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IBCLC EXAM PREP|| IBCLC EXAM, ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY GRTADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE 2024-2025
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|| ALREADY GRADED A+
Some brands of artificial baby milk produced in the 1980s lacked which essential
nutrient causing brain damage and learning disabilities in infants that were fed this
milk exclusively?
a. sodium
b. chloride
c. potassium
d. calcium - ANSWER: B
A baby's tongue is pressing a mother's nipple against the baby's hard palate. Which
cranial nerve is MOST responsible for this tongue movement?
a. Spinal accessory
b. Vagus
c. Hypoglossal
d. Trigeminal - ANSWER: C (CN XII) -the other nerves listed are more involved
in suck/swallow/breathe actions
Which of the following BEST describes fetal nutrition?
a. The umbilical cord delivers nutrients directly to the fetal gut
b. The fetus swallows and digests amniotic fluid
c. The fetus absorbs nutrients from the amniotic fluid through his skin
d. The fetus has no digestive enzymes of his own until after 40 weeks - ANSWER:
B (amniotic fluid has protein and other nutrients)
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Which of the following milk component is MOST LIKELY to explain higher
scores in cognitive development and vision for breastfed babies?
a. Long-chain fatty acids
b. Short-chain fatty acids
c. Phospholipids
d. Sterols - ANSWER: A (Omega-3 fatty acids DHA and AA especially)
1-3 Month-old babies may:
a. Breastfeed 6-8 times per 24 hours
b. Sleep for 2-3 hours once a day
c. Grasp their toes during nursing
d. Recognize other adults and smile - ANSWER: B
What is the average normal heart rate of a full-term infant?
a. 80-100 BPM
b. 100-120 BPM
c. 120-160 BPM
d. 160-200 BPM - ANSWER: C
Which term refers to the most frequent number in a set of numbers?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Range - ANSWER: C
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Which term means 50% of the numbers fall below the number and 50% of the
numbers fall above the number?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Range - ANSWER: B
Which term refers to the average of a set of numbers?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Range - ANSWER: A
What is the range of this set of numbers? 9, 5, 8, 2, 13, 29, 27
A) 9
B) 27
C) 29
D) 2 - ANSWER: B (29-2)
A qualitative study:
A) Cannot be used if research subjects only speak English
B) Allows for exploration of ideas and experiences in depth
C) Deals with numbers and statistics
D) Must have a statistically significant result - ANSWER: B (qualitative has the
letter "l" which is "lovely"--words and experiences are "Lovely")
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A Likert scale is an example of:
A) Gender data
B) Economic disparity data
C) Nominal data
D) Ordinal data - ANSWER: D (ordinal=order)
A meta-analysis:
A) Is another word for protocol
B) Is another word for policy
C) Summarizes the literature on a topic
D) Statistically combines the results from several studies as if they were all part of
one big study - ANSWER: D
A Type 2 error is sometimes referred to as a false negative error. This is when a
study concludes there is no difference even though there actually is a difference.
What can lead to a Type 2 error?
A) The sample size being too big
B) The control group being too big
C) The sample size being too small
D) The control group being too small - ANSWER: C
Researchers in a hospital were trying to figure out how to improve their
breastfeeding rates. They conducted a study in the Labor and Delivery suite where
one group of birthing women held their babies skin-to-skin for 20 minutes
immediately after birth and another group held their babies skin-to-skin for 60
minutes after birth. All mothers had vaginal births, all were taught skin-to-skin
holding the same way, and all mothers and babies were stable. Length of time
breastfeeding for the first two hours of birth prior to the mother leaving the L/D
suite was studied. In this study the independent variable is:
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WITH ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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Some brands of artificial baby milk produced in the 1980s lacked which essential
nutrient causing brain damage and learning disabilities in infants that were fed this
milk exclusively?
a. sodium
b. chloride
c. potassium
d. calcium - ANSWER: B
A baby's tongue is pressing a mother's nipple against the baby's hard palate. Which
cranial nerve is MOST responsible for this tongue movement?
a. Spinal accessory
b. Vagus
c. Hypoglossal
d. Trigeminal - ANSWER: C (CN XII) -the other nerves listed are more involved
in suck/swallow/breathe actions
Which of the following BEST describes fetal nutrition?
a. The umbilical cord delivers nutrients directly to the fetal gut
b. The fetus swallows and digests amniotic fluid
c. The fetus absorbs nutrients from the amniotic fluid through his skin
d. The fetus has no digestive enzymes of his own until after 40 weeks - ANSWER:
B (amniotic fluid has protein and other nutrients)
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Which of the following milk component is MOST LIKELY to explain higher
scores in cognitive development and vision for breastfed babies?
a. Long-chain fatty acids
b. Short-chain fatty acids
c. Phospholipids
d. Sterols - ANSWER: A (Omega-3 fatty acids DHA and AA especially)
1-3 Month-old babies may:
a. Breastfeed 6-8 times per 24 hours
b. Sleep for 2-3 hours once a day
c. Grasp their toes during nursing
d. Recognize other adults and smile - ANSWER: B
What is the average normal heart rate of a full-term infant?
a. 80-100 BPM
b. 100-120 BPM
c. 120-160 BPM
d. 160-200 BPM - ANSWER: C
Which term refers to the most frequent number in a set of numbers?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Range - ANSWER: C
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Which term means 50% of the numbers fall below the number and 50% of the
numbers fall above the number?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Range - ANSWER: B
Which term refers to the average of a set of numbers?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Range - ANSWER: A
What is the range of this set of numbers? 9, 5, 8, 2, 13, 29, 27
A) 9
B) 27
C) 29
D) 2 - ANSWER: B (29-2)
A qualitative study:
A) Cannot be used if research subjects only speak English
B) Allows for exploration of ideas and experiences in depth
C) Deals with numbers and statistics
D) Must have a statistically significant result - ANSWER: B (qualitative has the
letter "l" which is "lovely"--words and experiences are "Lovely")
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A Likert scale is an example of:
A) Gender data
B) Economic disparity data
C) Nominal data
D) Ordinal data - ANSWER: D (ordinal=order)
A meta-analysis:
A) Is another word for protocol
B) Is another word for policy
C) Summarizes the literature on a topic
D) Statistically combines the results from several studies as if they were all part of
one big study - ANSWER: D
A Type 2 error is sometimes referred to as a false negative error. This is when a
study concludes there is no difference even though there actually is a difference.
What can lead to a Type 2 error?
A) The sample size being too big
B) The control group being too big
C) The sample size being too small
D) The control group being too small - ANSWER: C
Researchers in a hospital were trying to figure out how to improve their
breastfeeding rates. They conducted a study in the Labor and Delivery suite where
one group of birthing women held their babies skin-to-skin for 20 minutes
immediately after birth and another group held their babies skin-to-skin for 60
minutes after birth. All mothers had vaginal births, all were taught skin-to-skin
holding the same way, and all mothers and babies were stable. Length of time
breastfeeding for the first two hours of birth prior to the mother leaving the L/D
suite was studied. In this study the independent variable is:
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