NURS 5432 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
SOLUTION
◉ 7 months to 1 year Calorie requirement. Answer: 100 kcal/kg/day
◉ 2 to 10 years caloric requirements. Answer: 100 to 70 kcal/kg/day
◉ Adolescent calorie requirements. Answer: 45 kcal/kg/day (significant decrease)
◉ How much Vitamin D a day does an infant need starting at 2 months?. Answer: 400IU
NOTE: this applies to both breast fed and formula fed infants
◉ How much Iron do infants who are exclusively breastfeeding need?. Answer: 1 mg/kg/day of iron is
recommended
◉ Absent red reflex could indicate these two things:. Answer: Congenital Cataracts
Retinoblastoma
◉ What issue with the eyes could indicate Gonococcus, chlamydia, or herpes?. Answer: Purulent Eye
Discharge
◉ Disconjugate gaze is considered abnormal, True or False?. Answer: False: Disconjugate gaze is normal
◉ What do response do we look for when testing the hearing if a Newborn?. Answer: Startle Response
,◉ A newborn has small white cysts on the palate and gums of the mouth. What's this and should it be a
concern?. Answer: Epstein pearls (common)
◉ Gross Motor: Good head control. Answer: 2-3 months
◉ What is the Tonic Neck Reflex?. Answer: Occurs when newborn's head is turned to the side, the arm
on that side will extend while the opposite arm will contract - prepares the infant for voluntary reaching
and may be a precursor to hand/eye coordination.
◉ What age (range) does Tonic neck for the fencing reflex appear?. Answer: 2-3 months
◉ Gross Motor: Rolls back to front. Answer: 5-6 months
◉ Gross motor: sits alone. Answer: 7 months
◉ Gross Motor: Pulls to stand. Answer: 9-10 months
◉ Gross Motor: stands alone. Answer: 11-12 months
◉ Gross Motor: Walks. Answer: 12-14 months
◉ Gross Motor: walks up and down stairs. Answer: 22-24 months
◉ Gross Motor: jumps. Answer: 24-28 months
◉ Fine Motor: Grasps and shakes rattle. Answer: 2-3 months
◉ Fine Motor: Reaches out for object. Answer: 3-4 Months
◉ Fine Motor: Hand to hand transfer*. Answer: 5-6 months
,◉ Fine Motor: Raking grasp. Answer: 6-7 months
◉ Fine Motor: Finger Grasp. Answer: 7-9 months
◉ Fine motor: Pincer grasp*. Answer: 8-10 months
◉ Fine Motor: Pinch Grasp. Answer: 12 months
◉ Fine Motor: Marks on paper. Answer: 10-12 months
◉ Fine Motor: Stacks 3 blocks. Answer: 17-18 months
◉ Fine Motor: stacks 6-7 blocks. Answer: 22-24 months
◉ Language: Smiles and coos. Answer: 2-3 months
◉ Language: Laughs. Answer: 4-5 months
◉ Language: Babbles. Answer: 5-6 months
◉ Language: "Mama-dada". Answer: 8-9 months
◉ Language: waves bye-bye. Answer: 8-9 months
◉ Language: Understands "no". Answer: 9-10 months
◉ Language: Points to body. Answer: 15-18 months
, ◉ Language: 2 word sentences. Answer: 18-22 months
◉ Language: 30-50 word vocabulary. Answer: 22-24 months
◉ What age range should a child be able to feed themselves with fingers and start to use a spoon?.
Answer: 13-18 months
◉ What age can an child:
Walk backwards
Throw a ball
Stack 3-4 block?. Answer: 18 months
◉ At what age does babbling reach a peak?. Answer: 12 months
◉ What age is 75% of speech understandable?. Answer: 3 years old
◉ By what age should they understand 100% of language?. Answer: 4 years old and older (kindergarten
age)
◉ Tanner Stage 1 (Pre-pubertal)
Does either sex have pubic hair? Yes or No?. Answer: No pubic hair for either sex
◉ Which Tanner Stage does soft pubic hair start to appear for both sexes?. Answer: Tanner Stage II
◉ Tanner Stage II Female. Answer: Breast buds appear
◉ Tanner Stage II Males. Answer: Measurable testes enlargement
◉ Tanner Stage III Female. Answer: Breast mounds form
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
SOLUTION
◉ 7 months to 1 year Calorie requirement. Answer: 100 kcal/kg/day
◉ 2 to 10 years caloric requirements. Answer: 100 to 70 kcal/kg/day
◉ Adolescent calorie requirements. Answer: 45 kcal/kg/day (significant decrease)
◉ How much Vitamin D a day does an infant need starting at 2 months?. Answer: 400IU
NOTE: this applies to both breast fed and formula fed infants
◉ How much Iron do infants who are exclusively breastfeeding need?. Answer: 1 mg/kg/day of iron is
recommended
◉ Absent red reflex could indicate these two things:. Answer: Congenital Cataracts
Retinoblastoma
◉ What issue with the eyes could indicate Gonococcus, chlamydia, or herpes?. Answer: Purulent Eye
Discharge
◉ Disconjugate gaze is considered abnormal, True or False?. Answer: False: Disconjugate gaze is normal
◉ What do response do we look for when testing the hearing if a Newborn?. Answer: Startle Response
,◉ A newborn has small white cysts on the palate and gums of the mouth. What's this and should it be a
concern?. Answer: Epstein pearls (common)
◉ Gross Motor: Good head control. Answer: 2-3 months
◉ What is the Tonic Neck Reflex?. Answer: Occurs when newborn's head is turned to the side, the arm
on that side will extend while the opposite arm will contract - prepares the infant for voluntary reaching
and may be a precursor to hand/eye coordination.
◉ What age (range) does Tonic neck for the fencing reflex appear?. Answer: 2-3 months
◉ Gross Motor: Rolls back to front. Answer: 5-6 months
◉ Gross motor: sits alone. Answer: 7 months
◉ Gross Motor: Pulls to stand. Answer: 9-10 months
◉ Gross Motor: stands alone. Answer: 11-12 months
◉ Gross Motor: Walks. Answer: 12-14 months
◉ Gross Motor: walks up and down stairs. Answer: 22-24 months
◉ Gross Motor: jumps. Answer: 24-28 months
◉ Fine Motor: Grasps and shakes rattle. Answer: 2-3 months
◉ Fine Motor: Reaches out for object. Answer: 3-4 Months
◉ Fine Motor: Hand to hand transfer*. Answer: 5-6 months
,◉ Fine Motor: Raking grasp. Answer: 6-7 months
◉ Fine Motor: Finger Grasp. Answer: 7-9 months
◉ Fine motor: Pincer grasp*. Answer: 8-10 months
◉ Fine Motor: Pinch Grasp. Answer: 12 months
◉ Fine Motor: Marks on paper. Answer: 10-12 months
◉ Fine Motor: Stacks 3 blocks. Answer: 17-18 months
◉ Fine Motor: stacks 6-7 blocks. Answer: 22-24 months
◉ Language: Smiles and coos. Answer: 2-3 months
◉ Language: Laughs. Answer: 4-5 months
◉ Language: Babbles. Answer: 5-6 months
◉ Language: "Mama-dada". Answer: 8-9 months
◉ Language: waves bye-bye. Answer: 8-9 months
◉ Language: Understands "no". Answer: 9-10 months
◉ Language: Points to body. Answer: 15-18 months
, ◉ Language: 2 word sentences. Answer: 18-22 months
◉ Language: 30-50 word vocabulary. Answer: 22-24 months
◉ What age range should a child be able to feed themselves with fingers and start to use a spoon?.
Answer: 13-18 months
◉ What age can an child:
Walk backwards
Throw a ball
Stack 3-4 block?. Answer: 18 months
◉ At what age does babbling reach a peak?. Answer: 12 months
◉ What age is 75% of speech understandable?. Answer: 3 years old
◉ By what age should they understand 100% of language?. Answer: 4 years old and older (kindergarten
age)
◉ Tanner Stage 1 (Pre-pubertal)
Does either sex have pubic hair? Yes or No?. Answer: No pubic hair for either sex
◉ Which Tanner Stage does soft pubic hair start to appear for both sexes?. Answer: Tanner Stage II
◉ Tanner Stage II Female. Answer: Breast buds appear
◉ Tanner Stage II Males. Answer: Measurable testes enlargement
◉ Tanner Stage III Female. Answer: Breast mounds form
