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Certified healthcare constructor exam
Questions and Answers Latest 2026
The door in a two hour fire barrier is required to have a
rating of? Ans: 1 1/2 hour
which of the following distinguishes a capital expense
from an operational expense? Ans: Cost in life
expectancy
ventilation in an operating room typically has? Ans: Hi air
changes per hour and positive pressure to surrounding
areas
while working on a hospital project, you witnessed an
underground oil tank that has been ruptured during
excavation. What is your best course of action after
ensuring the immediate safety of those in the area? Ans:
Notify the contractor safety officer, and then the hospital
safety officer
which of the following types of facilities must maintain
operation 24 hours a day? Ans: Critical access hospital
A renovation project includes replacing casework in a
hospital pharmacy. The pharmacy cannot be relocated
while the work is taking place which one of the following
would be best measures to implement? Ans: Use
temporary containment create negative pressure with
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Eric. Exhausted outside the pharmacy and perform work
when the pharmacist is present.
you're developing plans to renovate an existing nursing
unit. The project will last approximately three months
and we require that the automatic fire alarm system be
removed and replaced which approach best meets ILSM
requirements? Ans: Install a temporary fire detection
system system tested monthly and document testing
which of the following is not part of the means of egress?
Ans: A fire rated elevator
in existing hospital is going to gut and rebuild the entire
fourth floor which houses two medical surgical nursing
units it is roughly 150' x 400' how many smoke
compartments are required on this floor to ensure
compliance to NFPA 101- 2012? Ans: three. NFPA 101
2012 states that the maximum size of a smoke
compartment is 22,500 ft.². so you would multiply 150'
by 400' which equals 60,000 ft.² then 60,000÷22,500 =
2.6 (two will not be enough must have three)
when planning the installation of a new access control
system for the ICU, which of the following would be the
most important to address? Ans: Required exit doors can
be open at all times in the direction of egress
which of the following are elements of a capital budget?
Ans: New MRI expansion of the physical therapy
department and replacement of a chiller
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A university teaching hospital is planning a renovation of
PACU when preparing a phasing plan which is most
important to plan around the ratio to PACU beds? Ans:
Operating rooms
based on the following information, which building has
the highest priority for replacement?
buildings acute care hospital 40 years 30000,000
deferred maintenance cost 100 million replacement cost
children's Hospital 25 years 25 million deferred
maintenance cost 60 million replacement cost MLB 30
years 700,000 maintenance cost 7 million replacement
cost behavioral health hospital 10 years 4 million
deferred maintenance cost 30 million replacement cost
Ans: Children's Hospital (you use the FCI formula some
of deficiencies or necessary repairs divided by current
replacement value equals FCI)
which of the following are required to have a positive
pressure relationship with respect to the corridor? Ans:
OR room, C-section room and protective environment
an exhaust fan serving airborne infection isolation rooms
is on the roof of a hospital. The fan to be replaced as part
of a construction project which of the following is the
best process for completing the task? Ans: Coordinate
the shutdown and replacement of the fan with the
hospital
Which of the following exhaust fans require special
precautions when working in the proximity? Ans: ETO
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Certified healthcare constructor exam
Questions and Answers Latest 2026
The door in a two hour fire barrier is required to have a
rating of? Ans: 1 1/2 hour
which of the following distinguishes a capital expense
from an operational expense? Ans: Cost in life
expectancy
ventilation in an operating room typically has? Ans: Hi air
changes per hour and positive pressure to surrounding
areas
while working on a hospital project, you witnessed an
underground oil tank that has been ruptured during
excavation. What is your best course of action after
ensuring the immediate safety of those in the area? Ans:
Notify the contractor safety officer, and then the hospital
safety officer
which of the following types of facilities must maintain
operation 24 hours a day? Ans: Critical access hospital
A renovation project includes replacing casework in a
hospital pharmacy. The pharmacy cannot be relocated
while the work is taking place which one of the following
would be best measures to implement? Ans: Use
temporary containment create negative pressure with
© 2025 All rights reserved
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Eric. Exhausted outside the pharmacy and perform work
when the pharmacist is present.
you're developing plans to renovate an existing nursing
unit. The project will last approximately three months
and we require that the automatic fire alarm system be
removed and replaced which approach best meets ILSM
requirements? Ans: Install a temporary fire detection
system system tested monthly and document testing
which of the following is not part of the means of egress?
Ans: A fire rated elevator
in existing hospital is going to gut and rebuild the entire
fourth floor which houses two medical surgical nursing
units it is roughly 150' x 400' how many smoke
compartments are required on this floor to ensure
compliance to NFPA 101- 2012? Ans: three. NFPA 101
2012 states that the maximum size of a smoke
compartment is 22,500 ft.². so you would multiply 150'
by 400' which equals 60,000 ft.² then 60,000÷22,500 =
2.6 (two will not be enough must have three)
when planning the installation of a new access control
system for the ICU, which of the following would be the
most important to address? Ans: Required exit doors can
be open at all times in the direction of egress
which of the following are elements of a capital budget?
Ans: New MRI expansion of the physical therapy
department and replacement of a chiller
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A university teaching hospital is planning a renovation of
PACU when preparing a phasing plan which is most
important to plan around the ratio to PACU beds? Ans:
Operating rooms
based on the following information, which building has
the highest priority for replacement?
buildings acute care hospital 40 years 30000,000
deferred maintenance cost 100 million replacement cost
children's Hospital 25 years 25 million deferred
maintenance cost 60 million replacement cost MLB 30
years 700,000 maintenance cost 7 million replacement
cost behavioral health hospital 10 years 4 million
deferred maintenance cost 30 million replacement cost
Ans: Children's Hospital (you use the FCI formula some
of deficiencies or necessary repairs divided by current
replacement value equals FCI)
which of the following are required to have a positive
pressure relationship with respect to the corridor? Ans:
OR room, C-section room and protective environment
an exhaust fan serving airborne infection isolation rooms
is on the roof of a hospital. The fan to be replaced as part
of a construction project which of the following is the
best process for completing the task? Ans: Coordinate
the shutdown and replacement of the fan with the
hospital
Which of the following exhaust fans require special
precautions when working in the proximity? Ans: ETO
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