DCF ACTUAL 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔The following are the definition of ____________:
a. inflicts, or allows to be inflicted, upon the child physical,
mental, or emotional injury;
b. commits, or allows to be committed, sexual battery, or
lewd or lascivious acts against a child;
c. allows, encourages, or forces the sexual exploitation of a
child;
d. exploits a child, or allows a child to be exploited;
e. abandons the child;
f. neglects the child;
g. exposes a child to a controlled substance or alcohol;
h. uses mechanical devices, unreasonable restraints, or
extended periods of isolation to control a child;
i. engages in violent behavior that demonstrates a wanton
disregard for the presence of a child and could
reasonably result in serious injury to the child;
j. negligently fails to protect a child in his or her care from
inflicted physical, mental, or sexual injury caused by
the acts of another;
k. has allowed a child's sibling to die as - ✔✔Harm
✔✔When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional
development level or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not provide
adequate supervision. - ✔✔Inadequate supervision
✔✔When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing,
exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe heating, or unsanitary housing conditions. -
✔✔lack of adequate shelter
✔✔When a child suffers, or is likely to suffer, from physical or
emotional health conditions resulting from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene, and
uncleanness. - ✔✔lack of adequate clothing/good hygiene
✔✔When the caretaker has regularly failed to provide, or make
available, adequate food to the child, which can cause malnutrition over a long period of
time. - ✔✔Lack of adequate nutrition
✔✔When a medical or dental condition is left untreated, possibly resulting in serious or
long-term harm to the child. - ✔✔lack of dental/medical care
, ✔✔When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most
interactions as a method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support, emotional
care,
or love can cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile for age.
- ✔✔lack of love and attention (failure to thrive)
✔✔When education is not enforced by the parents, thereby
contributing to the child's absence from school - leading to the lack of education and
leading to truancy. - ✔✔Lack of providing access to education
✔✔Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, toll free telephone number 800-962-2873.
- ✔✔Florida Abuse Hotline
✔✔Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith." -
✔✔Immunity
✔✔What are the three types of child abuse? - ✔✔1. Physical
2. Sexual
3. Emotional
✔✔1. Harms and/or impairs a child's physical health.
2. Harms and/or impairs a child's mental health.
3. Harms and/or impairs both a child's mental and physical
health. - ✔✔1. Physical abuse
2. emotional abuse
3. sexual abuse
✔✔The following are examples of _______ abuse:
• Conveying messages that a child is worthless, unwanted,
or unloved
• Terrorizing a child
• Witnessing domestic violence
• Demeaning, ridiculing, or belittling a child
• Not allowing the child to have friends
• Name calling
• Not letting a child eat, drink, or use the bathroom - ✔✔Emotional abuse
✔✔The following are examples of _____ abuse:
• Using a child in pornography
• Having intercourse or oral sex with a child
• Fondling a child's genitals
• Having sex in front of a child
• Having a child touch another person's genitals
• Showing x-rated material to a child - ✔✔sexual abuse
GRADED A+
✔✔The following are the definition of ____________:
a. inflicts, or allows to be inflicted, upon the child physical,
mental, or emotional injury;
b. commits, or allows to be committed, sexual battery, or
lewd or lascivious acts against a child;
c. allows, encourages, or forces the sexual exploitation of a
child;
d. exploits a child, or allows a child to be exploited;
e. abandons the child;
f. neglects the child;
g. exposes a child to a controlled substance or alcohol;
h. uses mechanical devices, unreasonable restraints, or
extended periods of isolation to control a child;
i. engages in violent behavior that demonstrates a wanton
disregard for the presence of a child and could
reasonably result in serious injury to the child;
j. negligently fails to protect a child in his or her care from
inflicted physical, mental, or sexual injury caused by
the acts of another;
k. has allowed a child's sibling to die as - ✔✔Harm
✔✔When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional
development level or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not provide
adequate supervision. - ✔✔Inadequate supervision
✔✔When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing,
exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe heating, or unsanitary housing conditions. -
✔✔lack of adequate shelter
✔✔When a child suffers, or is likely to suffer, from physical or
emotional health conditions resulting from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene, and
uncleanness. - ✔✔lack of adequate clothing/good hygiene
✔✔When the caretaker has regularly failed to provide, or make
available, adequate food to the child, which can cause malnutrition over a long period of
time. - ✔✔Lack of adequate nutrition
✔✔When a medical or dental condition is left untreated, possibly resulting in serious or
long-term harm to the child. - ✔✔lack of dental/medical care
, ✔✔When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most
interactions as a method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support, emotional
care,
or love can cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile for age.
- ✔✔lack of love and attention (failure to thrive)
✔✔When education is not enforced by the parents, thereby
contributing to the child's absence from school - leading to the lack of education and
leading to truancy. - ✔✔Lack of providing access to education
✔✔Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, toll free telephone number 800-962-2873.
- ✔✔Florida Abuse Hotline
✔✔Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith." -
✔✔Immunity
✔✔What are the three types of child abuse? - ✔✔1. Physical
2. Sexual
3. Emotional
✔✔1. Harms and/or impairs a child's physical health.
2. Harms and/or impairs a child's mental health.
3. Harms and/or impairs both a child's mental and physical
health. - ✔✔1. Physical abuse
2. emotional abuse
3. sexual abuse
✔✔The following are examples of _______ abuse:
• Conveying messages that a child is worthless, unwanted,
or unloved
• Terrorizing a child
• Witnessing domestic violence
• Demeaning, ridiculing, or belittling a child
• Not allowing the child to have friends
• Name calling
• Not letting a child eat, drink, or use the bathroom - ✔✔Emotional abuse
✔✔The following are examples of _____ abuse:
• Using a child in pornography
• Having intercourse or oral sex with a child
• Fondling a child's genitals
• Having sex in front of a child
• Having a child touch another person's genitals
• Showing x-rated material to a child - ✔✔sexual abuse
