DCF CAAN PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
2026/2027
families and child-care programs - ANSWER-Child abuse and neglect occurs in all
socio-economic _________ as well as in ___________
moral and legal - ANSWER-You have not only a ____ obligation to intervene, you also
have a ____ obligation to report it.
day - ANSWER-Three children die of child abuse in a home in the US each _______?
1/3 - ANSWER-How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual
situation?
child abuse & neglect - ANSWER-What is the single, leading cause of death for children
ages 4 or younger?
10 seconds - ANSWER-On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US
every____?
False - ANSWER-True/False: Strangers pose greatest risk of sexual abuse to children?
False - ANSWER-True/False? Child molesters get their sexual gratification only from
children?
In their teens - ANSWER-Average age that child molesters first attack a child is when
they (the attackers) are?
a) Helping a stressed-out parent by baby-sitting, making a meal for their family or
lending an understanding ear.
b) Learning the signs and symptoms of child abuse so you can recognize them when
you see the "red flags."
c) Reporting known or suspected child abuse to the Florida Abuse Hotline, police, or
local child protective services agency.
d) all of the above - ANSWER-Which action can help stop child abuse & neglect?
Child - ANSWER-Any person under the age of 18 years.
Child abuse - ANSWER-Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the
intellectual or
psychological capacity of a child by the parent, adult household member, or other
person
, responsible for the child's welfare.
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.
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.
Verbal Abuse - ANSWER-A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling,
shaming, belittling
and/or teasing of a child.
Institutional Abuse or Neglect - ANSWER-Situations of known or suspected child abuse
or neglect
that occurs at a private school, public or private child care center, residential home,
institution, facility, or agency where the alleged perpetrator is an employee or any other
person at such institution responsible for the child's care.
Neglect - ANSWER-Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or
needed supervision.
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.
Harm - ANSWER-Harm to a child's health or welfare can occur when any person:
a) inflicts, or allows to be inflicted, upon the child physical, mental, or emotional injury;
b) commits, or allows to be committed, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious acts against
a child;
c) allows, encourages, or forces the sexual exploitation of a child;
d) exploits a child, or allows a child to be exploited;
e) abandons a child;
f) neglects a child;
g) exposes a child to a controlled substance or alcohol;
h) uses mechanical devices, unreasonable restraints, or extended periods of isolation to
control a child;
i) engages in violent behavior that demonstrates a wanton disregard for the presence of
a
child and could reasonably result in serious injury to the child;
j) negligently fails to protect a child in his or her care from inflicted physical, mental, or
sexual injury caused by the acts of another;
k) has allowed a child's sibling to die as a result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
2026/2027
families and child-care programs - ANSWER-Child abuse and neglect occurs in all
socio-economic _________ as well as in ___________
moral and legal - ANSWER-You have not only a ____ obligation to intervene, you also
have a ____ obligation to report it.
day - ANSWER-Three children die of child abuse in a home in the US each _______?
1/3 - ANSWER-How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual
situation?
child abuse & neglect - ANSWER-What is the single, leading cause of death for children
ages 4 or younger?
10 seconds - ANSWER-On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US
every____?
False - ANSWER-True/False: Strangers pose greatest risk of sexual abuse to children?
False - ANSWER-True/False? Child molesters get their sexual gratification only from
children?
In their teens - ANSWER-Average age that child molesters first attack a child is when
they (the attackers) are?
a) Helping a stressed-out parent by baby-sitting, making a meal for their family or
lending an understanding ear.
b) Learning the signs and symptoms of child abuse so you can recognize them when
you see the "red flags."
c) Reporting known or suspected child abuse to the Florida Abuse Hotline, police, or
local child protective services agency.
d) all of the above - ANSWER-Which action can help stop child abuse & neglect?
Child - ANSWER-Any person under the age of 18 years.
Child abuse - ANSWER-Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the
intellectual or
psychological capacity of a child by the parent, adult household member, or other
person
, responsible for the child's welfare.
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.
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.
Verbal Abuse - ANSWER-A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling,
shaming, belittling
and/or teasing of a child.
Institutional Abuse or Neglect - ANSWER-Situations of known or suspected child abuse
or neglect
that occurs at a private school, public or private child care center, residential home,
institution, facility, or agency where the alleged perpetrator is an employee or any other
person at such institution responsible for the child's care.
Neglect - ANSWER-Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or
needed supervision.
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.
Harm - ANSWER-Harm to a child's health or welfare can occur when any person:
a) inflicts, or allows to be inflicted, upon the child physical, mental, or emotional injury;
b) commits, or allows to be committed, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious acts against
a child;
c) allows, encourages, or forces the sexual exploitation of a child;
d) exploits a child, or allows a child to be exploited;
e) abandons a child;
f) neglects a child;
g) exposes a child to a controlled substance or alcohol;
h) uses mechanical devices, unreasonable restraints, or extended periods of isolation to
control a child;
i) engages in violent behavior that demonstrates a wanton disregard for the presence of
a
child and could reasonably result in serious injury to the child;
j) negligently fails to protect a child in his or her care from inflicted physical, mental, or
sexual injury caused by the acts of another;
k) has allowed a child's sibling to die as a result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
