advancing age
B. Generic variations
C. Environmental factors
D. Generic versus brand-nameform
ANSWER: D. GENERIC BRAND-NAMEFORM
Which of the following vital signs is NOT affected by he changes of aging? - ANSWER✔✔-A.
Pulse
B. Blood pressure
C. Respirations
D. Temperature
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,ANSWER: D. TEMPERATURE
Which of the following is NOT a change that occurs in the cardiovascular system associated with
aging? - ANSWER✔✔-A. The heart pumps less forcefully and moves less blood with each beat
B. The heart has less of an ability to gear up when the body is under stress
C. Hypo tension develops
D. There is less blood flow to all parts of the body
ANSWER: C. HYPO TENSION DEVELOPS
Which of the following is NOT a change that occurs in the respiratory system that is associated with
aging? - ANSWER✔✔-A. The lungs have less of an ability to expand
B. Breathing is shallower
C. Respirations slows down to less than the normal 16-20 breath per minute
D. Not as much oxygen is supplied to the body
ANSWER: C. RESPIRATION SLOWS DOWN TO LESS THAN THE MORMAL 16-20
BREATH PER MINUTE
Which of the following is NOT a change in the nervous system that is associated with deceased
blood flow an oxygen supply to the brain? - ANSWER✔✔-A. Memory is affected
B. The ability to make decisions is affected
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,C. Confused thinking result
D. People experience difficulty in understanding the meaning of words
ANSWER: D. PEOPLE EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING THE
MEANING OF WORDS
Which of the following is NOT a change that occurs in the sensory system that is associated with
aging? - ANSWER✔✔-A. Eyes have difficulty adjusting to light
B. Ears do not hear the lower pitched sounds
C. Taste is dulled
D. Sense if touch is dulled
ANSWER: D. EARS DO NOT HEAR THE LOWER PITCHED SOUNDS
Which of the following results from the interaction between sedatives and alcohol? - ANSWER✔✔-
A. Hypertension
B. Hyperkalemia
C. Increased sedation
D. Decreased absorption of sedatives
ANSWER: INCREASED SEDATION
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, Which of the following results from combination of warfarin (Coumadin) and aspirin or
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)? - ANSWER✔✔-A. Increased action of warfarin
B. Decreased action of warfarin
C. Increased action of aspirin or nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAID)
D. Decreased action of aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)
ANSWER: A. INREASED ACTION OF WARFARIN
Which of the following statements describes why wastes are excreted more slowly in the older adult?
- ANSWER✔✔-A. The kidneys do not filter the blood as efficiently
B. Eating is less pleasurable because taste and smell are dulled
C. Older adult produce less stomach acid than normal
D. Teeth are lost and eating become difficult
ANSWER: THE KIDNEYS DO. NOT FILTER AS EFFICIENTLY
Which of the following statements about pharmacokinetics in the older adult is NOT true? -
ANSWER✔✔-A. Absorption becomes slower
B. Biotransformation becomes slower
C. Excretion becomes slower
D. Distribution becomes slower
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