FLORIDA GUARDIAN CORRECT TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
be paid for by - ✔✔State
✔✔What guardian is good for 90 days and may be extended for an additional 90 days?
- ✔✔The authority of an emergency temporary guardian or ETG
✔✔The law allows for a relative who lives out of state to be appointed as a guardian for
the ward in this state - ✔✔True
✔✔The examining committee report must be received by the court how many days
before the scheduled incapacitating hearing - ✔✔10 days
✔✔What affidavit can be filed if the alleged incapacitated person is purported to have
very little funds. - ✔✔An affidavit of indigency
✔✔What criteria is usually used to determine that an individual is indigent - ✔✔Usually
the criteria to qualify for Medicaid
✔✔If the petitioner pays the filing fees to initiate a guardianship the guardian made
petition to reimburse the petitioner after the guardianship has been established. -
✔✔True
✔✔The standard of proof that must be met to find an individual legally incapacitated is, -
✔✔Clear and convincing evidence.
✔✔The guardian is required to take an oath that he or she faithfully will perform his or
her duties as required by the court in Florida statutes. - ✔✔True
, ✔✔The functional assessment measures the wards ability to perform - ✔✔ADLs.
Bathing, dressing, toileting/continence, transferring, feeding, ambulating.
✔✔Extended care facility/ECF and skilled nursing facility/SNF are terms that refer to -
✔✔Nursing homes
✔✔Whenever an accusation is that a nursing facility or assisted living facility residents
rights have been violated, who will visit and investigate? - ✔✔Ombudsman
✔✔How much notice is required if a nursing home wants to discharge or transfer a
resident? - ✔✔At least 30 days, and ALF at least 45 days notice
✔✔What are some disadvantages of maintaining award in their own home? -
✔✔1Costly to maintain, may not be handicap accessible, greater chance of accidents,
potential for miss management of medications, possibility of wandering.
✔✔What information can a guardian provide to an ombudsman who is investigating an
abuse call against the guardian? - ✔✔Any information requested that has not been
sealed by the court ( financial reports, guardian plans, etc.)
✔✔Two valid reasons for moving award to another living environment? - ✔✔An issue of
safety, the facility cannot meet the level of care required.
✔✔Exploitation. - ✔✔Personal items of property/assets missing, frequent changes in
wills, POas or titles to property, missing checks or bank statements, inappropriate gifts
or use of credit cards, utilities turned off due to nonpayment.
✔✔Isolating an individual from others or confining him to a restricted area is an example
of - ✔✔Abuse
✔✔Not providing appropriate food, shelter, clothing or medical care is considered -
✔✔Neglect and should be reported to the abuse registry
✔✔The first action a guardian should take if she suspects abuse or neglect of her award
is to investigate/compile pertinent information, and reported to the abuse registry. -
✔✔True
✔✔A guardian of the person must obtain court order approval before consenting to -
✔✔Committing the ward to an institution/Baker act, initiate petition for dissolution of
marriage, consent to termination of parental rights, sterilization, abortion, experimental
procedures, psychosurgery, move word to a non-adjacent county.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
be paid for by - ✔✔State
✔✔What guardian is good for 90 days and may be extended for an additional 90 days?
- ✔✔The authority of an emergency temporary guardian or ETG
✔✔The law allows for a relative who lives out of state to be appointed as a guardian for
the ward in this state - ✔✔True
✔✔The examining committee report must be received by the court how many days
before the scheduled incapacitating hearing - ✔✔10 days
✔✔What affidavit can be filed if the alleged incapacitated person is purported to have
very little funds. - ✔✔An affidavit of indigency
✔✔What criteria is usually used to determine that an individual is indigent - ✔✔Usually
the criteria to qualify for Medicaid
✔✔If the petitioner pays the filing fees to initiate a guardianship the guardian made
petition to reimburse the petitioner after the guardianship has been established. -
✔✔True
✔✔The standard of proof that must be met to find an individual legally incapacitated is, -
✔✔Clear and convincing evidence.
✔✔The guardian is required to take an oath that he or she faithfully will perform his or
her duties as required by the court in Florida statutes. - ✔✔True
, ✔✔The functional assessment measures the wards ability to perform - ✔✔ADLs.
Bathing, dressing, toileting/continence, transferring, feeding, ambulating.
✔✔Extended care facility/ECF and skilled nursing facility/SNF are terms that refer to -
✔✔Nursing homes
✔✔Whenever an accusation is that a nursing facility or assisted living facility residents
rights have been violated, who will visit and investigate? - ✔✔Ombudsman
✔✔How much notice is required if a nursing home wants to discharge or transfer a
resident? - ✔✔At least 30 days, and ALF at least 45 days notice
✔✔What are some disadvantages of maintaining award in their own home? -
✔✔1Costly to maintain, may not be handicap accessible, greater chance of accidents,
potential for miss management of medications, possibility of wandering.
✔✔What information can a guardian provide to an ombudsman who is investigating an
abuse call against the guardian? - ✔✔Any information requested that has not been
sealed by the court ( financial reports, guardian plans, etc.)
✔✔Two valid reasons for moving award to another living environment? - ✔✔An issue of
safety, the facility cannot meet the level of care required.
✔✔Exploitation. - ✔✔Personal items of property/assets missing, frequent changes in
wills, POas or titles to property, missing checks or bank statements, inappropriate gifts
or use of credit cards, utilities turned off due to nonpayment.
✔✔Isolating an individual from others or confining him to a restricted area is an example
of - ✔✔Abuse
✔✔Not providing appropriate food, shelter, clothing or medical care is considered -
✔✔Neglect and should be reported to the abuse registry
✔✔The first action a guardian should take if she suspects abuse or neglect of her award
is to investigate/compile pertinent information, and reported to the abuse registry. -
✔✔True
✔✔A guardian of the person must obtain court order approval before consenting to -
✔✔Committing the ward to an institution/Baker act, initiate petition for dissolution of
marriage, consent to termination of parental rights, sterilization, abortion, experimental
procedures, psychosurgery, move word to a non-adjacent county.
