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Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Exam (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Practice Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)

Question:

A patient care Tech is caring for several adult patients. Which of the following findings should the technician report to the nurse first?

• Blood pressure 139/88 mm HG
• Apical pulse 108/min
• Respiratory rate 22 per minute
• Temperature 38.5°C or 100.5°F

Answer:

Temperature 38.5°C or 100.5°F

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Question:

Patient care tech is emptying a patient's bedside commode and accidentally splashes urine in his eye. Which of the following actions to the technician take?

• Wipe his eyes with a towel
• Rub his eyes with his hands
• Flush his eyes with water for 10 minutes
• Blink his eyes rapidly for one minute

Answer:

Flushed his eyes with water for 10 minutes

Question:

Patient care tech is monitoring a patient who has severe hypertension. Which of the following findings related to the patient's condition so the technician report to the nurse immediately?

• Patient reports stiffness in his hands and Feet
• The patient needs help lifting his legs onto the bed
• The patient's lower limbs show pitting Edema
• The patient's fingers are thick and flat

Answer:

The patient's lower limbs show pitting edema 2 / 4

Question:

A patient care Tech is reinforcing teaching about using an incentive spiral spirometer with a patient. Which of the following instructions should the technician include?

• You should be in the prone position when using the incentive spirometer
• The goal is to get the ball to rise in the chamber of the incentive spirometer
• Blow into the incentive spirometer to make the body move
• You should use the incentive spirometer every 12 hours

Answer:

The goal is to get the ball to rise in the chamber of the incentive spirometer

Question:

A patient care tech is taking a patient's pulse oximeter reading. The tech cannot get the reading to appear on the monitor. Which of the following could be the cause?

• The patient is running a fever of 101.4°F
• The patient has a blood pressure of 84/62 mm HG with cold hands and

fingers

• The patient was elevated in semi Fowler's position with a cold pack on her

forehead

• The patient's skin appears flushed

Answer:

The patient has a blood pressure of 84/62 mm HG with cold hands and fingers 3 / 4

Question:

Patient care tech is caring for a patient who is receiving an internal feeding via an NG tube in which of the following positions to the tech place the patient?

• Supine
• Semi Fowler
• Trendelenburg
• Orthopneic

Answer:

Semi Fowler's

Question:

A patient care tech is preparing to determine the pulse rate the patient who has arterial fibrillation. Which of the following methods should the technician use?

• Manually using the apical area
• Manually using the radial area
• Electronically using a pulse oximeter
• Electronically using an EKG machine

Answer:

Manually using the apical area

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