497+ Free Mississippi CNA Practice Questions

The Mississippi CNA competency exam is administered by Headmaster / D&S Diversified Technologies (D&SDT) on behalf of the Mississippi State Department of Health. Everything — scheduling, payment, results, and registry renewal — runs through the TestMaster Universe (TMU) portal at ms.tmutest.com. Headmaster provides both the 70-question knowledge exam and the Manual Demonstration Skill Test, and Mississippi also offers a remotely proctored knowledge exam option.

The Mississippi knowledge exam requires a score of 73% or better. On a 70-item exam that means at least 52 correct answers, since 51 correct works out to 72.9%. You have 60 minutes. Results are not immediate: they post in your TMU account after 7:00 PM Central Time on the business day after your test event.

The Manual Demonstration Skill Test assigns three or four tasks inside a single 30-minute clock: one mandatory task with soap-and-water hand washing embedded at the end, plus two or three tasks drawn at random from Mississippi's published 18-task list. Scoring is task by task — you must score at least 80% of the listed steps on each task and miss none of the key steps printed in bold in the Candidate Handbook.

Candidates have 3 attempts within 24 months of training program completion to pass both the knowledge and skills exams. If you fail, you can retake the failed component. After 3 failed attempts, you must complete a new training program before testing again.

Mississippi allows non-certified nurse aides to work for up to 120 days from their date of hire while they complete training and testing. This 120-day period cannot be extended. The aide must pass both exam components within this timeframe to continue employment.

Mississippi CNAs renew every 24 months. To be eligible you must have worked for pay as a nurse aide performing nursing or nursing-related services for at least eight consecutive hours during the previous 24 months, in a nursing home, hospital, hospice, home health agency, or ICF/MR facility. Your employer verifies the work electronically in TMU. You have 30 days after expiration to renew; past that you must test to recertify.

Yes. Mississippi offers reciprocity if you are current and in good standing on another state's nurse aide registry. Submit the CNA Reciprocity Form at ms.tmutest.com/apply with a $25 processing administrative assessment fee and the required documentation; Headmaster staff then determine whether you can be added to the Mississippi Nurse Aide Registry. If your out-of-state certification has lapsed, or you lack the work history to renew it, you must instead apply for Reactivation by Examination and test — and that pathway allows only one attempt.

Mississippi CNAs are mandatory reporters. Suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable persons should be reported immediately to the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) Adult Protective Services at 1-844-437-6282 (toll-free). In emergencies, call 911. You must also report to your supervising nurse.

An individual with a single finding of neglect placed on the Mississippi Nurse Aide Registry may petition MSDH's Bureau of Health Facilities Licensure and Certification for its removal one full year after the finding was entered. The petition requires a written rationale, two years of work history, employer performance summaries, and at least three reference letters, and MSDH responds in writing within 45 days. No comparable relief exists for findings of abuse or misappropriation of resident property.