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1. After birth, which part of the body grows last using the proximodistal growth principle?
a. Trunk
b. Arms
c. Legs
d. Feet
Ans: d
Learning Objective: 4.1
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Body Growth and Nutrition in Infants and Toddlers
Question Type: MC
2. Which growth pattern explains why an infant’s head at birth is one third the size of its body?
a. Bidirectional
b. Cephalocaudal
c. Proximodistal
d. Continuous
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 4.1
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Body Growth and Nutrition in Infants and Toddlers
Question Type: MC
3. Which growth pattern explains why a toddler catches a ball with both of his or her arms instead
of with only one hand?
a. Bidirectional
b. Cephalocaudal
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c. Proximodistal
d. Continuous
Ans: c
Learning Objective: 4.1
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Body Growth and Nutrition in Infants and Toddlers
Question Type: MC
5. Jeffrey is a toddler who lives in the United States and has regular medical checkups. Anna is a
toddler who lives in a nonindustrialized country and does not receive regular medical checkups.
Which of the following statements best describes the expected growth of Jeffrey and/or Anna?
a. Anna will grow just as tall and fast as Jeffrey because growth is mainly due to maturation.
b. Jeffrey will grow taller and faster than Anna because he lives in a country will good sanitation,
nutrition, and access to medical care.
c. Jeffrey will grow taller and faster than Anna because he is a boy.
d. Anna will grow taller and faster than Jeffrey because she does not have access to good
nutrition.
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 4.1
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Body Growth and Nutrition in Infants and Toddlers
Question Type: MC
6. A malnutritive disease that is characterized by lethargy, wrinkled skin, and a bloating and
swelling of the stomach, face, legs and arms is called:
a. kwashiorkor.
b. marasmus.
c. muscular dystrophy.
d. cerebral palsy.
Ans: a
Learning Objective: 4.2
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Malnutrition
Question Type: MC
7. Ashley lives in Sweden where she receives paid maternity leave until her baby is 1 year old.
What can we predict about Ashley’s choice in feeding for her baby?
a. Ashley will be equally likely to use formula or breast milk for her baby.
b. Ashley will most likely feed her baby solid foods at an earlier age.
c. Ashley will most likely feed her baby a formula substitute for breast milk.
d. Ashley will most likely breast-feed her baby.
Ans: d
Learning Objective: 4.2
Cognitive Domain: Application
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9. Which of the following would be an appropriate first solid food for a baby between 4 and 6
months of age?
a. Iron-fortified baby cereal mixed with breast milk or formula
b. Grapes cut up into very small pieces
c. Pureed meats
d. Pureed vegetables
Ans: a
Learning Objective: 4.2
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Solid Food
Question Type: MC
10. Which of the following is not one of the most common nutrients missing from infants and
toddlers’ diets?
a. Iron
b. Vitamin C
c. Zinc
d. Calcium
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 4.2
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Malnutrition
Question Type: MC
11. Why does transient exuberance occur in the early years of life?
a. Because the brain has developed very rapidly during the prenatal period and needs to catch
up.
b. Because the brain makes more connections than it needs in preparation to receive any and all
conceivable kinds of stimulation that an infant may encounter.
c. Because infants are most interested in external stimuli in the early years of life.
d. Because infants have not experienced myelination yet and so they need transient exuberance
to start the process.
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 4.3
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Processes of Neural Development
Question Type: MC
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14. Which time period in a child’s life is considered to be a very important time in terms of
experience and neural development?
a. Before birth, during the initial time of the brain formation.
b. The first three years of life when connections are forming between neurons.
c. Once a child begins formal education, approximately at the age of 5.
d. Once a child begins puberty and the final growth in brain development begins.
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 4.3
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Processes of Neural Development
Question Type: MC
16. Which area of the brain is least likely to show a peak in synaptogenesis in the first year of
life?
a. The sensorimotor cortex.
b. The subcortical part of the brain.
c. The visual cortex.
d. The prefrontal cortex.
Ans: d
Learning Objective: 4.3
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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17. Olivia is an infant with parents who provide her with stimulating toys, read to her every day,
and take her on walks where she can see, hear, smell, and touch various things in her
environment. What can we conclude about Olivia’s neural development?
a. Olivia will experience higher than average levels of myelination.
b. Olivia will experience a greater degree of synaptic pruning.
c. Olivia will experience higher than average levels of synaptogenesis.
d. Olivia will produce more neurons than other children who do not receive the same experiences.
Ans: c
Learning Objective: 4.3
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Processes of Neural Development
Question Type: MC
18. Jordan is an infant who lives in a Romanian orphanage. She does not receive any sort of
stimulating environment, but she does receive all the food and basic care she needs. She is not
read to and she spends most of her days sitting in her crib. What can we conclude about Jordan’s
neural development?
a. Jordan will experience higher than average levels of myelination.
b. Jordan will experience a greater degree of synaptic pruning.
c. Jordan will experience higher than average levels of synaptogenesis.
d. Jordan will produce more neurons to compensate for the deficit in experiences.
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 4.3
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Processes of Neural Development
Question Type: MC
20. When the brain depends on experiencing certain basic events and stimuli at key points in time
in order to develop normally, it is called:
a. neural-dependent myelination.
b. synaptogenesis.
c. experience-dependent brain development.
d. experience-expectant brain development.
Ans: d
Learning Objective: 4.4
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Experience and Brain Development
Question Type: MC
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