DCF: CHILD GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Autism Spectrum Disorder - ANSWER -A group of brain based neurological disorder
characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted and
repetitive patterns of behavior.
Down Syndrome - ANSWER -A genetic disorder that results in a number of physical
characteristics and intellectual impairments.
Prevention - ANSWER -To stop challenging behaviors before they begin.
Redirection - ANSWER -Guiding a child to a new activity or area. Used to guide
children's behavior by recognizing challenging behavior at its earliest stages and taking
steps to stop it from escalating.
Positive Reinforcement - ANSWER -Desired behaviors are rewarded so that the child is
encouraged to repeat them.
Sensorimotor - ANSWER -Children learn through sensory perception and motor activity
from 0-2 years.
Preoperational - ANSWER -Thinking is based on how things are perceived rather than
logic. Children begin using symbols during the ages of 2-7 years. (i.e. using sand to
make a cake)
Concrete Operational - ANSWER -Children become more rational in their thinking
between 7-11 years old. (i.e. Santa isn't real)
Formal Operations - ANSWER -Children think beyond the present and about ideal
situations; thinking becomes abstract from 11 years old and older.
Heredity - ANSWER -Passing down of genetic characteristics from parents to their
children; influences a child through the inheritance of physical characteristics and
temperament from birth parents at the time of conception.
Temperament - ANSWER -Prevailing or dominant socioemotional quality that
characterizes a person.
Personality - ANSWER -The totality of a person's attitudes, interests, behavioral
patterns, emotional responses, social roles, and individual traits that endure over a long
period of time.
DEVELOPMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Autism Spectrum Disorder - ANSWER -A group of brain based neurological disorder
characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted and
repetitive patterns of behavior.
Down Syndrome - ANSWER -A genetic disorder that results in a number of physical
characteristics and intellectual impairments.
Prevention - ANSWER -To stop challenging behaviors before they begin.
Redirection - ANSWER -Guiding a child to a new activity or area. Used to guide
children's behavior by recognizing challenging behavior at its earliest stages and taking
steps to stop it from escalating.
Positive Reinforcement - ANSWER -Desired behaviors are rewarded so that the child is
encouraged to repeat them.
Sensorimotor - ANSWER -Children learn through sensory perception and motor activity
from 0-2 years.
Preoperational - ANSWER -Thinking is based on how things are perceived rather than
logic. Children begin using symbols during the ages of 2-7 years. (i.e. using sand to
make a cake)
Concrete Operational - ANSWER -Children become more rational in their thinking
between 7-11 years old. (i.e. Santa isn't real)
Formal Operations - ANSWER -Children think beyond the present and about ideal
situations; thinking becomes abstract from 11 years old and older.
Heredity - ANSWER -Passing down of genetic characteristics from parents to their
children; influences a child through the inheritance of physical characteristics and
temperament from birth parents at the time of conception.
Temperament - ANSWER -Prevailing or dominant socioemotional quality that
characterizes a person.
Personality - ANSWER -The totality of a person's attitudes, interests, behavioral
patterns, emotional responses, social roles, and individual traits that endure over a long
period of time.
