CERTIFIED ASSISTED LIVING ADMINISTRATOR
UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔1.) Orders to treatment or services, medications, and diet, if needed.
2.) The resident's needs and preferences for himself or herself.
3.) The specific goals of treatment or services, if appropriate.
4.) The time intervals at which the resident's response to treatment will be reviewed.
5.) The measures to be used to assess the effects of treatment. - ✔✔Health Service
Plan
✔✔The resident general service plan shall be reviewed and, if necessary, revised
_______________, and more frequently as needed based upon the resident's response
to the care provided and any changes in the resident's physical or cognitive status. -
✔✔Semi-annually
✔✔The resident health service plan shall be reviewed, and if necessary, revised
________________, and as needed, based upon the resident's response to the care
provided and any changes in the resident's physical or cognitive status. - ✔✔Quarterly
✔✔The facility shall be responsible for reassessing residents who have neither a
general service or health service plan in response to changes in the resident's functional
,and/or cognitive status at least ______________ and more frequently if such
reassessment is predicted to change in the resident's functional and/or cognitive status.
- ✔✔Annually
✔✔If a resident who has not been receiving a health care service requires a health care
service on a temporary basis (meaning a period of time reasonably expected to be
_____________________ and not involving a significant change in condition or a life-
threatening illness), neither a health care assessment nor a health service plan be
required. The administrator shall develop a system to identify the residents receiving a
health care service on a temporary basis. - ✔✔14 days or less
✔✔Each resident shall have an ____________ physical examination by a physician,
advanced practical nurse or physician assistant which shall be documented in the
resident's record. The physician advanced practical nurse or physician assistant shall
certify _________________ that the resident does not have any needs which exceed
the are of that facility or program is capable of providing. - ✔✔Annual, Annually
✔✔If it is determined that there is a medical need for a transfer of a resident to another
health care facility because of the assisted living residence, comprehensive personal
care home, or assisted living program cannot meet the resident's needs, such transfers
shall be initiated promptly. The RN shall be notified to ensure that the resident is
receiving appropriate care during the transfer period. If the resident is not transferred
within _____________, the Department shall be notified and assistance shall be
requested from the Department to arrange for transfer of the resident. - ✔✔7 day
✔✔A facility shall have a least one registered professional nurse available at all times. -
✔✔Nursing Staff Requirments
✔✔A nurse aide training course approved by the New Jersey State Department of
Health and Senior Services in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:39-43, and shall have passed
the New Jersey Nurse Aide Certification Examination. - ✔✔CNA
✔✔A homemaker-home health aide training program approved by the New Jersey
Board of Nursing and shall be certified by the Board in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:37-
14. - ✔✔CHHA
✔✔A personal care assistant training course approved by the New Jersey Department
of Health and Senior Services and the competency evaluation program approved by the
Department result in personal care assistant certification. - ✔✔PCA
✔✔Must be a CNA, CHHA, PCA. No individual shall be certified as a PCA pursuant
unless that individual has completed the criminal history background check required by
N.J.A.C. 8:43I. Each PCA and each direct caregiver shall receive orientation prior to or
, upon employment and on-going in-service education regarding the concepts of assisted
living. - ✔✔Qualifications of PCA, CMA, and Direct Caregivers
✔✔Personal care assistant certification shall be valid for a period of __________ from
the date of issue. At least once every ____________, on a schedule to be determined
by the Department, a certified personal care assistant shall file an application for
renewal of current certification and shall complete an updated criminal history
background check as required by N.J.A.C. 8:43I. - ✔✔2 years
✔✔In order to be eligible to renew a current certification, the certified personal care
assistant shall complete at least ____________ every two years of continuing education
in assisted living concepts, and related topics, including cognitive and physical
impairment and dementia. - ✔✔20 hours
✔✔Certified as a CNA, CHHA, or PCA; Successfully completion of medication
administration training coursed approved by the Department; Successful completion of
a Department of Health and Senior Services approved standardized examination
regarding medication administration for PCAs. An oral examination shall not substitute
for the written component of this examination. - ✔✔CMA (Certified Medical Assistant)
✔✔Medication aide certification shall be valid for a period of ___________ from the
date of issue. At least once every __________, on a schedule to be determined by the
Department, a medication aide shall file an application for renewal of current
certification. - ✔✔2 years
✔✔In order to be eligible to renew for a current certification, the medication aide have
completed at least _________ of continuing education, seminars, or in-service training
every two year certification period. This includes continuing education for review of the
fundamental principles of medication administration, the skills and knowledge necessary
for the task of medication administration, and topics of current drug use relevant to the
elderly. - ✔✔30 hours
✔✔An applicant for medication aide certification shall sit for the standardized
examination within __________ of successful completion of an approved medication
administration training course. - ✔✔6 Months
✔✔The facility shall provide on the premises at all times (per building) the following
minimum numbers of employees:
1.) At least one awake PCA in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-9.1(a).
2.) At least one additional employee. - ✔✔Minimum PCA Staffing
✔✔The dietitian shall possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited collage or
university with a major area of concentration in a nutrition-related field of study, and one
UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔1.) Orders to treatment or services, medications, and diet, if needed.
2.) The resident's needs and preferences for himself or herself.
3.) The specific goals of treatment or services, if appropriate.
4.) The time intervals at which the resident's response to treatment will be reviewed.
5.) The measures to be used to assess the effects of treatment. - ✔✔Health Service
Plan
✔✔The resident general service plan shall be reviewed and, if necessary, revised
_______________, and more frequently as needed based upon the resident's response
to the care provided and any changes in the resident's physical or cognitive status. -
✔✔Semi-annually
✔✔The resident health service plan shall be reviewed, and if necessary, revised
________________, and as needed, based upon the resident's response to the care
provided and any changes in the resident's physical or cognitive status. - ✔✔Quarterly
✔✔The facility shall be responsible for reassessing residents who have neither a
general service or health service plan in response to changes in the resident's functional
,and/or cognitive status at least ______________ and more frequently if such
reassessment is predicted to change in the resident's functional and/or cognitive status.
- ✔✔Annually
✔✔If a resident who has not been receiving a health care service requires a health care
service on a temporary basis (meaning a period of time reasonably expected to be
_____________________ and not involving a significant change in condition or a life-
threatening illness), neither a health care assessment nor a health service plan be
required. The administrator shall develop a system to identify the residents receiving a
health care service on a temporary basis. - ✔✔14 days or less
✔✔Each resident shall have an ____________ physical examination by a physician,
advanced practical nurse or physician assistant which shall be documented in the
resident's record. The physician advanced practical nurse or physician assistant shall
certify _________________ that the resident does not have any needs which exceed
the are of that facility or program is capable of providing. - ✔✔Annual, Annually
✔✔If it is determined that there is a medical need for a transfer of a resident to another
health care facility because of the assisted living residence, comprehensive personal
care home, or assisted living program cannot meet the resident's needs, such transfers
shall be initiated promptly. The RN shall be notified to ensure that the resident is
receiving appropriate care during the transfer period. If the resident is not transferred
within _____________, the Department shall be notified and assistance shall be
requested from the Department to arrange for transfer of the resident. - ✔✔7 day
✔✔A facility shall have a least one registered professional nurse available at all times. -
✔✔Nursing Staff Requirments
✔✔A nurse aide training course approved by the New Jersey State Department of
Health and Senior Services in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:39-43, and shall have passed
the New Jersey Nurse Aide Certification Examination. - ✔✔CNA
✔✔A homemaker-home health aide training program approved by the New Jersey
Board of Nursing and shall be certified by the Board in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:37-
14. - ✔✔CHHA
✔✔A personal care assistant training course approved by the New Jersey Department
of Health and Senior Services and the competency evaluation program approved by the
Department result in personal care assistant certification. - ✔✔PCA
✔✔Must be a CNA, CHHA, PCA. No individual shall be certified as a PCA pursuant
unless that individual has completed the criminal history background check required by
N.J.A.C. 8:43I. Each PCA and each direct caregiver shall receive orientation prior to or
, upon employment and on-going in-service education regarding the concepts of assisted
living. - ✔✔Qualifications of PCA, CMA, and Direct Caregivers
✔✔Personal care assistant certification shall be valid for a period of __________ from
the date of issue. At least once every ____________, on a schedule to be determined
by the Department, a certified personal care assistant shall file an application for
renewal of current certification and shall complete an updated criminal history
background check as required by N.J.A.C. 8:43I. - ✔✔2 years
✔✔In order to be eligible to renew a current certification, the certified personal care
assistant shall complete at least ____________ every two years of continuing education
in assisted living concepts, and related topics, including cognitive and physical
impairment and dementia. - ✔✔20 hours
✔✔Certified as a CNA, CHHA, or PCA; Successfully completion of medication
administration training coursed approved by the Department; Successful completion of
a Department of Health and Senior Services approved standardized examination
regarding medication administration for PCAs. An oral examination shall not substitute
for the written component of this examination. - ✔✔CMA (Certified Medical Assistant)
✔✔Medication aide certification shall be valid for a period of ___________ from the
date of issue. At least once every __________, on a schedule to be determined by the
Department, a medication aide shall file an application for renewal of current
certification. - ✔✔2 years
✔✔In order to be eligible to renew for a current certification, the medication aide have
completed at least _________ of continuing education, seminars, or in-service training
every two year certification period. This includes continuing education for review of the
fundamental principles of medication administration, the skills and knowledge necessary
for the task of medication administration, and topics of current drug use relevant to the
elderly. - ✔✔30 hours
✔✔An applicant for medication aide certification shall sit for the standardized
examination within __________ of successful completion of an approved medication
administration training course. - ✔✔6 Months
✔✔The facility shall provide on the premises at all times (per building) the following
minimum numbers of employees:
1.) At least one awake PCA in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-9.1(a).
2.) At least one additional employee. - ✔✔Minimum PCA Staffing
✔✔The dietitian shall possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited collage or
university with a major area of concentration in a nutrition-related field of study, and one
