ASHE CHC – Certified Healthcare Constructor Exam Study Guide and
Preparation Material
The door in a 2-hour fire-barrier is required to have a rating of:
A. 20 minute
B. 2 hour
C. 1 1/2 hour
D. 45 minute - correct answer ✔✔C. 1 1/2 hour
Which of the following distinguishes a capital expense from an operational expense:
A. Cost and life expectancy
B. Fixed versus moveable
C. Fully funded depreciation
D. Non-emergent replacement - correct answer ✔✔A. Cost and life expectancy
Ventilation in an operating room typically has:
A. Low air changes per hour and negative pressure relative to surrounding areas.
B. Low air changes per hour and positive pressure relative to surrounding areas.
C. High air changes per hour and negative pressure relative to surrounding areas.
D. High air changes per hour and positive pressure relative to surrounding areas. - correct
answer ✔✔D. High air changes per hour and positive pressure relative to surrounding areas.
While working on a hospital project, you witness an underground oil tank that has been
ruptured during excavation. What is your best course of action after ensuring the immediate
safety of those in the area?
A. Notify the hospital's safety officer and then the contractor's safety office
B. Notify the contractor's safety office and then the hospital's safety officer
,C. Notify the contractor's safety officer and then the State department of environment.
D. Notify the hospital's safety officer and then the State department of public safety. - correct
answer ✔✔B. Notify the contractor's safety office and then the hospital's safety officer
Which of the following types of facilities must maintain operations 24-hours a day?
A. Ambulatory care center
B. Radiation therapy center
C. Ambulatory surgical center
D. Critical access hospital - correct answer ✔✔D. Critical access hospital
A. The corridor
B. A horizontal passageway
C. An exit discharge
D. A fire-rated elevator - correct answer ✔✔D. A fire-rated elevator
An existing hospital is going to gut and rebuild the entire fourth floor, which houses two
medical-surgical nursing units. It is roughly 150' x 400'. How many smoke compartments are
required on this floor to ensure compliance to NFPA 101-2012?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four - correct answer ✔✔C. Three
When planning the installation of a new access control system for the ICU, which, of the
following, would be the most important item to address?
A. Every door used to access the unit should require a badge or staff intervention to be opened
B. Required exit doors should open immediately upon activation of the fire alarm system
, C. Cameras should be installed at every entrance, including stair wells, so that staff can visually
identify people before unlocking the doors.
D. Require exit doors can be opened at al times in the direction of egress. - correct answer
✔✔D. Require exit doors can be opened at al times in the direction of egress.
Which of the following are all elements of a capital budget?
A. New PET scanner, expansion of the imaging department and nuclear material used for PET
imaging
B. New MRI, expansion of the physical therapy department and replacement of a chiller
C. Expansion of the physical therapy department, construction of a new central plan and staffing
the central plant for the first year
D. New MRI, construction of a new central plant and cryogens for the MRI - correct answer
✔✔B. New MRI, expansion of the physical therapy department and replacement of a chiller
A university teaching hospital is planning a renovation of PACU. When preparing a phasing plan,
which is most important to plan around the ratio to PACU beds?
A. Birthing rooms
B. Emergency exam rooms
C. Medical surgical rooms
D. Operating rooms - correct answer ✔✔D. Operating rooms
Which of the following are required to have a positive pressure relationship with respect to the
corridor?
A. OR room, C-section room, Protective Environment
B. C-Section room, Airborne Infectious Isolation room, Central sterile processing
C. OR Room, Protective Environment, Endoscopy procedure room
D. Central sterile processing, bronchoscopy room, airborne infectious isolation room - correct
answer ✔✔A. OR room, C-section room, Protective Environment
Preparation Material
The door in a 2-hour fire-barrier is required to have a rating of:
A. 20 minute
B. 2 hour
C. 1 1/2 hour
D. 45 minute - correct answer ✔✔C. 1 1/2 hour
Which of the following distinguishes a capital expense from an operational expense:
A. Cost and life expectancy
B. Fixed versus moveable
C. Fully funded depreciation
D. Non-emergent replacement - correct answer ✔✔A. Cost and life expectancy
Ventilation in an operating room typically has:
A. Low air changes per hour and negative pressure relative to surrounding areas.
B. Low air changes per hour and positive pressure relative to surrounding areas.
C. High air changes per hour and negative pressure relative to surrounding areas.
D. High air changes per hour and positive pressure relative to surrounding areas. - correct
answer ✔✔D. High air changes per hour and positive pressure relative to surrounding areas.
While working on a hospital project, you witness an underground oil tank that has been
ruptured during excavation. What is your best course of action after ensuring the immediate
safety of those in the area?
A. Notify the hospital's safety officer and then the contractor's safety office
B. Notify the contractor's safety office and then the hospital's safety officer
,C. Notify the contractor's safety officer and then the State department of environment.
D. Notify the hospital's safety officer and then the State department of public safety. - correct
answer ✔✔B. Notify the contractor's safety office and then the hospital's safety officer
Which of the following types of facilities must maintain operations 24-hours a day?
A. Ambulatory care center
B. Radiation therapy center
C. Ambulatory surgical center
D. Critical access hospital - correct answer ✔✔D. Critical access hospital
A. The corridor
B. A horizontal passageway
C. An exit discharge
D. A fire-rated elevator - correct answer ✔✔D. A fire-rated elevator
An existing hospital is going to gut and rebuild the entire fourth floor, which houses two
medical-surgical nursing units. It is roughly 150' x 400'. How many smoke compartments are
required on this floor to ensure compliance to NFPA 101-2012?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four - correct answer ✔✔C. Three
When planning the installation of a new access control system for the ICU, which, of the
following, would be the most important item to address?
A. Every door used to access the unit should require a badge or staff intervention to be opened
B. Required exit doors should open immediately upon activation of the fire alarm system
, C. Cameras should be installed at every entrance, including stair wells, so that staff can visually
identify people before unlocking the doors.
D. Require exit doors can be opened at al times in the direction of egress. - correct answer
✔✔D. Require exit doors can be opened at al times in the direction of egress.
Which of the following are all elements of a capital budget?
A. New PET scanner, expansion of the imaging department and nuclear material used for PET
imaging
B. New MRI, expansion of the physical therapy department and replacement of a chiller
C. Expansion of the physical therapy department, construction of a new central plan and staffing
the central plant for the first year
D. New MRI, construction of a new central plant and cryogens for the MRI - correct answer
✔✔B. New MRI, expansion of the physical therapy department and replacement of a chiller
A university teaching hospital is planning a renovation of PACU. When preparing a phasing plan,
which is most important to plan around the ratio to PACU beds?
A. Birthing rooms
B. Emergency exam rooms
C. Medical surgical rooms
D. Operating rooms - correct answer ✔✔D. Operating rooms
Which of the following are required to have a positive pressure relationship with respect to the
corridor?
A. OR room, C-section room, Protective Environment
B. C-Section room, Airborne Infectious Isolation room, Central sterile processing
C. OR Room, Protective Environment, Endoscopy procedure room
D. Central sterile processing, bronchoscopy room, airborne infectious isolation room - correct
answer ✔✔A. OR room, C-section room, Protective Environment
