FUNDAMENTAL CMS PROCTORED EXAM Question
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Grade A+
• Standard Precautions -✓✓Use for all clients and include hand hygiene and PPE as
needed
• Contact Precautions -✓✓Require gown and gloves on entry and are used for
organisms like C. diff and MRSA
• Droplet Precautions -✓✓Require surgical mask within close range for infections like
influenza or strep
• Airborne Precautions -✓✓Require N95 respirator for TB measles and varicella
• Surgical Asepsis -✓✓Sterile technique used to eliminate all microorganisms
• Medical Asepsis -✓✓Clean technique used to reduce microorganism spread
• Clostridium difficile -✓✓Requires contact precautions and soap and water
handwashing
• Hand Hygiene -✓✓Most effective method to prevent infection transmission
• Chain of Infection -✓✓Infectious agent reservoir portal of exit transmission portal of
entry susceptible host
• Personal Protective Equipment -✓✓Don before contact with client and remove before
leaving room
• Sharps Safety -✓✓Never recap used needles to prevent injury
• Biohazard Disposal -✓✓Used for contaminated waste materials
• Isolation Room Signage -✓✓Indicates required precautions and PPE
• Sterile Field Contamination -✓✓Occurs if wet touched or out of sight
• Clean Gloves -✓✓Used for contact with nonsterile body fluids
• Alcohol Based Hand Rub -✓✓Ineffective against C. diff spores
, • Reverse Isolation -✓✓Protects immunocompromised clients from infection
• Fomites -✓✓Inanimate objects that transmit microorganisms
• Nosocomial Infection -✓✓Infection acquired in healthcare setting
• Break in Sterility -✓✓Requires restarting sterile procedure
• Inspection -✓✓Visual examination of the client during assessment
• Palpation -✓✓Using hands to assess temperature texture or tenderness
• Percussion -✓✓Tapping body surfaces to assess density
• Auscultation -✓✓Listening to body sounds with a stethoscope
• Subjective Data -✓✓Information reported by the client
• Objective Data -✓✓Measurable and observable findings
• Older Adult Fall Risk -✓✓Increased risk due to decreased balance or mobility
• Acute Confusion -✓✓Always report because it is not normal aging
• Unintended Weight Loss -✓✓Concerning finding in older adults
• Polypharmacy -✓✓Increased medication use raising risk for adverse effects
• Primary Prevention -✓✓Prevent disease through vaccines or education
• Secondary Prevention -✓✓Detect disease early through screening
• Tertiary Prevention -✓✓Reduce complications of existing illness
• Health Literacy -✓✓Client ability to understand health information
• Teach Back Method -✓✓Client repeats information to verify understanding
• Postmortem Care -✓✓Care provided after death to maintain dignity
• Time of Death -✓✓Officially pronounced and documented by provider
• Supine Position -✓✓Standard body positioning after death
and Answer 2026 | Mastery Review Resource |
Grade A+
• Standard Precautions -✓✓Use for all clients and include hand hygiene and PPE as
needed
• Contact Precautions -✓✓Require gown and gloves on entry and are used for
organisms like C. diff and MRSA
• Droplet Precautions -✓✓Require surgical mask within close range for infections like
influenza or strep
• Airborne Precautions -✓✓Require N95 respirator for TB measles and varicella
• Surgical Asepsis -✓✓Sterile technique used to eliminate all microorganisms
• Medical Asepsis -✓✓Clean technique used to reduce microorganism spread
• Clostridium difficile -✓✓Requires contact precautions and soap and water
handwashing
• Hand Hygiene -✓✓Most effective method to prevent infection transmission
• Chain of Infection -✓✓Infectious agent reservoir portal of exit transmission portal of
entry susceptible host
• Personal Protective Equipment -✓✓Don before contact with client and remove before
leaving room
• Sharps Safety -✓✓Never recap used needles to prevent injury
• Biohazard Disposal -✓✓Used for contaminated waste materials
• Isolation Room Signage -✓✓Indicates required precautions and PPE
• Sterile Field Contamination -✓✓Occurs if wet touched or out of sight
• Clean Gloves -✓✓Used for contact with nonsterile body fluids
• Alcohol Based Hand Rub -✓✓Ineffective against C. diff spores
, • Reverse Isolation -✓✓Protects immunocompromised clients from infection
• Fomites -✓✓Inanimate objects that transmit microorganisms
• Nosocomial Infection -✓✓Infection acquired in healthcare setting
• Break in Sterility -✓✓Requires restarting sterile procedure
• Inspection -✓✓Visual examination of the client during assessment
• Palpation -✓✓Using hands to assess temperature texture or tenderness
• Percussion -✓✓Tapping body surfaces to assess density
• Auscultation -✓✓Listening to body sounds with a stethoscope
• Subjective Data -✓✓Information reported by the client
• Objective Data -✓✓Measurable and observable findings
• Older Adult Fall Risk -✓✓Increased risk due to decreased balance or mobility
• Acute Confusion -✓✓Always report because it is not normal aging
• Unintended Weight Loss -✓✓Concerning finding in older adults
• Polypharmacy -✓✓Increased medication use raising risk for adverse effects
• Primary Prevention -✓✓Prevent disease through vaccines or education
• Secondary Prevention -✓✓Detect disease early through screening
• Tertiary Prevention -✓✓Reduce complications of existing illness
• Health Literacy -✓✓Client ability to understand health information
• Teach Back Method -✓✓Client repeats information to verify understanding
• Postmortem Care -✓✓Care provided after death to maintain dignity
• Time of Death -✓✓Officially pronounced and documented by provider
• Supine Position -✓✓Standard body positioning after death
