DCF Health, Safety, and Nutrition- Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2024-2025 (Rated A+)
What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment? - Answers Clean work and play area, proper hygiene
practices, implementation and routine practice of a writen health policy.
Why establish and follow a written health policy? - Answers It is an effective way of maintaining a safe
and healthy child care program.
How do you know if your program has a written policy? - Answers Ask your VPK program director and it
usually posted in various areas like sink, kitchen, table
Why should policies be written? - Answers 1. To ensure parents and child care professionals are aware
of procedures 2 to make sure everyone follows same rules.
How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)? - Answers Check for too much warmth or coldness.
How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)? - Answers Check for a bad smell or a change of smell.
How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)? - Answers Ask child if they taste something funny
How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)? - Answers Check for breathing is it easy or ragged,
etc.
How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)? - Answers First observation of seeing a child's
appearance and check all areas from head to toe.
The three A's of a healthy child are - Answers Appetite, Appearance and Activity
Appetite signs of a healthy child are - Answers 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.
Appearance signs of healthy child are - Answers Has clear, bright eyes, clear skin, age appriopiate
muscles, gains steadily in height/body weight
Activity signs of a healthy child are - Answers Has plenty of energy (not hyperactive), is alert, sleeps
soundly and has few aches and pains.
Emotional health of a healthy child are - Answers a child who usually reflects happy, cheerful feelings
Social health of a healthy child are - Answers a child who is friendly most of the time, interacts with
other children and enjoys quiet activities that require concentration.
Menal health of a healthy child are - Answers a child who is interested in new experiences and is usally
confident and adaptable.
Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a child with special needs. - Answers No
, Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability? - Answers Ear infections vs. hearing loss; cold
vs. asthma; sprained ankle vs. foot deformity; distress over fight vs. depression
What can you do to know what is normal for a particular child? - Answers Ask the parents for signs of
well-being and their child normal displays.
Daily checks are a good way of: - Answers preventing, identifing and controlling illness in a child care
environment.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is: - Answers general mood (quiet, irritable, drousy,
restless), unusual behavior, activity level, breathing difficulities, severe coughing, sneezing, hoarseness.
Signs to observe in a daily health chec in Face and Body: - Answers 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.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in general: - Answers bowel movements (change in color, oder,
frequency), pain (screaming, crying, head-rolling), skin marks (rashes, bruises, cuts)
Appetite - Answers desire to eat
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom (AIDS) - Answers 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.
Clean - Answers 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.
Communiable Disease - Answers Disease that can be spread from one person to another.
Dehydration - Answers Excessive water loss from the body or from an organ or bodily part.
Disease - Answers an illness
Disinfectant - Answers To kill germs on surfaces or objects by using chemicals to lower the risk of
spreading infection
DTP - Answers A vaccine for three diseases: diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw) and pertussis (whooping
cough)
Evacuation Plan - Answers Procedures for getting children and staff out of the building; applied during
the fire drills and any other emergency situation.
Health - Answers The total well being of the physical body (including the emotions, the mind and the
spirit) and the absence of disease or other abnormal condition.
What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment? - Answers Clean work and play area, proper hygiene
practices, implementation and routine practice of a writen health policy.
Why establish and follow a written health policy? - Answers It is an effective way of maintaining a safe
and healthy child care program.
How do you know if your program has a written policy? - Answers Ask your VPK program director and it
usually posted in various areas like sink, kitchen, table
Why should policies be written? - Answers 1. To ensure parents and child care professionals are aware
of procedures 2 to make sure everyone follows same rules.
How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)? - Answers Check for too much warmth or coldness.
How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)? - Answers Check for a bad smell or a change of smell.
How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)? - Answers Ask child if they taste something funny
How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)? - Answers Check for breathing is it easy or ragged,
etc.
How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)? - Answers First observation of seeing a child's
appearance and check all areas from head to toe.
The three A's of a healthy child are - Answers Appetite, Appearance and Activity
Appetite signs of a healthy child are - Answers 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.
Appearance signs of healthy child are - Answers Has clear, bright eyes, clear skin, age appriopiate
muscles, gains steadily in height/body weight
Activity signs of a healthy child are - Answers Has plenty of energy (not hyperactive), is alert, sleeps
soundly and has few aches and pains.
Emotional health of a healthy child are - Answers a child who usually reflects happy, cheerful feelings
Social health of a healthy child are - Answers a child who is friendly most of the time, interacts with
other children and enjoys quiet activities that require concentration.
Menal health of a healthy child are - Answers a child who is interested in new experiences and is usally
confident and adaptable.
Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a child with special needs. - Answers No
, Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability? - Answers Ear infections vs. hearing loss; cold
vs. asthma; sprained ankle vs. foot deformity; distress over fight vs. depression
What can you do to know what is normal for a particular child? - Answers Ask the parents for signs of
well-being and their child normal displays.
Daily checks are a good way of: - Answers preventing, identifing and controlling illness in a child care
environment.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is: - Answers general mood (quiet, irritable, drousy,
restless), unusual behavior, activity level, breathing difficulities, severe coughing, sneezing, hoarseness.
Signs to observe in a daily health chec in Face and Body: - Answers 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.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in general: - Answers bowel movements (change in color, oder,
frequency), pain (screaming, crying, head-rolling), skin marks (rashes, bruises, cuts)
Appetite - Answers desire to eat
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom (AIDS) - Answers 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.
Clean - Answers 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.
Communiable Disease - Answers Disease that can be spread from one person to another.
Dehydration - Answers Excessive water loss from the body or from an organ or bodily part.
Disease - Answers an illness
Disinfectant - Answers To kill germs on surfaces or objects by using chemicals to lower the risk of
spreading infection
DTP - Answers A vaccine for three diseases: diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw) and pertussis (whooping
cough)
Evacuation Plan - Answers Procedures for getting children and staff out of the building; applied during
the fire drills and any other emergency situation.
Health - Answers The total well being of the physical body (including the emotions, the mind and the
spirit) and the absence of disease or other abnormal condition.
