NCCAP NATIONAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS ||UPDATED 2025
Resident Council – ✔✔
A regular meeting where residents can share feedback, voice concerns, and
discuss what’s happening in the facility.
Activity – ✔✔
Anything residents do during their day that isn’t medical treatment but still
adds to their well-being and quality of life.
Certification – ✔✔
An official document showing completion of education or training in a specific
area.
Leisure – ✔✔
Free time used in a relaxed, self-directed way.
Advocacy – ✔✔
Taking action—such as speaking up or writing letters—to support a cause or
push for policy changes.
Recreation – ✔✔
Planned or organized activities done for fun, enjoyment, or well-being.
Interpretive Guidelines – ✔✔
Clarifications that explain how to follow rules or laws more clearly in practice.
Professionalism – ✔✔
The knowledge, behavior, and attitude expected of someone working in a
skilled profession.
Accountability – ✔✔
Being responsible for your actions and owning the results, whether good or
bad.
,Professional Organization – ✔✔
A structured group that supports people in a specific career field.
Departmentalization – ✔✔
Dividing a workplace into different sections or departments based on job roles
or tasks.
Protesting – ✔✔
Publicly showing disagreement with something—either through speech, signs,
or peaceful demonstration.
Profession – ✔✔
A career that requires specialized training or education.
Survey Process - ANSWERS✔✔When a facility is tested on their policies, if
they are not meeting the guidelines, they are given a deficiency
Responsibility - ANSWERS✔✔being responsible for.
Ethics - ANSWERS✔✔moral behavior/right/wrong
CCRC - ANSWERS✔✔Continuing Care Retirement Community-
Shannondell :)
Activism - ANSWERS✔✔to speak out about something you are passionate
about
NCCAP - ANSWERS✔✔National Creitition Certification Activity PRofession
Deficiency - ANSWERS✔✔When a facility gets a strike for not following
regulations demanded by the state
Life Course Perspective - ANSWERS✔✔how one experiences a timetable of
life events and society looks upon how a person chooses his/her life course
Life Span - ANSWERS✔✔maximum number of years a person can survive.
, Cohort Effect - ANSWERS✔✔when a commonly aged group of people in
research indirectly affect results due to their common age-related influence.
Cumulative Disadvantage - ANSWERS✔✔theory that variation is not a
stagnant outcome but rather is a growing process that unfolds over the life
course.
Functional Age - ANSWERS✔✔the age at which one functions
Wellness - ANSWERS✔✔opposite of sickness/ individualized/ accomplished
at any age.
Palliative Care - ANSWERS✔✔care for residents who suffer form a chronic
or serious, life threatening illness --with no time frame
Age Grades - ANSWERS✔✔a way of combining people together by category
using age as a social sorted piece.
Wisdom - ANSWERS✔✔the feature of having experience, knowledge, and
good decision making (being wise)
Adaptive Skills - ANSWERS✔✔everyday skills needed to meet the demands
of one's environment (to take care of self and to interact with others)
Hospice - ANSWERS✔✔care for residents who suffer form a chronic or
serious, life threatening illness-- 6 months up to live
Advance Directives - ANSWERS✔✔a written statement of a person's wishes
regarding their medical treatment, usually includes a living will
Kubler-Ross - ANSWERS✔✔woman psychologist who identified 5 stages of
dying. This process is individualized by each person.
Robert Havighurst - ANSWERS✔✔man who developed developmental tasks
theory: ( tasks that take place at a specific time during one's life.)
Primary Aging - ANSWERS✔✔the course of physical deterioration that takes
place throughout life.
AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS ||UPDATED 2025
Resident Council – ✔✔
A regular meeting where residents can share feedback, voice concerns, and
discuss what’s happening in the facility.
Activity – ✔✔
Anything residents do during their day that isn’t medical treatment but still
adds to their well-being and quality of life.
Certification – ✔✔
An official document showing completion of education or training in a specific
area.
Leisure – ✔✔
Free time used in a relaxed, self-directed way.
Advocacy – ✔✔
Taking action—such as speaking up or writing letters—to support a cause or
push for policy changes.
Recreation – ✔✔
Planned or organized activities done for fun, enjoyment, or well-being.
Interpretive Guidelines – ✔✔
Clarifications that explain how to follow rules or laws more clearly in practice.
Professionalism – ✔✔
The knowledge, behavior, and attitude expected of someone working in a
skilled profession.
Accountability – ✔✔
Being responsible for your actions and owning the results, whether good or
bad.
,Professional Organization – ✔✔
A structured group that supports people in a specific career field.
Departmentalization – ✔✔
Dividing a workplace into different sections or departments based on job roles
or tasks.
Protesting – ✔✔
Publicly showing disagreement with something—either through speech, signs,
or peaceful demonstration.
Profession – ✔✔
A career that requires specialized training or education.
Survey Process - ANSWERS✔✔When a facility is tested on their policies, if
they are not meeting the guidelines, they are given a deficiency
Responsibility - ANSWERS✔✔being responsible for.
Ethics - ANSWERS✔✔moral behavior/right/wrong
CCRC - ANSWERS✔✔Continuing Care Retirement Community-
Shannondell :)
Activism - ANSWERS✔✔to speak out about something you are passionate
about
NCCAP - ANSWERS✔✔National Creitition Certification Activity PRofession
Deficiency - ANSWERS✔✔When a facility gets a strike for not following
regulations demanded by the state
Life Course Perspective - ANSWERS✔✔how one experiences a timetable of
life events and society looks upon how a person chooses his/her life course
Life Span - ANSWERS✔✔maximum number of years a person can survive.
, Cohort Effect - ANSWERS✔✔when a commonly aged group of people in
research indirectly affect results due to their common age-related influence.
Cumulative Disadvantage - ANSWERS✔✔theory that variation is not a
stagnant outcome but rather is a growing process that unfolds over the life
course.
Functional Age - ANSWERS✔✔the age at which one functions
Wellness - ANSWERS✔✔opposite of sickness/ individualized/ accomplished
at any age.
Palliative Care - ANSWERS✔✔care for residents who suffer form a chronic
or serious, life threatening illness --with no time frame
Age Grades - ANSWERS✔✔a way of combining people together by category
using age as a social sorted piece.
Wisdom - ANSWERS✔✔the feature of having experience, knowledge, and
good decision making (being wise)
Adaptive Skills - ANSWERS✔✔everyday skills needed to meet the demands
of one's environment (to take care of self and to interact with others)
Hospice - ANSWERS✔✔care for residents who suffer form a chronic or
serious, life threatening illness-- 6 months up to live
Advance Directives - ANSWERS✔✔a written statement of a person's wishes
regarding their medical treatment, usually includes a living will
Kubler-Ross - ANSWERS✔✔woman psychologist who identified 5 stages of
dying. This process is individualized by each person.
Robert Havighurst - ANSWERS✔✔man who developed developmental tasks
theory: ( tasks that take place at a specific time during one's life.)
Primary Aging - ANSWERS✔✔the course of physical deterioration that takes
place throughout life.
