Sem Jan-May 2017 Date :______________

DECE DCHE 1033 (Child Growth & Development)

1. The two processes that allow children's brains to become more functional
are _____ and _____.

 synaptic addition; synaptic subtraction

 synaptic growth; synaptic dating

 synaptic growth; synaptic pruning

 synaptic growth; synaptic reasoning

2. The five categories of sensitive periods are:

 language, order, sensory skills, motor skills, and social skills

 language, order, stimulatory sensitivity, motor skills, and social skills

 language, order, sensory skills, behavior, and social skills

 language, description, sensory skills, motor skills, and social skills

3. Which of the following is TRUE of focused attention?

 It is the ability to perform two tasks at the same time for a long period of time

 It is the ability to shift attention between tasks for a period of time

 It is the ability to maintain attention on a task for a period of time

 It is the ability to respond in a specific way to a particular stimulus

4. A social norm is described as _____.

 an unexpected behavior occurring in a particular group

 the expected behavior of a member of a particular group

 the behavior that makes people feel uncomfortable, but they do it anyway

 the basis of a person's culture

5. Which of the following is true of biological development?

 the process of development is predictable

 it is sequential

 all of the above are correct

 it typically follows a set of universal principles

 there are individual differences in the rate of development

1/. What is growth?
2/. What is Development
3/. Stated types of development
4/. What is the importance of measuring growth?
5/. What are principles of growth and development? Stated 4 (Four) out of 8 (Eight).
6/. How do we measure growth?

7/. What are the 5 (Five) senses?

8/.

Education Module Quiz

Please complete this quiz to print a certificate of completion. A score of 12 or more is required to generate
this certificate.
1. Regular growth assessment is only recommended for children known to
have growth problems. T F
     
2. The WHO charts are described as a growth standard identifying how
children should grow under optimal conditions. They are recommended
for monitoring the growth of all infants regardless of the method of T F
feeding.
     
3. Weight, length and head circumference of an infant born before 37
weeks completed gestation should be plotted using corrected age until
T F
around 2 years of age
     
4. Young children between one and two years of age and who are able to
stand can have either length (measured while lying down) or height
(measured while standing) measured and plotted on the WHO chart for T F
children 0-2years
   
5. To assess if a child is growing well, serial measurements of weight,
length / height (and infants head circumference), plotted on a growth
T F
chart is essential.
   
6. The WHO growth charts can be used for all children under 2 years
including those with special health care needs. T F
   
7. 'Ideal' growth for all children is described as all growth measures
tracking along the 50th percentile T F
   
8. BMI can be used to assess overweight in children over the age of 12
months T F
 

9. Which of the following statements about birthweight is correct?

 
Birthweight for typical full term infants is 2.8 kg
Weight loss of up to 15% of birthweight in the first week of life is considered
 normal
Birthweight is usually regained by day 7 of life
Weight gain for infants is usually most rapid in the first 3 months of life
 
10. Which of the following factors is least likely to affect growth?
 
Genetics
Nutrition
 
Ethnicity
Socioeconomic status
 
11. Previous infant growth charts used in Australia (NCHS 1977 and CDC
2000) were based on health surveys of children in the US and included
 
Cross sectional data of mainly formula fed
infants
Cross sectional data of mainly breastfed infants
Longitudinal data of mainly formula fed infants
Longitudinal data of mainly breastfed infants
 
12. The WHO growth charts are based on longitudinal data from the
Multicentre Growth Reference Study. The eligibility criteria for the
study excluded:
 
Infants predominately or exclusively breast fed until at least 4 months of
age.
Infants of smoking mothers.
Healthy infants born at term.
Infants introduced to solids by 6 months
 
13. Accurate assessment of child growth is best achieved if the practitioner
 
Corrects weight for the child's clothing
Rounds up child's age to the nearest month
Uses calibrated equipment
Plots weight on the WHO and CDC charts to compare
growth
 
14. Corrected age for an infant born at 28 weeks gestation who is now aged
 16 weeks is
 
2 weeks
4 weeks
12
 
weeks
16
weeks
 
15. At any given age 70% of children in the population can be expected to
grow
 
Anywhere between the 3rd– 97th percentile.
Anywhere between the 15th and 85th
percentile.
Around the 50th percentile.
Anywhere on the growth chart.
 
16. The following statement is the best indicator of poor growth in a young
child
 
Weight is below the lowest percentile on the weight for age growth chart
Weight drops 2 percentile lines on the weight for age growth chart
Weight and length are more than 2 percentile lines apart on the weight and length for age
growth charts
Weight and / or length are tracking downwards on percentiles on the weight and /or
length for age growth charts
 
17. Which of the following is correct when considering overweight in
children?
 
Child is considered overweight when BMI is greater than the 50th percentile on the BMI
for age growth chart
Child is considered overweight if their BMI is increasing over time
Child is considered overweight when their BMI is greater than the 85th percentile
Child is considered to be overweight when their waist-to-height ratio is less than 0.5