ILLINOIS CNA STATE EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM
NEWEST: 390 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
Blood-borne infections include
a. chicken pox
b. pneumonia
c. hepatitis
d. measles - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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.
c. Tell her she cannot leave without a doctor's order.
d. Advise her that she can leave if she wants to. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a.
Notify the charge nurse immediately.
When caring for a confused resident what should a nursing assistant do?
a. Say nothing to avoid more confusion.
b. Give simple directions.
c. Allow the resident to plan daily activities.
d. Give the resident activities. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. Give simple
directions.
Reality orientation should include
a. Calling the resident by his name.
b. Using nicknames like "Granny".
c. Talking about your interests.
d. Telling imaginative stories to the resident. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a.
Calling the resident by his name.
,As a nursing assistant, you may encounter residents who are anxious or feeling
unsettled about either their circumstances or surroundings. The best response
in dealing with this anxiety is to ____.
a. Open the shades to let in more light and brighten the surroundings.
b. Leave the room so the resident can re-group and re-focus in private.
c. Speak in a calm voice and exhibit a calm and comforting demeanor.
d. Turn on the radio or television to distract the resident from their immediate
thought. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. Speak in a calm voice and exhibit a calm
and comforting demeanor.
Used disposable supplies and equipment should be discarded
a. outside the resident's room.
b. in a designated receptacle.
c. in the resident's wastebasket
d. in the clean utility room. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. in a designated
receptacle.
To prevent the spread of infection, how should the nurse aide handle the
soiled linens removed from a client's bed?
a. Shake them in the air to remove any dirt.
b. Carry them close to the nurse aide's body.
c. Put them in the dirty linen container.
d. Place them in a neat pile on the floor. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. Put them
in the dirty linen container.
A resident who consistently becomes more confused during dusk, early
evening, or during the night is most likely suffering from ____.
a. Psychosis
b. Alzheimer's disease
c. Sundowners Syndrome
d. Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. Sundowners Syndrome
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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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.
NEWEST: 390 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
Blood-borne infections include
a. chicken pox
b. pneumonia
c. hepatitis
d. measles - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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.
c. Tell her she cannot leave without a doctor's order.
d. Advise her that she can leave if she wants to. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a.
Notify the charge nurse immediately.
When caring for a confused resident what should a nursing assistant do?
a. Say nothing to avoid more confusion.
b. Give simple directions.
c. Allow the resident to plan daily activities.
d. Give the resident activities. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. Give simple
directions.
Reality orientation should include
a. Calling the resident by his name.
b. Using nicknames like "Granny".
c. Talking about your interests.
d. Telling imaginative stories to the resident. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a.
Calling the resident by his name.
,As a nursing assistant, you may encounter residents who are anxious or feeling
unsettled about either their circumstances or surroundings. The best response
in dealing with this anxiety is to ____.
a. Open the shades to let in more light and brighten the surroundings.
b. Leave the room so the resident can re-group and re-focus in private.
c. Speak in a calm voice and exhibit a calm and comforting demeanor.
d. Turn on the radio or television to distract the resident from their immediate
thought. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. Speak in a calm voice and exhibit a calm
and comforting demeanor.
Used disposable supplies and equipment should be discarded
a. outside the resident's room.
b. in a designated receptacle.
c. in the resident's wastebasket
d. in the clean utility room. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. in a designated
receptacle.
To prevent the spread of infection, how should the nurse aide handle the
soiled linens removed from a client's bed?
a. Shake them in the air to remove any dirt.
b. Carry them close to the nurse aide's body.
c. Put them in the dirty linen container.
d. Place them in a neat pile on the floor. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. Put them
in the dirty linen container.
A resident who consistently becomes more confused during dusk, early
evening, or during the night is most likely suffering from ____.
a. Psychosis
b. Alzheimer's disease
c. Sundowners Syndrome
d. Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. Sundowners Syndrome
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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 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.
