NAB CORE Exam Study Guide –
Practice Questions with
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When a family is being interviewed regarding a provision of services, the first
course of action should be to: -
1. discuss the healthcare organization's rate structure
2. inquire about the potential care recipient's needs
3. give tour of the healthcare organization
4. talk about the healthcare organization's strengths compared to the
competition's - Answer✔✔-2. inquire about the potential care recipient's
needs
When marketing a healthcare organization, the market is considered to be all
of the individuals:
1. living within an established radius of the healthcare organization
2. enrolled in the Medicaid or Medicare programs
3. with a demand for their service of product
4. discharging from an acute care hospital - Answer✔✔-3. with a demand for
their service of product
,Ethics are the beliefs or attitudes that make up which kind of organizational
values?
1. Humanitarian
2. Religious
3. Moral
4. Civic - Answer✔✔-3. Moral
A cognitive care recipient, whose spouse is living, does not have an advance
directive or a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order. The care recipient's daughter has
financial Power of Attorney, and the son has Healthcare of Power of Attorney. A
DNR order can be authorized by the:
1. care recipient's son
2. care recipient
3. care recipient's spouse
4. physician - Answer✔✔-1. care recipient's son
Establishing and Implementing policies regarding the management and
operations of a healthcare organization is the responsibility of the:
1. department managers
2. chief executive officer
3. care recipient
4. governing body - Answer✔✔-2. chief executive officer
All employees in a healthcare organization should be working toward the
organization's purpose, which described in the healthcare organization's:
1. articles of incorporation
,2. governance body
3. organization charts
4. mission statement - Answer✔✔-4. mission statement
PRN means:
1. administer as necessary
2. pain reducing narcotics
3. dispense at bedtime
4. care recipient refusal and noted - Answer✔✔-1. administer as necessary
Changing a bathing schedule to meet the care recipient's time preference is an
example of:
1. permanent assignment
2. person-centered care
3. green living
4. time management - Answer✔✔-2. person-centered care
Mrs. J has completed a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) form. A friend of hers comes
to the office, upset that Mrs. J has chosen to have a DNR, and asks for a copy of
the DNR to discuss it with Mrs. J. The staff should:
1. not release the DNR because it cannot be changed once it has been signed 2.
call Mrs. J's physician to release the form to the visitor
3. release the form so the friend can help Mrs. J understand the DNR
4. not release the form because of confidentiality - Answer✔✔-4. not release
the form because of confidentiality
, Care recipients who elect to receive hospice benefits should receive:
1. pain relief and symptom management
2. notice that their stay can continue for a maximum of six months
3. additional life-sustaining services that are covered by Medicare
4. priority admission to an acute-care hospital - Answer✔✔-3. additional life-
sustaining services that are covered by Medicare
One of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses in the elderly is:
1. depression
2. obsessive-compulsive disorder
3. schizophrenia
4. paranoia - Answer✔✔-1. Depression
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
ensures a care recipient's right to:
1. select and change their personal physician
2. request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of personal health
information
3. select treatment options based on religious preference
4. designate who can make decisions on their behalf - Answer✔✔-2. request
restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of personal health information
Larry is a care recipient at a healthcare organization. He has told several care
recipients he has cancer. Another care recipient comes to the office to learn
more about Larry's situation. Regarding Larry's personal information, staff:
1. must tell Larry not to discuss his condition with anyone but the physician
2. may not discuss Larry's situation without his permission
Practice Questions with
Verified Answers. GRADED A+.
Latest 2026/2027 Update
When a family is being interviewed regarding a provision of services, the first
course of action should be to: -
1. discuss the healthcare organization's rate structure
2. inquire about the potential care recipient's needs
3. give tour of the healthcare organization
4. talk about the healthcare organization's strengths compared to the
competition's - Answer✔✔-2. inquire about the potential care recipient's
needs
When marketing a healthcare organization, the market is considered to be all
of the individuals:
1. living within an established radius of the healthcare organization
2. enrolled in the Medicaid or Medicare programs
3. with a demand for their service of product
4. discharging from an acute care hospital - Answer✔✔-3. with a demand for
their service of product
,Ethics are the beliefs or attitudes that make up which kind of organizational
values?
1. Humanitarian
2. Religious
3. Moral
4. Civic - Answer✔✔-3. Moral
A cognitive care recipient, whose spouse is living, does not have an advance
directive or a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order. The care recipient's daughter has
financial Power of Attorney, and the son has Healthcare of Power of Attorney. A
DNR order can be authorized by the:
1. care recipient's son
2. care recipient
3. care recipient's spouse
4. physician - Answer✔✔-1. care recipient's son
Establishing and Implementing policies regarding the management and
operations of a healthcare organization is the responsibility of the:
1. department managers
2. chief executive officer
3. care recipient
4. governing body - Answer✔✔-2. chief executive officer
All employees in a healthcare organization should be working toward the
organization's purpose, which described in the healthcare organization's:
1. articles of incorporation
,2. governance body
3. organization charts
4. mission statement - Answer✔✔-4. mission statement
PRN means:
1. administer as necessary
2. pain reducing narcotics
3. dispense at bedtime
4. care recipient refusal and noted - Answer✔✔-1. administer as necessary
Changing a bathing schedule to meet the care recipient's time preference is an
example of:
1. permanent assignment
2. person-centered care
3. green living
4. time management - Answer✔✔-2. person-centered care
Mrs. J has completed a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) form. A friend of hers comes
to the office, upset that Mrs. J has chosen to have a DNR, and asks for a copy of
the DNR to discuss it with Mrs. J. The staff should:
1. not release the DNR because it cannot be changed once it has been signed 2.
call Mrs. J's physician to release the form to the visitor
3. release the form so the friend can help Mrs. J understand the DNR
4. not release the form because of confidentiality - Answer✔✔-4. not release
the form because of confidentiality
, Care recipients who elect to receive hospice benefits should receive:
1. pain relief and symptom management
2. notice that their stay can continue for a maximum of six months
3. additional life-sustaining services that are covered by Medicare
4. priority admission to an acute-care hospital - Answer✔✔-3. additional life-
sustaining services that are covered by Medicare
One of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses in the elderly is:
1. depression
2. obsessive-compulsive disorder
3. schizophrenia
4. paranoia - Answer✔✔-1. Depression
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
ensures a care recipient's right to:
1. select and change their personal physician
2. request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of personal health
information
3. select treatment options based on religious preference
4. designate who can make decisions on their behalf - Answer✔✔-2. request
restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of personal health information
Larry is a care recipient at a healthcare organization. He has told several care
recipients he has cancer. Another care recipient comes to the office to learn
more about Larry's situation. Regarding Larry's personal information, staff:
1. must tell Larry not to discuss his condition with anyone but the physician
2. may not discuss Larry's situation without his permission
