FEDERAL NURSING HOME
ADMINISTRATOR EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025
,1) OBRA asserts some separate committees can be folded into the quality
improvement/assurance committee. Safety, Pharmacy and which committee below can
be added into QA/QI committee? - ANSWERInfection Control
2) Nursing homes are responsible for obtaining and providing dental care for residents.
Who usually pays for dental services? - ANSWERThe resident or a family member
3) A facility is not allowed to charge a resident who is Medicaid and Medicare eligible
except for: - ANSWERCo-pays
4) You calculate the average percent of occupancy by: - ANSWERDividing the total
census (occupied bed days) by the total number of days, then multiply by 100
5) Resident's rights should be explained to the resident and or family member: -
ANSWERPrior to admission
6) In case of an emergency, when no attending or back up physician is available, the
decision as to who will attend to the resident is to be made by the: -
ANSWERAdministrator
7) Federal law states that facilities must retain menus of food actually served for at
least: - ANSWER30 days
8) A resident with a living will and DPOA specified she wants to receive heroic
measures if necessary. Six months later the resident requires CPR, but is now
incompetent and the son request CPR be withheld. What is the right thing to do? -
ANSWERProvide the CPR
9) A resident asks to see his chart. The doctor tells the nurse not to allow the resident
access to the chart. What do you do? - ANSWERTell the doctor the law gives the
resident the right to view the medical records
10) Medical records belong to: - ANSWERFacility
11) When a resident passes away, the personal funds deposited with the facility must
be given to the resident's estate with a final accounting of the funds within: -
ANSWER30 days
12) The suffix "algia" refers to: - ANSWERPain
13) Physical restraints must be removed: - ANSWEREvery two hours
, 14) Depression is one of many psychological changes related to the aging process.
Others include the following except for: - ANSWERHearing loss
15) "Nosocomal" refers to - ANSWERInfection occurring inside the facility
(institutionalized)
17) A capital budget is mostly about: - ANSWEREquipment and real estate
18) Current debts are debts that are: - ANSWERDue within one year
19) A ledger is a complete listing of: - ANSWERAccounts payable and receivable
20) Which resource usually provides the least revenue for a nursing home? -
ANSWERInsurance
20) Past due accounts should not exceed: - ANSWER5%
21) All of the following are a cash expense except: - ANSWERDepreciation
22) A pro forma is primarily - ANSWERA financial statement or prediction
23) A function of management is controlling, which means: - ANSWERMeasuring
outcomes against benchmarks, then responding
24) OBRA requires every facility to have: - ANSWERA governing body - The Omnibus
Reconciliation Act
25) Management by objectives means: - ANSWERA system that determines goals and
objectives
26) Policies are: - ANSWERGeneral and flexible statements that guid thinking
27) Procedures are: - ANSWERNot flexable
28) Short range (tactical) goals can be accomplished - ANSWERIn less than one year
29) Policies should be developed by the: - ANSWERGoverning body
30) The charge nurse is considered - ANSWERLine level management
31) McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y discuss individual's: - ANSWEREmployees's
attitudes towards work
32) Decision making requires all of the following except: - ANSWERControlling behavior
ADMINISTRATOR EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025
,1) OBRA asserts some separate committees can be folded into the quality
improvement/assurance committee. Safety, Pharmacy and which committee below can
be added into QA/QI committee? - ANSWERInfection Control
2) Nursing homes are responsible for obtaining and providing dental care for residents.
Who usually pays for dental services? - ANSWERThe resident or a family member
3) A facility is not allowed to charge a resident who is Medicaid and Medicare eligible
except for: - ANSWERCo-pays
4) You calculate the average percent of occupancy by: - ANSWERDividing the total
census (occupied bed days) by the total number of days, then multiply by 100
5) Resident's rights should be explained to the resident and or family member: -
ANSWERPrior to admission
6) In case of an emergency, when no attending or back up physician is available, the
decision as to who will attend to the resident is to be made by the: -
ANSWERAdministrator
7) Federal law states that facilities must retain menus of food actually served for at
least: - ANSWER30 days
8) A resident with a living will and DPOA specified she wants to receive heroic
measures if necessary. Six months later the resident requires CPR, but is now
incompetent and the son request CPR be withheld. What is the right thing to do? -
ANSWERProvide the CPR
9) A resident asks to see his chart. The doctor tells the nurse not to allow the resident
access to the chart. What do you do? - ANSWERTell the doctor the law gives the
resident the right to view the medical records
10) Medical records belong to: - ANSWERFacility
11) When a resident passes away, the personal funds deposited with the facility must
be given to the resident's estate with a final accounting of the funds within: -
ANSWER30 days
12) The suffix "algia" refers to: - ANSWERPain
13) Physical restraints must be removed: - ANSWEREvery two hours
, 14) Depression is one of many psychological changes related to the aging process.
Others include the following except for: - ANSWERHearing loss
15) "Nosocomal" refers to - ANSWERInfection occurring inside the facility
(institutionalized)
17) A capital budget is mostly about: - ANSWEREquipment and real estate
18) Current debts are debts that are: - ANSWERDue within one year
19) A ledger is a complete listing of: - ANSWERAccounts payable and receivable
20) Which resource usually provides the least revenue for a nursing home? -
ANSWERInsurance
20) Past due accounts should not exceed: - ANSWER5%
21) All of the following are a cash expense except: - ANSWERDepreciation
22) A pro forma is primarily - ANSWERA financial statement or prediction
23) A function of management is controlling, which means: - ANSWERMeasuring
outcomes against benchmarks, then responding
24) OBRA requires every facility to have: - ANSWERA governing body - The Omnibus
Reconciliation Act
25) Management by objectives means: - ANSWERA system that determines goals and
objectives
26) Policies are: - ANSWERGeneral and flexible statements that guid thinking
27) Procedures are: - ANSWERNot flexable
28) Short range (tactical) goals can be accomplished - ANSWERIn less than one year
29) Policies should be developed by the: - ANSWERGoverning body
30) The charge nurse is considered - ANSWERLine level management
31) McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y discuss individual's: - ANSWEREmployees's
attitudes towards work
32) Decision making requires all of the following except: - ANSWERControlling behavior
