DCF Certification Test - Child Abuse and Neglect |
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Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ Correct Answer: day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? Correct Answer: 1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? Correct Answer:
Child Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ Correct Answer: 10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years Correct Answer: Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological capicaty
of a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person responsiible for the child's
welfare Correct Answer: Child abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in injury
or harm to the child. Correct Answer: Physical Abuse
Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes indecent
exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy, exploitation, and showing
pornography. Correct Answer: Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing
child. Correct Answer: Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution where the
person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a private school,
public or private child care center, residential home, institution, program, or agency or any other
person at such institution responsible for the child's care. Correct Answer: Institutional abuse
and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision. Correct
Answer: Neglect
Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living
experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to function normally in
performance and behavior. Correct Answer: Emotional neglect
When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional development level
or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not provide adequate supervision.
Correct Answer: Inadequate supervision
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Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ Correct Answer: day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? Correct Answer: 1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? Correct Answer:
Child Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ Correct Answer: 10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years Correct Answer: Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological capicaty
of a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person responsiible for the child's
welfare Correct Answer: Child abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in injury
or harm to the child. Correct Answer: Physical Abuse
Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes indecent
exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy, exploitation, and showing
pornography. Correct Answer: Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing
child. Correct Answer: Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution where the
person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a private school,
public or private child care center, residential home, institution, program, or agency or any other
person at such institution responsible for the child's care. Correct Answer: Institutional abuse
and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision. Correct
Answer: Neglect
Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living
experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to function normally in
performance and behavior. Correct Answer: Emotional neglect
When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional development level
or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not provide adequate supervision.
Correct Answer: Inadequate supervision
