HCA SKILLS EXAM TEST
QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Common Care Practices (beginning)
TIP: This skill is evaluated as part of every skill, not as a separate skill. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Knock or announce before identifying
yourself: "Hello, ____, my name is Abby and I'm your HCA.
2. Confirm the task is in the Care Plan and ask if it's a good time.
3. Explain what you are about to do.
4. Ask if the Consumer has any new restrictions or restrictions you need
to know about.
5. Ask the Consumer if they have any preferences about the activity you
are going to assist with.
6. Ask if the Consumer is safe, comfortable, and if they would like
privacy prior to leaving them.
Common Care Practices (ending)
TIP: This skill is evaluated as part of every skill, not as a separate skill. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Say, "My Consumer is safe, warm, and
comfortable."
2. Say, "If I noted any changes, I would be sure to let the Care Team
know."
,3. Mentally go thru the steps of the skill to make sure you did not forget
a step. Did you forget anything?
- if YES, tell the Proctor what you forgot to do.
-if NO, then go to next step
4. Say, "I am done."
Washing Your Hands
TIP: Your hand-washing technique is evaluated at the very start of the
State Exam test. This skill is not prompted, which means the Proctor will
NOT tell you to wash your hands and it is not written on your skills test
card. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Turn on the water to a
comfortable temperature.
2. Wet your hands and wrists.
3. Put soap or skin cleanser on your hands and rub the, to create lather.
Make sure to cause friction because it is friction that removes germs.
4. Lather your hands and wrists for 20 seconds using friction, including:
your palms, the back of your hands, your thumbs, between your fingers,
each wrist and two inches above each, and under your nails by
scratching them across the opposite palm. TIP: say out loud what you're
doing while you're doing it.
5. Scrub under your rings and watch, if you did not remove them before
washing your hands.
6. Point your hands down and rinse each hand, one at a time, starting
slightly above the wrist. Let the water run down each hand to your
fingertips. IMPORTANT: Don't let your hands touch during rinsing and
leave the water running until you dry your hands.
, 7. Tear off paper towels to dry your hands, only touching the paper
towels.
8. Thoroughly dry all surfaces of each hand, finger, and wrist.
9. Throw the paper towels in the trash.
10. Tear off another paper towel.
11. Use paper towel to turn off the faucet.
12. Immediately throw paper towel in the trash.
Putting on Gloves
TIP: This skill is evaluated as part of every skill, NOT as a separate skill.
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Wash your hands.
2. Touch only the gloves. Check for tears or holes by filling the glove
with air (do not blow into them), squeeze the glove, and see if air
escapes from it. Obtain new gloves if there are tears or holes.
3. Put a glove on each hand, one at a time.
4. Clasp your hands and fingers together to ensue the correct fit of glove.
5. Look for any holes or tears.
Removing Gloves
TIP: This skill is evaluated as part of every skill, NOT as a separate skill.
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Pinch the wrist or middle finger of one
gloved hand with your opposite, gloved thumb and forefinger.
2. Pull the glove down over your fingers so that it comes off inside out.
QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Common Care Practices (beginning)
TIP: This skill is evaluated as part of every skill, not as a separate skill. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Knock or announce before identifying
yourself: "Hello, ____, my name is Abby and I'm your HCA.
2. Confirm the task is in the Care Plan and ask if it's a good time.
3. Explain what you are about to do.
4. Ask if the Consumer has any new restrictions or restrictions you need
to know about.
5. Ask the Consumer if they have any preferences about the activity you
are going to assist with.
6. Ask if the Consumer is safe, comfortable, and if they would like
privacy prior to leaving them.
Common Care Practices (ending)
TIP: This skill is evaluated as part of every skill, not as a separate skill. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Say, "My Consumer is safe, warm, and
comfortable."
2. Say, "If I noted any changes, I would be sure to let the Care Team
know."
,3. Mentally go thru the steps of the skill to make sure you did not forget
a step. Did you forget anything?
- if YES, tell the Proctor what you forgot to do.
-if NO, then go to next step
4. Say, "I am done."
Washing Your Hands
TIP: Your hand-washing technique is evaluated at the very start of the
State Exam test. This skill is not prompted, which means the Proctor will
NOT tell you to wash your hands and it is not written on your skills test
card. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Turn on the water to a
comfortable temperature.
2. Wet your hands and wrists.
3. Put soap or skin cleanser on your hands and rub the, to create lather.
Make sure to cause friction because it is friction that removes germs.
4. Lather your hands and wrists for 20 seconds using friction, including:
your palms, the back of your hands, your thumbs, between your fingers,
each wrist and two inches above each, and under your nails by
scratching them across the opposite palm. TIP: say out loud what you're
doing while you're doing it.
5. Scrub under your rings and watch, if you did not remove them before
washing your hands.
6. Point your hands down and rinse each hand, one at a time, starting
slightly above the wrist. Let the water run down each hand to your
fingertips. IMPORTANT: Don't let your hands touch during rinsing and
leave the water running until you dry your hands.
, 7. Tear off paper towels to dry your hands, only touching the paper
towels.
8. Thoroughly dry all surfaces of each hand, finger, and wrist.
9. Throw the paper towels in the trash.
10. Tear off another paper towel.
11. Use paper towel to turn off the faucet.
12. Immediately throw paper towel in the trash.
Putting on Gloves
TIP: This skill is evaluated as part of every skill, NOT as a separate skill.
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Wash your hands.
2. Touch only the gloves. Check for tears or holes by filling the glove
with air (do not blow into them), squeeze the glove, and see if air
escapes from it. Obtain new gloves if there are tears or holes.
3. Put a glove on each hand, one at a time.
4. Clasp your hands and fingers together to ensue the correct fit of glove.
5. Look for any holes or tears.
Removing Gloves
TIP: This skill is evaluated as part of every skill, NOT as a separate skill.
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Pinch the wrist or middle finger of one
gloved hand with your opposite, gloved thumb and forefinger.
2. Pull the glove down over your fingers so that it comes off inside out.
