CPPS LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is medication reconciliation? - ✔✔Matching medication lists across care
transitions.
✔✔What are high-alert medications? - ✔✔Drugs that have a higher risk of causing
serious harm.
✔✔What prevents infections most? - ✔✔Proper hand hygiene.
✔✔What is a care bundle? - ✔✔A small set of actions that improve outcomes when
done together.
✔✔What is shared decision-making? - ✔✔Patients and providers deciding together.
✔✔Why include patients in safety? - ✔✔They notice issues early and improve
communication.
✔✔What is autonomy? - ✔✔Respecting a patient's right to choose.
✔✔What is beneficence? - ✔✔Acting in the patient's best interest.
✔✔What is non-maleficence? - ✔✔Avoiding harm.
✔✔What is informed consent? - ✔✔Explaining risks and options so the patient can
decide.
✔✔What is safety leadership? - ✔✔Leaders modeling and supporting safety behaviors.
✔✔What is transparency? - ✔✔Being open about errors and performance.
✔✔What is a safety dashboard? - ✔✔A visual display of safety measures.
✔✔What is a handoff? - ✔✔Transfer of essential information from one provider to
another.
✔✔What is fault tree analysis? - ✔✔A top-down method to identify how failures occur.
✔✔What is a key driver diagram? - ✔✔A visual linking goals, drivers, and actions.
✔✔What are leading indicators? - ✔✔Measures predicting future performance.
✔✔What are lagging indicators? - ✔✔Measures showing past performance.
, ✔✔What is a safety plan? - ✔✔A structured guide to safety goals and actions.
✔✔What is crew resource management? - ✔✔Team training to reduce errors and
improve communication.
✔✔What is escalation? - ✔✔Raising concerns when patient status worsens.
✔✔What is alarm fatigue? - ✔✔Desensitization to frequent alarms.
✔✔What is situational awareness? - ✔✔Understanding what is happening around you.
✔✔What is risk mitigation? - ✔✔Steps to reduce the chance or impact of harm.
✔✔What is blame culture? - ✔✔An environment where mistakes lead to punishment.
✔✔What is double-checking? - ✔✔Two people verifying critical steps.
✔✔What is redundancy? - ✔✔Backup processes to prevent failure.
✔✔What is normalization of deviance? - ✔✔Accepting unsafe practices because they
seem to work.
✔✔What is a workaround? - ✔✔Informal fixes used when systems do not support
workflow.
✔✔What is patient-centered care? - ✔✔Care that respects patient needs and
preferences.
✔✔What is harm reduction? - ✔✔Minimizing negative effects when prevention is not
possible.
✔✔What is clinical microsystem? - ✔✔The small team and processes where care
actually happens.
✔✔What is an escalation protocol? - ✔✔A structured process for getting timely help.
✔✔What is a communication breakdown? - ✔✔Failure to share essential information.
✔✔What is a standardized protocol? - ✔✔A defined method to ensure consistency.
✔✔What is a skills-based error? - ✔✔An error during routine tasks due to distraction or
slip.
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is medication reconciliation? - ✔✔Matching medication lists across care
transitions.
✔✔What are high-alert medications? - ✔✔Drugs that have a higher risk of causing
serious harm.
✔✔What prevents infections most? - ✔✔Proper hand hygiene.
✔✔What is a care bundle? - ✔✔A small set of actions that improve outcomes when
done together.
✔✔What is shared decision-making? - ✔✔Patients and providers deciding together.
✔✔Why include patients in safety? - ✔✔They notice issues early and improve
communication.
✔✔What is autonomy? - ✔✔Respecting a patient's right to choose.
✔✔What is beneficence? - ✔✔Acting in the patient's best interest.
✔✔What is non-maleficence? - ✔✔Avoiding harm.
✔✔What is informed consent? - ✔✔Explaining risks and options so the patient can
decide.
✔✔What is safety leadership? - ✔✔Leaders modeling and supporting safety behaviors.
✔✔What is transparency? - ✔✔Being open about errors and performance.
✔✔What is a safety dashboard? - ✔✔A visual display of safety measures.
✔✔What is a handoff? - ✔✔Transfer of essential information from one provider to
another.
✔✔What is fault tree analysis? - ✔✔A top-down method to identify how failures occur.
✔✔What is a key driver diagram? - ✔✔A visual linking goals, drivers, and actions.
✔✔What are leading indicators? - ✔✔Measures predicting future performance.
✔✔What are lagging indicators? - ✔✔Measures showing past performance.
, ✔✔What is a safety plan? - ✔✔A structured guide to safety goals and actions.
✔✔What is crew resource management? - ✔✔Team training to reduce errors and
improve communication.
✔✔What is escalation? - ✔✔Raising concerns when patient status worsens.
✔✔What is alarm fatigue? - ✔✔Desensitization to frequent alarms.
✔✔What is situational awareness? - ✔✔Understanding what is happening around you.
✔✔What is risk mitigation? - ✔✔Steps to reduce the chance or impact of harm.
✔✔What is blame culture? - ✔✔An environment where mistakes lead to punishment.
✔✔What is double-checking? - ✔✔Two people verifying critical steps.
✔✔What is redundancy? - ✔✔Backup processes to prevent failure.
✔✔What is normalization of deviance? - ✔✔Accepting unsafe practices because they
seem to work.
✔✔What is a workaround? - ✔✔Informal fixes used when systems do not support
workflow.
✔✔What is patient-centered care? - ✔✔Care that respects patient needs and
preferences.
✔✔What is harm reduction? - ✔✔Minimizing negative effects when prevention is not
possible.
✔✔What is clinical microsystem? - ✔✔The small team and processes where care
actually happens.
✔✔What is an escalation protocol? - ✔✔A structured process for getting timely help.
✔✔What is a communication breakdown? - ✔✔Failure to share essential information.
✔✔What is a standardized protocol? - ✔✔A defined method to ensure consistency.
✔✔What is a skills-based error? - ✔✔An error during routine tasks due to distraction or
slip.
