CNA Exam by State · 2026
How many questions are on the CNA exam in Alaska (2026)?
Quick answer
The CNA exam in Alaska has 70 multiple-choice questions on the written portion and 5 clinical skills for the skills portion. You have 120 minutes to complete the written exam.
Alaska CNA exam at a glance
Questions
70
Time limit
120 min
Passing score
70%
Exam fee
$100
What Alaska's CNA exam looks like
The Alaska CNA exam is administered by Credentia and follows the same two-part structure used in every other US state. The written portion is a 70-question multiple-choice test that covers the daily knowledge a nurse aide needs on the job: how to provide physical care, communicate with residents, follow infection control practices, and recognize safety risks. You sit for the written exam at a Credentia testing center (or, in some Alaska locations, on paper at a regional site) and you have 120 minutes to finish.
The skills portion is hands-on. On test day, a Registered Nurse evaluator assigns you 5 randomly selected nursing procedures drawn from a state-approved skill list. Two skills — Hand Hygiene and Indirect Care — appear on every exam. The other three rotate from the pool of 18 skills Alaska recognizes, including Hand Hygiene, Indirect Care, Bed Bath, Oral Care, and others.
The format is identical whether your state uses Credentia or one of the other five US certification vendors. All CNA exams are aligned to the same NNAAP content blueprint, so the topics, scoring rules, and critical-step expectations carry over. What changes between states is mostly the fee, scheduling, and which vendor delivers the test — not the content you need to study.
Sample question from a Credentia Alaska exam
Practice question · Credentia style
A resident has a new order for 'bedrest with bathroom privileges.' The nurse aide should:
- AKeep the resident in bed at all times
- BAllow the resident up to the bathroom as needed Correct
- CTransfer the resident to a wheelchair for any movement
- DRestrict the resident to bed except for meals
Why the correct answer is right
'Bedrest with bathroom privileges' means the resident uses the bathroom when needed but otherwise stays in bed.
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What's on the Credentia exam in Alaska?
The Alaska written exam draws its 70 questions from five content areas, with weighting that matches the day-to-day responsibilities of a working CNA. Physical Care accounts for roughly 50% of the questions, Psychosocial Care about 14%, Role of the Nurse Aide around 18%, Safety near 18%, and Infection Control approximately 18%. The remaining questions cover sub-topics inside those buckets — things like vital signs, nutrition, dementia care, and resident rights.
The biggest slice is Physical Care — that is, the hands-on skills you'll demonstrate in the clinical evaluation as well: bathing, dressing, transferring, feeding, toileting, and perineal care. Infection Control and Safety are tested heavily because mistakes in those domains harm residents directly, and Role of the Nurse Aide covers the scope-of-practice questions that trip up first-time testers.
Psychosocial Care rounds out the exam — communication with residents and families, dementia and mental-health best practices, and cultural sensitivity. The NNAAP blueprint treats all five areas as essential, so study each one rather than concentrating only on the largest slice.
How Alaska compares to other states
Alaska's exam is broadly similar to other large states — most use either Credentia or one of the other national vendors, and question counts cluster around 60-70 with one notable outlier. Here's how the five most-populated US states stack up so you can see whereAlaska sits in context.
| State | Vendor | Questions | Time | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CACalifornia | Headmaster | 70 | 120 min | $100 |
| TXTexas | Prometric | 60 | 90 min | $100 |
| FLFlorida | Prometric | 60 | 90 min | $100 |
| NYNew York | Prometric | 60 | 90 min | $100 |
| PAPennsylvania | NNAAP | 70 | 120 min | $100 |
| AKAlaska (you) | Credentia | 70 | 120 min | $100 |
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How Alaska's training prepares you
Alaska requires 75 hours of nurse aide training, including 16 hours of supervised clinical time, before you're eligible to sit for the certification exam. That training is mapped to the same content blueprint the Credentia written test draws from, so the topics you cover in class — physical care, psychosocial care, role of the nurse aide, safety, and infection control — line up one-to-one with the questions you'll see on test day.
The clinical hours matter most for the skills evaluation. By the time you've completed 16 hours of hands-on practice with real residents, you've already performed (or watched a peer perform) most of the procedures in Alaska's skill list — bed bath, vital signs, perineal care, transfers, feeding, and the rest. That muscle memory is what carries you through the 5 randomly assigned skills the evaluator gives you on exam day. Train deliberately on the skills you haven't performed yet, since those are the ones most likely to surface and cost you points.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the Alaska CNA exam in 2026?+
The Alaska CNA exam has 70 multiple-choice questions on the written portion, plus 5 clinical skills for the skills evaluation. You have 120 minutes to complete the written exam. The Credentia written exam is scored on a pass/fail basis — you need at least 70% to pass.
What is the passing score for the Alaska CNA exam?+
You need to score at least 70% on the written portion of the Alaska CNA exam to pass. The skills evaluation is pass/fail and is graded against a checklist of critical steps — miss one critical step and you fail that skill, even if the rest of your performance is strong.
How long is the Alaska CNA exam?+
The Alaska CNA exam is split into two timed segments. The written portion gives you 120 minutes to answer 70 multiple-choice questions. The skills evaluation typically runs 30-45 minutes depending on which 5 procedures you're assigned on test day.