Certified Medication Aide Practice Exam Questions and Answers
(Verified Answers)
1. 3 Factors that affect drug absorption
ANS Age, Sex, Weight
2. Seven Rights of Drug Administration
ANS 1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Medication 3.) Right Dose 4.) Right
route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right to Refuse
3. Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA
ANS All of the above
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?
ANS 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?
ANS Immediate- ly tell 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?
ANS 10 am
7. Normal Blood Pressure Range
ANS 110-140
8. Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what will you give?
ANS 2 drops of isopto carpine in the right eye three times a day
9. Delcort Ung BID TOP To Rash what does this mean?
ANS Delcort ointment twice a day applied topically to rash
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(Verified Answers)
1. 3 Factors that affect drug absorption
ANS Age, Sex, Weight
2. Seven Rights of Drug Administration
ANS 1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Medication 3.) Right Dose 4.) Right
route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right to Refuse
3. Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA
ANS All of the above
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?
ANS 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?
ANS Immediate- ly tell 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?
ANS 10 am
7. Normal Blood Pressure Range
ANS 110-140
8. Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what will you give?
ANS 2 drops of isopto carpine in the right eye three times a day
9. Delcort Ung BID TOP To Rash what does this mean?
ANS Delcort ointment twice a day applied topically to rash
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