MO CNA Study Guide Questions And
All Correct Answers 2025-2026 Graded
A+.
Abandonment - Answer leaving resident unattended
Abduction - Answer away from the center (midline) of the body. (used for post hip operations
spread legs apart)
Abrasion - Answer a scraping or rubbing of the skin
Abuse - Answer the infliction of physical, sexual, or emotional injury or harm
Active-assistive ROM - Answer the nurse assistant assists the resident in performing the
exercise
Active range of motion exercises - Answer movements carried out by the resident
Activities of daily living (ADL) - Answer any activity that is performed in one's life on a daily
basis
Acute - Answer developing rapidly with pronounced symptoms and lasting a short time, rapid
onset, short term
Adduction - Answer toward the center (Midline) of the body
Admission - Answer process of checking a resident into the facility
Advance directive - Answer a document that designates the resident's wishes in the event that
he/she is unable to speak for himself/herself (Living Will)
Advocate - Answer a person who defends someone else
,Agitation - Answer vocal or motor behaviors such as shouting, fidgeting, pacing, screaming, or
wandering
Agnosia - Answer loss of the ability to recognize familiar objects
Alzheimer's disease - Answer a progressive impairment of memory, reasoning, and judgment
that is related to cellular changes within the brain and the leads to loss of independence in
activities of daily living
Ambulation - Answer ability to walk
ambulatory - Answer able to walk
Anterior - Answer toward the front
Anti-embolismstockings - Answer elastic hosiery used to minimize the occurrence of edema
and blood clots
Anus - Answer outlet of the rectum
Aphasia - Answer language difficulty due to brain damage, which can effect listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills: loss of the ability to use or understand language (stroke)
Apical pulse - Answer pulse taken at the apex of the heart ( only can be taken with a
stethoscope)
Apraxia - Answer loss of the ability to carry out planned movements as will (dressing, eating,
bathing)
Arteries - Answer blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Arterioslerosis - Answer loss of elasticity in the walls of the blood vessels (hardening of the
artery's)
, Aseptic - Answer free of microorganisms
Aspiration - Answer to draw fluid or object into the lung when breathing in (stroke or if
resident is eating and starts to cough talk to charge Nurse)
Assault - Answer threat or attempt to injure another in an unlawful manner
Assessment - Answer an appraisal of the whole person in establish a baseline and determine
the resident's potential and his need for help
Atherosclerosis - Answer accumulation of fat deposits inside of arteries, making them more
narrow
Atrophy - Answer wasting away of muscle tissue leading to weakness
Axilla - Answer armpit
Basic human needs - Answer activities required by all people to success fully and satisfactorily
live their lives
Bacteria - Answer single celled organisms that can cause disease/illness
Battery - Answer unlawful application of force to the person of another
Bladder - Answer a muscular sac that stores the urine in the body
blindness - Answer inability to see
Blood presure - Answer the amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by the
blood
Body mechanics - Answer using correct techniques in performing certain functions in a
All Correct Answers 2025-2026 Graded
A+.
Abandonment - Answer leaving resident unattended
Abduction - Answer away from the center (midline) of the body. (used for post hip operations
spread legs apart)
Abrasion - Answer a scraping or rubbing of the skin
Abuse - Answer the infliction of physical, sexual, or emotional injury or harm
Active-assistive ROM - Answer the nurse assistant assists the resident in performing the
exercise
Active range of motion exercises - Answer movements carried out by the resident
Activities of daily living (ADL) - Answer any activity that is performed in one's life on a daily
basis
Acute - Answer developing rapidly with pronounced symptoms and lasting a short time, rapid
onset, short term
Adduction - Answer toward the center (Midline) of the body
Admission - Answer process of checking a resident into the facility
Advance directive - Answer a document that designates the resident's wishes in the event that
he/she is unable to speak for himself/herself (Living Will)
Advocate - Answer a person who defends someone else
,Agitation - Answer vocal or motor behaviors such as shouting, fidgeting, pacing, screaming, or
wandering
Agnosia - Answer loss of the ability to recognize familiar objects
Alzheimer's disease - Answer a progressive impairment of memory, reasoning, and judgment
that is related to cellular changes within the brain and the leads to loss of independence in
activities of daily living
Ambulation - Answer ability to walk
ambulatory - Answer able to walk
Anterior - Answer toward the front
Anti-embolismstockings - Answer elastic hosiery used to minimize the occurrence of edema
and blood clots
Anus - Answer outlet of the rectum
Aphasia - Answer language difficulty due to brain damage, which can effect listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills: loss of the ability to use or understand language (stroke)
Apical pulse - Answer pulse taken at the apex of the heart ( only can be taken with a
stethoscope)
Apraxia - Answer loss of the ability to carry out planned movements as will (dressing, eating,
bathing)
Arteries - Answer blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Arterioslerosis - Answer loss of elasticity in the walls of the blood vessels (hardening of the
artery's)
, Aseptic - Answer free of microorganisms
Aspiration - Answer to draw fluid or object into the lung when breathing in (stroke or if
resident is eating and starts to cough talk to charge Nurse)
Assault - Answer threat or attempt to injure another in an unlawful manner
Assessment - Answer an appraisal of the whole person in establish a baseline and determine
the resident's potential and his need for help
Atherosclerosis - Answer accumulation of fat deposits inside of arteries, making them more
narrow
Atrophy - Answer wasting away of muscle tissue leading to weakness
Axilla - Answer armpit
Basic human needs - Answer activities required by all people to success fully and satisfactorily
live their lives
Bacteria - Answer single celled organisms that can cause disease/illness
Battery - Answer unlawful application of force to the person of another
Bladder - Answer a muscular sac that stores the urine in the body
blindness - Answer inability to see
Blood presure - Answer the amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by the
blood
Body mechanics - Answer using correct techniques in performing certain functions in a
