NJ CALA Test 2025 | New Jersey
Certified Assisted Living
Administrator Exam | Questions
and Correct Answers | Verified
Answers
A process whereby individuals remain in their living environment despite
the physical and/mental decline and growing needs for supportive
services that may occur in the course of aging. - ANSWER Aging in
Place
The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed either
independently or with supervision or assistance, such as: dressing,
bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating. -
ANSWER ADLs (Activity of Daily Living)
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services 24 hours
per day, to residents who have been assessed to need these services
including persons who require nursing home level care. It promotes
resident self direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
- ANSWER Assisted Living
Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which indicates that such resident's
choices or preference place the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead
to consequences which violate the norms of the facility or program or the
rights of others. - ANSWER Bounded Choice
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior
Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted living
services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to
the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have no more than
two residents and have a lockable door on the unit entrance. - ANSWER
CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home)
,A facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the
_________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq. -
ANSWER CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community)
A unit-of-use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident
comprising a series of containers and containing two or more prescribed
sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day
and time, or period of time, that the contents within each container are to
be taken. - ANSWER Customized Resident Medication Package
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the
affairs and protect the rights of any resident of the facility who has been
declared a mental incompetent. This does not include a person affiliated
with the facility, its operations or personnel, unless so ordered by the
court. - ANSWER Guardian
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or comprehensive
personal care home that is ordered by a physician and required to be
provided or delegated by a licensed, registered or certified health care
professional. - ANSWER Health Care Service
A program of palliative and supportive services provided to terminally ill
persons and their families in the form of physical, psychological, social,
and spiritual care. - ANSWER Hospice
The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the
health and safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or
program. If a resident's preference or decision places the resident or
others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse consequences, such risks or
consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident agrees, a
resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or
adverse outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions of
N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18. - ANSWER Managed Risk
The written formal plan developed in consideration of shared
responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living values and negotiated
between the resident and the facility or program to avoid or reduce the
risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an assisted living
environment. - ANSWER Manage Risk Agreement
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological is given to a
resident by an authorized individual in accordance with all laws and
,regulations governing such procedures. - ANSWER Medication
Administration
1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly
labeled container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the
method of administration, time administered, initials of individuals who
administered the medication, and effect of the medication when "PRN" or
as-needed medications are administered. - ANSWER Process of
Medication Administration
The self-worth of a resident. - ANSWER Dignity
The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation of
resident abilities so that the resident's preferences and choices may be
implemented within a barrier-free environment. - ANSWER
Independence
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and
preferences. - ANSWER Individuality
An individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to: resident
name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and medication
strength, dosage form, route of administration, frequency, date and time
of administration, initials of individual administering the medication, a
section containing the full signature and title of each individual who
initials it, date medication ordered, stop date if appliacable, allergies, and
all other professionally acceptable information that is appropriate. -
ANSWER MAR (Medication Administration Record)
A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation
Program is a department approved minimum ____________ training
course conducted by a Department approved registered professional nurse
and registered pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in the
administration of medications to residents, within assisted living
residences, comprehensive personal care homes and assisted living
programs. - ANSWER 30-hour
An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It is
provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) resulting
, in moderate to severe impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive,
and/or psychosocial functioning. It is determined by a registered
professional nurse and identified in a plan of care. - ANSWER Nursing
Home-Level Care
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means the assessment of pain and,
if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs of patients or
residents of health care facilities who experience problems with pain are
met. Treatment of pain may include the use of medication or application
of other modalities and medical devices such as, but not limited to, heat
or cold, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS),
acupuncture, and neurolytic techniques such as radiofrequency
coagulation and cryotherapy. - ANSWER Pain Management
A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/or time;
levels of intimacy with family and others; and communication and
contact with others outside the facility or program environment. -
ANSWER Privacy
How much clearance of combustible materials should there be? -
ANSWER 18 inches
The percentage of weight loss in a month that unintentional that should
be brought to the attention of the RN. - ANSWER 5 percent
Up to __________ may elapse between a substantial evening meal and
breakfast the following dat if the following conditions are met: a resident
group agrees to this meal plan and a nourishing bedtime snack is served. -
ANSWER 16 hours
Meals shall be scheduled in such a way that no more than 14 hours
elapse between a substantial evening meal and breakfast the next morning.
- ANSWER 14 hours
No breakfast before _____________ unless requested. - ANSWER
7:00am
No more than ____________ of waiting for assistance in eating once tray
is delivered. - ANSWER 15 minutes
If out more than ________ with communicable disease, have to have
note from physician. - ANSWER 3 days
Certified Assisted Living
Administrator Exam | Questions
and Correct Answers | Verified
Answers
A process whereby individuals remain in their living environment despite
the physical and/mental decline and growing needs for supportive
services that may occur in the course of aging. - ANSWER Aging in
Place
The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed either
independently or with supervision or assistance, such as: dressing,
bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating. -
ANSWER ADLs (Activity of Daily Living)
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services 24 hours
per day, to residents who have been assessed to need these services
including persons who require nursing home level care. It promotes
resident self direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
- ANSWER Assisted Living
Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which indicates that such resident's
choices or preference place the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead
to consequences which violate the norms of the facility or program or the
rights of others. - ANSWER Bounded Choice
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior
Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted living
services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to
the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have no more than
two residents and have a lockable door on the unit entrance. - ANSWER
CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home)
,A facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the
_________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq. -
ANSWER CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community)
A unit-of-use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident
comprising a series of containers and containing two or more prescribed
sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day
and time, or period of time, that the contents within each container are to
be taken. - ANSWER Customized Resident Medication Package
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the
affairs and protect the rights of any resident of the facility who has been
declared a mental incompetent. This does not include a person affiliated
with the facility, its operations or personnel, unless so ordered by the
court. - ANSWER Guardian
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or comprehensive
personal care home that is ordered by a physician and required to be
provided or delegated by a licensed, registered or certified health care
professional. - ANSWER Health Care Service
A program of palliative and supportive services provided to terminally ill
persons and their families in the form of physical, psychological, social,
and spiritual care. - ANSWER Hospice
The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the
health and safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or
program. If a resident's preference or decision places the resident or
others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse consequences, such risks or
consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident agrees, a
resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or
adverse outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions of
N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18. - ANSWER Managed Risk
The written formal plan developed in consideration of shared
responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living values and negotiated
between the resident and the facility or program to avoid or reduce the
risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an assisted living
environment. - ANSWER Manage Risk Agreement
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological is given to a
resident by an authorized individual in accordance with all laws and
,regulations governing such procedures. - ANSWER Medication
Administration
1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly
labeled container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the
method of administration, time administered, initials of individuals who
administered the medication, and effect of the medication when "PRN" or
as-needed medications are administered. - ANSWER Process of
Medication Administration
The self-worth of a resident. - ANSWER Dignity
The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation of
resident abilities so that the resident's preferences and choices may be
implemented within a barrier-free environment. - ANSWER
Independence
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and
preferences. - ANSWER Individuality
An individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to: resident
name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and medication
strength, dosage form, route of administration, frequency, date and time
of administration, initials of individual administering the medication, a
section containing the full signature and title of each individual who
initials it, date medication ordered, stop date if appliacable, allergies, and
all other professionally acceptable information that is appropriate. -
ANSWER MAR (Medication Administration Record)
A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation
Program is a department approved minimum ____________ training
course conducted by a Department approved registered professional nurse
and registered pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in the
administration of medications to residents, within assisted living
residences, comprehensive personal care homes and assisted living
programs. - ANSWER 30-hour
An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It is
provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) resulting
, in moderate to severe impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive,
and/or psychosocial functioning. It is determined by a registered
professional nurse and identified in a plan of care. - ANSWER Nursing
Home-Level Care
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means the assessment of pain and,
if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs of patients or
residents of health care facilities who experience problems with pain are
met. Treatment of pain may include the use of medication or application
of other modalities and medical devices such as, but not limited to, heat
or cold, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS),
acupuncture, and neurolytic techniques such as radiofrequency
coagulation and cryotherapy. - ANSWER Pain Management
A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/or time;
levels of intimacy with family and others; and communication and
contact with others outside the facility or program environment. -
ANSWER Privacy
How much clearance of combustible materials should there be? -
ANSWER 18 inches
The percentage of weight loss in a month that unintentional that should
be brought to the attention of the RN. - ANSWER 5 percent
Up to __________ may elapse between a substantial evening meal and
breakfast the following dat if the following conditions are met: a resident
group agrees to this meal plan and a nourishing bedtime snack is served. -
ANSWER 16 hours
Meals shall be scheduled in such a way that no more than 14 hours
elapse between a substantial evening meal and breakfast the next morning.
- ANSWER 14 hours
No breakfast before _____________ unless requested. - ANSWER
7:00am
No more than ____________ of waiting for assistance in eating once tray
is delivered. - ANSWER 15 minutes
If out more than ________ with communicable disease, have to have
note from physician. - ANSWER 3 days
