DCF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT EXAM 2026
ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Child Care Workers. Answer: not only have a moral obligation to
intervene, but you have a legal obligation to report it.
◉ Three children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the
United States each. Answer: Day
◉ How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual
situation?. Answer: 1/3
◉ What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four
and younger?. Answer: Child abuse and neglect
◉ On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United
States every:. Answer: 10 seconds
◉ True or False?
Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to children.. Answer:
False, most children are abused by people they know.
,◉ True or False?
Child molesters get their sexual gratification only from children..
Answer: False, many child molesters also have sexual relationships
with adults.
◉ The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when
the molesters are:. Answer: In their teens
◉ List the actions that can help stop child abuse and neglect?.
Answer: Helping a stressed-out parent by baby-sitting, making a
meal for their family, or lending an understanding ear
Learning the signs and symptoms of child abuse so you can
recognize them when you see the "red flags"
Reporting known or suspected child abuse to the police or local
child protective services agency
◉ Physical Abuse. Answer: The mistreatment of a child by a person
responsible for the child's welfare that results in injury or harm to
the child.
◉ Lack of Adequate Shelter. Answer: When the child is exposed to
structurally unsafe housing, exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe
heating, or unsanitary housing conditions.
, ◉ Sexual Abuse. Answer: Sexual contact or interaction between a
child and an adult or older child. Includes indecent exposure,
fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy, exploitation,
and showing pornography.
◉ Lack of Adequate Clothing/Good Hygiene. Answer: When a child
suffers, or is likely to suffer, from physical or emotional health
conditions resulting from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene,
and uncleanness.
◉ Lack of Adequate Nutrition. Answer: When the caretaker has
regularly failed to provide, or make available, adequate food to the
child, which can cause malnutrition over a long period of time.
◉ Child Abuse. Answer: Any willful act or threatened act that results
in any physical, mental, or sexual abuse, injury, or harm that causes
or is likely to cause the child's physical, mental, or emotional health
to be significantly impaired.
◉ Child. Answer: Any person under the age of 18 years.
◉ Emotional Neglect. Answer: Failure to provide support,
acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living
experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in
ability to function normally in performance and behavior.
ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Child Care Workers. Answer: not only have a moral obligation to
intervene, but you have a legal obligation to report it.
◉ Three children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the
United States each. Answer: Day
◉ How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual
situation?. Answer: 1/3
◉ What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four
and younger?. Answer: Child abuse and neglect
◉ On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United
States every:. Answer: 10 seconds
◉ True or False?
Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to children.. Answer:
False, most children are abused by people they know.
,◉ True or False?
Child molesters get their sexual gratification only from children..
Answer: False, many child molesters also have sexual relationships
with adults.
◉ The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when
the molesters are:. Answer: In their teens
◉ List the actions that can help stop child abuse and neglect?.
Answer: Helping a stressed-out parent by baby-sitting, making a
meal for their family, or lending an understanding ear
Learning the signs and symptoms of child abuse so you can
recognize them when you see the "red flags"
Reporting known or suspected child abuse to the police or local
child protective services agency
◉ Physical Abuse. Answer: The mistreatment of a child by a person
responsible for the child's welfare that results in injury or harm to
the child.
◉ Lack of Adequate Shelter. Answer: When the child is exposed to
structurally unsafe housing, exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe
heating, or unsanitary housing conditions.
, ◉ Sexual Abuse. Answer: Sexual contact or interaction between a
child and an adult or older child. Includes indecent exposure,
fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy, exploitation,
and showing pornography.
◉ Lack of Adequate Clothing/Good Hygiene. Answer: When a child
suffers, or is likely to suffer, from physical or emotional health
conditions resulting from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene,
and uncleanness.
◉ Lack of Adequate Nutrition. Answer: When the caretaker has
regularly failed to provide, or make available, adequate food to the
child, which can cause malnutrition over a long period of time.
◉ Child Abuse. Answer: Any willful act or threatened act that results
in any physical, mental, or sexual abuse, injury, or harm that causes
or is likely to cause the child's physical, mental, or emotional health
to be significantly impaired.
◉ Child. Answer: Any person under the age of 18 years.
◉ Emotional Neglect. Answer: Failure to provide support,
acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living
experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in
ability to function normally in performance and behavior.
