KS - CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDE PRACTICE
EXAM BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
3 Factors that affect drug absorption? ANSWER >> Age, Sex, Weight
Seven Rights of Drug Administration ANSWER >> 1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Drug3.)
Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right Technique
Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA ANSWER >> A
total of 75 course hours
-50hrs in class
-25hrs in clinical
While you are giving medications as CMA, your good friend Pat comes up to the
medication cart to talk to you. She is finished with her work and is telling you in detail
about her date the evening before. What will you do? ANSWER >> Explain to Pat that
you will have to hear about it later, after you give the, medications.
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, When you are giving medications to Mr.Smith you accidently give him two aspirin
tablets instead of the one tablet that is ordered. As soon as he has swallowed the
aspirin you realize your mistake what will you do? ANSWER >> Immediately tell the
nurse/your supervisor
You are scheduled to work on Tuesday the 12th from 3pm to 11 pm when you wake up
Tuesday morning at 10 you feel sick. When should you call your supervisor to tell him
you will not be able to come in to work? ANSWER >> 10 am
Normal Blood Pressure ANSWER >> 120/80 = baseline
Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what will you give? ANSWER >> 2 drops of isopto
carpine in the right eye three times a day
Delcort 1% ointment BID to Rash what does this mean? ANSWER >> Delcort ointment
twice a day applied topically to rash
Mr. Washington has orders for a medicine called Lipitor an " antihyperlipidemic" This
medicine is given to what ANSWER >> Work against high fat(bad cholesterol) in the
blood
When you take Mr. Wu's blood pressure you hear heartbeats immediatley upon
releasing the thumb screw of the cuff what will you do? ANSWER >> Wait three
minutes with the cuff off repeat the blood pressure and pump the cuff 30 mmhg higher
than you did on the first attempt
While working as a CMA the nursing supervisor tells you to report any signs of fluid
retention in Mr.Jones what will you look for? ANSWER >> Weight gain and Edema
Mrs White has a new heart medication she complains of feeling dizzy, especially when
she stands up suddenly . Which of the following cardiovascular side effects might she
be experiencing? ANSWER >> Decreased Blood Pressure
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EXAM BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
3 Factors that affect drug absorption? ANSWER >> Age, Sex, Weight
Seven Rights of Drug Administration ANSWER >> 1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Drug3.)
Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right Technique
Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA ANSWER >> A
total of 75 course hours
-50hrs in class
-25hrs in clinical
While you are giving medications as CMA, your good friend Pat comes up to the
medication cart to talk to you. She is finished with her work and is telling you in detail
about her date the evening before. What will you do? ANSWER >> Explain to Pat that
you will have to hear about it later, after you give the, medications.
1
, When you are giving medications to Mr.Smith you accidently give him two aspirin
tablets instead of the one tablet that is ordered. As soon as he has swallowed the
aspirin you realize your mistake what will you do? ANSWER >> Immediately tell the
nurse/your supervisor
You are scheduled to work on Tuesday the 12th from 3pm to 11 pm when you wake up
Tuesday morning at 10 you feel sick. When should you call your supervisor to tell him
you will not be able to come in to work? ANSWER >> 10 am
Normal Blood Pressure ANSWER >> 120/80 = baseline
Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what will you give? ANSWER >> 2 drops of isopto
carpine in the right eye three times a day
Delcort 1% ointment BID to Rash what does this mean? ANSWER >> Delcort ointment
twice a day applied topically to rash
Mr. Washington has orders for a medicine called Lipitor an " antihyperlipidemic" This
medicine is given to what ANSWER >> Work against high fat(bad cholesterol) in the
blood
When you take Mr. Wu's blood pressure you hear heartbeats immediatley upon
releasing the thumb screw of the cuff what will you do? ANSWER >> Wait three
minutes with the cuff off repeat the blood pressure and pump the cuff 30 mmhg higher
than you did on the first attempt
While working as a CMA the nursing supervisor tells you to report any signs of fluid
retention in Mr.Jones what will you look for? ANSWER >> Weight gain and Edema
Mrs White has a new heart medication she complains of feeling dizzy, especially when
she stands up suddenly . Which of the following cardiovascular side effects might she
be experiencing? ANSWER >> Decreased Blood Pressure
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