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Get exam-ready with this complete set of actual questions and verified answers covering healthcare facility management and engineering standards. Topics include ASHE/ASHRAE 170 ventilation and air pressurization requirements, NFPA 99 and NFPA 101 life safety codes, MedGas system installation and testing, essential electrical systems (life safety, critical, and equipment branches), infection control risk assessments (ICRA/ICRMR), smoke compartments and fire/egress requirements, LEED certification levels, MRI zoning, asbestos classifications, and key facility finance calculations (FCI, LCC, ROI, payback period). Includes worked calculation examples for air changes per hour, pressurization, and financial formulas. Updated for 2026/2027 and graded A+ — perfect for CHFM certification exam prep and quick review.

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CHC Final Exam Prep Questions 2024/2025 | Actual Questions and Answers
Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+)



ASHE - ✔✔American Society for Healthcare Engineering



Air exchanges per hour calculation - ✔✔(CFM x 60) / (Area x Height)



Most procedure rooms need to be ____________ pressurized - ✔✔Positively



Bronc rooms need to be ___________ pressurized - ✔✔Negatively (due to aerosolized things that can
generate during procedure)



Critical access hospitals have less than ______ beds - ✔✔25



Acronym "OB" stands for - ✔✔Obsterics



Acronym "LDR" stands for - ✔✔Labor delivery recovery



Acronym "LDRP" stands for - ✔✔Labor delivery recovery post partum



C-section stands for - ✔✔Caesarian section



Does performing a C-section require a "surgery room" - ✔✔Yes



Acronym "NICU" stands for - ✔✔Neonatal Intensive Care Unit



Acronym "ICU" stands for - ✔✔Intensive care unit

,Acronym "PICU" stands for - ✔✔Pediatric intensive care unit



Acronym "SICU" stands for - ✔✔Surgical intensive care unit



Acronym "CICU" stands for - ✔✔Cardiac intensive care unit



Acronym "TCU" stands for - ✔✔Transitional care unit



Acronym "BMT Unit" stands for - ✔✔Bone Marrow Transplant unit



Bone marrow transplant (BMT) must be ___________ pressurized - ✔✔Positively



Protective environments require ______ air changes per hour with ______ _______ - ✔✔12 air changes;
HEPA filters



Airborne infection isolation rooms are _______pressurized - ✔✔Negative



Protective environments are _______pressurized to protect______ and requires ____ air changes/hr
and _______ filtration - ✔✔Positively; the patient; 12; HEPA



Burn treatment rooms should be ________ pressurized - ✔✔positively



Dirty spaces should be _______ pressurized - ✔✔Nagatively



Surgical procedure classification Class A requirements - ✔✔Procedures that require no anesthesia



Surgical procedure classification Class B requirements - ✔✔Procedures that require general anesthesia;
requires greater than 20 air changes/hr

, Surgical procedure classification Class C requirements - ✔✔Procedures that require general anesthesia;
requires greater than 20 air changes/hr but are larger rooms than class B



Burn units require ________ humidity environment - ✔✔high



Code requirements for room pressurizations, air changes, temperature, and humidity can be found in
_________ - ✔✔ASHRAE 170



List the types of imaging rooms that require lead shielding - ✔✔X-ray, CT, Nuclear, PET scan



Ultrasound rooms require _____ shielding - ✔✔None



Salaries and benifits, supplies, and some equipment are examples of ______ expenses - ✔✔Operations



Major construction/renovations, and major equipment are examples of _______ expenses - ✔✔Capital



__________ and ___________ is often used to determine whether purchases are capital or operations -
✔✔Cost, life expectancy



Medical air can only be used for _____________ - ✔✔human respiration and respiratory equipment (no
equipment)



Healthcare reimbursements come from - ✔✔Medicare, Medicade, Third-party payer (insurance)



HCAHPS Scores stands for - ✔✔Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
Scores



2012 Life Safety Code - ✔✔NFPA 101

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