RCFE CALIFORNIA STATE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
Interdisciplinary Team evaluates... - Answer -A team that shall assist the Department in
evaluating the need for relocating a resident of a residential care facility for the elderly when
the resident has requested a review of the Department's health-condition relocation order.
Interdisciplinary Team Consists of... (people) - Answer -This team shall consist of the
Department's nurse consultant and a social worker, designated by the Department, with
experience in the needs of the elderly. Persons selected for an interdisciplinary team review
shall not have been involved in the initial decision to issue a relocation order for the resident in
question.
LGBT - Answer -Term used to refer to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender individuals
License - Answer -Basic permit to operate an RCFE
Licensed Professional - Answer -A person who is licensed in California to provide medical care or
therapy.
Licensee - Answer -The individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or county having
the authority and responsibility for the operation of a licensed facility.
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,Licensing Agency - Answer -A state, county or other public agency authorized by the
Department to assume specified licensing, approval or consultation responsibilities.
Mandated Reporter - Answer -Any person who has assumed full or intermittent responsibility
for the care or custody of an elder or dependent adult, whether or not he or she receives
compensation, including administrators, supervisors, and any licensed staff of a public or private
facility that provides care or services for elder or dependent adults, or any elder or dependent
adult care custodian, health practitioner, clergy member, or employee of a county adult
protective services agency or a local law enforcement agency, is a mandated reporter.
Medical Professional - Answer -MD Medical Doctor, RN Registered Nure, LVN Licensed
Vocational Nurse
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) - Answer -Refers to people whose cognitive abilities are in a
"conditional state" between normal aging and dementia. (pg. 18)
Nonambulatory Person - Answer -a person who is unable to leave a building unassisted under
emergency conditions. They depend on medical aids or they can't respond/ take appropriate
action unassisted
Non-Compliance Conference - Answer -A meeting initiated by the Department that takes place
between the licensing agency and the licensee to afford the licensee an opportunity to correct
licensing violations other than those that pose an immediate danger to residents and that may
result in a corrective plan of action. Its purpose is to review the existing deficiencies and to
impress upon the licensee the seriousness of the situation prior to the agency requesting
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, administrative action to revoke the license. The Department may initiate administrative action
without a non-compliance conference.
Nonrecurring Lump-Sum Assessment - Answer -Rate increases due to unavoidable and
unexpected costs that financially obligate the licensee... 1569.655(b)
Preadmission Fee - Answer -Defined in Health and Safety Code section 1569.651(e) as an
application fee, processing fee, admission fee, entrance fee, community fee or other fee,
however designated, that is requested or accepted by a licensee of a residential care facility for
the elderly prior to admission.
Pressure Injury - Answer -Localized damage to the skin and/or soft tissue under the skin that is
usually over a bony part of the body or related to a medical or other device. This damage can
appear as intact skin or an open ulcer and may be painful.
PRN Medication - Answer -(pro re nata) means any nonprescription or prescription medication
which is to be taken as needed.
Provision or Provide - Answer -Whenever any regulation specifies that provision be made for or
that there be provided any service, personnel or other requirement, it means that if the
resident is not capable of doing so himself, the licensee shall do so directly or present evidence
satisfactory to the licensing agency of the particular arrangement by which another provider in
the community will do so.
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ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
Interdisciplinary Team evaluates... - Answer -A team that shall assist the Department in
evaluating the need for relocating a resident of a residential care facility for the elderly when
the resident has requested a review of the Department's health-condition relocation order.
Interdisciplinary Team Consists of... (people) - Answer -This team shall consist of the
Department's nurse consultant and a social worker, designated by the Department, with
experience in the needs of the elderly. Persons selected for an interdisciplinary team review
shall not have been involved in the initial decision to issue a relocation order for the resident in
question.
LGBT - Answer -Term used to refer to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender individuals
License - Answer -Basic permit to operate an RCFE
Licensed Professional - Answer -A person who is licensed in California to provide medical care or
therapy.
Licensee - Answer -The individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or county having
the authority and responsibility for the operation of a licensed facility.
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,Licensing Agency - Answer -A state, county or other public agency authorized by the
Department to assume specified licensing, approval or consultation responsibilities.
Mandated Reporter - Answer -Any person who has assumed full or intermittent responsibility
for the care or custody of an elder or dependent adult, whether or not he or she receives
compensation, including administrators, supervisors, and any licensed staff of a public or private
facility that provides care or services for elder or dependent adults, or any elder or dependent
adult care custodian, health practitioner, clergy member, or employee of a county adult
protective services agency or a local law enforcement agency, is a mandated reporter.
Medical Professional - Answer -MD Medical Doctor, RN Registered Nure, LVN Licensed
Vocational Nurse
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) - Answer -Refers to people whose cognitive abilities are in a
"conditional state" between normal aging and dementia. (pg. 18)
Nonambulatory Person - Answer -a person who is unable to leave a building unassisted under
emergency conditions. They depend on medical aids or they can't respond/ take appropriate
action unassisted
Non-Compliance Conference - Answer -A meeting initiated by the Department that takes place
between the licensing agency and the licensee to afford the licensee an opportunity to correct
licensing violations other than those that pose an immediate danger to residents and that may
result in a corrective plan of action. Its purpose is to review the existing deficiencies and to
impress upon the licensee the seriousness of the situation prior to the agency requesting
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, administrative action to revoke the license. The Department may initiate administrative action
without a non-compliance conference.
Nonrecurring Lump-Sum Assessment - Answer -Rate increases due to unavoidable and
unexpected costs that financially obligate the licensee... 1569.655(b)
Preadmission Fee - Answer -Defined in Health and Safety Code section 1569.651(e) as an
application fee, processing fee, admission fee, entrance fee, community fee or other fee,
however designated, that is requested or accepted by a licensee of a residential care facility for
the elderly prior to admission.
Pressure Injury - Answer -Localized damage to the skin and/or soft tissue under the skin that is
usually over a bony part of the body or related to a medical or other device. This damage can
appear as intact skin or an open ulcer and may be painful.
PRN Medication - Answer -(pro re nata) means any nonprescription or prescription medication
which is to be taken as needed.
Provision or Provide - Answer -Whenever any regulation specifies that provision be made for or
that there be provided any service, personnel or other requirement, it means that if the
resident is not capable of doing so himself, the licensee shall do so directly or present evidence
satisfactory to the licensing agency of the particular arrangement by which another provider in
the community will do so.
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