PN 3006 EVALUATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Normal elasticity of newborn - ✔✔Skin that is grasped and released should promptly
spring back down
✔✔Lanugo - ✔✔Fine, soft hair, especially that which covers the body and limbs of a
human fetus or newborn.
✔✔Vernix - ✔✔A greasy substance that protects the fetus in utero and can still be
present at birth
✔✔Mongolian Spot - ✔✔Irregular pigmented area in lumbar-sacral region in infants with
more melanin
✔✔Gestational Age - ✔✔Age of an unborn baby, usually dated from the first day of an
expectant mother's last menstrual cycle
✔✔Fertilization Age - ✔✔Prenatal age of the developing baby, calculated from the date
of conception. Also called postconceptional age.
✔✔Swallowing reflex in newborns - ✔✔
✔✔Sneezing and coughing reflex in newborns - ✔✔
✔✔Blinking reflex in newborns - ✔✔Blinking when eyes are touched or light shined into
them
✔✔Sucking reflex in newborns - ✔✔Automatically suck on objects placed in the mouth,
like a bottle.
✔✔Rooting reflex in newborns - ✔✔Turns the face toward a touch on the cheek in
search of food
✔✔Extrusion reflex in newborns - ✔✔tongue-thrust
✔✔Babinski/Plantar reflex in newborns - ✔✔When sole of foot is firmly stroked the big
toe should bend back towards top of foot and other toes fan out
✔✔Moro/Startle reflex in newborns - ✔✔Baby throws back head and extends arms/legs
and cries in response to sound
✔✔Doll's eye reflex in newborns - ✔✔
ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Normal elasticity of newborn - ✔✔Skin that is grasped and released should promptly
spring back down
✔✔Lanugo - ✔✔Fine, soft hair, especially that which covers the body and limbs of a
human fetus or newborn.
✔✔Vernix - ✔✔A greasy substance that protects the fetus in utero and can still be
present at birth
✔✔Mongolian Spot - ✔✔Irregular pigmented area in lumbar-sacral region in infants with
more melanin
✔✔Gestational Age - ✔✔Age of an unborn baby, usually dated from the first day of an
expectant mother's last menstrual cycle
✔✔Fertilization Age - ✔✔Prenatal age of the developing baby, calculated from the date
of conception. Also called postconceptional age.
✔✔Swallowing reflex in newborns - ✔✔
✔✔Sneezing and coughing reflex in newborns - ✔✔
✔✔Blinking reflex in newborns - ✔✔Blinking when eyes are touched or light shined into
them
✔✔Sucking reflex in newborns - ✔✔Automatically suck on objects placed in the mouth,
like a bottle.
✔✔Rooting reflex in newborns - ✔✔Turns the face toward a touch on the cheek in
search of food
✔✔Extrusion reflex in newborns - ✔✔tongue-thrust
✔✔Babinski/Plantar reflex in newborns - ✔✔When sole of foot is firmly stroked the big
toe should bend back towards top of foot and other toes fan out
✔✔Moro/Startle reflex in newborns - ✔✔Baby throws back head and extends arms/legs
and cries in response to sound
✔✔Doll's eye reflex in newborns - ✔✔
