AZ CERTIFIED CAREGIVER TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025/2026
✔✔conspicuously posted - ✔✔Placed at a location within a facility that is accessible and
visible to residents and the public
✔✔continuous - ✔✔Available at all times without cessation, break, or interruption. 27.
"CPR" means cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
✔✔current - ✔✔up-to-date, extending to the present time
✔✔D.E.S. - ✔✔The Arizona Department of Economic Security.
✔✔day - ✔✔A calendar day.
✔✔department - ✔✔The department of health services
✔✔deposits - ✔✔Monies or property given to a licensee to assure payment or
performance.
✔✔direct self-care - ✔✔A resident is able to recognize danger, summon assistance,
express need, and make basic care decisions.
✔✔direct supervision - ✔✔The physical presence of a manager or caregiver providing
direction to an assistant caregiver or volunteer in a facility or during an activity outside
the facility.
✔✔directed care services - ✔✔Programs and services, including personal care
services, provided to persons who are incapable of recognizing danger, summoning
assistance, expressing need or making basic care decisions.
✔✔direction - ✔✔Authoritative policy or procedural guidance for the accomplishment of
a function or activity.
✔✔documentation - ✔✔Written supportive information.
✔✔door - ✔✔A movable hard-surfaced barrier for opening or closing an entranceway
that swings on hinges or slides in groves and is capable of being closed for privacy and
fire safety.
✔✔dressing - ✔✔Choosing, putting on, securing fasteners, and removing clothing,
footwear, artificial limbs, braces, and other appliances including those appropriate for
current weather conditions.
, ✔✔eating - ✔✔Putting food and fluids into the digestive system.
✔✔employee - ✔✔A licensee, manager, caregiver, or assistant caregiver who provides
or assists in the provision of supervisory care services, personal care services, or
directed care services to residents.
✔✔exploitation - ✔✔The illegal use of a resident's resources for another's profit or
advantage according to A.R.S. Title 46, Chapter 4, or A.R.S. Title 13, Chapter 18, 19,
20, or 21.
✔✔facility grounds - ✔✔The outdoor area, adjacent to the facility, designated by an
applicant or licensee for use by residents.
✔✔fees - ✔✔Payments in fixed, regular intervals.
✔✔food - ✔✔Any raw, cooked or processed edible substance, ice, beverage or
ingredient used or intended for use or for sale, in whole or in part, for human
consumption.
✔✔food services - ✔✔The storage, preparation, serving, and cleaning up of food
intended for consumption in an assisted living facility.
✔✔general supervision - ✔✔Guidance of a resident by an employee as required by the
needs of the resident including the following: being aware of a resident's general
whereabouts, monitoring the activities of the resident while on the premises to ensure
the health, safety, and welfare of the resident; reminding the resident to carry out
activities of daily living; and reminding the resident of activities or appointments.
✔✔grooming - ✔✔Combing or brushing hair, washing face and hands, shaving, caring
for nails, oral hygiene including denture care, and menstrual care.
✔✔guardian - ✔✔An individual appointed by a court according to A.R.S. Title 14,
Chapter 5, Article 3.
✔✔hazard - ✔✔A condition or situation where a resident may suffer physical injury.
✔✔health care directive - ✔✔The same as defined in A.R.S. § 36-3201.
✔✔health care institution - ✔✔Every place, institution, building or agency, whether
organized for profit or not, which provides facilities with medical services, nursing
services, health screening services, other health-related services, supervisory care
services, personal care services, directed care services and includes home health
agencies as defined in section 36-151 and hospice service agencies.
ANSWERS 2025/2026
✔✔conspicuously posted - ✔✔Placed at a location within a facility that is accessible and
visible to residents and the public
✔✔continuous - ✔✔Available at all times without cessation, break, or interruption. 27.
"CPR" means cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
✔✔current - ✔✔up-to-date, extending to the present time
✔✔D.E.S. - ✔✔The Arizona Department of Economic Security.
✔✔day - ✔✔A calendar day.
✔✔department - ✔✔The department of health services
✔✔deposits - ✔✔Monies or property given to a licensee to assure payment or
performance.
✔✔direct self-care - ✔✔A resident is able to recognize danger, summon assistance,
express need, and make basic care decisions.
✔✔direct supervision - ✔✔The physical presence of a manager or caregiver providing
direction to an assistant caregiver or volunteer in a facility or during an activity outside
the facility.
✔✔directed care services - ✔✔Programs and services, including personal care
services, provided to persons who are incapable of recognizing danger, summoning
assistance, expressing need or making basic care decisions.
✔✔direction - ✔✔Authoritative policy or procedural guidance for the accomplishment of
a function or activity.
✔✔documentation - ✔✔Written supportive information.
✔✔door - ✔✔A movable hard-surfaced barrier for opening or closing an entranceway
that swings on hinges or slides in groves and is capable of being closed for privacy and
fire safety.
✔✔dressing - ✔✔Choosing, putting on, securing fasteners, and removing clothing,
footwear, artificial limbs, braces, and other appliances including those appropriate for
current weather conditions.
, ✔✔eating - ✔✔Putting food and fluids into the digestive system.
✔✔employee - ✔✔A licensee, manager, caregiver, or assistant caregiver who provides
or assists in the provision of supervisory care services, personal care services, or
directed care services to residents.
✔✔exploitation - ✔✔The illegal use of a resident's resources for another's profit or
advantage according to A.R.S. Title 46, Chapter 4, or A.R.S. Title 13, Chapter 18, 19,
20, or 21.
✔✔facility grounds - ✔✔The outdoor area, adjacent to the facility, designated by an
applicant or licensee for use by residents.
✔✔fees - ✔✔Payments in fixed, regular intervals.
✔✔food - ✔✔Any raw, cooked or processed edible substance, ice, beverage or
ingredient used or intended for use or for sale, in whole or in part, for human
consumption.
✔✔food services - ✔✔The storage, preparation, serving, and cleaning up of food
intended for consumption in an assisted living facility.
✔✔general supervision - ✔✔Guidance of a resident by an employee as required by the
needs of the resident including the following: being aware of a resident's general
whereabouts, monitoring the activities of the resident while on the premises to ensure
the health, safety, and welfare of the resident; reminding the resident to carry out
activities of daily living; and reminding the resident of activities or appointments.
✔✔grooming - ✔✔Combing or brushing hair, washing face and hands, shaving, caring
for nails, oral hygiene including denture care, and menstrual care.
✔✔guardian - ✔✔An individual appointed by a court according to A.R.S. Title 14,
Chapter 5, Article 3.
✔✔hazard - ✔✔A condition or situation where a resident may suffer physical injury.
✔✔health care directive - ✔✔The same as defined in A.R.S. § 36-3201.
✔✔health care institution - ✔✔Every place, institution, building or agency, whether
organized for profit or not, which provides facilities with medical services, nursing
services, health screening services, other health-related services, supervisory care
services, personal care services, directed care services and includes home health
agencies as defined in section 36-151 and hospice service agencies.
