CNA State Exam practice test. (Illinois)
Questions With Accurate Solutions 2025\2026
A+ Grade
The nurse asks you to ambulate a patient BID during your shift. This means
you will ambulate the patient ____ times.
a. Four
b. Three
c. Two
d. One
- accurate answers-C. two
Sometimes the best response for a nursing assistant is to assure the resident
you are listening. Which of these behaviors is the best way to exhibit good
listening skills?
A. Speaking about your own experiences on the topic to direct the
conversation.
B. Asking questions that direct the conversation further.
C. Talking to the resident while you continue to work.
D. Turning in the residents direction and responding when it is appropriate.
- accurate answers-D. Turning in the residents direction and responding when
it is appropriate.
While emptying the trash in a client's room, you get stuck by a needle that
should have been placed in the sharps container. What is the first thing to do?
a. Call your personal physician.
b. Wash the site for several minutes.
c. Fill out an Incident Report.
d. Try to squeeze blood out.
- accurate answers-b. Wash the site for several minutes.
Infection control practices that prevent the transmission of disease are called
a. isolation protocols.
b. policies and procedures.
,c. standard precautions.
d. hand hygiene mandates.
- accurate answers-c. standard precautions.
A resident in your care is frustrated, upset, and raising his voice in complaint.
Which of these is the best response to his actions?
a. Report the incident to the supervising nurse.
b. Walk away from the patient in an effort to show you won't tolerate the
behavior.
c. Offer support and care using a comforting and calming manner.
d. Ask the resident to lower his voice in courtesy to other residents who are
getting upset.
- accurate answers-c. Offer support and care using a comforting and calming
manner.
There are certain steps to follow from start to finish when beginning a
procedure on a patient. As a nursing assistant, it is extremely important to
start with which of these tasks?
a. Enter the date in the patients medical record.
b. Document what you did.
c. Provide privacy in the immediate area.
d. Verify the residents identification.
- accurate answers-d. Verify the residents identification.
As dementia progresses, incontinence can become an issue. How can the
nurse aide assist?
a. Avoid outings to minimize accidents and possible embarrassment.
b. Remind the resident to let you know when they need to use the bathroom.
c. Start to use an adult diaper to keep clothing and linens clean.
d. Watch for signs of discomfort so you can take the resident to the bathroom.
- accurate answers-d. Watch for signs of discomfort so you can take the
resident to the bathroom.
When a patient is dying, the last of the five senses the patient loses is ____?
a. Hearing
,b. Touch
c. Taste
d. Sight
- accurate answers-a. Hearing
If you have a resident who is completely deaf, which of these would be the
most important for effective communication?
a. A laptop or pen and paper.
b. A loud voice that projects over noise.
c. An alarm that rings louder than in non-hearing impaired rooms.
d. A phone system with amplifiers.
- accurate answers-a. A laptop or pen and paper.
When getting dressed, a client always wants to wear her favorite outfit. What
is a good solution?
a. Hide the favorite outfit for a few days so she forgets.
b. Tell the resident that the outfit is dirty and she will have to choose another.
c. Ask the family to get several identical outfits.
d. Explain the benefits of variety and offer several other outfits.
- accurate answers-c. Ask the family to get several identical outfits.
Blood-borne infections include
a. chicken pox
b. pneumonia
c. hepatitis
d. measles
- accurate answers-c. hepatitis
A resident in your care has just received news of a death in the family. What is
the best way to assist them with the grieving process?
a. Tell the resident about an experience you had with death and what helped
you cope with it.
b. Remind the resident that death is inevitable.
c. Spend some time with the resident, particularly offering support if he or she
wishes to talk about it.
, d. Suggest that the resident get his or her mind off of things by thinking of
something pleasant.
- accurate answers-c. Spend some time with the resident, particularly offering
support if he or she wishes to talk about it.
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross describes the stages of grief a person goes through
when they lose someone close to them. She believes the first stage of the
grieving process is ____.
a. Acceptance
b. Anger
c. Depression
d. Denial
- accurate answers-d. Denial
When you are documenting in a medical record, which of these is not part of
the process?
a. Author identification.
b. Using correct spelling.
c. Dating your entries.
d. Writing in pencil so erasures can make the record clean.
- accurate answers-d. Writing in pencil so erasures can make the record clean.
A nurse aide finds a resident looking in the refrigerator at the nurses' station
at 5 a.m. The resident, who is confused, explains that he needs breakfast
before he leaves for work. The best response by the nurse aide is to ____.
a. tell him that residents are not allowed in the nurses' station.
b. remind him that he is retired from his job and in a nursing home.
c. ask the resident about his job and if he is hungry.
d. help the resident back to his room and into bed.
- accurate answers-c. ask the resident about his job and if he is hungry.
A resident who has not been discharged insists she is going home. What
should the nurse aide do?
a. Notify the charge nurse immediately.
b. Put her in physical restraints until she calms down.
Questions With Accurate Solutions 2025\2026
A+ Grade
The nurse asks you to ambulate a patient BID during your shift. This means
you will ambulate the patient ____ times.
a. Four
b. Three
c. Two
d. One
- accurate answers-C. two
Sometimes the best response for a nursing assistant is to assure the resident
you are listening. Which of these behaviors is the best way to exhibit good
listening skills?
A. Speaking about your own experiences on the topic to direct the
conversation.
B. Asking questions that direct the conversation further.
C. Talking to the resident while you continue to work.
D. Turning in the residents direction and responding when it is appropriate.
- accurate answers-D. Turning in the residents direction and responding when
it is appropriate.
While emptying the trash in a client's room, you get stuck by a needle that
should have been placed in the sharps container. What is the first thing to do?
a. Call your personal physician.
b. Wash the site for several minutes.
c. Fill out an Incident Report.
d. Try to squeeze blood out.
- accurate answers-b. Wash the site for several minutes.
Infection control practices that prevent the transmission of disease are called
a. isolation protocols.
b. policies and procedures.
,c. standard precautions.
d. hand hygiene mandates.
- accurate answers-c. standard precautions.
A resident in your care is frustrated, upset, and raising his voice in complaint.
Which of these is the best response to his actions?
a. Report the incident to the supervising nurse.
b. Walk away from the patient in an effort to show you won't tolerate the
behavior.
c. Offer support and care using a comforting and calming manner.
d. Ask the resident to lower his voice in courtesy to other residents who are
getting upset.
- accurate answers-c. Offer support and care using a comforting and calming
manner.
There are certain steps to follow from start to finish when beginning a
procedure on a patient. As a nursing assistant, it is extremely important to
start with which of these tasks?
a. Enter the date in the patients medical record.
b. Document what you did.
c. Provide privacy in the immediate area.
d. Verify the residents identification.
- accurate answers-d. Verify the residents identification.
As dementia progresses, incontinence can become an issue. How can the
nurse aide assist?
a. Avoid outings to minimize accidents and possible embarrassment.
b. Remind the resident to let you know when they need to use the bathroom.
c. Start to use an adult diaper to keep clothing and linens clean.
d. Watch for signs of discomfort so you can take the resident to the bathroom.
- accurate answers-d. Watch for signs of discomfort so you can take the
resident to the bathroom.
When a patient is dying, the last of the five senses the patient loses is ____?
a. Hearing
,b. Touch
c. Taste
d. Sight
- accurate answers-a. Hearing
If you have a resident who is completely deaf, which of these would be the
most important for effective communication?
a. A laptop or pen and paper.
b. A loud voice that projects over noise.
c. An alarm that rings louder than in non-hearing impaired rooms.
d. A phone system with amplifiers.
- accurate answers-a. A laptop or pen and paper.
When getting dressed, a client always wants to wear her favorite outfit. What
is a good solution?
a. Hide the favorite outfit for a few days so she forgets.
b. Tell the resident that the outfit is dirty and she will have to choose another.
c. Ask the family to get several identical outfits.
d. Explain the benefits of variety and offer several other outfits.
- accurate answers-c. Ask the family to get several identical outfits.
Blood-borne infections include
a. chicken pox
b. pneumonia
c. hepatitis
d. measles
- accurate answers-c. hepatitis
A resident in your care has just received news of a death in the family. What is
the best way to assist them with the grieving process?
a. Tell the resident about an experience you had with death and what helped
you cope with it.
b. Remind the resident that death is inevitable.
c. Spend some time with the resident, particularly offering support if he or she
wishes to talk about it.
, d. Suggest that the resident get his or her mind off of things by thinking of
something pleasant.
- accurate answers-c. Spend some time with the resident, particularly offering
support if he or she wishes to talk about it.
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross describes the stages of grief a person goes through
when they lose someone close to them. She believes the first stage of the
grieving process is ____.
a. Acceptance
b. Anger
c. Depression
d. Denial
- accurate answers-d. Denial
When you are documenting in a medical record, which of these is not part of
the process?
a. Author identification.
b. Using correct spelling.
c. Dating your entries.
d. Writing in pencil so erasures can make the record clean.
- accurate answers-d. Writing in pencil so erasures can make the record clean.
A nurse aide finds a resident looking in the refrigerator at the nurses' station
at 5 a.m. The resident, who is confused, explains that he needs breakfast
before he leaves for work. The best response by the nurse aide is to ____.
a. tell him that residents are not allowed in the nurses' station.
b. remind him that he is retired from his job and in a nursing home.
c. ask the resident about his job and if he is hungry.
d. help the resident back to his room and into bed.
- accurate answers-c. ask the resident about his job and if he is hungry.
A resident who has not been discharged insists she is going home. What
should the nurse aide do?
a. Notify the charge nurse immediately.
b. Put her in physical restraints until she calms down.
