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Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated
Reporter Training Exam Study Guide
Solutions
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: If a mandated reporter has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been or
may be subjected to abuse or neglect or observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances
which would reasonably result in abuse or neglect, that person shall immediately report to the Division
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Mandated reporters are individually required to report
individual - Ans:✔✔-the reporting requirements are _________, and no supervisor or administrator may
impede or inhibit any reporting
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Anyone can report child abuse or neglect
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: All mandated reporters must report to a medical examiner or coroner when a child
dies
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Any person violating any provision of Missouri's mandated reporter requirements
is guilty of a class A misdemeanor
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true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Any person who intentionally files a false report of child abuse/neglect shall be
guilty of a class A misdemeanor
false- a mandated reporter may NOT make an anonymous report to the hotline, however, their name
and personally identifiable information will be held as confidential - Ans:✔✔-T or F: A mandated
reporter may make an anonymous report to the hotline
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: If you are aware that a child is a refugee, has tribal affiliation, Native American, or
Native Alaskan heritage, inform the hotline when making a report
immediately and directly report - Ans:✔✔-When a mandated reporter has a reasonable cause to suspect
that a child has been abused/neglected they must...
teacher, counselor and principal report to the hotline together - Ans:✔✔-A teacher tells her school's
counselor and principal that she suspects one of her students is experiencing abuse. What should
happen next?
1) It interferes with the investigation and/or prosecution of the abuse incident
2) It re-traumatizes the child
3) It is not a mandated reporters' role to investigate - Ans:✔✔-Internal investigations by a mandated
reporter should not occur because... (3)
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false - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Mandated Reporters have fulfilled their legal requirement when they call law
enforcement to report suspected child abuse/neglect
false - Ans:✔✔-T or F: A mandated reporter's personal identification is shared with the family when
making child abuse/neglect reports
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) - Ans:✔✔-any recent act or failure to act on the part
of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or
exploitation; or an act or failure to act, which presents an imminent risk of serious harm
abuse - Ans:✔✔-"______" as any physical injury, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse inflicted on a child
other than by accidental means by those responsible for the child's care, custody, and control except
that discipline including spanking, administered in a reasonable manner shall not be construed to be
abuse
child - Ans:✔✔-"_____" any person, regardless of physical or mental condition, under eighteen years of
age
1) Is there a pattern?
2) Is there one sign?
3) Are there several signs?
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Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated
Reporter Training Exam Study Guide
Solutions
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: If a mandated reporter has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been or
may be subjected to abuse or neglect or observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances
which would reasonably result in abuse or neglect, that person shall immediately report to the Division
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Mandated reporters are individually required to report
individual - Ans:✔✔-the reporting requirements are _________, and no supervisor or administrator may
impede or inhibit any reporting
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Anyone can report child abuse or neglect
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: All mandated reporters must report to a medical examiner or coroner when a child
dies
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Any person violating any provision of Missouri's mandated reporter requirements
is guilty of a class A misdemeanor
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true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Any person who intentionally files a false report of child abuse/neglect shall be
guilty of a class A misdemeanor
false- a mandated reporter may NOT make an anonymous report to the hotline, however, their name
and personally identifiable information will be held as confidential - Ans:✔✔-T or F: A mandated
reporter may make an anonymous report to the hotline
true - Ans:✔✔-T or F: If you are aware that a child is a refugee, has tribal affiliation, Native American, or
Native Alaskan heritage, inform the hotline when making a report
immediately and directly report - Ans:✔✔-When a mandated reporter has a reasonable cause to suspect
that a child has been abused/neglected they must...
teacher, counselor and principal report to the hotline together - Ans:✔✔-A teacher tells her school's
counselor and principal that she suspects one of her students is experiencing abuse. What should
happen next?
1) It interferes with the investigation and/or prosecution of the abuse incident
2) It re-traumatizes the child
3) It is not a mandated reporters' role to investigate - Ans:✔✔-Internal investigations by a mandated
reporter should not occur because... (3)
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false - Ans:✔✔-T or F: Mandated Reporters have fulfilled their legal requirement when they call law
enforcement to report suspected child abuse/neglect
false - Ans:✔✔-T or F: A mandated reporter's personal identification is shared with the family when
making child abuse/neglect reports
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) - Ans:✔✔-any recent act or failure to act on the part
of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or
exploitation; or an act or failure to act, which presents an imminent risk of serious harm
abuse - Ans:✔✔-"______" as any physical injury, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse inflicted on a child
other than by accidental means by those responsible for the child's care, custody, and control except
that discipline including spanking, administered in a reasonable manner shall not be construed to be
abuse
child - Ans:✔✔-"_____" any person, regardless of physical or mental condition, under eighteen years of
age
1) Is there a pattern?
2) Is there one sign?
3) Are there several signs?
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