CARE FINAL EXAM ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ What does APGAR score at birth reflect? Answer: How baby did
during labor/delivery (1min). Response to resuscitation (5 min)
◉ T or F The APGAR predicts neurologic outcomes Answer: FALSE
◉ What is the deformity associated with extension and medial
rotation of the arm with Moro (startle) reflex assessment? Answer:
Erb-Duchenne (C5-6) Refer if not better by 3-6 months for
neurosurgery
◉ LGA infant with crepitus and discontinuity on palpation of
clavicle? Answer: Clavicular Fracture. Treatment: None needed,
callus formation at 1 week, MAY use figure 8 splint.
◉ Term for newborn with edema that crosses the suture line?
Answer: Caput Succedaneum (Spongy, pitting edema)
, ◉ Term for newborn with head fluctuance that does NOT cross
suture line? Answer: Cephalo-hematoma
◉ Blue/slate gray macule on back or thigh? Answer: Mongolian
spots (Arrested Melanocytes)
◉ Pale pink vascular macule in NUCHAL AREA and FACE. The
lesions on the face will disappear while the other persists. The
lesions are MORE RED WHEN BABY IS ANGRY. dx? Answer: Nevus
Simplex (Salmon Patch). Face generally fades,
◉ Firm white papules on a newborn's face filled with keratin?
Answer: Milia (Day of life 1) - not to be confused with neonatal acne
(Week of life 1-2)
◉ Newborn firm yellow white pustules and papules on an
erythematous base? Answer: Erythema Toxicum (Filled with
eosinophils)
◉ Red, sharply demarcated raised lesions appearing in first two
months, rapidly expand, then involuting by age 5-9? Answer:
Hemangioma
◉ What is the cause of neonatal acne? Answer: Maternal Androgens