WEBCE EXAMINATION SCRIPT FINAL
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION BUNDLE
●● What is a primary goal of long-term care?
A) to maintain functionality
B) to find a permanent cure for the affliction
C) to prolong life
D) to prevent the spread of disease
Answer: A) to maintain functionality
Long-term care is chronic care with the aim of management and control
of symptoms and maintenance of function.
●● Long-term care occurs only in nursing facilities.
A) True
B) False
Answer: B) False
,Long-term care can occur in a variety of places, including in an
individual's home, at community sites and centers, and in care facilities.
●● Which of the following most precisely defines the fundamentals of
self-care and the basic tasks of everyday life?
A) instrumental activities of daily living
B) activities of daily living
C) self-awareness
D) mental activity
Answer: B) Activities of daily living
Activities of daily living are the fundamentals of self-care. They are the
basic tasks of everyday life, which include eating, bathing, dressing,
toileting, and transferring. Instrumental activities are those that are
associated with interacting with one's community or home.
●● Which level of care has as its chief characteristic assistance with
ADLs?
A) Custodial
B) Intermediate
C) Skilled
D) Managed
,Answer: A) Custodial
The primary characteristic of which is to provide assistance with the
activities of daily living, helps meet personal rather than medical needs.
●● All of the following are examples of formal caregiving EXCEPT:
A) home health aides
B) intermediate care facilities
C) volunteer charitable groups
D) daily transportation to a senior center provided by a neighbor
Answer: D) daily transportation to a senior center provided by a
neighbor
Formal caregiving is paid, or volunteer care is provided through a
service system. Informal care is delivered by family or friends.
●● All of the following are services commonly offered by assisted living
residences EXCEPT:
A) health care management
B) help with medications
, C) housekeeping
D) continuous post-operative monitoring
Answer: D) continuous post-operative monitoring
Assisted living residences generally provide most personal and health
care services except for skilled nursing care, such as continuous post-
operative monitoring, which can only be offered by a skilled nursing
facility.
●● Which of the following is NOT an example of home or community-
based long-term care?
A) adult day care
B) CCRCs
C) respite care
D) hospice care
Answer: B) CCRCs
Continuing care retirement communities, or CCRCs, are large, campus-
like facilities that house residents and provide a complete range of long-
term care.
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION BUNDLE
●● What is a primary goal of long-term care?
A) to maintain functionality
B) to find a permanent cure for the affliction
C) to prolong life
D) to prevent the spread of disease
Answer: A) to maintain functionality
Long-term care is chronic care with the aim of management and control
of symptoms and maintenance of function.
●● Long-term care occurs only in nursing facilities.
A) True
B) False
Answer: B) False
,Long-term care can occur in a variety of places, including in an
individual's home, at community sites and centers, and in care facilities.
●● Which of the following most precisely defines the fundamentals of
self-care and the basic tasks of everyday life?
A) instrumental activities of daily living
B) activities of daily living
C) self-awareness
D) mental activity
Answer: B) Activities of daily living
Activities of daily living are the fundamentals of self-care. They are the
basic tasks of everyday life, which include eating, bathing, dressing,
toileting, and transferring. Instrumental activities are those that are
associated with interacting with one's community or home.
●● Which level of care has as its chief characteristic assistance with
ADLs?
A) Custodial
B) Intermediate
C) Skilled
D) Managed
,Answer: A) Custodial
The primary characteristic of which is to provide assistance with the
activities of daily living, helps meet personal rather than medical needs.
●● All of the following are examples of formal caregiving EXCEPT:
A) home health aides
B) intermediate care facilities
C) volunteer charitable groups
D) daily transportation to a senior center provided by a neighbor
Answer: D) daily transportation to a senior center provided by a
neighbor
Formal caregiving is paid, or volunteer care is provided through a
service system. Informal care is delivered by family or friends.
●● All of the following are services commonly offered by assisted living
residences EXCEPT:
A) health care management
B) help with medications
, C) housekeeping
D) continuous post-operative monitoring
Answer: D) continuous post-operative monitoring
Assisted living residences generally provide most personal and health
care services except for skilled nursing care, such as continuous post-
operative monitoring, which can only be offered by a skilled nursing
facility.
●● Which of the following is NOT an example of home or community-
based long-term care?
A) adult day care
B) CCRCs
C) respite care
D) hospice care
Answer: B) CCRCs
Continuing care retirement communities, or CCRCs, are large, campus-
like facilities that house residents and provide a complete range of long-
term care.
