Indiana QMA Practice Test and Medication Aide Review
Prepare for Indiana Qualified Medication Aide training with source-backed practice on QMA scope, medication safety, reporting, documentation, certification, and resident care. This independent study resource is based on current Indiana Department of Health materials and Indiana Code; it is not an official exam or a substitute for an IDOH-approved training program, facility policy, or licensed-nurse direction.
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Answer from memory first, then use the existing quiz review flow for anything you miss.
Activities
Quiz30 Questions
Flashcards21 Cards
Study Notes6 Notes
Modules
Learn in sequence
Start with the earlier modules and work forward. Each one builds on the last, so the course gets more advanced as you go.
1
Indiana QMA Role and Scope
Practice the current Indiana boundaries for permitted tasks, prohibited tasks, supervision, PRN medication, and escalation.
Use Indiana Scope as a Boundary, Not a Shortcut
2 min • Summary
PRN Medication and Escalation
1 min • Summary
Indiana QMA Role and Scope Practice
Quiz • 10 Questions
Indiana QMA Role and Scope Key Facts
Flashcards • 7 Cards
Sources, Attribution, and Scope
1 min • Summary
2
Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation
Apply source-backed medication checks and know when to stop, report, and document.
Medication Safety Is a Deliberate Check
1 min • Summary
Chart Only What Happened
1 min • Summary
Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation Practice
Quiz • 10 Questions
Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation Key Facts
Flashcards • 7 Cards
3
Indiana Training and Certification
Review the current Indiana program pathway, registry, practicum, renewal, and optional insulin authorization.
Certification Facts Change—Use the Live Indiana Sources
1 min • Summary
Indiana Training and Certification Practice
Quiz • 10 Questions
Indiana Training and Certification Key Facts
Flashcards • 7 Cards
Materials
List of Questions30 questions
- Question 1
- Diagnose the rash and select a treatment
- Observe the reaction and report it to the facility's licensed nurse
- Call the prescriber and request a new order
- Document that the medication caused an allergy
- Question 2
- Give half the ordered dose
- Skip the dose without telling anyone
- Report the abnormality to the licensed nurse before administration
- Ask another resident whether the reading seems normal
- Question 3
- A medication through a nasogastric tube
- An intravenous antibiotic
- A medication through a metered-dose inhaler
- A nebulized medication treatment
- Question 4
- Medication through G-tubes and J-tubes may be within scope; medication through an NG tube is prohibited
- Medication through any feeding tube is prohibited
- Medication through an NG tube is allowed, but G-tube medication is prohibited
- Any feeding-tube medication is allowed without training
- Question 5
- Use yesterday's permission
- Obtain permission from the facility's licensed nurse for this occurrence
- Administer first and seek permission later
- Ask another QMA to authorize it
- Question 6
- Only the medication name
- Symptoms and time, nurse contact and authorization time, plus the required nurse cosign
- Only a note that the resident requested it
- No documentation if the medication helps
- Question 7
- A QMA may never handle them
- Counting, administering, and documenting them may be within scope when other requirements are met
- A QMA may change the prescribed dose
- A QMA may borrow a dose from another resident
- Question 8
- Applying an ordered topical medication to a minor skin condition
- Dressing a minor skin tear after licensed-nurse assessment
- Treating a stage III pressure injury
- Providing ordered care to a healed G-tube site
- Question 9
- No follow-up if the resident improves
- Notify the facility's licensed nurse and document the action and notification
- Change the oxygen order independently
- Wait until the end of the week to mention it
- Question 10
- The QMA may ignore facility policy
- The QMA must follow the more restrictive facility policy
- The resident decides whether policy applies
- The QMA may perform it if another aide agrees
- Question 11
- Give it because it came from the pharmacy
- Stop and clarify the discrepancy with the licensed nurse
- Ask the resident to choose
- Change the record to match the package
- Question 12
- Right resident, medication, dose, route, time, and documentation
- Right diagnosis, prescriber, pharmacy, room, price, and color
- Right visitor, meal, unit, shift, bed, and diagnosis
- Right brand, package, manufacturer, cost, refill, and pharmacy
- Question 13
- Hide it in food
- Force the resident to take it
- Respect the refusal, report it to the licensed nurse, and document according to policy
- Discard it and say it was administered
- Question 14
- Wait to see whether symptoms appear
- Report the error to the licensed nurse immediately
- Change the medication record
- Ask the resident not to tell anyone
- Question 15
- A medication the QMA personally prepared and administered
- An observation the resident reported to the QMA
- A medication another person administered
- A relevant vital sign the QMA measured
- Question 16
- Whenever the resident dislikes swallowing
- Only when consistent with manufacturer instructions or an authorized provider order
- Whenever the tablet is large
- Whenever another QMA suggests it
- Question 17
- Only when an authorized provider prescribed administration in that altered manner
- Whenever the contents look safe
- When a family member requests it
- Whenever the capsule is difficult to open
- Question 18
- Choose an antidote
- Promptly report the reaction and follow emergency and licensed-nurse direction
- Wait for the next medication pass
- Document a new allergy diagnosis without reporting
- Question 19
- To replace all facility infection-control policies
- To reduce contamination while handling medications and dressings
- To allow reuse of single-use supplies
- To eliminate the need for hand hygiene
- Question 20
- Proceed if the task seems simple
- Ask the resident to accept the risk
- Stop and verify scope, training, the order or authorization, and facility policy with the licensed nurse
- Copy what another aide once did
- Question 21
- Every state uses identical QMA law
- QMA scope and certification requirements are jurisdiction-specific
- Indiana has no medication-aide credential
- The title does not affect learner expectations
- Question 22
- Indiana Aides Registry
- A national physician registry
- Only the facility payroll
- A pharmacy customer list
- Question 23
- A 17-year-old with no diploma
- An adult Indiana CNA in good standing who meets the education and work requirements
- Anyone who has watched an online medication video
- A visitor with no Indiana aide status
- Question 24
- 20 hours
- 40 hours
- 60 hours
- 100 hours
- Question 25
- One
- Two
- Four
- Unlimited
- Question 26
- Six months
- One year
- Two years
- Lifetime
- Question 27
- None
- Two hours
- Six hours
- Twenty-four hours
- Question 28
- No additional education
- At least seven total hours, including at least one hour on insulin administration
- Forty additional hours every month
- Only a pharmacy receipt
- Question 29
- Every QMA may inject insulin after watching a video
- It is an optional, separately trained and tested authorization delivered through approved programs
- It replaces ordinary QMA certification
- It allows all injection routes
- Question 30
- By self-attestation only
- Through return demonstration under direct RN or LPN supervision and a completed approved checklist
- By reading the manual without practice
- By receiving permission from another trainee
List of Flashcards21 flashcards
- Card 1Indiana QMA Role and Scope
- Card 2Indiana QMA Role and Scope
- Card 3Indiana QMA Role and Scope
- Card 4Indiana QMA Role and Scope
- Card 5Indiana QMA Role and Scope
- Card 6Indiana QMA Role and Scope
- Card 7Indiana QMA Role and Scope
- Card 8Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation
- Card 9Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation
- Card 10Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation
- Card 11Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation
- Card 12Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation
- Card 13Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation
- Card 14Medication Safety, Reporting, and Documentation
- Card 15Indiana Training and Certification
- Card 16Indiana Training and Certification
- Card 17Indiana Training and Certification
- Card 18Indiana Training and Certification
- Card 19Indiana Training and Certification
- Card 20Indiana Training and Certification
- Card 21Indiana Training and Certification