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CNA FINAL EXAM/ TEST BANK
WITH VERIFIED ANSWER S
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Question 1: Many elderly residents lose their appetite due
to:
- a decrease in saliva
- hardening of the arteries
- decrease in number of taste buds
- both a and c
Correct answer: C
Question 2: The thinning of the fatty layer under the skin
could cause the resident to:
- lose their appetite
- have difficulty walking
- develop pressure sores
- have slowed mental responses
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Correct answer: C
Question 3: Elderly residents sometimes appear stooped
over and like they have lost height. This is due to:
- the resident’s increased difficulty in breathing
- the deterioration of muscle tissue
- loss of calcium causing changes in the spinal column
- decreased cardiac output
Correct answer: C
Question 4: One of the major reasons the elderly person is
incontinent of urine is:
- they are too lazy to go to the bathroom
- they can’t get a nurse aide to help them to the bathroom
- the circulatory system is failing
- the muscle that keeps urine in the bladder weakens
Correct answer: D
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Question 5: Constipation and indigestion can be result
from:
- slowed respirations
- slowed mental response
- slowed peristalsis
- slowed brain waves
Correct answer: C
Question 6: Strokes are seen in the elderly. Strokes are
best described as:
- when the muscles die
- when the brain is deprived of oxygen
- when the heart fails
- when the lungs fill with fluid
Correct answer: B
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Question 7: Which statement is TRUE concerning
sexuality in the elderly:
- sex and intimacy are not important
- elderly women are not interested in sex
- the elderly men and women are attracted to each other
- elderly people are only interested in their health
Correct answer: C
Question 8: One of the major causes of depression in the
elderly is:
- inability to run their own lives
- going to nursing home activities
- living with their children
- lack of money