Ch 24 Life Span Development Questions
and Answers – 100% Correct
1. The nurse informs a group of college students that young adults will face
which challenges in this particular time of life? (Select all that apply.)
a. Starting a family
b. Selecting housing
c. Job security
d. Relations with extended family
e. Establishing intimacy - ANSWER - A, B, C, D, E
All options are developmental tasks of the young adult of today.
REF: Page 205 TOP: Young adult
2. Growth and development that proceeds from the head toward the feet is known
as
- ANSWER -cephalocaudal
Cephalocaudal is defined as growth and development that proceeds from the head
toward the feet.
REF: Page 182 TOP: Development
3. Growth and development that moves from the center toward the outside is
known as
- ANSWER - proximodistal
Proximodistal refers to growth and development that moves from the center toward the
outside.
REF: Page 182 TOP: Development
4. The nurse tells a mother that the blueprint for all inherited traits, such as
height, is found in the:
a. sperm.
b. ovary.
,c. chromosomes.
d. nucleus of the cell. - ANSWER - C
The blueprint for all inherited traits is found in the chromosomes.
REF: Page 182 TOP: Growth
5. The nurse discovers during the intake assessment of a 5-year-old child that he
lives with his biological parents and siblings. The nurse categorizes this family
type as a(n):
a. extended family.
b. blended family.
c. social family.
d. nuclear family. - ANSWER - D
The nuclear family is considered the traditional family pattern.
REF: Page 183 TOP: Family
6. The nurse instructs the family of a newborn 7-lb. baby that the anticipated
weight at 1 year of age would be:
a. 14 lbs.
b. 17 lbs.
c. 21 lbs.
d. 25 lbs. - ANSWER - C
By 1 year, birth weight is expected to triple.
REF: Page 189 TOP: Growth
7. The mother of a 5-month-old child is concerned because the child cannot sit by
himself. The nurse explains that sitting alone is not expected until the baby is:
a. 6 months.
b. 7 months.
c. 8 months.
d. 9 months. - ANSWER - B
By the end of the seventh month, the child can sit up without support.
REF: Page 190 TOP: Development
8. As a child begins to develop language skills, the nurse anticipates that the
number of words in a sentence:
, a. corresponds to the chronological age of the child.
b. increases with each month of age.
c. matches the number of words they know.
d. depends on hollow phrases. - ANSWER - A
The number of words in a sentence corresponds to chronological age.
REF: Page 189 TOP: Language
9. The nurse appropriately teaches a young mother that breast milk or formula is
the only food an infant need until:
a. 2-3 months.
b. 4-6 months.
c. 7-9 months.
d. 10-12 months. - ANSWER – B
Breast milk or formula is the only food needed for 4 to 6 months.
REF: Page 191 TOP: Nutrition
10. When a mother asks the nurse about introducing solid foods into the child's
diet, the nurse's best advice is to introduce:
a. meat first.
b. one solid food at a time several days apart.
c. solid foods by mixing two or three foods together.
d. solid foods by adding strained food to the infant's bottle. - ANSWER - B
The best advice is to introduce one solid at a time allowing several days between.
REF: Page 191 TOP: Nutrition
11. The nurse explains that a baby's muscular development progresses in a
pattern that is:
a. regressive.
b. erratic.
c. cephalocaudal.
d. unpredictable. - ANSWER - C
Muscular development proceeds from head to foot (cephalocaudal).
REF: Page 182 TOP: Growth
and Answers – 100% Correct
1. The nurse informs a group of college students that young adults will face
which challenges in this particular time of life? (Select all that apply.)
a. Starting a family
b. Selecting housing
c. Job security
d. Relations with extended family
e. Establishing intimacy - ANSWER - A, B, C, D, E
All options are developmental tasks of the young adult of today.
REF: Page 205 TOP: Young adult
2. Growth and development that proceeds from the head toward the feet is known
as
- ANSWER -cephalocaudal
Cephalocaudal is defined as growth and development that proceeds from the head
toward the feet.
REF: Page 182 TOP: Development
3. Growth and development that moves from the center toward the outside is
known as
- ANSWER - proximodistal
Proximodistal refers to growth and development that moves from the center toward the
outside.
REF: Page 182 TOP: Development
4. The nurse tells a mother that the blueprint for all inherited traits, such as
height, is found in the:
a. sperm.
b. ovary.
,c. chromosomes.
d. nucleus of the cell. - ANSWER - C
The blueprint for all inherited traits is found in the chromosomes.
REF: Page 182 TOP: Growth
5. The nurse discovers during the intake assessment of a 5-year-old child that he
lives with his biological parents and siblings. The nurse categorizes this family
type as a(n):
a. extended family.
b. blended family.
c. social family.
d. nuclear family. - ANSWER - D
The nuclear family is considered the traditional family pattern.
REF: Page 183 TOP: Family
6. The nurse instructs the family of a newborn 7-lb. baby that the anticipated
weight at 1 year of age would be:
a. 14 lbs.
b. 17 lbs.
c. 21 lbs.
d. 25 lbs. - ANSWER - C
By 1 year, birth weight is expected to triple.
REF: Page 189 TOP: Growth
7. The mother of a 5-month-old child is concerned because the child cannot sit by
himself. The nurse explains that sitting alone is not expected until the baby is:
a. 6 months.
b. 7 months.
c. 8 months.
d. 9 months. - ANSWER - B
By the end of the seventh month, the child can sit up without support.
REF: Page 190 TOP: Development
8. As a child begins to develop language skills, the nurse anticipates that the
number of words in a sentence:
, a. corresponds to the chronological age of the child.
b. increases with each month of age.
c. matches the number of words they know.
d. depends on hollow phrases. - ANSWER - A
The number of words in a sentence corresponds to chronological age.
REF: Page 189 TOP: Language
9. The nurse appropriately teaches a young mother that breast milk or formula is
the only food an infant need until:
a. 2-3 months.
b. 4-6 months.
c. 7-9 months.
d. 10-12 months. - ANSWER – B
Breast milk or formula is the only food needed for 4 to 6 months.
REF: Page 191 TOP: Nutrition
10. When a mother asks the nurse about introducing solid foods into the child's
diet, the nurse's best advice is to introduce:
a. meat first.
b. one solid food at a time several days apart.
c. solid foods by mixing two or three foods together.
d. solid foods by adding strained food to the infant's bottle. - ANSWER - B
The best advice is to introduce one solid at a time allowing several days between.
REF: Page 191 TOP: Nutrition
11. The nurse explains that a baby's muscular development progresses in a
pattern that is:
a. regressive.
b. erratic.
c. cephalocaudal.
d. unpredictable. - ANSWER - C
Muscular development proceeds from head to foot (cephalocaudal).
REF: Page 182 TOP: Growth
