NHA - Line of Service Exam Guide
Questions and Answers with Complete
Solutions 2025
A facility which takes care of patients who do not require skilled nursing:
1.Continuing Care Retirement Facilities
2.Skilled Nursing Facility
3.Intermediate Care Facilities
4.Assisted Living Facilities - Correct Ans-3.Intermediate Care Facilities
A medication that is used to treat pain:
1.Analgesic
2.Antiseptic
3.Anticoagulant
4.Antibiotic - Correct Ans-1.Analgesic
Which of the following is not an appropriate method to control wandering:
1.Restricting the wanderer to bed with physical restraints
2.Locked Alzheimer wards with a door requiring a passcode to exit
3.Bracelet work by the resident that triggers a door lock as the resident approaches
4.Mesh Velcro barriers on other residents' doors - Correct Ans-1.Restricting the
wanderer to bed with physical restraints
Turning up for work on time is an indication of a good:
1.Work Attitude
2.Organizational Reward
3.Social Reward
4.Job Reward - Correct Ans-1.Work Attitude
In a well-run facility, the balance between nursing care staff and support staff is:
1.60%Nursing care/40% support staff
2.70%Nursing care/30% support staff
3.40%Nursing care/60% support staff
4.50%Nursing care/50% support staff - Correct Ans-1.60%Nursing care/40% support
staff
A chronic nervous disease:
1.Parkinson's
2.Sun-downing
3.Aphasia
4.Senile Dementia - Correct Ans-1.Parkinson's
Determining the task and skills required to fulfill a position:
1.Job Classification
,2.Job Analysis
3.Job Description
4.Job - Correct Ans-2.Job Analysis
An employee permanently leaving a position:
1.Exit Interview
2.Performance Evaluation
3.Employee Turnover
4.Promotion Policy - Correct Ans-3.Employee Turnover
Instructions phrased as a suggestion:
1.General
2.Formal
3.Specific
4.Informal - Correct Ans-4.Informal
How long much a resident wait before re-qualifying for medicare reimbursement after
their original stay in a SNF has ended?
1.60 days
2.30 days
3.90 days
4.120 days - Correct Ans-1.60 days
A corporation that pays no corporate tax: *
1.Sole Proprietorship
2.Limited Partnership
3.Partnership
4.Corporation - Correct Ans-4.Corporation
Accounting principles in common use: *
1.FUTA
2.FICA
3.FASB
4.GAAP - Correct Ans-4.GAAP
An uncluttered environment:
1.Comfortable
2.Orderly
3.Safe
4.Homelike - Correct Ans-2.Orderly
Which of the following is not a part of being orderly:
1.Proper handling of spills
2.Equipment and supplies properly stored and not in corridors
3.No peeling paint, visible water leaks, and plumbing problems
4.Quiet, peaceful public rooms - Correct Ans-4.Quiet, peaceful public rooms
, A barrier to good communication where an employee worries about what might happen
if they communicate unwelcome information:
1.Fear of Consequences
2. Premature Evaluation
3.Distrust of the Sender
4.Poor Retention - Correct Ans-1.Fear of Consequences
A long term care facility may order up to a _____ day supply of medications from a
contract pharmacy when a selected pharmacy is not able to supply the ordered meds.
1.5
2.7
3.4
4.6 - Correct Ans-7
A medical director of a long term care facility can be employed as which of the following:
*
1.A medical director must be employed as a full time
2.A medical director must be employees part-time
3.A medical director may be employed as either part-time or full time
4.Medical directors are neither part-time or full time but designated as contract only -
Correct Ans-3.A medical director may be employed as either part time or full time
A nurse has taken a telephone order which must be counter signed with the original
signature of the physician within ______ days of receipt of the order.*
1.7 days
2.5 days
3.3 days
4.48 hours - Correct Ans-4.48 hours
Physical restraints must be removed for at least ______ minutes every ____ during
normal waking hours.*
1.20 minutes every 2 hours
2.10 minutes every 1 hours
3.20 minutes every 1 hours
4.10 minutes every 2 hours - Correct Ans-4.10 minutes every 2 hours
Which of the following services cannot be located in the basement area without prior
approval from the division of nursing care facilities:
1.Kitchen Services
2.Central supply
3.Storage
4.Laundry Services - Correct Ans-2. Central Supply
A facility shall assure that dentures are ______ by the resident.
1. Cleaned
Questions and Answers with Complete
Solutions 2025
A facility which takes care of patients who do not require skilled nursing:
1.Continuing Care Retirement Facilities
2.Skilled Nursing Facility
3.Intermediate Care Facilities
4.Assisted Living Facilities - Correct Ans-3.Intermediate Care Facilities
A medication that is used to treat pain:
1.Analgesic
2.Antiseptic
3.Anticoagulant
4.Antibiotic - Correct Ans-1.Analgesic
Which of the following is not an appropriate method to control wandering:
1.Restricting the wanderer to bed with physical restraints
2.Locked Alzheimer wards with a door requiring a passcode to exit
3.Bracelet work by the resident that triggers a door lock as the resident approaches
4.Mesh Velcro barriers on other residents' doors - Correct Ans-1.Restricting the
wanderer to bed with physical restraints
Turning up for work on time is an indication of a good:
1.Work Attitude
2.Organizational Reward
3.Social Reward
4.Job Reward - Correct Ans-1.Work Attitude
In a well-run facility, the balance between nursing care staff and support staff is:
1.60%Nursing care/40% support staff
2.70%Nursing care/30% support staff
3.40%Nursing care/60% support staff
4.50%Nursing care/50% support staff - Correct Ans-1.60%Nursing care/40% support
staff
A chronic nervous disease:
1.Parkinson's
2.Sun-downing
3.Aphasia
4.Senile Dementia - Correct Ans-1.Parkinson's
Determining the task and skills required to fulfill a position:
1.Job Classification
,2.Job Analysis
3.Job Description
4.Job - Correct Ans-2.Job Analysis
An employee permanently leaving a position:
1.Exit Interview
2.Performance Evaluation
3.Employee Turnover
4.Promotion Policy - Correct Ans-3.Employee Turnover
Instructions phrased as a suggestion:
1.General
2.Formal
3.Specific
4.Informal - Correct Ans-4.Informal
How long much a resident wait before re-qualifying for medicare reimbursement after
their original stay in a SNF has ended?
1.60 days
2.30 days
3.90 days
4.120 days - Correct Ans-1.60 days
A corporation that pays no corporate tax: *
1.Sole Proprietorship
2.Limited Partnership
3.Partnership
4.Corporation - Correct Ans-4.Corporation
Accounting principles in common use: *
1.FUTA
2.FICA
3.FASB
4.GAAP - Correct Ans-4.GAAP
An uncluttered environment:
1.Comfortable
2.Orderly
3.Safe
4.Homelike - Correct Ans-2.Orderly
Which of the following is not a part of being orderly:
1.Proper handling of spills
2.Equipment and supplies properly stored and not in corridors
3.No peeling paint, visible water leaks, and plumbing problems
4.Quiet, peaceful public rooms - Correct Ans-4.Quiet, peaceful public rooms
, A barrier to good communication where an employee worries about what might happen
if they communicate unwelcome information:
1.Fear of Consequences
2. Premature Evaluation
3.Distrust of the Sender
4.Poor Retention - Correct Ans-1.Fear of Consequences
A long term care facility may order up to a _____ day supply of medications from a
contract pharmacy when a selected pharmacy is not able to supply the ordered meds.
1.5
2.7
3.4
4.6 - Correct Ans-7
A medical director of a long term care facility can be employed as which of the following:
*
1.A medical director must be employed as a full time
2.A medical director must be employees part-time
3.A medical director may be employed as either part-time or full time
4.Medical directors are neither part-time or full time but designated as contract only -
Correct Ans-3.A medical director may be employed as either part time or full time
A nurse has taken a telephone order which must be counter signed with the original
signature of the physician within ______ days of receipt of the order.*
1.7 days
2.5 days
3.3 days
4.48 hours - Correct Ans-4.48 hours
Physical restraints must be removed for at least ______ minutes every ____ during
normal waking hours.*
1.20 minutes every 2 hours
2.10 minutes every 1 hours
3.20 minutes every 1 hours
4.10 minutes every 2 hours - Correct Ans-4.10 minutes every 2 hours
Which of the following services cannot be located in the basement area without prior
approval from the division of nursing care facilities:
1.Kitchen Services
2.Central supply
3.Storage
4.Laundry Services - Correct Ans-2. Central Supply
A facility shall assure that dentures are ______ by the resident.
1. Cleaned
