CI Certification Test questions with
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c) sensorimotor
is a characteristic of infants. They are learning about the input they receive from the
environment through their senses, and about their motor activities and what impacts they have
on the environment - correct answer ✔✔ According to Jean Piaget, the earliest stage of human
cognitive development is:
a) preoperational
b) concrete operations
c) sensorimotor
d) formal operations
b) 18 months and 3.5 years
the Anal stage corresponds to the approximate ages between 18 months and 3.5 years. This is
the period of toilet training, when Freud theorized the child's focus of erotic attention is the
anal area as bowel control is learned - correct answer ✔✔ In Sigmund Freud's developmental
theory, the anal stage occurs approximately between the ages of:
a) birth and 18 months
b) 18 months and 3.5 years
c) 3.5 years and 6 years
d) 6 years and puberty
d) identity vs role confusion
,the of identity vs role confusion is when adolescents are developing their personal identity and
sense of self. - correct answer ✔✔ The stage in Erik Erikison's theory of psychological
development most associated with adolescence is:
a) autonomy vs shame and doubt
b) intimacy vs isolation
c) industry vs inferiority
d) identity vs role confusion
a) your child's language development is normal
id s/he is speaking in two-word sentences, which is considered typical between the approximate
ages of 18 and 24 months. - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following is true if your 20-month-
old child is speaking in two-word phrases?
a) your child's language development is normal
b) your child's language development is delayed
c) your child's language development is advanced
d) your child's language development is unclassified
b) 50% - correct answer ✔✔ What percent of babies can walk by their first birthday?
a) 90
b) 50
c) 100
d) 33.3
c) three years - correct answer ✔✔ Most toddlers are able to hop or jump with both feet off the
floor by or around the age of ....
a) two years
b) one year
,c) three years
d) four years
b) people with MR learn the same way that other people do, but at slower rates
the most accurate statement is that people with MR typically learn by the same process as
others, but at slower rates. Therefore, age norms for those with normal IQs do not apply for
developmental or educational milestones - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following
statements is most accurate regarding learning in individuals with mental retardation?
a) people with MR learn in very different ways than people with normal IQs do
b) people with MR learn the same way that other people do, but at slower rates
c) people with MR learn the same way as others, but only to a certain degree
d) people with MR learn things as well as others, but cannot retain their learning
c) 80%
in spite of the fact that both the risk and the prevalence of down syndrome increase with
maternal age, the majority of cases are still not those with older mothers - correct answer ✔✔
About what percentage of babies are born with Down Syndrome to mothers under the age of
35
a) 30 percent
b) 50 percent
c) 80 percent
d) 20 percent
d) an extra chromosome
, genetically, individuals with down syndrome have an extra chromosome for a total of 47,
instead of 46. This is known as trisomy 21; of 23 pairs of chromosomes; pair number 21 has an
extra third copy in every cell. Down syndrome is not caused by a missing chromosome - correct
answer ✔✔ Genetically, individuals with down syndrome have:
a) a missing chromosome
b) two broken chromosome
c) malformed chromosomes
d) an extra chromosome
b) hyperthyriodism
or an overactive thyriod gland, is not commonly associated with down syndrome - correct
answer ✔✔ Which of the following medical disorders is not commonly associated with down
syndrome?
a) hypothyriodism
b) hyperthyriodism
c) heart disease
d) vision disorders
a) 66 to 89 percent
a significant hearing loss, defined as a loss of more than 15 to 20 dB in at least one ear, is
diagnosed in 66 to 89 percent of children with downs - correct answer ✔✔ What percentages of
children with down syndrome have significant hearing loss, at least unilaterally
a) 66 to 89 percent
b) 34 to 57 percent
c) 22 to 45 percent
d) 42 to 64 percent
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c) sensorimotor
is a characteristic of infants. They are learning about the input they receive from the
environment through their senses, and about their motor activities and what impacts they have
on the environment - correct answer ✔✔ According to Jean Piaget, the earliest stage of human
cognitive development is:
a) preoperational
b) concrete operations
c) sensorimotor
d) formal operations
b) 18 months and 3.5 years
the Anal stage corresponds to the approximate ages between 18 months and 3.5 years. This is
the period of toilet training, when Freud theorized the child's focus of erotic attention is the
anal area as bowel control is learned - correct answer ✔✔ In Sigmund Freud's developmental
theory, the anal stage occurs approximately between the ages of:
a) birth and 18 months
b) 18 months and 3.5 years
c) 3.5 years and 6 years
d) 6 years and puberty
d) identity vs role confusion
,the of identity vs role confusion is when adolescents are developing their personal identity and
sense of self. - correct answer ✔✔ The stage in Erik Erikison's theory of psychological
development most associated with adolescence is:
a) autonomy vs shame and doubt
b) intimacy vs isolation
c) industry vs inferiority
d) identity vs role confusion
a) your child's language development is normal
id s/he is speaking in two-word sentences, which is considered typical between the approximate
ages of 18 and 24 months. - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following is true if your 20-month-
old child is speaking in two-word phrases?
a) your child's language development is normal
b) your child's language development is delayed
c) your child's language development is advanced
d) your child's language development is unclassified
b) 50% - correct answer ✔✔ What percent of babies can walk by their first birthday?
a) 90
b) 50
c) 100
d) 33.3
c) three years - correct answer ✔✔ Most toddlers are able to hop or jump with both feet off the
floor by or around the age of ....
a) two years
b) one year
,c) three years
d) four years
b) people with MR learn the same way that other people do, but at slower rates
the most accurate statement is that people with MR typically learn by the same process as
others, but at slower rates. Therefore, age norms for those with normal IQs do not apply for
developmental or educational milestones - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following
statements is most accurate regarding learning in individuals with mental retardation?
a) people with MR learn in very different ways than people with normal IQs do
b) people with MR learn the same way that other people do, but at slower rates
c) people with MR learn the same way as others, but only to a certain degree
d) people with MR learn things as well as others, but cannot retain their learning
c) 80%
in spite of the fact that both the risk and the prevalence of down syndrome increase with
maternal age, the majority of cases are still not those with older mothers - correct answer ✔✔
About what percentage of babies are born with Down Syndrome to mothers under the age of
35
a) 30 percent
b) 50 percent
c) 80 percent
d) 20 percent
d) an extra chromosome
, genetically, individuals with down syndrome have an extra chromosome for a total of 47,
instead of 46. This is known as trisomy 21; of 23 pairs of chromosomes; pair number 21 has an
extra third copy in every cell. Down syndrome is not caused by a missing chromosome - correct
answer ✔✔ Genetically, individuals with down syndrome have:
a) a missing chromosome
b) two broken chromosome
c) malformed chromosomes
d) an extra chromosome
b) hyperthyriodism
or an overactive thyriod gland, is not commonly associated with down syndrome - correct
answer ✔✔ Which of the following medical disorders is not commonly associated with down
syndrome?
a) hypothyriodism
b) hyperthyriodism
c) heart disease
d) vision disorders
a) 66 to 89 percent
a significant hearing loss, defined as a loss of more than 15 to 20 dB in at least one ear, is
diagnosed in 66 to 89 percent of children with downs - correct answer ✔✔ What percentages of
children with down syndrome have significant hearing loss, at least unilaterally
a) 66 to 89 percent
b) 34 to 57 percent
c) 22 to 45 percent
d) 42 to 64 percent
