MACE Practice Exam 2026 – Complete Study Guide and Practice
Questions
1. What is the best way to verify a provider's illegible order? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ C. Call the
provider to verify the order
2. A resident is scheduled to receive oral ibuprofen for chronic arthritic pain; however the
resident is unable to swallow. The nurse must be informed because this is a problem with which
of the following rights of medication administration? - correct answer ✔✔ , ❍ C. The right route
3. When the Medication Aide is asked by a resident about how medications work when taken
into the body what would be his/her response? - correct answer ✔✔ , ❍ B. Medications
enhance or block some functions of the body.
4. What is the best action for a Medication Aide who is administering medication to an alert and
competent resident who refuses to take his/her medication as directed? - correct answer ✔✔
❍ A. Realize the resident has the right to refuse medications
5. Which of the following may be a cause for a medication's failure to elicit the desired effect? -
correct answer ✔✔ ❍ C. The resident's diet and nutritional status
6. What does the term polypharmacy mean? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ A. The resident takes
many different medications for various medical conditions.
7. Which of the following questions is open-ended? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ D. What
medications are you allergic to?
8. A resident is taking Coumadin and enjoys eating green leafy vegetables. The response of
Coumadin to green leafy vegetables is considered which type of interaction? - correct answer
✔✔ ❍ A. Food
, 9. Which complaint by a resident would indicate an adverse effect to aspirin? - correct answer
✔✔ ❍ C. Ringing in the ears
10. Which of the following would be considered a side effect of a medication? - correct answer
✔✔ ❍ D. Nausea
11. A resident is ordered ferrous sulfate 325mg three times a day for anemia. Which of the
following things about administering the medication is it important for the Medication Aide to
know? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ C. Give with orange juice
12. Common side effects of nitrates include which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ A.
Headache, flushing, postural hypotension
13. HMG-CoA inhibitors belong to a class of medications known as statins. Statins are known for
a least one serious adverse affect on which major system? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ C.
Musculoskeletal
14. Before giving metoprolol the Medication Aide should know if the resident has a history of
which of the following?, - correct answer ✔✔ , ❍ B. Bronchospasms
15. A resident has been ordered synthroid and wants to know what it is prescribed for. The
correct answer is what? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ A. Hypothyroidism
16. A serious adverse effect of synthroid is which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ A.
Tachycardia
17. A resident is taking metformin. The Medication Aide knows this medication is taken for
which of the following conditions? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ B. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Questions
1. What is the best way to verify a provider's illegible order? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ C. Call the
provider to verify the order
2. A resident is scheduled to receive oral ibuprofen for chronic arthritic pain; however the
resident is unable to swallow. The nurse must be informed because this is a problem with which
of the following rights of medication administration? - correct answer ✔✔ , ❍ C. The right route
3. When the Medication Aide is asked by a resident about how medications work when taken
into the body what would be his/her response? - correct answer ✔✔ , ❍ B. Medications
enhance or block some functions of the body.
4. What is the best action for a Medication Aide who is administering medication to an alert and
competent resident who refuses to take his/her medication as directed? - correct answer ✔✔
❍ A. Realize the resident has the right to refuse medications
5. Which of the following may be a cause for a medication's failure to elicit the desired effect? -
correct answer ✔✔ ❍ C. The resident's diet and nutritional status
6. What does the term polypharmacy mean? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ A. The resident takes
many different medications for various medical conditions.
7. Which of the following questions is open-ended? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ D. What
medications are you allergic to?
8. A resident is taking Coumadin and enjoys eating green leafy vegetables. The response of
Coumadin to green leafy vegetables is considered which type of interaction? - correct answer
✔✔ ❍ A. Food
, 9. Which complaint by a resident would indicate an adverse effect to aspirin? - correct answer
✔✔ ❍ C. Ringing in the ears
10. Which of the following would be considered a side effect of a medication? - correct answer
✔✔ ❍ D. Nausea
11. A resident is ordered ferrous sulfate 325mg three times a day for anemia. Which of the
following things about administering the medication is it important for the Medication Aide to
know? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ C. Give with orange juice
12. Common side effects of nitrates include which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ A.
Headache, flushing, postural hypotension
13. HMG-CoA inhibitors belong to a class of medications known as statins. Statins are known for
a least one serious adverse affect on which major system? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ C.
Musculoskeletal
14. Before giving metoprolol the Medication Aide should know if the resident has a history of
which of the following?, - correct answer ✔✔ , ❍ B. Bronchospasms
15. A resident has been ordered synthroid and wants to know what it is prescribed for. The
correct answer is what? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ A. Hypothyroidism
16. A serious adverse effect of synthroid is which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ A.
Tachycardia
17. A resident is taking metformin. The Medication Aide knows this medication is taken for
which of the following conditions? - correct answer ✔✔ ❍ B. Diabetes mellitus type 2
