NAB recommends the following study resources for the Resident Care/Assisted Living (RCAL) exam as well as the Home and Community Based Services exam (HCBS).
2017 NAB Administrator Study Guide (Digital Version Only) - Please note that this guide has information pertaining to the CORE General Knowledge examination as well as NAB's three Line of Service exams.
NAB Practice Examinations - NAB works in collaboration with Testtrac to offer all practice exams. The practice exams simulate a micro exam experience structure, style and format of questions. Currently we offer one 30-item form for each of the RC/AL and HCBS Line of Service examinations. The charge is 25 per form $25 per form).
For detailed information regarding these practice exams, visit the Exam Info section on the NAB website.
Resident Care/Assisting Living (RCAL) Recommended Reference List.- Please review this list of references and choose those to study from that best fit your individual, unique needs. Since all the references included are used in some form to prepare the RCAL examination, candidates need to be familiar with the concepts relating to RCAL within all of the sources.
Home and Community Based Services Recommended References - Please review this list of references and choose those to study from that best fit your individual, unique needs. Since all the references included are used in some form to prepare the HCBS examination, candidates need to be familiar with the concepts relating to HCBS within all of the sources.