NAB CORE [2026] | DETAILED ANSWER EXPLANATIONS |
UPDATED ACTUAL | VERIFIED ANSWERS | COMPLETE EXAM
REVIEW
• Expectancy Theory -✓✓ANSWER: Employees expect that hard work will be
rewarded.
• Reinforcement Theory -✓✓ANSWER: A negative or positive outcome reinforces
likelihood that a behavior be repeated.
• Grades of Decubitus Sores -✓✓ANSWER: (I) Red but unbroken
(II) Blister or open sore
(III) Extends through sub. fat
(IIII) Deep down to the bone.
• Policies -✓✓ANSWER: Written by upper and middle management
• Procedures -✓✓ANSWER: Written by middle-level and lower management
• Quantitative Management Approach -✓✓ANSWER: Management through
report.
• Qualitative Management Approach -✓✓ANSWER: Motivating, empowering, and
challenging staff
,• Appeal Citation -✓✓ANSWER: IDR: Informal Dispute Resolution
-Request review in writing within 10 days.
FDR: Formal Dispute Resolution
-Ask for formal administrating hearing.
-20 calendar days to request.
• Temperature for hot food -✓✓ANSWER: 140 degrees F or above
• Hazardous foods should be stored at temperatures AT or BELOW________
degrees. -✓✓ANSWER: 41
• Refrigerate temperatures should be maintained at______ degrees F or below. -
✓✓ANSWER: 41
• Critical element of the drug label -✓✓ANSWER: Name of the drug and strength
• The use of microbiological sampling in surveillance of the nursing facility is:
1) Helpful, but not widely accepted standards exist for this practice.
2) Not permitted without prior approval from the local department of public
health
3) Obligatory and reports must be made weekly.
4) Discouraged because of the excessive cost. -✓✓ANSWER: Answer: 1
Its permitted, not expensive, not obligatory.
• FLSA stands for -✓✓ANSWER: Fair Labor Standards Act
,(i)Minimum wage rates, (ii) Overtime, (iii) child labor, (iiii) equal rights
• Theory X -✓✓ANSWER: Negative response.
• Theory Y -✓✓ANSWER: Positive response.
• Allowable medication error rate? -✓✓ANSWER: 5%
• Which one of the following is an example of a fixed cost?
1) The expenditure for disposable medical supplies.
2) The amount spent on food supplies by the dietary department.
3) The postage for resident billing.
4) The salary of the director of nursing. -✓✓ANSWER: Answer: 4
A fixed cost is a cost that doesn't vary with occupancy rate or any other measure
of volume.
• A facility must maintain all resident assessments completed within the previous
_______ months of the residents' active record. -✓✓ANSWER: 15 months.
• All floors having a minimum occupancy above ____ person shall be divided into
____ section by a _____-hour fire wall or fire partition with ample room on each
side for the total number of beds on each floor. However, each patient wing
extending from a ____ core area shall be protected by doors regardless of the
number of patients. -✓✓ANSWER: 30; 2; 1; Center
• What does CABO stand for? -✓✓ANSWER: Council of American Building Officials
, • A balance sheet summarizes a long-term care facility's assets, liabilities, and
_____? -✓✓ANSWER: Equity (net worth)
• A ramp when necessary shall have a slope not greater than? -✓✓ANSWER: 12
inch rise every 12 feet.
• What does EEG stand for? -✓✓ANSWER: Electroencephalogram (test of brain
activity)
• What does the prefix 'myo' mean? -✓✓ANSWER: Relating to muscle.
• Retrospective payment
(1987 it changed to prospective payment system) -✓✓ANSWER: Payment based
on actual expenses and produced huge profits for nursing homes.
Paid after services rendered.
• Consumer Price Index (CPI) -✓✓ANSWER: Used to determine cost of living
adjustments.
• What does the suffix 'ac' mean? -✓✓ANSWER: Pertaining to.
• What does CF stand for? -✓✓ANSWER: Compare
• Not more than ____ persons shall occupy any one partitioned area. -
✓✓ANSWER: 30
UPDATED ACTUAL | VERIFIED ANSWERS | COMPLETE EXAM
REVIEW
• Expectancy Theory -✓✓ANSWER: Employees expect that hard work will be
rewarded.
• Reinforcement Theory -✓✓ANSWER: A negative or positive outcome reinforces
likelihood that a behavior be repeated.
• Grades of Decubitus Sores -✓✓ANSWER: (I) Red but unbroken
(II) Blister or open sore
(III) Extends through sub. fat
(IIII) Deep down to the bone.
• Policies -✓✓ANSWER: Written by upper and middle management
• Procedures -✓✓ANSWER: Written by middle-level and lower management
• Quantitative Management Approach -✓✓ANSWER: Management through
report.
• Qualitative Management Approach -✓✓ANSWER: Motivating, empowering, and
challenging staff
,• Appeal Citation -✓✓ANSWER: IDR: Informal Dispute Resolution
-Request review in writing within 10 days.
FDR: Formal Dispute Resolution
-Ask for formal administrating hearing.
-20 calendar days to request.
• Temperature for hot food -✓✓ANSWER: 140 degrees F or above
• Hazardous foods should be stored at temperatures AT or BELOW________
degrees. -✓✓ANSWER: 41
• Refrigerate temperatures should be maintained at______ degrees F or below. -
✓✓ANSWER: 41
• Critical element of the drug label -✓✓ANSWER: Name of the drug and strength
• The use of microbiological sampling in surveillance of the nursing facility is:
1) Helpful, but not widely accepted standards exist for this practice.
2) Not permitted without prior approval from the local department of public
health
3) Obligatory and reports must be made weekly.
4) Discouraged because of the excessive cost. -✓✓ANSWER: Answer: 1
Its permitted, not expensive, not obligatory.
• FLSA stands for -✓✓ANSWER: Fair Labor Standards Act
,(i)Minimum wage rates, (ii) Overtime, (iii) child labor, (iiii) equal rights
• Theory X -✓✓ANSWER: Negative response.
• Theory Y -✓✓ANSWER: Positive response.
• Allowable medication error rate? -✓✓ANSWER: 5%
• Which one of the following is an example of a fixed cost?
1) The expenditure for disposable medical supplies.
2) The amount spent on food supplies by the dietary department.
3) The postage for resident billing.
4) The salary of the director of nursing. -✓✓ANSWER: Answer: 4
A fixed cost is a cost that doesn't vary with occupancy rate or any other measure
of volume.
• A facility must maintain all resident assessments completed within the previous
_______ months of the residents' active record. -✓✓ANSWER: 15 months.
• All floors having a minimum occupancy above ____ person shall be divided into
____ section by a _____-hour fire wall or fire partition with ample room on each
side for the total number of beds on each floor. However, each patient wing
extending from a ____ core area shall be protected by doors regardless of the
number of patients. -✓✓ANSWER: 30; 2; 1; Center
• What does CABO stand for? -✓✓ANSWER: Council of American Building Officials
, • A balance sheet summarizes a long-term care facility's assets, liabilities, and
_____? -✓✓ANSWER: Equity (net worth)
• A ramp when necessary shall have a slope not greater than? -✓✓ANSWER: 12
inch rise every 12 feet.
• What does EEG stand for? -✓✓ANSWER: Electroencephalogram (test of brain
activity)
• What does the prefix 'myo' mean? -✓✓ANSWER: Relating to muscle.
• Retrospective payment
(1987 it changed to prospective payment system) -✓✓ANSWER: Payment based
on actual expenses and produced huge profits for nursing homes.
Paid after services rendered.
• Consumer Price Index (CPI) -✓✓ANSWER: Used to determine cost of living
adjustments.
• What does the suffix 'ac' mean? -✓✓ANSWER: Pertaining to.
• What does CF stand for? -✓✓ANSWER: Compare
• Not more than ____ persons shall occupy any one partitioned area. -
✓✓ANSWER: 30
