CMAS 258N Final Exam Questions with 100%
Correct Answers
When defining child physical abuse, this profession defines child abuse in terms of the
intent.
Legal community
Neglect must be considered as it relates to the ____________________________ of the
child in question.
Developmental level
Child psychological maltreatment can be described as a(n) _________________ of
psychologically destructive behavior that may include rejecting, isolating, terrorizing,
ignoring, or corrupting behaviors, on behalf of the caregiver.
Patterned Events
This type of neglect encompasses non-organic failure to thrive, abandonment, and
failure to meet a child's basic needs.
Physical neglect
According to Walsh and colleagues (2007) forensic medical examinations are an
important part of a comprehensive response to the investigation of suspected child
sexual abuse, both to ensure __________________________ and to
_____________________________.
appropriate care for the child; support legal decision-making
These members of the multidisciplinary team are trained individuals who support and
empower the child and the non-offending caregiver who are identified as victims of a
,criminal act. These individuals can be employed at a Children's Advocacy Center, a
community-based Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault agency, and/or within the
prosecutor's office.
Victim Advocates
When a child is making a disclosure, it is important for people to remember that
disclosure is:
a process
This professional role on the multidisciplinary team is responsible for:
conducting a crisis assessment and providing crisis intervention;
conducting a risk assessment and developing a safety plan;
providing referrals for additional services and supports for the family;
providing ongoing support and empowerment;
providing information and case updates;
providing court accompaniment, education, and support.
Victim Advocates
It is during this phase when the interviewer may address the child's socioemotional or
other immediate needs, transition to a neutral topic, not related to the alleged incident,
and/or answer any questions the child might have.
Closure Phase
In the 18th century, Jean - Jacque Rousseau theorized that children were born as
______________ who were bequeathed a moral compass of right and wrong. He
identified children as having their own unique way of feeling and thinking and that if
not careful, parents could be harmful rather than helpful to their child's development
,noble savages
__________ refers to a condition in young children who had apparently been victims of
severe physical abuse at the hands of a parent or foster parent. Often it was described
as "unrecognized trauma".
Battered-child syndrome
CAPTA is the federal legislation dealing with child maltreatment in the United States,
stands for?
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
In 1601, the Elizabethan Poor Law sought to give some help to families and children by
dictating that relief must be offered to the destitute. The poor were separated into three
categories. Which category is described here:
"Those who were old had disabilities, or mothers, who were excused from work and for
whom aid was provided by the state"?
The impotent poor
This individual was a pediatric radiologist from Columbia University who began to
question a parent or caregiver's description of accidental traumas when he found
inconsistencies between the parent's or caregiver's description of the child's injury.
Specifically, this individual noted these inconsistencies through the observation of
subdural hematomas and fractures of the long bones.
John Caffey
As a result of seeing an estimated 30,000 children living on city streets who were
begging, stealing and scavenging for food this individual, was shocked to learn children
were being incarcerated as criminals. This individual started the New York Children's
, Aid Society providing food, shelter, clothing and other services in an effort to provide
for the needs of the child and a chance at an education and/or job.
Charles Loring Brace
CAPTA, the federal legislation, mandates all of the following EXCEPT:
Self-Care programs for child protection service workers
______was a system in which parents apprenticed their children to masters who taught
them a trade but who were free to use them as slaves in exchange for room and board.
Often these children were very young and this system would continue for the child until
they were 14 or 15 years of age for boys and 21 years for girls.
Indenture System
In 1601, the Elizabethan Poor Law sought to give some help to families and children by
dictating that relief must be offered to the destitute. The poor were separated into three
categories. Which category is described here:
"Those who were considered capable and were, therefore, forced to work"?
The able-bodied poor
Child maltreatment is a synonym for which of the following?
child abuse and neglect
Which of the following factors are necessary to diagnose non-organic failure to thrive
syndrome:
The infant has fallen below the fifth percentile in weight and often in height
The baby was once of a weight and height within the expected norm
delay in psychomotor development
Correct Answers
When defining child physical abuse, this profession defines child abuse in terms of the
intent.
Legal community
Neglect must be considered as it relates to the ____________________________ of the
child in question.
Developmental level
Child psychological maltreatment can be described as a(n) _________________ of
psychologically destructive behavior that may include rejecting, isolating, terrorizing,
ignoring, or corrupting behaviors, on behalf of the caregiver.
Patterned Events
This type of neglect encompasses non-organic failure to thrive, abandonment, and
failure to meet a child's basic needs.
Physical neglect
According to Walsh and colleagues (2007) forensic medical examinations are an
important part of a comprehensive response to the investigation of suspected child
sexual abuse, both to ensure __________________________ and to
_____________________________.
appropriate care for the child; support legal decision-making
These members of the multidisciplinary team are trained individuals who support and
empower the child and the non-offending caregiver who are identified as victims of a
,criminal act. These individuals can be employed at a Children's Advocacy Center, a
community-based Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault agency, and/or within the
prosecutor's office.
Victim Advocates
When a child is making a disclosure, it is important for people to remember that
disclosure is:
a process
This professional role on the multidisciplinary team is responsible for:
conducting a crisis assessment and providing crisis intervention;
conducting a risk assessment and developing a safety plan;
providing referrals for additional services and supports for the family;
providing ongoing support and empowerment;
providing information and case updates;
providing court accompaniment, education, and support.
Victim Advocates
It is during this phase when the interviewer may address the child's socioemotional or
other immediate needs, transition to a neutral topic, not related to the alleged incident,
and/or answer any questions the child might have.
Closure Phase
In the 18th century, Jean - Jacque Rousseau theorized that children were born as
______________ who were bequeathed a moral compass of right and wrong. He
identified children as having their own unique way of feeling and thinking and that if
not careful, parents could be harmful rather than helpful to their child's development
,noble savages
__________ refers to a condition in young children who had apparently been victims of
severe physical abuse at the hands of a parent or foster parent. Often it was described
as "unrecognized trauma".
Battered-child syndrome
CAPTA is the federal legislation dealing with child maltreatment in the United States,
stands for?
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
In 1601, the Elizabethan Poor Law sought to give some help to families and children by
dictating that relief must be offered to the destitute. The poor were separated into three
categories. Which category is described here:
"Those who were old had disabilities, or mothers, who were excused from work and for
whom aid was provided by the state"?
The impotent poor
This individual was a pediatric radiologist from Columbia University who began to
question a parent or caregiver's description of accidental traumas when he found
inconsistencies between the parent's or caregiver's description of the child's injury.
Specifically, this individual noted these inconsistencies through the observation of
subdural hematomas and fractures of the long bones.
John Caffey
As a result of seeing an estimated 30,000 children living on city streets who were
begging, stealing and scavenging for food this individual, was shocked to learn children
were being incarcerated as criminals. This individual started the New York Children's
, Aid Society providing food, shelter, clothing and other services in an effort to provide
for the needs of the child and a chance at an education and/or job.
Charles Loring Brace
CAPTA, the federal legislation, mandates all of the following EXCEPT:
Self-Care programs for child protection service workers
______was a system in which parents apprenticed their children to masters who taught
them a trade but who were free to use them as slaves in exchange for room and board.
Often these children were very young and this system would continue for the child until
they were 14 or 15 years of age for boys and 21 years for girls.
Indenture System
In 1601, the Elizabethan Poor Law sought to give some help to families and children by
dictating that relief must be offered to the destitute. The poor were separated into three
categories. Which category is described here:
"Those who were considered capable and were, therefore, forced to work"?
The able-bodied poor
Child maltreatment is a synonym for which of the following?
child abuse and neglect
Which of the following factors are necessary to diagnose non-organic failure to thrive
syndrome:
The infant has fallen below the fifth percentile in weight and often in height
The baby was once of a weight and height within the expected norm
delay in psychomotor development
