ACTIVITY DIRECTOR COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SHEET
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Abraham Maslow's heirarchy of needs: top to bottom - ✔✔Makes you feel good,
Position
Emotional needs
Safety, security
Basic needs
✔✔What can an alert person be? - ✔✔A mentor
✔✔Examples of physical activities: - ✔✔Movement, Stretches, Walking,
✔✔Types of activities: - ✔✔Dancing, Playing an instrument, Knitting, Knitting, Chair
yoga, Table games, Cooking, Going to the rest room, washing yourself, blowing
bubbles, reading aloud
✔✔Cognitive activities - ✔✔Word games, Jigsaw puzzles, Hidden pic, Cutout place
mats, Crafts, Cooking, Reminiscing, Career day, BINGO, Reading
✔✔Educational activities - ✔✔Newspaper, Hx or Discovery channel, Crossword, Guest
speakers, Anything new they learn, Trivia, Music games
✔✔Global Deterioration Cale (Alzheimer's) - ✔✔1. No cognitive decline
2. Very mild
3. Mild
4. Moderate
5. Moderately severe
6. Severe
7. Very severe
✔✔Social activities: - ✔✔Straw hatters
Red hat society
Parties
Church
Outings
Games
Cooking group
Support groups
Resident council
Family / Facility event
✔✔Emotional / Affect activities - ✔✔Music
Family interactions
BINGO
, Church
Resident council
Playing instrument
Feel good movies
Hugs
Humor
Intergenerational
✔✔Self-esteem activities - ✔✔Helping c activities
Maintain I
Growing things
Making things
Making things
Display handiwork
CP meetings
Resident counce
✔✔Spiritual activities - ✔✔Search for spiritual fulfillment
Values recognition
Opportunities for introspection / meditation
Church / Bible study / Prayer groups
Gardners
Quiet place
Listening to things
✔✔Supportive activities - ✔✔In-room
Sensory stimulation
Murals
Provide materials
Sounds
Scents
✔✔Empowerment activities - ✔✔Resident council
Making decisions
Advanced directives
Menu committee
CP mtgs
Choose activities and meals
Volunteer work
Who can / cannot visit
✔✔Reality orientation - ✔✔Grade it to each resident
An example would be for seasons
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Abraham Maslow's heirarchy of needs: top to bottom - ✔✔Makes you feel good,
Position
Emotional needs
Safety, security
Basic needs
✔✔What can an alert person be? - ✔✔A mentor
✔✔Examples of physical activities: - ✔✔Movement, Stretches, Walking,
✔✔Types of activities: - ✔✔Dancing, Playing an instrument, Knitting, Knitting, Chair
yoga, Table games, Cooking, Going to the rest room, washing yourself, blowing
bubbles, reading aloud
✔✔Cognitive activities - ✔✔Word games, Jigsaw puzzles, Hidden pic, Cutout place
mats, Crafts, Cooking, Reminiscing, Career day, BINGO, Reading
✔✔Educational activities - ✔✔Newspaper, Hx or Discovery channel, Crossword, Guest
speakers, Anything new they learn, Trivia, Music games
✔✔Global Deterioration Cale (Alzheimer's) - ✔✔1. No cognitive decline
2. Very mild
3. Mild
4. Moderate
5. Moderately severe
6. Severe
7. Very severe
✔✔Social activities: - ✔✔Straw hatters
Red hat society
Parties
Church
Outings
Games
Cooking group
Support groups
Resident council
Family / Facility event
✔✔Emotional / Affect activities - ✔✔Music
Family interactions
BINGO
, Church
Resident council
Playing instrument
Feel good movies
Hugs
Humor
Intergenerational
✔✔Self-esteem activities - ✔✔Helping c activities
Maintain I
Growing things
Making things
Making things
Display handiwork
CP meetings
Resident counce
✔✔Spiritual activities - ✔✔Search for spiritual fulfillment
Values recognition
Opportunities for introspection / meditation
Church / Bible study / Prayer groups
Gardners
Quiet place
Listening to things
✔✔Supportive activities - ✔✔In-room
Sensory stimulation
Murals
Provide materials
Sounds
Scents
✔✔Empowerment activities - ✔✔Resident council
Making decisions
Advanced directives
Menu committee
CP mtgs
Choose activities and meals
Volunteer work
Who can / cannot visit
✔✔Reality orientation - ✔✔Grade it to each resident
An example would be for seasons
