RCFE California State Exam Review Questions and
Correct Answers 2026/2027
1. Admission Agreement: Includes all documents that a resident
or his or her representative must sign at the time of, or as a condition of, admission to a
residential care facility for the elderly licensed under this chapter.
2. Advance Health Care Directive: A written instruction that relates to the provision of health care when the
individual is incapacitated. Advance directives include, but are not limited to, a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, an
Individual Health Care Instruction, a Request to Forego Resuscitative Measures, or a Do Not Resuscitate Form.
3. Allowable Health Condition: Any health condition that the licensee is allowed to care for either in
accordance with a specific regulation, or with an exception approved by the licensing agency. This includes restricted
health conditions as specified in Section 87612, Restricted Health Conditions.
4. Ambulatory Person: A person who is capable of demonstrating the mental competence and physical
ability to leave a building without assistance of any other person or without the use of any mechanical aid in case of an
emergency.
5. AED: Automated External Defibrillators - portable electronic device that analyzes the heart's rhythm and can
deliver an electrical shocḳ, which helps the heart to re-establish an ettective rhythm ḳnown as defibrillation
6. ASP: Appropriately Sḳilled Professional - An individual that has training and is licensed to perform the necessary
medical procedures prescribed by a physician. This includes but is not limited to the following: Registered Nurse (RN),
Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Physical Therapist (PT), Occupational Therapist (OT) and Respiratory Therapist (RT). T
7. Basic Rate: as defined in Health and Safety Code section 1569.312, means those services required (that meet the
needs of residents) to be provided by the facility in order to obtain and maintain a license; safe and healthful living
accommodations; personal assistance and care; observation and supervision; planned activities; food service; and
arrangements for obtaining incidental medical and dental care.
8. Basic Services: Services required to be provided by the facility in order to obtain and maintain a license and
include, in such combinations as may meet the needs of the residents and be applicable to the type of facility to be
operated, the following: safe and healthful living accommodations; personal assistance and care; observation and
supervision; planned activities; food service; and arrangements for obtaining incidental medical and dental care.
9. California Clearance: Individual has no felony or misdemeanor convictions reported by the California
Department of Justice. However, the individual may have been arrested with no criminal conviction, convicted of a minor
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10. Capacity: Maximum number of persons authorized to be provided services at any one time in any licensed
facility.
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Correct Answers 2026/2027
1. Admission Agreement: Includes all documents that a resident
or his or her representative must sign at the time of, or as a condition of, admission to a
residential care facility for the elderly licensed under this chapter.
2. Advance Health Care Directive: A written instruction that relates to the provision of health care when the
individual is incapacitated. Advance directives include, but are not limited to, a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, an
Individual Health Care Instruction, a Request to Forego Resuscitative Measures, or a Do Not Resuscitate Form.
3. Allowable Health Condition: Any health condition that the licensee is allowed to care for either in
accordance with a specific regulation, or with an exception approved by the licensing agency. This includes restricted
health conditions as specified in Section 87612, Restricted Health Conditions.
4. Ambulatory Person: A person who is capable of demonstrating the mental competence and physical
ability to leave a building without assistance of any other person or without the use of any mechanical aid in case of an
emergency.
5. AED: Automated External Defibrillators - portable electronic device that analyzes the heart's rhythm and can
deliver an electrical shocḳ, which helps the heart to re-establish an ettective rhythm ḳnown as defibrillation
6. ASP: Appropriately Sḳilled Professional - An individual that has training and is licensed to perform the necessary
medical procedures prescribed by a physician. This includes but is not limited to the following: Registered Nurse (RN),
Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Physical Therapist (PT), Occupational Therapist (OT) and Respiratory Therapist (RT). T
7. Basic Rate: as defined in Health and Safety Code section 1569.312, means those services required (that meet the
needs of residents) to be provided by the facility in order to obtain and maintain a license; safe and healthful living
accommodations; personal assistance and care; observation and supervision; planned activities; food service; and
arrangements for obtaining incidental medical and dental care.
8. Basic Services: Services required to be provided by the facility in order to obtain and maintain a license and
include, in such combinations as may meet the needs of the residents and be applicable to the type of facility to be
operated, the following: safe and healthful living accommodations; personal assistance and care; observation and
supervision; planned activities; food service; and arrangements for obtaining incidental medical and dental care.
9. California Clearance: Individual has no felony or misdemeanor convictions reported by the California
Department of Justice. However, the individual may have been arrested with no criminal conviction, convicted of a minor
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, traflc ottense or adjudicated as a juvenile.
10. Capacity: Maximum number of persons authorized to be provided services at any one time in any licensed
facility.
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