DCF Certification Test - Health, Safety & Nutrition (Latest 2025/2026 Update) Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct.

DCF Certification Test - Health, Safety
& Nutrition (Latest 2025/2026
Update) Questions with Verified
Answers | 100% Correct.

Four types of germs:
i,- - Bacteria (seen with ordinary
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microscope; causes strep throat, impetigo, pinkeye, and some
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pneumonia; antibiotics help stop growth) i,- i,- i,- i,-




- Virus (smaller than bacteria; causes colds, chicken pox, measles;
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antibiotics have no effect; vaccines available)
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- Fungi (cause athlete's foot and ringworm effective medication is
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available)
- Parasites (organisms that live on or in animals and people, lice,
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effective medication available for most)
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Serious Communicable Diseases (3)
i,- - Haemophilus i,- i,- i,-i,- i,- i,- i,-



Influenzae B (Hib) (infection that can lead to meningitis,
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pneumonia; caused by a germ that spreads through coughing
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and sneezing)
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- Hepatitis B/C (B- Infection to the liver, vaccine avail, most
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commonly spread from mother to infant at birth; C-Disease of the
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liverr, no vaccine)
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, - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (virus that causes an
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increasing loss of immune function that results in the body
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becoming unable to fight off infections; less commonly spread by
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infected mothers who breastfeed their infants; and exposure of
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open wounds or mucus membranes to contaminated blood.)
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- Parasite found in the stools.
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- Diarrhea, bloating, abdominal cramps
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- Weight loss and weakness
i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-i,- i,- Giardiasis


-Wheezing and coughing i,- i,-




-Blue color around lips
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-Rapid breathing i,- i,-i,- i,- RSV (Respiratory Synctial Virus)
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Cannot be in contat with other children.
i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-i,- i,- Isolation


_________ ___________ is a strategy which requires caregivers to
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treat blood or any bodily fluids of all persons as potential sources
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of infection, and its core principle is that proper hygiene and
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sanitary conditions are critical in communicable disease control.
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Universal precautions is a strategy which requires caregivers
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to treat blood or any bodily fluids of all persons as potential
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sources of infection, and its core principle is that proper hygiene
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