ACOG Review UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

ACOG Review UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Folic acid recommendations in pregnancy (help closure of neural tube > brain and spinal cord) -
CORRECT ANSWER - 400 micrograms of folic acid daily - starting at least 1 month
before pregnancy and continuing through the first 12 weeks


Folic acid recommendations for women at high risk of NTDs - CORRECT ANSWER -
4,000 micrograms (4 mg) of folic acid daily - started 3 months before pregnancy and continued
until 12 weeks


Next step for APGAR 0 for more than 10 minutes - CORRECT ANSWER - Stop
resuscitation :(


APGAR - CORRECT ANSWER - Activity (tone), pulse (>100), grimace (reflex
irritability), appearance (color), respiration


Caudal portion of neural tube fused by ____ days gestation - CORRECT ANSWER - 40
days (calculated from LMP)


Neural plate forms in the _____ week and neural tube closes by the _____ week - CORRECT
ANSWER - Neural plate forms in the 4th week and neural tube closes by the 6th week



How long is organogenesis? When is it complete? - CORRECT ANSWER - 6 weeks
(beginning of 3rd week from LMP > through 8th week from LMP)


Complete by 9 weeks


Yolk sac becomes _______ and _______ systems. - CORRECT ANSWER - respiratory
and digestive systems