Medication Aide Certification Exam 2024 -2025
Newest/ Complete 300 Actual Exam Questions
with Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+
A person is eating. How long should you wait before taking an oral
temperature? - Correct Answer - 15 to 20 minutes
A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what? - Correct Answer -
Within normal range
Good communication occurs when you what? - Correct Answer - Give
information in a logical and orderly manner
A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is what? - Correct
Answer - 5:00 PM
Symptoms are an example of what? - Correct Answer - Subjective Data
Which of the following is not objective data? A persons respiratory rate, the
color of a persons urine, a persons blood pressure, or pain felt by a
person? - Correct Answer - Pain felt by a person
When should you record that you gave a person a drug? - Correct Answer -
After giving the drug
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,You are giving a person his drugs. What observation should you report at
once? - Correct Answer - The person refused to take a drug
The basic unit of body structure is what? - Correct Answer - A cell
The integumentary system ? - Correct Answer - Covers the body
The white of the eye is the what? - Correct Answer - Sclera
The external or (outer part) is called the what? - Correct Answer - pinna or
auricle
Digestion begins where? - Correct Answer - In the oral cavity
The master gland is the what? - Correct Answer - Pituitary
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart is what? - Correct
Answer - Artery
A person feels the need to urinate when the bladder contains how much? -
Correct Answer - About 250 mL of urine
The thyroid hormone regulates what? - Correct Answer - Metabolism
Before giving a drug, you must do what? - Correct Answer - Check the
persons allergies
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,Before giving any drug, you compare the exact spelling of the drug against
the what? - Correct Answer - MAR
A drug is ordered for 9:00 AM. You may give the drug between when? -
Correct Answer - 8:30 am and 9:30 am
To make sure you have the right person when giving a drug, you use at
least what? - Correct Answer - Two identifiers
Which statement about insulin is false? It is secreted by the pancreas, it is
needed for sugar to enter the cells, it regulates the amount of sugar in the
blood available for use by the cells, or it is secreted by the stomach? -
Correct Answer - It is secreted by the stomach
The generic name of a drug is the what? - Correct Answer - Drugs common
name
Drugs that interact with a receptor to cause a response are what? - Correct
Answer - Agonists
Absorption is the what? - Correct Answer - Process by which a drug is
transferred from its site of body entry to circulating body fluids for
distribution
an enteral drug is given? - Correct Answer - Throuhg the oral, rectal, and
naso-gastric routes
The primary routes of excretion for a drug are what? - Correct Answer -
Elimination through urine and feces
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, An idiosyncratic reaction is what? - Correct Answer - Something unusual or
abnormal that happens when a drug is first given
A drug interaction occurs when - Correct Answer - The action of one drug is
altered by the action of another drug
Another term for urticaria is what? - Correct Answer - Hives
A severe, life threatening sensitivity to an antigen is what? - Correct Answer
- Anaphylaxis
The rate of absorption depends on the following except what? - Correct
Answer - The clinical indications for using a drug
A prescription drug needs what? - Correct Answer - A doctors order
Most drugs are metabolized in what? - Correct Answer - In the liver
Symptoms of anaphylaxis include the following except what? - Correct
Answer - Warm, dry skin
Which factor enhances topical drug absorption in older persons? - Correct
Answer - Decreasing skin thickness
Which oral drug form may be crushed? - Correct Answer - Tablets
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Newest/ Complete 300 Actual Exam Questions
with Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+
A person is eating. How long should you wait before taking an oral
temperature? - Correct Answer - 15 to 20 minutes
A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what? - Correct Answer -
Within normal range
Good communication occurs when you what? - Correct Answer - Give
information in a logical and orderly manner
A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is what? - Correct
Answer - 5:00 PM
Symptoms are an example of what? - Correct Answer - Subjective Data
Which of the following is not objective data? A persons respiratory rate, the
color of a persons urine, a persons blood pressure, or pain felt by a
person? - Correct Answer - Pain felt by a person
When should you record that you gave a person a drug? - Correct Answer -
After giving the drug
pg. 1
,You are giving a person his drugs. What observation should you report at
once? - Correct Answer - The person refused to take a drug
The basic unit of body structure is what? - Correct Answer - A cell
The integumentary system ? - Correct Answer - Covers the body
The white of the eye is the what? - Correct Answer - Sclera
The external or (outer part) is called the what? - Correct Answer - pinna or
auricle
Digestion begins where? - Correct Answer - In the oral cavity
The master gland is the what? - Correct Answer - Pituitary
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart is what? - Correct
Answer - Artery
A person feels the need to urinate when the bladder contains how much? -
Correct Answer - About 250 mL of urine
The thyroid hormone regulates what? - Correct Answer - Metabolism
Before giving a drug, you must do what? - Correct Answer - Check the
persons allergies
pg. 2
,Before giving any drug, you compare the exact spelling of the drug against
the what? - Correct Answer - MAR
A drug is ordered for 9:00 AM. You may give the drug between when? -
Correct Answer - 8:30 am and 9:30 am
To make sure you have the right person when giving a drug, you use at
least what? - Correct Answer - Two identifiers
Which statement about insulin is false? It is secreted by the pancreas, it is
needed for sugar to enter the cells, it regulates the amount of sugar in the
blood available for use by the cells, or it is secreted by the stomach? -
Correct Answer - It is secreted by the stomach
The generic name of a drug is the what? - Correct Answer - Drugs common
name
Drugs that interact with a receptor to cause a response are what? - Correct
Answer - Agonists
Absorption is the what? - Correct Answer - Process by which a drug is
transferred from its site of body entry to circulating body fluids for
distribution
an enteral drug is given? - Correct Answer - Throuhg the oral, rectal, and
naso-gastric routes
The primary routes of excretion for a drug are what? - Correct Answer -
Elimination through urine and feces
pg. 3
, An idiosyncratic reaction is what? - Correct Answer - Something unusual or
abnormal that happens when a drug is first given
A drug interaction occurs when - Correct Answer - The action of one drug is
altered by the action of another drug
Another term for urticaria is what? - Correct Answer - Hives
A severe, life threatening sensitivity to an antigen is what? - Correct Answer
- Anaphylaxis
The rate of absorption depends on the following except what? - Correct
Answer - The clinical indications for using a drug
A prescription drug needs what? - Correct Answer - A doctors order
Most drugs are metabolized in what? - Correct Answer - In the liver
Symptoms of anaphylaxis include the following except what? - Correct
Answer - Warm, dry skin
Which factor enhances topical drug absorption in older persons? - Correct
Answer - Decreasing skin thickness
Which oral drug form may be crushed? - Correct Answer - Tablets
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