HCA WASHINGTON SKILLS FINAL EXAM ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔As an HCA you observe and report changes in consumers, baseline, physical,
emotional and mental health. Share with care team by reporting changes to appropriate
members true or false? - ✔✔True
✔✔What is baseline? - ✔✔Baseline is what a consumer considers normal level of
functioning, physical, emotional mental and social
✔✔Personal care services - ✔✔Test done to help a consumer with activities of daily
living and instrumental activities of daily living (ADLS and IADLS)
✔✔Care plan - ✔✔Outlines everything the care team is to do to support the consumer
and identify the consumer baseline
✔✔What does CARE stand for? - ✔✔Comprehensive assessment reporting evaluation
Used by Department of aging and long-term care
✔✔What does SIS stand for? - ✔✔Supports intensive scale
Used by developmental disability administration DDA
✔✔What does a ADLS stand for? - ✔✔Activities of daily living
It's every day, personal care activities, such as bathing, dressing, medication, mobility,
and toileting
✔✔What does IADLS stand for? - ✔✔Instrumental activity of daily living
Routine task performed around the home or in the community such as meal prep
grocery shopping, housework, and laundry
✔✔More than 90% of what is communicated is nonverbal true or false? - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the active listening process? - ✔✔1. pay attention/focus
2. Understand.; ask questions restate what was said and avoid misunderstandings.
3. Respond.; verbally and non-verbal prompts such as speak, nod, smile, and gesture.
4. Clarify; say "tell me again I want to be sure I understand"
✔✔What is objective documentation? - ✔✔The way you saw it or client expressed it.
Only factual information and document exact words.
Example:
" they told me ..."
, ✔✔What is subjective documentation? - ✔✔The way you saw it come to life or using
your senses. Sharing your opinion or interpretation of what was observed it isn't always
accurate.
Example: "they seemed.."
✔✔True or false? HCA should not assess pain, but observed the pain and report
changes from baseline - ✔✔True
✔✔How do you identify pain signs? - ✔✔Moaning, crying, clenching fist and grinding
teeth
✔✔How do you identify confusion signs? - ✔✔Answers that don't make sense
Asking the same questions repeated
Calling someone different names
Not remembering names to items used commonly
✔✔What is a pathogen? - ✔✔Any germ causing disease
✔✔What is a fungus? - ✔✔A single cell or multicellular, germ, yeast or mold
✔✔What are immunizations? - ✔✔Standard precautions to a medical treatment given to
protect against particular diseases
✔✔How long is a tetanus shot good for? - ✔✔Tetanus shots last 10 years if injured
✔✔When you get a pneumonia shot, does it last a lifetime true or false? - ✔✔True
✔✔Hepatitis A, how many shots are required? - ✔✔Two shots six months apart
✔✔Hepatitis B, how many shots are required? - ✔✔Three shots
✔✔To pump lymphatic, fluid exercise, more or massage area true or false? - ✔✔True
Encouraging client to do so will keep them healthy as well as supplements, taking meds
and good hygiene
✔✔What is a localized sign and symptoms of infection? - ✔✔Infection is confined to one
area of the body, causing
Oozing
Swelling
Wound cut, scratch, red irritation, worn painful area of body hot to the touch
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔As an HCA you observe and report changes in consumers, baseline, physical,
emotional and mental health. Share with care team by reporting changes to appropriate
members true or false? - ✔✔True
✔✔What is baseline? - ✔✔Baseline is what a consumer considers normal level of
functioning, physical, emotional mental and social
✔✔Personal care services - ✔✔Test done to help a consumer with activities of daily
living and instrumental activities of daily living (ADLS and IADLS)
✔✔Care plan - ✔✔Outlines everything the care team is to do to support the consumer
and identify the consumer baseline
✔✔What does CARE stand for? - ✔✔Comprehensive assessment reporting evaluation
Used by Department of aging and long-term care
✔✔What does SIS stand for? - ✔✔Supports intensive scale
Used by developmental disability administration DDA
✔✔What does a ADLS stand for? - ✔✔Activities of daily living
It's every day, personal care activities, such as bathing, dressing, medication, mobility,
and toileting
✔✔What does IADLS stand for? - ✔✔Instrumental activity of daily living
Routine task performed around the home or in the community such as meal prep
grocery shopping, housework, and laundry
✔✔More than 90% of what is communicated is nonverbal true or false? - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the active listening process? - ✔✔1. pay attention/focus
2. Understand.; ask questions restate what was said and avoid misunderstandings.
3. Respond.; verbally and non-verbal prompts such as speak, nod, smile, and gesture.
4. Clarify; say "tell me again I want to be sure I understand"
✔✔What is objective documentation? - ✔✔The way you saw it or client expressed it.
Only factual information and document exact words.
Example:
" they told me ..."
, ✔✔What is subjective documentation? - ✔✔The way you saw it come to life or using
your senses. Sharing your opinion or interpretation of what was observed it isn't always
accurate.
Example: "they seemed.."
✔✔True or false? HCA should not assess pain, but observed the pain and report
changes from baseline - ✔✔True
✔✔How do you identify pain signs? - ✔✔Moaning, crying, clenching fist and grinding
teeth
✔✔How do you identify confusion signs? - ✔✔Answers that don't make sense
Asking the same questions repeated
Calling someone different names
Not remembering names to items used commonly
✔✔What is a pathogen? - ✔✔Any germ causing disease
✔✔What is a fungus? - ✔✔A single cell or multicellular, germ, yeast or mold
✔✔What are immunizations? - ✔✔Standard precautions to a medical treatment given to
protect against particular diseases
✔✔How long is a tetanus shot good for? - ✔✔Tetanus shots last 10 years if injured
✔✔When you get a pneumonia shot, does it last a lifetime true or false? - ✔✔True
✔✔Hepatitis A, how many shots are required? - ✔✔Two shots six months apart
✔✔Hepatitis B, how many shots are required? - ✔✔Three shots
✔✔To pump lymphatic, fluid exercise, more or massage area true or false? - ✔✔True
Encouraging client to do so will keep them healthy as well as supplements, taking meds
and good hygiene
✔✔What is a localized sign and symptoms of infection? - ✔✔Infection is confined to one
area of the body, causing
Oozing
Swelling
Wound cut, scratch, red irritation, worn painful area of body hot to the touch
