SMQT STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS||100%
GUARANTEED PASS||UPDATED
2026/2027 SYLLABUS||A+
GRADED||<<RECENT VERSION>>
· The establishment of minimum health and safety standards which must be met by
providers and suppliers participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs is
based on mandates of: - ANSWER ✓ o The Social Security Act
When you survey you should not - ANSWER ✓ peak under the covers of a
sleeping resident to see if they are incontinent
· The facility must not employ an individual who has: - ANSWER ✓ o Been
found of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents by a court of law
o Had a finding entered into the state nurse aide registry concerning abuse
· In relation to alleged violations involving mistreatment, neglect or abuse, the
facility must: - ANSWER ✓ o Report alleged violations immediately to the
administrator of the facility and to other officials in accordance with State law
through established procedures including the state survey agency)
o Thoroughly investigate all alleged violations and prevent further potential abuse
while the investigation is in progress
o Report within five working days of the incident, results of all investigations to
the facility administrator or his designated representative and to other officials in
accordance with state law (including the state survey agency) and take appropriate
corrective action, if the alleged violation is verified
o "Advanced Directives" means: - ANSWER ✓ § Written instruction, such as a
living will or durable power of attorney for health care, recognized under state law
relating to provision of healthcare when the individual is incapacitated
· When performing a complaint investigation, if the resident's name is known to
you: - ANSWER ✓ o Look at other residents in the facility with similar problems
, · Complaints: - ANSWER ✓ o Conduct an entrance conference in which you tell
facility staff the general nature of the complaint
o Do not reveal the name of the complainant, even if the facility staff guesses who
complained
o After completing the complaint investigation, conduct an exit conference to tell
facility staff the result of your investigation
· The facility does not have an organized resident group and the surveyor must
make a decision as to conducting a group interview. None of the residents in the
resident sample wish to be interviewed as a group, leaving the surveyor with a
difficult decision. The surveyor has the option to: - ANSWER ✓ o Invite a group
of residents who wish to participate in a group interview
· During the standard survey, a possible non-complaint situation has been
identified by a team mate. The next step is to: - ANSWER ✓ o Investigate the
situation to determine full compliance.
· A part of the survey process which serves to interpret and clarify requirements of
participation are the : - ANSWER ✓ o Interpretive guidelines
The decision of whether there is a violation of the statue or the regulations must be
based on - ANSWER ✓ Observations of the facility performance, practices, or
conditions of the facility.
· While conducting the residents interviews you receive information that leads you
to believe that there is not adequate nurse staffing on the night shift on weekends;
you should: - ANSWER ✓ o Review the weekend time sheets and time cards
o Interview facility staff on this problem
o Interview resident
· The quality of care assessment is completed to determine: - ANSWER ✓ o How
resident outcomes are related to the provision of care by the facility
o Whether the care provided by the facility enables residents to reach or maintain
their highest practicable physical, mental, and psycho social well being.
o Completion and implementation of a quality care plan
o Provision of care for special needs
, · If the individual interviews conducted show problems with resident's rights or
quality of life requirements, corroborate this by: - ANSWER ✓ o Observing staff
caring for the resident
o Conducting additional record reviews
o Conducting additional resident interviews
o Conducting additional staff, family/legal representative, or local ombudsman
interviews
· The surveyor decides to observe breakfast. During this observation, it is noted
that five resident rooms evidence urine odors, all on hall B. After bringing this to
the attention of the RN Director, the RN immediately counsels the aide responsible
for hall B. She then assures you that this will not happen again. The surveyor
should: - ANSWER ✓ o After completing the environmental tour and following
consultation with other surveyors, cite a deficiency under environment if evidence
indicate a pattern of poor care. Do not use resident room numbers. Use room
identifier numbers to indicate rooms and locations.
· During the tour you note that two rooms on one wing lack a homelike
environment. The walls are bare and no personal possessions are displayed. The
absence of a homelike environment in these rooms would be cited as a deficiency
if: - ANSWER ✓ o The absence of personal belongings results from a facility
policy which discourages hanging pictures on the walls unless the family provides
an adhesive backing to protect the walls from damage. Rules also require personal
items to be locked in closets after 8:30 AM.
You should provide the facility with a list of residents included in your standard
survey sample - ANSWER ✓ during the exit conference
· Menus and Nutritional Adequacy Menus must: - ANSWER ✓ o Meet the
nutritional need of the residents in accordance with the Recommended Dietary
Allowances of the Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council, National
Academy of Science
· A complete clinical record contains an accurate and functional representation of
the actual experience of the individual in the facility. It must contain enough
information to show that the facility: - ANSWER ✓ o Knows the status of the
individual
o Has adequate plans of care
o Provides sufficient evidence of the effects of the care provided
, · In addition to being complete and accurately documented, the clinical record
maintained by the facility on each resident must: - ANSWER ✓ o Be readily
assessable
o Be systemically organized
· The facility must keep confidential all information contained in the resident's
record, regardless of the form or storage method of the records except when release
is required by: - ANSWER ✓ o Transfer to another health care facility
o Law
o Third party payment contact
o The resident
· Facilities may use, as nurse aides, any individual who: - ANSWER ✓ o Has
successfully completed either a nurse aide training and competency evaluation
program or a competency evaluation program
o Is a permanent employee in his or her first four months of employment in the
facility and enrolled in a nurse aide training and competency evaluation program
o Works on a non-permanent basis and has completed a training and competency
evaluation program, or a competency evaluation program
· The medical director of the facility is responsible for: - ANSWER ✓ o
Implementation of resident care policies
o The coordination of medical care in the facility
· A facility must have in effect a written transfer agreement which: - ANSWER ✓
o Allows that transferring facility to determine whether residents can be adequately
cared for in a less expensive setting than wither the facility is to receive
· The facility is considered to have an approved transfer agreement in place: -
ANSWER ✓ o If the facility has attempted in good faith to enter into an
agreement with a hospital
· Disaster drills must be: - ANSWER ✓ o Periodically reviewed with existing
staff
· Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding disaster and emergency
preparedness - ANSWER ✓ o Disaster planning applies only to fire and tornado
drills
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS||100%
GUARANTEED PASS||UPDATED
2026/2027 SYLLABUS||A+
GRADED||<<RECENT VERSION>>
· The establishment of minimum health and safety standards which must be met by
providers and suppliers participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs is
based on mandates of: - ANSWER ✓ o The Social Security Act
When you survey you should not - ANSWER ✓ peak under the covers of a
sleeping resident to see if they are incontinent
· The facility must not employ an individual who has: - ANSWER ✓ o Been
found of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents by a court of law
o Had a finding entered into the state nurse aide registry concerning abuse
· In relation to alleged violations involving mistreatment, neglect or abuse, the
facility must: - ANSWER ✓ o Report alleged violations immediately to the
administrator of the facility and to other officials in accordance with State law
through established procedures including the state survey agency)
o Thoroughly investigate all alleged violations and prevent further potential abuse
while the investigation is in progress
o Report within five working days of the incident, results of all investigations to
the facility administrator or his designated representative and to other officials in
accordance with state law (including the state survey agency) and take appropriate
corrective action, if the alleged violation is verified
o "Advanced Directives" means: - ANSWER ✓ § Written instruction, such as a
living will or durable power of attorney for health care, recognized under state law
relating to provision of healthcare when the individual is incapacitated
· When performing a complaint investigation, if the resident's name is known to
you: - ANSWER ✓ o Look at other residents in the facility with similar problems
, · Complaints: - ANSWER ✓ o Conduct an entrance conference in which you tell
facility staff the general nature of the complaint
o Do not reveal the name of the complainant, even if the facility staff guesses who
complained
o After completing the complaint investigation, conduct an exit conference to tell
facility staff the result of your investigation
· The facility does not have an organized resident group and the surveyor must
make a decision as to conducting a group interview. None of the residents in the
resident sample wish to be interviewed as a group, leaving the surveyor with a
difficult decision. The surveyor has the option to: - ANSWER ✓ o Invite a group
of residents who wish to participate in a group interview
· During the standard survey, a possible non-complaint situation has been
identified by a team mate. The next step is to: - ANSWER ✓ o Investigate the
situation to determine full compliance.
· A part of the survey process which serves to interpret and clarify requirements of
participation are the : - ANSWER ✓ o Interpretive guidelines
The decision of whether there is a violation of the statue or the regulations must be
based on - ANSWER ✓ Observations of the facility performance, practices, or
conditions of the facility.
· While conducting the residents interviews you receive information that leads you
to believe that there is not adequate nurse staffing on the night shift on weekends;
you should: - ANSWER ✓ o Review the weekend time sheets and time cards
o Interview facility staff on this problem
o Interview resident
· The quality of care assessment is completed to determine: - ANSWER ✓ o How
resident outcomes are related to the provision of care by the facility
o Whether the care provided by the facility enables residents to reach or maintain
their highest practicable physical, mental, and psycho social well being.
o Completion and implementation of a quality care plan
o Provision of care for special needs
, · If the individual interviews conducted show problems with resident's rights or
quality of life requirements, corroborate this by: - ANSWER ✓ o Observing staff
caring for the resident
o Conducting additional record reviews
o Conducting additional resident interviews
o Conducting additional staff, family/legal representative, or local ombudsman
interviews
· The surveyor decides to observe breakfast. During this observation, it is noted
that five resident rooms evidence urine odors, all on hall B. After bringing this to
the attention of the RN Director, the RN immediately counsels the aide responsible
for hall B. She then assures you that this will not happen again. The surveyor
should: - ANSWER ✓ o After completing the environmental tour and following
consultation with other surveyors, cite a deficiency under environment if evidence
indicate a pattern of poor care. Do not use resident room numbers. Use room
identifier numbers to indicate rooms and locations.
· During the tour you note that two rooms on one wing lack a homelike
environment. The walls are bare and no personal possessions are displayed. The
absence of a homelike environment in these rooms would be cited as a deficiency
if: - ANSWER ✓ o The absence of personal belongings results from a facility
policy which discourages hanging pictures on the walls unless the family provides
an adhesive backing to protect the walls from damage. Rules also require personal
items to be locked in closets after 8:30 AM.
You should provide the facility with a list of residents included in your standard
survey sample - ANSWER ✓ during the exit conference
· Menus and Nutritional Adequacy Menus must: - ANSWER ✓ o Meet the
nutritional need of the residents in accordance with the Recommended Dietary
Allowances of the Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council, National
Academy of Science
· A complete clinical record contains an accurate and functional representation of
the actual experience of the individual in the facility. It must contain enough
information to show that the facility: - ANSWER ✓ o Knows the status of the
individual
o Has adequate plans of care
o Provides sufficient evidence of the effects of the care provided
, · In addition to being complete and accurately documented, the clinical record
maintained by the facility on each resident must: - ANSWER ✓ o Be readily
assessable
o Be systemically organized
· The facility must keep confidential all information contained in the resident's
record, regardless of the form or storage method of the records except when release
is required by: - ANSWER ✓ o Transfer to another health care facility
o Law
o Third party payment contact
o The resident
· Facilities may use, as nurse aides, any individual who: - ANSWER ✓ o Has
successfully completed either a nurse aide training and competency evaluation
program or a competency evaluation program
o Is a permanent employee in his or her first four months of employment in the
facility and enrolled in a nurse aide training and competency evaluation program
o Works on a non-permanent basis and has completed a training and competency
evaluation program, or a competency evaluation program
· The medical director of the facility is responsible for: - ANSWER ✓ o
Implementation of resident care policies
o The coordination of medical care in the facility
· A facility must have in effect a written transfer agreement which: - ANSWER ✓
o Allows that transferring facility to determine whether residents can be adequately
cared for in a less expensive setting than wither the facility is to receive
· The facility is considered to have an approved transfer agreement in place: -
ANSWER ✓ o If the facility has attempted in good faith to enter into an
agreement with a hospital
· Disaster drills must be: - ANSWER ✓ o Periodically reviewed with existing
staff
· Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding disaster and emergency
preparedness - ANSWER ✓ o Disaster planning applies only to fire and tornado
drills
