PNCB PNP PC EXAM SCRIPT WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● Vaccines at 11-12 years
Answer: "Tada! Human Men": TDaP, HPV, Meningitis
●● What development occurs with gross motor development of the
infant?
Answer: Cephalo->Caudal [head to feet]
●● What development occurs with fine motor development of the
infant?
Answer: Proximal->Distal
●● What are the calorie requirements for ages birth to 6 months?
Answer: 120 kcal/kg/day
Approximately 1oz/day for first 3 months
Approximately 15-20g/day for months 3-6
●● What are calorie requirements for ages 7 months to 1 year?
Answer: 100 kcal/kg/day
,●● What are calorie requirements for ages 2-10 years?
Answer: 70-100kcal/kg/day
●● What are calorie requirements for adolescents? Adults?
Answer: Adolescents: 45 kcal/kg/day
Adults: 30 kcal/kg/day
●● What supplement should you offer for exclusively breastfed infants?
Answer: Vitamin D supplementation
●● What vitamin supplement should you recommend to vegetarian
breastfeeding mothers?
Answer: Vitamin B12- deficiency may lead to neurological
abnormalities in the infant
●● When should an infant's weight double by?
Answer: 5-6 months
●● When should an infant's weight triple by?
Answer: 1 year
●● How many lbs per year should a 3 year through school age child
gain?
,Answer: 4-6 lbs
●● How many lbs per year should a school aged child gain?
Answer: 5-7 lbs
●● When do primary teeth erupt?
Answer: 6 months to 2 years
●● When do permanent teeth erupt?
Answer: 6 years to 12 years
●● What domain is Jean Piaget's theory of development?
Answer: Cognitive
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the sensorimotor stage?
Answer: Birth to 2 years
Object permanence
Trial and error learning
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the preoperational
stage?
Answer: Age 2-4 years
, Fantastical/magical thinking
Egocentricism
Can focus on single aspect of situation
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the
intuitive/preoperational stage?
Answer: Ages 4-7 years
Cause-effect
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the concrete thinking
stage?
Answer: Age 7-11
Logic
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the formal operational
thought?
Answer: Logical conclusions
Reality based
Complex problem solving
●● What is Erikson's theory based on?
Answer: Psychosocial Domain
Erikson = Viking = "VS"
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● Vaccines at 11-12 years
Answer: "Tada! Human Men": TDaP, HPV, Meningitis
●● What development occurs with gross motor development of the
infant?
Answer: Cephalo->Caudal [head to feet]
●● What development occurs with fine motor development of the
infant?
Answer: Proximal->Distal
●● What are the calorie requirements for ages birth to 6 months?
Answer: 120 kcal/kg/day
Approximately 1oz/day for first 3 months
Approximately 15-20g/day for months 3-6
●● What are calorie requirements for ages 7 months to 1 year?
Answer: 100 kcal/kg/day
,●● What are calorie requirements for ages 2-10 years?
Answer: 70-100kcal/kg/day
●● What are calorie requirements for adolescents? Adults?
Answer: Adolescents: 45 kcal/kg/day
Adults: 30 kcal/kg/day
●● What supplement should you offer for exclusively breastfed infants?
Answer: Vitamin D supplementation
●● What vitamin supplement should you recommend to vegetarian
breastfeeding mothers?
Answer: Vitamin B12- deficiency may lead to neurological
abnormalities in the infant
●● When should an infant's weight double by?
Answer: 5-6 months
●● When should an infant's weight triple by?
Answer: 1 year
●● How many lbs per year should a 3 year through school age child
gain?
,Answer: 4-6 lbs
●● How many lbs per year should a school aged child gain?
Answer: 5-7 lbs
●● When do primary teeth erupt?
Answer: 6 months to 2 years
●● When do permanent teeth erupt?
Answer: 6 years to 12 years
●● What domain is Jean Piaget's theory of development?
Answer: Cognitive
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the sensorimotor stage?
Answer: Birth to 2 years
Object permanence
Trial and error learning
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the preoperational
stage?
Answer: Age 2-4 years
, Fantastical/magical thinking
Egocentricism
Can focus on single aspect of situation
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the
intuitive/preoperational stage?
Answer: Ages 4-7 years
Cause-effect
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the concrete thinking
stage?
Answer: Age 7-11
Logic
●● What characteristics does Piaget identify for the formal operational
thought?
Answer: Logical conclusions
Reality based
Complex problem solving
●● What is Erikson's theory based on?
Answer: Psychosocial Domain
Erikson = Viking = "VS"
