CLC Exam Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: The International Code
Answer: addresses improper marketing practices ex hospital giving out discharge packages with formula
Question 2: Milking Stool- 3 legs
Answer: Protect, promote & Support-want all to be equal
Question 3: Levels of evidence based pyramid
Answer: top - bottom: 1.Metanalysis &systemic reviews 2. Single randomized controlled studies 3. Cohort
studies 4. Case Controlled Studies 5. Case Studies
Question 4: When is greatest risk of stopping breastfeeding?
Answer: 3-7 days (after going home from hospital)
Question 5: Top reasons people stop breastfeeding
Answer: baby won't latch, breast pain/soreness, work/school
Question 6: Russ Labs Marketing Survey
Answer: survey 1965-2001 formula company tracking breastfeeding goals
Question 7: Races in Order most likely to BF
Answer: spanish speaking-hispanic, white, hispanic, black
Question 8: Global Strategy for Infant and young feeding
Answer: WHO and UNICEF developed this global strategy to focus world attention on impact of feeding
practices on the nutritional status, growth, development and health and thus the survival of infants and
young children.
Question 9: World Breastfeeding trends innitive
Answer: help track how they are doing on global outcomes
Question 10: innocenti ospitale -florence
Answer: BF orphan babies increased rate of survival-today UNICEF child resource nutrition center
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,Question 11: path of messages to make milk
Answer: message to breast-to nervous system -to brainto hormones to travel to breastthen to blood stream
Question 12: what cells make milk
Answer: alveolar cells
Question 13: alveolar cells are what? what are they surrounded by
Answer: layer of cells with milk inside, surrounded by myoepitheal cells
Question 14: Myoepitheal cells will contract when what hits them
Answer: oxytocin
Question 15: Are the ducts in breast evenly spaced?
Answer: No varies woman to woman
Question 16: How many nipple pores each breast?
Answer: 3-5
Question 17: Milk is ____ &_____ from sebaceous gland
Answer: antimicrobial and sticky
Question 18: what are the two major hormone of lactation? Where are they secreted from?
Answer: oxytocin and prolactin, pituitary gland
Question 19: Prolactin is the hormone responsible for?
Answer: Milk production
Question 20: What is the passage of prolactin being produced
Answer: baby sucklesmessage to nervous system tells brain to secrete prolacin in bloodthen tranverse into
mother body into milk cells where milk is produced
Question 21: When doe humans have prolactin in them
Answer: all the time (non pregnant, non lactating breast and nipples increase level of prolactin when
touched)
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, Question 22: Prolactin levels go _____ in between nursing and _____ during nursing.
Answer: down, rise
Question 23: _______ nursing leads to lower levels of prolactin and less rise with same amount of
contact.
Answer: infrequent
Question 24: If infants do no have frequent times at breast first few days prolactin will be _____ and
sites will ____ be primed and receptor sites will start to ______ _______.
Answer: low, not, start shutting down
Question 25: What is in receptor site during pregnancy?
Answer: Progesterone
Question 26: When placenta leaves the body, the body responds by pushing ______ out of the receptor
sites?
Answer: progesterone
Question 27: When placenta is pushed out of body, progesterone leaves the receptor sites and they are
open briefly, what goes inside to set site for lactation?
Answer: Prolactin
Question 28: If prolactin is not set during first few hours after birth-
Answer: there will be fewer sites and cause issues with milk supply
Question 29: Ongoing milk supply is associated with suckling within first ______ hours after birth
Answer: 2
Question 30: For mothers with preemies initation of milk expression before _______ hours resulted in
significantly more milk by day 7
Answer: one
Question 31: What hormone T3, T4, T5
Answer: Oxytocin
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Question 1: The International Code
Answer: addresses improper marketing practices ex hospital giving out discharge packages with formula
Question 2: Milking Stool- 3 legs
Answer: Protect, promote & Support-want all to be equal
Question 3: Levels of evidence based pyramid
Answer: top - bottom: 1.Metanalysis &systemic reviews 2. Single randomized controlled studies 3. Cohort
studies 4. Case Controlled Studies 5. Case Studies
Question 4: When is greatest risk of stopping breastfeeding?
Answer: 3-7 days (after going home from hospital)
Question 5: Top reasons people stop breastfeeding
Answer: baby won't latch, breast pain/soreness, work/school
Question 6: Russ Labs Marketing Survey
Answer: survey 1965-2001 formula company tracking breastfeeding goals
Question 7: Races in Order most likely to BF
Answer: spanish speaking-hispanic, white, hispanic, black
Question 8: Global Strategy for Infant and young feeding
Answer: WHO and UNICEF developed this global strategy to focus world attention on impact of feeding
practices on the nutritional status, growth, development and health and thus the survival of infants and
young children.
Question 9: World Breastfeeding trends innitive
Answer: help track how they are doing on global outcomes
Question 10: innocenti ospitale -florence
Answer: BF orphan babies increased rate of survival-today UNICEF child resource nutrition center
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,Question 11: path of messages to make milk
Answer: message to breast-to nervous system -to brainto hormones to travel to breastthen to blood stream
Question 12: what cells make milk
Answer: alveolar cells
Question 13: alveolar cells are what? what are they surrounded by
Answer: layer of cells with milk inside, surrounded by myoepitheal cells
Question 14: Myoepitheal cells will contract when what hits them
Answer: oxytocin
Question 15: Are the ducts in breast evenly spaced?
Answer: No varies woman to woman
Question 16: How many nipple pores each breast?
Answer: 3-5
Question 17: Milk is ____ &_____ from sebaceous gland
Answer: antimicrobial and sticky
Question 18: what are the two major hormone of lactation? Where are they secreted from?
Answer: oxytocin and prolactin, pituitary gland
Question 19: Prolactin is the hormone responsible for?
Answer: Milk production
Question 20: What is the passage of prolactin being produced
Answer: baby sucklesmessage to nervous system tells brain to secrete prolacin in bloodthen tranverse into
mother body into milk cells where milk is produced
Question 21: When doe humans have prolactin in them
Answer: all the time (non pregnant, non lactating breast and nipples increase level of prolactin when
touched)
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, Question 22: Prolactin levels go _____ in between nursing and _____ during nursing.
Answer: down, rise
Question 23: _______ nursing leads to lower levels of prolactin and less rise with same amount of
contact.
Answer: infrequent
Question 24: If infants do no have frequent times at breast first few days prolactin will be _____ and
sites will ____ be primed and receptor sites will start to ______ _______.
Answer: low, not, start shutting down
Question 25: What is in receptor site during pregnancy?
Answer: Progesterone
Question 26: When placenta leaves the body, the body responds by pushing ______ out of the receptor
sites?
Answer: progesterone
Question 27: When placenta is pushed out of body, progesterone leaves the receptor sites and they are
open briefly, what goes inside to set site for lactation?
Answer: Prolactin
Question 28: If prolactin is not set during first few hours after birth-
Answer: there will be fewer sites and cause issues with milk supply
Question 29: Ongoing milk supply is associated with suckling within first ______ hours after birth
Answer: 2
Question 30: For mothers with preemies initation of milk expression before _______ hours resulted in
significantly more milk by day 7
Answer: one
Question 31: What hormone T3, T4, T5
Answer: Oxytocin
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