New Mexico CNA Practice Test
New Mexico Nurse Aide Competency Exam · D&S Diversified Technologies (Headmaster) · 60 questions in 60 minutes, 74% to pass
60 questions in 60 minutes, 74% to pass, with an explanation for every answer and a score by topic.
Or start with a free topic drillA resident with moderate dementia asks the nurse aide, 'When is my husband coming to take me home?' Her husband died many years ago. What is the best response?
New Mexico CNA written exam format
- Testing vendor
- D&S Diversified Technologies (Headmaster)
- Questions
- 60 multiple choice
- Time
- 60 minutes
- Pass mark
- 74%
- Audio and Spanish
- Audio version $5 more ($45); a Spanish version is offered
- Fees
- $40 knowledge + $100 skills = $140
- Attempts
- 3 attempts within 24 months of finishing training
Our New Mexico practice exam
60 questions in 60 minutes, scored against the 74% pass mark, with a score for each topic. Questions are drawn across the NNAAP topics in the same proportions as the real written exam, and every answer comes with an explanation.
Sit the full written exam under the real clock
60 questions in 60 minutes, 74% to pass, with an explanation for every answer and a score by topic.
Or start with a free topic drillNew Mexico skills exam
- Three or four tasks chosen at random, performed in 30 minutes. The first task is one of the mandatory tasks with hand washing built in.
- To pass, you perform every key (bold) step and at least 80% of the other steps on each task.
Practice each skill from the official checklist in the sources below until you can do every step in order.
Common questions
What score do I need on the New Mexico CNA test?
74% or better on the 60-question knowledge test.
60 questions in 60 minutes, 74% to pass, with an explanation for every answer and a score by topic.
Or start with a free topic drillSources
Checked October 30, 2026. Vendors update their handbooks; confirm details with your testing vendor before you schedule.
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