How many communication questions are on the CNA?

4. The content outline in force publishes an item count for every content area, and it gives Role of the Nurse Aide — Communication 7% of the paper — 4 of the 60 scored questions (7%). The full-length test on this site deals that number rather than an even share, and the 2016 outline still printed in the free practice packet gives a different one.

Is this section timed?

Not on this page. These sets are for learning the material — each answer comes with an explanation straight away. When you want the whole paper, the full-length test runs the published clock. The real sitting is 70 questions in 120 minutes.

Are these real questions from the test?

No. Every question here is original, written to the published format. The real item banks are confidential and nobody outside the publisher has them.

CNA communication questions

Speaking, listening and writing it down — including with sensory loss.

III.A 4 of the 60 scored questions (7%)

16 questions in this set Untimed — explanation after each answer

CNA communication 1 of 10

A client has difficulty hearing. Which approach is most effective?

What this type asks

Verbal and non-verbal communication with clients, families and the team, and the adjustments that make it work: facing a client who lip-reads, speaking to the client rather than to the relative, giving an aphasic client time, using short concrete sentences with a confused client. It also covers the written half — telephone messages, the shift report, and the difference between what you OBSERVED and what you concluded.

Verbal and non-verbalHearing and vision lossAphasia and speech difficultyReporting to the nurseTelephone and written messages

Now do it with the clock running.

70 questions in 120 minutes — about 1.7 minutes each, which is the part no amount of untimed practice prepares you for.

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The other question types

Activities of daily living Basic nursing skills Self-care and independence Emotional and mental health Spiritual and cultural needs Client rights Legal and ethical behaviour Member of the health care team Full timed test

Frequently asked

How many communication questions are on the CNA?: 4. The content outline in force publishes an item count for every content area, and it gives Role of the Nurse Aide — Communication 7% of the paper — 4 of the 60 scored questions (7%). The full-length test on this site deals that number rather than an even share, and the 2016 outline still printed in the free practice packet gives a different one.
Is this section timed?: Not on this page. These sets are for learning the material — each answer comes with an explanation straight away. When you want the whole paper, the full-length test runs the published clock. The real sitting is 70 questions in 120 minutes.
Are these real questions from the test?: No. Every question here is original, written to the published format. The real item banks are confidential and nobody outside the publisher has them.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of the documents below, with the date it was read. Requirements change; if a source has moved on since that date, the source is right and this page is out of date.

Credentia — The 2024 National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP®) Written (Oral) Examination Content Outline Read August 28, 2026
Credentia — Nurse Aide Written (or Oral) Examination & Skills Evaluation Candidate Handbook (Colorado edition) Read August 28, 2026

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