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Illinois CNA State Exam Questions With
Correct Certified Answers
A resident continues to call you Sally, his daughters name, what do you tell him? -
correct-answer-Ask him to tell you about his daughter Sally.
How do you help a resident participate with activities on time? -correct-answer-
Make sure they have an activities schedule
be flexible as the CNA, and work the patients routine care around the activities
schedule.
When do you give PM care? -correct-answer-After lunch
Before bed
After visitors leave in the evening
A patient that is playing bingo receives a phone call. What do you do? -correct-
answer-Bring the phone call to them in the activities area
bring them back to their room and close the door to give privacy
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You answer a phone call for a resident while she is in the dining room and it is her
daughter, she asks you about her mothers condition and treatment.
What do you do? -correct-answer-Refer daughters questions to nurse
A patient asks you for her blood pressure readings after you check it, What do you
do? -correct-answer-Provide her the reading
Before helping a patient stand, you raise the head of the bed and let the patients
legs dangle, what does this do? -correct-answer-This prevents orthostatic
hypotension- low blood pressure when person stands up
What do you do if a patients temperature is 101.2? -correct-answer-Tell the nurse
What will the nurse most likely ask you to do if a patient is in shock? -correct-
answer-Keep the person lying down.
If not injured, raise the feet 6 to 12 inches.---elevate the feet so blood will flow
back to the head.
Lower the feet if the position causes pain.
Maintain an open airway and control bleeding.
Begin CPR if cardiac arrest occurs.
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What do you do to collect a female urine? -correct-answer-Clean the perineal area
with towel.
-Spread the labia with your thumb and index finger.
-Clean down the urethral area from front to back. Use clean towel for each stroke
-Keep the labia separated to collect the urine.
Where do you put catheters? -correct-answer-On the bed frame, below the
bladder.
Before shaving a resident, what do you check first? -correct-answer-If they are on
blood thinners.
What other information is on their ID bracelet -correct-answer-Their doctors
name.
If you have independent patients and you made his/her bed, how should you
leave the bed? -correct-answer-In sitting height
Illinois CNA State Exam Questions With
Correct Certified Answers
A resident continues to call you Sally, his daughters name, what do you tell him? -
correct-answer-Ask him to tell you about his daughter Sally.
How do you help a resident participate with activities on time? -correct-answer-
Make sure they have an activities schedule
be flexible as the CNA, and work the patients routine care around the activities
schedule.
When do you give PM care? -correct-answer-After lunch
Before bed
After visitors leave in the evening
A patient that is playing bingo receives a phone call. What do you do? -correct-
answer-Bring the phone call to them in the activities area
bring them back to their room and close the door to give privacy
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You answer a phone call for a resident while she is in the dining room and it is her
daughter, she asks you about her mothers condition and treatment.
What do you do? -correct-answer-Refer daughters questions to nurse
A patient asks you for her blood pressure readings after you check it, What do you
do? -correct-answer-Provide her the reading
Before helping a patient stand, you raise the head of the bed and let the patients
legs dangle, what does this do? -correct-answer-This prevents orthostatic
hypotension- low blood pressure when person stands up
What do you do if a patients temperature is 101.2? -correct-answer-Tell the nurse
What will the nurse most likely ask you to do if a patient is in shock? -correct-
answer-Keep the person lying down.
If not injured, raise the feet 6 to 12 inches.---elevate the feet so blood will flow
back to the head.
Lower the feet if the position causes pain.
Maintain an open airway and control bleeding.
Begin CPR if cardiac arrest occurs.
, 3|Page
What do you do to collect a female urine? -correct-answer-Clean the perineal area
with towel.
-Spread the labia with your thumb and index finger.
-Clean down the urethral area from front to back. Use clean towel for each stroke
-Keep the labia separated to collect the urine.
Where do you put catheters? -correct-answer-On the bed frame, below the
bladder.
Before shaving a resident, what do you check first? -correct-answer-If they are on
blood thinners.
What other information is on their ID bracelet -correct-answer-Their doctors
name.
If you have independent patients and you made his/her bed, how should you
leave the bed? -correct-answer-In sitting height
