CNA Exam 1 ACTUAL UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
an illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover is a - CORRECT
ANSWER - terminal illness
a sudden illness from which the person is expected to recover is an - CORRECT
ANSWER - acute illness
when an illness or injury is ongoing, is slow or gradual in onset, and has no known cure, it is a -
CORRECT ANSWER - chronic illness
When health care agencies offer services, the focus of care is always:
A. to cure illness
B. to give daily personal care
C. The Person
D. To provide care after surgery or injury - CORRECT ANSWER -C
A person with an acute illness will probably be treated in:
A. hopsital
B. long term care center
C. an assisted living facility
D. rehabilitation agency - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Persons in a long term care center:
A. need hospital care
B. Are acutely ill
C. May be older with chronic disease, poor nutrition, or poor health
D. Are never able to return home - CORRECT ANSWER -C
,When you are asked questions by a surveyor, you should:
A. explain that you are not allowed to answer any questions
B. answer the questions honestly and completely
C. tell the surveyor you are busy and cannot talk now
D. tell the surveyor you do not know the answers and that they will have to ask someone else -
CORRECT ANSWER -B
Nursing assistants can have their certification, license, or registration denied, revoked, or
suspended for:
A. being absent from work frequently
B. Failing to maintain the confidentiality of patient or resident information
C. refusing to care for a certain patient
D. having frequent arguments with coworkers - CORRECT ANSWER -B
If you fail the competency evaluation the first time you take it, you:
A. may retest a second time
B. Can retest two more times for a total of three times
C. Must repeat your training program
D. Can retest as often as necessary, free of charge - CORRECT ANSWER -B
OBRA requires that retraining and a new competency evaluation test must be taken if you have
not worked as a certified nursing assistant for:
A. 24 months
B. 5 years
C. 1 year
D 6 months - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Your work as a nursing assistant is supervised by:
,A. a licensed nurse
B. doctor or dentist
C. director of nursing
D. a nursing assistant with more experience than you - CORRECT ANSWER -A
As a nursing assistant, you never give medications unless:
A. the nurse is busy and asks you to give the medications
B. the person is in the shower and the nurse leaves the medications at the bedside
C. You have completed a state-approved medication assistant training program
D. You are feeding the person and the nurse asks you to mix the medications with the food -
CORRECT ANSWER -C
You are alone at the nurses station and you answer the phone. Dr. Smith begins to give you
verbal orders. You should:
A. Hang up the phone
B. Politely give her your name and title and ask her to wait while you get a nurse
C. Quickly write down the orders and give them to the nurse
D. Politely give her your name and title and tell her to call back later when a nurse is there -
CORRECT ANSWER -B
The nurse asks you to assist him as he changes sterile dressings. You should:
A. assist him as needed
B. Tell him you cannot assist in performing any sterile procedures
C. Tell him you will change the dressing yourself, so that he can carry out duties
D. Report his request to the DON - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Who can tell the person or family a diagnosis or prescribe treatments?
A. DON
B. RN
, C. doctor
D. experienced nursing assistant - CORRECT ANSWER -C
The nurse asks you to carry out a task that you do not know how to do. You should:
A. ignore the order because it would not be safe for you to carry out the task
B. Promptly explain to the nurse why you cannot carry out the task
C. Perform the task as well as you can
D. Ask another nursing assistant to show you how to carry out the task - CORRECT
ANSWER -B
The nurse knows you are an EMT in addition to being a CNA. She is very busy and asks if you
will start an IV on a patient. You should:
A. Politely tell her that you cannot start an IV as a CNA
B. Start the IV since you start IV's routinely as an EMT
C. Ask her to spend a few minutes supervising you as you start the IV
D. Report her to the state board of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Nursing care or a nursing procedure, activity, or work that can be delegated to nursing assistants
when it does not require an RNs professional knowledge or judgement - CORRECT
ANSWER - Nursing Task
having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to perform a task safely and successfully -
CORRECT ANSWER - Competent
Which of the following is not acceptable?
A. An RN delegates a task to an LPN/LVN
B. An RN delegates a task to a nursing assistant.
C. An LPN/LVN delegates a task to a nursing assistant
D. A nursing assistant delegates a task to another nursing assistant - CORRECT
ANSWER -D
Questions and CORRECT Answers
an illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover is a - CORRECT
ANSWER - terminal illness
a sudden illness from which the person is expected to recover is an - CORRECT
ANSWER - acute illness
when an illness or injury is ongoing, is slow or gradual in onset, and has no known cure, it is a -
CORRECT ANSWER - chronic illness
When health care agencies offer services, the focus of care is always:
A. to cure illness
B. to give daily personal care
C. The Person
D. To provide care after surgery or injury - CORRECT ANSWER -C
A person with an acute illness will probably be treated in:
A. hopsital
B. long term care center
C. an assisted living facility
D. rehabilitation agency - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Persons in a long term care center:
A. need hospital care
B. Are acutely ill
C. May be older with chronic disease, poor nutrition, or poor health
D. Are never able to return home - CORRECT ANSWER -C
,When you are asked questions by a surveyor, you should:
A. explain that you are not allowed to answer any questions
B. answer the questions honestly and completely
C. tell the surveyor you are busy and cannot talk now
D. tell the surveyor you do not know the answers and that they will have to ask someone else -
CORRECT ANSWER -B
Nursing assistants can have their certification, license, or registration denied, revoked, or
suspended for:
A. being absent from work frequently
B. Failing to maintain the confidentiality of patient or resident information
C. refusing to care for a certain patient
D. having frequent arguments with coworkers - CORRECT ANSWER -B
If you fail the competency evaluation the first time you take it, you:
A. may retest a second time
B. Can retest two more times for a total of three times
C. Must repeat your training program
D. Can retest as often as necessary, free of charge - CORRECT ANSWER -B
OBRA requires that retraining and a new competency evaluation test must be taken if you have
not worked as a certified nursing assistant for:
A. 24 months
B. 5 years
C. 1 year
D 6 months - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Your work as a nursing assistant is supervised by:
,A. a licensed nurse
B. doctor or dentist
C. director of nursing
D. a nursing assistant with more experience than you - CORRECT ANSWER -A
As a nursing assistant, you never give medications unless:
A. the nurse is busy and asks you to give the medications
B. the person is in the shower and the nurse leaves the medications at the bedside
C. You have completed a state-approved medication assistant training program
D. You are feeding the person and the nurse asks you to mix the medications with the food -
CORRECT ANSWER -C
You are alone at the nurses station and you answer the phone. Dr. Smith begins to give you
verbal orders. You should:
A. Hang up the phone
B. Politely give her your name and title and ask her to wait while you get a nurse
C. Quickly write down the orders and give them to the nurse
D. Politely give her your name and title and tell her to call back later when a nurse is there -
CORRECT ANSWER -B
The nurse asks you to assist him as he changes sterile dressings. You should:
A. assist him as needed
B. Tell him you cannot assist in performing any sterile procedures
C. Tell him you will change the dressing yourself, so that he can carry out duties
D. Report his request to the DON - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Who can tell the person or family a diagnosis or prescribe treatments?
A. DON
B. RN
, C. doctor
D. experienced nursing assistant - CORRECT ANSWER -C
The nurse asks you to carry out a task that you do not know how to do. You should:
A. ignore the order because it would not be safe for you to carry out the task
B. Promptly explain to the nurse why you cannot carry out the task
C. Perform the task as well as you can
D. Ask another nursing assistant to show you how to carry out the task - CORRECT
ANSWER -B
The nurse knows you are an EMT in addition to being a CNA. She is very busy and asks if you
will start an IV on a patient. You should:
A. Politely tell her that you cannot start an IV as a CNA
B. Start the IV since you start IV's routinely as an EMT
C. Ask her to spend a few minutes supervising you as you start the IV
D. Report her to the state board of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Nursing care or a nursing procedure, activity, or work that can be delegated to nursing assistants
when it does not require an RNs professional knowledge or judgement - CORRECT
ANSWER - Nursing Task
having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to perform a task safely and successfully -
CORRECT ANSWER - Competent
Which of the following is not acceptable?
A. An RN delegates a task to an LPN/LVN
B. An RN delegates a task to a nursing assistant.
C. An LPN/LVN delegates a task to a nursing assistant
D. A nursing assistant delegates a task to another nursing assistant - CORRECT
ANSWER -D
