CDCA OSCE MASTER SET PRACTICE TEST
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ After being called to the reception area and seeing an unresponsive
patient, what do you do next?
Answer: activate EMS
⩥ Which of these conditions require a biopsy?
linea alba
leukoplakia
leukoedema
rhomboid
cancer on the tongue
Answer: leukoplakia
cancer on the tongue
⩥ angular cheilitis is caused by what?
***this could be an image question too
Answer: Candida albicans
,⩥ your patient is showing symptoms that they're about to pass out. The
patient is NOT diabetic. What position should you place the patient in?
Answer: trendelenburg (head below the feet)
⩥ if your diabetic patient starts to feel uncomfortable, nervous, and faint,
what should you immediately do?
Answer: administer glucose
⩥ diabetics experiencing confusion, sweating, dizziness, anger?
Answer: hypoglycemia
⩥ the patient is agitated and aggressive, dizzy, confused, has an
increased pulse, etc. what would you expect might happen?
Answer: possible unconsciousness
⩥ what is the treatment of asthma? *select all that apply*
Answer: position the patient upright with arms forward
Administer 1 puff from the inhaler, repeat 5 minutes if necessary
Administer oxygen
Assess and record vitals
Call 911 if no improvement in 5 minutes
⩥ patient with COPD, you should NOT?
, Answer: position in trendelenburg
⩥ Your patient is conscious of partial airway obstruction and poor air
exchange. What
should you do?
Answer: perform abdominal thrusts (AKA Heimlich) until the object is
expelled or the
patient loses consciousness
⩥ What are the characteristics of Bell's palsy?
Answer: 1) Unilateral facial muscle paralysis
2) Affects the 7th (facial) cranial nerve
3) Mobility on the unaffected eye
4) Inability to close eye on the affected side
5) Hereditary
6) Most patients recover in 3 weeks - 6 months
⩥ Your patient loses consciousness and has one-sided weakness once
consciousness has
been regained. What can the hygienist assume happened?
Answer: CVA -stroke
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ After being called to the reception area and seeing an unresponsive
patient, what do you do next?
Answer: activate EMS
⩥ Which of these conditions require a biopsy?
linea alba
leukoplakia
leukoedema
rhomboid
cancer on the tongue
Answer: leukoplakia
cancer on the tongue
⩥ angular cheilitis is caused by what?
***this could be an image question too
Answer: Candida albicans
,⩥ your patient is showing symptoms that they're about to pass out. The
patient is NOT diabetic. What position should you place the patient in?
Answer: trendelenburg (head below the feet)
⩥ if your diabetic patient starts to feel uncomfortable, nervous, and faint,
what should you immediately do?
Answer: administer glucose
⩥ diabetics experiencing confusion, sweating, dizziness, anger?
Answer: hypoglycemia
⩥ the patient is agitated and aggressive, dizzy, confused, has an
increased pulse, etc. what would you expect might happen?
Answer: possible unconsciousness
⩥ what is the treatment of asthma? *select all that apply*
Answer: position the patient upright with arms forward
Administer 1 puff from the inhaler, repeat 5 minutes if necessary
Administer oxygen
Assess and record vitals
Call 911 if no improvement in 5 minutes
⩥ patient with COPD, you should NOT?
, Answer: position in trendelenburg
⩥ Your patient is conscious of partial airway obstruction and poor air
exchange. What
should you do?
Answer: perform abdominal thrusts (AKA Heimlich) until the object is
expelled or the
patient loses consciousness
⩥ What are the characteristics of Bell's palsy?
Answer: 1) Unilateral facial muscle paralysis
2) Affects the 7th (facial) cranial nerve
3) Mobility on the unaffected eye
4) Inability to close eye on the affected side
5) Hereditary
6) Most patients recover in 3 weeks - 6 months
⩥ Your patient loses consciousness and has one-sided weakness once
consciousness has
been regained. What can the hygienist assume happened?
Answer: CVA -stroke
