Child Life Certification Exam
Questions and Answers
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 - ANS-b.
Creating a patient graffiti board in the hallway
The purpose of quality management activities is to:
a. Establish a system of formal recordkeeping 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 - ANS-c. Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
All of the following will come from the use 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 - ANS-a. Components for rewriting job
descriptions
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. View child and family as integral members of the healthcare team - ANS-d. View child
and family as integral members of the healthcare team
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 to hospital staff
d. Being receptive to the observations and assessments of professionals from other
disciplines - ANS-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
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 and family's abilities - ANS-d.
Conveying support while affirming the patient 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 - ANS-a. Descriptive
Research indicates that children in which of the following age groups are MOST
vulnerable to the psychological stress when hospitalized?
a. 0 - 6 months
b. 7 months - 4 years
c. 5 - 9 years
d. 10 - 14 years - ANS-b. 7 months - 4 years
All of the following are major areas of assessment for staff evaluation EXCEPT the
assessment of the individual's:
a. Work with children
b. Knowledge base and ability to put knowledge into practice
c. Ability to successfully fundraise
d. Growth and contribution to the department and to the institution - ANS-c. Ability to
successfully fundraise
When initially discussing expectations for performance with volunteers or students, it's
important that:
a. Volunteers and students be encouraged to set their own expectations
b. Volunteers and students are informed that failure to improve their skills on a continual
basis is cause for dismissal
c. Performance standards presented to volunteers and students are based on program
objectives
d. Foreseeable situations be discussed with the individual - ANS-c. Performance
standards presented to volunteers and students are based on program objectives
To determine whether a child life care plan needs to be modified, it is important to
evaluate whether the current plan has been effective. To evaluate this, it is essential
that:
, a. The initial child life plan for intervention includes an outcome objective
b. A formal assessment tool be used
c. Direct feedback is received from the patient or parents
d. The patient's and family's progress be documented - ANS-a. The initial child life plan
for intervention includes an outcome objective
To know whether a child life care plan needs to be modified, it is important to:
a. Administer a formal assessment tool on a weekly basis
b. Understand that the assessment process is ongoing, dynamic, and interactive
c. Complete a patient classification form on a daily basis
d. Ask parents to complete a questionnaire regarding their child's progress on a weekly
basis - ANS-b. Understand that the assessment process is ongoing, dynamic, and
interactive
According to John Bowlby, well-known researcher and theorist on separation and loss,
the PRINCIPAL factor in reducing a child's susceptibility to fear and anxiety is:
a. Prior experience
b. Expressive abilities
c. The presence of an attachment figure
d. Preparation - ANS-c. The presence of an attachment figure
Key elements of communicating complete, accurate information about an impending
medical procedure include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Learning about the procedure
b. Determining what information to share with the child and family
c. Explaining the sequence of events
d. Rehearsing the planned approach for the education prior to meeting the family - ANS-
d. Rehearsing the planned approach for the education prior to meeting the family
When evaluating the outcome of Child Life services for a particular patient, collaboration
with other healthcare professionals is essential to:
a. Ensure that they are following through with your expectations
b. Share observations and concerns
c. Obtain each professional's opinion regarding child's behavior
d. Share personal opinions regarding the child's support system - ANS-b. Share
observations and concerns
Which of the following characterizes a preschool child's thinking about death?
a. Feel response for a death
b. Understands the physiological cause of death
c. Empathizes with feelings of other family members
d. Comprehends that death is final - ANS-a. Feel response for a death
Infants PRIMARILY use and understand nonverbal communication as a means:
a. To gain the attention of their caregiver
b. To communicate their needs to their caregiver
Questions and Answers
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 - ANS-b.
Creating a patient graffiti board in the hallway
The purpose of quality management activities is to:
a. Establish a system of formal recordkeeping 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 - ANS-c. Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
All of the following will come from the use 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 - ANS-a. Components for rewriting job
descriptions
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. View child and family as integral members of the healthcare team - ANS-d. View child
and family as integral members of the healthcare team
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 to hospital staff
d. Being receptive to the observations and assessments of professionals from other
disciplines - ANS-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
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 and family's abilities - ANS-d.
Conveying support while affirming the patient 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 - ANS-a. Descriptive
Research indicates that children in which of the following age groups are MOST
vulnerable to the psychological stress when hospitalized?
a. 0 - 6 months
b. 7 months - 4 years
c. 5 - 9 years
d. 10 - 14 years - ANS-b. 7 months - 4 years
All of the following are major areas of assessment for staff evaluation EXCEPT the
assessment of the individual's:
a. Work with children
b. Knowledge base and ability to put knowledge into practice
c. Ability to successfully fundraise
d. Growth and contribution to the department and to the institution - ANS-c. Ability to
successfully fundraise
When initially discussing expectations for performance with volunteers or students, it's
important that:
a. Volunteers and students be encouraged to set their own expectations
b. Volunteers and students are informed that failure to improve their skills on a continual
basis is cause for dismissal
c. Performance standards presented to volunteers and students are based on program
objectives
d. Foreseeable situations be discussed with the individual - ANS-c. Performance
standards presented to volunteers and students are based on program objectives
To determine whether a child life care plan needs to be modified, it is important to
evaluate whether the current plan has been effective. To evaluate this, it is essential
that:
, a. The initial child life plan for intervention includes an outcome objective
b. A formal assessment tool be used
c. Direct feedback is received from the patient or parents
d. The patient's and family's progress be documented - ANS-a. The initial child life plan
for intervention includes an outcome objective
To know whether a child life care plan needs to be modified, it is important to:
a. Administer a formal assessment tool on a weekly basis
b. Understand that the assessment process is ongoing, dynamic, and interactive
c. Complete a patient classification form on a daily basis
d. Ask parents to complete a questionnaire regarding their child's progress on a weekly
basis - ANS-b. Understand that the assessment process is ongoing, dynamic, and
interactive
According to John Bowlby, well-known researcher and theorist on separation and loss,
the PRINCIPAL factor in reducing a child's susceptibility to fear and anxiety is:
a. Prior experience
b. Expressive abilities
c. The presence of an attachment figure
d. Preparation - ANS-c. The presence of an attachment figure
Key elements of communicating complete, accurate information about an impending
medical procedure include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Learning about the procedure
b. Determining what information to share with the child and family
c. Explaining the sequence of events
d. Rehearsing the planned approach for the education prior to meeting the family - ANS-
d. Rehearsing the planned approach for the education prior to meeting the family
When evaluating the outcome of Child Life services for a particular patient, collaboration
with other healthcare professionals is essential to:
a. Ensure that they are following through with your expectations
b. Share observations and concerns
c. Obtain each professional's opinion regarding child's behavior
d. Share personal opinions regarding the child's support system - ANS-b. Share
observations and concerns
Which of the following characterizes a preschool child's thinking about death?
a. Feel response for a death
b. Understands the physiological cause of death
c. Empathizes with feelings of other family members
d. Comprehends that death is final - ANS-a. Feel response for a death
Infants PRIMARILY use and understand nonverbal communication as a means:
a. To gain the attention of their caregiver
b. To communicate their needs to their caregiver
