NJ CERTIFIED ASSISTED LIVING
ADMINISTRATOR (CALA)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
A process whereby individuals remain in their living
environment despite the physical and/mental decline and
growing needs for supportive services that may occur in
the course of aging. -correct Answers -Aging in Place
The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed
either independently or with supervision or assistance,
such as: dressing, bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion,
bed mobility, and eating. -correct Answers -ADLs
(Activity of Daily Living)
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health
services 24 hours per day, to residents who have been
assessed to need these services including persons who
require nursing home level care. It promotes resident self
direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike
surroundings. -correct Answers -Assisted Living
Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an
assessment, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which
indicates that such resident's choices or preference place
the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to
consequences which violate the norms of the facility or
program or the rights of others. -correct Answers -
Bounded Choice
,A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health
and Senior Services to provide room and board and to
assure that assisted living services are available when
needed, to four or more adults unrelated to the proprietor.
Residential units in this type of facility have no more than
two residents and have a lockable door on the unit
entrance. -correct Answers -CPCH (Comprehensive
Personal Care Home)
A facility that has received a certificate of authority
pursuant to the _________ and Financial Disclosure Act,
N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq. -correct Answers -CCRC
(Continuing Care Retirement Community)
A unit-of-use package prepared by a pharmacist for a
specific resident comprising a series of containers and
containing two or more prescribed sold oral dosage forms,
and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day and time,
or period of time, that the contents within each container
are to be taken. -correct Answers -Customized Resident
Medication Package
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to
handle the affairs and protect the rights of any resident of
the facility who has been declared a mental incompetent.
This does not include a person affiliated with the facility,
its operations or personnel, unless so ordered by the court.
-correct Answers -Guardian
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or
comprehensive personal care home that is ordered by a
physician and required to be provided or delegated by a
,licensed, registered or certified health care professional. -
correct Answers -Health Care Service
A program of palliative and supportive services provided
to terminally ill persons and their families in the form of
physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care. -correct
Answers -Hospice
The process of balancing resident choice and
independence with the health and safety of the resident
and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's
preference or decision places the resident or others at risk
and is likely to lead to adverse consequences, such risks
or consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if
the resident agrees, a resident representative, and a
formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or adverse
outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions
of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18. -correct Answers -Managed Risk
The written formal plan developed in consideration of
shared responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living
values and negotiated between the resident and the
facility or program to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse
outcomes which may occur in an assisted living
environment. -correct Answers -Manage Risk Agreement
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological
is given to a resident by an authorized individual in
accordance with all laws and regulations governing such
procedures. -correct Answers -Medication Administration
, 1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously
dispensed, properly labeled container (including a unit
dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not
limited to the method of administration, time administered,
initials of individuals who administered the medication,
and effect of the medication when "PRN" or as-needed
medications are administered. -correct Answers -Process
of Medication Administration
The self-worth of a resident. -correct Answers -Dignity
The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and
facilitation of resident abilities so that the resident's
preferences and choices may be implemented within a
barrier-free environment. -correct Answers -
Independence
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities,
backgrounds and preferences. -correct Answers -
Individuality
An individual resident record that contains, but is not
limited to: resident name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age,
physician, name and medication strength, dosage form,
route of administration, frequency, date and time of
administration, initials of individual administering the
medication, a section containing the full signature and title
of each individual who initials it, date medication ordered,
stop date if appliacable, allergies, and all other
ADMINISTRATOR (CALA)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
A process whereby individuals remain in their living
environment despite the physical and/mental decline and
growing needs for supportive services that may occur in
the course of aging. -correct Answers -Aging in Place
The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed
either independently or with supervision or assistance,
such as: dressing, bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion,
bed mobility, and eating. -correct Answers -ADLs
(Activity of Daily Living)
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health
services 24 hours per day, to residents who have been
assessed to need these services including persons who
require nursing home level care. It promotes resident self
direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike
surroundings. -correct Answers -Assisted Living
Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an
assessment, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which
indicates that such resident's choices or preference place
the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to
consequences which violate the norms of the facility or
program or the rights of others. -correct Answers -
Bounded Choice
,A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health
and Senior Services to provide room and board and to
assure that assisted living services are available when
needed, to four or more adults unrelated to the proprietor.
Residential units in this type of facility have no more than
two residents and have a lockable door on the unit
entrance. -correct Answers -CPCH (Comprehensive
Personal Care Home)
A facility that has received a certificate of authority
pursuant to the _________ and Financial Disclosure Act,
N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq. -correct Answers -CCRC
(Continuing Care Retirement Community)
A unit-of-use package prepared by a pharmacist for a
specific resident comprising a series of containers and
containing two or more prescribed sold oral dosage forms,
and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day and time,
or period of time, that the contents within each container
are to be taken. -correct Answers -Customized Resident
Medication Package
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to
handle the affairs and protect the rights of any resident of
the facility who has been declared a mental incompetent.
This does not include a person affiliated with the facility,
its operations or personnel, unless so ordered by the court.
-correct Answers -Guardian
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or
comprehensive personal care home that is ordered by a
physician and required to be provided or delegated by a
,licensed, registered or certified health care professional. -
correct Answers -Health Care Service
A program of palliative and supportive services provided
to terminally ill persons and their families in the form of
physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care. -correct
Answers -Hospice
The process of balancing resident choice and
independence with the health and safety of the resident
and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's
preference or decision places the resident or others at risk
and is likely to lead to adverse consequences, such risks
or consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if
the resident agrees, a resident representative, and a
formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or adverse
outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions
of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18. -correct Answers -Managed Risk
The written formal plan developed in consideration of
shared responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living
values and negotiated between the resident and the
facility or program to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse
outcomes which may occur in an assisted living
environment. -correct Answers -Manage Risk Agreement
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological
is given to a resident by an authorized individual in
accordance with all laws and regulations governing such
procedures. -correct Answers -Medication Administration
, 1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously
dispensed, properly labeled container (including a unit
dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not
limited to the method of administration, time administered,
initials of individuals who administered the medication,
and effect of the medication when "PRN" or as-needed
medications are administered. -correct Answers -Process
of Medication Administration
The self-worth of a resident. -correct Answers -Dignity
The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and
facilitation of resident abilities so that the resident's
preferences and choices may be implemented within a
barrier-free environment. -correct Answers -
Independence
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities,
backgrounds and preferences. -correct Answers -
Individuality
An individual resident record that contains, but is not
limited to: resident name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age,
physician, name and medication strength, dosage form,
route of administration, frequency, date and time of
administration, initials of individual administering the
medication, a section containing the full signature and title
of each individual who initials it, date medication ordered,
stop date if appliacable, allergies, and all other
