NATIONAL GUARDIANSHIP ASSOCIATION EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Arms Length Relationship - - correct answer.✔✔ A relationship
between two agencies or organizations, or two divisions or departments
within one agency, which ensures independent decision-making on the part
of both.
Attorney at law - - correct answer.✔✔ A person who practices law.
Attorney for the Alleged Incapacitated Person - - correct answer.✔✔ An
attorney who represents the alleged incapacitated person. Such attorney
shall represent the expressed wishes of the alleged incapacitated person.
Best Interest - - correct answer.✔✔ That course of action that
maximizes what is best for a ward and that includes consideration of the
least intrusive, most normalizing, and least restrictive course of action
possible given the needs of the ward.
Capacity - - correct answer.✔✔ Legal qualification, competency, power,
or fitness. Ability to understand the nature of the effects of one's
acts.
Adjudication - - correct answer.✔✔ The legal process of resolving a
dispute; the process of judicially deciding a case.
Administrator/Executor/Personal Representative - - correct answer.✔✔
,A person appointed by the court to manage the assets and liabilities of an
intestate decedent. Executor is a person named by the testator to carry out
the provisions in the testator's will.
Advance Directive - - correct answer.✔✔ A written instruction, such as
a living will or durable power of attorney for health care, which guides care
when an individual is terminally ill or incapacitated and unable to communicate
his/her desires.
Advocate - - correct answer.✔✔ A person who assists, defends, or pleads,
or prosecutes for another.
Alleged Incapacitated Person or Person at Risk - - correct answer.✔✔
Individual for whom a guardianship proceeding has been initiated.
Adjudication - - correct answer.✔✔ The legal process of resolving a
dispute; the process of judicially deciding a case.
Administrator/Executor/Personal Representative - - correct answer.✔✔
A person appointed by the court to manage the assets and liabilities of an
intestate decedent. Executor is a person named by the testator to carry out
the provisions in the testator's will.
Advance Directive - - correct answer.✔✔ A written instruction, such as
a living will or durable power of attorney for health care, which guides care
when an individual is terminally ill or incapacitated and unable to communicate
his/her desires.
Advocate - - correct answer.✔✔ A person who assists, defends, or pleads,
or prosecutes for another.
, Alleged Incapacitated Person or Person at Risk - - correct answer.✔✔
Individual for whom a guardianship proceeding has been initiated.
Decisional Capacity - - correct answer.✔✔ The ability to understand
and appreciate the nature and consequences of a decision and to reach and
communicate an informed decision in the matter.
Certified Guardian - - correct answer.✔✔ The Center for
Guardianship Certification (CGC) administers a national certification
program for guardians. Several states also have their own certification,
registration or licensing programs for guardians, fiduciaries and
conservators. While state laws vary regarding the requirements for a
guardian to be appointed, the certification from the CGC sets a
guardian apart from non-certified guardians as someone who has met
nationally recognized requirements including a minimum level of
knowledge and experience in guardianship services.
National Certified Guardian - - correct answer.✔✔ A National Certified
Guardian designation is granted to individuals who have met the minimum
eligibility standards for CGC Certification including the necessary
training and testing requirements. The designation must be renewed
every two years as long as eligibility and continuing education
requirements are met.
Clerk of Court - - correct answer.✔✔ A court officer responsible for
filing papers, issuing process, and keeping records of court proceedings as
generally specified by rule or statue.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Arms Length Relationship - - correct answer.✔✔ A relationship
between two agencies or organizations, or two divisions or departments
within one agency, which ensures independent decision-making on the part
of both.
Attorney at law - - correct answer.✔✔ A person who practices law.
Attorney for the Alleged Incapacitated Person - - correct answer.✔✔ An
attorney who represents the alleged incapacitated person. Such attorney
shall represent the expressed wishes of the alleged incapacitated person.
Best Interest - - correct answer.✔✔ That course of action that
maximizes what is best for a ward and that includes consideration of the
least intrusive, most normalizing, and least restrictive course of action
possible given the needs of the ward.
Capacity - - correct answer.✔✔ Legal qualification, competency, power,
or fitness. Ability to understand the nature of the effects of one's
acts.
Adjudication - - correct answer.✔✔ The legal process of resolving a
dispute; the process of judicially deciding a case.
Administrator/Executor/Personal Representative - - correct answer.✔✔
,A person appointed by the court to manage the assets and liabilities of an
intestate decedent. Executor is a person named by the testator to carry out
the provisions in the testator's will.
Advance Directive - - correct answer.✔✔ A written instruction, such as
a living will or durable power of attorney for health care, which guides care
when an individual is terminally ill or incapacitated and unable to communicate
his/her desires.
Advocate - - correct answer.✔✔ A person who assists, defends, or pleads,
or prosecutes for another.
Alleged Incapacitated Person or Person at Risk - - correct answer.✔✔
Individual for whom a guardianship proceeding has been initiated.
Adjudication - - correct answer.✔✔ The legal process of resolving a
dispute; the process of judicially deciding a case.
Administrator/Executor/Personal Representative - - correct answer.✔✔
A person appointed by the court to manage the assets and liabilities of an
intestate decedent. Executor is a person named by the testator to carry out
the provisions in the testator's will.
Advance Directive - - correct answer.✔✔ A written instruction, such as
a living will or durable power of attorney for health care, which guides care
when an individual is terminally ill or incapacitated and unable to communicate
his/her desires.
Advocate - - correct answer.✔✔ A person who assists, defends, or pleads,
or prosecutes for another.
, Alleged Incapacitated Person or Person at Risk - - correct answer.✔✔
Individual for whom a guardianship proceeding has been initiated.
Decisional Capacity - - correct answer.✔✔ The ability to understand
and appreciate the nature and consequences of a decision and to reach and
communicate an informed decision in the matter.
Certified Guardian - - correct answer.✔✔ The Center for
Guardianship Certification (CGC) administers a national certification
program for guardians. Several states also have their own certification,
registration or licensing programs for guardians, fiduciaries and
conservators. While state laws vary regarding the requirements for a
guardian to be appointed, the certification from the CGC sets a
guardian apart from non-certified guardians as someone who has met
nationally recognized requirements including a minimum level of
knowledge and experience in guardianship services.
National Certified Guardian - - correct answer.✔✔ A National Certified
Guardian designation is granted to individuals who have met the minimum
eligibility standards for CGC Certification including the necessary
training and testing requirements. The designation must be renewed
every two years as long as eligibility and continuing education
requirements are met.
Clerk of Court - - correct answer.✔✔ A court officer responsible for
filing papers, issuing process, and keeping records of court proceedings as
generally specified by rule or statue.
