KS - CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDE PRACTICE EXAM-
WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024-2025|
GURANTEE PASS
3 Factors that affect drug absorption?
ANS>>Age, Sex, Weight
Seven Rights of Drug Administration
ANS>>1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Drug3.) Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right
time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right Technique
Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA
ANS>>A total of 75 course hours
-50hrs in class
-25hrs in clinical
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.
When you are giving medications to Mr.Smith you accidently give him two
ANS>>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>>Immediately tell the nurse/your supervisor
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
,Normal Blood Pressure
ANS>>120/80 = baseline
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
Delcort 1% ointment BID to Rash what does this mean?
ANS>>Delcort ointment twice a day applied topically to rash
Mr. Washington has orders for a medicine called Lipitor an " antihyperlipidemic" This medicine is given
to what
ANS>>Work against high fat(bad cholesterol) in the blood
When you take Mr. Wu's blood pressure you hear heartbeats immediately upon releasing the thumb
screw of the cuff what will you do?
ANS>>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.
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?
ANS>>Weight gain and Edema
Mrs. White has a new heart medication she complains of feeling dizzy, especially when she stands up
suddenly. Which of the following cardiovascular side effects might she be experiencing?
ANS>>Decreased Blood Pressure
Mr. Black complained about seeing rings light " halos " around lighted objects what medication might be
rising to toxic levels in Mr. Blacks Blood?
ANS>>Digoxin (Cardiac Glycoside/Antiarrythmias)
, As you give medications you notice that Ms. Chong has antihyperlipidemic ordered. You know that Ms.
Chong must have high?
ANS>>Cholesterol and Triglycerides
Mr. Black is taking an anticoagulant You know that he should be watched for signs of
ANS>>Bleeding in the gums
Mrs. White is taking a thiazide diuretic a major side effect of this drug could be?
ANS>>low potassium
Mr. Jones is taking a antisecretory medication that decreases the amount of acid made by his stomach
this medicine is given to treat
ANS>>ulcers and hyperacidity
In Diuretics, thiazides, loops, and potassium sparing which are taken with potassium supplements?
ANS>>Thiazides and loops
Antineoplastic Medication is Used for?
ANS>>Cancer
Mrs. White asks you how putting a nitroglycerin( patch on her arm will help her chest pain what will you
tell her?
ANS>>The medicine in the patch will go through the skin and dialate the blood vessels around her
heart(vasodilator)
WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024-2025|
GURANTEE PASS
3 Factors that affect drug absorption?
ANS>>Age, Sex, Weight
Seven Rights of Drug Administration
ANS>>1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Drug3.) Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right
time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right Technique
Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA
ANS>>A total of 75 course hours
-50hrs in class
-25hrs in clinical
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.
When you are giving medications to Mr.Smith you accidently give him two
ANS>>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>>Immediately tell the nurse/your supervisor
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
,Normal Blood Pressure
ANS>>120/80 = baseline
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
Delcort 1% ointment BID to Rash what does this mean?
ANS>>Delcort ointment twice a day applied topically to rash
Mr. Washington has orders for a medicine called Lipitor an " antihyperlipidemic" This medicine is given
to what
ANS>>Work against high fat(bad cholesterol) in the blood
When you take Mr. Wu's blood pressure you hear heartbeats immediately upon releasing the thumb
screw of the cuff what will you do?
ANS>>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.
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?
ANS>>Weight gain and Edema
Mrs. White has a new heart medication she complains of feeling dizzy, especially when she stands up
suddenly. Which of the following cardiovascular side effects might she be experiencing?
ANS>>Decreased Blood Pressure
Mr. Black complained about seeing rings light " halos " around lighted objects what medication might be
rising to toxic levels in Mr. Blacks Blood?
ANS>>Digoxin (Cardiac Glycoside/Antiarrythmias)
, As you give medications you notice that Ms. Chong has antihyperlipidemic ordered. You know that Ms.
Chong must have high?
ANS>>Cholesterol and Triglycerides
Mr. Black is taking an anticoagulant You know that he should be watched for signs of
ANS>>Bleeding in the gums
Mrs. White is taking a thiazide diuretic a major side effect of this drug could be?
ANS>>low potassium
Mr. Jones is taking a antisecretory medication that decreases the amount of acid made by his stomach
this medicine is given to treat
ANS>>ulcers and hyperacidity
In Diuretics, thiazides, loops, and potassium sparing which are taken with potassium supplements?
ANS>>Thiazides and loops
Antineoplastic Medication is Used for?
ANS>>Cancer
Mrs. White asks you how putting a nitroglycerin( patch on her arm will help her chest pain what will you
tell her?
ANS>>The medicine in the patch will go through the skin and dialate the blood vessels around her
heart(vasodilator)
