WGU D220 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What is the fetal period? Answer: From the end of the embryonic
period until the end of pregnancy, viability at 24 weeks
◉ What influences sexual orientation? Answer: Genetics, birth order,
hormones
◉ What are some maternal factors that can affect fetal development?
Answer: Age, environmental teratogens, diabetes, high blood
pressure, Rh factor, weight gain, stress, depression
◉ What are some risks during pregnancy? Answer: Ectopic
pregnancy, preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion
◉ How many stages are there in labor for vaginal delivery? Answer:
Three
◉ What are the other types of delivery? Answer: Cesarean and
induced
,◉ What is the APGAR score? Answer: Assessment of newborn's heart
rate, muscle tone, reflexes, etc.
◉ What is NBAS? Answer: Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
used to assess newborns.
◉ When does the postpartum phase begin and end? Answer: Begins
after birth and ends when mother's body returns to pre-pregnancy
form.
◉ What are maternal worries in the postpartum phase? Answer:
Mother's needs and changes in taking on new responsibilities.
◉ What is postpartum anxiety? Answer: Elevated sense of worry
about the infant following childbirth.
◉ What is postpartum depression? Answer: Unusual sadness
occurring after childbirth.
◉ What is postpartum psychosis? Answer: Serious mental illness
affecting new mothers after childbirth.
◉ Why should new mothers seek medical assistance for postpartum
anxiety? Answer: To address elevated worries about the infant.
,◉ What is physical growth? Answer: Increase in body size and organ
size in babies.
◉ What does physical development aid in? Answer: Maintenance of
healthy weight, strong bones, muscles, and heart.
◉ What is motor development? Answer: Physical growth and
strengthening of bones and muscles in children.
◉ What do gross motor skills focus on? Answer: Large muscle groups
controlling head, torso, arms, and legs.
◉ What is the cephalocaudal path of development? Answer:
Development that proceeds from head to tail.
◉ What is the proximodistal path of development? Answer:
Development that proceeds from midline outward.
◉ What is sensory development? Answer: Processes used to take in
information from the environment.
◉ How can sensory processes be affected? Answer: By the infant's
developing motor abilities.
, ◉ Why is nutrition important for health and development? Answer: It
is related to improved infant, child, and maternal health and stronger
immune systems.
◉ What is kwashiorkor? Answer: A disease caused by protein
deficiency.
◉ When does kwashiorkor often occur? Answer: After the birth of
another sibling.
◉ What are genes? Answer: Inherited building blocks that determine
development.
◉ What is mitosis? Answer: Nucleus makes copy of chromosomes
and splits into two cells.
◉ What happens in meiosis? Answer: Chromosomes duplicate and
divide twice, resulting in four cells.
◉ What is genotype? Answer: Sum total of inherited genes.
◉ What is phenotype? Answer: Features that are expressed.
◉ What are dominant genes? Answer: Express themselves in
phenotype.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What is the fetal period? Answer: From the end of the embryonic
period until the end of pregnancy, viability at 24 weeks
◉ What influences sexual orientation? Answer: Genetics, birth order,
hormones
◉ What are some maternal factors that can affect fetal development?
Answer: Age, environmental teratogens, diabetes, high blood
pressure, Rh factor, weight gain, stress, depression
◉ What are some risks during pregnancy? Answer: Ectopic
pregnancy, preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion
◉ How many stages are there in labor for vaginal delivery? Answer:
Three
◉ What are the other types of delivery? Answer: Cesarean and
induced
,◉ What is the APGAR score? Answer: Assessment of newborn's heart
rate, muscle tone, reflexes, etc.
◉ What is NBAS? Answer: Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
used to assess newborns.
◉ When does the postpartum phase begin and end? Answer: Begins
after birth and ends when mother's body returns to pre-pregnancy
form.
◉ What are maternal worries in the postpartum phase? Answer:
Mother's needs and changes in taking on new responsibilities.
◉ What is postpartum anxiety? Answer: Elevated sense of worry
about the infant following childbirth.
◉ What is postpartum depression? Answer: Unusual sadness
occurring after childbirth.
◉ What is postpartum psychosis? Answer: Serious mental illness
affecting new mothers after childbirth.
◉ Why should new mothers seek medical assistance for postpartum
anxiety? Answer: To address elevated worries about the infant.
,◉ What is physical growth? Answer: Increase in body size and organ
size in babies.
◉ What does physical development aid in? Answer: Maintenance of
healthy weight, strong bones, muscles, and heart.
◉ What is motor development? Answer: Physical growth and
strengthening of bones and muscles in children.
◉ What do gross motor skills focus on? Answer: Large muscle groups
controlling head, torso, arms, and legs.
◉ What is the cephalocaudal path of development? Answer:
Development that proceeds from head to tail.
◉ What is the proximodistal path of development? Answer:
Development that proceeds from midline outward.
◉ What is sensory development? Answer: Processes used to take in
information from the environment.
◉ How can sensory processes be affected? Answer: By the infant's
developing motor abilities.
, ◉ Why is nutrition important for health and development? Answer: It
is related to improved infant, child, and maternal health and stronger
immune systems.
◉ What is kwashiorkor? Answer: A disease caused by protein
deficiency.
◉ When does kwashiorkor often occur? Answer: After the birth of
another sibling.
◉ What are genes? Answer: Inherited building blocks that determine
development.
◉ What is mitosis? Answer: Nucleus makes copy of chromosomes
and splits into two cells.
◉ What happens in meiosis? Answer: Chromosomes duplicate and
divide twice, resulting in four cells.
◉ What is genotype? Answer: Sum total of inherited genes.
◉ What is phenotype? Answer: Features that are expressed.
◉ What are dominant genes? Answer: Express themselves in
phenotype.
