Free CNA Practice Exam Updated 2024

Take this free CNA practice test to get a sample of the types of questions on an actual Nursing Assistant certification exam.

A CNA exam typically has two parts, a written part and a skills part. The written part of the test is typically in a multiple choice format and evaluates your knowledge of the subjects that CNAs are expected to know. Subjects that will be included in the test are: CNA Roles, Observation, Reporting and Abbreviations, Safety and Managing Behavior, Emergencies, Personal Care Skills, Infection Control and Blood Borne Pathogens, Caring for All Ages, Common Physical and Emotional Problems, Care of the Dying Person at the End of Life and Legal and Ethical Issues. All of these topics, or subjects, are covered in a CNA training program. The test will typically have 50 to 70 multiple choice questions, like the ones you will see in our CNA Practice Test.

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CNA Roles, Roles of Others and Teamwork
1. Nursing assistants work in a lot of different places. One place that CNAs work is a skilled nursing facility. This type of facility is also called a ______________.
a. hospital
b. rehab center
c. hospice
d. nursing home
2. Many people, particularly older people, go to what kind of healthcare facility after they are discharged from a hospital after a stroke?
a. A subacute care center
b. A hospice
c. A respite center
d. A group home
3. A CNA, MA, and RN all provide care for 10 patients in a sub-acute facility. What is the term for this collaborative approach to patient care?
a. Group Care
b. Primary Care
c. Team Nursing
d. Rehab
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4. A CNA is covering another CNA's lunch break on another floor. She answers the light for a patient who complains of chest pain. Who should the CNA report this finding to?
a. Nurse
b. Provider
c. Director of Nursing
d. The other CNA when back from lunch break
5. You are asked to complete a bed change for a 300 lb. patient who is immobile and difficult to turn. You feel uncomfortable changing the bed yourself. What is your next course of action?
a. Schedule a time with another nurse or CNA to have assistance during the bed change.
b. Complete the bed change yourself even though you are uncomfortable.
c. Wait until shift change to let the next shift take care of it.
d. Tell the patient that they do not need a bed change.
6. Which duties would be performed by a CNA in team nursing?
a. Assessment of the heart and lungs
b. Teaching physical therapy exercises
c. Taking Vital Signs and Blood Sugars Readings
d. All of the above.
Legal and Ethical Aspects of the CNA Role
7. The CNA can legally ____________.
a. supervise other CNAs
b. teach other CNAs
c. mentor other CNAs
d. None of the above
8. The director of nursing at your long term care nursing home has assigned you to be in charge of the nursing home for the weekend because she is going away on a cruise vacation to the Caribbean. What should you do?
a. Refuse to do the assignment
b. Do the best you can do
c. Ask about the details
d. Call the owner
9. Which of the following actions is ethically wrong in the care of nursing home residents?
a. The CNA remains right outside the bathroom door and instructs the patient to pull the call light when they have finished urinating.
b.The CNA wipes the patient's finger with an alcohol swab prior to taking a blood glucose level.
c. The CNA does not let a confused high-fall risk patient ambulate in the halls without assistance.
d. The CNA chooses to complete an incontinence change every 4 hours on a patient who is incontinent every hour.
10. A patient requires a dressing change for the first time after surgery. Which of the following staff cannot legally change the patient's dressing immediately after surgery?
a. CNA
b. LPN
c. RN
d. MD
11. Which of the following is now the minimal requirement to be able to legally record and document data, such as vital signs and blood sugar readings, within a hospital setting?
a. Experience
b. Certification
c. Licensure
d. College Degree
Priorities and Priority Setting

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Thanks for this video, it pains me that after studding so hard I end up failing 💔😪, I've taken the exams for the 4th time now and still didn't succeed, i wonder how those who succeeded did it.