CNA Practice Test 4 | Free 30+ Practice Questions (2025)

Our fourth CNA Practice Test contains another set of 30 practice questions. Continue your CNA test preparation with these practice questions. You can see your response and correct answer at the end (when you submit the test).

1. When helping a client who is recovering from a stroke to walk, the nurse aide should assist:

From behind the client.

On the client’s weak side.

On the client’s strong side.

With a wheelchair.

2. When taking a client’s radial pulse, the nurse aide’s fingertips should be placed on the client’s:

Chest

Neck

Elbow

Wrist

3. Which of the following methods should be used to collect a specimen for urine culture?

Have the client void in a clean container

Clean the foreskin of the penis of uncircumcised men before specimen collection

Have the client void into a urinal, and then pour the urine into the specimen container

Have the client begin the stream of urine in the toilet and catch the urine in a sterile container midstream

4. Clean bed linen placed in a client’s room but NOT used should be:

Put in the dirty linen container

Used for a client in the next room

Returned to the linen closet

Taken to the nurse in charge

5. Which of the following best helps reduce pressure on the bony prominences?

Several pillows

Repositioning every shift

Sheepskin

Flotation mattress

6. While eating dinner, a client starts to choke and turn blue. The nurse aide SHOULD:

Call for assistance and perform the Heimlich maneuver

Give the client a drink of water.

Immediately remove the client’s food tray and go find the nurse in charge.

Slap the client on the back until the food dislodges.

7. Empathy is pivotal when caring for residents. What is a good example of empathy?

Placing yourself in someone’s else’s situation without pity.

Being aware of what you say and what effect it may have on another individual.

Taking the time to understand what is going with that resident.

All of the above

8. The nurse aide is walking with a client confined to a wheelchair when the facility fire alarm system is activated. The client becomes excited from the noise. The nurse aide SHOULD:

Push the wheelchair out of the hallway and carry the client out of the facility

Comfort the client while moving to a safe place

Lock the client’s wheelchair and check the surrounding area for smoke

Leave the client to search for help

9. Which of the following people provide treatment for persons who have difficulty talking due to disorders such as a stroke or physical defects?

Physical therapist

Registered nurse

Speech therapist

Occupational therapist

10. If the nurse aide discovers a fire in a client’s room, the FIRST thing to do is:

Call the nurse in charge.

Try to put out the fire.

Open a window.

Remove the client.

11. The electric shaver that the nurse aide is using to shave a client begins to spark and smoke. What should the nurse aide do FIRST?

Use the roommate’s shaver to finish the shave

Finish shaving the client as quickly as possible

Unplug the shaver

Call the nurse in charge

12. Which of the following is a correct measurement of urinary output?

300 cc

40 oz

1 quart

2 cups

13. Insulin, a hormone, regulates:

The strength of the skeletal muscles.

The amount of salt retained in the blood.

The amount of sugar in the blood.

The rhythm of the heart.

14. The equipment you need to gather to do unconscious oral care would include the following:

Toothpaste

Toothette/mouth swab

Toothbrush

None of the above

15. The Heimlich maneuver (abdominal thrusts) is used for a client who has:

Fallen out of bed.

A blocked airway.

A bloody nose.

Impaired eyesight.

16. When taking an oral temperature, it is important to:

Put lubricant on the thermometer.

Place the thermometer under the arm.

Place the thermometer in the rectum.

Place the thermometer under the tongue.

17. When transferring a client, MOST of the client’s weight should be supported by the nurse aide’s:

Legs

Shoulders

Wrists

Back

18. When caring for a client who uses a protective device (restraint), the nurse aide SHOULD:

Assure the protective device is tight.

Release the protective device once a shift.

Check the client’s body alignment.

Assess the client once every hour.

19. If another staff member hides the call bell from a resident who frequently uses it even though nothing is needed, the CNA should:

Be grateful because there is no time to answer the call bell so often.

Give the resident a fake call bell.

Return the call bell within reach of the resident and report the staff member for neglect.

Tell the resident someone will visit every hour to see if she really needs something.

20. The nurse aide sees a client spill water on the floor in the hall. Another client is walking down the hall. The nurse aide SHOULD:

Call the nurse.

Call housekeeping.

Clean up the spill.

Leave the spill.

21. What type of fire can be put out with water?

Chemical

Paper

Grease

Electrical

22. You have a patient experiencing dysphagia and must be on a dysphagia diet. You are assisting the patient with feeding. What type of diet would you expect this patient to be on?

Pureed

Clear liquid

Mechanical soft

Regular

23. What does NPO mean in medical terms?

Only ice chips per mouth.

Nothing per ostomy.

Nothing by mouth.

Nothing by mouth except water.

24. The most comfortable position for a resident with a respiratory problem is:

Supine

Prone

Lateral

Fowler’s

25. What is the term for a device used to take the place of a missing body part?

Pronation

Abduction

External rotation

Prosthesis

26. The purpose for padding side rails on the client’s bed is to:

Use them as a restraint.

Keep the client warm.

Protect the client from injury.

Have a place to connect the call signal.

27. A family member calls the office and informs you that the resident’s family member passed. How can you best support his family members and the patient?

Do nothing because it is not your family member.

Sit with the family and or the resident offering emotional support.

Just ignore the topic so the resident does not become emotional.

Ask another staff member to deal with the resident.

28. To avoid pulling the catheter when turning a male client, the catheter tube must be taped to the client’s:

Hip

Upper thigh

Bed sheet

Bed frame

29. For safety, when leaving a client alone in a room, the nurse aide SHOULD:

Leave the bed elevated in the highest position.

Keep the door tightly closed.

Apply a restraint to the client.

Place signaling device within client’s reach.

30. One factor that can influence the grieving process is the cause of death. What impact can this have on the grieving process?

The cause of death has no bearing on the grieving process.

The cause of death brings up bad memories.

Death often reminds us of our past losses and how that individual passed.

None of the above

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