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Which of the following statements best defines the
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term child maltreatment?
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A. intentional injury of a child
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B. not giving a child what he or she wants
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C. failure to provide what a child needs
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D. accidental harm to a child by someone
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A. intentional injury of a child
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Which of the following statements best defines the
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term physical abuse?
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A. bodily injury to a person that seems to have been
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inflicted by other than |\ |\ |\
accidental means |\
B. purposefully beating a child so that there are highly
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visible marks on the childs body
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C. use of the hands applied to a child in an excessively
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forceful manner |\
D. any damage to a child that involves the use of muscle-
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applied force |\
A. bodily injury to a person that seems to have been
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inflicted by other than accidental means
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,The school nurse observes parents interacting with
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a school-aged child and
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notices that they do not show any affection toward
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the child and there is no evidence of emotional
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support or supervision. Later the nurse learns from
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the child that he must take care of all his own
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hygiene tasks, has to find something to eat on his
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own, and his parents never say anything nice about
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him. The nurse at this point believes that the
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parents are engaging in: |\ |\ |\
A. physical abuse
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B. psychological abuse
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C. poor parenting
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D. withholding of love
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B. psychological abuse
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The majority of perpetrators of abuse to children
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reported to state Child |\ |\ |\
Protective Service agencies as suspected victims of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
abuse and neglect are:
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A. neighbors within one block
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B. strangers
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C. parents
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D. relatives other than parents
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C. parents
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,The majority of child abuse victims fall into which
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of the following age ranges?
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A. over 10 years
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B. 8 to 10 years
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C. 6 to 8 years
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D. under 6 years
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D. under 6 years
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Which of the following is the most common type of
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mistreatment of children? |\ |\
A. physical abuse
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B. neglect
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C. sexual abuse
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D. emotional maltreatment
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B. neglect
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In the sociological model of family violence, family
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violence is viewed as: |\ |\ |\
A. a pattern of behavior that is passed from generation to
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generation
B. a pattern of harm within the nuclear family with no
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outside persons involved |\ |\
C. any harmful action(s) between related persons no
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matter how distant the relationship is
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D. harmful activities within a group designated as family
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no matter what the
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, relationship
A. a pattern of behavior that is passed from generation to
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generation
When family violence is passed from generation to
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generation, this type of |\ |\ |\
abuse has which of the following characteristics?
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A. It continues without changing to another type.
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B. The form of abuse may change.
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C. It usually gets more violent.
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D. It is more detrimental to the child from generation to
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generation.
B. The form of abuse may change.
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Which of the following children is in a high-risk
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family for less nurturing and more hurtful
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behavior?
A. a child being raised by grandparents
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B. a child who is forbidden from playing with other
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children
C. a child being raised by two men
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D. a child in a nuclear family there both parents have full-
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time jobs |\
B. a child who is forbidden from playing with other
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children