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DCF Child Abuse and Neglect (CAAN)
Module 1: Identifying Child Abuse and Neglect
Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass
1. Child abuse and neglect can occur in of any
socioeconomic .
Answer>
families; status
2. Child care professionals not only have a
obligation to intervene, but they also have a
obligation to report it.
Answer>
moral; legal
3. Three children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the United States
each what?
Answer>
day
4. How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation?-
Answer>
1/3
5. What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four and
younger?
Answer>
,Child abuse and neglect
6. On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United States every?-
Answer>
10 seconds
7. Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to children.
True or false?
Answer>
false
8. Child molesters get their sexual gratification only from children.
True or false?
Answer>
False
9. The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when the moles-
ters are?
Answer>
in their teens
10. Which of the following actions can help stop child abuse and neglect?
a) Helping a stressed-out parent by baby-sitting, making a meal for their family,
or lending an understanding.
b) Learning the signs and symptoms of child abuse so you can recognize
them when you see the "red flags."
c) Reporting known or suspected child abuse to the police or local child
protective services agency.
, d) All of the above.
Answer>
All of the above
11. Child
Answer>
any person under the age of 18 years
12. Child abuse
Answer>
Any willful act or threatened act that results in any physical, mental, or sexual abuse,
injury, or harm that causes or is likely to cause the child's physical, mental, or
emotional health to be significantly impaired.
13. Physical abuse
Answer>
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that
results in injury or harm to the child.
14. Sexual abuse
Answer>
Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child.
Including indecent exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape,
sodomy, exploitation, and showing pornography.
15. Verbal abuse
Answer>
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, sham- ing, belittling
and/or teasing of a child
16. Institutional abuse or neglect