ALF Core Exam Standards 2025/2026
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When outside temperatures are 65°F (18°C) or below, you must maintain a
temperature of at least XX when residents are AWAKE. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔an indoor temperature of at least 72°F (22°C) shall be maintained
AGENCY - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Agency for Health Care Administration
AGING IN PLACE - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔process of providing increased or
adjusted services to a person to compensate for physical or mental decline
that may occur with the aging process in order to maximize a person's
dignity and independence and permit them to remain in a familiar, non
institutional resident environment for as long as possible.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔any building or residential
facility provides housing, meals and one or more personal services for a
period exceeding 24 hours to one or more adults who are not relatives of
the owner or administrator. Residents do not require the 24-hour nursing.
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,DEPARTMENT - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Department of Elderly Affairs
EXTENDED CONGREGATE CARE - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔means acts beyond
personal services / ADL's may be performed by persons licensed under
part 1 chapter 464. TOTAL CARE
PERSONAL SERVICES / ADL's - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔direct physical
assistance or supervision of the activities of daily living, the self-
administration of medication. Does not include transferring, medical,
nursing, dental or mental health services.
LIMITED NURSING SERVICES - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔for ALF residents who
meet admissions criteria but do NOT require 24 hour nursing supervision.
May include routine dressings, care of casts, braces and splints.
When residents are asleep, what is the min inside temperature at night? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔68 degrees
When the outside temperature is 90 degrees or less, what is the maximum
inside temperature permitted? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Maximum indoor
temperature is 85 degrees with mechanical cooling devices
When it is hotter than 90 degrees outside- what temp must remain inside at
night and day? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔81.
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,Maximum temperature allowed inside a resident space? As per EEC/
CEMP Hurricane Irma regulations. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔90 degrees maximum
indoor temp allowed.
What is the min sq ft required of living and dining space per resident if the
facility is not comprised of apartments? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔35 sq ft
Those facilities also serving as adult day care centers must provide an
additional 35 sq ft of living space per adult day care client? true or false - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔True
IF you also serve as an adult day care center how much extra space per
resident must you have? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔extra 35 sq ft
When calculating the minimum square footage requirements for living and
dining space who else besides residents MUST be included? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔live-in staff and family members must be included in the ratio.
T/F ...ALF's must provide areas separate from bedrooms for activities - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔True
how much usable floor space , not including closet or bathroom should be
provided to a single occupancy? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔80 sq ft
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, how much usable floor space , not including closet or bathroom should be
provided to a double occupancy? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔60 sq ft per person.
Total min 120 sqft
In an ALF, how many toilets and sinks, and bathtubs must there be per
person to accommodate all residents, live in staff and family members. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔1 sink: toilet per 6 people
1 bathtub per 8 people NEW for 2019
when you have 16 or less residents, do you have to have job descriptions. -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No you do not
A resident room must have the following if provided by an ALF: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔bed, no smaller than 36 inches wide and 72 inches long, a
closet/ wardrobe/place to hang clothes, dresser, a table or nightstand, floor
or table lamp, waste basket and comfortable chair if requested.
Mandatory physical plant standards include: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔no standing
water; keeping all electrical mechanics in good working order; keeping a
set of master keys on the property at all times; providing adequate clean
non-stained, no rips/ tear linens/ laundry services. Must have policy on bed
bugs.
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Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
New Update
When outside temperatures are 65°F (18°C) or below, you must maintain a
temperature of at least XX when residents are AWAKE. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔an indoor temperature of at least 72°F (22°C) shall be maintained
AGENCY - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Agency for Health Care Administration
AGING IN PLACE - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔process of providing increased or
adjusted services to a person to compensate for physical or mental decline
that may occur with the aging process in order to maximize a person's
dignity and independence and permit them to remain in a familiar, non
institutional resident environment for as long as possible.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔any building or residential
facility provides housing, meals and one or more personal services for a
period exceeding 24 hours to one or more adults who are not relatives of
the owner or administrator. Residents do not require the 24-hour nursing.
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. 1
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,DEPARTMENT - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Department of Elderly Affairs
EXTENDED CONGREGATE CARE - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔means acts beyond
personal services / ADL's may be performed by persons licensed under
part 1 chapter 464. TOTAL CARE
PERSONAL SERVICES / ADL's - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔direct physical
assistance or supervision of the activities of daily living, the self-
administration of medication. Does not include transferring, medical,
nursing, dental or mental health services.
LIMITED NURSING SERVICES - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔for ALF residents who
meet admissions criteria but do NOT require 24 hour nursing supervision.
May include routine dressings, care of casts, braces and splints.
When residents are asleep, what is the min inside temperature at night? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔68 degrees
When the outside temperature is 90 degrees or less, what is the maximum
inside temperature permitted? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Maximum indoor
temperature is 85 degrees with mechanical cooling devices
When it is hotter than 90 degrees outside- what temp must remain inside at
night and day? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔81.
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. 2
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Maximum temperature allowed inside a resident space? As per EEC/
CEMP Hurricane Irma regulations. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔90 degrees maximum
indoor temp allowed.
What is the min sq ft required of living and dining space per resident if the
facility is not comprised of apartments? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔35 sq ft
Those facilities also serving as adult day care centers must provide an
additional 35 sq ft of living space per adult day care client? true or false - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔True
IF you also serve as an adult day care center how much extra space per
resident must you have? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔extra 35 sq ft
When calculating the minimum square footage requirements for living and
dining space who else besides residents MUST be included? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔live-in staff and family members must be included in the ratio.
T/F ...ALF's must provide areas separate from bedrooms for activities - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔True
how much usable floor space , not including closet or bathroom should be
provided to a single occupancy? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔80 sq ft
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. 3
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, how much usable floor space , not including closet or bathroom should be
provided to a double occupancy? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔60 sq ft per person.
Total min 120 sqft
In an ALF, how many toilets and sinks, and bathtubs must there be per
person to accommodate all residents, live in staff and family members. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔1 sink: toilet per 6 people
1 bathtub per 8 people NEW for 2019
when you have 16 or less residents, do you have to have job descriptions. -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No you do not
A resident room must have the following if provided by an ALF: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔bed, no smaller than 36 inches wide and 72 inches long, a
closet/ wardrobe/place to hang clothes, dresser, a table or nightstand, floor
or table lamp, waste basket and comfortable chair if requested.
Mandatory physical plant standards include: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔no standing
water; keeping all electrical mechanics in good working order; keeping a
set of master keys on the property at all times; providing adequate clean
non-stained, no rips/ tear linens/ laundry services. Must have policy on bed
bugs.
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