CDCR CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT
INTERVIEW 2026 ACTUAL SELECTION TEST
PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE PREPARATION GUIDE
GRADED A+
⩥ personality changes with age. Answer: does not really change unless
retirement, death of spouse, loss of independence, income reduction and
disablity.
⩥ memory changes with age. Answer: retreival of info from long term
memory can be slowed
working memory is reduced
⩥ intelligence changes with age. Answer: basic intelligence maintained
fluid intelligence declines later in life
⩥ learning changes with age. Answer: not seriously altered
lack of motivation to learn
attention span
delayed transmission of information to the brain
,perceptual deficits
illness
⩥ bronchiectasis. Answer: condition in which there is permanent
abnormal widening of the airways due to inflammation
⩥ elastic recoil. Answer: lungs ability to expand and contract
⩥ fremitus. Answer: a vibration felt during palpation of the chest
⩥ kyphosis. Answer: curvature of the spine causing bowing out of upper
spine
⩥ total lung capacity. Answer: maximum volume that lungs can expand
during fullest inspiration
⩥ vital capacity. Answer: maximum amount of air that can be expelled
following maximum inspiration
⩥ What is chronic bronchitis?. Answer: inflammation of the bronchi and
bronchioles due to chronic exposure to irritants
⩥ Emphysema. Answer: a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs
are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness.
, ⩥ What is pneumonia?. Answer: infection of the lungs
⩥ nursing considerations for respiratory conditions. Answer: recognizing
symptoms
preventing complications (RR, pulse,BP, Temp, neck veins ( distention)
patency of airways,coughing,quality of secretions, mental status)
⩥ ensuring safe o2 admin. Answer: high levels of o2- depression of resp
stimulus-reduced resp-carbon dioxide retention- restlessness, irritability,
dyspnea, coma.
performing posural drainage, promtoe productive coughing,
complementary therapies, promoting self care and encouragement
⩥ onset of depression. Answer: coincide with major life changes, often
abrupt
⩥ course of depression. Answer: Diurnal effects, typically worse in the
morning; situational fluctuations but less than with delirium.
⩥ progression of depression. Answer: variable, rapid or slow but even
⩥ duration of depression. Answer: at least 6 weeks can be several
months to years
INTERVIEW 2026 ACTUAL SELECTION TEST
PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE PREPARATION GUIDE
GRADED A+
⩥ personality changes with age. Answer: does not really change unless
retirement, death of spouse, loss of independence, income reduction and
disablity.
⩥ memory changes with age. Answer: retreival of info from long term
memory can be slowed
working memory is reduced
⩥ intelligence changes with age. Answer: basic intelligence maintained
fluid intelligence declines later in life
⩥ learning changes with age. Answer: not seriously altered
lack of motivation to learn
attention span
delayed transmission of information to the brain
,perceptual deficits
illness
⩥ bronchiectasis. Answer: condition in which there is permanent
abnormal widening of the airways due to inflammation
⩥ elastic recoil. Answer: lungs ability to expand and contract
⩥ fremitus. Answer: a vibration felt during palpation of the chest
⩥ kyphosis. Answer: curvature of the spine causing bowing out of upper
spine
⩥ total lung capacity. Answer: maximum volume that lungs can expand
during fullest inspiration
⩥ vital capacity. Answer: maximum amount of air that can be expelled
following maximum inspiration
⩥ What is chronic bronchitis?. Answer: inflammation of the bronchi and
bronchioles due to chronic exposure to irritants
⩥ Emphysema. Answer: a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs
are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness.
, ⩥ What is pneumonia?. Answer: infection of the lungs
⩥ nursing considerations for respiratory conditions. Answer: recognizing
symptoms
preventing complications (RR, pulse,BP, Temp, neck veins ( distention)
patency of airways,coughing,quality of secretions, mental status)
⩥ ensuring safe o2 admin. Answer: high levels of o2- depression of resp
stimulus-reduced resp-carbon dioxide retention- restlessness, irritability,
dyspnea, coma.
performing posural drainage, promtoe productive coughing,
complementary therapies, promoting self care and encouragement
⩥ onset of depression. Answer: coincide with major life changes, often
abrupt
⩥ course of depression. Answer: Diurnal effects, typically worse in the
morning; situational fluctuations but less than with delirium.
⩥ progression of depression. Answer: variable, rapid or slow but even
⩥ duration of depression. Answer: at least 6 weeks can be several
months to years
