NJ CALA CERTIFICATION EXAM
LATEST 2025 WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
FOR GUARANTEED PASS
◉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.
◉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.
LATEST 2025 WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
FOR GUARANTEED PASS
◉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.
◉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.
