PNCB PNP-PC Boards Exam Questions with Complete
Answers.
Birth - 6 month kcal/kg/day requirement - Correct Answer 120 kcal/kg/day
7 months - 1 year kcal/kg/day requirement - Correct Answer 100 kcal/kg/day
2 - 10 years kcal/kg/day requirement - Correct Answer 70-100 kcal/kg/day
Adolescent kcal/kg/day requirement - Correct Answer
weight gain per day for first 3 months - Correct Answer 30g/day or 1oz/day
Daily gain between 3-6 months - Correct Answer 15-20g/day
Vitamin D supplementation begins at what age? - Correct Answer 2 months
Vitamin D dose per day through adolescence: - Correct Answer 400 international units
(IU)
Vegetarian mothers need _________ supplementation. - Correct Answer Vitamin B12
(causes neuro abnormalities)
Dose of iron per day for exclusively breast fed infants: - Correct Answer 1 mg/kg/day
AFTER 6 months
Bottle-fed infants should have ____________ supplementation: - Correct Answer Iron
(ideally from fortified cereals)
Infant weight doubles by: - Correct Answer 5 months
Infant weight triples by: - Correct Answer 1 year
Infant weight quadruples by: - Correct Answer 2 years
Answers.
Birth - 6 month kcal/kg/day requirement - Correct Answer 120 kcal/kg/day
7 months - 1 year kcal/kg/day requirement - Correct Answer 100 kcal/kg/day
2 - 10 years kcal/kg/day requirement - Correct Answer 70-100 kcal/kg/day
Adolescent kcal/kg/day requirement - Correct Answer
weight gain per day for first 3 months - Correct Answer 30g/day or 1oz/day
Daily gain between 3-6 months - Correct Answer 15-20g/day
Vitamin D supplementation begins at what age? - Correct Answer 2 months
Vitamin D dose per day through adolescence: - Correct Answer 400 international units
(IU)
Vegetarian mothers need _________ supplementation. - Correct Answer Vitamin B12
(causes neuro abnormalities)
Dose of iron per day for exclusively breast fed infants: - Correct Answer 1 mg/kg/day
AFTER 6 months
Bottle-fed infants should have ____________ supplementation: - Correct Answer Iron
(ideally from fortified cereals)
Infant weight doubles by: - Correct Answer 5 months
Infant weight triples by: - Correct Answer 1 year
Infant weight quadruples by: - Correct Answer 2 years
