CERTIFIED HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTOR
TEST PAPER COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND
ACCURATE RESPONSES
●● which of the following distinguishes a capital expense from an
operational expense?
Answer: Cost in life expectancy
●● ventilation in an operating room typically has?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Use temporary containment create negative pressure with 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?
Answer: Install a temporary fire detection system system tested monthly
and document testing
●● which of the following is not part of the means of egress?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Required exit doors can be open at all times in the direction of
egress
●● which of the following are elements of a capital budget?
Answer: New MRI expansion of the physical therapy department and
replacement of a chiller
●● 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?
Answer: 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
Answer: Children's Hospital (you use the FCI formula some of
deficiencies or necessary repairs divided by current replacement value
equals FCI)
TEST PAPER COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND
ACCURATE RESPONSES
●● which of the following distinguishes a capital expense from an
operational expense?
Answer: Cost in life expectancy
●● ventilation in an operating room typically has?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Use temporary containment create negative pressure with 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?
Answer: Install a temporary fire detection system system tested monthly
and document testing
●● which of the following is not part of the means of egress?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Required exit doors can be open at all times in the direction of
egress
●● which of the following are elements of a capital budget?
Answer: New MRI expansion of the physical therapy department and
replacement of a chiller
●● 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?
Answer: 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
Answer: Children's Hospital (you use the FCI formula some of
deficiencies or necessary repairs divided by current replacement value
equals FCI)
