ILLINOIS CNA STATE EXAM. ACCURATE
2025/2026 EXAM QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS. ASSURED A+ SCORE.
How do you promote communication with a resident? - asking OPEN ENDED questions- "How are you
feeling?" (ch.6)
A resident wants to use the commode, but she needs help... what do you do? - Use a gait belt
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath? - 80-93 `F
What is the temperature of a SITZ bath? - Sitz- seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in
WARM or HOT water (93-98-106)
What is the oral temperature? - 97.6-99.6
A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to do when he is done? - use call light/call for
help promptly or while waiting for help- place inside rails
A doctor comes in and gives an order for a new treatment before leaving, what do you do? - Let the doctor
speak to the nurse.
How should you be positioned when applying TED hose? - Wide base of support
Legs between 12-24 inches apart. Check every 2 hours.
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min
As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident who is being discharged? - Help in packing resident's things
away.
You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of disinfectant that housekeeping left behind, what do
you do? - Remove it from the resident's room immediately.
Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*There will be an illustration for this question* - 1 oz = 30 mL
How do you take a random urine specimen? - Used for routine urinalysis
No special measures are needed.
Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container, place the container in a plastic bag, apply Biohazard
Label.
, The Midstream Specimen - *Clean-voided specimen
Perineal is cleaned
Start voiding
Stop voiding half way
Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen? - Start with an empty bladder
Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---discard it
Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours. Tes is restarted if:
-a voiding was not saved
-toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
-the specimen contains stools
You answer the phone but the person meant to call a different unit, what do you do? - Transfer the call.
(pg.56)
A resident with dementia is getting agitated and thinks he lost his keys, what do you do? - Tell him you
will help him find his keys
What do you do to a room when a resident checks out? - Disinfect the room.
A resident is in isolation.
What do you do with their food tray when they done eating? - Double bag outside the room and send it to
the kitchen.
What do you do with a resident’s BM when you empty their colostomy bag? - Flush in the toilet
How many times do you ambulate a resident when the care plan states ambulate with BID? - BID- twice a
day
TID- Three times a day QID- Four times a day
You walk into a room and there is a trash can on fire. What is the first thing you should do? -
Remove/protect the residents.
R-remove resident A-alarm
C-confine, close doors E-evacuate
How should a gait belt be applied? - Over clothes with buckle off center
How should an cold compress be applied? - With cloth bag = Ice pack
What do you do with person in shock? - Make the person lie down and elevate the legs
2025/2026 EXAM QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS. ASSURED A+ SCORE.
How do you promote communication with a resident? - asking OPEN ENDED questions- "How are you
feeling?" (ch.6)
A resident wants to use the commode, but she needs help... what do you do? - Use a gait belt
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath? - 80-93 `F
What is the temperature of a SITZ bath? - Sitz- seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in
WARM or HOT water (93-98-106)
What is the oral temperature? - 97.6-99.6
A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to do when he is done? - use call light/call for
help promptly or while waiting for help- place inside rails
A doctor comes in and gives an order for a new treatment before leaving, what do you do? - Let the doctor
speak to the nurse.
How should you be positioned when applying TED hose? - Wide base of support
Legs between 12-24 inches apart. Check every 2 hours.
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min
As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident who is being discharged? - Help in packing resident's things
away.
You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of disinfectant that housekeeping left behind, what do
you do? - Remove it from the resident's room immediately.
Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*There will be an illustration for this question* - 1 oz = 30 mL
How do you take a random urine specimen? - Used for routine urinalysis
No special measures are needed.
Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container, place the container in a plastic bag, apply Biohazard
Label.
, The Midstream Specimen - *Clean-voided specimen
Perineal is cleaned
Start voiding
Stop voiding half way
Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen? - Start with an empty bladder
Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---discard it
Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours. Tes is restarted if:
-a voiding was not saved
-toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
-the specimen contains stools
You answer the phone but the person meant to call a different unit, what do you do? - Transfer the call.
(pg.56)
A resident with dementia is getting agitated and thinks he lost his keys, what do you do? - Tell him you
will help him find his keys
What do you do to a room when a resident checks out? - Disinfect the room.
A resident is in isolation.
What do you do with their food tray when they done eating? - Double bag outside the room and send it to
the kitchen.
What do you do with a resident’s BM when you empty their colostomy bag? - Flush in the toilet
How many times do you ambulate a resident when the care plan states ambulate with BID? - BID- twice a
day
TID- Three times a day QID- Four times a day
You walk into a room and there is a trash can on fire. What is the first thing you should do? -
Remove/protect the residents.
R-remove resident A-alarm
C-confine, close doors E-evacuate
How should a gait belt be applied? - Over clothes with buckle off center
How should an cold compress be applied? - With cloth bag = Ice pack
What do you do with person in shock? - Make the person lie down and elevate the legs
