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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED
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1. What is normal/typical - answer occurs habitually or naturally; the usual, expected, or
standard. Normal is used interchangeably with typical in the discussion of development.
2. What is development? - answer the act or process of maturing or acquiring skills ranging
from simple to more complex.
3. What is growth? - answer the maturation of a person
4. Id which terms are analogous: normal/typical, development, growth - answer
development & growth
5. What are the principles of normal development? - answer gestation
Infancy
Early childhood
Middle childhood
Adolescence
6. When does gestation occur - answer (development of fetus in the mother's uterus) and
birth
7. Characteristics of gestation - answer prenatal: before birth (typically 40 weeks)
Perinatal: around birth
Postnatal: post-birth (infant is a neonate)
,8. When does infancy occur - answer birth to 18 months
9. Characteristics of infancy - answer significant physical and emotional growth
Development of sensory and motor skills
Walking, talking, and performing self-care tasks
10. When does early childhood occur - answer 18 months through 5 years
11. Characteristics of early childhood - answer children become increasingly independent
and develop a sense of individuality
12. When does middle adulthood occur? - answer 6 years until puberty
13. Characteristics of middle adulthood - answer spend the majority of time in educational
settings
14. When does adolescence occur - answer puberty to 21 years
15. Characteristics of adolescence - answer period of physical and psychological
development that accompanies the onset of puberty
Hormonal changes and their resulting challenges
Ends with the onset of adulthood
16. What are the periods of general development? - answer gestation and birth, infancy,
early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. The general principles of development
are widely used in the various disciplines and help practitioners plan valuations and
interventions when working with children with special needs.
17. What are the three basic rules of motor development - answer cephalocaudal
progression (head to tail)
Proximal to distal progression
Gross to fine control
18. What is cephalocaudal progression - answer a baby is able to control head and neck,
then arms and legs, then trunk, then legs.
,19. What is proximal to distal progression - answer children develop control of structures
close to the body (shoulder) before farther away (hand).
20. What is gross to fine control: - answer children control large body movements before
refined movements.
21. What is sequence of skill acquisition - answer it's predictable and the rate of
development varies
22. What are contexts - answer cultural, personal, temporal, virtual, physical, social
23. What is cultural context - answer customs, beliefs, activity patterns, and behaviour
standards
24. What is physical context - answer nonhuman aspects of the environment
25. What is social context - answer availability and anticipation of behaviours by significant
others
26. What is personal context - answer child's age, gender, socioeconomic status, and
educational level
27. What is temporal context - answer stages of life, time of year, and length of occupation
28. What is virtual context - answer communication by means of computers and airways
29. Gross motor: what age is physiologic flexion (extremity and trunk flexion) - answer at
birth
30. Gross motor: what age is able to turn head from side to side in prone and supine positions -
answer by 2 months
, 31. Gross motor: what age is able to raise head to look around, bring hands to knees in supine
position, and roll in all directions - answer by 4 months
32. Gross motor: what age is able to reach while prone on extended arms, bring feet to mouth in
supine position, and sit when propped - answer by 6 months
33. Gross motor: what age can assume sitting, can belly crawl, and protective extension
responses are emerging - answer by 6 to 9 months
34. Gross motor: what age are equilibrium reactions developing, maintaining centre of gravity
over base of support - answer 7 to 21 months
35. Gross motor: what age are they able to creep - answer at 10 to 11 months
36. Gross motor: what age are they able to cruise (move sideways while holding onto furniture) -
answer 12 months
37. Gross motor- what age are they able to walk - answer by 14 months
38. Gross motor: what age are they practice walking, jumping, and running - answer
between 12 and 18 months
39. Fine motor; what age for grasp reflex to hold objects - answer visual inspection for the
first 3 months
40. Fine motor: what age is able to use an active palmar grasp - answer by 5 months
41. Fine motor: what age is able to transfer objects from hand to hand: two steps; able to reach
for objects in sitting or prone - answer by 5 to 6 months
42. Fine motor: what age is able to transfer objects (one step) and able to use a radial palmar
grasp - answer by 6 months
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED
A+<RECENT VERSION>
1. What is normal/typical - answer occurs habitually or naturally; the usual, expected, or
standard. Normal is used interchangeably with typical in the discussion of development.
2. What is development? - answer the act or process of maturing or acquiring skills ranging
from simple to more complex.
3. What is growth? - answer the maturation of a person
4. Id which terms are analogous: normal/typical, development, growth - answer
development & growth
5. What are the principles of normal development? - answer gestation
Infancy
Early childhood
Middle childhood
Adolescence
6. When does gestation occur - answer (development of fetus in the mother's uterus) and
birth
7. Characteristics of gestation - answer prenatal: before birth (typically 40 weeks)
Perinatal: around birth
Postnatal: post-birth (infant is a neonate)
,8. When does infancy occur - answer birth to 18 months
9. Characteristics of infancy - answer significant physical and emotional growth
Development of sensory and motor skills
Walking, talking, and performing self-care tasks
10. When does early childhood occur - answer 18 months through 5 years
11. Characteristics of early childhood - answer children become increasingly independent
and develop a sense of individuality
12. When does middle adulthood occur? - answer 6 years until puberty
13. Characteristics of middle adulthood - answer spend the majority of time in educational
settings
14. When does adolescence occur - answer puberty to 21 years
15. Characteristics of adolescence - answer period of physical and psychological
development that accompanies the onset of puberty
Hormonal changes and their resulting challenges
Ends with the onset of adulthood
16. What are the periods of general development? - answer gestation and birth, infancy,
early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. The general principles of development
are widely used in the various disciplines and help practitioners plan valuations and
interventions when working with children with special needs.
17. What are the three basic rules of motor development - answer cephalocaudal
progression (head to tail)
Proximal to distal progression
Gross to fine control
18. What is cephalocaudal progression - answer a baby is able to control head and neck,
then arms and legs, then trunk, then legs.
,19. What is proximal to distal progression - answer children develop control of structures
close to the body (shoulder) before farther away (hand).
20. What is gross to fine control: - answer children control large body movements before
refined movements.
21. What is sequence of skill acquisition - answer it's predictable and the rate of
development varies
22. What are contexts - answer cultural, personal, temporal, virtual, physical, social
23. What is cultural context - answer customs, beliefs, activity patterns, and behaviour
standards
24. What is physical context - answer nonhuman aspects of the environment
25. What is social context - answer availability and anticipation of behaviours by significant
others
26. What is personal context - answer child's age, gender, socioeconomic status, and
educational level
27. What is temporal context - answer stages of life, time of year, and length of occupation
28. What is virtual context - answer communication by means of computers and airways
29. Gross motor: what age is physiologic flexion (extremity and trunk flexion) - answer at
birth
30. Gross motor: what age is able to turn head from side to side in prone and supine positions -
answer by 2 months
, 31. Gross motor: what age is able to raise head to look around, bring hands to knees in supine
position, and roll in all directions - answer by 4 months
32. Gross motor: what age is able to reach while prone on extended arms, bring feet to mouth in
supine position, and sit when propped - answer by 6 months
33. Gross motor: what age can assume sitting, can belly crawl, and protective extension
responses are emerging - answer by 6 to 9 months
34. Gross motor: what age are equilibrium reactions developing, maintaining centre of gravity
over base of support - answer 7 to 21 months
35. Gross motor: what age are they able to creep - answer at 10 to 11 months
36. Gross motor: what age are they able to cruise (move sideways while holding onto furniture) -
answer 12 months
37. Gross motor- what age are they able to walk - answer by 14 months
38. Gross motor: what age are they practice walking, jumping, and running - answer
between 12 and 18 months
39. Fine motor; what age for grasp reflex to hold objects - answer visual inspection for the
first 3 months
40. Fine motor: what age is able to use an active palmar grasp - answer by 5 months
41. Fine motor: what age is able to transfer objects from hand to hand: two steps; able to reach
for objects in sitting or prone - answer by 5 to 6 months
42. Fine motor: what age is able to transfer objects (one step) and able to use a radial palmar
grasp - answer by 6 months
