SCYM (ASCP) CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ What is Attrition?.
Answer: gradual decline or loss of L1 to L2
◍ Name the core function:"Mobilize community partnerships to identify and
solve health problems.".
Answer: Policy Development
◍ Public Health Intervention Wheel: define: collaboration.
Answer: enhances the capacity to promote and protect health for mutual
benefit and a common purpose. Collaboration involves exchanging
information, harmonized activities, and shared resources
◍ What are Phonological characteristics of Sequential bilingualism?.
Answer: -By 3-4 y/o L1 inventory is complete-Phonological deafness after
3-4 y/o for L2-L2 learned before ~13 y/o = close to native phonological skill
◍ Florence Nightingale.
Answer: -origins of trained nursing-Opened the first school of nursing and
first to establish evidenced-based practice and organized nursing
practice.-Encouraged proper nutrition, rest, sanitation, and hygiene to
succeed in health nursing.
◍ What are nursing interventions aimed at the macroscopic level?.
Answer: modifying social or environmental variables. May involve social or
political action
◍ What are semantic characteristics of Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: -One lexical developed from two languages-Child distinguishes 2
lexicons both one syntactic system-Child distinguishes lexical and syntactic
system
,◍ What is Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: Development of 2 languages PRIOR to age 3
◍ Homelessness:.
Answer: lack of fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and having
a primary night residency that is:-A supervised, temporary public or private
shelter-A temporary residence for individuals intended to be
institutionalized-A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily
used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings
◍ Primary, secondary, or tertiary?:providing education for pregnant
adolescents.
Answer: Secondary
◍ What are syntactic characteristics of Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: -Language mixing/ code switching-Bootstrapping-Incorporating
structures from stronger language to weaker language
◍ Assurance (core function).
Answer: ensuring that all services that were agreed upon by the population
are accessible and available to all by motivating collaborative entities in the
community, through direct services or regulations of services in the defined
community
◍ Principle of public health nursing:-- is the priority in selecting appropriate
activities.
Answer: · Primary prevention is the priority in selecting appropriate
activities.
◍ Primary, secondary, or tertiary?:discharge education regarding transition
from hospital services to community services.
Answer: tertiary
◍ What are Morphological characteristics of Sequential bilingualism?.
Answer: -Environment affects L2 morphological skill learning ~Children's
morphological skills improve by talking with them, listening to others
, around them
◍ Five Healthy People initiatives that were originally launched in the 1980s.
Answer: -Attain healthy, thriving lives and well-being free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death-Eliminate health disparities,
achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and
well-being of all-Create social, physical, and economic environments that
promote attaining the full potential for health and well-being for all
(SDOH)-Promote health development, healthy behaviors, and well-being
across all life stages-Engage leadership, key constituents, and the public
across multiple sectors to take action and design policies that improve the
health and well-being of all
◍ Dorothea Dix.
Answer: Lobbied for better conditions in prisons and mental hospitals
◍ CALP is for informal or formal use?.
Answer: Formal use
◍ What are pragmatic characteristics of Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: -Use of specific language for specific context/ alternate between
languages-Code switching in family settings
◍ What is Sequential bilingualism?.
Answer: L2 devlopment begins AFTER age 3
◍ What is happening in the Speech Emergence stage of Sequential
bilingualism?.
Answer: Some words are formalic/ memorized but NOT processed
◍ What are phonological characteristics of Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: -Exposure to 2 languages supports phonological
awareness-Bilingual children can use one of their languages to help
acquisition of another language-With 2 phonological systems, they have
more practice manipulating language
◍ What are the stages of sequential bilingualism?.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ What is Attrition?.
Answer: gradual decline or loss of L1 to L2
◍ Name the core function:"Mobilize community partnerships to identify and
solve health problems.".
Answer: Policy Development
◍ Public Health Intervention Wheel: define: collaboration.
Answer: enhances the capacity to promote and protect health for mutual
benefit and a common purpose. Collaboration involves exchanging
information, harmonized activities, and shared resources
◍ What are Phonological characteristics of Sequential bilingualism?.
Answer: -By 3-4 y/o L1 inventory is complete-Phonological deafness after
3-4 y/o for L2-L2 learned before ~13 y/o = close to native phonological skill
◍ Florence Nightingale.
Answer: -origins of trained nursing-Opened the first school of nursing and
first to establish evidenced-based practice and organized nursing
practice.-Encouraged proper nutrition, rest, sanitation, and hygiene to
succeed in health nursing.
◍ What are nursing interventions aimed at the macroscopic level?.
Answer: modifying social or environmental variables. May involve social or
political action
◍ What are semantic characteristics of Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: -One lexical developed from two languages-Child distinguishes 2
lexicons both one syntactic system-Child distinguishes lexical and syntactic
system
,◍ What is Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: Development of 2 languages PRIOR to age 3
◍ Homelessness:.
Answer: lack of fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and having
a primary night residency that is:-A supervised, temporary public or private
shelter-A temporary residence for individuals intended to be
institutionalized-A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily
used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings
◍ Primary, secondary, or tertiary?:providing education for pregnant
adolescents.
Answer: Secondary
◍ What are syntactic characteristics of Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: -Language mixing/ code switching-Bootstrapping-Incorporating
structures from stronger language to weaker language
◍ Assurance (core function).
Answer: ensuring that all services that were agreed upon by the population
are accessible and available to all by motivating collaborative entities in the
community, through direct services or regulations of services in the defined
community
◍ Principle of public health nursing:-- is the priority in selecting appropriate
activities.
Answer: · Primary prevention is the priority in selecting appropriate
activities.
◍ Primary, secondary, or tertiary?:discharge education regarding transition
from hospital services to community services.
Answer: tertiary
◍ What are Morphological characteristics of Sequential bilingualism?.
Answer: -Environment affects L2 morphological skill learning ~Children's
morphological skills improve by talking with them, listening to others
, around them
◍ Five Healthy People initiatives that were originally launched in the 1980s.
Answer: -Attain healthy, thriving lives and well-being free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death-Eliminate health disparities,
achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and
well-being of all-Create social, physical, and economic environments that
promote attaining the full potential for health and well-being for all
(SDOH)-Promote health development, healthy behaviors, and well-being
across all life stages-Engage leadership, key constituents, and the public
across multiple sectors to take action and design policies that improve the
health and well-being of all
◍ Dorothea Dix.
Answer: Lobbied for better conditions in prisons and mental hospitals
◍ CALP is for informal or formal use?.
Answer: Formal use
◍ What are pragmatic characteristics of Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: -Use of specific language for specific context/ alternate between
languages-Code switching in family settings
◍ What is Sequential bilingualism?.
Answer: L2 devlopment begins AFTER age 3
◍ What is happening in the Speech Emergence stage of Sequential
bilingualism?.
Answer: Some words are formalic/ memorized but NOT processed
◍ What are phonological characteristics of Simultaneous bilingualism?.
Answer: -Exposure to 2 languages supports phonological
awareness-Bilingual children can use one of their languages to help
acquisition of another language-With 2 phonological systems, they have
more practice manipulating language
◍ What are the stages of sequential bilingualism?.
