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NC ASSISTED LIVING ADMINISTRATOR STATE EXAM
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) FULLY UPDATED
2026 |100% GUARANTEED PASS
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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home)
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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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. -
Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- Manage Risk Agreement
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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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- Process of Medication Administration
The self-worth of a resident. - Answer- 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. - Answer- Independence
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and preferences. - Answer-
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
professionally acceptable information that is appropriate. - Answer- MAR (Medication Administration
Record)
A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation Program is a department approved minimum
____________ training course conducted by a Department approved registered professional nurse and registered
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pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in the administration of medications to residents, within assisted
living residences, comprehensive personal care homes and assisted living programs. - Answer- 30-hour
An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It is provided to individuals who have chronic medical
condition(s) resulting in moderate to severe impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive, and/or psychosocial
functioning. It is determined by a registered professional nurse and identified in a plan of care. - Answer-
Nursing Home-Level Care
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means the assessment of pain and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure
the needs of patients or residents of health care facilities who experience problems with pain are met. Treatment of
pain may include the use of medication or application of other modalities and medical devices such as, but not
limited to, heat or cold, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic
techniques such as radiofrequency coagulation and cryotherapy. - Answer- Pain Management
A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/or time; levels of intimacy with family and others;
and communication and contact with others outside the facility or program environment. - Answer- Privacy
Residents (and if the resident wishes the resident's family) and providers of assisted living services share
responsibility for planning and decision making affecting residents. To participate fully in this, residents shaw be
provided with clear and understandable information about the possible consequences of their decision-making, in
accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:35-5.18(a)2. - Answer- Shared Responsibility
Another term for resident census. - Answer- Total Bed Complement
A system in which medications are delivered to the residents areas in single unit packaging, and which meets the
following criteria:
1.) Each medication shall be individually wrapped and labeled with the generic or trade (brand) name and strength
of medication, lot number or reference code, expiration date, and manufacturer's name, and shall be ready for
administration to the resident.
NC ASSISTED LIVING ADMINISTRATOR STATE EXAM
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) FULLY UPDATED
2026 |100% GUARANTEED PASS
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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home)
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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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. -
Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- Manage Risk Agreement
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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. - Answer- 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. - Answer- Process of Medication Administration
The self-worth of a resident. - Answer- 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. - Answer- Independence
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and preferences. - Answer-
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
professionally acceptable information that is appropriate. - Answer- MAR (Medication Administration
Record)
A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation Program is a department approved minimum
____________ training course conducted by a Department approved registered professional nurse and registered
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pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in the administration of medications to residents, within assisted
living residences, comprehensive personal care homes and assisted living programs. - Answer- 30-hour
An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It is provided to individuals who have chronic medical
condition(s) resulting in moderate to severe impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive, and/or psychosocial
functioning. It is determined by a registered professional nurse and identified in a plan of care. - Answer-
Nursing Home-Level Care
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means the assessment of pain and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure
the needs of patients or residents of health care facilities who experience problems with pain are met. Treatment of
pain may include the use of medication or application of other modalities and medical devices such as, but not
limited to, heat or cold, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic
techniques such as radiofrequency coagulation and cryotherapy. - Answer- Pain Management
A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/or time; levels of intimacy with family and others;
and communication and contact with others outside the facility or program environment. - Answer- Privacy
Residents (and if the resident wishes the resident's family) and providers of assisted living services share
responsibility for planning and decision making affecting residents. To participate fully in this, residents shaw be
provided with clear and understandable information about the possible consequences of their decision-making, in
accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:35-5.18(a)2. - Answer- Shared Responsibility
Another term for resident census. - Answer- Total Bed Complement
A system in which medications are delivered to the residents areas in single unit packaging, and which meets the
following criteria:
1.) Each medication shall be individually wrapped and labeled with the generic or trade (brand) name and strength
of medication, lot number or reference code, expiration date, and manufacturer's name, and shall be ready for
administration to the resident.
