AZ CERTIFIED CAREGIVER FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025/2026
✔✔When getting an over-the-counter medication from the medication cabinet, you
notice that a significant amount of medication is missing. Which of the following is the
best course of action? - ✔✔c. Report the medication loss to the manager
✔✔When individuals want to know what their medications are for, the certified staff
should tell them they - ✔✔c. Have a right to know what the medication is for
✔✔When you report an individual's refusal to take a medication, you are protecting the -
✔✔b. Individual
✔✔Where do you find information about an unfamiliar medication? - ✔✔In a drug
reference manual
✔✔Which of the following is known to have a high potential for abuse? - ✔✔a.
Controlled substances
✔✔Quality control checks are performed on glucometers to ensure that the - ✔✔d.
Readings are accurate for each individual
✔✔Medication errors should be - ✔✔b. Documented
✔✔When you discuss an individual's medical condition, medications, or treatment with
anyone outside your facility or with other individuals, you are violating the - ✔✔d.
individual's right to confidentiality
✔✔A controlled substance may be administered by the certified staff after - ✔✔a.
Proper documentation is provided
✔✔A medication occurrence exists when - ✔✔c. the medication is given two hours after
its scheduled time
✔✔After an individual receives nose drops, the individual should be instructed to - ✔✔a.
Slightly tilt their head back
✔✔Which one of the following medication types could be habit forming? - ✔✔b. Pain
medications
✔✔Residents have a right to know about - ✔✔c. Their medications
✔✔Residents receiving antihistamines should be monitored for - ✔✔c. Falls
, ✔✔One of the side effects of Haloperidol or Haldol is - ✔✔b. muscle spasm of the face
✔✔You should notify a manager/designee when a medication - ✔✔b. Is missing from
the package
✔✔An individual has an order for one Vicodin (hydrocodone) tablet to be administered
at 9pm each night. Where will find this medication? - ✔✔c. In the scheduled medication
lock box
✔✔A resident's family asks if you can administer an herbal preparation they bought
from a health food store. What should you do? - ✔✔b. Call the manager and have the
family speak to the manager
✔✔Which of the following statements is true in regards to administering digoxin? - ✔✔d.
Take the apical pulse for 60 seconds before administration
✔✔Primary strategies for prevention of infection transmitted through blood, body fluid,
non-intact skin, and mucous membranes are called
_________________________________. - ✔✔c. Standard precautions
✔✔Which of the following correctly lists three ways to identify the "right individual"
before you assist with medications? - ✔✔b. Ask the individual her name, ask a coworker
to verify her name, check the individual's photo in her chart
✔✔You are allowed to change a prescription label - ✔✔c. Never change a prescription
label
✔✔A used lancet is best discarded in - ✔✔a. A sharps container
✔✔An individual receiving phenytoin (Dilantin) for a seizure would need monitoring of -
✔✔d. Blood concentration
✔✔What should you do if Mary started complaining of dizziness after you administered
an anti hypertensive (high blood pressure) medication? - ✔✔c. Report the dizziness
✔✔Which of the following is not allowed to be administered by a Caregiver? - ✔✔d. An
antibiotic cream applied to an open wound
✔✔One of the medications for Parkinson disease, that produces neurons is called
________________________. - ✔✔c. Dopamine
✔✔When putting pills into a medi-set which of the following do you not need? - ✔✔d.
The Doctor's order
ANSWERS 2025/2026
✔✔When getting an over-the-counter medication from the medication cabinet, you
notice that a significant amount of medication is missing. Which of the following is the
best course of action? - ✔✔c. Report the medication loss to the manager
✔✔When individuals want to know what their medications are for, the certified staff
should tell them they - ✔✔c. Have a right to know what the medication is for
✔✔When you report an individual's refusal to take a medication, you are protecting the -
✔✔b. Individual
✔✔Where do you find information about an unfamiliar medication? - ✔✔In a drug
reference manual
✔✔Which of the following is known to have a high potential for abuse? - ✔✔a.
Controlled substances
✔✔Quality control checks are performed on glucometers to ensure that the - ✔✔d.
Readings are accurate for each individual
✔✔Medication errors should be - ✔✔b. Documented
✔✔When you discuss an individual's medical condition, medications, or treatment with
anyone outside your facility or with other individuals, you are violating the - ✔✔d.
individual's right to confidentiality
✔✔A controlled substance may be administered by the certified staff after - ✔✔a.
Proper documentation is provided
✔✔A medication occurrence exists when - ✔✔c. the medication is given two hours after
its scheduled time
✔✔After an individual receives nose drops, the individual should be instructed to - ✔✔a.
Slightly tilt their head back
✔✔Which one of the following medication types could be habit forming? - ✔✔b. Pain
medications
✔✔Residents have a right to know about - ✔✔c. Their medications
✔✔Residents receiving antihistamines should be monitored for - ✔✔c. Falls
, ✔✔One of the side effects of Haloperidol or Haldol is - ✔✔b. muscle spasm of the face
✔✔You should notify a manager/designee when a medication - ✔✔b. Is missing from
the package
✔✔An individual has an order for one Vicodin (hydrocodone) tablet to be administered
at 9pm each night. Where will find this medication? - ✔✔c. In the scheduled medication
lock box
✔✔A resident's family asks if you can administer an herbal preparation they bought
from a health food store. What should you do? - ✔✔b. Call the manager and have the
family speak to the manager
✔✔Which of the following statements is true in regards to administering digoxin? - ✔✔d.
Take the apical pulse for 60 seconds before administration
✔✔Primary strategies for prevention of infection transmitted through blood, body fluid,
non-intact skin, and mucous membranes are called
_________________________________. - ✔✔c. Standard precautions
✔✔Which of the following correctly lists three ways to identify the "right individual"
before you assist with medications? - ✔✔b. Ask the individual her name, ask a coworker
to verify her name, check the individual's photo in her chart
✔✔You are allowed to change a prescription label - ✔✔c. Never change a prescription
label
✔✔A used lancet is best discarded in - ✔✔a. A sharps container
✔✔An individual receiving phenytoin (Dilantin) for a seizure would need monitoring of -
✔✔d. Blood concentration
✔✔What should you do if Mary started complaining of dizziness after you administered
an anti hypertensive (high blood pressure) medication? - ✔✔c. Report the dizziness
✔✔Which of the following is not allowed to be administered by a Caregiver? - ✔✔d. An
antibiotic cream applied to an open wound
✔✔One of the medications for Parkinson disease, that produces neurons is called
________________________. - ✔✔c. Dopamine
✔✔When putting pills into a medi-set which of the following do you not need? - ✔✔d.
The Doctor's order
