RNRF DCF UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● The licensing standards established by the Department address the:
Answer: Physical environment (health, sanitation, safety, and physical
surroundings)
Children in care (health, nutrition, and development)
●● Rules and Regulations
Answer: a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority,
especially to regulate conduct. Rules and regulations exist to protect the
health and safety of children in out-of-home care.
●● The Department of Children and Families' Office of Child Care
Regulation
Answer: he licensing authority and currently regulates licensed child
care facilities, licensed family day care homes, licensed large family
child care homes, and licensed mildly ill facilities in most counties in
Florida
●● Child care provided between the hours of 6 p.m. on Friday and 6
a.m. on Monday
Answer: weekend child care
,●● Includes all owners, operators, employees, and volunteers working in
a child care facility
Answer: child care personnel
●● Actively watching and directing children's activities within the same
space, and responding to the needs of each child while in care
Answer: direct supervision
●● On-site administrator or individual who has the primary
responsibility for the day-to-day operation, supervision, and
administration of a child care facility
Answer: director
●● Directly supervised volunteers who participate in the federal
program pursuant to 45 Code of Federal Regulations part 2552; they
work with one or more children with special or exceptional needs in
child care programs
Answer: foster grandparents
●● A space or room in which care is provided or classes are held, and
where learning can take place uninterrupted by outside distractions
Answer: classroom/room/designated space
,●● The boundaries that define a classroom space, which are constructed
in a sturdy manner and anchored so they are stable and secure and do not
pose a threat of falling over
Answer: stable walls or barriers
●● Means the Department of Children and Families
Answer: department
●● The process of destroying or reducing organisms to a safe level
Answer: sanitize
●● The person who is licensed to operate the child care facility
Answer: owner
●● child care
Answer: the care, protection, and supervision of a child for a period of
less than 24 hours a day on a regular basis, which supplements parental
care, enrichment, and health supervision for the child, in accordance
with his or her individual needs and for which a payment, fee, or grant is
made for care
●● main types of child care programs in Florida are
Answer: Child Care Facilities
Specialized Child Care Mildly Ill Facilities
, Family Day Care Homes
Large Family Child Care Homes
●● school-age child care program
Answer: specific program providing care before and after school or
during school closures to school-age children exclusively.
must be licensed prior to operation and for continued operation, unless
the program demonstrates that it is exempt because it is located on a
public/nonpublic school school site
●● school-age child care program must follow
Answer: Operated and staffed directly by that school or through a formal
agreement
Serving only the school-age children attending the school during the day
Following the standards set forth by the Florida Building Code State
Requirements for Public Educational Facilities
●● Every child care program is licensed?
Answer: every year
●● What is the name of the DCF brochure on selecting a child care
provider?
Answer: Know your childcare facility
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● The licensing standards established by the Department address the:
Answer: Physical environment (health, sanitation, safety, and physical
surroundings)
Children in care (health, nutrition, and development)
●● Rules and Regulations
Answer: a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority,
especially to regulate conduct. Rules and regulations exist to protect the
health and safety of children in out-of-home care.
●● The Department of Children and Families' Office of Child Care
Regulation
Answer: he licensing authority and currently regulates licensed child
care facilities, licensed family day care homes, licensed large family
child care homes, and licensed mildly ill facilities in most counties in
Florida
●● Child care provided between the hours of 6 p.m. on Friday and 6
a.m. on Monday
Answer: weekend child care
,●● Includes all owners, operators, employees, and volunteers working in
a child care facility
Answer: child care personnel
●● Actively watching and directing children's activities within the same
space, and responding to the needs of each child while in care
Answer: direct supervision
●● On-site administrator or individual who has the primary
responsibility for the day-to-day operation, supervision, and
administration of a child care facility
Answer: director
●● Directly supervised volunteers who participate in the federal
program pursuant to 45 Code of Federal Regulations part 2552; they
work with one or more children with special or exceptional needs in
child care programs
Answer: foster grandparents
●● A space or room in which care is provided or classes are held, and
where learning can take place uninterrupted by outside distractions
Answer: classroom/room/designated space
,●● The boundaries that define a classroom space, which are constructed
in a sturdy manner and anchored so they are stable and secure and do not
pose a threat of falling over
Answer: stable walls or barriers
●● Means the Department of Children and Families
Answer: department
●● The process of destroying or reducing organisms to a safe level
Answer: sanitize
●● The person who is licensed to operate the child care facility
Answer: owner
●● child care
Answer: the care, protection, and supervision of a child for a period of
less than 24 hours a day on a regular basis, which supplements parental
care, enrichment, and health supervision for the child, in accordance
with his or her individual needs and for which a payment, fee, or grant is
made for care
●● main types of child care programs in Florida are
Answer: Child Care Facilities
Specialized Child Care Mildly Ill Facilities
, Family Day Care Homes
Large Family Child Care Homes
●● school-age child care program
Answer: specific program providing care before and after school or
during school closures to school-age children exclusively.
must be licensed prior to operation and for continued operation, unless
the program demonstrates that it is exempt because it is located on a
public/nonpublic school school site
●● school-age child care program must follow
Answer: Operated and staffed directly by that school or through a formal
agreement
Serving only the school-age children attending the school during the day
Following the standards set forth by the Florida Building Code State
Requirements for Public Educational Facilities
●● Every child care program is licensed?
Answer: every year
●● What is the name of the DCF brochure on selecting a child care
provider?
Answer: Know your childcare facility
