Federal Nursing Home Administrator Exam
1.
Under OBRA, certain committees may be combined into the Quality Assurance/Quality
Improvement (QA/QI) Committee. Safety and Pharmacy committees may be included
along with which other committee?
Answer: Infection Control
2.
Who is usually responsible for paying for dental services provided to nursing home
residents?
Answer: The resident or a family member
3.
A facility may not charge a resident who is both Medicaid and Medicare eligible except for
which of the following?
Answer: Co-pays
4.
How is the average percent of occupancy calculated?
Answer: Dividing total census (occupied bed days) by total number of days, then multiplying by
100
5.
When must residents’ rights be explained to the resident and/or family member?
Answer: Prior to admission
6.
, In an emergency, when no attending or backup physician is available, who determines who
will attend to the resident?
Answer: The Administrator
7.
Federal regulations require facilities to retain menus of food actually served for at least
how long?
Answer: 30 days
8.
A resident with a living will and DPOA requested heroic measures. Later, the now-
incompetent resident requires CPR, but the son requests CPR be withheld. What is the
appropriate action?
Answer: Provide the CPR
9.
If a physician instructs staff not to allow a resident access to his medical chart, what should
be done?
Answer: Inform the physician that the law gives the resident the right to view medical records
10.
Who legally owns the medical records?
Answer: The facility
11.
After a resident’s death, within how many days must personal funds be transferred to the
estate with final accounting?
Answer: 30 days
1.
Under OBRA, certain committees may be combined into the Quality Assurance/Quality
Improvement (QA/QI) Committee. Safety and Pharmacy committees may be included
along with which other committee?
Answer: Infection Control
2.
Who is usually responsible for paying for dental services provided to nursing home
residents?
Answer: The resident or a family member
3.
A facility may not charge a resident who is both Medicaid and Medicare eligible except for
which of the following?
Answer: Co-pays
4.
How is the average percent of occupancy calculated?
Answer: Dividing total census (occupied bed days) by total number of days, then multiplying by
100
5.
When must residents’ rights be explained to the resident and/or family member?
Answer: Prior to admission
6.
, In an emergency, when no attending or backup physician is available, who determines who
will attend to the resident?
Answer: The Administrator
7.
Federal regulations require facilities to retain menus of food actually served for at least
how long?
Answer: 30 days
8.
A resident with a living will and DPOA requested heroic measures. Later, the now-
incompetent resident requires CPR, but the son requests CPR be withheld. What is the
appropriate action?
Answer: Provide the CPR
9.
If a physician instructs staff not to allow a resident access to his medical chart, what should
be done?
Answer: Inform the physician that the law gives the resident the right to view medical records
10.
Who legally owns the medical records?
Answer: The facility
11.
After a resident’s death, within how many days must personal funds be transferred to the
estate with final accounting?
Answer: 30 days
