DCF UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Gold Seal Quality Care Program - ✔✔designation given to a child care program that
is accredited by a nationally recognized association.
✔✔Gold Seal Quality Care additional criteria includes - ✔✔-No class I violations within 2
years preceding its application
-No more than 3 class II violations with the 2 years preceding its application
-Not cited for the same class III violation 3 or more times, and failed to correct after 1
year of citation
✔✔Child Care - ✔✔care, protection and supervision of a child for a period of less than
24 hours on a regular basis, which supplements parental care, enrichment, and health
supervision for the child in accordance with his or her individual needs, and for which a
payment, fee or grant is made for care. (Defined in 402.302)
✔✔Child Care Facility - ✔✔any child care center or child care arrangement which
provides child care for more than 5 children unrelated to the operator and receives a
payment, fee or grant for any of the children receiving care, whether or not operated for
profit.
✔✔Child Care Personnel - ✔✔all owners, operators, employees. and volunteers
working in a child care facility.
-Does not include people that work after hours when children are not present.
✔✔Child Welfare Provider - ✔✔a licensed child-caring or child-placing agency
✔✔Drop-in Child Care - ✔✔child care provided occasionally in a child care facility in a
shopping mall or business establishment where the child is in care for no more than a 4-
hour period and the parent remains on the premises of the business at all times.
✔✔Evening Child Care - ✔✔child care provided during the evening hours and may
encompass the hours of 6 pm to 7 am to accommodate parents who work late night
shifts.
✔✔Family day care home - ✔✔occupied residence in which child care is regularly
provided for children from at least 2 unrelated families which receives a payment fee or
grant.
✔✔Substantial compliance - ✔✔level of adherence which is sufficient to safeguard the
health, safety and well-being of all children under care.
Greater than minimal adherence but less than absolute adherence
, ✔✔Operator - ✔✔any ONSITE person ultimately responsible for the overall operation of
a child care facility
✔✔Owner - ✔✔person who is licensed to operate the child care facility
✔✔What kinds of records are assessed during a screening for hiring personnel? - ✔✔-
Employment history
- statewide criminal records checks (Dept of Law Enforcement),
-Federal criminal records checks
✔✔Secretary of the Department of Children and Families - ✔✔Mike Carroll
✔✔402.305 - ✔✔Licensing Standards
✔✔Minimum standards for personnel - ✔✔-good moral character based on screening
-minimum age requirement. Over 21 to be an operator. Over 16 to be personnel.
--minimum training requirements (40 clock hour into course)
✔✔Staff -to-Children Ratio - ✔✔birth to 1 year - 1:4
1 year to under 2 - 1:6
2 years to under 3- 1:11
3 years to under 4- 1:15
4 years to under 5- 1:20
5 years or older- 1:25
✔✔Minimum Standards for Physical Facilities - ✔✔building conditions, indoor play
space, outdoor play space, napping space, bathroom facilities, food prep facilities,
outdoor equipment and indoor equipment.
✔✔Minimum standards for square footage with valid license (indoor) on October 1,
1992 and below - ✔✔20 square feet of usable indoor floor space for each child
✔✔Minimum standards for square footage with valid license (indoor) October 1, 1992
and above - ✔✔35 square feet of usable indoor floor space for each child
✔✔Minimum standards for square footage with valid license (outdoor) - ✔✔45 square
feet of usable outdoor play area per each child for HALF of the facility's population over
1 year old.
GRADED A+
✔✔Gold Seal Quality Care Program - ✔✔designation given to a child care program that
is accredited by a nationally recognized association.
✔✔Gold Seal Quality Care additional criteria includes - ✔✔-No class I violations within 2
years preceding its application
-No more than 3 class II violations with the 2 years preceding its application
-Not cited for the same class III violation 3 or more times, and failed to correct after 1
year of citation
✔✔Child Care - ✔✔care, protection and supervision of a child for a period of less than
24 hours on a regular basis, which supplements parental care, enrichment, and health
supervision for the child in accordance with his or her individual needs, and for which a
payment, fee or grant is made for care. (Defined in 402.302)
✔✔Child Care Facility - ✔✔any child care center or child care arrangement which
provides child care for more than 5 children unrelated to the operator and receives a
payment, fee or grant for any of the children receiving care, whether or not operated for
profit.
✔✔Child Care Personnel - ✔✔all owners, operators, employees. and volunteers
working in a child care facility.
-Does not include people that work after hours when children are not present.
✔✔Child Welfare Provider - ✔✔a licensed child-caring or child-placing agency
✔✔Drop-in Child Care - ✔✔child care provided occasionally in a child care facility in a
shopping mall or business establishment where the child is in care for no more than a 4-
hour period and the parent remains on the premises of the business at all times.
✔✔Evening Child Care - ✔✔child care provided during the evening hours and may
encompass the hours of 6 pm to 7 am to accommodate parents who work late night
shifts.
✔✔Family day care home - ✔✔occupied residence in which child care is regularly
provided for children from at least 2 unrelated families which receives a payment fee or
grant.
✔✔Substantial compliance - ✔✔level of adherence which is sufficient to safeguard the
health, safety and well-being of all children under care.
Greater than minimal adherence but less than absolute adherence
, ✔✔Operator - ✔✔any ONSITE person ultimately responsible for the overall operation of
a child care facility
✔✔Owner - ✔✔person who is licensed to operate the child care facility
✔✔What kinds of records are assessed during a screening for hiring personnel? - ✔✔-
Employment history
- statewide criminal records checks (Dept of Law Enforcement),
-Federal criminal records checks
✔✔Secretary of the Department of Children and Families - ✔✔Mike Carroll
✔✔402.305 - ✔✔Licensing Standards
✔✔Minimum standards for personnel - ✔✔-good moral character based on screening
-minimum age requirement. Over 21 to be an operator. Over 16 to be personnel.
--minimum training requirements (40 clock hour into course)
✔✔Staff -to-Children Ratio - ✔✔birth to 1 year - 1:4
1 year to under 2 - 1:6
2 years to under 3- 1:11
3 years to under 4- 1:15
4 years to under 5- 1:20
5 years or older- 1:25
✔✔Minimum Standards for Physical Facilities - ✔✔building conditions, indoor play
space, outdoor play space, napping space, bathroom facilities, food prep facilities,
outdoor equipment and indoor equipment.
✔✔Minimum standards for square footage with valid license (indoor) on October 1,
1992 and below - ✔✔20 square feet of usable indoor floor space for each child
✔✔Minimum standards for square footage with valid license (indoor) October 1, 1992
and above - ✔✔35 square feet of usable indoor floor space for each child
✔✔Minimum standards for square footage with valid license (outdoor) - ✔✔45 square
feet of usable outdoor play area per each child for HALF of the facility's population over
1 year old.
