ALF Core Exam as of Dec. 2019 Standards QUESTIONS WITH
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
When outside temperatures are 65°F (18°C) or below, you must maintain a temperature of at
least XX when residents are AWAKE. - answer☑️✔️..an indoor temperature of at least 72°F
(22°C) shall be maintained
AGENCY - answer☑️✔️..Agency for Health Care Administration
AGING IN PLACE - answer☑️✔️..process of providing increased or adjusted services to a
person to compensate for physical or mental decline that may occur with the aging process in
order to maximize a person's dignity and independence and permit them to remain in a familiar,
non institutional resident environment for as long as possible.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY - answer☑️✔️..any building or residential facility provides housing,
meals and one or more personal services for a period exceeding 24 hours to one or more adults
who are not relatives of the owner or administrator. Residents do not require the 24-hour
nursing.
DEPARTMENT - answer☑️✔️..Department of Elderly Affairs
EXTENDED CONGREGATE CARE - answer☑️✔️..means acts beyond personal services / ADL's
may be performed by persons licensed under part 1 chapter 464. TOTAL CARE
PERSONAL SERVICES / ADL's - answer☑️✔️..direct physical assistance or supervision of the
activities of daily living, the self-administration of medication. Does not include transferring,
medical, nursing, dental or mental health services.
,LIMITED NURSING SERVICES - answer☑️✔️..for ALF residents who meet admissions criteria
but do NOT require 24 hour nursing supervision. May include routine dressings, care of casts,
braces and splints.
When residents are asleep, what is the min inside temperature at night? - answer☑️✔️..68
degrees
When the outside temperature is 90 degrees or less, what is the maximum inside temperature
permitted? - answer☑️✔️..Maximum indoor temperature is 85 degrees with mechanical
cooling devices
When it is hotter than 90 degrees outside- what temp must remain inside at night and day? -
answer☑️✔️..81.
Maximum temperature allowed inside a resident space? As per EEC/ CEMP Hurricane Irma
regulations. - answer☑️✔️..90 degrees maximum indoor temp allowed.
What is the min sq ft required of living and dining space per resident if the facility is not
comprised of apartments? - answer☑️✔️..35 sq ft
Those facilities also serving as adult day care centers must provide an additional 35 sq ft of living
space per adult day care client? true or false - answer☑️✔️..True
IF you also serve as an adult day care center how much extra space per resident must you have?
- answer☑️✔️..extra 35 sq ft
When calculating the minimum square footage requirements for living and dining space who
else besides residents MUST be included? - answer☑️✔️..live-in staff and family members
must be included in the ratio.
,T/F ...ALF's must provide areas separate from bedrooms for activities - answer☑️✔️..True
how much usable floor space , not including closet or bathroom should be provided to a single
occupancy? - answer☑️✔️..80 sq ft
how much usable floor space , not including closet or bathroom should be provided to a double
occupancy? - answer☑️✔️..60 sq ft per person. Total min 120 sqft
In an ALF, how many toilets and sinks, and bathtubs must there be per person to accommodate
all residents, live in staff and family members. - answer☑️✔️..1 sink: toilet per 6 people
1 bathtub per 8 people NEW for 2019
when you have 16 or less residents, do you have to have job descriptions. - answer☑️✔️..No
you do not
A resident room must have the following if provided by an ALF: - answer☑️✔️..bed, no smaller
than 36 inches wide and 72 inches long, a closet/ wardrobe/place to hang clothes, dresser, a
table or nightstand, floor or table lamp, waste basket and comfortable chair if requested.
Mandatory physical plant standards include: - answer☑️✔️..no standing water; keeping all
electrical mechanics in good working order; keeping a set of master keys on the property at all
times; providing adequate clean non-stained, no rips/ tear linens/ laundry services. Must have
policy on bed bugs.
Legacy Facilities are... - answer☑️✔️..communities that have received certificate of occupancy
before July 1, 2016 and comply with 1994 1995 editions of the National Fire Protection
Association , Life Safety Code NFPA 101 and NFPA 101A.
, NFPA is - answer☑️✔️..National Fire Protection Association
T/ F? Every facility shall post a copy of the last inspection report of the agency for that facility in
a prominent location within the facility so as to be accessible to all residents and the public.
Upon request, the facility shall also provide a copy of the report to any resident or to an
applicant to the facility. - answer☑️✔️..TRUE- 429.35 (3)
Fire evacuation capability determination must be completed when? - answer☑️✔️..Within 6
months of becoming licensed as an ALF.
Resident bathrooms MUST have - answer☑️✔️..a working door
T/ F Cooking operations in small legacy facilities (16 beds or less) must comply with ventilation
standards like bigger (17 or more beds)? - answer☑️✔️..FALSE
Legacy facilities that are fully sprinklered must conduct how may fire drills per year? -
answer☑️✔️..6 drills per year; NEW FOR 2019; if legacy facility is sprinklered and in full
compliance with AHJ- Authority having jurisdiction- usually the fire marshall- then only need 1
drill b/w 11p-7am and can conduct the second mandatory overnight drill before 11pm.
Legacy facilities that are NOT sprinklered must conduct how may fire drills per year? -
answer☑️✔️..12 per year total with one monthly and at least 4 drills on each shift. NEW FOR
2019
A sprinklered ALF that receives a certificate of occupancy on or after July 1, 2016 must conduct
how many fire drills per year and when? - answer☑️✔️..6 drills per year with a min of 2 when
residents are asleep.
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
When outside temperatures are 65°F (18°C) or below, you must maintain a temperature of at
least XX when residents are AWAKE. - answer☑️✔️..an indoor temperature of at least 72°F
(22°C) shall be maintained
AGENCY - answer☑️✔️..Agency for Health Care Administration
AGING IN PLACE - answer☑️✔️..process of providing increased or adjusted services to a
person to compensate for physical or mental decline that may occur with the aging process in
order to maximize a person's dignity and independence and permit them to remain in a familiar,
non institutional resident environment for as long as possible.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY - answer☑️✔️..any building or residential facility provides housing,
meals and one or more personal services for a period exceeding 24 hours to one or more adults
who are not relatives of the owner or administrator. Residents do not require the 24-hour
nursing.
DEPARTMENT - answer☑️✔️..Department of Elderly Affairs
EXTENDED CONGREGATE CARE - answer☑️✔️..means acts beyond personal services / ADL's
may be performed by persons licensed under part 1 chapter 464. TOTAL CARE
PERSONAL SERVICES / ADL's - answer☑️✔️..direct physical assistance or supervision of the
activities of daily living, the self-administration of medication. Does not include transferring,
medical, nursing, dental or mental health services.
,LIMITED NURSING SERVICES - answer☑️✔️..for ALF residents who meet admissions criteria
but do NOT require 24 hour nursing supervision. May include routine dressings, care of casts,
braces and splints.
When residents are asleep, what is the min inside temperature at night? - answer☑️✔️..68
degrees
When the outside temperature is 90 degrees or less, what is the maximum inside temperature
permitted? - answer☑️✔️..Maximum indoor temperature is 85 degrees with mechanical
cooling devices
When it is hotter than 90 degrees outside- what temp must remain inside at night and day? -
answer☑️✔️..81.
Maximum temperature allowed inside a resident space? As per EEC/ CEMP Hurricane Irma
regulations. - answer☑️✔️..90 degrees maximum indoor temp allowed.
What is the min sq ft required of living and dining space per resident if the facility is not
comprised of apartments? - answer☑️✔️..35 sq ft
Those facilities also serving as adult day care centers must provide an additional 35 sq ft of living
space per adult day care client? true or false - answer☑️✔️..True
IF you also serve as an adult day care center how much extra space per resident must you have?
- answer☑️✔️..extra 35 sq ft
When calculating the minimum square footage requirements for living and dining space who
else besides residents MUST be included? - answer☑️✔️..live-in staff and family members
must be included in the ratio.
,T/F ...ALF's must provide areas separate from bedrooms for activities - answer☑️✔️..True
how much usable floor space , not including closet or bathroom should be provided to a single
occupancy? - answer☑️✔️..80 sq ft
how much usable floor space , not including closet or bathroom should be provided to a double
occupancy? - answer☑️✔️..60 sq ft per person. Total min 120 sqft
In an ALF, how many toilets and sinks, and bathtubs must there be per person to accommodate
all residents, live in staff and family members. - answer☑️✔️..1 sink: toilet per 6 people
1 bathtub per 8 people NEW for 2019
when you have 16 or less residents, do you have to have job descriptions. - answer☑️✔️..No
you do not
A resident room must have the following if provided by an ALF: - answer☑️✔️..bed, no smaller
than 36 inches wide and 72 inches long, a closet/ wardrobe/place to hang clothes, dresser, a
table or nightstand, floor or table lamp, waste basket and comfortable chair if requested.
Mandatory physical plant standards include: - answer☑️✔️..no standing water; keeping all
electrical mechanics in good working order; keeping a set of master keys on the property at all
times; providing adequate clean non-stained, no rips/ tear linens/ laundry services. Must have
policy on bed bugs.
Legacy Facilities are... - answer☑️✔️..communities that have received certificate of occupancy
before July 1, 2016 and comply with 1994 1995 editions of the National Fire Protection
Association , Life Safety Code NFPA 101 and NFPA 101A.
, NFPA is - answer☑️✔️..National Fire Protection Association
T/ F? Every facility shall post a copy of the last inspection report of the agency for that facility in
a prominent location within the facility so as to be accessible to all residents and the public.
Upon request, the facility shall also provide a copy of the report to any resident or to an
applicant to the facility. - answer☑️✔️..TRUE- 429.35 (3)
Fire evacuation capability determination must be completed when? - answer☑️✔️..Within 6
months of becoming licensed as an ALF.
Resident bathrooms MUST have - answer☑️✔️..a working door
T/ F Cooking operations in small legacy facilities (16 beds or less) must comply with ventilation
standards like bigger (17 or more beds)? - answer☑️✔️..FALSE
Legacy facilities that are fully sprinklered must conduct how may fire drills per year? -
answer☑️✔️..6 drills per year; NEW FOR 2019; if legacy facility is sprinklered and in full
compliance with AHJ- Authority having jurisdiction- usually the fire marshall- then only need 1
drill b/w 11p-7am and can conduct the second mandatory overnight drill before 11pm.
Legacy facilities that are NOT sprinklered must conduct how may fire drills per year? -
answer☑️✔️..12 per year total with one monthly and at least 4 drills on each shift. NEW FOR
2019
A sprinklered ALF that receives a certificate of occupancy on or after July 1, 2016 must conduct
how many fire drills per year and when? - answer☑️✔️..6 drills per year with a min of 2 when
residents are asleep.
