Health, Safety, and Nutrition for DCF
Exam Questions and Answers
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Children who have physical, emotional, or behavioral conditions that affect
or delay development are referred to as having:
✓ Special needs
True or False: Short term illnesses such as ear infections, colds, broken legs
may only last a few days, weeks, or months
✓ True
To prevent, identify, and control illness in a child care environment, a
caregiver should perform a what with each child upon entering and leaving
the program?
✓ Daily health check
When you take an infants temperature by the auxiliary method, you are
taking the temperature:
✓ Under the arm or armpit
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You can take the temperature of a child over three years of age by the
following method:
✓ Orally and auxiliary
In the case of diarrhea or vomiting, the caregiver should NOT what?
✓ Give the child an adult sports drink
A child suffering from what requires medical attention and 911 should be
called?
✓ Heat stroke
What are the types of germs that spread communicable diseases from one
person to another?
✓ Bacteria, virus, fungi, parasites
True or False: Universal precautions is a strategy which requires caregivers to
treat blood or any bodily fluid of all persons as potential of infection
✓ True
What are the three As of a healthy child?
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