TEST BANK FOR
Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child, 11th Edition by Lynn R. Marotz
Chapter 1-19
Chapter 01 Children’s Well-Being: What It Is and How to Achieve It
1. Health is primarily a state of physical well-being.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: A person's state of health involves more than physical well-being. Health encompasses
physical, emotional, social, economic, cultural, and spiritual wellness.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Health, Safety, and Nutrition: An Interdependent Relationship
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.02 - Explain how health, safety, and nutrition are
interrelated and discuss factors that influence the quality of each.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related
to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
2. Current definitions of health recognize that individuals must take a proactive role in reducing their risk of chronic
disease.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: An individual’s lifestyle choices have a significant immediate and long-term effect on their
health and potential development of chronic diseases.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Preventive Health Concept
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.01 - Define the preventive health concept and describe
several national programs that address children’s health needs.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
3. A teacher’s knowledge of developmental norms plays an important role in the prevention of children’s unintentional
injuries.
a. True
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, False
b.
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Teachers create safe learning activities and environments when they understand children's
typical skills and abilities at a given age.
POINTS:
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Health, Safety, and Nutrition: An Interdependent Relationship
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
HSN.MARO.11.01.04 - Discuss ways that teachers can be proactive in
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
promoting children’s wellness in the areas of injury prevention, oral
health, physical activity, and mental health.
United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
4. During the first six months, an infant can be expected to grow almost one inch in length per month.
True
a.
False
b.
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: An infant's birth length increases by approximately 50 percent during the first year. The most
rapid growth occurs during the first 6 months.
POINTS:
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Children’s Growth and Development
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.03 - Describe typical growth and developmental
characteristics of infants, toddlers, preschool-age, and school-age
children.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
5. Two-year-olds can be expected to play cooperatively with one another.
True
a.
False
b.
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Most toddlers play by themselves (solitary play) and engage in onlooker (watching what
other children are doing) and parallel (playing side-by-side but not together) play. Young
children do not typically begin to play together cooperatively until age three or four.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Children’s Growth and Development
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
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,LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
HSN.MARO.11.01.03 - Describe typical growth and developmental
characteristics of infants, toddlers, preschool-age, and school-age
children.
United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
6. Norms are skills that children should be able to demonstrate at a specific age.
True
a.
False
b.
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Developmental norms identify milestones when the majority of children are able to perform a
given skill. There is a wide range of normalcy.....................some children will demonstrate
the skill earlier than this and some will do so later.
POINTS:
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Children’s Growth and Development
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.03 - Describe typical growth and developmental
characteristics of infants, toddlers, preschool-age, and school-age
children.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 2 - Students will analyze the influence of
family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on
health behavior.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
7. Oral hygiene practices should be implemented as soon as a child’s permanent teeth have erupted.
True
a.
False
b.
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Oral hygiene practices should be initiated during early infancy and continued forever. Tooth
buds are present in the infant's gums and must be cared for by wiping (the gums) after
each feeding to prevent cavity formation.
POINTS:
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.04 - Discuss ways that teachers can be proactive in
promoting children’s wellness in the areas of injury prevention, oral
health, physical activity, and mental health.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 2 - Students will analyze the influence of
family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on
health behavior.
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8. Children’s social-emotional competence can have a direct effect on their state of well-being.
a. True
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Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child, 11th Edition by Lynn R. Marotz
Chapter 1-19
Chapter 01 Children’s Well-Being: What It Is and How to Achieve It
1. Health is primarily a state of physical well-being.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: A person's state of health involves more than physical well-being. Health encompasses
physical, emotional, social, economic, cultural, and spiritual wellness.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Health, Safety, and Nutrition: An Interdependent Relationship
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.02 - Explain how health, safety, and nutrition are
interrelated and discuss factors that influence the quality of each.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related
to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
2. Current definitions of health recognize that individuals must take a proactive role in reducing their risk of chronic
disease.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: An individual’s lifestyle choices have a significant immediate and long-term effect on their
health and potential development of chronic diseases.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Preventive Health Concept
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.01 - Define the preventive health concept and describe
several national programs that address children’s health needs.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
3. A teacher’s knowledge of developmental norms plays an important role in the prevention of children’s unintentional
injuries.
a. True
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, False
b.
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Teachers create safe learning activities and environments when they understand children's
typical skills and abilities at a given age.
POINTS:
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Health, Safety, and Nutrition: An Interdependent Relationship
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
HSN.MARO.11.01.04 - Discuss ways that teachers can be proactive in
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
promoting children’s wellness in the areas of injury prevention, oral
health, physical activity, and mental health.
United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
4. During the first six months, an infant can be expected to grow almost one inch in length per month.
True
a.
False
b.
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: An infant's birth length increases by approximately 50 percent during the first year. The most
rapid growth occurs during the first 6 months.
POINTS:
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Children’s Growth and Development
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.03 - Describe typical growth and developmental
characteristics of infants, toddlers, preschool-age, and school-age
children.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
5. Two-year-olds can be expected to play cooperatively with one another.
True
a.
False
b.
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Most toddlers play by themselves (solitary play) and engage in onlooker (watching what
other children are doing) and parallel (playing side-by-side but not together) play. Young
children do not typically begin to play together cooperatively until age three or four.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Children’s Growth and Development
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
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,LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
HSN.MARO.11.01.03 - Describe typical growth and developmental
characteristics of infants, toddlers, preschool-age, and school-age
children.
United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States - NHES 1 - Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
6. Norms are skills that children should be able to demonstrate at a specific age.
True
a.
False
b.
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Developmental norms identify milestones when the majority of children are able to perform a
given skill. There is a wide range of normalcy.....................some children will demonstrate
the skill earlier than this and some will do so later.
POINTS:
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Children’s Growth and Development
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.03 - Describe typical growth and developmental
characteristics of infants, toddlers, preschool-age, and school-age
children.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 2 - Students will analyze the influence of
family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on
health behavior.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
7. Oral hygiene practices should be implemented as soon as a child’s permanent teeth have erupted.
True
a.
False
b.
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Oral hygiene practices should be initiated during early infancy and continued forever. Tooth
buds are present in the infant's gums and must be cared for by wiping (the gums) after
each feeding to prevent cavity formation.
POINTS:
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HSN.MARO.11.01.04 - Discuss ways that teachers can be proactive in
promoting children’s wellness in the areas of injury prevention, oral
health, physical activity, and mental health.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC 1 - Child development and learning in context.
United States - NHES 2 - Students will analyze the influence of
family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on
health behavior.
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, KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
8. Children’s social-emotional competence can have a direct effect on their state of well-being.
a. True
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