PCA Competency Test (Georgia Exam)
ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Reinforce a dressing. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Apply a hot pack. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Give an enema. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Administer medication. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Change a sterile dressing. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Assist with change of a colostomy bag. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Give a rectal suppository. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Give a tubal feeding. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
give insulin - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Cut Nails - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅work as part of the health
care team.
When you work in the home, you will be: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅working under the
supervision of a professional supervisor.
, As Personal Care Assistant, it is your responsibility to: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅do only
the tasks that the registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
You only communicate through words. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Courtesy, Tact , listening
Body language is: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a way of communicating feelings by using
the body, facial expressions and the eyes
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅giving an explanation of what is going to be done
Miss Harris, a Personal Care Assistant, is assigned 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Talk with the agency
supervisor about the situation.
A patient accuses a Personal Care Assistant of stealing five dollars. The PCA has not taken
the patient's money, but the patient does not believe this. What should the PCA do? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Notify the agency supervisor.
If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient, legally, it was not done. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdo� and the nurse is coming in two
ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Reinforce a dressing. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Apply a hot pack. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Give an enema. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Administer medication. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Change a sterile dressing. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Assist with change of a colostomy bag. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Give a rectal suppository. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Give a tubal feeding. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
give insulin - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Cut Nails - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅work as part of the health
care team.
When you work in the home, you will be: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅working under the
supervision of a professional supervisor.
, As Personal Care Assistant, it is your responsibility to: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅do only
the tasks that the registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
You only communicate through words. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Courtesy, Tact , listening
Body language is: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a way of communicating feelings by using
the body, facial expressions and the eyes
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅giving an explanation of what is going to be done
Miss Harris, a Personal Care Assistant, is assigned 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Talk with the agency
supervisor about the situation.
A patient accuses a Personal Care Assistant of stealing five dollars. The PCA has not taken
the patient's money, but the patient does not believe this. What should the PCA do? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Notify the agency supervisor.
If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient, legally, it was not done. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdo� and the nurse is coming in two
