CARE OF CHILDBEARING FAMILY NACE
EXAM PRACTICE TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉8 WEEKS ANSWER: - ALL BODY ORGANS FORMED
FIRST INDICATION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL OSSIFICATION
◉8 TO 12 WEEKS ANSWER: - FETAL HEART RATE CAN BE
HEARD USING DOPPLER ***
◉12 WEEKS ANSWER: - THE SEX OF THE FETUS CAN BE
DETERMINED
BLOOD FORMING IN MARROW
KIDNEYS ABLE TO SECRETE URINE
◉16 WEEKS ANSWER: - FACE LOOKS HUMAN
MECONIUM IS PRESENT IN BOWEL
HEART MUSCLE WELL-DEVELOPED
SENSORY ORGANS DIFFERENTIATED
◉20 WEEKS ANSWER: - PRIMITIVE RESPIRATORY
MOVEMENTS BEGIN
,HEARTBEAT CAN BE HEARD WITH FETOSCOPE***
QUICKENING (FETAL MOVEMENT) OCCURS ***
BRAIN GROSSLY FORMED
VERNIX CASEOSA (protective cheese-like coating on skin) AND
LANUGO (fine, downy hair)
◉24 WEEKS ANSWER: - BODY LEAN, BUT WELL-
PROPORTIONED
LECITHIN (respiratory maker) BEGINS TO APPEAR IN AMNIOTIC
FLUID
ABILITY TO HEAR
◉28 WEEKS ANSWER: - BROWN FAT PRESENT
EYES BEGIN TO OPEN AND CLOSE
WEAK SUCK REFLEX
◉32 WEEKS ANSWER: - SUBCUTANEOUS FAT COLLECTING
FETUS HAS FINGERNAILS AND TOENAILS
SENSE OF TASTE PRESENT
AWARE OF SOUNDS OUTSIDE THE MOTHER'S BODY
◉38 + WEEKS ANSWER: - SKIN PINK, BODY ROUNDED,
LANUGO ON SHOULDERS AND UPPER BODY ONLY
VERNIX CASEOSA SCANT
, FETUS RECEIVES ANTIBODIES FROM MOTHER
◉CONNECTS THE PULMONARY ARTERY WITH THE AORTA
ALLOWING BLOOD TO BYPASS THE LUNGS ANSWER: -
DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
◉AN INTRA-ATRIAL OPENING THAT SHUNTS BLOOD FROM
THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT ATRIA OF THE HEART ANSWER: -
FORAMEN OVALE
◉SHUNTS BLOOD FROM THE UMBILICAL VEIN TO THE
INFERIOR VENA CAVA ALLOWING MOST OF THE BLOOD TO
BYPASS THE LIVER ANSWER: - DUCTUS VENOSUS
◉THICK SUBSTANCE THAT SURROUNDS THE UMBILICAL
CORD ACTING AS A PHYSICAL BUFFER TO PREVENT
PRESSURE ON THE VEIN AND ARTERIES IN THE CORD FROM
INTERFERING WITH FETAL CIRCULATION ANSWER: -
WHARTON'S JELLY
◉THE FAILURE OF THE FETUS TO GROW AT THE EXPECTED
RATE ANSWER: - INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION
(IUGR)
◉REFERS TO A FETUS OR NEONATE LARGER THAN NORMAL
FOR AGE ANSWER: - MACROSOMIC
EXAM PRACTICE TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉8 WEEKS ANSWER: - ALL BODY ORGANS FORMED
FIRST INDICATION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL OSSIFICATION
◉8 TO 12 WEEKS ANSWER: - FETAL HEART RATE CAN BE
HEARD USING DOPPLER ***
◉12 WEEKS ANSWER: - THE SEX OF THE FETUS CAN BE
DETERMINED
BLOOD FORMING IN MARROW
KIDNEYS ABLE TO SECRETE URINE
◉16 WEEKS ANSWER: - FACE LOOKS HUMAN
MECONIUM IS PRESENT IN BOWEL
HEART MUSCLE WELL-DEVELOPED
SENSORY ORGANS DIFFERENTIATED
◉20 WEEKS ANSWER: - PRIMITIVE RESPIRATORY
MOVEMENTS BEGIN
,HEARTBEAT CAN BE HEARD WITH FETOSCOPE***
QUICKENING (FETAL MOVEMENT) OCCURS ***
BRAIN GROSSLY FORMED
VERNIX CASEOSA (protective cheese-like coating on skin) AND
LANUGO (fine, downy hair)
◉24 WEEKS ANSWER: - BODY LEAN, BUT WELL-
PROPORTIONED
LECITHIN (respiratory maker) BEGINS TO APPEAR IN AMNIOTIC
FLUID
ABILITY TO HEAR
◉28 WEEKS ANSWER: - BROWN FAT PRESENT
EYES BEGIN TO OPEN AND CLOSE
WEAK SUCK REFLEX
◉32 WEEKS ANSWER: - SUBCUTANEOUS FAT COLLECTING
FETUS HAS FINGERNAILS AND TOENAILS
SENSE OF TASTE PRESENT
AWARE OF SOUNDS OUTSIDE THE MOTHER'S BODY
◉38 + WEEKS ANSWER: - SKIN PINK, BODY ROUNDED,
LANUGO ON SHOULDERS AND UPPER BODY ONLY
VERNIX CASEOSA SCANT
, FETUS RECEIVES ANTIBODIES FROM MOTHER
◉CONNECTS THE PULMONARY ARTERY WITH THE AORTA
ALLOWING BLOOD TO BYPASS THE LUNGS ANSWER: -
DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
◉AN INTRA-ATRIAL OPENING THAT SHUNTS BLOOD FROM
THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT ATRIA OF THE HEART ANSWER: -
FORAMEN OVALE
◉SHUNTS BLOOD FROM THE UMBILICAL VEIN TO THE
INFERIOR VENA CAVA ALLOWING MOST OF THE BLOOD TO
BYPASS THE LIVER ANSWER: - DUCTUS VENOSUS
◉THICK SUBSTANCE THAT SURROUNDS THE UMBILICAL
CORD ACTING AS A PHYSICAL BUFFER TO PREVENT
PRESSURE ON THE VEIN AND ARTERIES IN THE CORD FROM
INTERFERING WITH FETAL CIRCULATION ANSWER: -
WHARTON'S JELLY
◉THE FAILURE OF THE FETUS TO GROW AT THE EXPECTED
RATE ANSWER: - INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION
(IUGR)
◉REFERS TO A FETUS OR NEONATE LARGER THAN NORMAL
FOR AGE ANSWER: - MACROSOMIC
