MACE PRACTICE EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED PREP
SET
●● 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?
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?
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?
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?
Answer: ❍ C. The resident's diet and nutritional status
, ●● 6. What does the term polypharmacy mean?
Answer: ❍ A. The resident takes many different medications for various
medical conditions.
●● 7. Which of the following questions is open-ended?
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?
Answer: ❍ A. Food
●● 9. Which complaint by a resident would indicate an adverse effect to
aspirin?
Answer: ❍ C. Ringing in the ears
●● 10. Which of the following would be considered a side effect of a
medication?
Answer: ❍ D. Nausea
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED PREP
SET
●● 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?
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?
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?
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?
Answer: ❍ C. The resident's diet and nutritional status
, ●● 6. What does the term polypharmacy mean?
Answer: ❍ A. The resident takes many different medications for various
medical conditions.
●● 7. Which of the following questions is open-ended?
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?
Answer: ❍ A. Food
●● 9. Which complaint by a resident would indicate an adverse effect to
aspirin?
Answer: ❍ C. Ringing in the ears
●● 10. Which of the following would be considered a side effect of a
medication?
Answer: ❍ D. Nausea
