APEA PEDIATRICS CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● Hep B immunization schedule. Answer: 3 doses: 0, 1-2 months, 6-18
months after 1st
●● You are caring for a newborn whose mother is known to be HBsAg
(+). How should this be handled?. Answer: Administer Hep B vaccine
and Hep B immunoglobulin within 12 hrs of birth
●● How many doses are in the DTaP series?. Answer: 5
●● Tdap in pregnancy. Answer: 1 dose of tdap during each pregnancy,
preferably at 27-36 wks
●● PCV vaccine amount. Answer: 4 doses
●● Fever or rash after receiving a live attenuated immunization
indicates?. Answer: Reaction to a viral replication, not the vaccine
, ●● Examples of live attenudated vaccines. Answer: MMR
Varicella
●● MMR and varicella immunization schedule. Answer: At 12 months
(can be on the same day), then must wait one month for second
●● Earliest age to receive flu vaccine. Answer: >6 months
●● A mother reports that her one year old child has an allergy to eggs
that produces hives. How should this be handled?. Answer: Influenza
vaccine should be given
●● Is it ok to give influenza to a patient who has experienced an allergic
reaction and signs of angioedema, respiratory distress?. Answer: Yes,
under the supervision of a HCP who can manage severe allergic
reactions
●● A 15 year old patient who is sexually active is in your clinic to
receive her first HPV vaccine. How should the NP handle this?. Answer:
Administer today without checking pregnancy status
●● CDC recommends monitoring a child after immunization for:.
Answer: 15 mins
EVALUATION TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● Hep B immunization schedule. Answer: 3 doses: 0, 1-2 months, 6-18
months after 1st
●● You are caring for a newborn whose mother is known to be HBsAg
(+). How should this be handled?. Answer: Administer Hep B vaccine
and Hep B immunoglobulin within 12 hrs of birth
●● How many doses are in the DTaP series?. Answer: 5
●● Tdap in pregnancy. Answer: 1 dose of tdap during each pregnancy,
preferably at 27-36 wks
●● PCV vaccine amount. Answer: 4 doses
●● Fever or rash after receiving a live attenuated immunization
indicates?. Answer: Reaction to a viral replication, not the vaccine
, ●● Examples of live attenudated vaccines. Answer: MMR
Varicella
●● MMR and varicella immunization schedule. Answer: At 12 months
(can be on the same day), then must wait one month for second
●● Earliest age to receive flu vaccine. Answer: >6 months
●● A mother reports that her one year old child has an allergy to eggs
that produces hives. How should this be handled?. Answer: Influenza
vaccine should be given
●● Is it ok to give influenza to a patient who has experienced an allergic
reaction and signs of angioedema, respiratory distress?. Answer: Yes,
under the supervision of a HCP who can manage severe allergic
reactions
●● A 15 year old patient who is sexually active is in your clinic to
receive her first HPV vaccine. How should the NP handle this?. Answer:
Administer today without checking pregnancy status
●● CDC recommends monitoring a child after immunization for:.
Answer: 15 mins
