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SSW (Tokutei Ginou) Nursing Care (Kaigo) Skill Test: Free Practice Questions

Free practice for the Specified Skilled Worker (i) skill test (Tokutei Ginou No. 1) in Nursing Care (Kaigo). Answer 304 original questions in Japanese, like the real test, and read an English explanation after each one. Use it as your reviewer and mock test on your phone.

Many people search for this test as the “Kaigo skills test”, the “SSW caregiver exam” or a “Tokutei Ginou Kaigo reviewer”, and it also covers the Kaigo Japanese language test.

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What you get

304 original practice questions: Academic 219 · Practical 31 · Japanese 54
Covers all 7 chapters of the test topics
Based on the study text of the Japan Association of Certified Care Workers for the Kaigo skills test (2nd revised edition)
Furigana (hiragana readings) on kanji
English translations and explanations
Mock test: 60 questions, 90 minutes
Free, no sign-up, made for phones

Test topics (7 chapters)

Basics of Care
How the Mind and Body Work
Communication Skills
Daily Living Support: Moving and Transfer
Daily Living Support: Eating and Toileting
Daily Living Support: Dressing, Bathing and Housework
Japanese for Care (Words, Conversation, Documents)

The real test format

The real exam is two tests: the Care Skills Test is 45 questions in 60 minutes (40 academic, 5 practical), and the Care Japanese Test is 15 questions in 30 minutes. Here you take both in a row (our passing guide is 36 correct).

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Questions are in Japanese with furigana, like the real test. The English translation is below each question. Tap “Show answer” to see the answer and explanation.

01Basics of Care

ボディメカニクスの原則げんそくとして、正ただしいものはどれですか。

English translation
Which is a correct principle of body mechanics?
1. 両足りょうあしをぴったりそろえて立たち、重心じゅうしんを高たかくする
  Stand with both feet close together and keep the center of gravity high
2. 重心じゅうしんの移動いどうは、上下じょうげに大おおきく動うごかして行おこなう
  Move the center of gravity largely up and down
3. 腰こしの筋肉きんにくだけを使つかって持もち上あげる
  Lift using only the lower back muscles
4. 介護職かいごしょくと利用者りようしゃの重心じゅうしんを近ちかづけて介助かいじょする
  Help with the care worker's and user's centers of gravity close together
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Answer 4 介護職かいごしょくと利用者りようしゃの重心じゅうしんを近ちかづけて介助かいじょする — Help with the care worker's and user's centers of gravity close together

Explanation
When the care worker's and user's centers of gravity are close, care can be done easily with little force. Open the feet to lower the center of gravity, and move the center of gravity as horizontally as possible. Using only the lower back muscles hurts the back.
02How the Mind and Body Work

血圧けつあつが上あがりやすいときはどれですか。

English translation
When does blood pressure rise easily?
1. ベッドで横よこになり、ゆっくり休やすんでいるとき
  When lying in bed and resting quietly
2. 好すきな音楽おんがくを聞きいて、落おち着ついているとき
  When calm while listening to favorite music
3. 夜よるによく眠ねむって、気持きもちよく起おきたとき
  When getting up feeling good after sleeping well at night
4. 寒さむい脱衣だつい室しつから、急きゅうに熱あついお湯ゆに入はいったとき
  When suddenly entering hot water from a cold changing room
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Answer 4 寒さむい脱衣だつい室しつから、急きゅうに熱あついお湯ゆに入はいったとき — When suddenly entering hot water from a cold changing room

Explanation
Sudden temperature changes raise blood pressure. Blood pressure also rises with excitement, tension, lack of sleep, and straining during bowel movements.
03Communication Skills

次つぎの質問しつもんのうち、「閉とざされた質問しつもん」はどれですか。

English translation
Which of the following is a "closed question"?
1. 「お茶ちゃと水みず、どちらがいいですか」
  "Which would you like, tea or water?"
2. 「今日きょうはどんな一いち日にちでしたか」
  "What kind of day was today?"
3. 「昔むかしはどんな仕事しごとをしていましたか」
  "What kind of work did you do in the past?"
4. 「旅行りょこうの思おもい出でを教おしえてください」
  "Please tell me about memories of your trips."
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Answer 1 「お茶ちゃと水みず、どちらがいいですか」 — "Which would you like, tea or water?"

Explanation
A closed question can be answered in one word, such as "yes/no" or "A or B." A question choosing tea or water can be answered in one word. The other 3 are open questions that can be answered freely.
04Daily Living Support: Moving and Transfer

次つぎのうち、IADLはどれですか。

English translation
Which of the following is an IADL?
1. 服ふくを着きがえる
  Changing clothes
2. トイレで排泄はいせつする
  Using the toilet
3. 店みせで買かい物ものをする
  Shopping at a store
4. お風呂ふろに入はいる
  Taking a bath
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Answer 3 店みせで買かい物ものをする — Shopping at a store

Explanation
IADL (instrumental activities of daily living) are abilities needed to continue living at home and in the community, such as shopping, managing money, laundry, and using transportation. Changing clothes, toileting, and bathing are basic activities in ADL.
05Daily Living Support: Dressing, Bathing and Housework

右片みぎかた麻痺まひのQさんにシャワーをかけます。手順てじゅんとして、最もっとも適切てきせつなものはどれですか。

English translation
You give a shower to Mr./Ms. Q, who has right hemiplegia. Which is the most appropriate procedure?
1. 介護職かいごしょくの手てで温度おんどを確たしかめ、右手みぎての指先ゆびさきからかける
  Check the temperature with the care worker's hand, and start at the fingertips of the right hand
2. 介護職かいごしょくと本人ほんにんが湯ゆの温度おんどを確たしかめ、左手ひだりての指先ゆびさきからかける
  The care worker and the user both check the water temperature, and start at the fingertips of the left hand
3. 本人ほんにんに温度おんどを聞きかずに、胸むねから先さきにかけ始はじめる
  Do not ask the user about the temperature; start from the chest
4. 湯ゆの温度おんどを確たしかめずに、頭あたまからかける
  Do not check the water temperature; pour from the head
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Answer 2 介護職かいごしょくと本人ほんにんが湯ゆの温度おんどを確たしかめ、左手ひだりての指先ゆびさきからかける — The care worker and the user both check the water temperature, and start at the fingertips of the left hand

Explanation
First check the water temperature with the care worker's hand, then have the user check it too. Shower from the fingertips toward the center of the body; for a person with paralysis, start from the unaffected side (left).

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