CNA Prometric Exam – Written Test Practice Questions and Answer
Key (Illinois)
Which is not a sign of elder abuse?
A. Stiff joints and joint pain
B. Old bruises and new bruises
C. Poor personal hygiene
D. Frequent injuries - correct answer A. Stiff joints and joint paint
You suspect a person was abused, what should you do?
A. Tell the family
B. Call a state agency
C. Tell the nurse
D. Ask the person if he/she was abused - correct answer C. Tell the nurse
When recording information, you should do the following except
A. Use ink
B. Include date and time
C. Erase if you make an error
D. Sign all entries with your name and title - correct answer C. Erase if you make an error
Which of the following statements about recording is false?
A. Use the person's exact words whenever possible
B. Record only what you have observed and done yourself
C. Do no skip lines
D. To save time, chart a procedure before it is completed - correct answer D. To save time,
chart a procedure before it is completed
Which of the following statements about a person's records is false?
A. The record is used to communicate information about the person
B. The record is a written account of the person's illness and response to treatment
,C. The record is a written account of the care given by the health team
D. Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record - correct answer D.
Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record
A resident's care plan provides the nurse aide with information about
A. The financial arrangements made for the resident's care
B.Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
C. Facility procedures for performing different nursing care procedures
D. The nurse aide's assignments and when care is provided to each resident - correct answer B.
Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
A resident who was admitted today is sitting in a chair in his room. He asks for help to go to the
bathroom. The nurse aide knows the resident's care plan has not been completed. To help the
resident the nurse aide should
A. Ask the resident to use a walker while assisting the resident to the bathroom
B. Get another nurse aide's help to walk the resident to the bathroom
C. Position a commode chair next to the chair the resident is sitting in
D. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs - correct answer
D. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs
Which member of the health care team counsels residents and their families and arranges for
needed services?
A. Dietician
B. Social Worker
C. Physical Therapist
D. Activities Director - correct answer B. Social Worker
The nursing home is having a Christmas party. A resident who is Jewish is not interested in
going to the party. The nurse aide shoud
A. Remind the resident how much the resident enjoys parties
B. Encourage the resident to go since so many other residents are attending
C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do
,D. Ask if the resident participated in any activities for the Jewish Hanukah holiday - correct
answer C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do
A charge nurse asks a nurse aide to perform a task that is not part of the nurse aide's scope of
practice. What should the nurse aide do?
A. Consider if the task can be performed another way
B. Provide the care and perform the task as best as possible
C. Contact the ombudsman's office since resident's rights may be violated
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role - correct answer
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role
The nurse aide receives resident assignments from the charge nurse at the beginning of the
shift. When planning priorities it will be most important for the nurse aide to
A. Decide break times with other nurse aides
B. Review assignments with others to check if residents are divided evenly
C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
D. Check what the activity department has scheduled for residents during the shift - correct
answer C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
A nurse aide hears another staff member yelling and cursing at a resident. This is an example of
A. Resident neglect
B. Resident abuse
C. Nurse aide carelessness
D. Nurse aide non-compliance - correct answer B. Resident abuse
Failure to give proper care resulting in physical or emotional harm to the resident is
______________. Ex: Upon arriving for your shift, you find a resident lying in a soiled bed with
fecal matter dried on his skin:
A. Slander
B. Battery
C. Code of ethics
D. Negligence - correct answer D. Negligence
While caring for Mrs. Jones the nursing assistant discovers that she became less combative
when provided with a washcloth. The best way to communicate this with other staff is to:
, A. Report your findings to the nurse before you leave
B. Keep the information to yourself
C. Remember to report it at next week's care conference
D. Post a note in the shower room - correct answer A. Report your findings to the nurse before
you leave
The nursing assistant sees a medical abbreviation she is unfamiliar with on the work
assignment. What should she do?
A. Check with co-workers to see what it may mean
B. Check with the charge nurse to see what it means
C. Ask the housekeeper what she thinks
D. Ask the resident leading questions to figure it out - correct answer B. Check with the charge
nurse to see what it means
If the patient speaks of different dialect or language, how does the nurse aide respond?
A, Do sign language or use visual aids like photographs
B. Get an interpreter
C. Try to learnt he language
D. Nod often to give the message that he or she is understood - correct answer B. Get an
interpreter
An open-ended question requires ____________ answer. An open-ended question encourages
a person to talk
A. A simple "yes" or "no"
B. A negative
C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
D. A written - correct answer C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
When speaking with residents and their families, a nursing assistant should
A. Use medical terms so that they will understand more easily
B. Use simple, non-medical terms
C. Use a different language
Key (Illinois)
Which is not a sign of elder abuse?
A. Stiff joints and joint pain
B. Old bruises and new bruises
C. Poor personal hygiene
D. Frequent injuries - correct answer A. Stiff joints and joint paint
You suspect a person was abused, what should you do?
A. Tell the family
B. Call a state agency
C. Tell the nurse
D. Ask the person if he/she was abused - correct answer C. Tell the nurse
When recording information, you should do the following except
A. Use ink
B. Include date and time
C. Erase if you make an error
D. Sign all entries with your name and title - correct answer C. Erase if you make an error
Which of the following statements about recording is false?
A. Use the person's exact words whenever possible
B. Record only what you have observed and done yourself
C. Do no skip lines
D. To save time, chart a procedure before it is completed - correct answer D. To save time,
chart a procedure before it is completed
Which of the following statements about a person's records is false?
A. The record is used to communicate information about the person
B. The record is a written account of the person's illness and response to treatment
,C. The record is a written account of the care given by the health team
D. Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record - correct answer D.
Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record
A resident's care plan provides the nurse aide with information about
A. The financial arrangements made for the resident's care
B.Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
C. Facility procedures for performing different nursing care procedures
D. The nurse aide's assignments and when care is provided to each resident - correct answer B.
Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
A resident who was admitted today is sitting in a chair in his room. He asks for help to go to the
bathroom. The nurse aide knows the resident's care plan has not been completed. To help the
resident the nurse aide should
A. Ask the resident to use a walker while assisting the resident to the bathroom
B. Get another nurse aide's help to walk the resident to the bathroom
C. Position a commode chair next to the chair the resident is sitting in
D. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs - correct answer
D. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs
Which member of the health care team counsels residents and their families and arranges for
needed services?
A. Dietician
B. Social Worker
C. Physical Therapist
D. Activities Director - correct answer B. Social Worker
The nursing home is having a Christmas party. A resident who is Jewish is not interested in
going to the party. The nurse aide shoud
A. Remind the resident how much the resident enjoys parties
B. Encourage the resident to go since so many other residents are attending
C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do
,D. Ask if the resident participated in any activities for the Jewish Hanukah holiday - correct
answer C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do
A charge nurse asks a nurse aide to perform a task that is not part of the nurse aide's scope of
practice. What should the nurse aide do?
A. Consider if the task can be performed another way
B. Provide the care and perform the task as best as possible
C. Contact the ombudsman's office since resident's rights may be violated
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role - correct answer
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role
The nurse aide receives resident assignments from the charge nurse at the beginning of the
shift. When planning priorities it will be most important for the nurse aide to
A. Decide break times with other nurse aides
B. Review assignments with others to check if residents are divided evenly
C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
D. Check what the activity department has scheduled for residents during the shift - correct
answer C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
A nurse aide hears another staff member yelling and cursing at a resident. This is an example of
A. Resident neglect
B. Resident abuse
C. Nurse aide carelessness
D. Nurse aide non-compliance - correct answer B. Resident abuse
Failure to give proper care resulting in physical or emotional harm to the resident is
______________. Ex: Upon arriving for your shift, you find a resident lying in a soiled bed with
fecal matter dried on his skin:
A. Slander
B. Battery
C. Code of ethics
D. Negligence - correct answer D. Negligence
While caring for Mrs. Jones the nursing assistant discovers that she became less combative
when provided with a washcloth. The best way to communicate this with other staff is to:
, A. Report your findings to the nurse before you leave
B. Keep the information to yourself
C. Remember to report it at next week's care conference
D. Post a note in the shower room - correct answer A. Report your findings to the nurse before
you leave
The nursing assistant sees a medical abbreviation she is unfamiliar with on the work
assignment. What should she do?
A. Check with co-workers to see what it may mean
B. Check with the charge nurse to see what it means
C. Ask the housekeeper what she thinks
D. Ask the resident leading questions to figure it out - correct answer B. Check with the charge
nurse to see what it means
If the patient speaks of different dialect or language, how does the nurse aide respond?
A, Do sign language or use visual aids like photographs
B. Get an interpreter
C. Try to learnt he language
D. Nod often to give the message that he or she is understood - correct answer B. Get an
interpreter
An open-ended question requires ____________ answer. An open-ended question encourages
a person to talk
A. A simple "yes" or "no"
B. A negative
C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
D. A written - correct answer C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
When speaking with residents and their families, a nursing assistant should
A. Use medical terms so that they will understand more easily
B. Use simple, non-medical terms
C. Use a different language
