YEH PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Acute Illness. Answer: Sickness that begins quickly and lasts only a
short time. Some examples are ear infection and common colds.
⩥ Administration. Answer: The act of giving.
⩥ Adverse Effect. Answer: Unexpected reaction of a medication that can
be potentially harmful.
⩥ Allergic Reaction. Answer: A potentially harmful immune response to
a foreign substance, including medication. Allergic reactions occur when
the immune system overreacts to a substance called an allergen. These
reactions do not always occur the first time the child comes in contact
with the allergen and may get worse with each exposure.
⩥ Anaphylaxis. Answer: A severe and potentially life-threatening sudden
allergic reaction typically characterized by hives, swelling, shortness of
breath and requiring immediate treatment.
See Handout 9.2.
, ⩥ Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 (ADA). Answer: A law
prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability.
⩥ asthma. Answer: A chronic condition characterized by severe
difficulty breathing caused by a spasm of the bronchial tubes or by
swelling of mucous membranes caused by a response to a trigger and/or
an allergen.
See Handout 8.1.
⩥ as needed medication. Answer: Medication given to treat specific
symptoms at non-specific times, often to relieve or control symptoms
that my recur from a known condition.
⩥ auto- injector. Answer: Device for delivering an injection by an
automatic system.
⩥ brand name. Answer: A name given to the medicine by the
pharmaceutical company that created it. The name is followed by the
symbol ®, which indicated that the name is a registered trademark.
⩥ Children with Special Health Care Needs. Answer: Children who have
chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions