NJ CALA EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+}
LATEST EXAM!!! LATEST EXAM!! 2025
CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - ANS✔✔--A facility which is licensed by the
Department of Health and Senior Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted
living services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to the proprietor.
Residential units in this type of facility have no more than two residents and have a lockable door
on the unit entrance.
CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - ANS✔✔--A facility that has received a
certificate of authority pursuant to the _________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300
et seq.
Customized Resident Medication Package - ANS✔✔--A unit-of-use package prepared by a
pharmacist for a specific resident comprising a series of containers and containing two or more
prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day and time, or
period of time, that the contents within each container are to be taken.
Guardian - ANS✔✔--A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the
affairs and protect the rights of any resident of the facility who has been declared a mental
incompetent. This does not include a person affiliated with the facility, its operations or personnel,
unless so ordered by the court.
Health Care Service - ANS✔✔--Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or
comprehensive personal care home that is ordered by a physician and required to be provided or
delegated by a licensed, registered or certified health care professional.
Hospice - ANS✔✔--A program of palliative and supportive services provided to terminally ill
persons and their families in the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
Managed Risk - ANS✔✔--The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the
health and safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's
preference or decision places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse
consequences, such risks or consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident
agrees, a resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or adverse
outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18.
,Manage Risk Agreement - ANS✔✔--The written formal plan developed in consideration of
shared responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living values and negotiated between the
resident and the facility or program to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse outcomes which may
occur in an assisted living environment.
Medication Administration - ANS✔✔--A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological
is given to a resident by an authorized individual in accordance with all laws and regulations
governing such procedures.
Process of Medication Administration - ANS✔✔--1.) Removing an individual dose from a
previously dispensed, properly labeled container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the method of administration,
time administered, initials of individuals who administered the medication, and effect of the
medication when "PRN" or as-needed medications are administered.
Dignity - ANS✔✔--The self-worth of a resident.
Independence - ANS✔✔--The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation
of resident abilities so that the resident's preferences and choices may be implemented within a
barrier-free environment.
Individuality - ANS✔✔--Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds
and preferences.
Aging in Place - ANS✔✔--A process whereby individuals remain in their living environment
despite the physical and/mental decline and growing needs for supportive services that may occur
in the course of aging.
ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - ANS✔✔--The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed
either independently or with supervision or assistance, such as: dressing, bathing, toileting,
transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
Assisted Living - ANS✔✔--A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services 24
hours per day, to residents who have been assessed to need these services including persons who
require nursing home level care. It promotes resident self direction and participation in decisions
that emphasize independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
Bounded Choice - ANS✔✔--Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which indicates that such resident's choices or preference place
the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to consequences which violate the norms of the
facility or program or the rights of others.
,MAR (Medication Administration Record) - ANS✔✔--An individual resident record that contains,
but is not limited to: resident name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and
medication strength, dosage form, route of administration, frequency, date and time of
administration, initials of individual administering the medication, a section containing the full
signature and title of each individual who initials it, date medication ordered, stop date if
appliacable, allergies, and all other professionally acceptable information that is appropriate.
30-hour - ANS✔✔--A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation Program
is a department approved minimum ____________ training course conducted by a Department
approved registered professional nurse and registered pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs,
in the administration of medications to residents, within assisted living residences, comprehensive
personal care homes and assisted living programs.
Nursing Home-Level Care - ANS✔✔--An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It
is provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) resulting in moderate to severe
impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive, and/or psychosocial functioning. It is determined by
a registered professional nurse and identified in a plan of care.
Pain Management - ANS✔✔--In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means the assessment of pain
and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs of patients or residents of health care
facilities who experience problems with pain are met. Treatment of pain may include the use of
medication or application of other modalities and medical devices such as, but not limited to, heat
or cold, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic
techniques such as radiofrequency coagulation and cryotherapy.
Privacy - ANS✔✔--A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/or time; levels
of intimacy with family and others; and communication and contact with others outside the facility
or program environment.
Shared Responsibility - ANS✔✔--Residents (and if the resident wishes the resident's family) and
providers of assisted living services share responsibility for planning and decision making affecting
residents. To participate fully in this, residents shaw be provided with clear and understandable
information about the possible consequences of their decision-making, in accordance with the
provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:35-5.18(a)2.
Total Bed Complement - ANS✔✔--Another term for resident census.
.
20 percent - ANS✔✔--An assisted living facility shall indicate within 36 months of after licensure,
at least ______________ of the facility's residents shall be individuals with nursing home-level care.
This percentage shall be computed based upon the number of residents days per calendar year and
may include direct admissions as well as maintained residents with nursing home-level of care
needs.
Biennially - ANS✔✔--Each assisted living, comprehensive personal care home, and assisted living
program will be assessed and inspected __________________.
, Survey Visits - ANS✔✔--This may be made to a facility at any time by authorized staff of the
Department . Such may include, but not limited to, the review of all facility documents and resident
records and conferences with residents.
Facility Licensure - ANS✔✔--A licensure shall be granted for a period of one year or less as
determined by the Department.
Facility Licensure Renewal - ANS✔✔--The license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewed
annually on the original license date, or within 30 days thereafter as of the original licensure date.
The facility will receive a request for renewal fee 30 days prior to the expiration of the license. A
renewal license will not be issued unless the licensure fee is received by the Department.
Surrender of Facility License - ANS✔✔--The facility shall notify each resident, the resident's
physician, and any guarantors of payment at least 30 days prior to the voluntary surrender of a
license, or as directed under an order of revocation, refusal to renew, or suspension of license. In
such cases, the license shall be returned to the Long-Term Care Licensing Program of the
Department within 7 working days after the voluntary surrender, revocation, non-renewal, or
suspension of license.
CALA Qualifications - ANS✔✔--1.) 21 years or older; 2.) Possess a high school diploma or
equivalent; 3.) hold a CALA or LNHA license.
2 Years - ANS✔✔--An applicant for certification as an assisted living administrator shall sit for the
Assisted Living Competency Examination within ____________ of successful completion of the
assisted living training course.
3 Years - ANS✔✔--An assisted living administrator certification shall be valid for a period of
____________ from date of issue.
3 Years - ANS✔✔--At least once every ___________, on a schedule to be determined by the
Department, an assisted living administrator shall file an application for renewal of current
certification.
30 hours - ANS✔✔--Complete at least ____________, of continuing education regarding assisted
living concepts and related topics, as specified and approved by the Department of Health and
Senior Services.
Eligibility for Renewal - ANS✔✔--1.) Complete 30 hours of CEUs, 2.) Criminal History Background
Check
Unit Dose Drug Distribution System - ANS✔✔--A system in which medications are delivered to
the residents areas in single unit packaging, and which meets the following criteria:
1.) Each medication shall be individually wrapped and labeled with the generic or trade (brand)
name and strength of medication, lot number or reference code, expiration date, and
manufacturer's name, and shall be ready for administration to the resident.
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+}
LATEST EXAM!!! LATEST EXAM!! 2025
CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - ANS✔✔--A facility which is licensed by the
Department of Health and Senior Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted
living services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to the proprietor.
Residential units in this type of facility have no more than two residents and have a lockable door
on the unit entrance.
CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - ANS✔✔--A facility that has received a
certificate of authority pursuant to the _________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300
et seq.
Customized Resident Medication Package - ANS✔✔--A unit-of-use package prepared by a
pharmacist for a specific resident comprising a series of containers and containing two or more
prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day and time, or
period of time, that the contents within each container are to be taken.
Guardian - ANS✔✔--A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the
affairs and protect the rights of any resident of the facility who has been declared a mental
incompetent. This does not include a person affiliated with the facility, its operations or personnel,
unless so ordered by the court.
Health Care Service - ANS✔✔--Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or
comprehensive personal care home that is ordered by a physician and required to be provided or
delegated by a licensed, registered or certified health care professional.
Hospice - ANS✔✔--A program of palliative and supportive services provided to terminally ill
persons and their families in the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
Managed Risk - ANS✔✔--The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the
health and safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's
preference or decision places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse
consequences, such risks or consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident
agrees, a resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or adverse
outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18.
,Manage Risk Agreement - ANS✔✔--The written formal plan developed in consideration of
shared responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living values and negotiated between the
resident and the facility or program to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse outcomes which may
occur in an assisted living environment.
Medication Administration - ANS✔✔--A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological
is given to a resident by an authorized individual in accordance with all laws and regulations
governing such procedures.
Process of Medication Administration - ANS✔✔--1.) Removing an individual dose from a
previously dispensed, properly labeled container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the method of administration,
time administered, initials of individuals who administered the medication, and effect of the
medication when "PRN" or as-needed medications are administered.
Dignity - ANS✔✔--The self-worth of a resident.
Independence - ANS✔✔--The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation
of resident abilities so that the resident's preferences and choices may be implemented within a
barrier-free environment.
Individuality - ANS✔✔--Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds
and preferences.
Aging in Place - ANS✔✔--A process whereby individuals remain in their living environment
despite the physical and/mental decline and growing needs for supportive services that may occur
in the course of aging.
ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - ANS✔✔--The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed
either independently or with supervision or assistance, such as: dressing, bathing, toileting,
transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
Assisted Living - ANS✔✔--A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services 24
hours per day, to residents who have been assessed to need these services including persons who
require nursing home level care. It promotes resident self direction and participation in decisions
that emphasize independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
Bounded Choice - ANS✔✔--Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which indicates that such resident's choices or preference place
the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to consequences which violate the norms of the
facility or program or the rights of others.
,MAR (Medication Administration Record) - ANS✔✔--An individual resident record that contains,
but is not limited to: resident name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and
medication strength, dosage form, route of administration, frequency, date and time of
administration, initials of individual administering the medication, a section containing the full
signature and title of each individual who initials it, date medication ordered, stop date if
appliacable, allergies, and all other professionally acceptable information that is appropriate.
30-hour - ANS✔✔--A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation Program
is a department approved minimum ____________ training course conducted by a Department
approved registered professional nurse and registered pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs,
in the administration of medications to residents, within assisted living residences, comprehensive
personal care homes and assisted living programs.
Nursing Home-Level Care - ANS✔✔--An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It
is provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) resulting in moderate to severe
impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive, and/or psychosocial functioning. It is determined by
a registered professional nurse and identified in a plan of care.
Pain Management - ANS✔✔--In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means the assessment of pain
and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs of patients or residents of health care
facilities who experience problems with pain are met. Treatment of pain may include the use of
medication or application of other modalities and medical devices such as, but not limited to, heat
or cold, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic
techniques such as radiofrequency coagulation and cryotherapy.
Privacy - ANS✔✔--A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/or time; levels
of intimacy with family and others; and communication and contact with others outside the facility
or program environment.
Shared Responsibility - ANS✔✔--Residents (and if the resident wishes the resident's family) and
providers of assisted living services share responsibility for planning and decision making affecting
residents. To participate fully in this, residents shaw be provided with clear and understandable
information about the possible consequences of their decision-making, in accordance with the
provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:35-5.18(a)2.
Total Bed Complement - ANS✔✔--Another term for resident census.
.
20 percent - ANS✔✔--An assisted living facility shall indicate within 36 months of after licensure,
at least ______________ of the facility's residents shall be individuals with nursing home-level care.
This percentage shall be computed based upon the number of residents days per calendar year and
may include direct admissions as well as maintained residents with nursing home-level of care
needs.
Biennially - ANS✔✔--Each assisted living, comprehensive personal care home, and assisted living
program will be assessed and inspected __________________.
, Survey Visits - ANS✔✔--This may be made to a facility at any time by authorized staff of the
Department . Such may include, but not limited to, the review of all facility documents and resident
records and conferences with residents.
Facility Licensure - ANS✔✔--A licensure shall be granted for a period of one year or less as
determined by the Department.
Facility Licensure Renewal - ANS✔✔--The license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewed
annually on the original license date, or within 30 days thereafter as of the original licensure date.
The facility will receive a request for renewal fee 30 days prior to the expiration of the license. A
renewal license will not be issued unless the licensure fee is received by the Department.
Surrender of Facility License - ANS✔✔--The facility shall notify each resident, the resident's
physician, and any guarantors of payment at least 30 days prior to the voluntary surrender of a
license, or as directed under an order of revocation, refusal to renew, or suspension of license. In
such cases, the license shall be returned to the Long-Term Care Licensing Program of the
Department within 7 working days after the voluntary surrender, revocation, non-renewal, or
suspension of license.
CALA Qualifications - ANS✔✔--1.) 21 years or older; 2.) Possess a high school diploma or
equivalent; 3.) hold a CALA or LNHA license.
2 Years - ANS✔✔--An applicant for certification as an assisted living administrator shall sit for the
Assisted Living Competency Examination within ____________ of successful completion of the
assisted living training course.
3 Years - ANS✔✔--An assisted living administrator certification shall be valid for a period of
____________ from date of issue.
3 Years - ANS✔✔--At least once every ___________, on a schedule to be determined by the
Department, an assisted living administrator shall file an application for renewal of current
certification.
30 hours - ANS✔✔--Complete at least ____________, of continuing education regarding assisted
living concepts and related topics, as specified and approved by the Department of Health and
Senior Services.
Eligibility for Renewal - ANS✔✔--1.) Complete 30 hours of CEUs, 2.) Criminal History Background
Check
Unit Dose Drug Distribution System - ANS✔✔--A system in which medications are delivered to
the residents areas in single unit packaging, and which meets the following criteria:
1.) Each medication shall be individually wrapped and labeled with the generic or trade (brand)
name and strength of medication, lot number or reference code, expiration date, and
manufacturer's name, and shall be ready for administration to the resident.
