NEW 2025 CMT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Identify the four (4) reasons for using medications.
- ANSWER
1. to prevent illness
2. to control or stop illness
3. to reduce symptoms
4. to manage illness
Identify the single, main reason for the rules, regulations, policies, and
guidelines for medication administration in a community-based service system.
- ANSWER
to protect the client
Define a "desired effect".
- ANSWER
the medication is doing what it is suppose to do
Define a "negative effect". - ANSWER an unpleasant or undesired effect
Define "no apparent effect". - ANSWER an unaltered effect
What is a "sign"? - ANSWER alterations in the way a person looks, acts, and
the functioning of his/her body which you can see, touch, hear, or observe that
they have vomitted/diarrhea.
A sign is "objective" information used to monitor a resident? - ANSWER True
A "sign" can be measured? - ANSWER True
, A "symptom" is something that you can not observe but is felt/disclosed by the
client. - ANSWER True
A person can tell you verbally about changes occurring or can exhibit nonverbal
behavior to convey these changes. - ANSWER True
A "symptom" can not be measured? - ANSWER True
A "symptom" can affect an individual's ADL. - ANSWER True
A symptom is "subjective" information utilized to track a resident? - ANSWER
True
What are the guidelines needed to provide medication safely? - ANSWER 1.
Medications and their usage
2. Drug effects/undesirable effects
3. Routes of administration
4. Trained observation skills
5. References/resource material
6. Procedures used in the facility
The greater number of drugs consumed at the same time, the greater the risk of
drug to drug interaction. - ANSWER True
By knowing a hint on what medicines the client is taking, and by enlightening
your observation, the physician or the nurse practitioner can make a medication
change.
- ANSWER True
Only a physician or a nurse practitioner has the authority to effect a medication
change.
- ANSWER True
Mention the effect of taking drugs.
ANSWERS
Identify the four (4) reasons for using medications.
- ANSWER
1. to prevent illness
2. to control or stop illness
3. to reduce symptoms
4. to manage illness
Identify the single, main reason for the rules, regulations, policies, and
guidelines for medication administration in a community-based service system.
- ANSWER
to protect the client
Define a "desired effect".
- ANSWER
the medication is doing what it is suppose to do
Define a "negative effect". - ANSWER an unpleasant or undesired effect
Define "no apparent effect". - ANSWER an unaltered effect
What is a "sign"? - ANSWER alterations in the way a person looks, acts, and
the functioning of his/her body which you can see, touch, hear, or observe that
they have vomitted/diarrhea.
A sign is "objective" information used to monitor a resident? - ANSWER True
A "sign" can be measured? - ANSWER True
, A "symptom" is something that you can not observe but is felt/disclosed by the
client. - ANSWER True
A person can tell you verbally about changes occurring or can exhibit nonverbal
behavior to convey these changes. - ANSWER True
A "symptom" can not be measured? - ANSWER True
A "symptom" can affect an individual's ADL. - ANSWER True
A symptom is "subjective" information utilized to track a resident? - ANSWER
True
What are the guidelines needed to provide medication safely? - ANSWER 1.
Medications and their usage
2. Drug effects/undesirable effects
3. Routes of administration
4. Trained observation skills
5. References/resource material
6. Procedures used in the facility
The greater number of drugs consumed at the same time, the greater the risk of
drug to drug interaction. - ANSWER True
By knowing a hint on what medicines the client is taking, and by enlightening
your observation, the physician or the nurse practitioner can make a medication
change.
- ANSWER True
Only a physician or a nurse practitioner has the authority to effect a medication
change.
- ANSWER True
Mention the effect of taking drugs.
