MACE PRACTICE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE TEST
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
1. What is the best way to verify a provider's illegible order? - ANS-❍ C. Call the
provider to verify the order
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? - ANS-, ❍ 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? - ANS-, ❍ 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? -
ANS-❍ 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? - ANS-❍ C. The resident's diet and nutritional status
6. What does the term polypharmacy mean? - ANS-❍ A. The resident takes many
different medications for various medical conditions.
, 7. Which of the following questions is open-ended? - ANS-❍ 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? - ANS-❍ A. Food
9. Which complaint by a resident would indicate an adverse effect to aspirin? - ANS-❍
C. Ringing in the ears
10. Which of the following would be considered a side effect of a medication? - ANS-❍
D. Nausea
11. A resident is ordered ferrous sulfate 325mg three times a day for anemia. Which of
the following things about administering the medication is it important for the
Medication Aide to know? - ANS-❍ C. Give with orange juice
12. Common side effects of nitrates include which of the following? - ANS-❍ A.
Headache, flushing, postural hypotension
13. HMG-CoA inhibitors belong to a class of medications known as statins. Statins are
known for a least one serious adverse affect on which major system? - ANS-❍ C.
Musculoskeletal
14. Before giving metoprolol the Medication Aide should know if the resident has a
history of which of the following?, - ANS-, ❍ B. Bronchospasms
15. A resident has been ordered synthroid and wants to know what it is prescribed for.
The correct answer is what? - ANS-❍ A. Hypothyroidism
16. A serious adverse effect of synthroid is which of the following? - ANS-❍ A.
Tachycardia
STUDY GUIDE TEST
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
1. What is the best way to verify a provider's illegible order? - ANS-❍ C. Call the
provider to verify the order
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? - ANS-, ❍ 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? - ANS-, ❍ 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? -
ANS-❍ 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? - ANS-❍ C. The resident's diet and nutritional status
6. What does the term polypharmacy mean? - ANS-❍ A. The resident takes many
different medications for various medical conditions.
, 7. Which of the following questions is open-ended? - ANS-❍ 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? - ANS-❍ A. Food
9. Which complaint by a resident would indicate an adverse effect to aspirin? - ANS-❍
C. Ringing in the ears
10. Which of the following would be considered a side effect of a medication? - ANS-❍
D. Nausea
11. A resident is ordered ferrous sulfate 325mg three times a day for anemia. Which of
the following things about administering the medication is it important for the
Medication Aide to know? - ANS-❍ C. Give with orange juice
12. Common side effects of nitrates include which of the following? - ANS-❍ A.
Headache, flushing, postural hypotension
13. HMG-CoA inhibitors belong to a class of medications known as statins. Statins are
known for a least one serious adverse affect on which major system? - ANS-❍ C.
Musculoskeletal
14. Before giving metoprolol the Medication Aide should know if the resident has a
history of which of the following?, - ANS-, ❍ B. Bronchospasms
15. A resident has been ordered synthroid and wants to know what it is prescribed for.
The correct answer is what? - ANS-❍ A. Hypothyroidism
16. A serious adverse effect of synthroid is which of the following? - ANS-❍ A.
Tachycardia
