NACC EXAM PRACTICE PART 2
Rehabilitation helps persons return to their highest level of physical and psychological -
Answers -T
Support workers supervise other support workers. - Answers -F
Lying on your résumé is unethical. - Answers -T
An otoscope is a lighted instrument used to examine the eye. - Answers -F
Patients have the right to refuse treatment. - Answers -T
The ball-and-socket joint allows movement in all directions. - Answers -T
Male sex cells are called sperm. - Answers -T
Development relates to physical changes that are measured and occur in a steady and
orderly manner. - Answers -F
Incontinence is normal for clients over 80 years of age. - Answers -F
The use of bed rails is safe for patients who try to get out of bed without help. - Answers
-F
If you feel threatened in a person's home, you should leave and call your supervisor. -
Answers -T
Before giving care, the client is called by name to ensure accurate identification. -
Answers -F
To properly wash your hands, hold your hands and forearms higher than your elbows
throughout the handwashing procedure. - Answers -F
Using a transfer sheet to move a person up in bed reduces shearing and friction. -
Answers -T
Base of support is the area on which an object rests. - Answers -T
Persons with spinal cord injuries are log-rolled. - Answers -T
Mr. Jones hoards food in the drawer of his bedside stand. You must wait until he leaves
the room and remove the food. - Answers -F
When removing soiled linens, roll the linens toward you. - Answers -F
,Wash your hands before handling clean linens and after handling soiled linens. -
Answers -T
Hot water is used for cleaning dentures. - Answers -F
Pressure ulcers usually occur over bony areas. - Answers -T
You never trim or shave a beard or moustache without the person's consent - Answers -
T
Clothing is removed from the person's unaffected side first. - Answers -T
Catheters treat the cause of urinary incontinence. - Answers -F
Adhesive tape is used to secure condom catheters. - Answers -F
The person is positioned in the right-side-lying position for a cleansing enema. -
Answers -F
When preparing meats, roasting, broiling, and baking are better than frying. - Answers -
T
Wheat bags or beanbags provide moist heat. - Answers -F
Do not leave a baby unattended on a table, bed, sofa, high chair, or other high surface.
- Answers -T
A vaginal discharge during the postpartum period is a sign of infection. - Answers -F
Basic life support procedures are aimed at restoring breathing and circulation. -
Answers -T
Choking can lead to cardiac arrest. - Answers -T
Internal bleeding is easily controlled by applying direct pressure to the bleeding site. -
Answers -F
Attitudes about death are strongly influenced by culture and religion. - Answers -T
The right to privacy and the right to be treated with dignity and respect apply after
death - Answers -T
The root of a word contains the word's basic meaning. - Answers -T
A health care agency or program for persons who have a terminal illness is:
a. Case management
b. Hospice
, c. Managed care
d. A preferred provider organization - Answers -b. Hospice
The goal of the health care team is to:
a. Provide quality care
b. Make money
c. Provide case management
d. Assign tasks and responsibilities - Answers -a. Provide quality care
If a fire occurs, which of these steps should be done first?
a. Use a fire extinguisher to put out the fire.
b. Close all doors and windows.
c. Sound the nearest fire alarm.
d. Move persons who are in danger to a safe place. - Answers -d. Move persons who
are in danger to a safe place.
Which is the best way to prevent child abuse?
a. Closed-circuit camera monitoring
b. Providing ongoing support for parents
c. Isolation
d. Being an older parent - Answers -b. Providing ongoing support for parents
The best behaviour for a support worker when feeding a client is:
a. Telling a resident the value of each type of food
b. Appearing patient and calm
c. Feeding one kind of food before starting another
d. Talking about the client's family without knowing if they visit - Answers -b. Appearing
patient and calm
68. The stiffness or rigidity of skeletal muscles that occurs after death is called:
a. Rigor mortis
b. Postmortem
c. Peristalsis
d. Muscle spasms - Answers -a. Rigor mortis
69. Which of the following people is most likely marginalized?
a. A school-age child
b. A gay, 70-year-old man
c. A 40-year-old married man
d. A 40-year-old single man - Answers -b. A gay, 70-year-old man
Support workers are responsible for IV therapy. - Answers -F
Axillary temperatures are more reliable than oral temperatures. - Answers -F
Respirations are counted right after taking a pulse. The person should be unaware that
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