HCA EVALUATION EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔To effectively observe changed in a client, compare what you currently see to what
you know of the clients ________.
1. Baseline
2. Feedback
3. Proximity - ✔✔Baseline
✔✔A possible sign of neglect could include a vulnerable adult living in unsafe or
unsanitary living conditions
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔A client has a legal right to:
1. Choose the clothing they want other residents to wear
2. Choose the clothing they want hcas to wear
3. Choose the clothing they want to wear - ✔✔Choose the clothing they want to wear.
✔✔When should a mandated reporter call the DSHS abuse hot-line to report suspected
abuse of a vulnerable?
1. Immediately when the mandated reporter suspects abuse.
2. Immediately after talking to the client & getting permission to call & make the report
3. After reporting the suspected abuse to the facility supervisor & getting approval to call
- ✔✔Immediately when the mandated reporter suspects abuse.
✔✔If you need to share confidential information about a client to other care team
members, you must:
1. Share only the info that is in the best interest of client
2. Only share info outside of the work setting
3. Only share info with people who don't know the client - ✔✔Share only the info that is
in the best interest of client
✔✔Home care aides can force a client to take their meds if it's important for their health
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Untreated injuries, health or dental problems are a sign of _____?
1. Physical abuse
,2. Abandonment
3. Neglect - ✔✔Neglect
✔✔There is a medical emergency, 911 has been called & your client has advance
directives. Individual providers must:
1. Only give EMTs the advance directives if they ask
2. Give the advance directives to the EMT when they arrive
3. Go on break when the EMTs arrive - ✔✔Give the advance directives to the EMT
when they arrive.
✔✔If a client asks you to do something that may put their safety at risk, you should:
1. Tell them you won't do it
2. Support the clients wishes & do the task w/o questioning it
3. Explain your concerns & brainstorm with them a safe alternative - ✔✔Explain your
concerns & brainstorm with them a safe alternative
✔✔Mr. Walker s living w/ Alzheimer's disease. He is always finding ways to get outside
& wander the neighborhood w/o anyone noticing. What is a creative way to make sure
mr. walker is safe w/o using restraints?
1. Suggest the use of exit alarms to notify the care team when he goes outside
2. Train other caregivers to block hi from the door when they see him going towards a
door
3. Suggest the use of a lock on the door so he can't get out & get lost - ✔✔Suggest the
use of exit alarms to notify the care team when he goes outside.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an advanced directive?
1. Power of Attorney
2. Living will
3. POLST form - ✔✔POLST form.
✔✔Placing a chair in front of a door to prevent a client from leaving their room is
environmental restraint
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔What are mandated reporters required to report suspected or observed abuse?
1. Immediately
2. Within a week of the incident
3. When they get proof of abuse - ✔✔Immediately
, ✔✔If a client is in immediate danger, you need to call,
1. 911
2. Clients aPOA
3, LOCAL OMBUDSMAN - ✔✔911
✔✔What is the document that states a client does not want CPR if found without a
heartbeat?
1. POLST
2. DNR
3. POA - ✔✔DNR
✔✔When trying to solve problem, it is best to be creative & try different solutions it's
every new problem?
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔To support a clients independence with their personal care tasks, you should
encourage the client to:
1. Do as much as they can
2. Try one big thing a day
3. Not use assistive devices - ✔✔Do as much as they can.
✔✔What is NOT an activity of Daily Living?
1. Helping the client transfer to & from the toilet
2. Giving them sponge bath
3. Purchasing toilet paper for a client
4. Helping a client put on a prosthesis every morning - ✔✔Purchasing toilet paper for a
client.
✔✔The best way to maintain a healthy,professional boundary between you & a client is
to view caregiving as your job
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔A clients care plan has all the info you need to do your job
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔To effectively observe changes in a client, compare their baseline to:
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔To effectively observe changed in a client, compare what you currently see to what
you know of the clients ________.
1. Baseline
2. Feedback
3. Proximity - ✔✔Baseline
✔✔A possible sign of neglect could include a vulnerable adult living in unsafe or
unsanitary living conditions
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔A client has a legal right to:
1. Choose the clothing they want other residents to wear
2. Choose the clothing they want hcas to wear
3. Choose the clothing they want to wear - ✔✔Choose the clothing they want to wear.
✔✔When should a mandated reporter call the DSHS abuse hot-line to report suspected
abuse of a vulnerable?
1. Immediately when the mandated reporter suspects abuse.
2. Immediately after talking to the client & getting permission to call & make the report
3. After reporting the suspected abuse to the facility supervisor & getting approval to call
- ✔✔Immediately when the mandated reporter suspects abuse.
✔✔If you need to share confidential information about a client to other care team
members, you must:
1. Share only the info that is in the best interest of client
2. Only share info outside of the work setting
3. Only share info with people who don't know the client - ✔✔Share only the info that is
in the best interest of client
✔✔Home care aides can force a client to take their meds if it's important for their health
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Untreated injuries, health or dental problems are a sign of _____?
1. Physical abuse
,2. Abandonment
3. Neglect - ✔✔Neglect
✔✔There is a medical emergency, 911 has been called & your client has advance
directives. Individual providers must:
1. Only give EMTs the advance directives if they ask
2. Give the advance directives to the EMT when they arrive
3. Go on break when the EMTs arrive - ✔✔Give the advance directives to the EMT
when they arrive.
✔✔If a client asks you to do something that may put their safety at risk, you should:
1. Tell them you won't do it
2. Support the clients wishes & do the task w/o questioning it
3. Explain your concerns & brainstorm with them a safe alternative - ✔✔Explain your
concerns & brainstorm with them a safe alternative
✔✔Mr. Walker s living w/ Alzheimer's disease. He is always finding ways to get outside
& wander the neighborhood w/o anyone noticing. What is a creative way to make sure
mr. walker is safe w/o using restraints?
1. Suggest the use of exit alarms to notify the care team when he goes outside
2. Train other caregivers to block hi from the door when they see him going towards a
door
3. Suggest the use of a lock on the door so he can't get out & get lost - ✔✔Suggest the
use of exit alarms to notify the care team when he goes outside.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an advanced directive?
1. Power of Attorney
2. Living will
3. POLST form - ✔✔POLST form.
✔✔Placing a chair in front of a door to prevent a client from leaving their room is
environmental restraint
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔What are mandated reporters required to report suspected or observed abuse?
1. Immediately
2. Within a week of the incident
3. When they get proof of abuse - ✔✔Immediately
, ✔✔If a client is in immediate danger, you need to call,
1. 911
2. Clients aPOA
3, LOCAL OMBUDSMAN - ✔✔911
✔✔What is the document that states a client does not want CPR if found without a
heartbeat?
1. POLST
2. DNR
3. POA - ✔✔DNR
✔✔When trying to solve problem, it is best to be creative & try different solutions it's
every new problem?
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔To support a clients independence with their personal care tasks, you should
encourage the client to:
1. Do as much as they can
2. Try one big thing a day
3. Not use assistive devices - ✔✔Do as much as they can.
✔✔What is NOT an activity of Daily Living?
1. Helping the client transfer to & from the toilet
2. Giving them sponge bath
3. Purchasing toilet paper for a client
4. Helping a client put on a prosthesis every morning - ✔✔Purchasing toilet paper for a
client.
✔✔The best way to maintain a healthy,professional boundary between you & a client is
to view caregiving as your job
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔A clients care plan has all the info you need to do your job
TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔To effectively observe changes in a client, compare their baseline to:
