DCF Health, Safety, and Nutrition Exam Questions and
Answers
1. What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment?: Clean
work and play area, proper hygiene practices, implementation and
routine practice of a writen health policy.
2. Why establish and follow a written health policy?: It is an
effective way of maintaining a safe and healthy child care
program.
3. How do you know if your program has a written policy?:
Ask your VPK
program director and it usually posted in various areas like sink,
kitchen, table
4. Why should policies be written?: 1. To ensure parents and
child care profes- sionals are aware of procedures 2 to make sure
everyone follows same rules.
5. How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)?: Check
for too much warmth or coldness.
6. How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)?: Check
for a bad smell or a change of smell.
,7. How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)?: Ask
child if they taste something funny
8. How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)?: Check
for breathing is it easy or ragged, etc.
9. How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)?: First
observation of seeing a child's appearance and check all areas
from head to toe.
10. The three A's of a healthy child are: Appetite, Appearance
and Activity
11. Appetite signs of a healthy child are: Can eat an appropriate
amount of food at meal times. Will Consume a variety of foods. Is
interested in eating? Appears content after meals/snacks.
12. Appearance signs of healthy child are: Has clear, bright
eyes, clear skin, age appriopiate muscles, gains steadily in
height/body weight
13. Activity signs of a healthy child are: Has plenty of energy
(not hyperactive), is alert, sleeps soundly and has few aches and
pains.
14. Emotional health of a healthy child are: a child who usually
reflects happy, cheerful feelings
,15. Social health of a healthy child are: a child who is friendly
most of the time, interacts with other children and enjoys quiet
activities that require concentration.
16. Menal health of a healthy child are: a child who is interested
in new experi- ences and is usally confident and adaptable.
17. Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a
child with special needs.: No
18. Can you give examples of short-term illness or
disability?: Ear infections vs. hearing loss; cold vs. asthma;
sprained ankle vs. foot deformity; distress over fight vs. depression
19. What can you do to know what is normal for a particular
child?: Ask the parents for signs of well-being and their child
normal displays.
20. Daily checks are a good way of:: preventing, identifing and
controlling illness in a child care environment.
21. Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is::
general mood (qui- et, irritable, drousy, restless), unusual behavior,
activity level, breathing difficulities, severe coughing, sneezing,
hoarseness.
22. Signs to observe in a daily health chec in Face and Body::
Skin color (flused, pale, dry, clammy, hot), unusual spots, raches,
, swelling or bruises, sores, discharge from nose, ears, eyes, red
look to eyes, irritated sensitive to light.
23. Signs to observe in a daily health check in general:: bowel
movements (change in color, oder, frequency), pain (screaming,
crying, head-rolling), skin marks (rashes, bruises, cuts)
24. Appetite: desire to eat
25. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom (AIDS): A virus
infection that renders the body incapable of fighting off the most
common diseases and is usually fatal. This is considered to be the
end stage of a HIV diagnosis.
26. Clean: To remove dirt, debris and germs by scrubbing and
washing with soap (or detergent) and water. The process does not
necessary kill germs, but lowers the risk of spreading infection.
27. Communiable Disease: Disease that can be spread from one
person to another.
28. Dehydration: Excessive water loss from the body or from an
organ or bodily part.
29. Disease: an illness
30. Disinfectant: To kill germs on surfaces or objects by using
chemicals to lower the risk of spreading infection
Answers
1. What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment?: Clean
work and play area, proper hygiene practices, implementation and
routine practice of a writen health policy.
2. Why establish and follow a written health policy?: It is an
effective way of maintaining a safe and healthy child care
program.
3. How do you know if your program has a written policy?:
Ask your VPK
program director and it usually posted in various areas like sink,
kitchen, table
4. Why should policies be written?: 1. To ensure parents and
child care profes- sionals are aware of procedures 2 to make sure
everyone follows same rules.
5. How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)?: Check
for too much warmth or coldness.
6. How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)?: Check
for a bad smell or a change of smell.
,7. How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)?: Ask
child if they taste something funny
8. How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)?: Check
for breathing is it easy or ragged, etc.
9. How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)?: First
observation of seeing a child's appearance and check all areas
from head to toe.
10. The three A's of a healthy child are: Appetite, Appearance
and Activity
11. Appetite signs of a healthy child are: Can eat an appropriate
amount of food at meal times. Will Consume a variety of foods. Is
interested in eating? Appears content after meals/snacks.
12. Appearance signs of healthy child are: Has clear, bright
eyes, clear skin, age appriopiate muscles, gains steadily in
height/body weight
13. Activity signs of a healthy child are: Has plenty of energy
(not hyperactive), is alert, sleeps soundly and has few aches and
pains.
14. Emotional health of a healthy child are: a child who usually
reflects happy, cheerful feelings
,15. Social health of a healthy child are: a child who is friendly
most of the time, interacts with other children and enjoys quiet
activities that require concentration.
16. Menal health of a healthy child are: a child who is interested
in new experi- ences and is usally confident and adaptable.
17. Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a
child with special needs.: No
18. Can you give examples of short-term illness or
disability?: Ear infections vs. hearing loss; cold vs. asthma;
sprained ankle vs. foot deformity; distress over fight vs. depression
19. What can you do to know what is normal for a particular
child?: Ask the parents for signs of well-being and their child
normal displays.
20. Daily checks are a good way of:: preventing, identifing and
controlling illness in a child care environment.
21. Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is::
general mood (qui- et, irritable, drousy, restless), unusual behavior,
activity level, breathing difficulities, severe coughing, sneezing,
hoarseness.
22. Signs to observe in a daily health chec in Face and Body::
Skin color (flused, pale, dry, clammy, hot), unusual spots, raches,
, swelling or bruises, sores, discharge from nose, ears, eyes, red
look to eyes, irritated sensitive to light.
23. Signs to observe in a daily health check in general:: bowel
movements (change in color, oder, frequency), pain (screaming,
crying, head-rolling), skin marks (rashes, bruises, cuts)
24. Appetite: desire to eat
25. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom (AIDS): A virus
infection that renders the body incapable of fighting off the most
common diseases and is usually fatal. This is considered to be the
end stage of a HIV diagnosis.
26. Clean: To remove dirt, debris and germs by scrubbing and
washing with soap (or detergent) and water. The process does not
necessary kill germs, but lowers the risk of spreading infection.
27. Communiable Disease: Disease that can be spread from one
person to another.
28. Dehydration: Excessive water loss from the body or from an
organ or bodily part.
29. Disease: an illness
30. Disinfectant: To kill germs on surfaces or objects by using
chemicals to lower the risk of spreading infection
