Florida CNA State Exam
April 2025/2026 with
correct answers
Abduction - correct answersTo draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
or limb
Abuse - correct answersTo treat in a harmful, injurious way, either mentally or physically
Activities of daily living - correct answersActivities such as bathing, grooming, dressing, eating,
moving about the facility
Acute - correct answersShort but severe illness
Adduction - correct answersTo move a part of the body toward the central axis of the body
,Advance directives - correct answersLegal document telling your doctor what kind of care you
want if you become unable to make medical decisions
Advocate - correct answersPerson who defends another or is on their side
Alignment - correct answersProper positioning of the body, such as posture
Ambulate - correct answersTo walk from place to place
AM care - correct answersCare given BEFORE breakfast
Anal incontinence - correct answersinability to control the bowels
Anorexia - correct answersLack of appetite for food
Anuria - correct answersInability to urinate
Anus - correct answersOutlet of the rectum
Aphasia - correct answersInability to speak or comprehend
Apical pulse - correct answersPulse rate at the apex of the heart measured with a stethoscope
Apnea - correct answersAbsence of breathing
Asepsis - correct answersBeing free of disease causing pathogens and germs
, Assault - correct answersThreatening or attempting to touch a person's body without their
consent
Aspiration - correct answersChoking on an object in the respiratory tract
Atrophy - correct answersWasting away of muscle tissue
Axillary - correct answersArmpit area of the body
Bacteria - correct answersSingle cell micro-organisms
Battery - correct answersTouching someone's body without their consent
Biohazardous waste - correct answersAny item contaminated by bodily fluid, blood, discharges
Blood pressure - correct answersMeasure of the force of blood against blood vessel walls
Bowel movement - correct answersDefecation
Carrier - correct answersA human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes, but doesnt have
signs or symptoms of infection
Case Managment - correct answersA nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a
person's care from admission through discharge and into the home or long-term care setting
Catheter - correct answersA tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
Catheterization - correct answersThe process of inserting a catheter
April 2025/2026 with
correct answers
Abduction - correct answersTo draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
or limb
Abuse - correct answersTo treat in a harmful, injurious way, either mentally or physically
Activities of daily living - correct answersActivities such as bathing, grooming, dressing, eating,
moving about the facility
Acute - correct answersShort but severe illness
Adduction - correct answersTo move a part of the body toward the central axis of the body
,Advance directives - correct answersLegal document telling your doctor what kind of care you
want if you become unable to make medical decisions
Advocate - correct answersPerson who defends another or is on their side
Alignment - correct answersProper positioning of the body, such as posture
Ambulate - correct answersTo walk from place to place
AM care - correct answersCare given BEFORE breakfast
Anal incontinence - correct answersinability to control the bowels
Anorexia - correct answersLack of appetite for food
Anuria - correct answersInability to urinate
Anus - correct answersOutlet of the rectum
Aphasia - correct answersInability to speak or comprehend
Apical pulse - correct answersPulse rate at the apex of the heart measured with a stethoscope
Apnea - correct answersAbsence of breathing
Asepsis - correct answersBeing free of disease causing pathogens and germs
, Assault - correct answersThreatening or attempting to touch a person's body without their
consent
Aspiration - correct answersChoking on an object in the respiratory tract
Atrophy - correct answersWasting away of muscle tissue
Axillary - correct answersArmpit area of the body
Bacteria - correct answersSingle cell micro-organisms
Battery - correct answersTouching someone's body without their consent
Biohazardous waste - correct answersAny item contaminated by bodily fluid, blood, discharges
Blood pressure - correct answersMeasure of the force of blood against blood vessel walls
Bowel movement - correct answersDefecation
Carrier - correct answersA human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes, but doesnt have
signs or symptoms of infection
Case Managment - correct answersA nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a
person's care from admission through discharge and into the home or long-term care setting
Catheter - correct answersA tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
Catheterization - correct answersThe process of inserting a catheter
