RCFE EXAM COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO
PASS
◉ Community Care Facility. Answer: Any facility, place or building
providing nonmedical care and supervision, as defined in Section
87101(c)(3).
◉ Conservator. Answer: Person appointed by the Superior Court
pursuant to Probate Code section 1800 et. seq. or Welfare and
Institutions Code section 5350, to care for the person, or estate, or
person and estate, of an adult.
◉ Continuing Care Contract. Answer: A contract that includes a
continuing care promise made, in exchange for an entrance fee, the
payment of periodic charges, or both types of payments. A
continuing care contract may consist of one agreement or a series of
agreements and other writings incorporated by reference.
◉ Control of Property. Answer: The right to enter, occupy, and
maintain the operation of the facility property within regulatory
requirements. Evidence of control of property: (A) A Grant Deed
showing ownership; (B) The Lease Agreement or Rental Agreement;
or (C) A court order or similar document which shows the authority
,to control the property pending outcome of probate proceeding or
estate settlement.
◉ Criminal Record Clearance. Answer: An individual has a California
clearance and a FBI clearance.
◉ Deficiency. Answer: Any failure to comply with any provision of
the Residential Care Facilities Act for the Elderly and regulations
adopted by the Department pursuant to the Act.
◉ Delayed Egress Device. Answer: A special egress-control device of
the time delay type as specified in Health and Safety Code section
1569.699(a). (T22, pg. 11)
◉ Dementia. Answer: The loss of intellectual function (such as
thinking, remembering, reasoning, exercising judgment and making
decisions) and other cognitive functions, sufficient to interfere with
an individual's ability to perform activities of daily living or to carry
out social or occupational activities. Dementia is not a disease itself,
but rather a group of symptoms that may accompany certain
conditions or diseases
◉ "Department". Answer: The State Department of Social Services
, ◉ Dietitician. Answer: A person who is eligible for registration by
the American Dietetic Association.
◉ Direct Care Staff. Answer: The licensee, or those individuals
employed by the licensee, who provide direct care to the residents,
including, but not limited to, assistance with activities of daily living.
◉ "Director". Answer: Director of the State Department of Social
Services
◉ DNR. Answer: Do Not Resuscutate Form; alerts pre-hospital
emergency medical services personnel to the resident's wish to
forego resuscitative measures in the event of the resident's cardiac
or respiratory arrest.
◉ Egress Alert Device. Answer: A wrist band or other device which
may be worn by a resident or carried on a resident's person, which
triggers a visual or auditory alarm when the resident leaves the
facility building or grounds.
◉ Elderly Person. Answer: For purposes of admission into a
residential care facility for the elderly, a person who is sixty (60)
years of age or older.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO
PASS
◉ Community Care Facility. Answer: Any facility, place or building
providing nonmedical care and supervision, as defined in Section
87101(c)(3).
◉ Conservator. Answer: Person appointed by the Superior Court
pursuant to Probate Code section 1800 et. seq. or Welfare and
Institutions Code section 5350, to care for the person, or estate, or
person and estate, of an adult.
◉ Continuing Care Contract. Answer: A contract that includes a
continuing care promise made, in exchange for an entrance fee, the
payment of periodic charges, or both types of payments. A
continuing care contract may consist of one agreement or a series of
agreements and other writings incorporated by reference.
◉ Control of Property. Answer: The right to enter, occupy, and
maintain the operation of the facility property within regulatory
requirements. Evidence of control of property: (A) A Grant Deed
showing ownership; (B) The Lease Agreement or Rental Agreement;
or (C) A court order or similar document which shows the authority
,to control the property pending outcome of probate proceeding or
estate settlement.
◉ Criminal Record Clearance. Answer: An individual has a California
clearance and a FBI clearance.
◉ Deficiency. Answer: Any failure to comply with any provision of
the Residential Care Facilities Act for the Elderly and regulations
adopted by the Department pursuant to the Act.
◉ Delayed Egress Device. Answer: A special egress-control device of
the time delay type as specified in Health and Safety Code section
1569.699(a). (T22, pg. 11)
◉ Dementia. Answer: The loss of intellectual function (such as
thinking, remembering, reasoning, exercising judgment and making
decisions) and other cognitive functions, sufficient to interfere with
an individual's ability to perform activities of daily living or to carry
out social or occupational activities. Dementia is not a disease itself,
but rather a group of symptoms that may accompany certain
conditions or diseases
◉ "Department". Answer: The State Department of Social Services
, ◉ Dietitician. Answer: A person who is eligible for registration by
the American Dietetic Association.
◉ Direct Care Staff. Answer: The licensee, or those individuals
employed by the licensee, who provide direct care to the residents,
including, but not limited to, assistance with activities of daily living.
◉ "Director". Answer: Director of the State Department of Social
Services
◉ DNR. Answer: Do Not Resuscutate Form; alerts pre-hospital
emergency medical services personnel to the resident's wish to
forego resuscitative measures in the event of the resident's cardiac
or respiratory arrest.
◉ Egress Alert Device. Answer: A wrist band or other device which
may be worn by a resident or carried on a resident's person, which
triggers a visual or auditory alarm when the resident leaves the
facility building or grounds.
◉ Elderly Person. Answer: For purposes of admission into a
residential care facility for the elderly, a person who is sixty (60)
years of age or older.
