RCFE Certification UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Ambulatory person - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a person who is capable of
demonstrating the mental competence and physical ability to leave a building without assistance
of any other person or without the use of any mechanical device incase of an emergency (basic
cane ok, quad cane not)
Appropriately skilled professional - CORRECT ANSWER - Means an individual that has
training and is licensed to perform the necessary medical procedures prescribed by a physician.
Includes, not not limited to: rn, lvn, pt, ot, rt. these professionals may include, but are not limited
to, those employed by a home health agency, the resident or facilities and are currently licensed
in ca.
Basic services - CORRECT ANSWER - Means those services required to be proved by the
facility in order to obtain and maintain a license and include, in such combinations as may meet
the needs of the residents and be applicable to the type of facility to be operated, the following:
safe and healthful living accommodations; personal assistance and car; observation and
supervision; planned activities; food service; and arrangements for obtaining incidental medical
and dental care
Capacity - CORRECT ANSWER - Means that maximum number of persons authorized to
be provided services at any one time in any license facility
Certificate holder - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a person who has a current
administrators certificate issued by the dept regardless of whether the person is employed as an
administrator in a residential care facility for the elderly
Conservator - CORRECT ANSWER - A person appointed by the superior court to care for
the person estate or both of an adult
Control of property - CORRECT ANSWER - The right to enter, occupy and maintain the
operation of the facility property within regulatory requirements
, Deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER - Any failure to comply with any provision of the
RCFE and regulations adopted by the dept pursuant of the act
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER - The loss of intellectual function and other cognitive
functions sufficient to interfere with an individual's ability to perform ADL's or to carry out
social or occupational activities
Elderly person - CORRECT ANSWER - For purposes of admission into a residential care
facility for the elderly, a person who is 60 yrs or older
Emergency approval to operate - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a temporary approval to
operate a facility for no more than 60 days pending the issuance or denial of a license by the
licensing agent
Exception - CORRECT ANSWER - A variance to a specific regulation based on the
unique needs or circumstances of a specific resident or staff persons
Exemption - CORRECT ANSWER - Variation to the law
Healing wounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Cuts, stage 1 and 2 dermal ulcers as diagnosed
by a physician and incisions that are being treated by an appropriate skilled professional with the
affected area returning to its normal state
Health condition relocation order - CORRECT ANSWER - Written notice by the dept to a
licensee requiring the relocation of a resident from a RCFE because the resident has a health
condition which can't be cared for within the limits of the license. This is bad!!
Medical professional - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes but not limited to MD, RN, LVN
that is licensed in CA
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Ambulatory person - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a person who is capable of
demonstrating the mental competence and physical ability to leave a building without assistance
of any other person or without the use of any mechanical device incase of an emergency (basic
cane ok, quad cane not)
Appropriately skilled professional - CORRECT ANSWER - Means an individual that has
training and is licensed to perform the necessary medical procedures prescribed by a physician.
Includes, not not limited to: rn, lvn, pt, ot, rt. these professionals may include, but are not limited
to, those employed by a home health agency, the resident or facilities and are currently licensed
in ca.
Basic services - CORRECT ANSWER - Means those services required to be proved by the
facility in order to obtain and maintain a license and include, in such combinations as may meet
the needs of the residents and be applicable to the type of facility to be operated, the following:
safe and healthful living accommodations; personal assistance and car; observation and
supervision; planned activities; food service; and arrangements for obtaining incidental medical
and dental care
Capacity - CORRECT ANSWER - Means that maximum number of persons authorized to
be provided services at any one time in any license facility
Certificate holder - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a person who has a current
administrators certificate issued by the dept regardless of whether the person is employed as an
administrator in a residential care facility for the elderly
Conservator - CORRECT ANSWER - A person appointed by the superior court to care for
the person estate or both of an adult
Control of property - CORRECT ANSWER - The right to enter, occupy and maintain the
operation of the facility property within regulatory requirements
, Deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER - Any failure to comply with any provision of the
RCFE and regulations adopted by the dept pursuant of the act
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER - The loss of intellectual function and other cognitive
functions sufficient to interfere with an individual's ability to perform ADL's or to carry out
social or occupational activities
Elderly person - CORRECT ANSWER - For purposes of admission into a residential care
facility for the elderly, a person who is 60 yrs or older
Emergency approval to operate - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a temporary approval to
operate a facility for no more than 60 days pending the issuance or denial of a license by the
licensing agent
Exception - CORRECT ANSWER - A variance to a specific regulation based on the
unique needs or circumstances of a specific resident or staff persons
Exemption - CORRECT ANSWER - Variation to the law
Healing wounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Cuts, stage 1 and 2 dermal ulcers as diagnosed
by a physician and incisions that are being treated by an appropriate skilled professional with the
affected area returning to its normal state
Health condition relocation order - CORRECT ANSWER - Written notice by the dept to a
licensee requiring the relocation of a resident from a RCFE because the resident has a health
condition which can't be cared for within the limits of the license. This is bad!!
Medical professional - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes but not limited to MD, RN, LVN
that is licensed in CA
