How it works
This certified medication aide practice test is free, with no account. It is unofficial and not affiliated with Credentia, which owns the national exam (MACE), the National Council of State Boards of Nursing or any state board.
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What the national exam covers
Credentia's content outline gives the Medication Aide Certification Examination three areas: authorized duties (16%), medication administration, observation and reporting (60%), and medication concepts and measurements (24%). This bank holds 10, 36 and 14 questions on them.
Where the answers come from
Forty-eight questions are checked against the model curriculum for medication assistants that the National Council of State Boards of Nursing adopted in 2007. Ten name a MedlinePlus page and two a Food and Drug Administration page.
Your state may give its own test
A medication aide's scope is set state by state. Two states have their own pages here: the Nebraska medication aide practice test and the Indiana QMA practice test.
- The model curriculum keeps tube routes out of the role, yet Indiana lets a QMA use a G-tube. Learn your own state's scope.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the medication aide state exam?
The national exam, the MACE, has 60 multiple-choice questions, by Credentia's candidate handbooks, and Colorado's allows two hours. A state that gives its own test sets its own length: ask your state board or training program.
Is this med aide practice test the real exam?
No. The real exam is closed. These are our own questions, written to its public outline. None is taken or reworded from the exam or from a handbook's sample questions.
Is this a practice test for medication administration?
Yes. Thirty-six of the 60 questions are on medication administration, observation and reporting: orders, the six rights, routes, drug classes, errors and what to report to the nurse.
What score do you need to pass the certified medication aide exam?
The exam's owner sets the passing score, and the handbook pages read for this site do not print it. This page shows your number right and gives no pass or fail verdict.
What can a med aide not do?
Under the national model curriculum, a medication aide does not convert or calculate doses, assess a client's need for a medication, judge when a PRN dose is needed or take verbal orders. State law decides the rest.