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1. Annual licenses for facilities providing intermediate or skilled care are
issued and renewed for periods that can range from... - ANSWER ✔ 6 to 18
months
2. To qualify for a two-year license, a facility must meet all except which one
of the following conditions for the previous 24-month period? - ANSWER
✔ An average occupancy rate of 90 percent or more
3. Two-year licenses can be issued and renewed for periods that range from ... -
ANSWER ✔ 18 to 30 months
4. When a facility plans to voluntarily close, how many days' notice must the
licensee give the Department prior to the closing? - ANSWER ✔ 90
5. Notice must be given by a licensee prior to closing any part of a facility if
such closing will require transfer and discharge of more than what percent of
the residents? - ANSWER ✔ 10
,6. The Department may issue renewals for annual licenses for what period of
time? - ANSWER ✔ 6 months to 18 months
7. A licensee who is not a corporation or a political subdivision must be at least
how many years of age? - ANSWER ✔ 18
8. For how many years prior to an application for an initial license must the
applicant (or controlling owner) show a lack of revocations of a license? -
ANSWER ✔ 5
9. A probationary license is issued for what period of time? - ANSWER ✔ 120
days
10.The Department shall impose a plan of correction under which of the
following circumstances? - ANSWER ✔ (A. When it issues a Type AA of
Type A violation)
(B. When is issues a repeat Type B violation)
(C. When a facility that has been issued a Type B violation fails
to timely submit an acceptable plan of correct.)
D. All of the above
11.A repeat violation will be cited if the Department finds that a facility has not
complied with an approved plan of correction within a period of up to _____
months from the issuance of the initial violation. - ANSWER ✔ 12
12.Any change in administrator must be reported by the licensee to the
Department within how many days of the change? - ANSWER ✔ 5
,13.Attendance at educational programs on supervision is... - ANSWER ✔
required annually for all the supervisory personnel.
14.Members of the Resident Care Policy Committee must include at least which
of the following? - ANSWER ✔ administrator, advisory physician, nurse,
and representatives of other services
15.The Resident Care Policy Committee must meet at least how often? -
ANSWER ✔ annually
16.Line Authority - ANSWER ✔ Line Authority is exercised by supervisors
who have direct authority and responsibility for the work of a unit, including
the right to command subordinates to act and to fire them if they disobey.
17.Staff Authority - ANSWER ✔ Staff Authority is exercised by someone hired
or retained to provide advice or technical support which persons in line
positions may accept, alter, or reject. Examples are legal counsel or RN-
consultants. But not assistant administrators or assistant department heads:
these reflect the wishes of the line officers they serve and share in their line
authority.
18.Functional Authority - ANSWER ✔ Functional Authority is limited to
certain specialized functions for which one has responsibility throughout the
facility, even though someone else may have line authority over the
employees performing these activities. E.g., certain personnel functions
under a human resources director.
, 19.Unity of Command - ANSWER ✔ Unity of Command = making each
employee responsible to one and only one supervisor. Employees who report
to more than one supervisor often experience conflicting orders and divided
loyalties. Clear lines of authority may promote job satisfaction and thus
productivity.
20.adjudication - ANSWER ✔ A determination by court of law or an
administrative body with quasi-judicial functions.
21.amicus curiae - ANSWER ✔ A person who has no right to appear in a
pending suit but is allowed by the court to introduce argument or evidence,
as a "friend of the court".
22.assumption of the risk - ANSWER ✔ A legal theory which states that an
individual who is aware of the hazards of an activity but engages in that
activity nevertheless cannot recover damages if he or she is injured by that
hazard.
23.bona fide - ANSWER ✔ In good faith; openly, honestly, or innocently;
without knowledge or intend of fraud.
24.borrowed servant - ANSWER ✔ An employee temporarily under the control
of another, such as a nurse which is employed by a hospital and who is
"borrowed" by a surgeon in the operating room. The temporary employer
will be held responsible for the act of the borrowed servant under the
doctrine of 'respondeat superior'.
admInIstrator eXam studY guIde
2026/2027 Complete QuestIons WItH
VerIFIed CorreCt ansWers ||
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<neWest VersIon>
1. Annual licenses for facilities providing intermediate or skilled care are
issued and renewed for periods that can range from... - ANSWER ✔ 6 to 18
months
2. To qualify for a two-year license, a facility must meet all except which one
of the following conditions for the previous 24-month period? - ANSWER
✔ An average occupancy rate of 90 percent or more
3. Two-year licenses can be issued and renewed for periods that range from ... -
ANSWER ✔ 18 to 30 months
4. When a facility plans to voluntarily close, how many days' notice must the
licensee give the Department prior to the closing? - ANSWER ✔ 90
5. Notice must be given by a licensee prior to closing any part of a facility if
such closing will require transfer and discharge of more than what percent of
the residents? - ANSWER ✔ 10
,6. The Department may issue renewals for annual licenses for what period of
time? - ANSWER ✔ 6 months to 18 months
7. A licensee who is not a corporation or a political subdivision must be at least
how many years of age? - ANSWER ✔ 18
8. For how many years prior to an application for an initial license must the
applicant (or controlling owner) show a lack of revocations of a license? -
ANSWER ✔ 5
9. A probationary license is issued for what period of time? - ANSWER ✔ 120
days
10.The Department shall impose a plan of correction under which of the
following circumstances? - ANSWER ✔ (A. When it issues a Type AA of
Type A violation)
(B. When is issues a repeat Type B violation)
(C. When a facility that has been issued a Type B violation fails
to timely submit an acceptable plan of correct.)
D. All of the above
11.A repeat violation will be cited if the Department finds that a facility has not
complied with an approved plan of correction within a period of up to _____
months from the issuance of the initial violation. - ANSWER ✔ 12
12.Any change in administrator must be reported by the licensee to the
Department within how many days of the change? - ANSWER ✔ 5
,13.Attendance at educational programs on supervision is... - ANSWER ✔
required annually for all the supervisory personnel.
14.Members of the Resident Care Policy Committee must include at least which
of the following? - ANSWER ✔ administrator, advisory physician, nurse,
and representatives of other services
15.The Resident Care Policy Committee must meet at least how often? -
ANSWER ✔ annually
16.Line Authority - ANSWER ✔ Line Authority is exercised by supervisors
who have direct authority and responsibility for the work of a unit, including
the right to command subordinates to act and to fire them if they disobey.
17.Staff Authority - ANSWER ✔ Staff Authority is exercised by someone hired
or retained to provide advice or technical support which persons in line
positions may accept, alter, or reject. Examples are legal counsel or RN-
consultants. But not assistant administrators or assistant department heads:
these reflect the wishes of the line officers they serve and share in their line
authority.
18.Functional Authority - ANSWER ✔ Functional Authority is limited to
certain specialized functions for which one has responsibility throughout the
facility, even though someone else may have line authority over the
employees performing these activities. E.g., certain personnel functions
under a human resources director.
, 19.Unity of Command - ANSWER ✔ Unity of Command = making each
employee responsible to one and only one supervisor. Employees who report
to more than one supervisor often experience conflicting orders and divided
loyalties. Clear lines of authority may promote job satisfaction and thus
productivity.
20.adjudication - ANSWER ✔ A determination by court of law or an
administrative body with quasi-judicial functions.
21.amicus curiae - ANSWER ✔ A person who has no right to appear in a
pending suit but is allowed by the court to introduce argument or evidence,
as a "friend of the court".
22.assumption of the risk - ANSWER ✔ A legal theory which states that an
individual who is aware of the hazards of an activity but engages in that
activity nevertheless cannot recover damages if he or she is injured by that
hazard.
23.bona fide - ANSWER ✔ In good faith; openly, honestly, or innocently;
without knowledge or intend of fraud.
24.borrowed servant - ANSWER ✔ An employee temporarily under the control
of another, such as a nurse which is employed by a hospital and who is
"borrowed" by a surgeon in the operating room. The temporary employer
will be held responsible for the act of the borrowed servant under the
doctrine of 'respondeat superior'.
