PCA CFSS Worker Training Exam Questions
And Answers
A lead agency carries out an assessment process using state-set guidlines. - Answer-How
is a person's eligibilty for PCA and CFSS determined?
- A person receiving CFSS services
- The parents of a minor person
- The person's spouse - Answer-Who can be a CFSS worker that could not be a PCA worker?
Financial Exploitation - Answer-is the misuse of a funds, assets or property or the failure to
use the vulnerable adult's financial resources to care for the vulnerable adult, which results
in or is likely to result in detriment to the vulnerable adult
- Yes, the incident needs to be reported to the the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting
Center(MAARC/CEP) by the physician.
- Yes, the incident needs to be reported to the the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting
Center(MAARC/CEP) by the staff person accompanying Jane to the appointment. - Answer-
Jane is 30 years old and lives in an adult foster care facility. Jane is diagnosed with a
traumatic brain injury and insulin dependent diabetes. An adult foster care staff person
brings Jane to see her physician for a routine check-up. During the visit to her physician,
, Jane's blood sugar levels are noted to be very high. The physician asks Jane about the high
blood sugar levels. Jane tells the physician that she ran out of insulin three days ago and
that the person in charge of refilling her prescriptions at the facility said that they were
"working on" getting her some more. The physician asks the staff person accompanying
Jane about Jane not having any insulin, but the staff person has no knowledge.
Yes, the situation should be reported to the the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting
Center(MAARC/CEP). - Answer-Marvel is a 90 year old woman who is living alone since the
death of her husband Bill, approximately one month ago. Bill had managed the finances, done
the grocery shopping and maintained the yard. You have not seen Marvel in over a week and
you are concerned that she may not have the ability to get to the grocery store. Marvel does
not have a driver's license and her children live in other states. No one has picked up her
mail and it is starting to pile up on her front step. Her yard has become overgrown and her
plants have died.
Yes, the incident should be reported to the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting
Center(MAARC/CEP). - Answer-A resident's care plan indicates that the resident is not to be
left unsupervised on the side of the bed because of her poor sitting balance. The resident is
left sitting on the side of the bed while the nursing assistant left the room quickly to get a
clean towel and washcloth. The resident falls and sustains a fracture of her humerus.
Yes, the game disk is the property of Robert and the staff person "willfully withheld" the disk
without legal authority. - Answer-Robert is 18 years old and lives in an adult foster care
home. Robert enjoys playing video games and owns all of the latest games. One evening while
talking with a staff person named Jeff, Robert says that he sure wishes he could get his
video golf game disk back from the staff person who works on the weekend. Jeff asks Robert
some questions and Robert says that he "loaned" the game disk to a weekend staff person
two weeks ago. Robert tells Jeff that he did not really want to loan the game to the weekend
staff person and told him so, but the staff person took the game anyway and said he would
And Answers
A lead agency carries out an assessment process using state-set guidlines. - Answer-How
is a person's eligibilty for PCA and CFSS determined?
- A person receiving CFSS services
- The parents of a minor person
- The person's spouse - Answer-Who can be a CFSS worker that could not be a PCA worker?
Financial Exploitation - Answer-is the misuse of a funds, assets or property or the failure to
use the vulnerable adult's financial resources to care for the vulnerable adult, which results
in or is likely to result in detriment to the vulnerable adult
- Yes, the incident needs to be reported to the the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting
Center(MAARC/CEP) by the physician.
- Yes, the incident needs to be reported to the the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting
Center(MAARC/CEP) by the staff person accompanying Jane to the appointment. - Answer-
Jane is 30 years old and lives in an adult foster care facility. Jane is diagnosed with a
traumatic brain injury and insulin dependent diabetes. An adult foster care staff person
brings Jane to see her physician for a routine check-up. During the visit to her physician,
, Jane's blood sugar levels are noted to be very high. The physician asks Jane about the high
blood sugar levels. Jane tells the physician that she ran out of insulin three days ago and
that the person in charge of refilling her prescriptions at the facility said that they were
"working on" getting her some more. The physician asks the staff person accompanying
Jane about Jane not having any insulin, but the staff person has no knowledge.
Yes, the situation should be reported to the the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting
Center(MAARC/CEP). - Answer-Marvel is a 90 year old woman who is living alone since the
death of her husband Bill, approximately one month ago. Bill had managed the finances, done
the grocery shopping and maintained the yard. You have not seen Marvel in over a week and
you are concerned that she may not have the ability to get to the grocery store. Marvel does
not have a driver's license and her children live in other states. No one has picked up her
mail and it is starting to pile up on her front step. Her yard has become overgrown and her
plants have died.
Yes, the incident should be reported to the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting
Center(MAARC/CEP). - Answer-A resident's care plan indicates that the resident is not to be
left unsupervised on the side of the bed because of her poor sitting balance. The resident is
left sitting on the side of the bed while the nursing assistant left the room quickly to get a
clean towel and washcloth. The resident falls and sustains a fracture of her humerus.
Yes, the game disk is the property of Robert and the staff person "willfully withheld" the disk
without legal authority. - Answer-Robert is 18 years old and lives in an adult foster care
home. Robert enjoys playing video games and owns all of the latest games. One evening while
talking with a staff person named Jeff, Robert says that he sure wishes he could get his
video golf game disk back from the staff person who works on the weekend. Jeff asks Robert
some questions and Robert says that he "loaned" the game disk to a weekend staff person
two weeks ago. Robert tells Jeff that he did not really want to loan the game to the weekend
staff person and told him so, but the staff person took the game anyway and said he would
