Illinois Exam for Nursing Home Administrators Practice Exam #1 WITH
ANSWERS
1.An order for a therapeutic diet must be written by:
A. a dietician
B. a physician
C. the DON
D. the food service director: B. a physician
2.Which of the following is not true when a facility receives a notice of a
Level A violation?
A. The facility must eliminate the violation immediately or within fixed
period of time not exceeding 15 days.
B.The facility may request, and the Dept. may allow, 30 days for the
abatement of the violation if the POC requires a substantial capital
improvement.
C. The Dept. will impose a plan of correction and a time schedule for
the correction of the violation.
D. The Dept. will impose a conditional license which will replace any other
license held by the facility and which may be revoked if the Dept. finds
substantial failure by the facility to correct the violation.: B. The facility
may request, and the Dept. may allow, 30 days for the abatement of
the violation if the POC requires a substantial capital improvement.
3.Among the illnesses that the facility must report are all cases of:
A. scabies
,B. MRSA
C. influenza
D. drug reactions: Scabies
4.How often must a facility inventory a resident's belongings accepted by
the facility for safekeeping?
A. Never The facility is not permitted to receive and store any of the
resident's personal property.
B. Monthly
C. Quarterly
D. On an ongoing basis: D. On an ongoing basis
5.All of the following have to be on a facility's crash cart except which one?
A. airway
B. portable oxygen kit
C. bag valve mask
D. cardiac board: D. cardiac board
6.The current license of a facility may be renewed, and a new initial license
is not required, if there is a change in the facility's:
A. administrator
, B. owner
C. location: A. administrator
7.The physical examination of a newly-admitted resident must include
all except which on of the following?
A. results of a TB skin test (or documentation that the person has had TB
or treatment for TB)
B. written permission by the physician if the resident participates in
the activity program
C. orders on the frequency of weighing the resident
D. results of a bone density screen: D. results of a bone density screen
8.When may the Dept. require a facility to submit a financial report?
A. Only once a year
B. Whenever there is a change of five percent or more in the direct or
indirect ownership of the entity designated as the licensee or in the entity
that owns the building.
C. Only if the facility participates in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.
D. As frequently as the Dept. wants.: D. As frequently as the Dept. wants.
9.Every facility must have which one of the following?
A. an assistant Director of Nursing Services
B. consultation from a full or part time health information management
con- sultant
C. a bedside cabinet for every bed
D. an autoclave: C. a bedside cabinet for every bed
10.Which of the following health professionals is not a licensed prescriber?
ANSWERS
1.An order for a therapeutic diet must be written by:
A. a dietician
B. a physician
C. the DON
D. the food service director: B. a physician
2.Which of the following is not true when a facility receives a notice of a
Level A violation?
A. The facility must eliminate the violation immediately or within fixed
period of time not exceeding 15 days.
B.The facility may request, and the Dept. may allow, 30 days for the
abatement of the violation if the POC requires a substantial capital
improvement.
C. The Dept. will impose a plan of correction and a time schedule for
the correction of the violation.
D. The Dept. will impose a conditional license which will replace any other
license held by the facility and which may be revoked if the Dept. finds
substantial failure by the facility to correct the violation.: B. The facility
may request, and the Dept. may allow, 30 days for the abatement of
the violation if the POC requires a substantial capital improvement.
3.Among the illnesses that the facility must report are all cases of:
A. scabies
,B. MRSA
C. influenza
D. drug reactions: Scabies
4.How often must a facility inventory a resident's belongings accepted by
the facility for safekeeping?
A. Never The facility is not permitted to receive and store any of the
resident's personal property.
B. Monthly
C. Quarterly
D. On an ongoing basis: D. On an ongoing basis
5.All of the following have to be on a facility's crash cart except which one?
A. airway
B. portable oxygen kit
C. bag valve mask
D. cardiac board: D. cardiac board
6.The current license of a facility may be renewed, and a new initial license
is not required, if there is a change in the facility's:
A. administrator
, B. owner
C. location: A. administrator
7.The physical examination of a newly-admitted resident must include
all except which on of the following?
A. results of a TB skin test (or documentation that the person has had TB
or treatment for TB)
B. written permission by the physician if the resident participates in
the activity program
C. orders on the frequency of weighing the resident
D. results of a bone density screen: D. results of a bone density screen
8.When may the Dept. require a facility to submit a financial report?
A. Only once a year
B. Whenever there is a change of five percent or more in the direct or
indirect ownership of the entity designated as the licensee or in the entity
that owns the building.
C. Only if the facility participates in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.
D. As frequently as the Dept. wants.: D. As frequently as the Dept. wants.
9.Every facility must have which one of the following?
A. an assistant Director of Nursing Services
B. consultation from a full or part time health information management
con- sultant
C. a bedside cabinet for every bed
D. an autoclave: C. a bedside cabinet for every bed
10.Which of the following health professionals is not a licensed prescriber?
