FLORIDA GUARDIANSHIP TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How long can a patient be held in a mental health facility for treatment? - ✔✔Up to
six months
✔✔The guardian advocate May not consent to the following. - ✔✔Abortion, sterilization,
electro convulsive treatment, cycle surgery, or experimental treatments.
✔✔The global deterioration scale is a tool used to determine the stage of a person who
suffers from - ✔✔Dementia
✔✔Flat affect is a term used to describe a severe reduction in - ✔✔Emotional
responsiveness
✔✔Patients who are affected by post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD may exhibit the
following symptoms - ✔✔Re-experiencing big event, little interest in outside activities,
sleeplessness, memory problems, loss of concentration, or non-responsiveness to
others
✔✔When dementia is caused by infection, Nutritional deficiencies, dehydration,
medications, and jerkin problems or head trauma it may be reversible. - ✔✔True
✔✔Three methods to initiate the Baker act are - ✔✔1. Law enforcement office.
2. Position/licensed mental health counselor.
3. Clinical social worker or Exparte petition filed with the court.
✔✔What is a developmental disorder involving impairment in social interactions, verbal
and nonverbal communication, and imaginative ability - ✔✔Autism
✔✔What counsel is responsible for monitoring the proper application of the Baker act
process. - ✔✔Florida local advocacy Council
, ✔✔Who decides if the adjudicatory hearing is open or closed? - ✔✔The alleged
incapacitated person/AIP, or the court appointed attorney
✔✔Prior to the adjudicatory hearing who will receive copies of the examining committee
report/ECR? - ✔✔The court, the petitioners attorney, and the court appointed attorney.
✔✔Letters of guardianship give the guardian - ✔✔Authority to act
✔✔Plenary guardianship means what rights have been removed? - ✔✔All rights have
been removed
✔✔Limited guardianship means? - ✔✔One or more, but not all rights have been
removed.
✔✔A guardian appointed in another state is referred to as a? - ✔✔Foreign guardian
✔✔When can emergency temporary guardian/ETG be appointed for an individual? -
✔✔When a petition to determine capacity and appointment of a guardian has been filed.
✔✔If the word is indigent, the fees for the court appointed attorney and the examining
committee will be paid for by - ✔✔State
✔✔What guardian is good for 90 days and may be extended for an additional 90 days?
- ✔✔The authority of an emergency temporary guardian or ETG
✔✔The law allows for a relative who lives out of state to be appointed as a guardian for
the ward in this state - ✔✔True
✔✔The examining committee report must be received by the court how many days
before the scheduled incapacitating hearing - ✔✔10 days
✔✔What affidavit can be filed if the alleged incapacitated person is purported to have
very little funds. - ✔✔An affidavit of indigency
✔✔What criteria is usually used to determine that an individual is indigent - ✔✔Usually
the criteria to qualify for Medicaid
✔✔If the petitioner pays the filing fees to initiate a guardianship the guardian made
petition to reimburse the petitioner after the guardianship has been established. -
✔✔True
✔✔The standard of proof that must be met to find an individual legally incapacitated is, -
✔✔Clear and convincing evidence.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How long can a patient be held in a mental health facility for treatment? - ✔✔Up to
six months
✔✔The guardian advocate May not consent to the following. - ✔✔Abortion, sterilization,
electro convulsive treatment, cycle surgery, or experimental treatments.
✔✔The global deterioration scale is a tool used to determine the stage of a person who
suffers from - ✔✔Dementia
✔✔Flat affect is a term used to describe a severe reduction in - ✔✔Emotional
responsiveness
✔✔Patients who are affected by post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD may exhibit the
following symptoms - ✔✔Re-experiencing big event, little interest in outside activities,
sleeplessness, memory problems, loss of concentration, or non-responsiveness to
others
✔✔When dementia is caused by infection, Nutritional deficiencies, dehydration,
medications, and jerkin problems or head trauma it may be reversible. - ✔✔True
✔✔Three methods to initiate the Baker act are - ✔✔1. Law enforcement office.
2. Position/licensed mental health counselor.
3. Clinical social worker or Exparte petition filed with the court.
✔✔What is a developmental disorder involving impairment in social interactions, verbal
and nonverbal communication, and imaginative ability - ✔✔Autism
✔✔What counsel is responsible for monitoring the proper application of the Baker act
process. - ✔✔Florida local advocacy Council
, ✔✔Who decides if the adjudicatory hearing is open or closed? - ✔✔The alleged
incapacitated person/AIP, or the court appointed attorney
✔✔Prior to the adjudicatory hearing who will receive copies of the examining committee
report/ECR? - ✔✔The court, the petitioners attorney, and the court appointed attorney.
✔✔Letters of guardianship give the guardian - ✔✔Authority to act
✔✔Plenary guardianship means what rights have been removed? - ✔✔All rights have
been removed
✔✔Limited guardianship means? - ✔✔One or more, but not all rights have been
removed.
✔✔A guardian appointed in another state is referred to as a? - ✔✔Foreign guardian
✔✔When can emergency temporary guardian/ETG be appointed for an individual? -
✔✔When a petition to determine capacity and appointment of a guardian has been filed.
✔✔If the word is indigent, the fees for the court appointed attorney and the examining
committee will be paid for by - ✔✔State
✔✔What guardian is good for 90 days and may be extended for an additional 90 days?
- ✔✔The authority of an emergency temporary guardian or ETG
✔✔The law allows for a relative who lives out of state to be appointed as a guardian for
the ward in this state - ✔✔True
✔✔The examining committee report must be received by the court how many days
before the scheduled incapacitating hearing - ✔✔10 days
✔✔What affidavit can be filed if the alleged incapacitated person is purported to have
very little funds. - ✔✔An affidavit of indigency
✔✔What criteria is usually used to determine that an individual is indigent - ✔✔Usually
the criteria to qualify for Medicaid
✔✔If the petitioner pays the filing fees to initiate a guardianship the guardian made
petition to reimburse the petitioner after the guardianship has been established. -
✔✔True
✔✔The standard of proof that must be met to find an individual legally incapacitated is, -
✔✔Clear and convincing evidence.
