ALF CORE EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Question and Answer (2026/2027)
| Detailed Rationales
• Renewal License . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be completed at least 60 days
and no more than 120 days before current license expires.
• CHOW . CORRECT ANSWER: Change of Ownership
• Initial Licensure CHOW . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be received at least 60
days prior to the change of ownership
• Omitted Information Licensure . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be submitted
within 21 days after the request from the agency is made.
• The Agency for Healthcare Administration . CORRECT ANSWER: Also, "the
agency", AHCA, Agency Central Office
• Length of ALF Licensure . CORRECT ANSWER: Licensing is biennial unless a
shorter license period is specified.
• ALF . CORRECT ANSWER: Assisted Living Facility
• Activities of Daily Living . CORRECT ANSWER: Functions and tasks for self
care such as ambulation, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, and toileting
• ADL . CORRECT ANSWER: Activities of Daily Living
• Administrator . CORRECT ANSWER: An individual at least 21 years of age
who is responsible for the operation and maintenance of an assisted living facility.
• Standard License . CORRECT ANSWER: Facilities which are licensed to
provide routine personal care services.
• ECC . CORRECT ANSWER: Extended Congregate Care
, • Extended Congregate Care License . CORRECT ANSWER: Can be requested
by a facility that has been licensed as an assisted living facility for 2 or more years
and that provides services, directly or through contract, beyond the standard license
and LNS license including being able to provide total catheter care, all oxygen
services, and any type of tube feedings.
• LNS . CORRECT ANSWER: Limited Nursing Services
• Limited Nursing Services License . CORRECT ANSWER: Provide services
beyond standard including conducting passive range of motion exercises, apply ice
caps and collars, apply heat, performing ear and eye irrigations, conduct urine
dipstick test, and cutting toenails of diabetic residents when approved by their
healthcare provider. Residents can also receive licensed nursing assistance with
replacement of a indwelling urinary catheter or the performance of intermittent
urinary catheterizations can be performed by licensed personnel, perform digital
stool removal, and the applying and changing of routine dressings that do not
require packing or irrigation but are abrasions, skin tears, and closed surgical
wounds.
• Specialty Licenses . CORRECT ANSWER: ECC, LNS, LMH
• LMH . CORRECT ANSWER: Limited Mental Health
• Limited Mental Health License . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be obtained by a
facility that serves one or more mental health residents.
• Mental Health Resident . CORRECT ANSWER: An individual who receives
social security disability income (SSDI) due to a mental disorder or supplemental
security income (SSI) due to a mental disorder, and receives optional state
supplementation (OSS).
• Community Living Support Plan . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes supports,
services, special resident needs necessary for the Mental Health resident to live in
ALF.
• ALF Business Records . CORRECT ANSWER: Must identify, summarize, and
classify funds received and expenses disbursed and shall use written accounting
procedures and a recognized accounting system.
Exam Question and Answer (2026/2027)
| Detailed Rationales
• Renewal License . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be completed at least 60 days
and no more than 120 days before current license expires.
• CHOW . CORRECT ANSWER: Change of Ownership
• Initial Licensure CHOW . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be received at least 60
days prior to the change of ownership
• Omitted Information Licensure . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be submitted
within 21 days after the request from the agency is made.
• The Agency for Healthcare Administration . CORRECT ANSWER: Also, "the
agency", AHCA, Agency Central Office
• Length of ALF Licensure . CORRECT ANSWER: Licensing is biennial unless a
shorter license period is specified.
• ALF . CORRECT ANSWER: Assisted Living Facility
• Activities of Daily Living . CORRECT ANSWER: Functions and tasks for self
care such as ambulation, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, and toileting
• ADL . CORRECT ANSWER: Activities of Daily Living
• Administrator . CORRECT ANSWER: An individual at least 21 years of age
who is responsible for the operation and maintenance of an assisted living facility.
• Standard License . CORRECT ANSWER: Facilities which are licensed to
provide routine personal care services.
• ECC . CORRECT ANSWER: Extended Congregate Care
, • Extended Congregate Care License . CORRECT ANSWER: Can be requested
by a facility that has been licensed as an assisted living facility for 2 or more years
and that provides services, directly or through contract, beyond the standard license
and LNS license including being able to provide total catheter care, all oxygen
services, and any type of tube feedings.
• LNS . CORRECT ANSWER: Limited Nursing Services
• Limited Nursing Services License . CORRECT ANSWER: Provide services
beyond standard including conducting passive range of motion exercises, apply ice
caps and collars, apply heat, performing ear and eye irrigations, conduct urine
dipstick test, and cutting toenails of diabetic residents when approved by their
healthcare provider. Residents can also receive licensed nursing assistance with
replacement of a indwelling urinary catheter or the performance of intermittent
urinary catheterizations can be performed by licensed personnel, perform digital
stool removal, and the applying and changing of routine dressings that do not
require packing or irrigation but are abrasions, skin tears, and closed surgical
wounds.
• Specialty Licenses . CORRECT ANSWER: ECC, LNS, LMH
• LMH . CORRECT ANSWER: Limited Mental Health
• Limited Mental Health License . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be obtained by a
facility that serves one or more mental health residents.
• Mental Health Resident . CORRECT ANSWER: An individual who receives
social security disability income (SSDI) due to a mental disorder or supplemental
security income (SSI) due to a mental disorder, and receives optional state
supplementation (OSS).
• Community Living Support Plan . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes supports,
services, special resident needs necessary for the Mental Health resident to live in
ALF.
• ALF Business Records . CORRECT ANSWER: Must identify, summarize, and
classify funds received and expenses disbursed and shall use written accounting
procedures and a recognized accounting system.
