CNA TMU COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Conflict - ✔✔a clash between opposing interests or ideas
✔✔confused resident - ✔✔a mental state of being disoriented to person, time, place,
situation, or identity. Confusion and/or dementia are NOT a normal part of aging.
✔✔Contact Isolation - ✔✔used for persons with known or suspected infections or
conditions that increase the risk of contact transmission and requires to wear gloves
and gown and proper handwashing.
✔✔Contamination - ✔✔the process of becoming unclean
✔✔contracture - ✔✔The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a
muscle
✔✔Cyanosis - ✔✔bluish discoloration of the skin, lips, mucous membrane and nail beds
and is an indication of hypoxia (low oxygen concentration).
✔✔decubitus ulcer (pressure ulcer) - ✔✔is a localized injury to skin and/or underlying
tissue, usually over a bony prominence, resulting from pressure in combination with
shear; any lesion caused by unrelieved pressure that results in damage to underlying
tissues.
✔✔Defamation - ✔✔injuring a person's name and reputation by making false
statements to a third person
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔excessive loss of water from the body
✔✔Delegation - ✔✔is authorizing another person to perform a nursing task in a certain
situation.
✔✔Delusions - ✔✔false beliefs
✔✔Dementia - ✔✔The loss of cognitive and social function caused by changes in the
brain, interferes with routine personal, social, and occupational activities.
✔✔Dependability - ✔✔an important attribute both in the classroom and workplace,
consisting of arriving on time, as scheduled and staying for the entire scheduled period
of time, completing tasks or assignments accurately on time, and paying attention and
following directions.
, ✔✔Depression - ✔✔involves the body, mood, and thoughts with feelings of sadness,
loss, anger, or frustration that can interfere with daily life.
✔✔developmental disabilities - ✔✔are a group of conditions caused by physical,
learning, language, or behavior impairments. They can be physical, intellectual or both
and affect the family throughout life.
✔✔Diabetes - ✔✔A condition in which the body either cannot produce or cannot use
insulin properly. In Type 1 Diabetes, the pancreas produces little or no insulin; in Type 2
Diabetes, the pancreas secretes insulin; however the body cannot use it well.
✔✔Dialysis - ✔✔the process of removing waste products from the blood and is used to
treat acute or chronic renal failure.
✔✔diastolic pressure - ✔✔the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest. It is the
bottom reading of blood pressure.
✔✔Disinfection - ✔✔The process of destroying pathogens
✔✔Disoriented - ✔✔confused about person, place, or time
✔✔Disrespectful treatment - ✔✔Treatment that lacks of respect or is rude and
discourteous.
✔✔Dizziness - ✔✔altered sense of balance and place, possibly described as
lightheaded, feeling faint or as if head is spinning. Dizziness can have causes that are
not due to underlying disease such as intoxication, medication side effects or standing
up too quickly.
✔✔DNR (do not resuscitate) - ✔✔A medical order that instructs medical professionals
not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a client stops breathing or if their
heart stops beating.
✔✔Documentation - ✔✔is material that provides official information or evidence that
serves as a record. A medical document is a legal record. It is critically important that
documentation be done throughly, accurate and in a timely manner.
✔✔Domestic abuse - ✔✔violence or abuse in a domestic setting; physically, economic,
stalking, harassing, and sexual.
✔✔Dorsiflexion - ✔✔Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle
✔✔Droplets - ✔✔a very small drops of liquid and are a vehicle for airborne respiratory
disease transmission.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Conflict - ✔✔a clash between opposing interests or ideas
✔✔confused resident - ✔✔a mental state of being disoriented to person, time, place,
situation, or identity. Confusion and/or dementia are NOT a normal part of aging.
✔✔Contact Isolation - ✔✔used for persons with known or suspected infections or
conditions that increase the risk of contact transmission and requires to wear gloves
and gown and proper handwashing.
✔✔Contamination - ✔✔the process of becoming unclean
✔✔contracture - ✔✔The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a
muscle
✔✔Cyanosis - ✔✔bluish discoloration of the skin, lips, mucous membrane and nail beds
and is an indication of hypoxia (low oxygen concentration).
✔✔decubitus ulcer (pressure ulcer) - ✔✔is a localized injury to skin and/or underlying
tissue, usually over a bony prominence, resulting from pressure in combination with
shear; any lesion caused by unrelieved pressure that results in damage to underlying
tissues.
✔✔Defamation - ✔✔injuring a person's name and reputation by making false
statements to a third person
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔excessive loss of water from the body
✔✔Delegation - ✔✔is authorizing another person to perform a nursing task in a certain
situation.
✔✔Delusions - ✔✔false beliefs
✔✔Dementia - ✔✔The loss of cognitive and social function caused by changes in the
brain, interferes with routine personal, social, and occupational activities.
✔✔Dependability - ✔✔an important attribute both in the classroom and workplace,
consisting of arriving on time, as scheduled and staying for the entire scheduled period
of time, completing tasks or assignments accurately on time, and paying attention and
following directions.
, ✔✔Depression - ✔✔involves the body, mood, and thoughts with feelings of sadness,
loss, anger, or frustration that can interfere with daily life.
✔✔developmental disabilities - ✔✔are a group of conditions caused by physical,
learning, language, or behavior impairments. They can be physical, intellectual or both
and affect the family throughout life.
✔✔Diabetes - ✔✔A condition in which the body either cannot produce or cannot use
insulin properly. In Type 1 Diabetes, the pancreas produces little or no insulin; in Type 2
Diabetes, the pancreas secretes insulin; however the body cannot use it well.
✔✔Dialysis - ✔✔the process of removing waste products from the blood and is used to
treat acute or chronic renal failure.
✔✔diastolic pressure - ✔✔the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest. It is the
bottom reading of blood pressure.
✔✔Disinfection - ✔✔The process of destroying pathogens
✔✔Disoriented - ✔✔confused about person, place, or time
✔✔Disrespectful treatment - ✔✔Treatment that lacks of respect or is rude and
discourteous.
✔✔Dizziness - ✔✔altered sense of balance and place, possibly described as
lightheaded, feeling faint or as if head is spinning. Dizziness can have causes that are
not due to underlying disease such as intoxication, medication side effects or standing
up too quickly.
✔✔DNR (do not resuscitate) - ✔✔A medical order that instructs medical professionals
not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a client stops breathing or if their
heart stops beating.
✔✔Documentation - ✔✔is material that provides official information or evidence that
serves as a record. A medical document is a legal record. It is critically important that
documentation be done throughly, accurate and in a timely manner.
✔✔Domestic abuse - ✔✔violence or abuse in a domestic setting; physically, economic,
stalking, harassing, and sexual.
✔✔Dorsiflexion - ✔✔Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle
✔✔Droplets - ✔✔a very small drops of liquid and are a vehicle for airborne respiratory
disease transmission.
