NAB CORE EXAM
NAB CORE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Question 1
When a family is being interviewed regarding a provision of services, the first course
of action should be to: -
1. discuss the healthcare organization's rate structure
2. inquire about the potential care recipient's needs
3. give tour of the healthcare organization
4. talk about the healthcare organization's strengths compared to the competition's
Correct Answer
2. inquire about the potential care recipient's needs
Question 2
When marketing a healthcare organization, the market is considered to be all of the
individuals:
1. living within an established radius of the healthcare organization
2. enrolled in the Medicaid or Medicare programs
3. with a demand for their service of product
4. discharging from an acute care hospital
Correct Answer
3. with a demand for their service of product
Question 3
Ethics are the beliefs or attitudes that make up which kind of organizational values?
1. Humanitarian
2. Religious
3. Moral
4. Civic
Correct Answer
3. Moral
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Question 4
A cognitive care recipient, whose spouse is living, does not have an advance directive
or a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order. The care recipient's daughter has financial
Power of Attorney, and the son has Healthcare of Power of Attorney. A DNR order can
be authorized by the:
1. care recipient's son
2. care recipient
3. care recipient's spouse
4. physician
Correct Answer
1. care recipient's son
Question 5
Establishing and Implementing policies regarding the management and operations of
a healthcare organization is the responsibility of the:
1. department managers
2. chief executive officer
3. care recipient
4. governing body
Correct Answer
2. chief executive officer
Question 6
All employees in a healthcare organization should be working toward the
organization's purpose, which described in the healthcare organization's:
1. articles of incorporation
2. governance body
3. organization charts
4. mission statement
Correct Answer
4. mission statement
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Question 7
PRN means:
1. administer as necessary
2. pain reducing narcotics
3. dispense at bedtime
4. care recipient refusal and noted
Correct Answer
1. administer as necessary
Question 8
Changing a bathing schedule to meet the care recipient's time preference is an
example of:
1. permanent assignment
2. person-centered care
3. green living
4. time management
Correct Answer
2. person-centered care
Question 9
Mrs. J has completed a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) form. A friend of hers comes to the
office, upset that Mrs. J has chosen to have a DNR, and asks for a copy of the DNR to
discuss it with Mrs. J. The staff should:
1. not release the DNR because it cannot be changed once it has been signed 2. call
Mrs. J's physician to release the form to the visitor
3. release the form so the friend can help Mrs. J understand the DNR
4. not release the form because of confidentiality
Correct Answer
4. not release the form because of confidentiality
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Question 10
Care recipients who elect to receive hospice benefits should receive:
1. pain relief and symptom management
2. notice that their stay can continue for a maximum of six months
3. additional life-sustaining services that are covered by Medicare
4. priority admission to an acute-care hospital
Correct Answer
3. additional life-sustaining services that are covered by Medicare
Question 11
One of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses in the elderly is:
1. depression
2. obsessive-compulsive disorder
3. schizophrenia
4. paranoia
Correct Answer
1. Depression
Question 12
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) ensures a
care recipient's right to:
1. select and change their personal physician
2. request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of personal health information
3. select treatment options based on religious preference
4. designate who can make decisions on their behalf
Correct Answer
2. request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of personal health information
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NAB CORE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Question 1
When a family is being interviewed regarding a provision of services, the first course
of action should be to: -
1. discuss the healthcare organization's rate structure
2. inquire about the potential care recipient's needs
3. give tour of the healthcare organization
4. talk about the healthcare organization's strengths compared to the competition's
Correct Answer
2. inquire about the potential care recipient's needs
Question 2
When marketing a healthcare organization, the market is considered to be all of the
individuals:
1. living within an established radius of the healthcare organization
2. enrolled in the Medicaid or Medicare programs
3. with a demand for their service of product
4. discharging from an acute care hospital
Correct Answer
3. with a demand for their service of product
Question 3
Ethics are the beliefs or attitudes that make up which kind of organizational values?
1. Humanitarian
2. Religious
3. Moral
4. Civic
Correct Answer
3. Moral
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Question 4
A cognitive care recipient, whose spouse is living, does not have an advance directive
or a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order. The care recipient's daughter has financial
Power of Attorney, and the son has Healthcare of Power of Attorney. A DNR order can
be authorized by the:
1. care recipient's son
2. care recipient
3. care recipient's spouse
4. physician
Correct Answer
1. care recipient's son
Question 5
Establishing and Implementing policies regarding the management and operations of
a healthcare organization is the responsibility of the:
1. department managers
2. chief executive officer
3. care recipient
4. governing body
Correct Answer
2. chief executive officer
Question 6
All employees in a healthcare organization should be working toward the
organization's purpose, which described in the healthcare organization's:
1. articles of incorporation
2. governance body
3. organization charts
4. mission statement
Correct Answer
4. mission statement
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Question 7
PRN means:
1. administer as necessary
2. pain reducing narcotics
3. dispense at bedtime
4. care recipient refusal and noted
Correct Answer
1. administer as necessary
Question 8
Changing a bathing schedule to meet the care recipient's time preference is an
example of:
1. permanent assignment
2. person-centered care
3. green living
4. time management
Correct Answer
2. person-centered care
Question 9
Mrs. J has completed a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) form. A friend of hers comes to the
office, upset that Mrs. J has chosen to have a DNR, and asks for a copy of the DNR to
discuss it with Mrs. J. The staff should:
1. not release the DNR because it cannot be changed once it has been signed 2. call
Mrs. J's physician to release the form to the visitor
3. release the form so the friend can help Mrs. J understand the DNR
4. not release the form because of confidentiality
Correct Answer
4. not release the form because of confidentiality
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Question 10
Care recipients who elect to receive hospice benefits should receive:
1. pain relief and symptom management
2. notice that their stay can continue for a maximum of six months
3. additional life-sustaining services that are covered by Medicare
4. priority admission to an acute-care hospital
Correct Answer
3. additional life-sustaining services that are covered by Medicare
Question 11
One of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses in the elderly is:
1. depression
2. obsessive-compulsive disorder
3. schizophrenia
4. paranoia
Correct Answer
1. Depression
Question 12
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) ensures a
care recipient's right to:
1. select and change their personal physician
2. request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of personal health information
3. select treatment options based on religious preference
4. designate who can make decisions on their behalf
Correct Answer
2. request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of personal health information
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