ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Long-term care is offered in:
(A) Hospitals
(B) Adult daycare facilities
(C) Skilled nursing facilities
(D) Ambulatory surgical centers - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Residents in _____ are usually more independent and do not need skilled care.
(A) Acute care facilities
(B) Assisted living facilities
(C) Subacute care facilities
(D) Hospice settings - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Which of the following types of health care is generally for people who will die in six months or
less?
(A) Long-term care
(B) Outpatient care
(C) Inter-generational care
(D) Hospice care - CORRECT ANSWER -D
_____ is a health insurance program for people who are 65 years of age or older or who are ill or
disabled and cannot work.
(A) Medicare
(B) Medicaid
(C) CMS
,(D) Health and Human Services - CORRECT ANSWER -A
_____ is a medical assistance program for low-income people.
(A) Medicare
(B) Medicaid
(C) CMS
(D) HCFA - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Medicare will pay for:
(A) All care requested by the recipient
(B) All care requested by the doctor
(C) All care requested by the facility
(D) Only care that it determines to be medically necessary - CORRECT ANSWER -D
The amount that Medicare and Medicaid will pay long-term care facilities for services is based
on:
(A) The resident's income
(B) The resident's need upon admission
(C) The size of the facility
(D) Who the resident knows at the facility - CORRECT ANSWER -B
The residents with the longest average stay in healthcare facilities are:
(A) Residents admitted for terminal care
(B) Residents admitted for rehabilitation or temporary illness
(C) Residents who are developmentally disabled
(D) Residents with dementia - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Dementia is:
,(A) Terminal illness
(B) Loss of mental abilities
(C) The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility
(D) Caring for the whole person - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Most people in a facility are there due to:
(A) Lack of ability to care for themselves and the lack of a support system
(B) Depression and lack of medication
(C) Terminal illness
(D) Temporary illness - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Which of the following is a task that nursing assistants commonly do?
(A) Giving medication
(B) Bathing residents
(C) Changing sterile dressings
(D) Giving tube feedings - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Which of the following is a task that nursing assistants generally do not perform?
(A) Shaving residents
(B) Inserting tubes
(C) Helping residents with toileting needs
(D) Caring for equipment - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Professionalism is related to:
(A) How a person behaves at home
(B) How a person behaves at work
(C) How well a person performs on tests
(D) How residents behave in a facility - CORRECT ANSWER -B
, A resident has purchased a special gift for her nursing assistant, Sarah. Which of the following
would be the best response by Sarah?
(A) Refuse but thank her for thinking of her
(B) Accept because Sarah does not know her facility's policy on gifts
(C) Accept and ask the resident not to tell anyone
(D) Refuse and tell her that her employer is very unfair about employees accepting gifts from
residents - CORRECT ANSWER -A
One example of professional behavior by nursing assistants when working with residents is:
(A) Keeping all resident information confidential
(B) Sharing funny stories about coworkers with the residents
(C) Giving gifts to favorite residents
(D) Asking residents for advice about personal problems - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Which of the following is an example of how a nursing assistant is demonstrating that she is
dependable?
(A) The nursing assistant is never more than 10 minutes late for work.
(B) The nursing assistant performs tasks that she does not know how to do.
(C) The nursing assistant avoids excessive absences from work.
(D) The nursing assistant does not ask others for help. - CORRECT ANSWER -C
To hold oneself accountable means to:
(A) Admit mistakes and apologize for them
(B) Always speak positively about the facility
(C) Be able to work with people of many different backgrounds
(D) Care about the problems of others - CORRECT ANSWER -A
What does the term "empathetic" mean?