FEDERAL NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR EXAM
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
1. OBRA asserts some separate committees can be folded into the
quality improvement/assurance committee. Safety, Pharmacy and
which committee below can be added into QA/QI committee?
A. Infection Control
B. Ethics
C. Resident Council
D. Dietary
Answer: Infection Control
2. Nursing homes are responsible for obtaining and providing dental
care for residents. Who usually pays for dental services?
Answer: The resident or a family member
3. A facility is not allowed to charge a resident who is Medicaid and
Medicare eligible except for:
Answer: Co-pays
4. You calculate the average percent of occupancy by:
Answer: Dividing the total census (occupied bed days) by the
total number of days, then multiply by 100
5. Resident's rights should be explained to the resident and/or family
member:
Answer: Prior to admission
6. In case of an emergency, when no attending or back up physician
is available, the decision as to who will attend to the resident is to
, be made by the:
Answer: Administrator
7. Federal law states that facilities must retain menus of food
actually served for at least:
Answer: 30 days
8. A resident with a living will and DPOA specified she wants to
receive heroic measures if necessary. Six months later the resident
requires CPR, but is now incompetent and the son requests CPR
be withheld. What is the right thing to do?
Answer: Provide the CPR
9. A resident asks to see his chart. The doctor tells the nurse not to
allow the resident access to the chart. What do you do?
Answer: Tell the doctor the law gives the resident the right to
view the medical records
10. Medical records belong to:
Answer: Facility
11. When a resident passes away, the personal funds deposited
with the facility must be given to the resident's estate with a final
accounting of the funds within:
Answer: 30 days
12. The suffix "algia" refers to:
Answer: Pain
13. Physical restraints must be removed:
Answer: Every two hours
, 14. Depression is one of many psychological changes related to
the aging process. Others include the following except for:
A. Anxiety
B. Hearing loss
C. Social withdrawal
D. Sleep disturbances
Answer: Hearing loss
15. "Nosocomial" refers to:
Answer: Infection occurring inside the facility (institutionalized)
16. A capital budget is mostly about:
Answer: Equipment and real estate
17. Current debts are debts that are:
Answer: Due within one year
18. A ledger is a complete listing of:
Answer: Accounts payable and receivable
19. Which resource usually provides the least revenue for a
nursing home?
Answer: Insurance
20. Past due accounts should not exceed:
Answer: 5%
21. All of the following are a cash expense except:
A. Salaries
B. Utilities
C. Depreciation
D. Supplies
Answer: Depreciation
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
1. OBRA asserts some separate committees can be folded into the
quality improvement/assurance committee. Safety, Pharmacy and
which committee below can be added into QA/QI committee?
A. Infection Control
B. Ethics
C. Resident Council
D. Dietary
Answer: Infection Control
2. Nursing homes are responsible for obtaining and providing dental
care for residents. Who usually pays for dental services?
Answer: The resident or a family member
3. A facility is not allowed to charge a resident who is Medicaid and
Medicare eligible except for:
Answer: Co-pays
4. You calculate the average percent of occupancy by:
Answer: Dividing the total census (occupied bed days) by the
total number of days, then multiply by 100
5. Resident's rights should be explained to the resident and/or family
member:
Answer: Prior to admission
6. In case of an emergency, when no attending or back up physician
is available, the decision as to who will attend to the resident is to
, be made by the:
Answer: Administrator
7. Federal law states that facilities must retain menus of food
actually served for at least:
Answer: 30 days
8. A resident with a living will and DPOA specified she wants to
receive heroic measures if necessary. Six months later the resident
requires CPR, but is now incompetent and the son requests CPR
be withheld. What is the right thing to do?
Answer: Provide the CPR
9. A resident asks to see his chart. The doctor tells the nurse not to
allow the resident access to the chart. What do you do?
Answer: Tell the doctor the law gives the resident the right to
view the medical records
10. Medical records belong to:
Answer: Facility
11. When a resident passes away, the personal funds deposited
with the facility must be given to the resident's estate with a final
accounting of the funds within:
Answer: 30 days
12. The suffix "algia" refers to:
Answer: Pain
13. Physical restraints must be removed:
Answer: Every two hours
, 14. Depression is one of many psychological changes related to
the aging process. Others include the following except for:
A. Anxiety
B. Hearing loss
C. Social withdrawal
D. Sleep disturbances
Answer: Hearing loss
15. "Nosocomial" refers to:
Answer: Infection occurring inside the facility (institutionalized)
16. A capital budget is mostly about:
Answer: Equipment and real estate
17. Current debts are debts that are:
Answer: Due within one year
18. A ledger is a complete listing of:
Answer: Accounts payable and receivable
19. Which resource usually provides the least revenue for a
nursing home?
Answer: Insurance
20. Past due accounts should not exceed:
Answer: 5%
21. All of the following are a cash expense except:
A. Salaries
B. Utilities
C. Depreciation
D. Supplies
Answer: Depreciation
