NACC PSW Actual Exam Questions and Answers 2025
Scope of practice means:
A. The task that are assigned by your supervisor
B. The task that a client ask you to perform
C. The effort you put into performing a task or procedure
D. The legal limits of your role
D
Professionalism is:
A. A term used to describe workplace settings
B. An approach to work that demonstrates respect for others, commitment,
competence, and appropriate behavior
C. A commitment made by regulated professionals
D. Another term for confidentiality
B
Which of the following is true?
A. You can use a client's phone to make personal calls
B. Friends can visit you at work
C. You must follow your employer's dress code policy
D. Sharing your personal problems with a client shows compassion
C
In a long-term care facility, the client's information should be share among:
A. Health care team members involve in the client's care
B. Health care team members and friends who visit the client
C. Family and friends of the client
D. All staff members at the facility
A
Compassion means:
A. Keeping one's feelings to oneself
B. Approaching your work with enthusiasm
C. Taking pity on those who are less fortunate
D. Caring about another's misfortune and suffering
D
The acronym DIPPS stands for:
A. Disability, independence, preferences, policies, sympathy
B. Dignity, independence, preferences, privacy, safety
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,C. Discretion, individuality, pity, privacy, support
D. Disability, individuality, pity, privacy, scope of practice
B
Which is false? When solving problems, you should:
A. Consider your scope of practice
B. Consider the principles of compassionate care
C. Discuss the problem with the client
D. Not involve the client to prevent causing more problems
D
Activities of daily living (ADLs) are:
A. Social and recreational activities
B. Activities that support workers performs to prevent injuries
C. Physical exercise that people perform daily to keep themselves fit
D. Self-care activities that people perform daily to remain independent and to function in
society
D
Which of the following is a way in which support workers assist nurses or other health
care team members?
A. Assist the client's needs
B. Order range-of-motion exercises
C. Witness legal signatures on permission forms
D. Report changes in the client's behavior or health
D
Resident is a term used to describe a person who is receiving care at:
A. Home
B. A long-term care facility
C. An outpatient clinic
D. A hospital
B
The main focus of the health care team is to:
A. See as many clients as possible
B. Provide quality care for the client
C. Complete assigned task as quickly as possible
D. Find a cure for the client's illness or condition
B
Support workers are:
A. Unregulated care providers
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, B. Licensed health care workers
C. Members of a professional college
D. Members of a regulatory body
A
Canada's health care system is:
A. Straightly a federal responsibility
B. Delivered by government employees
C. Funded by private insurance companies
D. Publicly funded through provincial or territorial and federal taxes
D
Provincial and territorial government are responsible for:
A. Paying the full amount of all medical procedures
B. Planning, financing, and delivering their own health care insurance plans
C. Delivering health care services to indigenous peoples and military personal
D. Delivering health care services to inmates of federal penitentiaries and to the RCMP
B
Which law ensures that every citizen has access to healthcare?
A. The Medical Care Act
B. The Canada Health Act
C. The Long-Term Care Facilities Act
D. The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act
B
Canadians who travel to other parts of the country still maintain their provincial or
territorial health care coverage. Which principle of medicare does this exemplify?
A. Portability
B. Universality
C. Comprehensiveness
D. Public administration
A
The most pressing cause of health care reform has been:
A. The Great Depression
B. Lack of accessibility
C. Lack of available technology
D. Rising cost of providing technology, drugs, and services
D
Immunization programs are an example of a:
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Scope of practice means:
A. The task that are assigned by your supervisor
B. The task that a client ask you to perform
C. The effort you put into performing a task or procedure
D. The legal limits of your role
D
Professionalism is:
A. A term used to describe workplace settings
B. An approach to work that demonstrates respect for others, commitment,
competence, and appropriate behavior
C. A commitment made by regulated professionals
D. Another term for confidentiality
B
Which of the following is true?
A. You can use a client's phone to make personal calls
B. Friends can visit you at work
C. You must follow your employer's dress code policy
D. Sharing your personal problems with a client shows compassion
C
In a long-term care facility, the client's information should be share among:
A. Health care team members involve in the client's care
B. Health care team members and friends who visit the client
C. Family and friends of the client
D. All staff members at the facility
A
Compassion means:
A. Keeping one's feelings to oneself
B. Approaching your work with enthusiasm
C. Taking pity on those who are less fortunate
D. Caring about another's misfortune and suffering
D
The acronym DIPPS stands for:
A. Disability, independence, preferences, policies, sympathy
B. Dignity, independence, preferences, privacy, safety
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,C. Discretion, individuality, pity, privacy, support
D. Disability, individuality, pity, privacy, scope of practice
B
Which is false? When solving problems, you should:
A. Consider your scope of practice
B. Consider the principles of compassionate care
C. Discuss the problem with the client
D. Not involve the client to prevent causing more problems
D
Activities of daily living (ADLs) are:
A. Social and recreational activities
B. Activities that support workers performs to prevent injuries
C. Physical exercise that people perform daily to keep themselves fit
D. Self-care activities that people perform daily to remain independent and to function in
society
D
Which of the following is a way in which support workers assist nurses or other health
care team members?
A. Assist the client's needs
B. Order range-of-motion exercises
C. Witness legal signatures on permission forms
D. Report changes in the client's behavior or health
D
Resident is a term used to describe a person who is receiving care at:
A. Home
B. A long-term care facility
C. An outpatient clinic
D. A hospital
B
The main focus of the health care team is to:
A. See as many clients as possible
B. Provide quality care for the client
C. Complete assigned task as quickly as possible
D. Find a cure for the client's illness or condition
B
Support workers are:
A. Unregulated care providers
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, B. Licensed health care workers
C. Members of a professional college
D. Members of a regulatory body
A
Canada's health care system is:
A. Straightly a federal responsibility
B. Delivered by government employees
C. Funded by private insurance companies
D. Publicly funded through provincial or territorial and federal taxes
D
Provincial and territorial government are responsible for:
A. Paying the full amount of all medical procedures
B. Planning, financing, and delivering their own health care insurance plans
C. Delivering health care services to indigenous peoples and military personal
D. Delivering health care services to inmates of federal penitentiaries and to the RCMP
B
Which law ensures that every citizen has access to healthcare?
A. The Medical Care Act
B. The Canada Health Act
C. The Long-Term Care Facilities Act
D. The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act
B
Canadians who travel to other parts of the country still maintain their provincial or
territorial health care coverage. Which principle of medicare does this exemplify?
A. Portability
B. Universality
C. Comprehensiveness
D. Public administration
A
The most pressing cause of health care reform has been:
A. The Great Depression
B. Lack of accessibility
C. Lack of available technology
D. Rising cost of providing technology, drugs, and services
D
Immunization programs are an example of a:
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