NCCAP National Exam Pt.2 | Actual Questions and Answers
Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
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Activity
- ✔✔A physical and meaningful experience that enhances mind, body and soul. Can either
be performed in a group atmosphere or individually structured to suit specific needs.
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Leisure
- ✔✔Time to relax and enjoy ones personal interests
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Recreation
- ✔✔An activity that promotes health, either physical or emotional, in an enjoyable and
relaxing manner.
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Continuum of Care
- ✔✔Facilities that one can attend or reside in that offer services for a specific need.
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Organization
- ✔✔A structure united with a mutual need in mind. The second managerial function. The
grouping of activities and resources into organizational units, such as departments or
sections, and staffing these departments to accomplish the work of the organization.
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Chain of Command
- ✔✔Starts with someone in charge such as an administrator. Advisement is passed down
from the administrator to the staff through the department heads.
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Organizational Chart
- ✔✔A diagram that shows all levels of management and the lines of authority and
communication within an organization.
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Authority
- ✔✔The right or power to act, to decide, and to command others. Having the power to make
decisions and delegate.
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Accountability
- ✔✔Taking responsibility for ones actions.
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Responsibility
- ✔✔Tasks a person is in charge of completing. Goes hand in hand with accountability.
Duties associated with a job.
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Departmentalization
- ✔✔Setting up units of assigned activities and delegating authority to a supervisor
(department head) responsible for performance.
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Profession
- ✔✔A type of job that requires special education, training, or skill.
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Professionalism
- ✔✔The orchestrated manner in which one carries out their work.
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Certification
- ✔✔Official approval to do something professionally or legally.
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Professional Organizations
- ✔✔A network of professionals who are interested and committed to helping one another.
Major support groups where problems and concerns are shared and possible solutions are
suggested.
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Ethics
- ✔✔Moral standard of conduct and behavior. The study of what is morally good and bad,
right and wrong regarding human behavior and human characteristics.
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Advocacy
- ✔✔To act, speak, or write in support of an issue.
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Protesting
- ✔✔Strongly expressing ones objection to an issue.
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Activism
- ✔✔Vigorous involvement in order to achieve a goal.
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Regulatory Requirements
, - ✔✔All Medicare and Medicaid skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities are surveyed
under the OBRA regulations.
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Interpretive Guidelines
- ✔✔"Professional standards of quality" means services that are provided according to
accepted standards of clinical practice. Standards regarding quality care practices may be
published by a professional organization, licensing board, accreditation body or other
regulatory agency.
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Survey Process
- ✔✔Focus is outcome of care. Residents and care provided are observed. Residents,
family, staff and volunteers are interviewed, and residents' medical records are reviewed to
be sure they were congruent and that residents were receiving quality care.
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Deficiency
- ✔✔Once the investigation is complete, the regulatory requirements have been reviewed,
and it has been determined that noncompliance exists. Severity is based on the resultant
effect or potential for harm to the resident.
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Plan of Correction
- ✔✔If residents are not in immediate danger, the facility will be given a designated time
frame to correct deficiency.
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CMS
- ✔✔Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Established by the United States
Government to process the medical claims for those persons who are covered by this
national insurance program. Physicians and medical facilities send claims to these centers
for payment.
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Life Course Perspective
- ✔✔How one experiences a timetable of life events and society looks upon how a person
chooses his/her life course.
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Life Span
- ✔✔The greatest number of years a person can live.
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Theories on Aging
- ✔✔Developed to explain the underlying causes of aging including, physical aspects
(biological theories) and psychological and social aspects (psychosocial theories).
Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
•
Activity
- ✔✔A physical and meaningful experience that enhances mind, body and soul. Can either
be performed in a group atmosphere or individually structured to suit specific needs.
•
Leisure
- ✔✔Time to relax and enjoy ones personal interests
•
Recreation
- ✔✔An activity that promotes health, either physical or emotional, in an enjoyable and
relaxing manner.
•
Continuum of Care
- ✔✔Facilities that one can attend or reside in that offer services for a specific need.
•
Organization
- ✔✔A structure united with a mutual need in mind. The second managerial function. The
grouping of activities and resources into organizational units, such as departments or
sections, and staffing these departments to accomplish the work of the organization.
•
Chain of Command
- ✔✔Starts with someone in charge such as an administrator. Advisement is passed down
from the administrator to the staff through the department heads.
•
Organizational Chart
- ✔✔A diagram that shows all levels of management and the lines of authority and
communication within an organization.
•
Authority
- ✔✔The right or power to act, to decide, and to command others. Having the power to make
decisions and delegate.
•
Accountability
- ✔✔Taking responsibility for ones actions.
,•
Responsibility
- ✔✔Tasks a person is in charge of completing. Goes hand in hand with accountability.
Duties associated with a job.
•
Departmentalization
- ✔✔Setting up units of assigned activities and delegating authority to a supervisor
(department head) responsible for performance.
•
Profession
- ✔✔A type of job that requires special education, training, or skill.
•
Professionalism
- ✔✔The orchestrated manner in which one carries out their work.
•
Certification
- ✔✔Official approval to do something professionally or legally.
•
Professional Organizations
- ✔✔A network of professionals who are interested and committed to helping one another.
Major support groups where problems and concerns are shared and possible solutions are
suggested.
•
Ethics
- ✔✔Moral standard of conduct and behavior. The study of what is morally good and bad,
right and wrong regarding human behavior and human characteristics.
•
Advocacy
- ✔✔To act, speak, or write in support of an issue.
•
Protesting
- ✔✔Strongly expressing ones objection to an issue.
•
Activism
- ✔✔Vigorous involvement in order to achieve a goal.
•
Regulatory Requirements
, - ✔✔All Medicare and Medicaid skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities are surveyed
under the OBRA regulations.
•
Interpretive Guidelines
- ✔✔"Professional standards of quality" means services that are provided according to
accepted standards of clinical practice. Standards regarding quality care practices may be
published by a professional organization, licensing board, accreditation body or other
regulatory agency.
•
Survey Process
- ✔✔Focus is outcome of care. Residents and care provided are observed. Residents,
family, staff and volunteers are interviewed, and residents' medical records are reviewed to
be sure they were congruent and that residents were receiving quality care.
•
Deficiency
- ✔✔Once the investigation is complete, the regulatory requirements have been reviewed,
and it has been determined that noncompliance exists. Severity is based on the resultant
effect or potential for harm to the resident.
•
Plan of Correction
- ✔✔If residents are not in immediate danger, the facility will be given a designated time
frame to correct deficiency.
•
CMS
- ✔✔Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Established by the United States
Government to process the medical claims for those persons who are covered by this
national insurance program. Physicians and medical facilities send claims to these centers
for payment.
•
Life Course Perspective
- ✔✔How one experiences a timetable of life events and society looks upon how a person
chooses his/her life course.
•
Life Span
- ✔✔The greatest number of years a person can live.
•
Theories on Aging
- ✔✔Developed to explain the underlying causes of aging including, physical aspects
(biological theories) and psychological and social aspects (psychosocial theories).
