Georgia PCA Competency Practice Test

1. Question 1
   • Subject 111-8-62, Personal Care Homes only
   • The federal nursing-home survey manual only
   • Subject 111-8-65, Private Home Care Providers
   • A private employer's handbook only
2. Question 2
   • Licensing and inspection of private home care providers
   • Licensing individual physicians
   • Operating every personal care home
   • Setting federal Medicare payment rates
3. Question 3
   • Only physician services
   • Only physical and occupational therapy
   • Only residential room and board
   • Nursing, personal care, and companion or sitter tasks
4. Question 4
   • Independent medical diagnosis
   • Assistance with bathing
   • Prescribing medication
   • Providing physical therapy
5. Question 5
   • Whenever a PCA independently decides it is useful
   • Only in conjunction with the personal care tasks described by the rule
   • Only as a substitute for a nursing assessment
   • Whenever a client requests a medical diagnosis
6. Question 6
   • Writing a new prescription
   • Changing a prescribed dosage
   • Performing an independent nursing assessment
   • Reminding a client to take medication
7. Question 7
   • They exclude professional services regulated by professional licensing laws
   • They permit every nursing service after verbal consent
   • They eliminate the need for a service plan
   • They may be performed only in a hospital
8. Question 8
   • The two terms are interchangeable
   • Every PCA is automatically personal-care-home staff
   • Private home care is governed here as services; a personal care home is a separately licensed facility
   • Subject 111-8-62 governs all private-home-care agencies
9. Question 9
   • Whenever any outside agency enters the building
   • Whenever a resident needs personal assistance
   • Only when the home has no license
   • When provided in the home by staff of the personal care home
10. Question 10
    • Any nursing service without further qualification
    • Companion or sitter tasks
    • Physical therapy
    • Independent medical nutrition therapy
11. Question 11
    • No; nursing services require the nursing qualifications specified by the rule
    • Yes, for any stable client
    • Yes, after one supervisory visit
    • Yes, whenever the service agreement is signed
12. Question 12
    • Any visitor to the residence
    • Only the provider owner
    • A licensed nurse
    • A companion who lacks PCA qualification
13. Question 13
    • A self-written online quiz with no recognition
    • A department-recognized nurse aide competency examination
    • One client reference with no competency evidence
    • Automatic qualification after the first shift
14. Question 14
    • Zero hours
    • Eight hours
    • All forty hours in every case before any employment
    • Twenty hours
15. Question 15
    • Within seven calendar days
    • Before the first application is submitted
    • Within six months after the training initially began
    • Only after five years
16. Question 16
    • Ambulation, transfers, and positioning
    • Independent prescribing
    • Surgical consent
    • Provider tax preparation
17. Question 17
    • The client must waive every safety rule
    • The PCA must have worked one year
    • The task need only appear in a generic advertisement
    • Training must be completed and competency determined for that task
18. Question 18
    • Only the client's verbal approval
    • Relevant training and demonstrated competency for those services
    • A companion-or-sitter title
    • No additional preparation if the shift is short
19. Question 19
    • Assigned duties and responsibilities
    • How to diagnose every client
    • How to alter the rule text
    • How to avoid reporting incidents
20. Question 20
    • Two clock hours
    • Twenty clock hours every month
    • Eight clock hours
    • No further training
21. Question 21
    • Only once at hire
    • Every seven calendar days
    • At least annually
    • Only after a client complaint
22. Question 22
    • By a qualified PCA under required supervision and according to the service plan
    • Without supervision if the client agrees
    • Only from an unwritten family request
    • Outside the service plan whenever convenient
23. Question 23
    • Only the hours worked
    • Personal care needs, condition changes, and observed problems affecting the client
    • Only changes the PCA can diagnose
    • Nothing unless a physician is present
24. Question 24
    • Only an unqualified companion
    • Any available family member
    • A billing clerk
    • A licensed registered professional nurse or licensed practical nurse
25. Question 25
    • The PCA acting alone
    • A licensed registered professional nurse
    • The client transport driver
    • Any companion without supervision
26. Question 26
    • Exactly every 122 days in all cases
    • Once every five years
    • At least every 92 days, or more often as the level of care requires
    • Only when the client complains
27. Question 27
    • Every 92 hours
    • Every 62 days
    • No visits are required
    • At least every 122 days
28. Question 28
    • Within seven working days
    • Before the provider is formed
    • Within ninety-two calendar days
    • Only when nursing services end
29. Question 29
    • The PCA's personal shopping list
    • An unrelated provider's marketing plan
    • Expected frequency and duration of services
    • A waiver of all client rights
30. Question 30
    • Only every sixty-two days regardless of visits
    • At each supervisory visit
    • Only at final discharge
    • Never after the first signature

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