PROMETRIC CNA STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔If a nurse aide needs to wear a gown to care for a client in isolation, the nurse aide
MUST:
A. Wear the same gown to care for all other assigned clients
B. Leave the gown untied
C. Take the gown off before leaving the client's room
D. Take the gown off in the dirty utility room - ✔✔C. Take the gown off before leaving
the client's room
✔✔A nurse aide who applies restraints on a client without directions from the charge
nurse maybe accused of
A. Slander
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment.
D. Negligence. - ✔✔C. False imprisonment.
✔✔The nurse aide will be transporting the patient on Droplet Precautions to x-ray.
According to your textbook, how will the nurse aide prepare for the transport?
A. Have the resident wear a N95 Respirator, and the nurse aide must wear a surgical
mask
B. The resident does not need to wear a mask, neither does the nurse aide
C. Have the resident wear as mask, and the nurse aide must also wear as mask
D. Have the resident wear a mask, but no mask is required for the nurse aide - ✔✔D.
Have the resident wear a mask, but no mask is required for the nurse aide
✔✔Which of the following is true of Transmission-Based Precautions?
A. A nursing assistant does not need to practice Standard Precautions if he practices
Transmission-Based Precautions.
B. They are exactly the same as Standard Precautions.
C. They are practiced in addition to Standard Precautions.
D. None of the above - ✔✔C. They are practiced in addition to Standard Precautions.
✔✔At the SNF facility, some conditions may call for the patient to be isolated. Which
one of the below conditions would necessitate Airborne Isolation?
A. Pneumonia
B. Scabies
C. Pertussis
D. Chicken pox - ✔✔D. Chicken pox
,✔✔The nurse assistant caring for an AIDS patient should wear gloves when:
A. Walking the person
B. Feeding the person
C. Changing soiled linens
D. All of the above - ✔✔C. Changing soiled linens
✔✔The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is important to the
nurse aide because it
A. Allows residents to carry health care from the hospital to the nursing home.
B. Provides for insurance coverage for residents and health care workers.
C. Identifies protected health information that must remain confidential.
D. Provides accountability for care offered across health care settings. - ✔✔C. Identifies
protected health information that must remain confidential.
✔✔Which of the following is a right of nursing home residents?
A. To select the staff that will provide their care
B. To have designated smoking areas in the facility
C. To make decisions about their care and treatment
D. To have activities offered throughout the day and evening shift - ✔✔C. To make
decisions about their care and treatment
✔✔The term vital signs refers to
A. Any important information about a resident's condition.
B. The color, condition, and appearance of the skin.
C. Fluid intake and output, as well as bowel movements.
D. Temperature, pulse, and respirations. - ✔✔D. Temperature, pulse, and respirations.
✔✔Which is NOT usually a sign of infection?
A. Diarrhea
B. High temperature
C. Cloudy or smelly urine
D. High blood pressure - ✔✔D. High blood pressure
✔✔A condition in which the force of the pulse is very weak or hard to feel is called:
A. Slow pulse.
B. Elevated pulse.
C. Thready pulse.
D. Rapid pulse. - ✔✔C. Thready pulse.
, ✔✔The normal range for an adult's oral temperature is:
A. 96.7˚ F to 97.6˚ F.
B. 96.9˚ F to 97.6˚ F.
C. 97.6˚ F to 99.6˚ F.
D. 97.6˚ F to 98.6˚ F. - ✔✔C. 97.6˚ F to 99.6˚ F.
✔✔An elevation of body temperature is called:
A. Cyanosis.
B. Shallow.
C. Compression.
D. A fever. - ✔✔D. A fever.
✔✔The pulse located on the inside aspect of the elbow is the ___________ pulse:
A. Apical
B. Radial
C. Brachial
D. Topical - ✔✔C. Brachial
✔✔Which of the following temperatures should you report immediately?
A. An oral temperature of 98.4˚ F
B. A rectal temperature of 101.6˚ F
C. An axillary temperature of 97.6˚ F
D. An oral temperature of 99˚ F - ✔✔B. A rectal temperature of 101.6˚ F
✔✔Which of the following is NOT correct about bed making in a healthcare setting?
A. Make one side of the bed at a time
B. Store many linens in the person's room so that you don't have to go back and forth to
get them
C. Wash your hands before handling clean linens
D. Hold dirty linens away from your uniform - ✔✔B. Store many linens in the person's
room so that you don't have to go back and forth to get them
✔✔When moving a resident in bed, a lift or turning sheet may be used to help prevent
A. atrophy.
B. shearing.
C. infections.
D. contractures. - ✔✔B. shearing.
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔If a nurse aide needs to wear a gown to care for a client in isolation, the nurse aide
MUST:
A. Wear the same gown to care for all other assigned clients
B. Leave the gown untied
C. Take the gown off before leaving the client's room
D. Take the gown off in the dirty utility room - ✔✔C. Take the gown off before leaving
the client's room
✔✔A nurse aide who applies restraints on a client without directions from the charge
nurse maybe accused of
A. Slander
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment.
D. Negligence. - ✔✔C. False imprisonment.
✔✔The nurse aide will be transporting the patient on Droplet Precautions to x-ray.
According to your textbook, how will the nurse aide prepare for the transport?
A. Have the resident wear a N95 Respirator, and the nurse aide must wear a surgical
mask
B. The resident does not need to wear a mask, neither does the nurse aide
C. Have the resident wear as mask, and the nurse aide must also wear as mask
D. Have the resident wear a mask, but no mask is required for the nurse aide - ✔✔D.
Have the resident wear a mask, but no mask is required for the nurse aide
✔✔Which of the following is true of Transmission-Based Precautions?
A. A nursing assistant does not need to practice Standard Precautions if he practices
Transmission-Based Precautions.
B. They are exactly the same as Standard Precautions.
C. They are practiced in addition to Standard Precautions.
D. None of the above - ✔✔C. They are practiced in addition to Standard Precautions.
✔✔At the SNF facility, some conditions may call for the patient to be isolated. Which
one of the below conditions would necessitate Airborne Isolation?
A. Pneumonia
B. Scabies
C. Pertussis
D. Chicken pox - ✔✔D. Chicken pox
,✔✔The nurse assistant caring for an AIDS patient should wear gloves when:
A. Walking the person
B. Feeding the person
C. Changing soiled linens
D. All of the above - ✔✔C. Changing soiled linens
✔✔The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is important to the
nurse aide because it
A. Allows residents to carry health care from the hospital to the nursing home.
B. Provides for insurance coverage for residents and health care workers.
C. Identifies protected health information that must remain confidential.
D. Provides accountability for care offered across health care settings. - ✔✔C. Identifies
protected health information that must remain confidential.
✔✔Which of the following is a right of nursing home residents?
A. To select the staff that will provide their care
B. To have designated smoking areas in the facility
C. To make decisions about their care and treatment
D. To have activities offered throughout the day and evening shift - ✔✔C. To make
decisions about their care and treatment
✔✔The term vital signs refers to
A. Any important information about a resident's condition.
B. The color, condition, and appearance of the skin.
C. Fluid intake and output, as well as bowel movements.
D. Temperature, pulse, and respirations. - ✔✔D. Temperature, pulse, and respirations.
✔✔Which is NOT usually a sign of infection?
A. Diarrhea
B. High temperature
C. Cloudy or smelly urine
D. High blood pressure - ✔✔D. High blood pressure
✔✔A condition in which the force of the pulse is very weak or hard to feel is called:
A. Slow pulse.
B. Elevated pulse.
C. Thready pulse.
D. Rapid pulse. - ✔✔C. Thready pulse.
, ✔✔The normal range for an adult's oral temperature is:
A. 96.7˚ F to 97.6˚ F.
B. 96.9˚ F to 97.6˚ F.
C. 97.6˚ F to 99.6˚ F.
D. 97.6˚ F to 98.6˚ F. - ✔✔C. 97.6˚ F to 99.6˚ F.
✔✔An elevation of body temperature is called:
A. Cyanosis.
B. Shallow.
C. Compression.
D. A fever. - ✔✔D. A fever.
✔✔The pulse located on the inside aspect of the elbow is the ___________ pulse:
A. Apical
B. Radial
C. Brachial
D. Topical - ✔✔C. Brachial
✔✔Which of the following temperatures should you report immediately?
A. An oral temperature of 98.4˚ F
B. A rectal temperature of 101.6˚ F
C. An axillary temperature of 97.6˚ F
D. An oral temperature of 99˚ F - ✔✔B. A rectal temperature of 101.6˚ F
✔✔Which of the following is NOT correct about bed making in a healthcare setting?
A. Make one side of the bed at a time
B. Store many linens in the person's room so that you don't have to go back and forth to
get them
C. Wash your hands before handling clean linens
D. Hold dirty linens away from your uniform - ✔✔B. Store many linens in the person's
room so that you don't have to go back and forth to get them
✔✔When moving a resident in bed, a lift or turning sheet may be used to help prevent
A. atrophy.
B. shearing.
C. infections.
D. contractures. - ✔✔B. shearing.
