DCF Certification Test - Child Abuse and
Neglect Already Passed
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ ✔✔day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? ✔✔1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? ✔✔Child Abuse &
Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ ✔✔10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years ✔✔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 ✔✔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. ✔✔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. ✔✔Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing
child. ✔✔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. ✔✔Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision.
✔✔Neglect
Neglect Already Passed
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ ✔✔day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? ✔✔1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? ✔✔Child Abuse &
Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ ✔✔10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years ✔✔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 ✔✔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. ✔✔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. ✔✔Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing
child. ✔✔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. ✔✔Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision.
✔✔Neglect
