D - Answers 5-1 At what age would a child be expected to remember a string of six numbers and repeat
them
backward?
A. 3 years
B. 6 years
C. 9 years
D. 12 years
C - Answers 5-2 The diet of a healthy nondiabetic older adult
female is based on which guidelines?
A. Energy needs are 2,500 - 3,000 kcal/day.
B. 5 - 10% of calories should come from fats,
especially monounsaturated fats.
C. 20 - 30% of calories should come from protein sources.
D. Calcium requirements decrease after age 70.
A - Answers 5-3 Nine-year-old Mark is a highly active child with limited self-control. He is easily
distracted
and has difficulty staying on task and working toward a goal. You determine that he should have
a neurodevelopmental evaluation because he is showing signs of
A. ADHD.
B. dyslexia.
C. autism.
D. impaired hearing.
A - Answers 5-4 Developmental tasks of early adulthood (ages 20 - 45) include which of the following?
A. Psychological separation from parents and developing a capacity for intimacy with a partner
B. Starting a family
,C. Achieving desired performance in a career
D. Graduating from college or a vocational school
A - Answers 5-5 Cyndy is 5 years old and cannot understand how the half-cup of vegetables on her plate
is the same amount as the half-cup of vegetables in the
saucepan. According to Piaget, she is at which stage of cognitive development?
A. Preoperational
B. Sensorimotor
C. Formal operations
D. Concrete operations
A - Answers 5-6 What is the first male secondary sexual
characteristic to emerge?
A. Testicular enlargement
B. Growth of axillary and pubic hair
C. Growth of facial and chest hair
D. Deepening of the voice
D - Answers 5-7 Which theory of aging focuses on older adults' development of specific strategies to
manage losses of function over time?
A. Disengagement theory
B. Activity/developmental task theory
C. Person-environment fit theory
D. Selective optimization with compensation theory
A - Answers 5-8 A 2-year-old is brought to the clinic for his annual exam. His mother tells you that he can
speak approximately 5 - 10 single words but that she can understand what the child is saying only 25%
of the time. To make his needs known, he typically resorts to gesturing rather than trying to use words.
He appears to understand half of her commands. The child does not live in a bilingual household. Which
steps are indicated?
A. Conduct an ear examination with pneumatic otoscopy and refer to audiology/speech clinic for
,evaluation.
B. After a normal ear examination with a pneumatic otoscopy, reevaluate the child in 6 months.
C. Treat with an antibiotic for presumptive chronic otitis media with effusion.
D. Give the child an articulation screening examination.
C - Answers 5-9 Fine motor coordination improves during the middle childhood years. A person ' s ability
to manipulate objects reaches adult capacity by which age?
A. 6 years
B. 9 years
C. 12 years
D. 21 years
B - Answers 5-10 As people age, they try to maintain previous lifestyles that have contributed to their
personalities. This is an example of
A. activity theory.
B. continuity theory.
C. disengagement theory.
D. age stratification theory.
C - Answers 5-11 Sleep in older adults is characterized by which pattern?
A. Increased time spent in REM sleep
B. Increased overall sleep time
C. Increased sleep latency
D. Increased proportion of deep sleep
C - Answers 5-12 What is the term used when the last child leaves home, either for school or to move
out on his
or her own?
A. Longed-for freedom
B. Silent guilt
, C. Empty nest
D. Abandonment
A - Answers 5-13 Adolescent thinking is egocentric, and adolescents sometimes perceive that they are
the focus of everyone else ' s attention. This has been
called the
A. imaginary audience.
B. personal fable.
C. invulnerable self.
D. ego ideal.
B - Answers 5-14 While assessing the skin of an infant, you note café-au-lait spots. Which disease should
be ruled out?
A. Tuberous sclerosis
B. Neurofibromatosis
C. Sturge-Weber syndrome
D. Fetal alcohol syndrome
C - Answers 5-15 At what age does a child usually develop the
ability to mentally reverse actions that have been
completed?
A. 2 years
B. 4 years
C. 6 years
D. 10 years
D - Answers 5-16 Delayed development can be the result of malnutrition from a deficiency of protein,
calories, or both. This is referred to as protein energy malnutrition,
kwashiorkor, or
A. protein-wasting disease.
B. hypermetabolic disease.