KANSAS ADULT CARE HOME OPERATOR (ACHO)
EXAM NEWEST 2026/2027 EXAM PREP WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES |
ALREADY GRADED A+|ACHO LATEST UPDATE
|BRAND NEW VERSION!!
1. In Kansas, an adult care home is licensed by which state agency?
A) Kansas Department of Health and Environment
B) Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)
C) Kansas Department of Education
D) Kansas Insurance Department
Answer: B
Rationale: KDADS licenses and regulates adult care homes in Kansas.
2. The administrator is responsible for ensuring that residents receive:
A) Only medical care
B) Services necessary to attain or maintain the highest practicable well-being
C) Care only if they can pay privately
D) Services only during daytime hours
Answer: B
,Rationale: Federal and Kansas rules require services to promote each resident’s
highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
3. A resident has the right to be informed of charges and to receive:
A) Free transportation
B) A written statement of services and charges
C) A private room always
D) Unlimited visitors
Answer: B
Rationale: Residents must receive written information about services, charges,
and payment sources.
4. Which of the following is considered abuse?
A) Providing needed medication
B) Hitting, threatening, or intimidating a resident
C) Assisting with bathing
D) Offering a therapeutic diet
Answer: B
Rationale: Physical, verbal, and psychological abuse are prohibited and must be
reported.
5. Mandatory abuse reporting in Kansas requires reporting to:
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,A) The resident’s family only
B) KDADS and appropriate law enforcement or ombudsman
C) The dietary manager
D) The activity director
Answer: B
Rationale: Suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation must be reported promptly
to required authorities.
6. A resident’s personal funds must be:
A) Mixed with facility funds
B) Separately accounted for and protected
C) Used for staff bonuses
D) Kept in the administrator’s desk
Answer: B
Rationale: Resident funds must be safeguarded, accounted for, and not
commingled with facility funds.
7. The resident has the right to choose:
A) Only the facility’s assigned physician
B) Their own physician and to participate in care planning
C) Their roommate without any facility limits
D) To refuse all meals
Answer: B
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, Rationale: Residents have the right to choose their physician and be involved in
care decisions.
8. Restraints may be used:
A) For staff convenience
B) Only when necessary to treat a medical symptom and with proper
orders/monitoring
C) As punishment
D) Without a physician’s order
Answer: B
Rationale: Restraints require a physician’s order, least restrictive alternative, and
frequent monitoring.
9. A resident’s care plan must be:
A) Written only by the administrator
B) Reviewed and updated regularly by an interdisciplinary team
C) Kept secret from the resident
D) Changed only annually
Answer: B
Rationale: Care plans are developed with the resident/family and reviewed
periodically and with significant change.
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EXAM NEWEST 2026/2027 EXAM PREP WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES |
ALREADY GRADED A+|ACHO LATEST UPDATE
|BRAND NEW VERSION!!
1. In Kansas, an adult care home is licensed by which state agency?
A) Kansas Department of Health and Environment
B) Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)
C) Kansas Department of Education
D) Kansas Insurance Department
Answer: B
Rationale: KDADS licenses and regulates adult care homes in Kansas.
2. The administrator is responsible for ensuring that residents receive:
A) Only medical care
B) Services necessary to attain or maintain the highest practicable well-being
C) Care only if they can pay privately
D) Services only during daytime hours
Answer: B
,Rationale: Federal and Kansas rules require services to promote each resident’s
highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
3. A resident has the right to be informed of charges and to receive:
A) Free transportation
B) A written statement of services and charges
C) A private room always
D) Unlimited visitors
Answer: B
Rationale: Residents must receive written information about services, charges,
and payment sources.
4. Which of the following is considered abuse?
A) Providing needed medication
B) Hitting, threatening, or intimidating a resident
C) Assisting with bathing
D) Offering a therapeutic diet
Answer: B
Rationale: Physical, verbal, and psychological abuse are prohibited and must be
reported.
5. Mandatory abuse reporting in Kansas requires reporting to:
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,A) The resident’s family only
B) KDADS and appropriate law enforcement or ombudsman
C) The dietary manager
D) The activity director
Answer: B
Rationale: Suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation must be reported promptly
to required authorities.
6. A resident’s personal funds must be:
A) Mixed with facility funds
B) Separately accounted for and protected
C) Used for staff bonuses
D) Kept in the administrator’s desk
Answer: B
Rationale: Resident funds must be safeguarded, accounted for, and not
commingled with facility funds.
7. The resident has the right to choose:
A) Only the facility’s assigned physician
B) Their own physician and to participate in care planning
C) Their roommate without any facility limits
D) To refuse all meals
Answer: B
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, Rationale: Residents have the right to choose their physician and be involved in
care decisions.
8. Restraints may be used:
A) For staff convenience
B) Only when necessary to treat a medical symptom and with proper
orders/monitoring
C) As punishment
D) Without a physician’s order
Answer: B
Rationale: Restraints require a physician’s order, least restrictive alternative, and
frequent monitoring.
9. A resident’s care plan must be:
A) Written only by the administrator
B) Reviewed and updated regularly by an interdisciplinary team
C) Kept secret from the resident
D) Changed only annually
Answer: B
Rationale: Care plans are developed with the resident/family and reviewed
periodically and with significant change.
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