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NAB CORE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2026
Which of the following statements about care recipient needs is most accurate? 1.
Most care recipients need to adjust to placement in a healthcare organization and
to adapt to the routines and patterns of the healthcare organization
2. The care recipient's needs are identified through a review of the care recipient's
physical, mental, and emotional history
3. The healthcare organization must seek to collaborate information provided by
the care recipient, since people tend to overlook their own shortcomings
4. Factors to be considered in identifying care recipient needs include former
occupation, leisure activities, and cultural factors
2
Hospice care is usually provided to those care recipients determined to be
terminally ill and who have approximately how long to live? 1. 1 month
2. 3 months
3. 6 months
4. 12 months
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An individual that a person can designate to make complex healthcare decisions
on their behalf is known as a: 1. personal representative
2. proxy decision maker
3. surrogate decision maker
4. legal representative
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Alternatives to an advance directive include a: 1. living will, Healthcare Power of
Attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
2. Durable Power of Attorney, last will and testament, and living trust
3. right of survivorship, Do Not resuscitate (DNR) order, and appointment of
executor
4. living trust, living will, and medical order for life-sustaining treatment
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A symptom of dehydration is: 1. difficulty walking
2. diarrhea
3. vomiting
4. poor skin turgor
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One goal of effective dementia care is to: 1. protect care recipients from all safety
hazards regardless of abilities and needs
2. treat all care recipients the same to avoid favoritism and prevent staff from
getting too close to care recipients
3. provide personalized care based on knowledge of care recipients abilities and
needs
4. ensure that all decisions are made by a care recipient's family members
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An administrator decides to have care recipients participate in menu planning and
grocery shopping. This policy would: 1. free staff members for other duties
2. violate sanitation regulations
3. reduce dietary costs
4. help care recipients to maintain a sense of involvement and of being needed
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ROM is an abbreviation for: 1. range of motion
2. rehabilitative outcome measurement
3. rehabilitative outcome management
4. range of measurement
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NAB CORE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2026
Which of the following statements about care recipient needs is most accurate? 1.
Most care recipients need to adjust to placement in a healthcare organization and
to adapt to the routines and patterns of the healthcare organization
2. The care recipient's needs are identified through a review of the care recipient's
physical, mental, and emotional history
3. The healthcare organization must seek to collaborate information provided by
the care recipient, since people tend to overlook their own shortcomings
4. Factors to be considered in identifying care recipient needs include former
occupation, leisure activities, and cultural factors
2
Hospice care is usually provided to those care recipients determined to be
terminally ill and who have approximately how long to live? 1. 1 month
2. 3 months
3. 6 months
4. 12 months
3
, 2
An individual that a person can designate to make complex healthcare decisions
on their behalf is known as a: 1. personal representative
2. proxy decision maker
3. surrogate decision maker
4. legal representative
4
Alternatives to an advance directive include a: 1. living will, Healthcare Power of
Attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
2. Durable Power of Attorney, last will and testament, and living trust
3. right of survivorship, Do Not resuscitate (DNR) order, and appointment of
executor
4. living trust, living will, and medical order for life-sustaining treatment
1
A symptom of dehydration is: 1. difficulty walking
2. diarrhea
3. vomiting
4. poor skin turgor
4
, 3
One goal of effective dementia care is to: 1. protect care recipients from all safety
hazards regardless of abilities and needs
2. treat all care recipients the same to avoid favoritism and prevent staff from
getting too close to care recipients
3. provide personalized care based on knowledge of care recipients abilities and
needs
4. ensure that all decisions are made by a care recipient's family members
3
An administrator decides to have care recipients participate in menu planning and
grocery shopping. This policy would: 1. free staff members for other duties
2. violate sanitation regulations
3. reduce dietary costs
4. help care recipients to maintain a sense of involvement and of being needed
4
ROM is an abbreviation for: 1. range of motion
2. rehabilitative outcome measurement
3. rehabilitative outcome management
4. range of measurement
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