CNA PRACTICE TEST 3
CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE 50 QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ 13. When a person is receiving end-of-life care, the resident's care
plan is likely to include? ✔
A. Ways to best provide for the comfort of the resident.
B. Exercises to help improve the resident's strength.
C. Frequent observation to help prevent confusion.
D. Instructions for providing post-mortem care. Answer: A
◉ 5. While eating lunch, hot tea splashes on a resident's hand. The
nurse aide's first response should be to? ✔
A. Quickly move the resident to the nurses' station.
B. Ask the resident how badly the burned area hurts.
C. Wet a towel or napkin with cool water and place against the injured
area.
D. Apply antibiotic ointment to the burned area and then cover with a
bandage. Answer: C
◉ 50. When nurse aides receive resident assignments from the charge
nurse at the beginning of their shifts, it is most important that the
nurse aides remember? ✔
,A. Be friends with their assigned residents.
B. That care provided must follow the care plan.
C. To perform any task requested by the charge nurse.
D. That help from other nurse aides is arranged when the shift. Answer:
B
◉ 28. Which of the following describes an important requirement when
providing colostomy care? ✔
A. Use sterile technique when providing care.
B. Wear gloves for Standard Precautions.
C. Avoid cleansing skin near the stoma.
D. Position the resident on the side. Answer: B
◉ 42. Area of the body where bone lies close to the skin is known as?
✔
A. A skin fold.
B. A pressure ulcer.
C. Skin breakdown.
D. A pressure point. Answer: D
◉ 38. A resident must have assistance to walk. When leaving the
resident in the resident's room, what must the nurse aide do before
leaving the room? ✔
, A. Turn on the resident's television.
B. Make sure the resident's bedpan is within reach.
C. Place the call light where the resident can reach it.
D. Say to the resident, "Remember that you need help to walk. Answer:
C
◉ 16. When preparing to shower a resident, what should the nurse
aide do next after checking the water temperature? ✔
A. Give the resident a washcloth to hold.
B. Suggest the resident wash his or her face.
C. Ask the resident to check the water temperature.
D. Check if the resident wants a partial or full shower. Answer: C
◉ 55. A resident states that "it feels like an elephant is sitting on my
chest", what should the nurse aide suspect? ✔
A. Heart attack
B. Stroke
C. Gas
D. Upper respiration infection Answer: A
◉ 43. When moving a resident in bed, a lift or turning sheet may be
used to help prevent? ✔
A. Atrophy.
CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE 50 QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ 13. When a person is receiving end-of-life care, the resident's care
plan is likely to include? ✔
A. Ways to best provide for the comfort of the resident.
B. Exercises to help improve the resident's strength.
C. Frequent observation to help prevent confusion.
D. Instructions for providing post-mortem care. Answer: A
◉ 5. While eating lunch, hot tea splashes on a resident's hand. The
nurse aide's first response should be to? ✔
A. Quickly move the resident to the nurses' station.
B. Ask the resident how badly the burned area hurts.
C. Wet a towel or napkin with cool water and place against the injured
area.
D. Apply antibiotic ointment to the burned area and then cover with a
bandage. Answer: C
◉ 50. When nurse aides receive resident assignments from the charge
nurse at the beginning of their shifts, it is most important that the
nurse aides remember? ✔
,A. Be friends with their assigned residents.
B. That care provided must follow the care plan.
C. To perform any task requested by the charge nurse.
D. That help from other nurse aides is arranged when the shift. Answer:
B
◉ 28. Which of the following describes an important requirement when
providing colostomy care? ✔
A. Use sterile technique when providing care.
B. Wear gloves for Standard Precautions.
C. Avoid cleansing skin near the stoma.
D. Position the resident on the side. Answer: B
◉ 42. Area of the body where bone lies close to the skin is known as?
✔
A. A skin fold.
B. A pressure ulcer.
C. Skin breakdown.
D. A pressure point. Answer: D
◉ 38. A resident must have assistance to walk. When leaving the
resident in the resident's room, what must the nurse aide do before
leaving the room? ✔
, A. Turn on the resident's television.
B. Make sure the resident's bedpan is within reach.
C. Place the call light where the resident can reach it.
D. Say to the resident, "Remember that you need help to walk. Answer:
C
◉ 16. When preparing to shower a resident, what should the nurse
aide do next after checking the water temperature? ✔
A. Give the resident a washcloth to hold.
B. Suggest the resident wash his or her face.
C. Ask the resident to check the water temperature.
D. Check if the resident wants a partial or full shower. Answer: C
◉ 55. A resident states that "it feels like an elephant is sitting on my
chest", what should the nurse aide suspect? ✔
A. Heart attack
B. Stroke
C. Gas
D. Upper respiration infection Answer: A
◉ 43. When moving a resident in bed, a lift or turning sheet may be
used to help prevent? ✔
A. Atrophy.
