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NR 602 PEDIATRICS FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
(WEEK 1-7) ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | 100% GUARANTEED PASS.
RATED
MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. Most stage-based theories of development focus primarily on:
a. The continuity of development
b. The discontinuity of development
c. Persistence of inherent personality characteristics
d. The influence of context on development - CORRECT ✓✓... b. The discontinuity of
development
2. The common practice of using "time-outs" with young children is a direct application of:
a. Operant conditioning
b. Classical conditioning
c. Separation-individuation
d. Maturational reinforcement - CORRECT ✓✓... a. Operant conditioning
3. Good communication among families, schools, and primary care providers is an example
of which ecological concept?
a. Microsystem
b. Mesosystem
c. Exosystem
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d. Macrosystem - CORRECT ✓✓... b. Mesosystem
4. Which of the following findings would most likely be associated with asymmetric
intrauterine growth retardation?
a. Weight, length, and head circumference ranging from 3rd to 5th percentile
b. Heavy maternal smoking throughout pregnancy
c. Weight at 3rd percentile and length at 25th
d. Gestational diabetes - CORRECT ✓✓... . C: Weight at 3rd percentile and length at 25th
The weight and length are at significantly different percentiles; if the IUGR were
symmetrical, these would be at the same percentile
5. Early reflexive responses that are not related to survival include all but:
a. Babinski
b. Moro
c. Swimming
d. Rooting - CORRECT ✓✓... D: Rooting
Rooting (i.e., moving the head to locate the nipple) is a key survival reflex.
6. The most likely weight of a 1-year-old child whose weight at birth was 6 pounds would be:
a. 19-20 pounds
b. 13-14 pounds
c. 25-26 pounds
d. Impossible to estimate - CORRECT ✓✓... . A: 19-20 pounds
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An infant's weight should approximately triple by the age of 1 year.
7. One of the major psychosocial tasks of infancy is:
a. Development of secure attachment
b. Separation-individuation
c. Symbiosis
d. Regulation - CORRECT ✓✓... . A: Development of secure attachment
The development of an infant-caregiver bond is key to the prevention of long-term
psychological effects associated with deprivation and/or failure to develop secure, stable
bonds.
8. Which developmental theory best explains the multifactorial etiology of failure to thrive?
a. Organismic-maturational theory
b. Social learning theory
c. Transactional theory
d. Psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ✓✓... C: Transactional theory
Transactional theory explains risks and protective factors associated with resilience and
vulnerability. It may explain some of the environmental factors associated with FTT.
9. Most healthy infants are able to reach, grasp, and hold on to a rattle or other small toy by
about:
a. 2 months
b. 6 months
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c. 8 months
d. 10 months - CORRECT ✓✓... B: 6 months
These are gross developmental norms associated with the 6-month-old child.
10. The pincer grasp is a fine motor skill that involves the ability to pick up a small object
such as a raisin or piece of cereal with the thumb and forefinger and that usually is mastered
around:
a. 4 months
b. 6 months
c. 9 months
d. 16 months - CORRECT ✓✓... C: 9 months
This is a developmental norm for a child of 9 months.
11. You would be concerned about the language development of a child who:
a. Repeats simple phrases at 32 months
b. Stutters when excited or tired at the age of 7 years
c. Has a vocabulary of 10 words at 12 months
d. Pronounces words that are not understandable at 24 months - CORRECT ✓✓... B:
Stutters when excited or tired at the age of 7 years
Stuttering associated with fatigue or excitement is not unusual in a preschooler but may
indicate a more pervasive problem in a 7-year-old.
12. The most common temperamental profile is:
NR 602 PEDIATRICS FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
(WEEK 1-7) ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | 100% GUARANTEED PASS.
RATED
MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. Most stage-based theories of development focus primarily on:
a. The continuity of development
b. The discontinuity of development
c. Persistence of inherent personality characteristics
d. The influence of context on development - CORRECT ✓✓... b. The discontinuity of
development
2. The common practice of using "time-outs" with young children is a direct application of:
a. Operant conditioning
b. Classical conditioning
c. Separation-individuation
d. Maturational reinforcement - CORRECT ✓✓... a. Operant conditioning
3. Good communication among families, schools, and primary care providers is an example
of which ecological concept?
a. Microsystem
b. Mesosystem
c. Exosystem
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d. Macrosystem - CORRECT ✓✓... b. Mesosystem
4. Which of the following findings would most likely be associated with asymmetric
intrauterine growth retardation?
a. Weight, length, and head circumference ranging from 3rd to 5th percentile
b. Heavy maternal smoking throughout pregnancy
c. Weight at 3rd percentile and length at 25th
d. Gestational diabetes - CORRECT ✓✓... . C: Weight at 3rd percentile and length at 25th
The weight and length are at significantly different percentiles; if the IUGR were
symmetrical, these would be at the same percentile
5. Early reflexive responses that are not related to survival include all but:
a. Babinski
b. Moro
c. Swimming
d. Rooting - CORRECT ✓✓... D: Rooting
Rooting (i.e., moving the head to locate the nipple) is a key survival reflex.
6. The most likely weight of a 1-year-old child whose weight at birth was 6 pounds would be:
a. 19-20 pounds
b. 13-14 pounds
c. 25-26 pounds
d. Impossible to estimate - CORRECT ✓✓... . A: 19-20 pounds
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An infant's weight should approximately triple by the age of 1 year.
7. One of the major psychosocial tasks of infancy is:
a. Development of secure attachment
b. Separation-individuation
c. Symbiosis
d. Regulation - CORRECT ✓✓... . A: Development of secure attachment
The development of an infant-caregiver bond is key to the prevention of long-term
psychological effects associated with deprivation and/or failure to develop secure, stable
bonds.
8. Which developmental theory best explains the multifactorial etiology of failure to thrive?
a. Organismic-maturational theory
b. Social learning theory
c. Transactional theory
d. Psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ✓✓... C: Transactional theory
Transactional theory explains risks and protective factors associated with resilience and
vulnerability. It may explain some of the environmental factors associated with FTT.
9. Most healthy infants are able to reach, grasp, and hold on to a rattle or other small toy by
about:
a. 2 months
b. 6 months
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c. 8 months
d. 10 months - CORRECT ✓✓... B: 6 months
These are gross developmental norms associated with the 6-month-old child.
10. The pincer grasp is a fine motor skill that involves the ability to pick up a small object
such as a raisin or piece of cereal with the thumb and forefinger and that usually is mastered
around:
a. 4 months
b. 6 months
c. 9 months
d. 16 months - CORRECT ✓✓... C: 9 months
This is a developmental norm for a child of 9 months.
11. You would be concerned about the language development of a child who:
a. Repeats simple phrases at 32 months
b. Stutters when excited or tired at the age of 7 years
c. Has a vocabulary of 10 words at 12 months
d. Pronounces words that are not understandable at 24 months - CORRECT ✓✓... B:
Stutters when excited or tired at the age of 7 years
Stuttering associated with fatigue or excitement is not unusual in a preschooler but may
indicate a more pervasive problem in a 7-year-old.
12. The most common temperamental profile is:
