NCCAP NATIONAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Resident Council - Correct Answers -An advocacy group made up of a formal group of
residents to support all resident concerns, to have access to the administration, to
understand and have access to a formal and written process, and to promote positive
activities, such as committees, election information and speakers.
Activity - Correct Answers -Anything engaging that is not physical therapy, or ADL.
Certification - Correct Answers -An award used to recognize a person as having met
special qualifications of a professional board within a field.
Reality Orientation - Correct Answers -The orientation to person, place, time, year, etc...
Re-motivation therapy - Correct Answers -A group meeting that establishes acceptance,
uses bounce questions to align with reality, explores the world we live and work in, uses
a poem and appreciates the participants. This is done to help draw out older adults who
are withdrawn and not participating in life.
Validation Therapy - Correct Answers -Started by Naomi Feil to reach the non-
communicative old people and join with them emotionally through eye contact, music
and rhythm.
Sensory Stimulation - Correct Answers -Using the five sense to stimulate the cognitively
impaired, ie... visual, tactile,smell, hearing and taste.
Leisure - Correct Answers -Time where there is no demand of work or duties.
Advocacy - Correct Answers -Supporting a cause or issue by writing, speaking out or
otherwise calling attention to it in order to elicit a change.
Recreation - Correct Answers -Doing something for the fun or excercise
Interpretive guidelines - Correct Answers -An explanation of how actions should be
done according to the rules which are being interpreted.
, Professionalism - Correct Answers -Acting in a manner, especially at work, that is
respectful and upholds the others dignity.
Accountability - Correct Answers -Being responsible for your actions and taking any
consequences.
Professional Organization - Correct Answers -A group of people in the same profession
who support the members through education, advocacy and certifications.
Departmentalization - Correct Answers -Defining groups that carry out specific tasks,
such as housekeeping and nursing.
Protesting - Correct Answers -Speaking out on an issue, usually through marching,
gathering, signs and speeches.
Profession - Correct Answers -An occupation requiring specialized knowledge and
usually academic preparation.
Survey Process - Correct Answers -The process of checking an institution for rule
following based on observation, records and interviews.
Responsibility - Correct Answers -Being morally, legally and or socially responsible for
actions and words.
Ethics - Correct Answers -A set of moral principles and values to follow.
CCRC - Correct Answers -Continuing Care Retirement Community
Activism - Correct Answers -Action to support an issue.
NCCAP - Correct Answers -National Certification Council of Activity Professionals
Deficiency - Correct Answers -Being lacking or inadequate in standards or rules set by
the federal government or state.
Continuum of Care - Correct Answers -Health care through the stages of illness or
aging: Independent living, assisted living, nursing home and skilled nursing.
Organization - Correct Answers -An administrative and functional structure for a group
of people in a similar business.
Chain of Command - Correct Answers -The line in which authority flows from the top
executive down to the ranks of employees and accountability flows up.
AND ANSWERS
Resident Council - Correct Answers -An advocacy group made up of a formal group of
residents to support all resident concerns, to have access to the administration, to
understand and have access to a formal and written process, and to promote positive
activities, such as committees, election information and speakers.
Activity - Correct Answers -Anything engaging that is not physical therapy, or ADL.
Certification - Correct Answers -An award used to recognize a person as having met
special qualifications of a professional board within a field.
Reality Orientation - Correct Answers -The orientation to person, place, time, year, etc...
Re-motivation therapy - Correct Answers -A group meeting that establishes acceptance,
uses bounce questions to align with reality, explores the world we live and work in, uses
a poem and appreciates the participants. This is done to help draw out older adults who
are withdrawn and not participating in life.
Validation Therapy - Correct Answers -Started by Naomi Feil to reach the non-
communicative old people and join with them emotionally through eye contact, music
and rhythm.
Sensory Stimulation - Correct Answers -Using the five sense to stimulate the cognitively
impaired, ie... visual, tactile,smell, hearing and taste.
Leisure - Correct Answers -Time where there is no demand of work or duties.
Advocacy - Correct Answers -Supporting a cause or issue by writing, speaking out or
otherwise calling attention to it in order to elicit a change.
Recreation - Correct Answers -Doing something for the fun or excercise
Interpretive guidelines - Correct Answers -An explanation of how actions should be
done according to the rules which are being interpreted.
, Professionalism - Correct Answers -Acting in a manner, especially at work, that is
respectful and upholds the others dignity.
Accountability - Correct Answers -Being responsible for your actions and taking any
consequences.
Professional Organization - Correct Answers -A group of people in the same profession
who support the members through education, advocacy and certifications.
Departmentalization - Correct Answers -Defining groups that carry out specific tasks,
such as housekeeping and nursing.
Protesting - Correct Answers -Speaking out on an issue, usually through marching,
gathering, signs and speeches.
Profession - Correct Answers -An occupation requiring specialized knowledge and
usually academic preparation.
Survey Process - Correct Answers -The process of checking an institution for rule
following based on observation, records and interviews.
Responsibility - Correct Answers -Being morally, legally and or socially responsible for
actions and words.
Ethics - Correct Answers -A set of moral principles and values to follow.
CCRC - Correct Answers -Continuing Care Retirement Community
Activism - Correct Answers -Action to support an issue.
NCCAP - Correct Answers -National Certification Council of Activity Professionals
Deficiency - Correct Answers -Being lacking or inadequate in standards or rules set by
the federal government or state.
Continuum of Care - Correct Answers -Health care through the stages of illness or
aging: Independent living, assisted living, nursing home and skilled nursing.
Organization - Correct Answers -An administrative and functional structure for a group
of people in a similar business.
Chain of Command - Correct Answers -The line in which authority flows from the top
executive down to the ranks of employees and accountability flows up.
