Medication Aide Certified Practice Exam Questions and
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1. 3 Factors that affect drug absorption:?Age, Sex, Weight
2. Seven Rights of Drug Administration: 1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Drug3.)
Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right Tech-
nique
3. Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA: A total
of 75 course hours
-50hrs in class
-25hrs in clinical
4. While you are giving medications as CMA, your good friend Pat comes up to
the medication cart to talk to you. She is finished with her work and is telling
you in detail about her date the evening before. What will you do?: Explain to
Pat that you will have to hear about it later, after you give the, medications.
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,5. When you are giving medications to Mr.Smith you accidently give him two
aspirin tablets instead of the one tablet that is ordered. As soon as he has
swallowed the aspirin you realize your mistake what will you do?: Immediately
tell the nurse/your supervisor
6. You are scheduled to work on Tuesday the 12th from 3pm to 11 pm when
you wake up Tuesday morning at 10 you feel sick. When should you call your
supervisor to tell him you will not be able to come in to work?: 10 am
7. Normal Blood Pressure: 120/80 = baseline
8. Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what will you give?: 2 drops of isopto carpine
in the right eye three times a day
9. Delcort 1% ointment BID to Rash what does this mean?: Delcort ointment
twice a day applied topically to rash
10. Mr. Washington has orders for a medicine called Lipitor an " antihyperlipi-
demic" This medicine is given to what: Work against high fat(bad cholesterol) in
the blood
11. When you take Mr. Wu's blood pressure you hear heartbeats immediatley
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, upon releasing the thumb screw of the cuff what will you do?: Wait three
minutes with the cuff off repeat the blood pressure and pump the cuff 30 mmhg
higher than you did on the first attempt
12. While working as a CMA the nursing supervisor tells you to report any
signs of fluid retention in Mr.Jones what will you look for?: Weight gain and
Edema
13. Mrs White has a new heart medication she complains of feeling dizzy, es-
pecially when she stands up suddenly . Which of the following cardiovascular
side effects might she be experiencing?: Decreased Blood Pressure
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Answers () (Verified Answers)
1. 3 Factors that affect drug absorption:?Age, Sex, Weight
2. Seven Rights of Drug Administration: 1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Drug3.)
Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right Tech-
nique
3. Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA: A total
of 75 course hours
-50hrs in class
-25hrs in clinical
4. While you are giving medications as CMA, your good friend Pat comes up to
the medication cart to talk to you. She is finished with her work and is telling
you in detail about her date the evening before. What will you do?: Explain to
Pat that you will have to hear about it later, after you give the, medications.
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20
,5. When you are giving medications to Mr.Smith you accidently give him two
aspirin tablets instead of the one tablet that is ordered. As soon as he has
swallowed the aspirin you realize your mistake what will you do?: Immediately
tell the nurse/your supervisor
6. You are scheduled to work on Tuesday the 12th from 3pm to 11 pm when
you wake up Tuesday morning at 10 you feel sick. When should you call your
supervisor to tell him you will not be able to come in to work?: 10 am
7. Normal Blood Pressure: 120/80 = baseline
8. Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what will you give?: 2 drops of isopto carpine
in the right eye three times a day
9. Delcort 1% ointment BID to Rash what does this mean?: Delcort ointment
twice a day applied topically to rash
10. Mr. Washington has orders for a medicine called Lipitor an " antihyperlipi-
demic" This medicine is given to what: Work against high fat(bad cholesterol) in
the blood
11. When you take Mr. Wu's blood pressure you hear heartbeats immediatley
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20
, upon releasing the thumb screw of the cuff what will you do?: Wait three
minutes with the cuff off repeat the blood pressure and pump the cuff 30 mmhg
higher than you did on the first attempt
12. While working as a CMA the nursing supervisor tells you to report any
signs of fluid retention in Mr.Jones what will you look for?: Weight gain and
Edema
13. Mrs White has a new heart medication she complains of feeling dizzy, es-
pecially when she stands up suddenly . Which of the following cardiovascular
side effects might she be experiencing?: Decreased Blood Pressure
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20
