NAB Exam New Practice Questions and
Answers (2026) | Complete Exam Prep
Resource | Grade A+
5 essential ADLs -✓✓eating, dressing, toileting, bathing, transferring
RUGs -✓✓Resource Utilization Categories
MDS -✓✓Minimum Data Set
RAPs -✓✓Resident Assessment Protocols
RI -✓✓Resident Assessment Instrument
Includes: Id and demographic info; routine; cognitive pattern; communication; vision;
mood/behavior; psychosocial; physical/structural; continence; diagnoses and health
conditions; dental/nutritional statue; skin condition; activity pursuits; dc potential;
documentation of summary info regarding RAPs; documentation of participation in
assessment.
Process must include observation; resident communication; communication with direct
care staff on all shifts.
Complete w/i 14 days of admission (excludes readmission w/no significant change in
condition); w/i 14 days of significant change in status; no less than every 12 months.
Quarterly Assessments -✓✓Required every 3 months.
Assessments -✓✓Prior 15 months worth kept in med record.
Must be encoded and able to transmit within 7 days of completion--admissions,
annuals, quarterlies, significant changes, subset for resident transfer/reentry/dc/death;
and/or, face-sheet info if no admission assessment.
Must transmit monthly all prior month assessments.
RN must coordinate assessments w/ participation of other health professionals
RN must sign and certify complete and accurate.
Individuals completing sections must sign and certify accurate and complete.
Penalty for falsifying up to $1000, causing others to falsify up to $5000 per assessment.
, Care plan -✓✓Must be comprehensive and written with measurable goals/timetables
and include services provided and refused by exercising of rights.
Completed within 7 days of assessment by interdisciplinary team.
Include resident and family.
Reviewed/revised after each assessment.
Pharmacy Consultant Review -✓✓Monthly review of medications for residents.
Irregularities reported to attending and DON.
Calculation for raw food cost -✓✓cost per resident per day x census
Exit signs & lights -✓✓90 minute battery or on generator
Tested monthly
Duration test yearly
fire extinguishers -✓✓inspected monthly
annual servicing
disaster drills -✓✓two times per year
Fire drills -✓✓once per shift per quarter
fire sprinkler inspections -✓✓quarterly
smoke detector inspections -✓✓two times per year
electrical panel -✓✓18 inches right/left
36 inches in front--floor to ceiling
building temps -✓✓not to exceed 81 (typically 68 or 72 min)
means of egress -✓✓8 feet unobstructed
exterior must have a light and be navigable accessing a public walkway
generator -✓✓run weekly
under load monthly
fire alarm tests -✓✓monthly (full audible and visual)
extension cords/multiple outlet strips -✓✓none at all, strips for computer peripherals
only
dryers -✓✓lint traps cleaned every 3 loads or every 2 hours
Answers (2026) | Complete Exam Prep
Resource | Grade A+
5 essential ADLs -✓✓eating, dressing, toileting, bathing, transferring
RUGs -✓✓Resource Utilization Categories
MDS -✓✓Minimum Data Set
RAPs -✓✓Resident Assessment Protocols
RI -✓✓Resident Assessment Instrument
Includes: Id and demographic info; routine; cognitive pattern; communication; vision;
mood/behavior; psychosocial; physical/structural; continence; diagnoses and health
conditions; dental/nutritional statue; skin condition; activity pursuits; dc potential;
documentation of summary info regarding RAPs; documentation of participation in
assessment.
Process must include observation; resident communication; communication with direct
care staff on all shifts.
Complete w/i 14 days of admission (excludes readmission w/no significant change in
condition); w/i 14 days of significant change in status; no less than every 12 months.
Quarterly Assessments -✓✓Required every 3 months.
Assessments -✓✓Prior 15 months worth kept in med record.
Must be encoded and able to transmit within 7 days of completion--admissions,
annuals, quarterlies, significant changes, subset for resident transfer/reentry/dc/death;
and/or, face-sheet info if no admission assessment.
Must transmit monthly all prior month assessments.
RN must coordinate assessments w/ participation of other health professionals
RN must sign and certify complete and accurate.
Individuals completing sections must sign and certify accurate and complete.
Penalty for falsifying up to $1000, causing others to falsify up to $5000 per assessment.
, Care plan -✓✓Must be comprehensive and written with measurable goals/timetables
and include services provided and refused by exercising of rights.
Completed within 7 days of assessment by interdisciplinary team.
Include resident and family.
Reviewed/revised after each assessment.
Pharmacy Consultant Review -✓✓Monthly review of medications for residents.
Irregularities reported to attending and DON.
Calculation for raw food cost -✓✓cost per resident per day x census
Exit signs & lights -✓✓90 minute battery or on generator
Tested monthly
Duration test yearly
fire extinguishers -✓✓inspected monthly
annual servicing
disaster drills -✓✓two times per year
Fire drills -✓✓once per shift per quarter
fire sprinkler inspections -✓✓quarterly
smoke detector inspections -✓✓two times per year
electrical panel -✓✓18 inches right/left
36 inches in front--floor to ceiling
building temps -✓✓not to exceed 81 (typically 68 or 72 min)
means of egress -✓✓8 feet unobstructed
exterior must have a light and be navigable accessing a public walkway
generator -✓✓run weekly
under load monthly
fire alarm tests -✓✓monthly (full audible and visual)
extension cords/multiple outlet strips -✓✓none at all, strips for computer peripherals
only
dryers -✓✓lint traps cleaned every 3 loads or every 2 hours
