FL DCF COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Why establish and follow a written health policy?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Ask your VPK program director and it usually posted in various
areas like sink, kitchen, table
●● Why should policies be written?
Answer: 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)?
Answer: Check for too much warmth or coldness.
●● How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)?
Answer: Check for a bad smell or a change of smell.
,●● How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)?
Answer: Ask child if they taste something funny
●● How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)?
Answer: Check for breathing is it easy or ragged, etc.
●● How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)?
Answer: 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
Answer: Appetite, Appearance and Activity
●● Appetite signs of a healthy child are
Answer: 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
Answer: Has clear, bright eyes, clear skin, age appriopiate muscles,
gains steadily in height/body weight
●● Activity signs of a healthy child are
,Answer: Has plenty of energy (not hyperactive), is alert, sleeps soundly
and has few aches and pains.
●● Emotional health of a healthy child are
Answer: a child who usually reflects happy, cheerful feelings
●● Social health of a healthy child are
Answer: a child who is friendly most of the time, interacts with other
children and enjoys quiet activities that require concentration.
●● Menal health of a healthy child are
Answer: 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.
Answer: No
●● Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability?
Answer: 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?
, Answer: Ask the parents for signs of well-being and their child normal
displays.
●● Daily checks are a good way of:
Answer: preventing, identifing and controlling illness in a child care
environment.
●● Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is:
Answer: 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:
Answer: 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:
Answer: bowel movements (change in color, oder, frequency), pain
(screaming, crying, head-rolling), skin marks (rashes, bruises, cuts)
●● Appetite
Answer: desire to eat
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Why establish and follow a written health policy?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Ask your VPK program director and it usually posted in various
areas like sink, kitchen, table
●● Why should policies be written?
Answer: 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)?
Answer: Check for too much warmth or coldness.
●● How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)?
Answer: Check for a bad smell or a change of smell.
,●● How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)?
Answer: Ask child if they taste something funny
●● How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)?
Answer: Check for breathing is it easy or ragged, etc.
●● How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)?
Answer: 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
Answer: Appetite, Appearance and Activity
●● Appetite signs of a healthy child are
Answer: 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
Answer: Has clear, bright eyes, clear skin, age appriopiate muscles,
gains steadily in height/body weight
●● Activity signs of a healthy child are
,Answer: Has plenty of energy (not hyperactive), is alert, sleeps soundly
and has few aches and pains.
●● Emotional health of a healthy child are
Answer: a child who usually reflects happy, cheerful feelings
●● Social health of a healthy child are
Answer: a child who is friendly most of the time, interacts with other
children and enjoys quiet activities that require concentration.
●● Menal health of a healthy child are
Answer: 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.
Answer: No
●● Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability?
Answer: 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?
, Answer: Ask the parents for signs of well-being and their child normal
displays.
●● Daily checks are a good way of:
Answer: preventing, identifing and controlling illness in a child care
environment.
●● Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is:
Answer: 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:
Answer: 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:
Answer: bowel movements (change in color, oder, frequency), pain
(screaming, crying, head-rolling), skin marks (rashes, bruises, cuts)
●● Appetite
Answer: desire to eat
