AZ Certified Caregiver
AZ Certified Caregiver Exam Practice Questions
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1. Zyloprim or Allopurinol medication for - ANS ✔✔ - Gout
2. Mr. Forth has been very active even though he had diabetes for 6 years. He accidentally cut his leg
last week and tells you that it is getting redder and not healing. You tell him you will let the manager
know, and then you explain that: - ANS ✔✔ - b. It is normal for diabetics who get cut to see more
redness as it heals
3. The health care provider ordered Lanoxin 0.5mg by mouth. You have Lanoxin 0.25mg tablets. What
should you administer? - ANS ✔✔ - d. 2 tablets
4. The Physician orders 500mg methocarbamol (Robaxin) by mouth. The prescription came in 1500mg
tablets. What should you administer? - ANS ✔✔ - a. no tablets
5. Nitrofurantoin is another name for furadantine and is an antibiotic to treat - ANS ✔✔ - d. urinary
tract infection
6. Which of the following will best protects you from sharps exposure? - ANS ✔✔ - a. Never recap used
needles or lancets
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7. ______________________ is defined as a substantial psychological, social, and occupational
disability in which an individual experiences a significant change in usual functioning. - ANS ✔✔ - a.
Dysthymia
8. The individual who responds best to oral hypoglycemic medication is - ANS ✔✔ - a. over 40 years of
age and has had diabetes more than 5 years
9. The proper way to dispose of a tablet that has fallen on the floor in an individual's room is - ANS ✔✔ -
c. Follow the facility policy that is in place for contaminated medications
10. When giving a rectal suppository, place the - ANS ✔✔ - c. Individual on their left side with their upper
knee flexed.
11. A disease characterized by a decreased blood flow to the heart, due to arteries narrowed by
accumulated cholesterol and lipids, is known as - ANS ✔✔ - d. Coronary Artery Disease
12. Mr. Lincoln has an order for Xanax 0.25mg by mouth at bedtime. He asks that it be administered
every morning with his breakfast, this is an example of - ANS ✔✔ - d. Right medication - wrong time
13. Corticosteroids are prescribed for many conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, respiratory, and eye
conditions. Corticosteroids are used for their - ANS ✔✔ - d. anti-inflammatory actions
14. An individual who has been receiving prednisone for six months and has an order to discontinue the
medication today. You question the nurse about this because discontinuation may - ANS ✔✔ - d.
Cause adrenal insufficiency
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AZ Certified Caregiver Exam Practice Questions
And Answers New Solution
1. Zyloprim or Allopurinol medication for - ANS ✔✔ - Gout
2. Mr. Forth has been very active even though he had diabetes for 6 years. He accidentally cut his leg
last week and tells you that it is getting redder and not healing. You tell him you will let the manager
know, and then you explain that: - ANS ✔✔ - b. It is normal for diabetics who get cut to see more
redness as it heals
3. The health care provider ordered Lanoxin 0.5mg by mouth. You have Lanoxin 0.25mg tablets. What
should you administer? - ANS ✔✔ - d. 2 tablets
4. The Physician orders 500mg methocarbamol (Robaxin) by mouth. The prescription came in 1500mg
tablets. What should you administer? - ANS ✔✔ - a. no tablets
5. Nitrofurantoin is another name for furadantine and is an antibiotic to treat - ANS ✔✔ - d. urinary
tract infection
6. Which of the following will best protects you from sharps exposure? - ANS ✔✔ - a. Never recap used
needles or lancets
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, AZ Certified Caregiver
7. ______________________ is defined as a substantial psychological, social, and occupational
disability in which an individual experiences a significant change in usual functioning. - ANS ✔✔ - a.
Dysthymia
8. The individual who responds best to oral hypoglycemic medication is - ANS ✔✔ - a. over 40 years of
age and has had diabetes more than 5 years
9. The proper way to dispose of a tablet that has fallen on the floor in an individual's room is - ANS ✔✔ -
c. Follow the facility policy that is in place for contaminated medications
10. When giving a rectal suppository, place the - ANS ✔✔ - c. Individual on their left side with their upper
knee flexed.
11. A disease characterized by a decreased blood flow to the heart, due to arteries narrowed by
accumulated cholesterol and lipids, is known as - ANS ✔✔ - d. Coronary Artery Disease
12. Mr. Lincoln has an order for Xanax 0.25mg by mouth at bedtime. He asks that it be administered
every morning with his breakfast, this is an example of - ANS ✔✔ - d. Right medication - wrong time
13. Corticosteroids are prescribed for many conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, respiratory, and eye
conditions. Corticosteroids are used for their - ANS ✔✔ - d. anti-inflammatory actions
14. An individual who has been receiving prednisone for six months and has an order to discontinue the
medication today. You question the nurse about this because discontinuation may - ANS ✔✔ - d.
Cause adrenal insufficiency
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