CAAN DCF Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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CAAN DCF Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers

Question: Three children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the
United States each


Ans: day


Question: How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual
situation


Ans: 1/3


Question: What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four
and younger?


Ans: child abuse and neglect


Question: On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United
States every:


Ans: 10 seconds


Question: Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to children.


Ans: False, most children are abused by people they know.

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Question: Child molesters get their sexual gratification only from children.


Ans: False, many child molesters also have sexual relationships with adults.


Question: The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when the
molesters are:


Ans: in their teens


Question: Which of the following actions can help stop child abuse and
neglect?
- Helping a stressed-out parent by baby-sitting, making a meal for their family,
or lending an understanding ear
- Learning the signs and symptoms of child abuse so you can recognize them
when you see the "red flags"
- Reporting known or suspected child abuse to the police or local child
protective services agency
- All of the above


Ans: all of the above


Question: When the caretaker has regularly failed to provide, or make
available, adequate food to the child, which can cause malnutrition over a long
period of time.


Ans: lack of adequate nutrition

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Question: Anything to a child's health or welfare that can occur when any
person:


a) inflicts, or allows to be inflicted, upon the child physical, mental, or
emotional injury;


b) commits, or allows to be committed, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious
acts against a child;


c) allows, encourages, or forces the sexual exploitation of a child;


d) exploits a child, or allows a child to be exploited;


e) abandons the child;


f) neglects the child;


g) exposes a child to a controlled substance or alcohol;


h) uses mechanical devices, unreasonable restraints, or extended periods of
isolation to control a child;


i) engages in violent behavior that demonstrates a wanton disregard for the
presence of a child and could reasonably result in serious injury to the child:


j) negligently fails to protect a child in his or her care from inflicted physical,
cognitive, or sexual injury caused by the acts of another;