Official NHA Exam Questions – NAB
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Shutting down dangerous machines and keeping them turned off until maintenance of service
work is completed is an OSHA standard known as.
1.lockout/tagout
2.safe elec
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Official NHA Exam Questions – NAB
Already Passed
Shutting down dangerous machines and keeping them turned off until maintenance of service
work is completed is an OSHA standard known as.
1.lockout/tagout
2.safe electrical procedures
3.safeguarding equipment
4.control of hazardous energy ✔✔Lockout/tagout
A nursing facility has opted to decentralize the nurse/car team work area. Which of the following
statements about the resident call system is true.
1.The chosen electronic system must provide direct communication between the resident and the
caregivers
2.A wireless nurse call system must be installed and approved by the fire marshal
3.The facility must maintain its current electronic system and keep at least one nurse's station
4.The facility must provide all residents with a communication device to keep in their possession
✔✔1.The chosen electronic system must provide direct communication between the resident and
the caregivers
If hand washing is not feasible and hands are not soiled, it is permissible to use:
1.Hydrogen peroxide solutions
2.Nonsocomial solutions
3.Alcohol-based solutions
4.Diluted chlorine solutions ✔✔1.Alcohol-based solutions
A Notice of Discharge or Transfer from Nursing Facility must be given to the resident at least
how long before the resident is transferred?
1.30 days
2.45 days
3.60 days
4.90 days ✔✔1.30 days
Within how many days of completing a resident assessment must it be electronically transmitted
to the CMS system?
1.7
2.10
3.14
4.30 ✔✔3.14
A statement that presents the job to be done along with associated duties and responsibilities is
known as a job:
1.Description
2.Specification
3.Classification
4.Analysis ✔✔4.Analysis
Under the Code of Federal Regulations, nursing facilities are required to offer in service training
based on performance evaluations to all:
1.Employees of a skilled nursing facility regardless of job duties
2.Employees directly involved in providing care to nursing facility residents
3.Nursing staff providing direct care to nursing facility residents
4.Certified nurse aids (CNAs)performing nursing and nursing related services ✔✔4.Certified
nurse aids (CNAs) performing nursing and nursing related services
A reciprocal arrangement between a community hospital and a nursing facility to ensure the
provision of medically appropriate services is commonly referred to as a:
1.Support Network Contract
2.Transfer Agreement
3.Community Transition Agreement
4.Shared Service Agreement ✔✔2.Transferred Agreement
The government agency of the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for
regulating long-term care facilities is the:
1.Counsel of American Building Codes(CABC)
2.Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
3.National Fire and Protection Agency(NFPA)
4.Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ✔✔4.Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS)
A nursing Facility wants to receive a discount on civil monetary penalties. How many days does
it have to request the discount from the notice of the date of imposition?
1.5 days
2.7 days
3.60 days
4.90 days ✔✔3.60 days
A nursing facility wishes to challenge a deficiency using the informal dispute resolution (IDR)
process. Which of the following statements regarding IDR is true?
1.The facility can use the IDR process to delay the formal imposition of a remedy
2.The request for an IDR must be within five days of the receipt of the statement of deficiencies
3.The scope and severity of a deficiency that constitutes substandard or care or immediate
jeopardy can be challenged
4.an ombudsman should be included on the IDR team ✔✔3.The scope and severity of a
deficiency that constitutes substandard care or immediate jeopardy can be challenged
A resident call system must allow the nurses' station to relieve calls from any:
1.Dining area
2.Therapy room
3.Medication room
4.Toilet and bathing area ✔✔4.Toilet and bathing area
The facilities caring for residents on life support, which of the following statements is true about
emergency power?
1.An emergency generator should start and transfer power under full load within 60 seconds
2.Emergency electrical power with an emergency generator is required
3.Surveyors should test transferred switches by turning off the power
4.Life support systems should have a self-controlled contained back-up power source ✔✔4.Life
support systems should have a self-controlled contained back-up power source
The Life Safety Code requires which of the following to provide egress from the nursing
facility?
1.Two unobstructed, marked and unlocked exits
2.Emergency path lighting to direct residents to exits
3. An audible alarm system to direct resident to exits
4.Lighted signage with battery backup ✔✔1.Two unobstructed, marked and unlocked exits
The results of all investigation of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of resident property must
be reported to the administrator and to other officials, in accordance with state law, within:
1.24 hours
2.72 hours
3.5 working days
4.7 working days ✔✔3.Within 5 working days
A nurse administrates 100 doses of medication. It is later discovered that two wrong medications
were administered and thre medications were not given, Aditionally one medication was refused
by a resident. What is the medication error rate?
1.2%
2.3%
3.5%
4.6% ✔✔3.5%
The balance sheet is a summary of:
1.Capital expenditures, assets, and debt at a given point
2.Assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity at a given point
3.Liabilities, debt, and assets at a given point
4.Expenses, assets, and liabilities at a given point ✔✔3.Liabilities, debt, and assets at a given
point
A resident has a Medicare stay in a nursing facility. How long of a break in services must pass
before the resident qualifies for another 100 days of Medicare coverage?
1.30 days
2.60 days
3.90 days
4.180 days ✔✔2.60 days
Which of the following resources should a Medicare billing clerk use to determine whether a
service or a treatment for a resident considered an exclusion with regard to consolidated billing?
1.Health Care Common Procedures Coding System
2.Means Test
3.Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier Program
4.Balanced Budget Act of 1997 ✔✔1. Health Care Common Procedures Coding System
The business office uses which of the following for the basis of daily charges?
1.Midnight census report
2.Bed hold report
3.24-hour nursing report
4.Average daily census report ✔✔1.Midnight Census Report
While cleaning a resident's room, a housekeeper notices soda bottles in the trash. The resident
has end-stage dementia and is on a thickened liquid diet. The housekeeper.
1.Should not be considered about the resident's healthcare matters
2.Should remind the resident the soda must be thickened
3.Must ensure the resident has thickener in her room
4.Has a responsibility to report thus observation to a supervisor ✔✔4.Has a responsibility to
report this observation to a supervisor
How many falls have occurred of the following incidents are noted: two residents are found on
the floor without injury;one resident is lowered to the ground by staff members; one resident
with dementia is observed on the floor; and one resident is pushed to the ground by a closing fire
door?
1.two
2.three
3.four
4.five ✔✔4.Five
A new minimum data set (MDS) would be required when a resident:
1.Is readmitted after an outpatient procedure
2.Is readmitted after suffering from a stroke
3.Returns from therapeutic leave
4.Returns from a home evaluation with therapy ✔✔2.Is readmitted after suffering a stroke
When reviewing the care and services for a resident with dementia, it is important for the staff to
describe behavior by documenting which of the following details?
1.Duration, intensity, environmental triggers and medication effects
2.duration, onset, medication effects, and intensity
3.Onset, duration, intensity and environmental triggers
4.onset, intensity, medication effects and environmental triggers ✔✔3.Onset, duration, intensity
and environmental triggers
The tool used to gather information on a resident's comprehensive needs is referred to as a:
1.Quality Assurance and performance improvement tracking log
2.Pre-admission screening resident review(PASRR)
3.Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)
4.Care Assessment Area (CAA) ✔✔3.Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to a nursing facility's activity program
for residents?
1.Activities should be offered no more than 5 days week
2.Activities should be designed to meet the individual needs of each resident
3.The program should include only daytime activities
4.The program should not include activities outside the facility ✔✔2.Activities should be
designed to meet the individual needs of each resident
To Comply with the code of federal regulations on the required posting of all nursing staff, and
administrator should post:
1.The total number of actual hours worked by the nursing department the previous day
2.The total number of hours the staff are assigned to work each day
3.a breakdown of staff and the actual hours they are working each shift
2.A breakdown of hours for RNs and licensed practical/vocational nurses ✔✔2.A breakdown of
staff and the actual hours they are working each shift
Within regards to a unionized building, in a "closed shop" state, the employees;
1.Who are in the bargaining class must join the certified union
2.Who are in the bargaining class do not have to join the certified union
3.Do not have to pay dues to the union
4.Must have dies deducted from their paycheck ✔✔1.Who are int he bargaining class must join
the certified union
All of the following are examples of residents' rights except:
1.Privacy for marital relations
2.Seeking medical records
3.A large screen television
4.Refusing treatment ✔✔2.A large screen television
If the resident's knowledge of English is inadequate for comprehension, the nursing facility must:
1.Ensure that staff members communicate slowly and distinctly
Convey the necessary information to family members who do understand English
3.provide an interperter at the cost of the resident at an acceptable community rate
4.Provide a means of communication in the residents primary language ✔✔4.Provide a means of
communication in the residents primary language
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