CA CNA Written PRACTICE Exam
questions and answers
Qs
Which of the following statements BEST describes the nursing care plan?
A. A chart listing a client's vital signs
B. A card containing a client's diagnosis
C. A weekly schedule of a client's recreational activities
D. A guide to caring for an individual client - n
ANS✔
D. A guide to caring for an individual client
Qs
Failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to
a client is:
A. Battery
B. Neglect
C. Verbal abuse
D. Domestic violence - n
ANS✔
B. Neglect
Qs
The following diagram represents a dinner meal served to a client. The client ate
the BAKED CHICKEN and FRUIT CUP. What percentage of the meal SHOULD the
nurse aide record as eaten by the client?
Milk (10%), Fruit Cup (20%), Rice (20%), Baked Chicken (25%), and Peas (25%)
A. 25%
B. 35%
,C. 45%
5. 55% - n
ANS✔
C. 45%
Qs
A nurse aide is assisting a client with a right-sided weakness to dress. What is the
correct procedure for dressing this client?
A. Start with the left upper side and then the right side
B. There is no set order to dress this client
C. Begin with the weak side and proceed to the strong side
D. The decision is made by the client - n
ANS✔
C. Begin with the weak side and proceed to the strong side
Qs
An ombudsman is a person who:
A. Directs the activities program
B. Delivers the flowers to the clients
C. Promotes clients rights
D. Performs religions services - n
ANS✔
C. Promotes clients rights
Qs
Where in a client's room should an oxygen tank be placed?
A. Next to a candle in the room
B. Next to the space heater
C. Near the fireplace
D. Next to the client in a clear area - n
,ANS✔
D. Next to the client in a clear area
Qs
Dentures should be stored in:
A. A carefully wrapped paper towel
B. An emesis basin filled with cool water
C. A labeled container filled with hot water
D. A labeled container filled with cool water - n
ANS✔
D. A labeled container filled with cool water
Qs
Which of the following clients is at LEAST risk for developing pressure sore?
A. Incontinent client
B. Very heavy client
C. Ambulatory client
D. Client with a cast - n
ANS✔
C. Ambulatory client
Qs
The nurse aide exercises a client's arm by gently straightening it. This type of
exercise is called:
A. Isometrics
B. Flexion
C. Range of Motion (ROM)
D. Aerobics - n
ANS✔
C. Range of Motion (ROM)
, Qs
When a client with a communicable disease is separated from other clients, it is
called:
A. Immobilization
B. Isolation
C. Incubation
D. Infection - n
ANS✔
B. Isolation
Qs
The nurse aide disagrees with a client's do not resuscitate (DNR) order. The nurse
aide SHOULD:
A. Perform CPR if the client arrests
B. Follow the client's DNR order
C. Discuss the DNR order with the client
D. Call the client's family - n
ANS✔
B. Follow the client's DNR order
Qs
When the nurse aide is taking a client's rectal temperature, the client SHOULD be:
A. Lying face down
B. Side-lying with top leg bent
C. Standing
D. Side-lying with head of bead elevated - n
ANS✔
B. Side-lying with top leg bent
questions and answers
Qs
Which of the following statements BEST describes the nursing care plan?
A. A chart listing a client's vital signs
B. A card containing a client's diagnosis
C. A weekly schedule of a client's recreational activities
D. A guide to caring for an individual client - n
ANS✔
D. A guide to caring for an individual client
Qs
Failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to
a client is:
A. Battery
B. Neglect
C. Verbal abuse
D. Domestic violence - n
ANS✔
B. Neglect
Qs
The following diagram represents a dinner meal served to a client. The client ate
the BAKED CHICKEN and FRUIT CUP. What percentage of the meal SHOULD the
nurse aide record as eaten by the client?
Milk (10%), Fruit Cup (20%), Rice (20%), Baked Chicken (25%), and Peas (25%)
A. 25%
B. 35%
,C. 45%
5. 55% - n
ANS✔
C. 45%
Qs
A nurse aide is assisting a client with a right-sided weakness to dress. What is the
correct procedure for dressing this client?
A. Start with the left upper side and then the right side
B. There is no set order to dress this client
C. Begin with the weak side and proceed to the strong side
D. The decision is made by the client - n
ANS✔
C. Begin with the weak side and proceed to the strong side
Qs
An ombudsman is a person who:
A. Directs the activities program
B. Delivers the flowers to the clients
C. Promotes clients rights
D. Performs religions services - n
ANS✔
C. Promotes clients rights
Qs
Where in a client's room should an oxygen tank be placed?
A. Next to a candle in the room
B. Next to the space heater
C. Near the fireplace
D. Next to the client in a clear area - n
,ANS✔
D. Next to the client in a clear area
Qs
Dentures should be stored in:
A. A carefully wrapped paper towel
B. An emesis basin filled with cool water
C. A labeled container filled with hot water
D. A labeled container filled with cool water - n
ANS✔
D. A labeled container filled with cool water
Qs
Which of the following clients is at LEAST risk for developing pressure sore?
A. Incontinent client
B. Very heavy client
C. Ambulatory client
D. Client with a cast - n
ANS✔
C. Ambulatory client
Qs
The nurse aide exercises a client's arm by gently straightening it. This type of
exercise is called:
A. Isometrics
B. Flexion
C. Range of Motion (ROM)
D. Aerobics - n
ANS✔
C. Range of Motion (ROM)
, Qs
When a client with a communicable disease is separated from other clients, it is
called:
A. Immobilization
B. Isolation
C. Incubation
D. Infection - n
ANS✔
B. Isolation
Qs
The nurse aide disagrees with a client's do not resuscitate (DNR) order. The nurse
aide SHOULD:
A. Perform CPR if the client arrests
B. Follow the client's DNR order
C. Discuss the DNR order with the client
D. Call the client's family - n
ANS✔
B. Follow the client's DNR order
Qs
When the nurse aide is taking a client's rectal temperature, the client SHOULD be:
A. Lying face down
B. Side-lying with top leg bent
C. Standing
D. Side-lying with head of bead elevated - n
ANS✔
B. Side-lying with top leg bent
