Nursing Home Administrator Test 2025
Questions and Answers
In a chance conversation with the owner of an 8 facility chain, the newly hired
administrator for the oldest facility in the chain indicates that, because the
mortgage is fully retired, the administrator will concentrate more on being an
effective than efficient since the quality indicators are all at or above the states
average. The owner would be
A. be pleased
B. be distressed
C. be content
D. praise the newly hired administrator - ANSWER-B. be distressed
The medical supplies provider tells the administrator of a facility that has not paid
bills for the past 3 months but is now operating under a bankruptcy judge's
approved plan for restructuring that no more deliveries will be made until the past
bills are paid fully. The medical supplies provider
A. is smart to cut losses at that point
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,B. does not understand how bankruptcy works
C. will now likely get his past due bills paid
D. is farsighted - ANSWER-B. does not understand how bankruptcy works
an administrator who adopts the leadership by walking around approach by
walking through the facility once a week and intently observing has
A. become an effective leader
B. chose a good management style
C. failed to understand LBWA
D. implemented a useful strategy - ANSWER-C. failed to understand LBWA
the candidate for administrator said that they use a variety of administrative styles
but could not say exactly which they would use in ever circumstance. The
interviewer should be
A. favorably impressed
B. unfavorably impressed
C. concerned about possible indecisiveness
D. looking for one leadership style - ANSWER-A. favorably impressed
the candidate for administrator indicated that they consistently chose the
charismatic style of leadership. This should _____ the interviewer
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,A. reassure
B. alert
C. confirm the candidate's qualifications to
D. please - ANSWER-B. alert
the department head was not surprised to learn that an employee had heard only
the positive comments to the employee and ignored the criticisms. The department
head's grasp of the communication process is
A. deficient
B. appropriate
C. out of focus
D. inadequate - ANSWER-B. appropriate
congress and the federal rule makers behave as if the facility will run successfully if
Congress and CMS cam write enough rules. They are
A. incorrect
B. correct, according to behavior theory
C. pessimistic about the need for rules
D. correct, according to emerging management theory - ANSWER-A. incorrect
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, the administrator insists that a timely copy of all reports generated within the
facility come across their desk before anyone signs them. The administrator is
A. not rationalizing their management information system
B. making appropriate and desirable requests
C. exercising good judgement
D. initiating an appropriate management information system - ANSWER-A. not
rationalizing their management information system
Worried about the level of actual resident care achieved in the facility, the
administrator directs the nurse to spend less time charting and more time focusing
on the effectiveness of care being given to the residents. The likely result will
be___
A. better resident care and possibly increased deficiency citations
B. better resident care and decreased deficiency citations
C. no real improvement in resident care and decreased charting
D. greater sensitivity to residents' needs and better documentation - ANSWER-A.
better resident care and possibly increased deficiency citations
the administrator who takes steps that ensure that the goals are accomplished and
that each job is done as planned is successfully
A. getting results
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Questions and Answers
In a chance conversation with the owner of an 8 facility chain, the newly hired
administrator for the oldest facility in the chain indicates that, because the
mortgage is fully retired, the administrator will concentrate more on being an
effective than efficient since the quality indicators are all at or above the states
average. The owner would be
A. be pleased
B. be distressed
C. be content
D. praise the newly hired administrator - ANSWER-B. be distressed
The medical supplies provider tells the administrator of a facility that has not paid
bills for the past 3 months but is now operating under a bankruptcy judge's
approved plan for restructuring that no more deliveries will be made until the past
bills are paid fully. The medical supplies provider
A. is smart to cut losses at that point
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,B. does not understand how bankruptcy works
C. will now likely get his past due bills paid
D. is farsighted - ANSWER-B. does not understand how bankruptcy works
an administrator who adopts the leadership by walking around approach by
walking through the facility once a week and intently observing has
A. become an effective leader
B. chose a good management style
C. failed to understand LBWA
D. implemented a useful strategy - ANSWER-C. failed to understand LBWA
the candidate for administrator said that they use a variety of administrative styles
but could not say exactly which they would use in ever circumstance. The
interviewer should be
A. favorably impressed
B. unfavorably impressed
C. concerned about possible indecisiveness
D. looking for one leadership style - ANSWER-A. favorably impressed
the candidate for administrator indicated that they consistently chose the
charismatic style of leadership. This should _____ the interviewer
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,A. reassure
B. alert
C. confirm the candidate's qualifications to
D. please - ANSWER-B. alert
the department head was not surprised to learn that an employee had heard only
the positive comments to the employee and ignored the criticisms. The department
head's grasp of the communication process is
A. deficient
B. appropriate
C. out of focus
D. inadequate - ANSWER-B. appropriate
congress and the federal rule makers behave as if the facility will run successfully if
Congress and CMS cam write enough rules. They are
A. incorrect
B. correct, according to behavior theory
C. pessimistic about the need for rules
D. correct, according to emerging management theory - ANSWER-A. incorrect
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, the administrator insists that a timely copy of all reports generated within the
facility come across their desk before anyone signs them. The administrator is
A. not rationalizing their management information system
B. making appropriate and desirable requests
C. exercising good judgement
D. initiating an appropriate management information system - ANSWER-A. not
rationalizing their management information system
Worried about the level of actual resident care achieved in the facility, the
administrator directs the nurse to spend less time charting and more time focusing
on the effectiveness of care being given to the residents. The likely result will
be___
A. better resident care and possibly increased deficiency citations
B. better resident care and decreased deficiency citations
C. no real improvement in resident care and decreased charting
D. greater sensitivity to residents' needs and better documentation - ANSWER-A.
better resident care and possibly increased deficiency citations
the administrator who takes steps that ensure that the goals are accomplished and
that each job is done as planned is successfully
A. getting results
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