PNCB Exam with Questions and Answers Updated & Verified
PNCB Exam with Questions and Answers
Updated & Verified
Question 1
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as experiencing the world
through senses and actions?
Correct Answer
Piaget's Sensorimotor, Birth to 2 years
Question 2
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as representing things with
words and images?
Correct Answer
Piaget's Preoperational, 2 to 6 years old
Question 3
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking logically about
concrete events and grasping concrete analogies?
Correct Answer
Piaget's Concrete Operational, 7 to 11 years old
Question 4
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking about
hypothetical scenarios and processing abstract thoughts?
Correct Answer
Piaget's Formal Operational, 12 to adulthood
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Question 5
What age range is Piaget's Formal Operational?
Correct Answer
12 to adulthood
Question 6
What age range is Piaget's Concrete Operational?
Correct Answer
7 to 11 years old
Question 7
What age range is Piaget's Preoperational?
Correct Answer
2 to 6 years old
Question 8
What age range is Piaget's Sensorimotor?
Correct Answer
Birth to 2 years old
Question 9
Describe independent play
Correct Answer
Common in ages 2-3
They are uninterested in or is unaware of what others are doing.
They are playing alone and maintains focus on its activity.
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Question 10
What stage of play is defined by playing alone and uninterested in or unaware of
what others are doing?
Correct Answer
Independent play
Question 11
Describe Parallel Play
Correct Answer
Children play adjacent to each other, but don't influence each other's play.
They are interested in what other children are playing, but plays alone.
Ages 2-3, but can start after 1st birthday
Question 12
What stage of play is defined as interested in another's activity but playing along side
them without influencing or interacting with them?
Correct Answer
Parallel play
Question 13
What differentiates Parallel play vs Associative play?
Correct Answer
Interaction. There is interaction with associative play, not with Parallel play. In
Associative, there is interest but no coordinated activity.
Question 14
What type of head trauma is typically associated with vacuum deliveries?
Correct Answer
Subgaleal hemorrhage - ruptured emissary vein caused by fragmentation of the
parietal bone associated with skull fracture. Can extend to the neck and orbits. May
have crepitus, fluid waves and ill-defined borders
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Question 15
A quad screen expected result for a child with down syndrome would read?
Correct Answer
Low levels of AFP
Question 16
What AFP level would you expect in a child with esophageal atresia?
Correct Answer
High
Question 17
An 8 month old infant presents with significant head lag, what are you suspicious of?
Correct Answer
Cerebral Palsy
Question 18
When is an infant expected to double it's birth weight by?
Correct Answer
5 months?
Question 19
When is an infant expected to triple it's birth weight by?
Correct Answer
1 year
Question 20
Pregnant Greeks and pregnant woman living in higher elevations should have their
newborns followed for?
Correct Answer
higher risk of hyperbilirubinemia
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PNCB Exam with Questions and Answers
Updated & Verified
Question 1
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as experiencing the world
through senses and actions?
Correct Answer
Piaget's Sensorimotor, Birth to 2 years
Question 2
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as representing things with
words and images?
Correct Answer
Piaget's Preoperational, 2 to 6 years old
Question 3
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking logically about
concrete events and grasping concrete analogies?
Correct Answer
Piaget's Concrete Operational, 7 to 11 years old
Question 4
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking about
hypothetical scenarios and processing abstract thoughts?
Correct Answer
Piaget's Formal Operational, 12 to adulthood
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Question 5
What age range is Piaget's Formal Operational?
Correct Answer
12 to adulthood
Question 6
What age range is Piaget's Concrete Operational?
Correct Answer
7 to 11 years old
Question 7
What age range is Piaget's Preoperational?
Correct Answer
2 to 6 years old
Question 8
What age range is Piaget's Sensorimotor?
Correct Answer
Birth to 2 years old
Question 9
Describe independent play
Correct Answer
Common in ages 2-3
They are uninterested in or is unaware of what others are doing.
They are playing alone and maintains focus on its activity.
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Question 10
What stage of play is defined by playing alone and uninterested in or unaware of
what others are doing?
Correct Answer
Independent play
Question 11
Describe Parallel Play
Correct Answer
Children play adjacent to each other, but don't influence each other's play.
They are interested in what other children are playing, but plays alone.
Ages 2-3, but can start after 1st birthday
Question 12
What stage of play is defined as interested in another's activity but playing along side
them without influencing or interacting with them?
Correct Answer
Parallel play
Question 13
What differentiates Parallel play vs Associative play?
Correct Answer
Interaction. There is interaction with associative play, not with Parallel play. In
Associative, there is interest but no coordinated activity.
Question 14
What type of head trauma is typically associated with vacuum deliveries?
Correct Answer
Subgaleal hemorrhage - ruptured emissary vein caused by fragmentation of the
parietal bone associated with skull fracture. Can extend to the neck and orbits. May
have crepitus, fluid waves and ill-defined borders
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Question 15
A quad screen expected result for a child with down syndrome would read?
Correct Answer
Low levels of AFP
Question 16
What AFP level would you expect in a child with esophageal atresia?
Correct Answer
High
Question 17
An 8 month old infant presents with significant head lag, what are you suspicious of?
Correct Answer
Cerebral Palsy
Question 18
When is an infant expected to double it's birth weight by?
Correct Answer
5 months?
Question 19
When is an infant expected to triple it's birth weight by?
Correct Answer
1 year
Question 20
Pregnant Greeks and pregnant woman living in higher elevations should have their
newborns followed for?
Correct Answer
higher risk of hyperbilirubinemia
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