MINNESOTA CNA EXAMS SCRIPT 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Supervisor* - ✔✔An RN who provides care and supervises or provides guidance to
home health aides and other care givers who provide care or activity to a client.
✔✔Terminal - ✔✔Incurable or irreversible condition or disease which most likely will
result in death
✔✔Basic Human Needs* - ✔✔Requirements everyone needs for life that may be
achieved by different methods
✔✔Cognitive - ✔✔Intellectual process that includes thought, awareness and the ability
to understand
✔✔Coping Mechanisms - ✔✔Response to stress one uses to protect his/her feelings of
self-esteem
✔✔Culture* - ✔✔Lifestyle or patter of living of a group of people and how the group of
people views the world
✔✔Development - ✔✔The increase in mental, emotional, and social capabilities
✔✔Developmental Tasks* - ✔✔A wide range or individually varied social, psychological
and emotional behaviors that are part of the life experiences and become evident in
interpersonal skills and interactions
✔✔Diversity - ✔✔Differences among people that include race, culture, gender, age, and
abilities
✔✔Ethnicity* - ✔✔Special groups within a race sharing social customs, language,
national origin, and/or heritage
✔✔Growth* - ✔✔Physical changes that occur in the body; increase in size, values, and
strength
✔✔Intervention - ✔✔Actions and discussion to discover possible solutions to a problem
✔✔Mental Health - ✔✔Adjustments to life events that allow feelings of self-worth and
comfort with situations in life
✔✔Race* - ✔✔Classification of people according to shared physical characteristics
such as skin color, facial features, or hair textures
,✔✔Self Actualization - ✔✔Achievement of one's greatest potential abilities
✔✔Self Esteem - ✔✔An individual's opinion of him/herself
✔✔Stereotyping* - ✔✔Placing members of a group of people into a category with the
assumption that all are the same
✔✔Family* - ✔✔A group of people tied together by common interest and concern about
the well-being and needs of the members
✔✔Family Dynamics* - ✔✔The way individuals relate to and interact with each other as
a group
✔✔Role - ✔✔The function or duties or behaviors assumed when in a given role such as
parent, student, teacher, or HHA
✔✔Role Model - ✔✔A person who is exceptionally effective or inspiring in some role,
job, or position and serves as a role model for others learning a roll
✔✔Substance - ✔✔A drug when termed as substance abuse
✔✔Body Language* - ✔✔Use of body and facial positions and movement to send a
message, the person may or may not be aware of the message sent
✔✔Care Plan* - ✔✔A written method or outline identifying a resident's needs and how
health workers will assist them in meeting those needs
✔✔Chart* - ✔✔A legal document that is a written record of medical care
✔✔Checklist* - ✔✔Documentation form to monitor ongoing nursing assistant
observations of residents such as appetite or vital signs, they are also called flow charts
or flow sheets
✔✔Communication - ✔✔The exchange of information or messages as written or spoken
words, signals, or other methods
✔✔Continuity of Care - ✔✔Care of residents that continues without interruption. All
caregivers are using the same methods and approaches. This allows the needs of the
residents to be met
✔✔Cyanosis* - ✔✔Blue color to the lips due to decreased amount of oxygen in the
blood
✔✔Extremities - ✔✔Arms or legs
, ✔✔Incident* - ✔✔Unexpected situation which may cause harm to residents, employees
or any other person
✔✔Non-Verbal Communication* - ✔✔Messages sent by methods other than spoken or
written words, such as facial expressions and body movements
✔✔Objective Observation* - ✔✔A factual or measurable event such as a pulse rate or
body sign
✔✔Receiver - ✔✔One who gets the message
✔✔Report - ✔✔The action of relaying pertinent information about a resident to the
nursing team members, usually done at the change of shift. This action also assures
continuity of care
✔✔Sender - ✔✔One who gives a message
✔✔Signs* - ✔✔Evidence of something abnormal occurring in the body which is
observed by the nursing team through seeing, listening, touching, or smelling
✔✔Subjective Observation* - ✔✔Statement made by the resident such as, "I have a
headache" (a symptom)
✔✔Symptoms* - ✔✔A change in the body or function of the body that the resident
experiences and tells the nursing team
✔✔Defamation - ✔✔To attack or injure the reputation of a person by making false or
harmful statements
✔✔Empathy* - ✔✔Understanding another person's feelings or emotion
✔✔Libel - ✔✔False written or printed statements
✔✔Objective* - ✔✔Observations measured by the HHA by seeing, hearing, feeling,
smelling, and sometimes tasting
✔✔Slander - ✔✔Verbal/oral false statements made in the presence of another about a
third person
✔✔Subjective* - ✔✔Feelings measured only by the person; must be shared with others
to be recognized
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Supervisor* - ✔✔An RN who provides care and supervises or provides guidance to
home health aides and other care givers who provide care or activity to a client.
✔✔Terminal - ✔✔Incurable or irreversible condition or disease which most likely will
result in death
✔✔Basic Human Needs* - ✔✔Requirements everyone needs for life that may be
achieved by different methods
✔✔Cognitive - ✔✔Intellectual process that includes thought, awareness and the ability
to understand
✔✔Coping Mechanisms - ✔✔Response to stress one uses to protect his/her feelings of
self-esteem
✔✔Culture* - ✔✔Lifestyle or patter of living of a group of people and how the group of
people views the world
✔✔Development - ✔✔The increase in mental, emotional, and social capabilities
✔✔Developmental Tasks* - ✔✔A wide range or individually varied social, psychological
and emotional behaviors that are part of the life experiences and become evident in
interpersonal skills and interactions
✔✔Diversity - ✔✔Differences among people that include race, culture, gender, age, and
abilities
✔✔Ethnicity* - ✔✔Special groups within a race sharing social customs, language,
national origin, and/or heritage
✔✔Growth* - ✔✔Physical changes that occur in the body; increase in size, values, and
strength
✔✔Intervention - ✔✔Actions and discussion to discover possible solutions to a problem
✔✔Mental Health - ✔✔Adjustments to life events that allow feelings of self-worth and
comfort with situations in life
✔✔Race* - ✔✔Classification of people according to shared physical characteristics
such as skin color, facial features, or hair textures
,✔✔Self Actualization - ✔✔Achievement of one's greatest potential abilities
✔✔Self Esteem - ✔✔An individual's opinion of him/herself
✔✔Stereotyping* - ✔✔Placing members of a group of people into a category with the
assumption that all are the same
✔✔Family* - ✔✔A group of people tied together by common interest and concern about
the well-being and needs of the members
✔✔Family Dynamics* - ✔✔The way individuals relate to and interact with each other as
a group
✔✔Role - ✔✔The function or duties or behaviors assumed when in a given role such as
parent, student, teacher, or HHA
✔✔Role Model - ✔✔A person who is exceptionally effective or inspiring in some role,
job, or position and serves as a role model for others learning a roll
✔✔Substance - ✔✔A drug when termed as substance abuse
✔✔Body Language* - ✔✔Use of body and facial positions and movement to send a
message, the person may or may not be aware of the message sent
✔✔Care Plan* - ✔✔A written method or outline identifying a resident's needs and how
health workers will assist them in meeting those needs
✔✔Chart* - ✔✔A legal document that is a written record of medical care
✔✔Checklist* - ✔✔Documentation form to monitor ongoing nursing assistant
observations of residents such as appetite or vital signs, they are also called flow charts
or flow sheets
✔✔Communication - ✔✔The exchange of information or messages as written or spoken
words, signals, or other methods
✔✔Continuity of Care - ✔✔Care of residents that continues without interruption. All
caregivers are using the same methods and approaches. This allows the needs of the
residents to be met
✔✔Cyanosis* - ✔✔Blue color to the lips due to decreased amount of oxygen in the
blood
✔✔Extremities - ✔✔Arms or legs
, ✔✔Incident* - ✔✔Unexpected situation which may cause harm to residents, employees
or any other person
✔✔Non-Verbal Communication* - ✔✔Messages sent by methods other than spoken or
written words, such as facial expressions and body movements
✔✔Objective Observation* - ✔✔A factual or measurable event such as a pulse rate or
body sign
✔✔Receiver - ✔✔One who gets the message
✔✔Report - ✔✔The action of relaying pertinent information about a resident to the
nursing team members, usually done at the change of shift. This action also assures
continuity of care
✔✔Sender - ✔✔One who gives a message
✔✔Signs* - ✔✔Evidence of something abnormal occurring in the body which is
observed by the nursing team through seeing, listening, touching, or smelling
✔✔Subjective Observation* - ✔✔Statement made by the resident such as, "I have a
headache" (a symptom)
✔✔Symptoms* - ✔✔A change in the body or function of the body that the resident
experiences and tells the nursing team
✔✔Defamation - ✔✔To attack or injure the reputation of a person by making false or
harmful statements
✔✔Empathy* - ✔✔Understanding another person's feelings or emotion
✔✔Libel - ✔✔False written or printed statements
✔✔Objective* - ✔✔Observations measured by the HHA by seeing, hearing, feeling,
smelling, and sometimes tasting
✔✔Slander - ✔✔Verbal/oral false statements made in the presence of another about a
third person
✔✔Subjective* - ✔✔Feelings measured only by the person; must be shared with others
to be recognized
