CMAS Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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Rule of Thumb - ✔✔mans right to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb
Proverbs 13:24 - ✔✔"He that Spareth the Rod..." if you don't discipline your child you're
doing a dis-service
Children/Father - ✔✔Children were property and responsibility of their fathers
Up until 1875 - ✔✔Era before organized child protection
1875-1962 - ✔✔Child protection through non-governmental societies
1962 - ✔✔Modern era, government sponsored child protective services. Battered Child
Syndrome, amendments identified CPS as part of public child welfare
1874 - ✔✔case of mary ellen wilson
Mary Ellen Wilson - ✔✔(1874), mother gave her up after father died, foster mother
whipped her and cut her with scissors. Neighbor reported it but police and court did
not do anything. Neighbor went to Henry Bergh, founder of ASPCA, and Bergh got his
lawyer to convince judge to remove Mary.
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, 1875 - ✔✔New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC)
New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children - ✔✔(1875) Founded by Henry
Bergh, who first founded ASPCA. Non-governmental charity to child protection
1974 - ✔✔Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) - ✔✔authorized federal funds to
improve states response to physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
Child Maltreatment by CAPTA - ✔✔harm standard, endangerment standard
Types of child maltreatment - ✔✔Physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect (physical,
educational, medical), psychological maltreatment
Child Abuse definition (in PA) - ✔✔intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing
bodily injury, mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, physical neglect, or death of a
child
Recent - ✔✔act or failure to act within 2 years
Perpetrator - ✔✔person who has committed child abuse
Legal age of consent for sexual activity in Pa - ✔✔16 years old
Maximum number of years between a child legally consenting to sex in Pa - ✔✔4 years
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100% Pass
Rule of Thumb - ✔✔mans right to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb
Proverbs 13:24 - ✔✔"He that Spareth the Rod..." if you don't discipline your child you're
doing a dis-service
Children/Father - ✔✔Children were property and responsibility of their fathers
Up until 1875 - ✔✔Era before organized child protection
1875-1962 - ✔✔Child protection through non-governmental societies
1962 - ✔✔Modern era, government sponsored child protective services. Battered Child
Syndrome, amendments identified CPS as part of public child welfare
1874 - ✔✔case of mary ellen wilson
Mary Ellen Wilson - ✔✔(1874), mother gave her up after father died, foster mother
whipped her and cut her with scissors. Neighbor reported it but police and court did
not do anything. Neighbor went to Henry Bergh, founder of ASPCA, and Bergh got his
lawyer to convince judge to remove Mary.
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, 1875 - ✔✔New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC)
New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children - ✔✔(1875) Founded by Henry
Bergh, who first founded ASPCA. Non-governmental charity to child protection
1974 - ✔✔Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) - ✔✔authorized federal funds to
improve states response to physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
Child Maltreatment by CAPTA - ✔✔harm standard, endangerment standard
Types of child maltreatment - ✔✔Physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect (physical,
educational, medical), psychological maltreatment
Child Abuse definition (in PA) - ✔✔intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing
bodily injury, mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, physical neglect, or death of a
child
Recent - ✔✔act or failure to act within 2 years
Perpetrator - ✔✔person who has committed child abuse
Legal age of consent for sexual activity in Pa - ✔✔16 years old
Maximum number of years between a child legally consenting to sex in Pa - ✔✔4 years
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