PNCB EXAM NEWEST VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR

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PNCB EXAM NEWEST VERSION WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR


Question: What is the next step if the IRT is elevated twice in the newborn screen?




(A) The child is followed by the primary provider

(B) The child gets a second newborn screen

(C) The child is referred for a sweat test

(D) The child is referred for an evaluation of the CFTR gene - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔(C) Referred
for a sweat test. IRT is immunoreactive typsinogent (made by the pancreas). Gold standard for
cystic fibrosis




Question: What are the x-ray findings in bronchiolitis?




(A) Normal

(B) Hyperinflation with a flattened diagphram

(C) Peribronchial cuffing

(D) Streaky infiltrates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔(B) commonly in infants to 2 years old

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Question: What is the main cause of pneumonia in a child under the age of 2?




(A) Strep Pneumonia

(B) H. Influenza

(C) RSV

(D) Adenovirus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔(A)




Question: Currant Jelly Stool, you are suspicious of? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Intussusseption




Question:What is the developmental stage and age range defined as experiencing the world
through senses and actions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Piaget's Sensorimotor, Birth to 2 years




Question: What is the developmental stage and age range defined as representing things with
words and images? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Piaget's Preoperational, 2 to 6 years old




Question: What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking logically about
concrete events and grasping concrete analogies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Piaget's Concrete
Operational, 7 to 11 years old

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Question: What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking about
hypothetical scenarios and processing abstract thoughts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Piaget's
Formal Operational, 12 to adulthood




Question: What age range is Piaget's Formal Operational? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔12 to
adulthood




Question: What age range is Piaget's Concrete Operational? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔7 to 11
years old




Question: What age range is Piaget's Preoperational? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔2 to 6 years old




Question: What age range is Piaget's Sensorimotor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Birth to 2 years old




Question: Describe independent play - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Common in ages 2-3

They are uninterested in or is unaware of what others are doing.

They are playing alone and maintains focus on its activity.




Question: What stage of play is defined by playing alone and uninterested in or unaware of
what others are doing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Independent play

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Question: Describe Parallel Play - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Children play adjacent to each other,
but don't influence each other's play.

They are interested in what other children are playing, but plays alone.

Ages 2-3, but can start after 1st birthday




Question: What stage of play is defined as interested in another's activity but playing along side
them without influencing or interacting with them? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Parallel play




Question: What differentiates Parallel play vs Associative play? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Interaction. There is interaction with associative play, not with Parallel play. In
Associative, there is interest but no coordinated activity.




Question: What type of head trauma is typically associated with vacuum deliveries? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Subgaleal hemorrhage - ruptured emissary vein caused by fragmentation of the
parietal bone associated with skull fracture. Can extend to the neck and orbits. May have
crepitus, fluid waves and ill-defined borders




Question: A quad screen expected result for a child with down syndrome would read? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Low levels of AFP