NAB Core Exam Study Guide Questions
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Alternatives to an advance directive include a:
1. living will, Healthcare Power of Attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
2. Durable Power of Attorney, last will and testament, and living trust
3. right of survivorship, Do Not resuscitate (DNR) order, and appointment of
executor
4. living trust, living will, and medical order for life-sustaining treatment -
ANSWER -1. living will, Healthcare Power of Attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate
(DNR) order
A symptom of dehydration is:
1. difficulty walking
2. diarrhea
3. vomiting
4. poor skin turgor - ANSWER -4. poor skin turgor
One goal of effective dementia care is to:
1. protect care recipients from all safety hazards regardless of abilities and needs
2. treat all care recipients the same to avoid favoritism and prevent staff from
getting too close to care recipients
3. provide personalized care based on knowledge of care recipients abilities and
needs
4. ensure that all decisions are made by a care recipient's family members -
ANSWER -3. provide personalized care based on knowledge of care recipients
abilities and needs
An administrator decides to have care recipients participate in menu planning and
grocery shopping. This policy would:
1. free staff members for other duties
2. violate sanitation regulations
3. reduce dietary costs
4. help care recipients to maintain a sense of involvement and of being needed -
ANSWER -4. help care recipients to maintain a sense of involvement and of being
needed
ROM is an abbreviation for:
,1. range of motion
2. rehabilitative outcome measurement
3. rehabilitative outcome management
4. range of measurement - ANSWER -1. range of motion
What word is defined as an acquired, persistent impairment of intellectual function
with compromise in at least three spheres of mental activity?
1. Alzheimer's
2. Delirium
3. Dementia
4. Encephalopathy - ANSWER -3. Dementia
Person-centered care is a transformation from an institutional model of care to a:
1. customer full-assist model
2. healthcare model
3. consumer-directed model
4. staff-directed model - ANSWER -3. consumer-directed model
Which of the following items expresses a person's end-of-life wishes for medical
treatment?
1. Guardian Appointment Order (GAO)
2. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
3. Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
4. Oregon Death with Dignity Act (ODWDA) - ANSWER -2. Physician Orders for
Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
Delirium is a medical issue defined as a:
1. state of mental confusion characterized by disorientation
2. slow onset of cognitive deficits
3. cognitive decline not connected to other conditions
4. progressive illness that causes memory lapses - ANSWER -1. state of mental
confusion characterized by disorientation
A foreign-language-speaking care recipient is admitted to a healthcare
organization. The foreign language spoken by the care recipient is not commonly
spoken in the region where the organization is located. As part of communicating
care recipient rights, the organization should:
1. have the care recipient write a signed statement verifying that the care recipient
understands care recipient rights
,2. explain the rights to a representative of the care recipient who can then explain
the rights to the care recipient
3. use pictures to explain the rights to the care recipient
4. provide a written translation to the care recipient - ANSWER -1. have the care
recipient write a signed statement verifying that the care recipient understands care
recipient rights
A care recipient has been diagnosed with a terminal disease to participate in
therapies to prolong life. The healthcare organization should offer consultation on
which of the following services?
1. Physiatrist
2. Oncology
3. Palliative care
4. Hospice care - ANSWER -3. Palliative care
A direct cost is:
1. allocated equally to all areas of the budget
2. charged to a specific billing period
3. documented by proper accounting procedures
4. linked to a specific objective, responsibility, or function - ANSWER -4. linked
to a specific objective, responsibility, or function
A guest falls and is injured while visiting a healthcare organization's office. Which
one of the following types of insurance would cover this injury?
1. General liability insurance
2. Property insurance
3. Professional liability insurance
4. Workers' compensation insurance - ANSWER -1. General liability insurance
When the actual supply cost substantially exceeds the expected cost, the
administrator should initially:
1. tightly control products
2. investigate probable breach of security
3. review production schedules
4. examine methods of inventory - ANSWER -2. investigate probable breach of
security
Which type of financial statement is derived from analysis of other statements and
has more detail on financial activity?
1. Profit and loss
, 2. Cash flow
3. Changes in financial position
4. Retained earnings - ANSWER -1. Profit and loss
Most often a third-party payer, such as a Medicaid or a long-term insurer, will
negotiate a lower rate for services rendered. The difference of funds that is
uncollectables between the full charges and the amount that is actually paid by a
third party payer is called:
1. expense allowances
2. deductions from revenue
3. contractual allowances
4. revenue write-off - ANSWER -3. contractual allowances
If overall revenue declines and census remains stable, an important financial area
to review would be:
1. balance depreciation
2. asset allocation
3. ancillary revenue
4. interest income revenue - ANSWER -3. ancillary revenue
A healthcare organization has just purchased equipment for a total cost of
$15,000. The equipment has a useful life of five years and the administrator is
planning to charge a depreciation expense of $3,000 per year. Which depreciation
method is being used?
1. Sum of the years' digits depreciation
2. Declining balance depreciation
3. Straight-line depreciation
4. Accelerated depreciation - ANSWER -3. Straight-line depreciation
Utilizing the FIFO inventory method, which supply would be used last?
Supply A 12/1/2016 Supply B 12/20/2016 Supply C 1/4/2017 Supply D 2/3/2017
1. Supply A
2. Supply B
3. Supply C
4. Supply D - ANSWER -1. Supply A
Which of the following best describes a primary difference between a not-forprofit
and a for-profit organization?
1. A for-profit organization may distribute profits to its shareholders
2. A for-profit organization receives pledges as part of its revenue base
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Alternatives to an advance directive include a:
1. living will, Healthcare Power of Attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
2. Durable Power of Attorney, last will and testament, and living trust
3. right of survivorship, Do Not resuscitate (DNR) order, and appointment of
executor
4. living trust, living will, and medical order for life-sustaining treatment -
ANSWER -1. living will, Healthcare Power of Attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate
(DNR) order
A symptom of dehydration is:
1. difficulty walking
2. diarrhea
3. vomiting
4. poor skin turgor - ANSWER -4. poor skin turgor
One goal of effective dementia care is to:
1. protect care recipients from all safety hazards regardless of abilities and needs
2. treat all care recipients the same to avoid favoritism and prevent staff from
getting too close to care recipients
3. provide personalized care based on knowledge of care recipients abilities and
needs
4. ensure that all decisions are made by a care recipient's family members -
ANSWER -3. provide personalized care based on knowledge of care recipients
abilities and needs
An administrator decides to have care recipients participate in menu planning and
grocery shopping. This policy would:
1. free staff members for other duties
2. violate sanitation regulations
3. reduce dietary costs
4. help care recipients to maintain a sense of involvement and of being needed -
ANSWER -4. help care recipients to maintain a sense of involvement and of being
needed
ROM is an abbreviation for:
,1. range of motion
2. rehabilitative outcome measurement
3. rehabilitative outcome management
4. range of measurement - ANSWER -1. range of motion
What word is defined as an acquired, persistent impairment of intellectual function
with compromise in at least three spheres of mental activity?
1. Alzheimer's
2. Delirium
3. Dementia
4. Encephalopathy - ANSWER -3. Dementia
Person-centered care is a transformation from an institutional model of care to a:
1. customer full-assist model
2. healthcare model
3. consumer-directed model
4. staff-directed model - ANSWER -3. consumer-directed model
Which of the following items expresses a person's end-of-life wishes for medical
treatment?
1. Guardian Appointment Order (GAO)
2. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
3. Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
4. Oregon Death with Dignity Act (ODWDA) - ANSWER -2. Physician Orders for
Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
Delirium is a medical issue defined as a:
1. state of mental confusion characterized by disorientation
2. slow onset of cognitive deficits
3. cognitive decline not connected to other conditions
4. progressive illness that causes memory lapses - ANSWER -1. state of mental
confusion characterized by disorientation
A foreign-language-speaking care recipient is admitted to a healthcare
organization. The foreign language spoken by the care recipient is not commonly
spoken in the region where the organization is located. As part of communicating
care recipient rights, the organization should:
1. have the care recipient write a signed statement verifying that the care recipient
understands care recipient rights
,2. explain the rights to a representative of the care recipient who can then explain
the rights to the care recipient
3. use pictures to explain the rights to the care recipient
4. provide a written translation to the care recipient - ANSWER -1. have the care
recipient write a signed statement verifying that the care recipient understands care
recipient rights
A care recipient has been diagnosed with a terminal disease to participate in
therapies to prolong life. The healthcare organization should offer consultation on
which of the following services?
1. Physiatrist
2. Oncology
3. Palliative care
4. Hospice care - ANSWER -3. Palliative care
A direct cost is:
1. allocated equally to all areas of the budget
2. charged to a specific billing period
3. documented by proper accounting procedures
4. linked to a specific objective, responsibility, or function - ANSWER -4. linked
to a specific objective, responsibility, or function
A guest falls and is injured while visiting a healthcare organization's office. Which
one of the following types of insurance would cover this injury?
1. General liability insurance
2. Property insurance
3. Professional liability insurance
4. Workers' compensation insurance - ANSWER -1. General liability insurance
When the actual supply cost substantially exceeds the expected cost, the
administrator should initially:
1. tightly control products
2. investigate probable breach of security
3. review production schedules
4. examine methods of inventory - ANSWER -2. investigate probable breach of
security
Which type of financial statement is derived from analysis of other statements and
has more detail on financial activity?
1. Profit and loss
, 2. Cash flow
3. Changes in financial position
4. Retained earnings - ANSWER -1. Profit and loss
Most often a third-party payer, such as a Medicaid or a long-term insurer, will
negotiate a lower rate for services rendered. The difference of funds that is
uncollectables between the full charges and the amount that is actually paid by a
third party payer is called:
1. expense allowances
2. deductions from revenue
3. contractual allowances
4. revenue write-off - ANSWER -3. contractual allowances
If overall revenue declines and census remains stable, an important financial area
to review would be:
1. balance depreciation
2. asset allocation
3. ancillary revenue
4. interest income revenue - ANSWER -3. ancillary revenue
A healthcare organization has just purchased equipment for a total cost of
$15,000. The equipment has a useful life of five years and the administrator is
planning to charge a depreciation expense of $3,000 per year. Which depreciation
method is being used?
1. Sum of the years' digits depreciation
2. Declining balance depreciation
3. Straight-line depreciation
4. Accelerated depreciation - ANSWER -3. Straight-line depreciation
Utilizing the FIFO inventory method, which supply would be used last?
Supply A 12/1/2016 Supply B 12/20/2016 Supply C 1/4/2017 Supply D 2/3/2017
1. Supply A
2. Supply B
3. Supply C
4. Supply D - ANSWER -1. Supply A
Which of the following best describes a primary difference between a not-forprofit
and a for-profit organization?
1. A for-profit organization may distribute profits to its shareholders
2. A for-profit organization receives pledges as part of its revenue base
