DCF Health And Nutrition
ACTUAL DCF Certification Test - Health,
Safety & Nutrition 200 Questions With
Correct Answers
What are some other responsibilities for adults are meal time? - ANS ✔✔ - Plan, prepare and service
nutritious food at appropriate ties
Help children serve themselves
Allow children to decide how much they will eat any meal.
Make conversation with the children for social skills
Model proper eating behaviors
Teach children about different foods pointing out color, size shape, texture, temperature, flavor
(sweet, salty, sour)
Help children with special needs.
What are children's responsibility during mealtimes? - ANS ✔✔ - Understand what and how much
they are eating.
Know when they are full and when to stop eating
Join in social skills conversation
Learn table manners, eating behaviors, healthy eating
Learn about foods, nutrition and it's importance
After a meal, it is important to reinforce tooth brushing to prevent - ANS ✔✔ - tooth decay and
other problems with mouth, teeth and gums.
Procedures to safe teeth brushing: - ANS ✔✔ - Squeeze toothpaste on a child-size toothbrush. Use
no more than a dot the size of pea and has been approved by Amer. dentist Assoc. Remind child to
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not swallow. Teach to se short back and forth brushing on all surfaces of teeth and gum line, back
molars and then spit out toothpaste and rinse with water or mouthwash.
Occurs when someone who is not used to very hot weather does not get enough liquid and salt. This
condition is caused by excessive sweating. The person's skin becomes pale and clammy, and the
person feels sick, dizzy, and/or faint. Pulse rate and breathing become rapid, and a headache or
muscle cramps may develop. 1) Lay the person down in a cool, quiet place, with feet raised a little.
2) Loosen any tight clothing and supply water to drink. 3) Add 1 teaspoon of salt to each quart of
water. - ANS ✔✔ - Heat Exhaustion
Caused by prolonged exposure to very hot conditions, not enough fluids and/or salt, body stops
regulating temperature. The person's skin becomes flushed, hot and dry, elevated temperature
(104F skin hot to the touch), strong and rapid pulse, confusion or loss of consciousness. Immediate
medical attention required- call 911. - ANS ✔✔ - Heat Stroke
Four types of germs: - ANS ✔✔ - - Bacteria (seen with ordinary microscope; causes strep throat,
impetigo, pinkeye, and some pneumonia; antibiotics help stop growth)
- Virus (smaller than bacteria; causes colds, chicken pox, measles; antibiotics have no effect;
vaccines available)
- Fungi (cause athlete's foot and ringworm effective medication is available)
- Parasites (organisms that live on or in animals and people, lice, effective medication available for
most)
Serious Communicable Diseases (3) - ANS ✔✔ - - Haemophilus Influenzae B (Hib) (infection that
can lead to meningitis, pneumonia; caused by a germ that spreads through coughing and sneezing)
- Hepatitis B/C (B- Infection to the liver, vaccine avail, most commonly spread from mother to
infant at birth; C-Disease of the liverr, no vaccine)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (virus that causes an increasing loss of immune function
that results in the body becoming unable to fight off infections; less commonly spread by infected
mothers who breastfeed their infants; and exposure of open wounds or mucus membranes to
contaminated blood.)
- Parasite found in the stools.
- Diarrhea, bloating, abdominal cramps
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- Weight loss and weakness - ANS ✔✔ - Giardiasis
-Wheezing and coughing
-Blue color around lips
-Rapid breathing - ANS ✔✔ - RSV (Respiratory Synctial Virus)
Cannot be in contact with other children. - ANS ✔✔ - Isolation
_________ ___________ is a strategy which requires caregivers to treat blood or any bodily fluids of all
persons as potential sources of infection, and its core principle is that proper hygiene and sanitary
conditions are critical in communicable disease control. - ANS ✔✔ - Universal precautions is a
strategy which requires caregivers to treat blood or any bodily fluids of all persons as potential
sources of infection, and its core principle is that proper hygiene and sanitary conditions are critical
in communicable disease control.
______ ________ _______ is the most effective way of preventing the spread of germs and diseases in a
childcare setting. - ANS ✔✔ - PROPER PERSONAL HYGIENE is the most effective way of preventing
the spread of germs and diseases in a childcare setting.
Correct Storage and Cooking Temperatures:
Keep cold foods cold ( __ degrees or below) and hot foods hot (cook and hold at about ___ degrees) -
ANS ✔✔ - Keep cold foods cold ( 40 degrees or below) and hot foods hot (cook and hold at about
140 degrees)
Proper !!! Defrosting !!!
Slowly thaw frozen products under _____________.
Thaw completely _________ under _______ _____.
Food product must be completely cooked within _ _____ total time.
Thawing in a _________ ____. - ANS ✔✔ - Slowly thaw frozen products under REFRIGERATION.
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ACTUAL DCF Certification Test - Health,
Safety & Nutrition 200 Questions With
Correct Answers
What are some other responsibilities for adults are meal time? - ANS ✔✔ - Plan, prepare and service
nutritious food at appropriate ties
Help children serve themselves
Allow children to decide how much they will eat any meal.
Make conversation with the children for social skills
Model proper eating behaviors
Teach children about different foods pointing out color, size shape, texture, temperature, flavor
(sweet, salty, sour)
Help children with special needs.
What are children's responsibility during mealtimes? - ANS ✔✔ - Understand what and how much
they are eating.
Know when they are full and when to stop eating
Join in social skills conversation
Learn table manners, eating behaviors, healthy eating
Learn about foods, nutrition and it's importance
After a meal, it is important to reinforce tooth brushing to prevent - ANS ✔✔ - tooth decay and
other problems with mouth, teeth and gums.
Procedures to safe teeth brushing: - ANS ✔✔ - Squeeze toothpaste on a child-size toothbrush. Use
no more than a dot the size of pea and has been approved by Amer. dentist Assoc. Remind child to
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not swallow. Teach to se short back and forth brushing on all surfaces of teeth and gum line, back
molars and then spit out toothpaste and rinse with water or mouthwash.
Occurs when someone who is not used to very hot weather does not get enough liquid and salt. This
condition is caused by excessive sweating. The person's skin becomes pale and clammy, and the
person feels sick, dizzy, and/or faint. Pulse rate and breathing become rapid, and a headache or
muscle cramps may develop. 1) Lay the person down in a cool, quiet place, with feet raised a little.
2) Loosen any tight clothing and supply water to drink. 3) Add 1 teaspoon of salt to each quart of
water. - ANS ✔✔ - Heat Exhaustion
Caused by prolonged exposure to very hot conditions, not enough fluids and/or salt, body stops
regulating temperature. The person's skin becomes flushed, hot and dry, elevated temperature
(104F skin hot to the touch), strong and rapid pulse, confusion or loss of consciousness. Immediate
medical attention required- call 911. - ANS ✔✔ - Heat Stroke
Four types of germs: - ANS ✔✔ - - Bacteria (seen with ordinary microscope; causes strep throat,
impetigo, pinkeye, and some pneumonia; antibiotics help stop growth)
- Virus (smaller than bacteria; causes colds, chicken pox, measles; antibiotics have no effect;
vaccines available)
- Fungi (cause athlete's foot and ringworm effective medication is available)
- Parasites (organisms that live on or in animals and people, lice, effective medication available for
most)
Serious Communicable Diseases (3) - ANS ✔✔ - - Haemophilus Influenzae B (Hib) (infection that
can lead to meningitis, pneumonia; caused by a germ that spreads through coughing and sneezing)
- Hepatitis B/C (B- Infection to the liver, vaccine avail, most commonly spread from mother to
infant at birth; C-Disease of the liverr, no vaccine)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (virus that causes an increasing loss of immune function
that results in the body becoming unable to fight off infections; less commonly spread by infected
mothers who breastfeed their infants; and exposure of open wounds or mucus membranes to
contaminated blood.)
- Parasite found in the stools.
- Diarrhea, bloating, abdominal cramps
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- Weight loss and weakness - ANS ✔✔ - Giardiasis
-Wheezing and coughing
-Blue color around lips
-Rapid breathing - ANS ✔✔ - RSV (Respiratory Synctial Virus)
Cannot be in contact with other children. - ANS ✔✔ - Isolation
_________ ___________ is a strategy which requires caregivers to treat blood or any bodily fluids of all
persons as potential sources of infection, and its core principle is that proper hygiene and sanitary
conditions are critical in communicable disease control. - ANS ✔✔ - Universal precautions is a
strategy which requires caregivers to treat blood or any bodily fluids of all persons as potential
sources of infection, and its core principle is that proper hygiene and sanitary conditions are critical
in communicable disease control.
______ ________ _______ is the most effective way of preventing the spread of germs and diseases in a
childcare setting. - ANS ✔✔ - PROPER PERSONAL HYGIENE is the most effective way of preventing
the spread of germs and diseases in a childcare setting.
Correct Storage and Cooking Temperatures:
Keep cold foods cold ( __ degrees or below) and hot foods hot (cook and hold at about ___ degrees) -
ANS ✔✔ - Keep cold foods cold ( 40 degrees or below) and hot foods hot (cook and hold at about
140 degrees)
Proper !!! Defrosting !!!
Slowly thaw frozen products under _____________.
Thaw completely _________ under _______ _____.
Food product must be completely cooked within _ _____ total time.
Thawing in a _________ ____. - ANS ✔✔ - Slowly thaw frozen products under REFRIGERATION.
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