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Competency Test Questions And Answers
100% Pass.
Reinforce a dressing - Answer✔True
Apply a hot pack - Answer✔False
Give an enema - Answer✔False
Administer Meds. - Answer✔False
Change a dressing - Answer✔False
Assist with a change of a colostomy bag - Answer✔True
Give a Rectal Suppository - Answer✔False
Give a tubal feeding - Answer✔False
Give insulin - Answer✔False
cut nails - Answer✔False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you: - Answer✔work as a part of the health care team
When you work in the home, you will be: - Answer✔working under the supervision of of
professional supervisor
As a Personal Care Assistant, it is you responsibility to: - Answer✔do only the tasks that the
registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - Answer✔True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure - Answer✔True
You only communicate through words - Answer✔False
Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - Answer✔courtesy, tact,
listening ( all of the above )
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Body language is: - Answer✔a way of communicating feelings by using the body, facial
expressions and the eyes.
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - Answer✔Giving an explanation of
what is going to be done.
Miss Harris. a PCA, is assigns to care for Mr. Goodway. Miss Harris notices that she feels very
angry when she is with Mr. Goodway . What should Miss Harris do because she feels this way? -
Answer✔Talk with the agency supervisor about the situation
A patient accuses a PCA of stealing five dollars. The PCA has not taken the patients money, but
the patient does not believe this. What should the PCA do? - Answer✔Notify the agency
supervisor
If you don not chart a task, leagally, it was not done. - Answer✔True
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdown, and the nurse is coming in two days, you do not
need to report the skin break down to your supervisor. - Answer✔False
A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient usually indicate the patient is excited and does
not need to be reported to the nurse. - Answer✔False
The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in three days. What should you do? -
Answer✔Report it to the nursing supervisor
Which of these actions is the PCA permitted to take in relation to drug administration? -
Answer✔Recording and reporting the patient's reaction to the medications.
When a patient complains of pain, what should the PCA do first? - Answer✔Ask the patient to
describe the pain.
A patient's prescription for heart pills has recently been changed . The PCA should notify the
agency supervisor immediately if the patient makes which of these comments? - Answer✔"I
have a rash on my stomach since I've been taking these pills."
Mrs.Rand who has diabetes and takes insulin regularly, tells the PCA that she feels very nervous
and jittery. What should the PCA do immediately? - Answer✔Give her a glass of orange juice
Always report a pulse rate if the bpm are under 60 or over 100 - Answer✔True
The temp. of an unconscious patient should be taken orally since they are not moving about -
Answer✔False
Recording a Patient's TPR or Vitals is not important as long as you remember what they were -
Answer✔False
For which, if any, of these body areas is 99.6 degrees F a normal temp. normal? -
Answer✔Rectum
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Competency Test Questions And Answers
100% Pass.
Reinforce a dressing - Answer✔True
Apply a hot pack - Answer✔False
Give an enema - Answer✔False
Administer Meds. - Answer✔False
Change a dressing - Answer✔False
Assist with a change of a colostomy bag - Answer✔True
Give a Rectal Suppository - Answer✔False
Give a tubal feeding - Answer✔False
Give insulin - Answer✔False
cut nails - Answer✔False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you: - Answer✔work as a part of the health care team
When you work in the home, you will be: - Answer✔working under the supervision of of
professional supervisor
As a Personal Care Assistant, it is you responsibility to: - Answer✔do only the tasks that the
registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - Answer✔True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure - Answer✔True
You only communicate through words - Answer✔False
Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - Answer✔courtesy, tact,
listening ( all of the above )
1|Page
, ©EVERLY 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Body language is: - Answer✔a way of communicating feelings by using the body, facial
expressions and the eyes.
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - Answer✔Giving an explanation of
what is going to be done.
Miss Harris. a PCA, is assigns to care for Mr. Goodway. Miss Harris notices that she feels very
angry when she is with Mr. Goodway . What should Miss Harris do because she feels this way? -
Answer✔Talk with the agency supervisor about the situation
A patient accuses a PCA of stealing five dollars. The PCA has not taken the patients money, but
the patient does not believe this. What should the PCA do? - Answer✔Notify the agency
supervisor
If you don not chart a task, leagally, it was not done. - Answer✔True
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdown, and the nurse is coming in two days, you do not
need to report the skin break down to your supervisor. - Answer✔False
A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient usually indicate the patient is excited and does
not need to be reported to the nurse. - Answer✔False
The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in three days. What should you do? -
Answer✔Report it to the nursing supervisor
Which of these actions is the PCA permitted to take in relation to drug administration? -
Answer✔Recording and reporting the patient's reaction to the medications.
When a patient complains of pain, what should the PCA do first? - Answer✔Ask the patient to
describe the pain.
A patient's prescription for heart pills has recently been changed . The PCA should notify the
agency supervisor immediately if the patient makes which of these comments? - Answer✔"I
have a rash on my stomach since I've been taking these pills."
Mrs.Rand who has diabetes and takes insulin regularly, tells the PCA that she feels very nervous
and jittery. What should the PCA do immediately? - Answer✔Give her a glass of orange juice
Always report a pulse rate if the bpm are under 60 or over 100 - Answer✔True
The temp. of an unconscious patient should be taken orally since they are not moving about -
Answer✔False
Recording a Patient's TPR or Vitals is not important as long as you remember what they were -
Answer✔False
For which, if any, of these body areas is 99.6 degrees F a normal temp. normal? -
Answer✔Rectum
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