ACLP PRACTICE TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
The child life specialist and pharmacist works collaboratively, integrating knowledge to create a cohesive
medicine plan that supports the unique needs of a toddler patient. Which of the following team models
represents the co-treatment represented here:
Hierarchy team model
Multidisciplinary team model
Intradisciplinary team model
Interdisciplinary team model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Interdisciplinary team model
A child life specialist receives a request from an adolescent patient to make a social media video with
her. How should the child life specialist respond?
- The child life specialist actively participates in the social media video with the patient.
- The child life specialist discusses with the patient how making a video may be one form of self-
expression and encourages the patient to consider what personal information they may or may not
want to share.
- The child life specialist supports the patient in making the video and then reposts the patient's social
media video to their personal account.
- The child life specialist declines making the video as they must maintain a clinical relationship. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The child life specialist discusses with the patient how making a video may
be one form of self-expression and encourages the patient to consider what personal information they
may or may not want to share.
A newly diagnosed adolescent patient requires a complex treatment plan. The child life specialist asks
the patient which information to best support the unique cultural preferences in decision making of
care? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Preference of patient's elders options in care
A patient's caregiver discloses multiple family stressors to the child life specialist. Which of the following
theories would a child life specialist consider when assessing this family's potential stressors and
challenges?
,Ecological systems theory
Attachment theory
Behaviorism theory
Family systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Family systems theory
When a child life specialist exhibits an unprofessional emotional response towards a patient due to the
patient's behavior, attitude or demeanor this is an example of:
Overreaction
Annoyance
Countertransference
Transference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Countertransference
(Sigmund Freud)
An 18-month-old child has been left alone in their hospital room as their caregiver leaves for the first
time. The child is crying, inconsolable, and continues to look towards the door. According to Bowlby, this
initial stage of separation is also called:
Despair
Denial
Protest
Detachment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Protest
A child that copes with a procedure by ignoring the details and acting as if nothing is happening may be
characterized as a(n):
Sensitizer
,Avoider
Looker
Distractor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Avoider
When making an initial assessment, the child life specialist asks a family about their values, norms,
traditions, and customs. The child life specialist is exploring the family's:
Nationality
Race
Religion
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Culture
A child life specialist uses Piaget's development theory in their assessment of a 3 year-old patient. Which
of the following is not developmentally appropriate for a typically developing 3 year-old according to
Piaget's developmental theory?
An ability to hold or recall images
An increasing use of symbolism
An understanding of the meaning of series of actions
A highly egocentric perception of the world - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An understanding of the
meaning of series of actions
A child life specialist applies scaffolding techniques to help a 7 year-old patient learn about their new
complex medical diagnosis and as a result, the patient is able to verbalize a deeper level of
understanding, exceeding what they would otherwise be able to achieve on their own. This is an
example of applying which developmental theory?
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognitive development
, Erikson's psychosocial development theory
Piaget's cognitive development theory
Bowlby's attachment theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognitive
development
The outward expression of grief is defined as:
Bereavement
Sadness
Mourning
Crying - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Mourning
A child life specialist advocates for family presence and prepares play materials for siblings during a
patient's end-of-life care in the hospital. The child life specialist is providing which type of intervention?:
Psychological preparation
Distraction
Art therapy
Support interventions for loss/grief - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Support interventions for loss/grief
A typically developing 3-year-old has been hospitalized for several weeks following an injury. Which of
the following types of play would be the most appropriate for a child life specialist to provide for this
patient?
Competitive play with board games
ANSWERS
The child life specialist and pharmacist works collaboratively, integrating knowledge to create a cohesive
medicine plan that supports the unique needs of a toddler patient. Which of the following team models
represents the co-treatment represented here:
Hierarchy team model
Multidisciplinary team model
Intradisciplinary team model
Interdisciplinary team model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Interdisciplinary team model
A child life specialist receives a request from an adolescent patient to make a social media video with
her. How should the child life specialist respond?
- The child life specialist actively participates in the social media video with the patient.
- The child life specialist discusses with the patient how making a video may be one form of self-
expression and encourages the patient to consider what personal information they may or may not
want to share.
- The child life specialist supports the patient in making the video and then reposts the patient's social
media video to their personal account.
- The child life specialist declines making the video as they must maintain a clinical relationship. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The child life specialist discusses with the patient how making a video may
be one form of self-expression and encourages the patient to consider what personal information they
may or may not want to share.
A newly diagnosed adolescent patient requires a complex treatment plan. The child life specialist asks
the patient which information to best support the unique cultural preferences in decision making of
care? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Preference of patient's elders options in care
A patient's caregiver discloses multiple family stressors to the child life specialist. Which of the following
theories would a child life specialist consider when assessing this family's potential stressors and
challenges?
,Ecological systems theory
Attachment theory
Behaviorism theory
Family systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Family systems theory
When a child life specialist exhibits an unprofessional emotional response towards a patient due to the
patient's behavior, attitude or demeanor this is an example of:
Overreaction
Annoyance
Countertransference
Transference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Countertransference
(Sigmund Freud)
An 18-month-old child has been left alone in their hospital room as their caregiver leaves for the first
time. The child is crying, inconsolable, and continues to look towards the door. According to Bowlby, this
initial stage of separation is also called:
Despair
Denial
Protest
Detachment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Protest
A child that copes with a procedure by ignoring the details and acting as if nothing is happening may be
characterized as a(n):
Sensitizer
,Avoider
Looker
Distractor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Avoider
When making an initial assessment, the child life specialist asks a family about their values, norms,
traditions, and customs. The child life specialist is exploring the family's:
Nationality
Race
Religion
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Culture
A child life specialist uses Piaget's development theory in their assessment of a 3 year-old patient. Which
of the following is not developmentally appropriate for a typically developing 3 year-old according to
Piaget's developmental theory?
An ability to hold or recall images
An increasing use of symbolism
An understanding of the meaning of series of actions
A highly egocentric perception of the world - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An understanding of the
meaning of series of actions
A child life specialist applies scaffolding techniques to help a 7 year-old patient learn about their new
complex medical diagnosis and as a result, the patient is able to verbalize a deeper level of
understanding, exceeding what they would otherwise be able to achieve on their own. This is an
example of applying which developmental theory?
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognitive development
, Erikson's psychosocial development theory
Piaget's cognitive development theory
Bowlby's attachment theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognitive
development
The outward expression of grief is defined as:
Bereavement
Sadness
Mourning
Crying - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Mourning
A child life specialist advocates for family presence and prepares play materials for siblings during a
patient's end-of-life care in the hospital. The child life specialist is providing which type of intervention?:
Psychological preparation
Distraction
Art therapy
Support interventions for loss/grief - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Support interventions for loss/grief
A typically developing 3-year-old has been hospitalized for several weeks following an injury. Which of
the following types of play would be the most appropriate for a child life specialist to provide for this
patient?
Competitive play with board games
