Hdmaster CNA 1 State Competency Practice Exam
Questions & Answers
1. When you are communicating with residents, you need to remember to
a. look away when they make direct eye contact
b. speak rapidly and loudly
c. face the resident and make eye contact
d. finish all their sentences for them
ANS c. face the resident and make eye contact
2. You are measuring Mrs. Clark's pulse and it is 98 beats per minute, which issignificantly
different than her normal pulse.You should
a. ignore this, as pulse rates always fluctuate in older people
b. report this to the charge nurse
c. encourage Mrs. Clark to exercise more
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d. call the doctor immediately
ANS b. report this to the charge nurse
3. All of these devices can be used to help a person to use regular toiletingfacilities with
more ease EXCEPT
a. elevated toilet seat
b. bedside commode
c. grab bars on the wall next to the toilet
d. eggcrate mattress
ANS d. eggcrate mattress
4. Mr. Russell keeps getting up from his wheelchair. Instead of using a restraintyou should
ask him if
a. he needs to go to the toilet
b. he is hungry again after just having eaten
c. a new long term care home would suit him better
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d. he is just being difficult
ANS a. he needs to go to the toilet
5. All of the following are in the Resident Bill of Rights EXCEPT
a. the right to form militant groups in the facility
b. the right to be free from sexual, verbal, physical, or mental abuse
c. the right to be free of corporal punishment and involuntary seclusion
d. the right to choose activities
ANS a. the right to form militant groups in the facility
6. Increased respiratory rate is
a. bradypnea
b. apnea
c. dyspnea
d. tachypnea
ANS d. tachypnea
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