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DCF HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION EXAM 2025|
BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS|
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What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment? - (answers)Clean work and play
area, proper hygiene practices, implementation and routine practice of a writen
health policy.
Why establish and follow a written health policy? - (answers)It is an effective way
of maintaining a safe and healthy child care program.
How do you know if your program has a written policy? - (answers)Ask your VPK
program director and it usually posted in various areas like sink, kitchen, table
Why should policies be written? - (answers)1. To ensure parents and child care
professionals are aware of procedures 2 to make sure everyone follows same
rules.
How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)? - (answers)Check for too much
warmth or coldness.
How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)? - (answers)Check for a bad
smell or a change of smell.
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How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)? - (answers)Ask child if they
taste something funny
How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)? - (answers)Check for
breathing is it easy or ragged, etc.
How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)? - (answers)First observation of
seeing a child's appearance and check all areas from head to toe.
The three A's of a healthy child are - (answers)Appetite, Appearance and Activity
Appetite signs of a healthy child are - (answers)Can eat an appropriate amount of
food at meal times. Will Consume a variety of foods. Is interested in eating?
Appears content after meals/snacks.
Appearance signs of healthy child are - (answers)Has clear, bright eyes, clear skin,
age appriopiate muscles, gains steadily in height/body weight
Activity signs of a healthy child are - (answers)Has plenty of energy (not
hyperactive), is alert, sleeps soundly and has few aches and pains.
Emotional health of a healthy child are - (answers)a child who usually reflects
happy, cheerful feelings
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Social health of a healthy child are - (answers)a child who is friendly most of the
time, interacts with other children and enjoys quiet activities that require
concentration.
Menal health of a healthy child are - (answers)a child who is interested in new
experiences and is usally confident and adaptable.
Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a child with special needs.
- (answers)No
Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability? - (answers)Ear infections
vs. hearing loss; cold vs. asthma; sprained ankle vs. foot deformity; distress over
fight vs. depression
What can you do to know what is normal for a particular child? - (answers)Ask the
parents for signs of well-being and their child normal displays.
Daily checks are a good way of: - (answers)preventing, identifing and controlling
illness in a child care environment.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is: - (answers)general mood
(quiet, irritable, drousy, restless), unusual behavior, activity level, breathing
difficulities, severe coughing, sneezing, hoarseness.
DCF HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION EXAM 2025|
BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS|
GUARANTEED VALUE PACK| ACE YOUR GRADES.
What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment? - (answers)Clean work and play
area, proper hygiene practices, implementation and routine practice of a writen
health policy.
Why establish and follow a written health policy? - (answers)It is an effective way
of maintaining a safe and healthy child care program.
How do you know if your program has a written policy? - (answers)Ask your VPK
program director and it usually posted in various areas like sink, kitchen, table
Why should policies be written? - (answers)1. To ensure parents and child care
professionals are aware of procedures 2 to make sure everyone follows same
rules.
How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)? - (answers)Check for too much
warmth or coldness.
How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)? - (answers)Check for a bad
smell or a change of smell.
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How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)? - (answers)Ask child if they
taste something funny
How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)? - (answers)Check for
breathing is it easy or ragged, etc.
How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)? - (answers)First observation of
seeing a child's appearance and check all areas from head to toe.
The three A's of a healthy child are - (answers)Appetite, Appearance and Activity
Appetite signs of a healthy child are - (answers)Can eat an appropriate amount of
food at meal times. Will Consume a variety of foods. Is interested in eating?
Appears content after meals/snacks.
Appearance signs of healthy child are - (answers)Has clear, bright eyes, clear skin,
age appriopiate muscles, gains steadily in height/body weight
Activity signs of a healthy child are - (answers)Has plenty of energy (not
hyperactive), is alert, sleeps soundly and has few aches and pains.
Emotional health of a healthy child are - (answers)a child who usually reflects
happy, cheerful feelings
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Social health of a healthy child are - (answers)a child who is friendly most of the
time, interacts with other children and enjoys quiet activities that require
concentration.
Menal health of a healthy child are - (answers)a child who is interested in new
experiences and is usally confident and adaptable.
Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a child with special needs.
- (answers)No
Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability? - (answers)Ear infections
vs. hearing loss; cold vs. asthma; sprained ankle vs. foot deformity; distress over
fight vs. depression
What can you do to know what is normal for a particular child? - (answers)Ask the
parents for signs of well-being and their child normal displays.
Daily checks are a good way of: - (answers)preventing, identifing and controlling
illness in a child care environment.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is: - (answers)general mood
(quiet, irritable, drousy, restless), unusual behavior, activity level, breathing
difficulities, severe coughing, sneezing, hoarseness.
