CERTIFIED HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTOR CHC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
COMPLETE QUESTIONS VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Certified Healthcare Constructor CHC Complete
Compilation Bundle (3) Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
Question:
which of the following distinguishes a capital expense from an operational expense?
Answer:
Cost in life expectancy
Question:
ventilation in an operating room typically has?
Answer:
Hi air changes per hour and positive pressure to surrounding areas
Question:
while working on a hospital project, you witnessed an underground oil tank that has been ruptured
during excavation. What is your best course of action after ensuring the immediate safety of those in
the area?
Answer:
Notify the contractor safety officer, and then the hospital safety officer
Question:
which of the following types of facilities must maintain operation 24 hours a day?
Answer:
Critical access hospital
,Question:
A renovation project includes replacing casework in a hospital pharmacy. The pharmacy cannot be
relocated while the work is taking place which one of the following would be best measures to
implement?
Answer:
Use temporary containment create negative pressure with Eric. Exhausted outside the pharmacy and
perform work when the pharmacist is present.
Question:
you're developing plans to renovate an existing nursing unit. The project will last approximately
three months and we require that the automatic fire alarm system be removed and replaced which
approach best meets ILSM requirements?
Answer:
Install a temporary fire detection system system tested monthly and document testing
Question:
which of the following is not part of the means of egress?
Answer:
A fire rated elevator
Question:
in existing hospital is going to gut and rebuild the entire fourth floor which houses two medical
surgical nursing units it is roughly 150' x 400' how many smoke compartments are required on this
floor to ensure compliance to NFPA 101- 2012?
Answer:
three. NFPA 101 2012 states that the maximum size of a smoke compartment is 22,500 ft.². so you
would multiply 150' by 400' which equals 60,000 ft.² then 60,000÷22,500 = 2.6 (two will not be
enough must have three)
Question:
,when planning the installation of a new access control system for the ICU, which of the following
would be the most important to address?
Answer:
Required exit doors can be open at all times in the direction of egress
Question:
which of the following are elements of a capital budget?
Answer:
New MRI expansion of the physical therapy department and replacement of a chiller
Question:
A university teaching hospital is planning a renovation of PACU when preparing a phasing plan
which is most important to plan around the ratio to PACU beds?
Answer:
Operating rooms
Question:
based on the following information, which building has the highest priority for replacement?
buildings acute care hospital 40 years 30000,000 deferred maintenance cost 100 million replacement
cost children's Hospital 25 years 25 million deferred maintenance cost 60 million replacement cost
MLB 30 years 700,000 maintenance cost 7 million replacement cost behavioral health hospital 10
years 4 million deferred maintenance cost 30 million replacement cost
Answer:
Children's Hospital (you use the FCI formula some of deficiencies or necessary repairs divided by
current replacement value equals FCI)
Question:
which of the following are required to have a positive pressure relationship with respect to the
corridor?
, Answer:
OR room, C-section room and protective environment
Question:
an exhaust fan serving airborne infection isolation rooms is on the roof of a hospital. The fan to be
replaced as part of a construction project which of the following is the best process for completing
the task?
Answer:
Coordinate the shutdown and replacement of the fan with the hospital
Question:
Which of the following exhaust fans require special precautions when working in the proximity?
Answer:
ETO hot lab, AII (airborne infection isolation)and compounding exhaust fans
Question:
which of the following documents addresses sound transmission between patient rooms in a
hospital?
Answer:
FGI guidelines
Question:
A project requires that the WAGD (waste anesthetic gas disposal) system be taken out of service,
which department is mostly effective by this outage?
Answer:
Surgery
Question:
COMPLETE QUESTIONS VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Certified Healthcare Constructor CHC Complete
Compilation Bundle (3) Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
Question:
which of the following distinguishes a capital expense from an operational expense?
Answer:
Cost in life expectancy
Question:
ventilation in an operating room typically has?
Answer:
Hi air changes per hour and positive pressure to surrounding areas
Question:
while working on a hospital project, you witnessed an underground oil tank that has been ruptured
during excavation. What is your best course of action after ensuring the immediate safety of those in
the area?
Answer:
Notify the contractor safety officer, and then the hospital safety officer
Question:
which of the following types of facilities must maintain operation 24 hours a day?
Answer:
Critical access hospital
,Question:
A renovation project includes replacing casework in a hospital pharmacy. The pharmacy cannot be
relocated while the work is taking place which one of the following would be best measures to
implement?
Answer:
Use temporary containment create negative pressure with Eric. Exhausted outside the pharmacy and
perform work when the pharmacist is present.
Question:
you're developing plans to renovate an existing nursing unit. The project will last approximately
three months and we require that the automatic fire alarm system be removed and replaced which
approach best meets ILSM requirements?
Answer:
Install a temporary fire detection system system tested monthly and document testing
Question:
which of the following is not part of the means of egress?
Answer:
A fire rated elevator
Question:
in existing hospital is going to gut and rebuild the entire fourth floor which houses two medical
surgical nursing units it is roughly 150' x 400' how many smoke compartments are required on this
floor to ensure compliance to NFPA 101- 2012?
Answer:
three. NFPA 101 2012 states that the maximum size of a smoke compartment is 22,500 ft.². so you
would multiply 150' by 400' which equals 60,000 ft.² then 60,000÷22,500 = 2.6 (two will not be
enough must have three)
Question:
,when planning the installation of a new access control system for the ICU, which of the following
would be the most important to address?
Answer:
Required exit doors can be open at all times in the direction of egress
Question:
which of the following are elements of a capital budget?
Answer:
New MRI expansion of the physical therapy department and replacement of a chiller
Question:
A university teaching hospital is planning a renovation of PACU when preparing a phasing plan
which is most important to plan around the ratio to PACU beds?
Answer:
Operating rooms
Question:
based on the following information, which building has the highest priority for replacement?
buildings acute care hospital 40 years 30000,000 deferred maintenance cost 100 million replacement
cost children's Hospital 25 years 25 million deferred maintenance cost 60 million replacement cost
MLB 30 years 700,000 maintenance cost 7 million replacement cost behavioral health hospital 10
years 4 million deferred maintenance cost 30 million replacement cost
Answer:
Children's Hospital (you use the FCI formula some of deficiencies or necessary repairs divided by
current replacement value equals FCI)
Question:
which of the following are required to have a positive pressure relationship with respect to the
corridor?
, Answer:
OR room, C-section room and protective environment
Question:
an exhaust fan serving airborne infection isolation rooms is on the roof of a hospital. The fan to be
replaced as part of a construction project which of the following is the best process for completing
the task?
Answer:
Coordinate the shutdown and replacement of the fan with the hospital
Question:
Which of the following exhaust fans require special precautions when working in the proximity?
Answer:
ETO hot lab, AII (airborne infection isolation)and compounding exhaust fans
Question:
which of the following documents addresses sound transmission between patient rooms in a
hospital?
Answer:
FGI guidelines
Question:
A project requires that the WAGD (waste anesthetic gas disposal) system be taken out of service,
which department is mostly effective by this outage?
Answer:
Surgery
Question:
