DCF CERTIFICATION TEST - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, IDENTIFYING AND
REPORTING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, CAAN STUDY GUIDE, CHILD ABUSE
AND NEGLECT (CAAN) EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!! 2026-2027
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each - CORRECT ANSWER -day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Child Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every - CORRECT ANSWER -10
seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years - CORRECT ANSWER -Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological capicaty of
a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person responsiible for the child's
welfare - CORRECT ANSWER -Child abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in injury
or harm to the child. - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical Abuse
Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes indecent
exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy, exploitation, and showing
pornography. - CORRECT ANSWER -Sexual Abuse
,A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing
child. - CORRECT ANSWER -Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution where
the person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a private school,
public or private child care center, residential home, institution, program, or agency or any
other person at such institution responsible for the child's care. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Neglect
Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living
experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to function normally in
performance and behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER -Emotional neglect
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. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Inadequate supervision
When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing, exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe
heating, or unsanitary housing conditions. - CORRECT ANSWER -Inadequate shelter
When a child suffers or is likely to suffer, from physical or emotional health conditions resulting
from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene and uncleanness. - CORRECT ANSWER -Inadequate
clothing & good hygiene.
When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most interactions as a
method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support or emotional care or love can
cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile for age. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Failure to thrive
,Florida Abuse Hotline - CORRECT ANSWER -Operates 24/7. toll free telephone number 800-962-
2873 (1800-96-ABUSE)
Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith." - CORRECT
ANSWER -Immunity
Three types of child abuse - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical, sexual, and emotional
Shaken Baby Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER -- Can cause permanent brain damage, paralysis,
blindness, seizures, developmental delays, broken bones, death
The difference between abuse and neglect - CORRECT ANSWER -If an adult intentionally
withholds food, shelter, or any other neccesity as a punishment, then it is abuse, but if things
are withheld by circumstance of lack of awareness, care, or education, then it is an act of
neglect. Both are crimes and violations of children's human rights.
Four ways to Report Abuse and Neglect - CORRECT ANSWER -- Telephone 1-800-96ABUSE
- Fax
-TDD
- Online
DCF website - CORRECT ANSWER -dcf.state.fl.us/abuse
It is important for you to learn about this subject. Child abuse and neglect occurs in all socio-
economic as well as in - CORRECT
ANSWER -families
child care programs
, Child abuse and neglect is more prevalent than you may think, and you may be the only person
in a position to . - CORRECT ANSWER -intervene
You have not only a obligation to intervene, but a
obligation to report child abuse and neglect. - CORRECT ANSWER -moral
legal
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the United States each
a) Year
b) Day
c) Week
d) Month - CORRECT ANSWER -Day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation?
a) 3/4
b) 1/2
c) 1/3 - CORRECT ANSWER -1/3
What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four and younger?
a) Drowning
b) Motor vehicle accidents
c) Child abuse and neglect
d) Choking on food
e) Residential fires
f) Suffocation
REPORTING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, CAAN STUDY GUIDE, CHILD ABUSE
AND NEGLECT (CAAN) EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!! 2026-2027
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each - CORRECT ANSWER -day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Child Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every - CORRECT ANSWER -10
seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years - CORRECT ANSWER -Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological capicaty of
a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person responsiible for the child's
welfare - CORRECT ANSWER -Child abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in injury
or harm to the child. - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical Abuse
Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes indecent
exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy, exploitation, and showing
pornography. - CORRECT ANSWER -Sexual Abuse
,A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing
child. - CORRECT ANSWER -Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution where
the person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a private school,
public or private child care center, residential home, institution, program, or agency or any
other person at such institution responsible for the child's care. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Neglect
Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living
experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to function normally in
performance and behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER -Emotional neglect
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. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Inadequate supervision
When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing, exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe
heating, or unsanitary housing conditions. - CORRECT ANSWER -Inadequate shelter
When a child suffers or is likely to suffer, from physical or emotional health conditions resulting
from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene and uncleanness. - CORRECT ANSWER -Inadequate
clothing & good hygiene.
When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most interactions as a
method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support or emotional care or love can
cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile for age. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Failure to thrive
,Florida Abuse Hotline - CORRECT ANSWER -Operates 24/7. toll free telephone number 800-962-
2873 (1800-96-ABUSE)
Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith." - CORRECT
ANSWER -Immunity
Three types of child abuse - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical, sexual, and emotional
Shaken Baby Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER -- Can cause permanent brain damage, paralysis,
blindness, seizures, developmental delays, broken bones, death
The difference between abuse and neglect - CORRECT ANSWER -If an adult intentionally
withholds food, shelter, or any other neccesity as a punishment, then it is abuse, but if things
are withheld by circumstance of lack of awareness, care, or education, then it is an act of
neglect. Both are crimes and violations of children's human rights.
Four ways to Report Abuse and Neglect - CORRECT ANSWER -- Telephone 1-800-96ABUSE
- Fax
-TDD
- Online
DCF website - CORRECT ANSWER -dcf.state.fl.us/abuse
It is important for you to learn about this subject. Child abuse and neglect occurs in all socio-
economic as well as in - CORRECT
ANSWER -families
child care programs
, Child abuse and neglect is more prevalent than you may think, and you may be the only person
in a position to . - CORRECT ANSWER -intervene
You have not only a obligation to intervene, but a
obligation to report child abuse and neglect. - CORRECT ANSWER -moral
legal
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the United States each
a) Year
b) Day
c) Week
d) Month - CORRECT ANSWER -Day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation?
a) 3/4
b) 1/2
c) 1/3 - CORRECT ANSWER -1/3
What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four and younger?
a) Drowning
b) Motor vehicle accidents
c) Child abuse and neglect
d) Choking on food
e) Residential fires
f) Suffocation
