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CHILD ABUSE (LAUSD) EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US
each ___ - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔day
How many people report child abuse when faced with
an actual situation? - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children
ages 4 and younger? - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Child
Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the
US every ___ - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to
the intellectual or psychological capicaty of a child by
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the parent, adult household member, or another person
responsiible for the child's welfare - ...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. - ...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. - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive
yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing child. -
...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
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care. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Institutional abuse and
neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter,
health care or needed supervision. - ...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. -
...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. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Inadequate supervision
When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing,
exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe heating, or
unsanitary housing conditions. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Inadequate shelter
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When a child suffers or is likely to suffer, from physical
or emotional health conditions resulting from inadequate
clothing, improper hygiene and uncleanness. -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Inadequate clothing & good
hygiene.
When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling
relationships, thus avoiding most interactions as a
method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of
support or emotional care or love can cause the infant
and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile
for age. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Failure to thrive
Florida Abuse Hotline - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Operates
24/7. toll free telephone number 800-962-2873
(1800-96-ABUSE)
Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from
reporting "in good faith." - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Immunity
Three types of child abuse - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Physical, sexual, and emotional
CHILD ABUSE (LAUSD) EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US
each ___ - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔day
How many people report child abuse when faced with
an actual situation? - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children
ages 4 and younger? - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Child
Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the
US every ___ - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to
the intellectual or psychological capicaty of a child by
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the parent, adult household member, or another person
responsiible for the child's welfare - ...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. - ...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. - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive
yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing child. -
...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
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care. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Institutional abuse and
neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter,
health care or needed supervision. - ...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. -
...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. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Inadequate supervision
When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing,
exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe heating, or
unsanitary housing conditions. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Inadequate shelter
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When a child suffers or is likely to suffer, from physical
or emotional health conditions resulting from inadequate
clothing, improper hygiene and uncleanness. -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Inadequate clothing & good
hygiene.
When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling
relationships, thus avoiding most interactions as a
method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of
support or emotional care or love can cause the infant
and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile
for age. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Failure to thrive
Florida Abuse Hotline - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Operates
24/7. toll free telephone number 800-962-2873
(1800-96-ABUSE)
Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from
reporting "in good faith." - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Immunity
Three types of child abuse - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Physical, sexual, and emotional
