Chapter 24: Lifespan Development
Cooper: Foundation of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse tells a mother that the blueprint for all inherited traits, such as height, is found in
which of the following?
a. Sperm
b. Ovary
c. Chromosomes
d. Nucleus of the cell
ANS: C
The blueprint for all inherited traits is found in the chromosomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 697 OBJ: 4
TOP: Growth KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse discovers during the intake assessment of a 5-year-old child that the child lives with
his biological parents and siblings. How would the nurse categorize this family type?
a. Extended family
b. Blended family
c. Social family
d. Nuclear family
ANS: D
The nuclear family is considered the traditional family pattern.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 698 OBJ: 4
TOP: Family KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. A newborn baby weighs 7 lb at birth. What does the nurse anticipate the baby’s weight will be
at 1 year of age?
a. 14 lb
b. 17 lb
c. 21 lb
d. 25 lb
ANS: C
By 1 year, birth weight is expected to triple. Thus, the weight at 1 year would be 7 lb times
three, which would equal 21 lb.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 704 OBJ: 4
TOP: Growth KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. The mother of a 5-month-old child is concerned because the child cannot sit by himself. The
nurse explains that sitting alone is not expected until the baby reaches what age?
a. 6 months
, b. 7 months
c. 8 months
d. 9 months
ANS: B
By the end of the seventh month, most babies can sit up without support.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 705 OBJ: 4
TOP: Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. A young mother asks the nurse how long she should wait before introducing solid food to her
infant. The nurse explains that breast milk will provide all the nutrition her infant needs for
how many months?
a. 2 to 3 months
b. 4 to 6 months
c. 7 to 9 months
d. 10 to 12 months
ANS: B
Breast milk or formula is the only nutrition needed for the first 4 to 6 months of an infant’s
life.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 707 OBJ: 4
TOP: Nutrition KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. When a mother asks the nurse about introducing solid foods into the child’s diet, which of the
following would be the best answer?
a. “Introduce meat first.”
b. “Introduce one solid food at a time several days apart.”
c. “Introduce solid foods by mixing two or three foods together.”
d. “Introduce solid foods by adding strained food to the infant’s bottle.”
ANS: B
The best advice is to introduce one solid at a time, allowing several days between. Cereals
should be introduced first, followed by fruits and vegetables. Meats should be introduced last.
Avoid mixing foods to allow the infant to develop an interest in different tastes. Strained foods
should not be added to a bottle.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 707 OBJ: 4
TOP: Nutrition KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
7. A baby’s muscular development progresses in what type of pattern?
a. Regressive
b. Erratic
c. Cephalocaudal
d. Unpredictable
ANS: C
Muscular development proceeds from head to foot (cephalocaudal).
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 697 OBJ: 4
TOP: Growth KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
8. At what age does a child typically possess the physiologic, neuromuscular, and psychological
maturity necessary to master toilet training?
a. 6 to 10 months
b. 10 to 14 months
c. 14 to 18 months
d. 18 to 24 months
ANS: D
Children reach psychological and physiologic maturity for toilet training by 18 to 24 months.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 709 OBJ: 5
TOP: Toilet training KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
9. How can a family best assist a toddler who is attempting to feed himself?
a. Encourage the child to use a fork.
b. Feed the child themselves using a fork.
c. Encourage large portions for easier handling.
d. Offer the child finger foods.
ANS: D
Toddlers need to develop autonomy and do things for themselves in a trial-and-error method.
Finger foods allow the child a feeling of independence.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 710 OBJ: 5
TOP: Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
10. A 5-year-old who has an imaginary friend with whom he converses frequently is displaying
characteristics consistent with which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?
a. Operational stage
b. Preoperational stage
c. Formal operations stage
d. Concrete operations stage
ANS: B
Piaget’s preoperational stage describes the preschooler as imaginative and egocentric,
believing in magical thinking.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 713 OBJ: 3
TOP: Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
11. A 14-year-old male patient has undergone a leg amputation. What should be the primary focus
of the patient’s care plan?
a. Nutritional status
b. Academic progress
Cooper: Foundation of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse tells a mother that the blueprint for all inherited traits, such as height, is found in
which of the following?
a. Sperm
b. Ovary
c. Chromosomes
d. Nucleus of the cell
ANS: C
The blueprint for all inherited traits is found in the chromosomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 697 OBJ: 4
TOP: Growth KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse discovers during the intake assessment of a 5-year-old child that the child lives with
his biological parents and siblings. How would the nurse categorize this family type?
a. Extended family
b. Blended family
c. Social family
d. Nuclear family
ANS: D
The nuclear family is considered the traditional family pattern.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 698 OBJ: 4
TOP: Family KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. A newborn baby weighs 7 lb at birth. What does the nurse anticipate the baby’s weight will be
at 1 year of age?
a. 14 lb
b. 17 lb
c. 21 lb
d. 25 lb
ANS: C
By 1 year, birth weight is expected to triple. Thus, the weight at 1 year would be 7 lb times
three, which would equal 21 lb.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 704 OBJ: 4
TOP: Growth KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. The mother of a 5-month-old child is concerned because the child cannot sit by himself. The
nurse explains that sitting alone is not expected until the baby reaches what age?
a. 6 months
, b. 7 months
c. 8 months
d. 9 months
ANS: B
By the end of the seventh month, most babies can sit up without support.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 705 OBJ: 4
TOP: Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. A young mother asks the nurse how long she should wait before introducing solid food to her
infant. The nurse explains that breast milk will provide all the nutrition her infant needs for
how many months?
a. 2 to 3 months
b. 4 to 6 months
c. 7 to 9 months
d. 10 to 12 months
ANS: B
Breast milk or formula is the only nutrition needed for the first 4 to 6 months of an infant’s
life.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 707 OBJ: 4
TOP: Nutrition KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. When a mother asks the nurse about introducing solid foods into the child’s diet, which of the
following would be the best answer?
a. “Introduce meat first.”
b. “Introduce one solid food at a time several days apart.”
c. “Introduce solid foods by mixing two or three foods together.”
d. “Introduce solid foods by adding strained food to the infant’s bottle.”
ANS: B
The best advice is to introduce one solid at a time, allowing several days between. Cereals
should be introduced first, followed by fruits and vegetables. Meats should be introduced last.
Avoid mixing foods to allow the infant to develop an interest in different tastes. Strained foods
should not be added to a bottle.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 707 OBJ: 4
TOP: Nutrition KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
7. A baby’s muscular development progresses in what type of pattern?
a. Regressive
b. Erratic
c. Cephalocaudal
d. Unpredictable
ANS: C
Muscular development proceeds from head to foot (cephalocaudal).
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 697 OBJ: 4
TOP: Growth KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
8. At what age does a child typically possess the physiologic, neuromuscular, and psychological
maturity necessary to master toilet training?
a. 6 to 10 months
b. 10 to 14 months
c. 14 to 18 months
d. 18 to 24 months
ANS: D
Children reach psychological and physiologic maturity for toilet training by 18 to 24 months.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 709 OBJ: 5
TOP: Toilet training KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
9. How can a family best assist a toddler who is attempting to feed himself?
a. Encourage the child to use a fork.
b. Feed the child themselves using a fork.
c. Encourage large portions for easier handling.
d. Offer the child finger foods.
ANS: D
Toddlers need to develop autonomy and do things for themselves in a trial-and-error method.
Finger foods allow the child a feeling of independence.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 710 OBJ: 5
TOP: Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
10. A 5-year-old who has an imaginary friend with whom he converses frequently is displaying
characteristics consistent with which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?
a. Operational stage
b. Preoperational stage
c. Formal operations stage
d. Concrete operations stage
ANS: B
Piaget’s preoperational stage describes the preschooler as imaginative and egocentric,
believing in magical thinking.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 713 OBJ: 3
TOP: Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
11. A 14-year-old male patient has undergone a leg amputation. What should be the primary focus
of the patient’s care plan?
a. Nutritional status
b. Academic progress
