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ALPP CLC EXAM CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT
ACTUALPRACTICE TEST 1-9 EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
As a lactation consultant, you may be most concerned by a
mother who describes breastfeeding as gross and states having
her baby at the breast makes her uncomfortable because she
may be:
a) Exhibiting signs of immaturity
b) Exhibiting signs of sexual abuse
c) Exhibiting signs of postpartum blues
d) In need of breastfeeding education - ANSWER-b) Exhibiting
signs of sexual abuse
Samantha has a low milk supply and has agreed to use a breast
pump to augment her supply. Which suggestion is MOST helpful?
a) Take galactogogues each time she pumps
b) Pump after each nursing
c) Pump both breasts at the same time
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d) Utilize the hands on pumping technique - ANSWER-d) Utilize
the hands on pumping technique
WHO (World Health Organization) has indicated donations of
non-human milk during an emergency or disaster are commonly
due to:
a) An increased need for infant nutrition
b) The belief mothers cannot produce enough milk
c) The scarcity of safe water
d) Requests are made for artificial baby milk - ANSWER-b) The
belief mothers cannot produce enough milk
Eloise calls saying she doesn't think breastfeeding is going well
with 7-day-old Matthew. Which statement of Eloise's is the most
significant which leads you to give her an appointment
immediately?
a) Matthew is starting to have transitional stools
b) Matthew left the hospital with 8% weight loss
c) Matthew is nursing at least 8-12 times per 24 hours
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d) Eloise has sore nipples when Matthew latches on to the breast
- ANSWER-a) Matthew is starting to have transitional stools
You are an IBCLC working in a hospital setting. You overhear one
of your IBCLC co-workers telling a mother that if her baby is really
fussy to go ahead and put the baby to sleep on his abdomen.
What is your FIRST response?
a) Say nothing. It's a minor thing, and you need all the help you
can get at the busy hospital
b) Report her to your immediate supervisor
c) Send a letter to the IBCLC outlining what you have heard
d) Go to lunch with your colleague and talk to her about what you
overheard - ANSWER-d) Go to lunch with your colleague and talk
to her about what you overhead
The Reverse Pressure Softening Technique is most beneficial
when:
a) A mother is engorged
b) A mother wants to manually express her milk
c) A mother has a plugged duct
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d) The lactation consultant is assessing latch - ANSWER-a) A
mother is engorged
Transient lactational crises are the result of:
a) Empty breast syndrome
b) Rapid growth of infant
c) Hyper-lactation syndrome
d) Hungry baby - ANSWER-b) Rapid growth of infant
Which of the following would contribute to the delayed onset of
lactogenesis 2?
a) Cesarean section for failure to progress
b) Maternal age 22-30
c) Insulin-dependent diabetes
d) Maternal history of precipitous labor - ANSWER-c) Insulin-
dependent diabetes
ALPP CLC EXAM CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT
ACTUALPRACTICE TEST 1-9 EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
As a lactation consultant, you may be most concerned by a
mother who describes breastfeeding as gross and states having
her baby at the breast makes her uncomfortable because she
may be:
a) Exhibiting signs of immaturity
b) Exhibiting signs of sexual abuse
c) Exhibiting signs of postpartum blues
d) In need of breastfeeding education - ANSWER-b) Exhibiting
signs of sexual abuse
Samantha has a low milk supply and has agreed to use a breast
pump to augment her supply. Which suggestion is MOST helpful?
a) Take galactogogues each time she pumps
b) Pump after each nursing
c) Pump both breasts at the same time
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d) Utilize the hands on pumping technique - ANSWER-d) Utilize
the hands on pumping technique
WHO (World Health Organization) has indicated donations of
non-human milk during an emergency or disaster are commonly
due to:
a) An increased need for infant nutrition
b) The belief mothers cannot produce enough milk
c) The scarcity of safe water
d) Requests are made for artificial baby milk - ANSWER-b) The
belief mothers cannot produce enough milk
Eloise calls saying she doesn't think breastfeeding is going well
with 7-day-old Matthew. Which statement of Eloise's is the most
significant which leads you to give her an appointment
immediately?
a) Matthew is starting to have transitional stools
b) Matthew left the hospital with 8% weight loss
c) Matthew is nursing at least 8-12 times per 24 hours
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d) Eloise has sore nipples when Matthew latches on to the breast
- ANSWER-a) Matthew is starting to have transitional stools
You are an IBCLC working in a hospital setting. You overhear one
of your IBCLC co-workers telling a mother that if her baby is really
fussy to go ahead and put the baby to sleep on his abdomen.
What is your FIRST response?
a) Say nothing. It's a minor thing, and you need all the help you
can get at the busy hospital
b) Report her to your immediate supervisor
c) Send a letter to the IBCLC outlining what you have heard
d) Go to lunch with your colleague and talk to her about what you
overheard - ANSWER-d) Go to lunch with your colleague and talk
to her about what you overhead
The Reverse Pressure Softening Technique is most beneficial
when:
a) A mother is engorged
b) A mother wants to manually express her milk
c) A mother has a plugged duct
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d) The lactation consultant is assessing latch - ANSWER-a) A
mother is engorged
Transient lactational crises are the result of:
a) Empty breast syndrome
b) Rapid growth of infant
c) Hyper-lactation syndrome
d) Hungry baby - ANSWER-b) Rapid growth of infant
Which of the following would contribute to the delayed onset of
lactogenesis 2?
a) Cesarean section for failure to progress
b) Maternal age 22-30
c) Insulin-dependent diabetes
d) Maternal history of precipitous labor - ANSWER-c) Insulin-
dependent diabetes
