Child Life Certification Exam Practice
Test 1 & 2-Graded A
A child life specialist can assist hospital personnel in better understanding pediatric
patients' emotions and behaviors by:
a) Blowing bubbles for patients during IV starts
b) Creating a patient graffiti board in the hallway
c) Encouraging patients to participate in playroom activities
d) Educate staff to avoid the use of emphatic statements with their patients - ANSWER-
b) Creating a patient graffiti board in the hallway
The purpose of quality management activities is to:
a) Establish a system of formal record-keeping for a child life program
b) Professionalize child life services
c) Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
d) Document established child life practices, beliefs, and philosophies that have not
been adequately evaluated - ANSWER-c) Assure high quality, cost-effective child life
care
All of the following will come from the use of statistics, numerical analysis, and record
keeping EXCEPT:
a) Components for rewriting job descriptions
b) Professionalization of child life services
c) Increased efficiency of child life services
d) Usefulness for staff feedback and review - ANSWER-a) Components for rewriting job
descriptions
What is the MOST important consideration when a policy is written concerning playroom
use?
a) Safety of the patient
b) Retention of toys and equipment
c) Needs of the health care team
d) Child life staff's schedule - ANSWER-a) Safety of the patient
When creating child life care plans, it is ESSENTIAL to:
a) utilize a patient classification system
, b) Inform the child and family about your care plan
c) Document any modifications made to the original care plan
d) Involve the child and family - ANSWER-d) Involve the child and family
Important guidelines to consider when promoting and enhancing interdisciplinary
collaboration include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Waiting for other disciplines to approach you for information gathering
b) Recognizing the professional limits and boundaries of child life
c) Providing in-service education for hospital staff
d) Being receptive to the observations and assessments of professionals from other
disciplines - ANSWER-a) Waiting for other disciplines to approach you for information
gathering
Which behavior displays ethical conduct that includes family-centered care and
professional boundaries?
a) Coming in on your day off at the request of the patient and family
b) Supporting the family's request by encouraging that only one particular nurse start
the patient's IVs
c) Communicating the family's needs to the health care team based on your
observations
d) Conveying support while affirming the patient's and family's abilities - ANSWER-d)
Conveying support while affirming the patient's and family's abilities
A research study examining the average number of pediatric admissions for strabismus
would be considered:
a) Descriptive
b) Longitudinal
c) Inferential
d) Correlational - ANSWER-a) Descriptive
Research indicates that children in which of the following age groups are MOST
vulnerable to psychological stress when hospitalized?
a) 0-6 months
b) 7 months- 4 years
c) 5-9 years
d) 10-14 years - ANSWER-b) 7 months- 4 years
All of the following are major areas of assessment for staff evaluation EXCEPT
assessment of the individual's
a) Work with children
b) Knowledge base and ability to put knowledge into practice
Test 1 & 2-Graded A
A child life specialist can assist hospital personnel in better understanding pediatric
patients' emotions and behaviors by:
a) Blowing bubbles for patients during IV starts
b) Creating a patient graffiti board in the hallway
c) Encouraging patients to participate in playroom activities
d) Educate staff to avoid the use of emphatic statements with their patients - ANSWER-
b) Creating a patient graffiti board in the hallway
The purpose of quality management activities is to:
a) Establish a system of formal record-keeping for a child life program
b) Professionalize child life services
c) Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
d) Document established child life practices, beliefs, and philosophies that have not
been adequately evaluated - ANSWER-c) Assure high quality, cost-effective child life
care
All of the following will come from the use of statistics, numerical analysis, and record
keeping EXCEPT:
a) Components for rewriting job descriptions
b) Professionalization of child life services
c) Increased efficiency of child life services
d) Usefulness for staff feedback and review - ANSWER-a) Components for rewriting job
descriptions
What is the MOST important consideration when a policy is written concerning playroom
use?
a) Safety of the patient
b) Retention of toys and equipment
c) Needs of the health care team
d) Child life staff's schedule - ANSWER-a) Safety of the patient
When creating child life care plans, it is ESSENTIAL to:
a) utilize a patient classification system
, b) Inform the child and family about your care plan
c) Document any modifications made to the original care plan
d) Involve the child and family - ANSWER-d) Involve the child and family
Important guidelines to consider when promoting and enhancing interdisciplinary
collaboration include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Waiting for other disciplines to approach you for information gathering
b) Recognizing the professional limits and boundaries of child life
c) Providing in-service education for hospital staff
d) Being receptive to the observations and assessments of professionals from other
disciplines - ANSWER-a) Waiting for other disciplines to approach you for information
gathering
Which behavior displays ethical conduct that includes family-centered care and
professional boundaries?
a) Coming in on your day off at the request of the patient and family
b) Supporting the family's request by encouraging that only one particular nurse start
the patient's IVs
c) Communicating the family's needs to the health care team based on your
observations
d) Conveying support while affirming the patient's and family's abilities - ANSWER-d)
Conveying support while affirming the patient's and family's abilities
A research study examining the average number of pediatric admissions for strabismus
would be considered:
a) Descriptive
b) Longitudinal
c) Inferential
d) Correlational - ANSWER-a) Descriptive
Research indicates that children in which of the following age groups are MOST
vulnerable to psychological stress when hospitalized?
a) 0-6 months
b) 7 months- 4 years
c) 5-9 years
d) 10-14 years - ANSWER-b) 7 months- 4 years
All of the following are major areas of assessment for staff evaluation EXCEPT
assessment of the individual's
a) Work with children
b) Knowledge base and ability to put knowledge into practice
