Questions and Answers (2025/2026)
1. Birth to 6months calorie requirement: 120kcal/kg/day
2. 7 months to 1 year Calorie requirement: 100 kcal/kg/day
3. 2 to 10 years caloric requirements: 100 to 70 kcal/kg/day
4. Adolescent calorie requirements: 45 kcal/kg/day (significant decrease)
5. How much Vitamin D a day does an infant need starting at 2 months?: 400IU
NOTE: this applies to both breast fed and formula fed infants
6. How much Iron do infants who are exclusively breastfeeding need?: 1
mg/kg/day of iron is recommended
7. Absent red reflex could indicate these two things:: Congenital Cataracts
Retinoblastoma
8. What issue with the eyes could indicate Gonococcus, chlamydia, or her-
pes?: Purulent Eye Discharge
9. Disconjugate gaze is considered abnormal, True or False?: False: Disconju-
gate gaze is normal
10. What do response do we look for when testing the hearing if a Newborn?-
,: Startle Response
11. A newborn has small white cysts on the palate and gums of the mouth.
What's this and should it be a concern?: Epstein pearls (common)
12. Gross Motor: Good head control: 2-3 months
13. What is the Tonic Neck Reflex?: Occurs when newborn's head is turned to the
side, the arm on that side will extend while the opposite arm will contract - prepares
the infant for voluntary reaching and may be a precursor to hand/eye coordination.
14. What age (range) does Tonic neck for the fencing reflex appear?: 2-3
months
15. Gross Motor: Rolls back to front: 5-6 months
16. Gross motor: sits alone: 7 months
17. Gross Motor: Pulls to stand: 9-10 months
18. Gross Motor: stands alone: 11-12 months
19. Gross Motor: Walks: 12-14 months
20. Gross Motor: walks up and down stairs: 22-24 months
21. Gross Motor: jumps: 24-28 months
22. Fine Motor: Grasps and shakes rattle: 2-3 months
23. Fine Motor: Reaches out for object: 3-4 Months
24. Fine Motor: Hand to hand transfer*: 5-6 months
25. Fine Motor: Raking grasp: 6-7 months
26. Fine Motor: Finger Grasp: 7-9 months
27. Fine motor: Pincer grasp*: 8-10 months
28. Fine Motor: Pinch Grasp: 12 months
,29. Fine Motor: Marks on paper: 10-12 months
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30. Fine Motor: Stacks 3 blocks: 17-18 months
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31. Fine Motor: stacks 6-7 blocks: 22-24 months
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32. Language: Smiles and coos: 2-3 months l l l l l
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37. Language: Understands "no": 9-10 months l l l l
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43. At what age does babbling reach a peak?: 12 months
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44. What age is 75% of speech understandable?: 3 years old
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45. By what age should they understand 100% of language?: 4 years old and
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49. Tanner Stage II Males:Measurable testes enlargement
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50. Tanner Stage III Female: Breast mounds form
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51. Tanner Stage III Male: Penis begins to enlarge in size (LENGTH)
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55. Tanner StageV Male: Penis and testes enlarge to adult size
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56. Name4 Live AttenuatedVaccines::MMR
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