NICU Part 1 Exam Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest Updated 2026

NICU Part 1 Exam Questions and Answers
with Verified Solutions | Latest Updated 2026



First Years of Life Infant



First 28 Days of Life neonate



Preterm or Prematurity: Gestational Age of < 37 weeks



Low Birth Weight: < 2500 grams



Very Low Birth Weight: < 1500 grams



Extremely Low Birth Weight: < 1000



Normal Weight Percentiles: within 10th and 90th percentile for
gestational age


Weighing < 10th percentile within small for gestational age
respective gestational age would
be


In regard to Small for Gestational symmetric
Age, genetic or early occurrence is

, In regard to Small for Gestational asymmetric
Age, placental insufficiency is


Weighing > 90th percentile within large for gestational age
respective gestational age would
be
considered


One common cause for being maternal diabetes
large
within your gestational age is


A deviation from, or a reduction in, in utero growth restriction
an expected fetal growth pattern


In-Utero Growth Restrictions are different
_____
than SGA ( small for gestational
age)


A baby's brain at 35 weeks weighs 2/3 of what it will weigh at 40 weeks
only


Levels of Prematurity: - preterm
- late preterm
- moderately preterm
- very preterm


Preterm: < 37 weeks gestation