ADVANCED PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENT 12 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION

ADVANCED PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENT 12
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION

◉ When does the anterior lateral fontanelle close?
Answer: 3 months


◉ When does the posterior lateral fontanelle close?
Answer: 1 year


◉ When does the anterior fontanelle close?
Answer: 2 years


◉ cranyiosynostosis
Answer: when one or more sutures closes early restricting growth of
skull


◉ elongated head in infant
Answer: scaphocephaly
caused by closure of sagittal suture

,◉ flattened infant head, uniformly, causing a wider and shorter
shape and increased head height
Answer: brachycephaly from lying supine too long


◉ when you look down on infants head, it is parallelogram shaped,
ears are misaligned
Answer: Plagiocephaly
get helmet to correct shape


◉ acute and recurrent childhood headache could be from?
Answer: migraine
cluster


◉ chronic and non-progressive childhood headache could be from?
Answer: tension
psychiatric
post-injury
medication overuse


◉ chronic and progressive childhood headache could be from?
Answer: idiopathic intracranial HTN
space-occupying lesion

, post-injury


◉ acute localized childhood headache could be from?
Answer: associated with URI or influenza
post-injury
related to oral cavity (TMJ, dental abscess)
Brain abscess
First migraine


◉ acute generalized childhood headache could be from?
Answer: fever/illness
CNS infection
HTN, hypertensive encephalopathy
Intracranial hemorrhage
Exertional
First migraine
Trauma
Toxins, medications, illicit substances


◉ flick in movement of the eye noticed during eye exam indicates
Answer: strabismus