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Questions
50
Time limit
120 minutes
Retakes
Up to three tries within 90 days of finishing the training.
Who may sit
A certified nurse aide in active status with no adverse findings.
Before the test
A medication aide course from an approved registered nurse or pharmacist instructor, and the Department's skills checklist completed in an approved facility.
Who gives it
The approved instructor proctors the online test through the state's registry portal.
Areas
Abbreviations and terminology, regulations, medication administration, measuring devices, the metric system, labels, medication administration records and infec
Pass mark
Not given in the Department's study guide or its test instructions. Ask your instructor.
Registry
Listing on the Georgia Certified Medication Aide Registry is valid for two years.
A prescription label carries the abbreviation SIG. What does it mark?Answer: The label or directions. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Guidelines for Completing the Medication Administration Clinical Skills Checklist (updated October 28, 2025) Attachment A. Study guide area: Abbreviations/Medical Terminology.
A suppository order reads pr. Which route is that?Answer: Per rectum. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Guidelines for Completing the Medication Administration Clinical Skills Checklist (updated October 28, 2025) Attachment A. Study guide area: Abbreviations/Medical Terminology.
An ear drop order reads AD. Where does the drop go?Answer: The right ear. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Guidelines for Completing the Medication Administration Clinical Skills Checklist (updated October 28, 2025) Attachment A. Study guide area: Abbreviations/Medical Terminology.
An eye drop order reads OS. Which eye is that?Answer: The left eye. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Guidelines for Completing the Medication Administration Clinical Skills Checklist (updated October 28, 2025) Attachment A. Study guide area: Abbreviations/Medical Terminology.
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Abbreviations and medical terminology, continued
An order reads "per GT". How is the medication given?Answer: Through a gastrostomy tube. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Guidelines for Completing the Medication Administration Clinical Skills Checklist (updated October 28, 2025) Attachment A. Study guide area: Abbreviations/Medical Terminology.
An order uses the word stat. When is the medication given?Answer: Immediately. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Guidelines for Completing the Medication Administration Clinical Skills Checklist (updated October 28, 2025) Attachment A. Study guide area: Abbreviations/Medical Terminology.
On a chart, the abbreviation IM names which kind of injection?Answer: Intramuscular. Source: MedlinePlus, Appendix B: Some Common Abbreviations (National Library of Medicine). Study guide area: Abbreviations/Medical Terminology.
On a medication order, what does gtt stand for?Answer: Drop. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Guidelines for Completing the Medication Administration Clinical Skills Checklist (updated October 28, 2025) Attachment A. Study guide area: Abbreviations/Medical Terminology.
Regulations 14
A Georgia assisted living community that offers medication administration must employ, at a minimum, which staff to administer medications?Answer: Certified medication aides. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (4). Study guide area: Regulations.
After giving a medication in a nursing home, a certified medication aide observes the resident and reports any change in condition to whom?Answer: A charge nurse. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-56-.04, Nursing Services (Nursing Homes) (5)(b). Study guide area: Regulations.
An aide is terminated for cause over medication tasks and does not successfully appeal. What follows under Rule 111-8-63-.20?Answer: Loss of good standing on the registry. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(g). Study guide area: Regulations.
Before an aide administers medications, an assisted living community must confirm the aide is listed where?Answer: On the Georgia Certified Medication Aide Registry, in good standing. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(a). Study guide area: Regulations.
How many tries does a candidate have at the written competency examination within 90 days of completing the training?Answer: Up to three. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Medication Aide Study Guide (5/2022), Introduction. Study guide area: Regulations.
How often does a registered nurse or pharmacist conduct random medication administration observations in an assisted living community?Answer: Quarterly. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(c). Study guide area: Regulations.
How often must a community complete a comprehensive clinical skills competency review of each certified medication aide?Answer: At least annually after hiring. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(f). Study guide area: Regulations.
In a Georgia nursing home, may a certified medication aide administer a Schedule II controlled substance that is a narcotic?Answer: No. The rule does not authorize it. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-56-.04, Nursing Services (Nursing Homes) (5)(d). Study guide area: Regulations.
The supply of liquid morphine on site is limited to how much for each hospice patient with an order?Answer: 50 ml. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (12)(e). Study guide area: Regulations.
To which resident may a certified medication aide in an assisted living community administer liquid morphine?Answer: A patient of a licensed hospice, on the hospice physician's written order. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(e). Study guide area: Regulations.
Under Georgia's rules, a certified medication aide must first be which of these?Answer: A Georgia certified nurse aide in good standing. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-56-.01, Definitions (Nursing Homes) (bb). Study guide area: Regulations.
Where an assisted living community procures medications for residents, a new prescription must be obtained within how long of notice?Answer: 48 hours. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (11). Study guide area: Regulations.
Who reviews the drug regimen of each assisted living resident every quarter?Answer: A licensed pharmacist. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(d). Study guide area: Regulations.
Who trains a medication aide before the aide administers liquid morphine to a hospice patient?Answer: A licensed hospice. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.09, Workforce Qualifications, Training and Staffing (Assisted Living Communities) (9). Study guide area: Regulations.
Medication administration 12
A resident has an unusual reaction to a medication. Staff document it in the resident's record and do what else?Answer: Give the information to the resident, the representative and the health care provider as appropriate. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (9)(b). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
A resident has the cognitive and functional capacity to take her own medications safely and wishes to do so. What must the community do?Answer: Allow her to store them securely and self-administer. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (1). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
By the Department's guidelines, why are the application sites for transdermal patches rotated?Answer: To prevent irritation. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Guidelines for Completing the Medication Administration Clinical Skills Checklist (updated October 28, 2025) section 12. Study guide area: Medication Administration.
How many rights of medication administration does the Department's skills checklist ask a candidate to list?Answer: Six. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Georgia Medication Aide Skills Checklist (rev. 9/2025) section 1. Study guide area: Medication Administration.
Medications that a certified medication aide administers must come in what kind of packaging?Answer: Unit or multidose packaging. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(e). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
Staff have assisted a resident with an EPI pen. What must the written protocol include after any use?Answer: Immediately calling Emergency Services, 911. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (2)(a). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
Under Rule 111-8-63-.20, staff who assist with or supervise self-administration of medications must be proficient in what?Answer: English, and able to read, write and follow written instructions. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (2)(b). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
When a certified medication aide conducts finger stick blood glucose testing, what must the aide follow?Answer: Established protocol. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(e). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
Which enema may a certified medication aide administer?Answer: A commercially prepared disposable enema ordered by a physician. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(e). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
Which inhaled-medication task is on the certified medication aide's list of authorized tasks?Answer: Medications via a metered dose inhaler. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(e). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
Which route is on the assisted living list of medications a certified medication aide may administer, but not on the nursing home list?Answer: Via a feeding tube. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(e). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
Which three injectable medications may a certified medication aide administer pursuant to physician direction and protocol?Answer: Insulin, epinephrine and B12. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (5)(e). Study guide area: Medication Administration.
Measuring devices and the metric system 5
A dose is written in micrograms (mcg). What part of a gram is one microgram?Answer: One millionth. Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Metric (SI) Prefixes. Study guide areas: Measuring Devices and Metric System.
The metric prefix kilo means 1000. How many grams are in 1 kilogram?Answer: 1,000. Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Metric (SI) Prefixes. Study guide areas: Measuring Devices and Metric System.
The metric prefix milli means one-thousandth. How many milligrams are in 1 gram?Answer: 1,000. Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Metric (SI) Prefixes. Study guide areas: Measuring Devices and Metric System.
What does MedlinePlus say about the measuring spoons used for cooking?Answer: They measure accurately but are easy to spill. Source: MedlinePlus, Liquid medication administration (National Library of Medicine). Study guide areas: Measuring Devices and Metric System.
Which tool does MedlinePlus describe as accurate and easy to use for giving liquid medicine?Answer: An oral syringe. Source: MedlinePlus, Liquid medication administration (National Library of Medicine). Study guide areas: Measuring Devices and Metric System.
Labels 3
How must medications be kept under Georgia's assisted living rule?Answer: In original containers with original labels intact. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (12)(b). Study guide area: Labels.
On an over-the-counter Drug Facts label, what is the active ingredient?Answer: The substance that causes the intended therapeutic effect. Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, The Over-the-Counter Drug Facts Label. Study guide area: Labels.
Which part of an over-the-counter Drug Facts label tells how much to take, how to take it and how often?Answer: Directions. Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, The Over-the-Counter Drug Facts Label. Study guide area: Labels.
Medication administration records 4
By the Department's guidelines, may a medication be charted on the MAR before the resident has taken it?Answer: No. Pre-charting is not permitted. Source: Georgia Department of Community Health, Guidelines for Completing the Medication Administration Clinical Skills Checklist (updated October 28, 2025) section 9. Study guide area: Medication Administration Records.
In a nursing home, a certified medication aide records in the medication administration record the medications personally administered and what else?Answer: Any refusal of a resident to take a medication. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-56-.04, Nursing Services (Nursing Homes) (5)(b). Study guide area: Medication Administration Records.
Under Rule 111-8-63-.20, which of these must the Medication Assistance Record include for each resident?Answer: The name and telephone number of the resident's health care provider. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (9). Study guide area: Medication Administration Records.
When must the staff who assist with or administer medications update the MAR?Answer: Each time the medication is offered or taken. Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-63-.20, Medications (Rules and Regulations for Assisted Living Communities) (9). Study guide area: Medication Administration Records.
Infection control 4
A disposable glove tears while a topical medication is being applied. What does the OSHA standard require?Answer: Replace it as soon as feasible. Source: 29 CFR 1910.1030, Bloodborne pathogens (d)(3)(ix). Study guide area: Infection Control.
Blood from a finger stick gets on an aide's bare skin. What does the OSHA standard require?Answer: Washing the skin with soap and water immediately or as soon as feasible. Source: 29 CFR 1910.1030, Bloodborne pathogens (d)(2)(vi). Study guide area: Infection Control.
No sink is near, so an aide cleans her hands with an antiseptic hand cleanser. What does the OSHA standard require afterward?Answer: Washing with soap and running water as soon as feasible. Source: 29 CFR 1910.1030, Bloodborne pathogens (d)(2)(iv). Study guide area: Infection Control.
Under the OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard, may disposable (single use) gloves be washed and used again?Answer: No. They are not washed or decontaminated for re-use. Source: 29 CFR 1910.1030, Bloodborne pathogens (d)(3)(ix). Study guide area: Infection Control.
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to what Georgia publishes for a certified medication aide. The Department of Community Health's Medication Aide Study Guide (5/2022), on the Certified Medication Aide page of the state's registry portal (https://nurseaide.allianthealth.org/PageLinks?g=CMA, read 2026-10-12), says the written competency examination has approximately 50 questions in two hours, with questions on each of eight areas: abbreviations and medical terminology, regulations, medication administration, measuring devices, the metric system, labels, medication administration records and infection control. The bank holds 8, 14, 12, 5 (measuring devices and the metric system together), 3, 4 and 4 questions on them; the state publishes no question count per area. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 in the source the question names: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-63-.20 and 111-8-63-.09 (assisted living communities) and 111-8-56-.01 and 111-8-56-.04 (nursing homes) on rules.sos.ga.gov (27 questions), the Department's study guide introduction, skills checklist and checklist guidelines (11), MedlinePlus (3), the NIST metric prefixes page (3), the FDA's Drug Facts label page (2) and 29 CFR 1910.1030 (4). Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This practice test for the medication aide exam in Georgia is free, with no account. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the Georgia Department of Community Health or Alliant Health Solutions, which keeps the registry.
Read the full guide
What the Georgia test covers
The Department's study guide names eight areas: abbreviations and medical terminology, regulations, medication administration, measuring devices, the metric system, labels, medication administration records and infection control. The test has questions on each.
Where the answers come from
Georgia's rules for assisted living communities and nursing homes, 111-8-63 and 111-8-56, answer 27 questions, and the Department's own documents 11. MedlinePlus, NIST, the FDA and the federal bloodborne pathogens standard answer 12.
Where Georgia differs
A certified medication aide is a certified nurse aide first, works only from unit or multidose packaging, and may give insulin, epinephrine and B12 by protocol. In a nursing home the aide may not give a Schedule II narcotic.
The assisted living list of tasks includes medication via a feeding tube. The nursing home list does not.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Georgia medication aide test?
About 50 questions, with two hours allowed, by the Department of Community Health's Medication Aide Study Guide. The test is online, and the approved instructor proctors it.
Is there a medication aide study guide for Georgia?
Yes. The Department posts a Medication Aide Study Guide on the registry portal, with sample questions in eight areas. It calls the guide an example, not a training curriculum. Our questions are our own and repeat none of its samples.
What is the passing score for the Georgia medication aide test?
The Department's study guide and its test instructions give no passing score, so this page does not guess one. Ask your instructor. Exam mode here shows your number right and no verdict.
Is this practice test for medication aide in Georgia the real exam?
No. The state test is closed. These are our own questions, written from Georgia's rules, the Department's documents and the public sources named. None is taken or reworded from the test.
How many times can you take the Georgia medication aide exam?
Up to three tries within 90 days of finishing the training, by the Department's study guide. A candidate must be a certified nurse aide in active status with no adverse findings.