CMAS 258N UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● Neglect must be considered as it relates to the
____________________________ of the child in question.
Answer: Developmental level
●● Child psychological maltreatment can be described as a(n)
_________________ of psychologically destructive behavior that may
include rejecting, isolating, terrorizing, ignoring, or corrupting
behaviors, on behalf of the caregiver.
Answer: Patterned Events
●● This type of neglect encompasses non-organic failure to thrive,
abandonment, and failure to meet a child's basic needs.
Answer: Physical neglect
●● According to Walsh and colleagues (2007) forensic medical
examinations are an important part of a comprehensive response to the
investigation of suspected child sexual abuse, both to ensure
__________________________ and to
_____________________________.
,Answer: appropriate care for the child; support legal decision-making
●● These members of the multidisciplinary team are trained individuals
who support and empower the child and the non-offending caregiver
who are identified as victims of a criminal act. These individuals can be
employed at a Children's Advocacy Center, a community-based
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault agency, and/or within the
prosecutor's office.
Answer: Victim Advocates
●● When a child is making a disclosure, it is important for people to
remember that disclosure is:
Answer: a process
●● This professional role on the multidisciplinary team is responsible
for:
conducting a crisis assessment and providing crisis intervention;
conducting a risk assessment and developing a safety plan;
providing referrals for additional services and supports for the family;
providing ongoing support and empowerment;
providing information and case updates;
providing court accompaniment, education, and support.
Answer: Victim Advocates
,●● It is during this phase when the interviewer may address the child's
socioemotional or other immediate needs, transition to a neutral topic,
not related to the alleged incident, and/or answer any questions the child
might have.
Answer: Closure Phase
●● In the 18th century, Jean - Jacque Rousseau theorized that children
were born as ______________ who were bequeathed a moral compass
of right and wrong. He identified children as having their own unique
way of feeling and thinking and that if not careful, parents could be
harmful rather than helpful to their child's development
Answer: noble savages
●● __________ refers to a condition in young children who had
apparently been victims of severe physical abuse at the hands of a parent
or foster parent. Often it was described as "unrecognized trauma".
Answer: Battered-child syndrome
●● CAPTA is the federal legislation dealing with child maltreatment in
the United States, stands for?
Answer: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
●● In 1601, the Elizabethan Poor Law sought to give some help to
families and children by dictating that relief must be offered to the
destitute. The poor were separated into three categories. Which category
is described here:
, "Those who were old had disabilities, or mothers, who were excused
from work and for whom aid was provided by the state"?
Answer: The impotent poor
●● This individual was a pediatric radiologist from Columbia University
who began to question a parent or caregiver's description of accidental
traumas when he found inconsistencies between the parent's or
caregiver's description of the child's injury. Specifically, this individual
noted these inconsistencies through the observation of subdural
hematomas and fractures of the long bones.
Answer: John Caffey
●● As a result of seeing an estimated 30,000 children living on city
streets who were begging, stealing and scavenging for food this
individual, was shocked to learn children were being incarcerated as
criminals. This individual started the New York Children's Aid Society
providing food, shelter, clothing and other services in an effort to
provide for the needs of the child and a chance at an education and/or
job.
Answer: Charles Loring Brace
●● CAPTA, the federal legislation, mandates all of the following
EXCEPT:
Answer: Self-Care programs for child protection service workers
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● Neglect must be considered as it relates to the
____________________________ of the child in question.
Answer: Developmental level
●● Child psychological maltreatment can be described as a(n)
_________________ of psychologically destructive behavior that may
include rejecting, isolating, terrorizing, ignoring, or corrupting
behaviors, on behalf of the caregiver.
Answer: Patterned Events
●● This type of neglect encompasses non-organic failure to thrive,
abandonment, and failure to meet a child's basic needs.
Answer: Physical neglect
●● According to Walsh and colleagues (2007) forensic medical
examinations are an important part of a comprehensive response to the
investigation of suspected child sexual abuse, both to ensure
__________________________ and to
_____________________________.
,Answer: appropriate care for the child; support legal decision-making
●● These members of the multidisciplinary team are trained individuals
who support and empower the child and the non-offending caregiver
who are identified as victims of a criminal act. These individuals can be
employed at a Children's Advocacy Center, a community-based
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault agency, and/or within the
prosecutor's office.
Answer: Victim Advocates
●● When a child is making a disclosure, it is important for people to
remember that disclosure is:
Answer: a process
●● This professional role on the multidisciplinary team is responsible
for:
conducting a crisis assessment and providing crisis intervention;
conducting a risk assessment and developing a safety plan;
providing referrals for additional services and supports for the family;
providing ongoing support and empowerment;
providing information and case updates;
providing court accompaniment, education, and support.
Answer: Victim Advocates
,●● It is during this phase when the interviewer may address the child's
socioemotional or other immediate needs, transition to a neutral topic,
not related to the alleged incident, and/or answer any questions the child
might have.
Answer: Closure Phase
●● In the 18th century, Jean - Jacque Rousseau theorized that children
were born as ______________ who were bequeathed a moral compass
of right and wrong. He identified children as having their own unique
way of feeling and thinking and that if not careful, parents could be
harmful rather than helpful to their child's development
Answer: noble savages
●● __________ refers to a condition in young children who had
apparently been victims of severe physical abuse at the hands of a parent
or foster parent. Often it was described as "unrecognized trauma".
Answer: Battered-child syndrome
●● CAPTA is the federal legislation dealing with child maltreatment in
the United States, stands for?
Answer: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
●● In 1601, the Elizabethan Poor Law sought to give some help to
families and children by dictating that relief must be offered to the
destitute. The poor were separated into three categories. Which category
is described here:
, "Those who were old had disabilities, or mothers, who were excused
from work and for whom aid was provided by the state"?
Answer: The impotent poor
●● This individual was a pediatric radiologist from Columbia University
who began to question a parent or caregiver's description of accidental
traumas when he found inconsistencies between the parent's or
caregiver's description of the child's injury. Specifically, this individual
noted these inconsistencies through the observation of subdural
hematomas and fractures of the long bones.
Answer: John Caffey
●● As a result of seeing an estimated 30,000 children living on city
streets who were begging, stealing and scavenging for food this
individual, was shocked to learn children were being incarcerated as
criminals. This individual started the New York Children's Aid Society
providing food, shelter, clothing and other services in an effort to
provide for the needs of the child and a chance at an education and/or
job.
Answer: Charles Loring Brace
●● CAPTA, the federal legislation, mandates all of the following
EXCEPT:
Answer: Self-Care programs for child protection service workers
