NCLEX Safety and Infection Control EXAM
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) PLUS RATIONALES
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1. Which action by the nurse demonstrates proper use of standard precautions?
A. Wearing gloves when feeding a client
B. Washing hands after removing gloves
C. Wearing a gown when entering every client’s room
D. Using sterile gloves for vital signs
Correct Answer: B. Washing hands after removing gloves
Rationale: Hand hygiene before and after patient contact — even after glove removal —
prevents the spread of infection.
2. The nurse is preparing to enter a client’s room who has tuberculosis. Which PPE is required?
A. Surgical mask and gloves
B. N95 respirator
C. Gown only
D. Face shield
Correct Answer: B. N95 respirator
Rationale: Airborne precautions for TB require an N95 respirator to prevent inhalation of
airborne particles.
3. Which of the following clients should the nurse place in a private room?
A. Client with pneumonia
B. Client with measles
C. Client with diabetes
D. Client with heart failure
,Correct Answer: B. Client with measles
Rationale: Measles requires airborne precautions, including a negative-pressure private room.
4. What is the best way to prevent health care–associated infections?
A. Use of gloves
B. Sterilizing equipment
C. Proper hand hygiene
D. Wearing masks
Correct Answer: C. Proper hand hygiene
Rationale: Hand washing is the single most effective method to prevent transmission of
infection.
5. Which infection requires contact precautions?
A. Influenza
B. Tuberculosis
C. MRSA
D. Measles
Correct Answer: C. MRSA
Rationale: MRSA spreads by direct contact with contaminated surfaces or skin.
6. A nurse accidentally sticks herself with a used needle. What is the first action?
A. Report to the supervisor
B. Wash the area with soap and water
C. Go to employee health
D. Start post-exposure prophylaxis
Correct Answer: B. Wash the area with soap and water
Rationale: Immediate cleaning of the wound minimizes infection risk before reporting and
treatment.
7. Which of the following situations requires droplet precautions?
A. Chickenpox
B. Pertussis
C. HIV
D. Hepatitis B
, Correct Answer: B. Pertussis
Rationale: rroplet precautions are used for infections transmiteed by large respiratory droplets,
such as pertussis.
8. The nurse is disposing of a used needle. What is the correct action?
A. Recap before discarding
B. Bend the needle
C. Discard into a sharps container immediately
D. Place in regular trash
Correct Answer: C. riscard into a sharps container immediately
Rationale: Used needles should be discarded without recapping to prevent needlestick injuries.
9. Which of the following represents a violation of sterile technique?
A. Turning back to a sterile field
B. Keeping hands above the waist
C. Opening a sterile pack away from the body
D. Using sterile gloves
Correct Answer: A. Turning back to a sterile field
Rationale: A sterile field must always remain in view to ensure sterility is maintained.
10. What is the correct sequence for removing PPE?
A. Gloves → Gown → Goggles → Mask
B. Gown → Gloves → Mask → Goggles
C. Gloves → Goggles → Gown → Mask
D. Mask → Gloves → Gown → Goggles
Correct Answer: C. Gloves → Goggles → Gown → Mask
Rationale: Removing gloves first prevents contamination, followed by eye protection, gown, and
mask last.
11. A nurse is assigned to a client with C. difficile infection. Which hand hygiene method is
required?
A. Alcohol-based sanitizer
B. Soap and water
C. Antiseptic wipes
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) PLUS RATIONALES
| INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF
1. Which action by the nurse demonstrates proper use of standard precautions?
A. Wearing gloves when feeding a client
B. Washing hands after removing gloves
C. Wearing a gown when entering every client’s room
D. Using sterile gloves for vital signs
Correct Answer: B. Washing hands after removing gloves
Rationale: Hand hygiene before and after patient contact — even after glove removal —
prevents the spread of infection.
2. The nurse is preparing to enter a client’s room who has tuberculosis. Which PPE is required?
A. Surgical mask and gloves
B. N95 respirator
C. Gown only
D. Face shield
Correct Answer: B. N95 respirator
Rationale: Airborne precautions for TB require an N95 respirator to prevent inhalation of
airborne particles.
3. Which of the following clients should the nurse place in a private room?
A. Client with pneumonia
B. Client with measles
C. Client with diabetes
D. Client with heart failure
,Correct Answer: B. Client with measles
Rationale: Measles requires airborne precautions, including a negative-pressure private room.
4. What is the best way to prevent health care–associated infections?
A. Use of gloves
B. Sterilizing equipment
C. Proper hand hygiene
D. Wearing masks
Correct Answer: C. Proper hand hygiene
Rationale: Hand washing is the single most effective method to prevent transmission of
infection.
5. Which infection requires contact precautions?
A. Influenza
B. Tuberculosis
C. MRSA
D. Measles
Correct Answer: C. MRSA
Rationale: MRSA spreads by direct contact with contaminated surfaces or skin.
6. A nurse accidentally sticks herself with a used needle. What is the first action?
A. Report to the supervisor
B. Wash the area with soap and water
C. Go to employee health
D. Start post-exposure prophylaxis
Correct Answer: B. Wash the area with soap and water
Rationale: Immediate cleaning of the wound minimizes infection risk before reporting and
treatment.
7. Which of the following situations requires droplet precautions?
A. Chickenpox
B. Pertussis
C. HIV
D. Hepatitis B
, Correct Answer: B. Pertussis
Rationale: rroplet precautions are used for infections transmiteed by large respiratory droplets,
such as pertussis.
8. The nurse is disposing of a used needle. What is the correct action?
A. Recap before discarding
B. Bend the needle
C. Discard into a sharps container immediately
D. Place in regular trash
Correct Answer: C. riscard into a sharps container immediately
Rationale: Used needles should be discarded without recapping to prevent needlestick injuries.
9. Which of the following represents a violation of sterile technique?
A. Turning back to a sterile field
B. Keeping hands above the waist
C. Opening a sterile pack away from the body
D. Using sterile gloves
Correct Answer: A. Turning back to a sterile field
Rationale: A sterile field must always remain in view to ensure sterility is maintained.
10. What is the correct sequence for removing PPE?
A. Gloves → Gown → Goggles → Mask
B. Gown → Gloves → Mask → Goggles
C. Gloves → Goggles → Gown → Mask
D. Mask → Gloves → Gown → Goggles
Correct Answer: C. Gloves → Goggles → Gown → Mask
Rationale: Removing gloves first prevents contamination, followed by eye protection, gown, and
mask last.
11. A nurse is assigned to a client with C. difficile infection. Which hand hygiene method is
required?
A. Alcohol-based sanitizer
B. Soap and water
C. Antiseptic wipes
