ALF CORE TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED
A+ NEWLY UPDATED 2025
Who reviews a facility's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
(CEMP)?
✔✔ The county’s emergency management office.
Which organization is responsible for licensing Assisted Living Facilities
(ALFs)?
✔✔ The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).
Who investigates reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation in ALFs?
✔✔ The Department of Children and Families (DCF).
How should an assisted living facility be operated?
✔✔ As a residential setting that provides supportive services.
In the context of Chapter 429, Florida Statutes, what does "Agency" refer
to?
✔✔ The Agency for Health Care Administration.
What is required for a facility to obtain a Limited Nursing Services (LNS)
license?
✔✔ The facility must not have had serious administrative penalties related to
resident health or safety within the past 24 months.
What does providing "personal services" include in an ALF?
✔✔ Offering supervision or direct help with self-administered medications,
but not administering them.
Which agency conducts sanitation inspections for ALFs?
✔✔ The Department of Health.
,Who is responsible for inspecting ALFs' food hygiene practices?
✔✔ The local health department.
What services can facilities with an Extended Congregate Care (ECC)
license provide?
✔✔ Any nursing service within the licensed nurse's scope of practice.
Assisted living facilities with a standard license may - ANSWERS✔✔employ
nurses to administer medications to residents
Any entity that provides housing, meals and one or more personal services to
more than 2 persons who are not relatives for a period exceeding 24 hours
must have an assisted living license unless - ANSWERS✔✔licensed as an
Adult Family Care Home
When a representative of the Department of Children and Families or the
Agency for Health Care or the Long Term Care Ombudsman comes to your
ALF - ANSWERS✔✔you may ask to see identification
Assisted living services should be provided - ANSWERS✔✔in a manner that
promotes the dignity and individuality of residents
Operating an unlicensed assisted living facility is - ANSWERS✔✔a third-
degree felony
Facilities seeking to obtain an extended congregate care license -
ANSWERS✔✔must develop policies and procedures and residency criteria
specifically for extended congregate care
Perimeter or egress control devices and equipment must -
ANSWERS✔✔comply with all life safety requirements
Residents sleeping rooms designed for double occupancy must have a
minimum square footage of ___ usable floor space per occupant -
ANSWERS✔✔60 square feet
Temperatures must be maintained at ___ when residents are normally awake -
ANSWERS✔✔at least 72 degrees
, There must be at least one bathroom with at least one toilet and sink for every -
ANSWERS✔✔6 persons
Resident bathrooms must have - ANSWERS✔✔a working door
In order to license a room as a resident sleeping room - ANSWERS✔✔the
room must be at least 80 square feet
Legacy facilities that are fully sprinklered must conduct - ANSWERS✔✔6 fire
drills per year
The shower or tub ratio to residents is - ANSWERS✔✔1 to 8
An assisted living facility that receives its certificate of occupancy on or after
July 1, 2016 must comply with - ANSWERS✔✔NFPA 101 and NFPA 101A
current editions
Assisted living facilities must provide - ANSWERS✔✔areas separate from
bedrooms for activities
When calculating the minimum square footage requirement for living and
dining space - ANSWERS✔✔live-in staff and family members must be
included in the ratio
Fire evacuation capability determination must be completed -
ANSWERS✔✔within 6 months of becoming licensed as an ALF
If a facility has a limited nursing services license - ANSWERS✔✔a resident
who requires intravenous therapy administered in the facility may be admitted
if this is agreeable to the ALF
A resident being admitted to an ALF may - ANSWERS✔✔receive assistance
from more than one person to transfer
For residents placed by the Department of Children and Families, the 1823
must be completed - ANSWERS✔✔within 30 days prior to admission
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED
A+ NEWLY UPDATED 2025
Who reviews a facility's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
(CEMP)?
✔✔ The county’s emergency management office.
Which organization is responsible for licensing Assisted Living Facilities
(ALFs)?
✔✔ The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).
Who investigates reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation in ALFs?
✔✔ The Department of Children and Families (DCF).
How should an assisted living facility be operated?
✔✔ As a residential setting that provides supportive services.
In the context of Chapter 429, Florida Statutes, what does "Agency" refer
to?
✔✔ The Agency for Health Care Administration.
What is required for a facility to obtain a Limited Nursing Services (LNS)
license?
✔✔ The facility must not have had serious administrative penalties related to
resident health or safety within the past 24 months.
What does providing "personal services" include in an ALF?
✔✔ Offering supervision or direct help with self-administered medications,
but not administering them.
Which agency conducts sanitation inspections for ALFs?
✔✔ The Department of Health.
,Who is responsible for inspecting ALFs' food hygiene practices?
✔✔ The local health department.
What services can facilities with an Extended Congregate Care (ECC)
license provide?
✔✔ Any nursing service within the licensed nurse's scope of practice.
Assisted living facilities with a standard license may - ANSWERS✔✔employ
nurses to administer medications to residents
Any entity that provides housing, meals and one or more personal services to
more than 2 persons who are not relatives for a period exceeding 24 hours
must have an assisted living license unless - ANSWERS✔✔licensed as an
Adult Family Care Home
When a representative of the Department of Children and Families or the
Agency for Health Care or the Long Term Care Ombudsman comes to your
ALF - ANSWERS✔✔you may ask to see identification
Assisted living services should be provided - ANSWERS✔✔in a manner that
promotes the dignity and individuality of residents
Operating an unlicensed assisted living facility is - ANSWERS✔✔a third-
degree felony
Facilities seeking to obtain an extended congregate care license -
ANSWERS✔✔must develop policies and procedures and residency criteria
specifically for extended congregate care
Perimeter or egress control devices and equipment must -
ANSWERS✔✔comply with all life safety requirements
Residents sleeping rooms designed for double occupancy must have a
minimum square footage of ___ usable floor space per occupant -
ANSWERS✔✔60 square feet
Temperatures must be maintained at ___ when residents are normally awake -
ANSWERS✔✔at least 72 degrees
, There must be at least one bathroom with at least one toilet and sink for every -
ANSWERS✔✔6 persons
Resident bathrooms must have - ANSWERS✔✔a working door
In order to license a room as a resident sleeping room - ANSWERS✔✔the
room must be at least 80 square feet
Legacy facilities that are fully sprinklered must conduct - ANSWERS✔✔6 fire
drills per year
The shower or tub ratio to residents is - ANSWERS✔✔1 to 8
An assisted living facility that receives its certificate of occupancy on or after
July 1, 2016 must comply with - ANSWERS✔✔NFPA 101 and NFPA 101A
current editions
Assisted living facilities must provide - ANSWERS✔✔areas separate from
bedrooms for activities
When calculating the minimum square footage requirement for living and
dining space - ANSWERS✔✔live-in staff and family members must be
included in the ratio
Fire evacuation capability determination must be completed -
ANSWERS✔✔within 6 months of becoming licensed as an ALF
If a facility has a limited nursing services license - ANSWERS✔✔a resident
who requires intravenous therapy administered in the facility may be admitted
if this is agreeable to the ALF
A resident being admitted to an ALF may - ANSWERS✔✔receive assistance
from more than one person to transfer
For residents placed by the Department of Children and Families, the 1823
must be completed - ANSWERS✔✔within 30 days prior to admission
