A+ CPA PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Your patient is learning to feed herself again after suffering a stroke. What can
you do to help motivate her?
A. respect the fact that she will progress at a different rate than other patients
B. praise her frequently for her efforts at feeding herself
C. Be sure she has the assistive devices ordered to help her feed herself
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
Which of the following would be an example of droplet transmission of
microorganisms?
A. sharing food with the infected patient
B. touching a patient while giving him a bath
C. touching a contaminated instrument
D. coughing and sneezing by an infected person
D. coughing and sneezing by an infected person
A chronic illness develops:
A. with a sudden onset of symptoms
B. slowly and continues for a long period of time and may never go away
C. the symptoms come and go over months
D. overnight
B. slowly and continues for a long period of time and may never go away
Which of the following is a method of government uses to controlling health care
costs?
A. long-term care groups (LCGs)
B. diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
C. medicare-related groups (MRGs)
D. managed care groups (MCGs)
B. diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
All of the following are stages of dying EXCEPT:
A. denial
,B. pain
C. anger
D. depression
B. pain
Whenever something sterile touches a non-sterile item:
A. the sterile item becomes contaminated
B. the non-sterile item becomes sterile
C. the non-sterile item can never be sterilized
D. none of the above
A. the sterile item becomes contaminated
A nursing assistant is responsible for:
A. assisting the physician by performing procedures
B. scheduling nursing staff on all shifts
C. supervising housekeeping and janitorial staffs
D. caring for patients under the supervision of an RN
D. caring for patients under the supervision of an RN
The body's most important barrier of defense is:
A. the skin
B. frequent hand washing
C. using isolation precautions to prevent spread of disease
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
What should you secure/tie the restraints to?
A. within the patient's reach
B. to the side rails of the bed
C. to the bed or wheelchair frame
D. to the wheels of the wheelchair
C. to the bed or wheelchair frame
HIV stands for:
A. hepatitis infectious virus
B. hepatitis immune virus
, C. human immunodeficiency virus
D. human infectious virus
C. human immunodeficiency virus
What does NO CODE or DO NOT RESUSCITATE mean?
A. do not use IV medicines or artificial feedings to prolong life
B. do not give CPR if the patient stops breathing or the heart stops beating
C. do not give information about the patient to visitors or callers
D. give only rescue breathing if the patient stops breathing, but not CPR
B. do not give CPR if the patient stops breathing or the heart stops beating
Which of the following is considered a prosthesis?
A. eyeglasses
B. hearing aid
C. artificial eye
D. long-handled shoe horn
C. artificial eye
Because hearing is one of the last functions to be lost, the nursing assistant
should:
A. be careful not to say anything that would be upsetting to the patient
B. encourage the family to keep talking to the patient
C. speak to the patient even if he is unconscious
D. do all of the above
D. do all of the above
A sheet placed under a patient's shoulders to below the hips that is used to turn,
lift, or move a patient is called a:
A. incontinence pad
B. trochanter roll
C. shearing sheet
D. turning sheet
D. turning sheet
When a patient is in shock, it means that
A. their heart has stopped beating
Your patient is learning to feed herself again after suffering a stroke. What can
you do to help motivate her?
A. respect the fact that she will progress at a different rate than other patients
B. praise her frequently for her efforts at feeding herself
C. Be sure she has the assistive devices ordered to help her feed herself
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
Which of the following would be an example of droplet transmission of
microorganisms?
A. sharing food with the infected patient
B. touching a patient while giving him a bath
C. touching a contaminated instrument
D. coughing and sneezing by an infected person
D. coughing and sneezing by an infected person
A chronic illness develops:
A. with a sudden onset of symptoms
B. slowly and continues for a long period of time and may never go away
C. the symptoms come and go over months
D. overnight
B. slowly and continues for a long period of time and may never go away
Which of the following is a method of government uses to controlling health care
costs?
A. long-term care groups (LCGs)
B. diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
C. medicare-related groups (MRGs)
D. managed care groups (MCGs)
B. diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
All of the following are stages of dying EXCEPT:
A. denial
,B. pain
C. anger
D. depression
B. pain
Whenever something sterile touches a non-sterile item:
A. the sterile item becomes contaminated
B. the non-sterile item becomes sterile
C. the non-sterile item can never be sterilized
D. none of the above
A. the sterile item becomes contaminated
A nursing assistant is responsible for:
A. assisting the physician by performing procedures
B. scheduling nursing staff on all shifts
C. supervising housekeeping and janitorial staffs
D. caring for patients under the supervision of an RN
D. caring for patients under the supervision of an RN
The body's most important barrier of defense is:
A. the skin
B. frequent hand washing
C. using isolation precautions to prevent spread of disease
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
What should you secure/tie the restraints to?
A. within the patient's reach
B. to the side rails of the bed
C. to the bed or wheelchair frame
D. to the wheels of the wheelchair
C. to the bed or wheelchair frame
HIV stands for:
A. hepatitis infectious virus
B. hepatitis immune virus
, C. human immunodeficiency virus
D. human infectious virus
C. human immunodeficiency virus
What does NO CODE or DO NOT RESUSCITATE mean?
A. do not use IV medicines or artificial feedings to prolong life
B. do not give CPR if the patient stops breathing or the heart stops beating
C. do not give information about the patient to visitors or callers
D. give only rescue breathing if the patient stops breathing, but not CPR
B. do not give CPR if the patient stops breathing or the heart stops beating
Which of the following is considered a prosthesis?
A. eyeglasses
B. hearing aid
C. artificial eye
D. long-handled shoe horn
C. artificial eye
Because hearing is one of the last functions to be lost, the nursing assistant
should:
A. be careful not to say anything that would be upsetting to the patient
B. encourage the family to keep talking to the patient
C. speak to the patient even if he is unconscious
D. do all of the above
D. do all of the above
A sheet placed under a patient's shoulders to below the hips that is used to turn,
lift, or move a patient is called a:
A. incontinence pad
B. trochanter roll
C. shearing sheet
D. turning sheet
D. turning sheet
When a patient is in shock, it means that
A. their heart has stopped beating
