QMA PRACTICE TEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUALIFIED MEDICATION AIDE
FUNDAMENTALS MEDICATION
ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
◉ How many times should medication be checked before
administering?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 2
D. 3. Answer: D. 3
◉ All of the following are examples of medication administration
safety procedures except:
A. Let's the resident's family administer meds when possible
B. stay with the resident until meds are swallowed
C. Use the 6 rights of medication administration
D. know the side effects of medications that you administer. Answer:
A. Let's the resident's family administer meds when possible
◉ Which should you do before giving a resident Tenormin?
,A. take their pulse
b. take their blood pressure
c. take their temperature
d. count it in the narcotic record. Answer: b. take their blood
pressure
◉ When taking a blood pressure, what is the first sound heard?
a. diastolic
b. systolic
c. brachial
d. apical. Answer: b. systolic
◉ Cystitis is:
a. kidney infection
b. inflammation of the liver
c. inflammation of the gums
d. infection of the urinary bladder. Answer: d. infection of the
urinary bladder
◉ which of the following is larger by volume?
a. 1 ml
b. 1 oz
, c. 1 mg
d. 1 cc. Answer: b. 1 oz
◉ Which of the following is a diuretic?
a. aspirin
b. penicillin
c. lasix
d. acetaminophen. Answer: c. lasix
◉ which of the following is an adverse effect of a bronchodilator?
a. nausea & hypertension
b. hypotension
c. low blood sugar
d. low potassium. Answer: a. nausea & hypertension
◉ Which of the following would you do if the medication container
label and the medication record do not match?
a. notify the nurse
b. have someone else administer the medication
c. throw the medication in the trash
d. ask the family if it is the correct medication. Answer: a. notify the
nurse
COMPLETE QUALIFIED MEDICATION AIDE
FUNDAMENTALS MEDICATION
ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
◉ How many times should medication be checked before
administering?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 2
D. 3. Answer: D. 3
◉ All of the following are examples of medication administration
safety procedures except:
A. Let's the resident's family administer meds when possible
B. stay with the resident until meds are swallowed
C. Use the 6 rights of medication administration
D. know the side effects of medications that you administer. Answer:
A. Let's the resident's family administer meds when possible
◉ Which should you do before giving a resident Tenormin?
,A. take their pulse
b. take their blood pressure
c. take their temperature
d. count it in the narcotic record. Answer: b. take their blood
pressure
◉ When taking a blood pressure, what is the first sound heard?
a. diastolic
b. systolic
c. brachial
d. apical. Answer: b. systolic
◉ Cystitis is:
a. kidney infection
b. inflammation of the liver
c. inflammation of the gums
d. infection of the urinary bladder. Answer: d. infection of the
urinary bladder
◉ which of the following is larger by volume?
a. 1 ml
b. 1 oz
, c. 1 mg
d. 1 cc. Answer: b. 1 oz
◉ Which of the following is a diuretic?
a. aspirin
b. penicillin
c. lasix
d. acetaminophen. Answer: c. lasix
◉ which of the following is an adverse effect of a bronchodilator?
a. nausea & hypertension
b. hypotension
c. low blood sugar
d. low potassium. Answer: a. nausea & hypertension
◉ Which of the following would you do if the medication container
label and the medication record do not match?
a. notify the nurse
b. have someone else administer the medication
c. throw the medication in the trash
d. ask the family if it is the correct medication. Answer: a. notify the
nurse
