IBCLC Exam Questions and Answers
1.Infant States of Alertness
Answer deep sleep, light sleep, drowsy, quiet alert, active alert,
crying
2.Signs of a stressed newborn
Answer Whimpering, strained fussing, gaze aversion, staring.
Irritability, crying, inconsolable, worried alertness, and restlessness.
3.signs of thermal stress
Answer Shivering, skin mottling
4.What is areolar compression used for?
Answer To reduce edema before latching an infant
5.What is dancer hand technique?
Answer A way the mother holds the infants bottom jaw at the breast
to provide support during nursing for infants with oral hypotonia.
6.What is the major immunoglobulin found in human milk?
Answer Secretory IgA
7.What antimicrobial enzyme protects against herpes simplex
and streptococci?
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, Answer Lactoperoxidase
8.What helps with Raynauds/vasospasm of the nipple?
Answer Warm compresses after feeding and magnesium
supplements
9.What is the average diameter of the areola in a nursing mom?
Answer 6.4 cm
10.What is FIL?
Answer feedback inhibitor of lactation- may possibly be serotonin,
and regulates human milk production.
11.Lactoferrin
Answer An iron binding that prevents pathogens from obtaining the
iron they need to survive.
12.alpha-lactalbumin
Answer a major protein in human breast milk that is currently being
researched for use in cancer treatment
13.Taurine
Answer The second most abundant amino acid in human milk and
plays an important role in brain maturation.
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1.Infant States of Alertness
Answer deep sleep, light sleep, drowsy, quiet alert, active alert,
crying
2.Signs of a stressed newborn
Answer Whimpering, strained fussing, gaze aversion, staring.
Irritability, crying, inconsolable, worried alertness, and restlessness.
3.signs of thermal stress
Answer Shivering, skin mottling
4.What is areolar compression used for?
Answer To reduce edema before latching an infant
5.What is dancer hand technique?
Answer A way the mother holds the infants bottom jaw at the breast
to provide support during nursing for infants with oral hypotonia.
6.What is the major immunoglobulin found in human milk?
Answer Secretory IgA
7.What antimicrobial enzyme protects against herpes simplex
and streptococci?
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7
, Answer Lactoperoxidase
8.What helps with Raynauds/vasospasm of the nipple?
Answer Warm compresses after feeding and magnesium
supplements
9.What is the average diameter of the areola in a nursing mom?
Answer 6.4 cm
10.What is FIL?
Answer feedback inhibitor of lactation- may possibly be serotonin,
and regulates human milk production.
11.Lactoferrin
Answer An iron binding that prevents pathogens from obtaining the
iron they need to survive.
12.alpha-lactalbumin
Answer a major protein in human breast milk that is currently being
researched for use in cancer treatment
13.Taurine
Answer The second most abundant amino acid in human milk and
plays an important role in brain maturation.
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