CNA Multiple Choice Questions With Complete Solutions
A healthy diet is one that:
a. The person will eat.
b. Emphasizes whole grains, fruits and vegetables, lean meats
and low-fat dairy.
c. The person's primary care provider prescribes.
d. The person grew up eating. Correct Answer b. Emphasizes
whole grains, fruits and vegetables, lean meats and low-fat
dairy.
A nurse assistant helps a female resident meet self-esteem needs
in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a. Addressing her in the way she prefers to be addressed.
b. Doing everything for her so that she does not have to do
anything.
c. Taking care to protect her privacy and modesty.
d. Taking an interest in the resident as an individual. Correct
Answer b. Doing everything for her so that she does not have to
do anything.
A nurse assistant helps a resident who needs assistance with
walking back to bed after using the bathroom. After getting the
resident back in bed, the nurse assistant fails to place the
resident's call signal within reach. Two hours later, the resident
needs to use the bathroom and attempts to reach the call signal.
Unable to do so, the resident attempts to get out of bed and falls.
This is an example of:
a. Larceny
b. HIPAA violation
c. Negligence
,d. Abuse Correct Answer c. Negligence
A nurse assistant helps Mrs. Smith, a resident of a nursing home,
to meet her love and belonging needs by:
a. Ensuring Mrs. Smith has enough to eat.
b. Helping Mrs. Smith get ready to attend a group activity.
c. Encouraging Mrs. Smith to do as much for herself as possible.
d. Making sure that Mrs. Smith feels safe and secure. Correct
Answer b. Helping Mrs. Smith get ready to attend a group
activity.
A nurse assistant must care for people from many different
cultures. How should the nurse assistant handle this?
a. Advise people in the healthcare facility that they must follow
the facility's policies and procedures.
b. Seek to understand each person as an individual,
accommodating the person's preferences whenever possible.
c. Use own personal cultural beliefs to guide the person's care.
d. Avoid caring for people who are from a different culture.
Correct Answer b. Seek to understand each person as an
individual, accommodating the person's preferences whenever
possible.
A resident is receiving nutrition through a G-Tube. Which of the
following actions should the nurse assistant take?
a. Keep the resident lying flat for 30 minutes after a tube feeding
b. Give the resident water by mouth
c. Use cotton balls moistened with alcohol to clean around the
resident's nose and mouth
,d. Keep the head of the bed elevated for 30 mins following a
tube feeding Correct Answer d. Keep the head of the bed
elevated for 30 mins following a tube feeding
A resident with arthritis complains of pain, feeling stiff and
having trouble moving. You should:
a. Medicate the patient and apply a heating pad.
b. Report the complaint of pain to your supervising nurse.
c. Dress the person warmly and exercise the joints vigorously.
d. Apply a heating pad. Correct Answer b. Report the
complaint of pain to your supervising nurse.
A situation that arises in healthcare where there may be more
that one good or moral solution is an example of what type of
dilemma?
a. Ethical moral
b. Moral decision
c. Ethical dilemma
d. Ethical integrity Correct Answer c. Ethical dilemma
All of the following are potential complications of restraints
EXCEPT:
a. Death.
b. Low self-esteem and depression.
c. Nerve and tissue damage.
d. Drowning. Correct Answer b. Low self-esteem and
depression.
All of the following are risk factors for falling EXCEPT:
a. Poor eyesight.
b. Regular exercise
, c. Poor mobility.
d. Medication effects Correct Answer a. Poor eyesight.
All of the following can affect a person's appetite EXCEPT:
a. Medications the person is taking.
b. An inability to smell the food.
c. Pain.
d. The person's fluid balance. Correct Answer d. The person's
fluid balance.
All of the following can affect the choices a person makes about
food EXCEPT:
a. The person's height
b. The person's culture
c. The person's religious beliefs
d. The person's ability to prepare food Correct Answer a. The
person's height
As soon as it is safe to do so, how should you position a person
who is having a seizure?
a. Flat on the person's back
b. On the person's side
c. Seated, with the person's head between the knees
d. On the person's stomach Correct Answer b. On the person's
side
Assisting people with bathing, eating, walking, and dressing are
what type of activities?
a. Principles of care.
b. Routine activities of care
c. Activities of daily living
A healthy diet is one that:
a. The person will eat.
b. Emphasizes whole grains, fruits and vegetables, lean meats
and low-fat dairy.
c. The person's primary care provider prescribes.
d. The person grew up eating. Correct Answer b. Emphasizes
whole grains, fruits and vegetables, lean meats and low-fat
dairy.
A nurse assistant helps a female resident meet self-esteem needs
in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a. Addressing her in the way she prefers to be addressed.
b. Doing everything for her so that she does not have to do
anything.
c. Taking care to protect her privacy and modesty.
d. Taking an interest in the resident as an individual. Correct
Answer b. Doing everything for her so that she does not have to
do anything.
A nurse assistant helps a resident who needs assistance with
walking back to bed after using the bathroom. After getting the
resident back in bed, the nurse assistant fails to place the
resident's call signal within reach. Two hours later, the resident
needs to use the bathroom and attempts to reach the call signal.
Unable to do so, the resident attempts to get out of bed and falls.
This is an example of:
a. Larceny
b. HIPAA violation
c. Negligence
,d. Abuse Correct Answer c. Negligence
A nurse assistant helps Mrs. Smith, a resident of a nursing home,
to meet her love and belonging needs by:
a. Ensuring Mrs. Smith has enough to eat.
b. Helping Mrs. Smith get ready to attend a group activity.
c. Encouraging Mrs. Smith to do as much for herself as possible.
d. Making sure that Mrs. Smith feels safe and secure. Correct
Answer b. Helping Mrs. Smith get ready to attend a group
activity.
A nurse assistant must care for people from many different
cultures. How should the nurse assistant handle this?
a. Advise people in the healthcare facility that they must follow
the facility's policies and procedures.
b. Seek to understand each person as an individual,
accommodating the person's preferences whenever possible.
c. Use own personal cultural beliefs to guide the person's care.
d. Avoid caring for people who are from a different culture.
Correct Answer b. Seek to understand each person as an
individual, accommodating the person's preferences whenever
possible.
A resident is receiving nutrition through a G-Tube. Which of the
following actions should the nurse assistant take?
a. Keep the resident lying flat for 30 minutes after a tube feeding
b. Give the resident water by mouth
c. Use cotton balls moistened with alcohol to clean around the
resident's nose and mouth
,d. Keep the head of the bed elevated for 30 mins following a
tube feeding Correct Answer d. Keep the head of the bed
elevated for 30 mins following a tube feeding
A resident with arthritis complains of pain, feeling stiff and
having trouble moving. You should:
a. Medicate the patient and apply a heating pad.
b. Report the complaint of pain to your supervising nurse.
c. Dress the person warmly and exercise the joints vigorously.
d. Apply a heating pad. Correct Answer b. Report the
complaint of pain to your supervising nurse.
A situation that arises in healthcare where there may be more
that one good or moral solution is an example of what type of
dilemma?
a. Ethical moral
b. Moral decision
c. Ethical dilemma
d. Ethical integrity Correct Answer c. Ethical dilemma
All of the following are potential complications of restraints
EXCEPT:
a. Death.
b. Low self-esteem and depression.
c. Nerve and tissue damage.
d. Drowning. Correct Answer b. Low self-esteem and
depression.
All of the following are risk factors for falling EXCEPT:
a. Poor eyesight.
b. Regular exercise
, c. Poor mobility.
d. Medication effects Correct Answer a. Poor eyesight.
All of the following can affect a person's appetite EXCEPT:
a. Medications the person is taking.
b. An inability to smell the food.
c. Pain.
d. The person's fluid balance. Correct Answer d. The person's
fluid balance.
All of the following can affect the choices a person makes about
food EXCEPT:
a. The person's height
b. The person's culture
c. The person's religious beliefs
d. The person's ability to prepare food Correct Answer a. The
person's height
As soon as it is safe to do so, how should you position a person
who is having a seizure?
a. Flat on the person's back
b. On the person's side
c. Seated, with the person's head between the knees
d. On the person's stomach Correct Answer b. On the person's
side
Assisting people with bathing, eating, walking, and dressing are
what type of activities?
a. Principles of care.
b. Routine activities of care
c. Activities of daily living
