DCF HEALTH, SAFETY, AND
NUTRITION, HSAN. EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment? - ANS Clean work and play area, proper
hygiene practices, implementation and routine practice of a writen health policy.
Why establish and follow a written health policy? - ANS It is an effective way of maintaining a
safe and healthy child care program.
How do you know if your program has a written policy? - ANS Ask your VPK program director
and it usually posted in various areas like sink, kitchen, table
Why should policies be written? - ANS 1. To ensure parents and child care professionals are
aware of procedures 2 to make sure everyone follows same rules.
How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)? - ANS Check for too much warmth or
coldness.
How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)? - ANS Check for a bad smell or a change of
smell.
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,How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)? - ANS Ask child if they taste something
funny
How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)? - ANS Check for breathing is it easy or
ragged, etc.
How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)? - ANS First observation of seeing a child's
appearance and check all areas from head to toe.
The three A's of a healthy child are - ANS Appetite, Appearance and Activity
Appetite signs of a healthy child are - ANS Can eat an appropriate amount of food at meal
times. Will Consume a variety of foods. Is interested in eating? Appears content after
meals/snacks.
Appearance signs of healthy child are - ANS Has clear, bright eyes, clear skin, age appriopiate
muscles, gains steadily in height/body weight
Activity signs of a healthy child are - ANS Has plenty of energy (not hyperactive), is alert,
sleeps soundly and has few aches and pains.
Emotional health of a healthy child are - ANS a child who usually reflects happy, cheerful
feelings
Social health of a healthy child are - ANS a child who is friendly most of the time, interacts
with other children and enjoys quiet activities that require concentration.
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,Menal health of a healthy child are - ANS a child who is interested in new experiences and is
usally confident and adaptable.
Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a child with special needs. - ANS No
Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability? - ANS Ear infections vs. hearing loss;
cold vs. asthma; sprained ankle vs. foot deformity; distress over fight vs. depression
What can you do to know what is normal for a particular child? - ANS Ask the parents for
signs of well-being and their child normal displays.
Daily checks are a good way of: - ANS preventing, identifing and controlling illness in a child
care environment.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is: - ANS general mood (quiet, irritable,
drousy, restless), unusual behavior, activity level, breathing difficulities, severe coughing,
sneezing, hoarseness.
Signs to observe in a daily health chec in Face and Body: - ANS Skin color (flused, pale, dry,
clammy, hot), unusual spots, raches, swelling or bruises, sores, discharge from nose, ears, eyes,
red look to eyes, irritated sensitive to light.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in general: - ANS bowel movements (change in color,
oder, frequency), pain (screaming, crying, head-rolling), skin marks (rashes, bruises, cuts)
Appetite - ANS desire to eat
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, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom (AIDS) - ANS A virus infection that renders the body
incapable of fighting off the most common diseases and is usually fatal. This is considered to be
the end stage of a HIV diagnosis.
Clean - ANS To remove dirt, debris and germs by scrubbing and washing with soap (or
detergent) and water. The process does not necessary kill germs, but lowers the risk of
spreading infection.
Communiable Disease - ANS Disease that can be spread from one person to another.
Dehydration - ANS Excessive water loss from the body or from an organ or bodily part.
Disease - ANS an illness
Disinfectant - ANS To kill germs on surfaces or objects by using chemicals to lower the risk of
spreading infection
DTP - ANS A vaccine for three diseases: diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw) and pertussis (whooping
cough)
Evacuation Plan - ANS Procedures for getting children and staff out of the building; applied
during the fire drills and any other emergency situation.
Health - ANS The total well being of the physical body (including the emotions, the mind and
the spirit) and the absence of disease or other abnormal condition.
Health Assessment - ANS An estimate of the state of health of a child based upon
observation of his or her health history and measurements of phyiscal growth.
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NUTRITION, HSAN. EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment? - ANS Clean work and play area, proper
hygiene practices, implementation and routine practice of a writen health policy.
Why establish and follow a written health policy? - ANS It is an effective way of maintaining a
safe and healthy child care program.
How do you know if your program has a written policy? - ANS Ask your VPK program director
and it usually posted in various areas like sink, kitchen, table
Why should policies be written? - ANS 1. To ensure parents and child care professionals are
aware of procedures 2 to make sure everyone follows same rules.
How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)? - ANS Check for too much warmth or
coldness.
How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)? - ANS Check for a bad smell or a change of
smell.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)? - ANS Ask child if they taste something
funny
How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)? - ANS Check for breathing is it easy or
ragged, etc.
How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)? - ANS First observation of seeing a child's
appearance and check all areas from head to toe.
The three A's of a healthy child are - ANS Appetite, Appearance and Activity
Appetite signs of a healthy child are - ANS Can eat an appropriate amount of food at meal
times. Will Consume a variety of foods. Is interested in eating? Appears content after
meals/snacks.
Appearance signs of healthy child are - ANS Has clear, bright eyes, clear skin, age appriopiate
muscles, gains steadily in height/body weight
Activity signs of a healthy child are - ANS Has plenty of energy (not hyperactive), is alert,
sleeps soundly and has few aches and pains.
Emotional health of a healthy child are - ANS a child who usually reflects happy, cheerful
feelings
Social health of a healthy child are - ANS a child who is friendly most of the time, interacts
with other children and enjoys quiet activities that require concentration.
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,Menal health of a healthy child are - ANS a child who is interested in new experiences and is
usally confident and adaptable.
Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a child with special needs. - ANS No
Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability? - ANS Ear infections vs. hearing loss;
cold vs. asthma; sprained ankle vs. foot deformity; distress over fight vs. depression
What can you do to know what is normal for a particular child? - ANS Ask the parents for
signs of well-being and their child normal displays.
Daily checks are a good way of: - ANS preventing, identifing and controlling illness in a child
care environment.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is: - ANS general mood (quiet, irritable,
drousy, restless), unusual behavior, activity level, breathing difficulities, severe coughing,
sneezing, hoarseness.
Signs to observe in a daily health chec in Face and Body: - ANS Skin color (flused, pale, dry,
clammy, hot), unusual spots, raches, swelling or bruises, sores, discharge from nose, ears, eyes,
red look to eyes, irritated sensitive to light.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in general: - ANS bowel movements (change in color,
oder, frequency), pain (screaming, crying, head-rolling), skin marks (rashes, bruises, cuts)
Appetite - ANS desire to eat
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom (AIDS) - ANS A virus infection that renders the body
incapable of fighting off the most common diseases and is usually fatal. This is considered to be
the end stage of a HIV diagnosis.
Clean - ANS To remove dirt, debris and germs by scrubbing and washing with soap (or
detergent) and water. The process does not necessary kill germs, but lowers the risk of
spreading infection.
Communiable Disease - ANS Disease that can be spread from one person to another.
Dehydration - ANS Excessive water loss from the body or from an organ or bodily part.
Disease - ANS an illness
Disinfectant - ANS To kill germs on surfaces or objects by using chemicals to lower the risk of
spreading infection
DTP - ANS A vaccine for three diseases: diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw) and pertussis (whooping
cough)
Evacuation Plan - ANS Procedures for getting children and staff out of the building; applied
during the fire drills and any other emergency situation.
Health - ANS The total well being of the physical body (including the emotions, the mind and
the spirit) and the absence of disease or other abnormal condition.
Health Assessment - ANS An estimate of the state of health of a child based upon
observation of his or her health history and measurements of phyiscal growth.
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