PCA COMPETENCY EVALUATION EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔the use of practices aimed at destroying pathological organisms after they leave the
body
A) surgical asepsis
B) medical asepsis - ✔✔medical asepsis
✔✔sterile technique in surgically-aseptic environment is set up worked in and
maintained
A) surgical asepsis
B) medical asepsis - ✔✔surgical asepsis
✔✔how long should you wash your hands with soap, water and friction
A) 60 seconds
B) 20 seconds
C) 90 seconds - ✔✔20 seconds
✔✔how much alcohol foam should you use to wash your hands if not visibly soiled
A) a dime size
B) a quarter size
C) a nickel size - ✔✔a quarter size
✔✔what items are considered PPE
A) mask
B) gloves
C) gown - ✔✔mask, gloves, gown
✔✔which are the 5 rights of delegation
1) task
2) person
3) place
4) direction or communication
5) time
6) circumstance
7) supervision
8) order - ✔✔task, person, direction or communication, circumstance, supervision
✔✔which are specific times you should wash your hands
1) before touching a patient
2) before clean/ aseptic procedure
3) after body fluid exposure risk
4) after touching a patient
, 5) after touching patient surroundings - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔hematuria
A) presence of blood in urine
B) presence of blood in stool - ✔✔presence of blood in urine
✔✔hemoptysis
A) presence of blood in urine
B) coughing up blood - ✔✔coughing up blood
✔✔melena
A) coughing up blood
B) dark sticky feces containing partly digested blood - ✔✔dark sticky feces containing
partly digested blood
✔✔sputum
A) dark sticky feces containing partly digested blood
B) mixture of saliva/mucus coughed up from respiratory tract - ✔✔mixture of
saliva/mucus coughed up from respiratory tract
✔✔24hr urine specimen - ✔✔collection is done by collecting urine over a full 24hr
period
✔✔guiaic specimen
A) checking for blood in urine
B) checking for blood in stool - ✔✔checking for blood in stool
✔✔midstream urine collection
A) clean-catch
B) urine collection
C) sterile - ✔✔clean-catch, urine collection sterile
✔✔which of the following are factors that may affect guiaic specimen
A) eating red or rare meat
B) bleeding hemorrhoids
C) menstrual bleeding
D) all of the above - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔wearing gloves prevents pathogens from reaching your skin - ✔✔false
✔✔if a patient is complaining of pain on urination it is called dyspnea and should be
reported to the nurse - ✔✔false dyspnea means difficulty breathing
AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔the use of practices aimed at destroying pathological organisms after they leave the
body
A) surgical asepsis
B) medical asepsis - ✔✔medical asepsis
✔✔sterile technique in surgically-aseptic environment is set up worked in and
maintained
A) surgical asepsis
B) medical asepsis - ✔✔surgical asepsis
✔✔how long should you wash your hands with soap, water and friction
A) 60 seconds
B) 20 seconds
C) 90 seconds - ✔✔20 seconds
✔✔how much alcohol foam should you use to wash your hands if not visibly soiled
A) a dime size
B) a quarter size
C) a nickel size - ✔✔a quarter size
✔✔what items are considered PPE
A) mask
B) gloves
C) gown - ✔✔mask, gloves, gown
✔✔which are the 5 rights of delegation
1) task
2) person
3) place
4) direction or communication
5) time
6) circumstance
7) supervision
8) order - ✔✔task, person, direction or communication, circumstance, supervision
✔✔which are specific times you should wash your hands
1) before touching a patient
2) before clean/ aseptic procedure
3) after body fluid exposure risk
4) after touching a patient
, 5) after touching patient surroundings - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔hematuria
A) presence of blood in urine
B) presence of blood in stool - ✔✔presence of blood in urine
✔✔hemoptysis
A) presence of blood in urine
B) coughing up blood - ✔✔coughing up blood
✔✔melena
A) coughing up blood
B) dark sticky feces containing partly digested blood - ✔✔dark sticky feces containing
partly digested blood
✔✔sputum
A) dark sticky feces containing partly digested blood
B) mixture of saliva/mucus coughed up from respiratory tract - ✔✔mixture of
saliva/mucus coughed up from respiratory tract
✔✔24hr urine specimen - ✔✔collection is done by collecting urine over a full 24hr
period
✔✔guiaic specimen
A) checking for blood in urine
B) checking for blood in stool - ✔✔checking for blood in stool
✔✔midstream urine collection
A) clean-catch
B) urine collection
C) sterile - ✔✔clean-catch, urine collection sterile
✔✔which of the following are factors that may affect guiaic specimen
A) eating red or rare meat
B) bleeding hemorrhoids
C) menstrual bleeding
D) all of the above - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔wearing gloves prevents pathogens from reaching your skin - ✔✔false
✔✔if a patient is complaining of pain on urination it is called dyspnea and should be
reported to the nurse - ✔✔false dyspnea means difficulty breathing
