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NJ CALA Test 2025 | New Jersey Certified Assisted
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In the event of loss of service (food, electricity, water), you have how long to report it, but should really report immediately ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------- ----72 hours How should RN assess pain? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------RN assesses pain. RN then needs to reassess pain after. Then discuss with physician What does GAAP mean? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) What is double-entry accounting? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------the recording of a debit and a credit for each transaction (debits must always equal credits). Debits and credits are used when making entries in journals, general ledger and trial balances What is a debit? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------an entry made on the left side of a standard account
What is a credit? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------an entry made on the right side of a standard account Formula for assets ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------assets = liabilities + equity Formula for net worth or equity ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------assets - liabilities = net worth or equity You are required to have an electrical inspection how often by a licensed electrician ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------once a year You are required to have a fire drill how often? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------ -----Once a month and one out of 12 drills needs to be on a different shift (ex: night shift) Disaster/evacuation drills need to be done how often? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-- ---------------Once a year
Home Health Aide's are licensed by who? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- New Jersey Board of Nursing Required to have a written agreement with at least how many acute care hospitals? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------One Required to have a written agreement with how many psych units or other AL that they will accept your residents as needed? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------ -----One Usually occurs in the 40's and results in difficulty reading fine print and seeing nearby objects clearly ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Presbyobia A clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye. It is an actual change within the lens, not a growth or film over the eye ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Cataracts Gradual loss of peripheral vision, which is what makes you aware of things beside, above and around you, even when you look straight ahead ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------glaucoma
Damage or breakdown of the macular, an area 3/16 inch in diameter, in the retina. It causes loss of central or straight-ahead vision ---------CORRECT ANSWER-- ---------------macular degeneration Sound waves are not conducted to the inner ear. The cause may be an obstruction in the outer ear (an accumulation of wax or blockage caused by swelling and pus) or a problem in the middle ear (fluid in the middle ear or fixation of one or more of the middle ear bones) ---------CORRECT ANSWER---------- -------conductive loss Sound waves reach the inner ear, but are not properly transmitted to the brain --- ------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------sensorineural loss The synovial membrane surrounding the joint becomes inflamed. The disease shifts from one part of the body to another, but affects both sides similarly. It usually involves the small joints of the wrists, knuckles of the hands, and balls of the feet, at different times ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------rheumatoid arthritis All staff in AL must participate in a least one Fire Drill ---------CORRECT ANSWER---- -------------annually
A reportable event requires notification of the DOH ---------CORRECT ANSWER------ -----------immediately by telephone and in writing 72 hours Discharge records should include ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- destination of residents who are discharged Personal Care Assistants who are not certified must complete and approved program and pass the exam within ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 6 months of hire date Number of air exchanges per hour within the designated smoking room shall be equivalent to the number necessary to achieve ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------ -----60 cubit feet per minute per smoker Written Dated menus shall be planned at least_____ days in advanced for all diets ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------14 days Staff providing resident activities my be A) Certified B) Registered C) Hold a College Degree
D) None of the Above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------None of the Above Any changed or substitutions in menus shall be ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------ -----posted or provided in writing to each resident At lease one fire drill shall be conducted ________, involving the local fire department ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Annually Menus must be kept on file for ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------30 Days ADL's stand for ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Activities of Daily Living meaning functions or tasks for self care which are performed independently or with supervision. Dressing, Bathing, Eating Ect Minimum number of hours for administrator training + 16 hours at a licensed facility ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 40 hours How may hours of continuing education units in how many years to renew administrators license ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------30 hours of CEU'S every three years
Max travel space to a fire extinguisher? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 50 Feet Time given to provide written confirmation of reportable event ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------72 hours In the event of a three hour interruption of Heat, light power, food, staff you must notify the state ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------immediately administrator must give reason for denial if admission to prospect within --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------15 days Minimum notice of voluntary discharge ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 30 days Time prior to admission a physician or nurse practitioner or physician assistant can authorize a resident as AL Appropriate ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 60 days Health Care Plan must be reviewed quarterly ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- --every three months
Dates residents must have flu shot ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- November 30 or February if moved in after How many fire drills? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1 a month Employees participate annually 11 Regular and 1 Disaster that fire dept attends Tempretures during heating season ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 72 during the day 68 at night Cooling season temperature cannot exceed ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
- 82 degrees Bathing and Hand washing temperatures ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 105 - 120 degrees Dishwasher water temperature ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 180 degrees
Medicaid level within 3 years ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------10% Days of food stocked ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------4 days Number of years all records maintained after discharge ---------CORRECT ANSWER- ----------------10 years Percentage of ANY SICKNESS the state must be notified ---------CORRECT ANSWER- ----------------10% How many electrical reports per year from licensed electrician ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1 report per year Contract with at least one licensed acute care hospital in NJ and long term care facility ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1 year contract Each resident shall receive his/her personal allowance ---------CORRECT ANSWER-- ---------------72 hours
Dated menus shall be planned in advance for all diets ---------CORRECT ANSWER--- --------------14 days in advance and the same menu canoe be used more than once in any continues seven day period Kitchen thermometer must be accurate within ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------- ----3 degrees Items stored within ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------18 inches form ceiling No more than ____ hours between meals ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 16 hours No more than ___ mins of waiting for assistance in eating once tray is delivered --- ------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------15 mins Medical Records must be kept for an employee for a minimum of ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------30 years per osha
Facility must post Resident Rights which are provided by ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Department of Health and Senior Services Policy and Procedure manual should be reviewed ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------- --------Annually When is a managed risk needed? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Places resident and others at risk Lead to Adverse Outcomes And/Or violate the norms of the facility or residents If new admission needs General Service Needs a General Service Plan needs to be developed ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Within 14 days of Resident Admission General Service Plan shall include ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Needs for assistance with ADL's Needs for assistance with activities with recreational and other activities The Resident's needs if any with transportation
Plan of correction needs to be submitted within ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------- ------10 business days Menus shall be planned how many days in advance ---------CORRECT ANSWER------ -----------14 days in advance fire extuinguishers should be visually examined how often ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Monthly Room for examination and treatment of residents must have a minimun floor area of ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------100 feet Infirmary are for residents who need temporary 24 hour observations. What is the space needed ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------3 feet on each side and at the foot of each bed in the infirmary ____ is the minimum number of hours for administrator training, plus ____ hours at a license facility ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------40 hours, 16 hours
Common or community space per resident - dining and activities ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------30 square feet Maximum travel space to a fire extinguisher ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
- 50 feet Maximum travel space to a Class A extinguisher ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------- ------75 feet There should be ___ personal care assistant awake at times and ____ additional employee ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1, 1 Time given to provide written confirmation following a reportable event (immediate notification - 3 hour interruption (heat, light, power, food, staff) ------- --CORRECT ANSWER-----------------72 hours How many does an administrator have to give a reason of denial of a prospect if requested in writing? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------15 days
Minimum notice for involuntary discharge ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 30 days Time prior to admission a physician, nurse practitioner, or PA can authorize a resident as appropriate for AL ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------30 days Resident service plan must be developed within what period of time --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------14 days of admission Health services plan must be completed within what period of time --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------14 days Health services/care plan must be reviewed when ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------- ---------3 months Resident service plan must be reviewed when ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------- ----6 months
