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Colorado POST Exam 2025 Test Bank 1, 2 & 3 Latest
Questions and Correct Answers/ Colorado POST
(Peace Officer Standards and Training) Test Prep
Review Questions and 100% Correct Answers
Abstain - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To voluntarily refrain from
something
E.g. the dental hygienist instructed the patient to ____
from smoking to improve his breath odor
...ANSWER...✓✓ To be responsible
E.g. paramedics are ____for maintaining up-to-date
Accountable -
knowledge of resuscitation techniques
Acute - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Sudden, intense
E.g. the nurse administered the prescribed pain
medication to the patient who was experiencing ____pain
after surgery
Adhere - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To hold fast or stick together
E.g. the tape just _____to the patients skin to hold the
bandage in place
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Adverse - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Undesired, possibly harmful
E.g. vomiting is an ______effect of many medications
Aegis - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Control, protection
E.g. unit staffing decisions are under the ____of the nurse
manager
ambivalent - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Uncertain, having
contradictory feelings
E.g. after learning she had breast cancer, the patient was
______about having a mastectomy
Apply - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To place, put on or spread
something
E.g the nurse will _____a medication to the wound before
covering the wound with a bandage
Assent - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To give consent; to agree
E.g. the patient was asked to ______to the surgery by
signing the informed consent document
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Audible - ...ANSWER...✓✓ able to be heard
E.g. the respiratory therapist noted the patients
_____wheezing as a symptom of the patients asthma
Bacteria - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Single-celled, microscopic
organisms
E.g. the physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm the
patients illness was caused by bacteria rather than a
virus
Bilateral - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Present on two sides
E.g. the unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the
nurse that the patient had bilateral weakness in the legs
when walking
Cardiac - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Of or relating to the heart
E.g. smoking increases the risk of cardiac disease
Cavity - ...ANSWER...✓✓ An opening or an empty area
E.g. the nurse inspected the patients oral cavity for
lesions
Colorado POST Exam 2025 Test Bank 1, 2 & 3 Latest
Questions and Correct Answers/ Colorado POST
(Peace Officer Standards and Training) Test Prep
Review Questions and 100% Correct Answers
Abstain - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To voluntarily refrain from
something
E.g. the dental hygienist instructed the patient to ____
from smoking to improve his breath odor
...ANSWER...✓✓ To be responsible
E.g. paramedics are ____for maintaining up-to-date
Accountable -
knowledge of resuscitation techniques
Acute - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Sudden, intense
E.g. the nurse administered the prescribed pain
medication to the patient who was experiencing ____pain
after surgery
Adhere - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To hold fast or stick together
E.g. the tape just _____to the patients skin to hold the
bandage in place
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Adverse - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Undesired, possibly harmful
E.g. vomiting is an ______effect of many medications
Aegis - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Control, protection
E.g. unit staffing decisions are under the ____of the nurse
manager
ambivalent - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Uncertain, having
contradictory feelings
E.g. after learning she had breast cancer, the patient was
______about having a mastectomy
Apply - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To place, put on or spread
something
E.g the nurse will _____a medication to the wound before
covering the wound with a bandage
Assent - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To give consent; to agree
E.g. the patient was asked to ______to the surgery by
signing the informed consent document
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Audible - ...ANSWER...✓✓ able to be heard
E.g. the respiratory therapist noted the patients
_____wheezing as a symptom of the patients asthma
Bacteria - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Single-celled, microscopic
organisms
E.g. the physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm the
patients illness was caused by bacteria rather than a
virus
Bilateral - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Present on two sides
E.g. the unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the
nurse that the patient had bilateral weakness in the legs
when walking
Cardiac - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Of or relating to the heart
E.g. smoking increases the risk of cardiac disease
Cavity - ...ANSWER...✓✓ An opening or an empty area
E.g. the nurse inspected the patients oral cavity for
lesions
