NAB Core & NHA Exam Questions With
Correct Answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade.
Journals
- accurate answers-Summarizes debits and credits
Organized by GL Code
Operating expenses and income
Each resident must be examined/ have a physical exam no less than every
- accurate answers-3 months
General ledger
- accurate answers-- Books of original entry
- General Journal (prepared expenses, entries don't fit in other journals)
- Corrects errors in other journals
The maximum allowable emergency alarm level is ____ decibels.
- accurate answers-120
When a facility-wide emergency occurs at a nursing facility, who would be in
charge of, and responsible for, making decisions?
1) The highest-level staff member on duty at the time of the incident
2) The head of the department where the emergency occurs
3) The director of nursing
4) The administrator
- accurate answers-1. The highest-level staff member on duty at the time of
the incident.
(Other options contained flawed logic)
The age discrimination act passed in 1987 protected employees aged:
1) 30-60
2) 40-70
3) 45-75
4) 50-65
- accurate answers-2. 40-70
The act sought to protect persons aged 40-70 from being replaced by the
employer for younger persons.
,Among the following, the most chronic employee problem is likely to be:
1. Failing to punch in on the time clock
2. Tardiness for work
3. Failure to attend inservice
4. Chronic fatigue syndrome
- accurate answers-2. Tardiness for work
Tardiness is the most CHRONIC problem. The others are more controllable.
The primary purpose of encouraging one-to-one relationships with residents,
such as using volunteers, is to:
1. Protect staff time for resident care
2. Enhance family acceptance of the facility
3. Improve the image of the facility in the community
4. Promote a sense of self-worth and dignity
- accurate answers-4. Promote a sense of self-worth and dignity
The activities program should be designed according to each resident's
comprehensive assessment and care plan. It should be multifaceted and
reflect each individual resident's needs and promote self-respect.
Which one of the following is not normally considered to be a liquid asset?
1. Short-term note receivable
2. Cash
3. Inventory
4. Accounts Receivable
- accurate answers-3. Inventory
Liquidity refers to cash and marketable securities and current receivables that
are readily converted into cash.
- Inventory not as liquid
A variable cost is one that:
1. Cannot be estimated accurately
2. Differs from department to department
3. Varies according to the level of occupancy
4. Changes frequently due to inflation
- accurate answers-3. Varies according to the level of occupancy
,Which one of the following is the best approach for a supervisor to use with an
employee who is clearly distracted and upset by a personal problem?
1. Discuss the problem with the employee as it relates to job performance.
2. Issue a written warning
3. Ask the administrator to reprimand the employee
4. Suspend the employee until the problem is resolved.
- accurate answers-1. Discuss the problem with the employee as it relates to
job performance
Warning reprimand, suspension are inappropriate response to an employee
upset by a personal problem
The nursing facility should secure information on budget needs from each
department head to achieve which of the following results?
1. Supervisors will learn to budget within their own department
2. The administrator can more easily hold department heads accountable for
expenditures.
3. Department heads will cooperate more in the use of a budget because they
helped to determine the amounts designated therein.
4. Budget awareness ensures that department heads will spend no more than
the amounts budgeted.
- accurate answers-3. Department heads will cooperate more in the use of a
budget because they helped to determine the amounts designated therein.
In general, when individuals participate in the making of the policy, they have
more of a stake in the outcome.
In the event of an error in administration of medication, the first action to take
is to:
1. Report to the attending physician
2. Report any adverse reaction to the resident
3. Report to the D.O.N
4. Report to the administrator
- accurate answers-1. Report to the attending physician
The resident's condition at the time is the most important consideration,
resident must be assessed and the physician immediately notified of the
physical finding and the details of the medication error.
, In the nursing facility, the primary goal served by proper medication
administration procedure is:
1. Inventory control
2. Prevention of illicit use
3. Compliance with federal regulations
4. Resident safety
- accurate answers-4. Resident safety
Medication administration procedures must be designed to promote optimal
resident safety and to avoid medication errors.
Which of the following statements regarding budgetary procedures is correct?
1. Income projections can best be made on the basis of a flat-fee charge
program
2. A budget is in proper balance when current assets are equal to current
liabilities
3. An operating budget should include the cost of capital assets to be
purchased during the year
4. The anticipated income and possible operating cost should be set up so that
the operating cost is within the potential income.
- accurate answers-4. The anticipated income and possible operating cost
should be set up so that the operating cost is within the potential income.
Effective budgeting requires projected operating and non-operating revenue
provide a surplus over projected operating cost.
- If not, must bring two into balance
In order to ensure a comfortable environment, Medicare/Medicaid
regulations require that nursing facilities provide:
1. Air conditioning
2. At least 4 feet of clearance between bed and walls
3. Adequate lighting levels.
4. Carpeted hallways
- accurate answers-3. Adequate lighting levels.
None of the other options required
Responsibility for writing and enforcing policies to control communicable
disease under the new federal OBRA requirements effective April 1, 1992 is:
Correct Answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade.
Journals
- accurate answers-Summarizes debits and credits
Organized by GL Code
Operating expenses and income
Each resident must be examined/ have a physical exam no less than every
- accurate answers-3 months
General ledger
- accurate answers-- Books of original entry
- General Journal (prepared expenses, entries don't fit in other journals)
- Corrects errors in other journals
The maximum allowable emergency alarm level is ____ decibels.
- accurate answers-120
When a facility-wide emergency occurs at a nursing facility, who would be in
charge of, and responsible for, making decisions?
1) The highest-level staff member on duty at the time of the incident
2) The head of the department where the emergency occurs
3) The director of nursing
4) The administrator
- accurate answers-1. The highest-level staff member on duty at the time of
the incident.
(Other options contained flawed logic)
The age discrimination act passed in 1987 protected employees aged:
1) 30-60
2) 40-70
3) 45-75
4) 50-65
- accurate answers-2. 40-70
The act sought to protect persons aged 40-70 from being replaced by the
employer for younger persons.
,Among the following, the most chronic employee problem is likely to be:
1. Failing to punch in on the time clock
2. Tardiness for work
3. Failure to attend inservice
4. Chronic fatigue syndrome
- accurate answers-2. Tardiness for work
Tardiness is the most CHRONIC problem. The others are more controllable.
The primary purpose of encouraging one-to-one relationships with residents,
such as using volunteers, is to:
1. Protect staff time for resident care
2. Enhance family acceptance of the facility
3. Improve the image of the facility in the community
4. Promote a sense of self-worth and dignity
- accurate answers-4. Promote a sense of self-worth and dignity
The activities program should be designed according to each resident's
comprehensive assessment and care plan. It should be multifaceted and
reflect each individual resident's needs and promote self-respect.
Which one of the following is not normally considered to be a liquid asset?
1. Short-term note receivable
2. Cash
3. Inventory
4. Accounts Receivable
- accurate answers-3. Inventory
Liquidity refers to cash and marketable securities and current receivables that
are readily converted into cash.
- Inventory not as liquid
A variable cost is one that:
1. Cannot be estimated accurately
2. Differs from department to department
3. Varies according to the level of occupancy
4. Changes frequently due to inflation
- accurate answers-3. Varies according to the level of occupancy
,Which one of the following is the best approach for a supervisor to use with an
employee who is clearly distracted and upset by a personal problem?
1. Discuss the problem with the employee as it relates to job performance.
2. Issue a written warning
3. Ask the administrator to reprimand the employee
4. Suspend the employee until the problem is resolved.
- accurate answers-1. Discuss the problem with the employee as it relates to
job performance
Warning reprimand, suspension are inappropriate response to an employee
upset by a personal problem
The nursing facility should secure information on budget needs from each
department head to achieve which of the following results?
1. Supervisors will learn to budget within their own department
2. The administrator can more easily hold department heads accountable for
expenditures.
3. Department heads will cooperate more in the use of a budget because they
helped to determine the amounts designated therein.
4. Budget awareness ensures that department heads will spend no more than
the amounts budgeted.
- accurate answers-3. Department heads will cooperate more in the use of a
budget because they helped to determine the amounts designated therein.
In general, when individuals participate in the making of the policy, they have
more of a stake in the outcome.
In the event of an error in administration of medication, the first action to take
is to:
1. Report to the attending physician
2. Report any adverse reaction to the resident
3. Report to the D.O.N
4. Report to the administrator
- accurate answers-1. Report to the attending physician
The resident's condition at the time is the most important consideration,
resident must be assessed and the physician immediately notified of the
physical finding and the details of the medication error.
, In the nursing facility, the primary goal served by proper medication
administration procedure is:
1. Inventory control
2. Prevention of illicit use
3. Compliance with federal regulations
4. Resident safety
- accurate answers-4. Resident safety
Medication administration procedures must be designed to promote optimal
resident safety and to avoid medication errors.
Which of the following statements regarding budgetary procedures is correct?
1. Income projections can best be made on the basis of a flat-fee charge
program
2. A budget is in proper balance when current assets are equal to current
liabilities
3. An operating budget should include the cost of capital assets to be
purchased during the year
4. The anticipated income and possible operating cost should be set up so that
the operating cost is within the potential income.
- accurate answers-4. The anticipated income and possible operating cost
should be set up so that the operating cost is within the potential income.
Effective budgeting requires projected operating and non-operating revenue
provide a surplus over projected operating cost.
- If not, must bring two into balance
In order to ensure a comfortable environment, Medicare/Medicaid
regulations require that nursing facilities provide:
1. Air conditioning
2. At least 4 feet of clearance between bed and walls
3. Adequate lighting levels.
4. Carpeted hallways
- accurate answers-3. Adequate lighting levels.
None of the other options required
Responsibility for writing and enforcing policies to control communicable
disease under the new federal OBRA requirements effective April 1, 1992 is:
