CHILD LIFE CERTIFICATION TESTS 2026 STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY
AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ The purpose of quality management activities is to:
a) Establish a system of formal record-keeping for a child life
program
b) Professionalize child life services
c) Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
d) Document established child life practices, beliefs, and
philosophies that have not been adequately evaluated. Answer: c)
Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
◉ All of the following will come from the use of statistics, numerical
analysis, and record keeping EXCEPT:
a) Components for rewriting job descriptions
b) Professionalization of child life services
c) Increased efficiency of child life services
d) Usefulness for staff feedback and review. Answer: a) Components
for rewriting job descriptions
,◉ What is the MOST important consideration when a policy is
written concerning playroom use?
a) Safety of the patient
b) Retention of toys and equipment
c) Needs of the health care team
d) Child life staff's schedule. Answer: a) Safety of the patient
◉ When creating child life care plans, it is ESSENTIAL to:
a) utilize a patient classification system
b) Inform the child and family about your care plan
c) Document any modifications made to the original care plan
d) Involve the child and family. Answer: d) Involve the child and
family
◉ Important guidelines to consider when promoting and enhancing
interdisciplinary collaboration include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Waiting for other disciplines to approach you for information
gathering
b) Recognizing the professional limits and boundaries of child life
,c) Providing in-service education for hospital staff
d) Being receptive to the observations and assessments of
professionals from other disciplines. Answer: a) Waiting for other
disciplines to approach you for information gathering
◉ Which behavior displays ethical conduct that includes family-
centered care and professional boundaries?
a) Coming in on your day off at the request of the patient and family
b) Supporting the family's request by encouraging that only one
particular nurse start the patient's IVs
c) Communicating the family's needs to the health care team based
on your observations
d) Conveying support while affirming the patient's and family's
abilities. Answer: d) Conveying support while affirming the patient's
and family's abilities
◉ A research study examining the average number of pediatric
admissions for strabismus would be considered:
a) Descriptive
b) Longitudinal
c) Inferential
d) Correlational. Answer: a) Descriptive
, ◉ Research indicates that children in which of the following age
groups are MOST vulnerable to psychological stress when
hospitalized?
a) 0-6 months
b) 7 months- 4 years
c) 5-9 years
d) 10-14 years. Answer: b) 7 months- 4 years
◉ All of the following are major areas of assessment for staff
evaluation EXCEPT assessment of the individual's
a) Work with children
b) Knowledge base and ability to put knowledge into practice
c) Ability to successfully fundraise
d) Growth and contribution to the department and institution.
Answer: c) Ability to successfully fundraise
◉ When initially discussing expectations for performance with
volunteers or students, it is important that:
GUIDE COMPLETE DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY
AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ The purpose of quality management activities is to:
a) Establish a system of formal record-keeping for a child life
program
b) Professionalize child life services
c) Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
d) Document established child life practices, beliefs, and
philosophies that have not been adequately evaluated. Answer: c)
Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
◉ All of the following will come from the use of statistics, numerical
analysis, and record keeping EXCEPT:
a) Components for rewriting job descriptions
b) Professionalization of child life services
c) Increased efficiency of child life services
d) Usefulness for staff feedback and review. Answer: a) Components
for rewriting job descriptions
,◉ What is the MOST important consideration when a policy is
written concerning playroom use?
a) Safety of the patient
b) Retention of toys and equipment
c) Needs of the health care team
d) Child life staff's schedule. Answer: a) Safety of the patient
◉ When creating child life care plans, it is ESSENTIAL to:
a) utilize a patient classification system
b) Inform the child and family about your care plan
c) Document any modifications made to the original care plan
d) Involve the child and family. Answer: d) Involve the child and
family
◉ Important guidelines to consider when promoting and enhancing
interdisciplinary collaboration include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Waiting for other disciplines to approach you for information
gathering
b) Recognizing the professional limits and boundaries of child life
,c) Providing in-service education for hospital staff
d) Being receptive to the observations and assessments of
professionals from other disciplines. Answer: a) Waiting for other
disciplines to approach you for information gathering
◉ Which behavior displays ethical conduct that includes family-
centered care and professional boundaries?
a) Coming in on your day off at the request of the patient and family
b) Supporting the family's request by encouraging that only one
particular nurse start the patient's IVs
c) Communicating the family's needs to the health care team based
on your observations
d) Conveying support while affirming the patient's and family's
abilities. Answer: d) Conveying support while affirming the patient's
and family's abilities
◉ A research study examining the average number of pediatric
admissions for strabismus would be considered:
a) Descriptive
b) Longitudinal
c) Inferential
d) Correlational. Answer: a) Descriptive
, ◉ Research indicates that children in which of the following age
groups are MOST vulnerable to psychological stress when
hospitalized?
a) 0-6 months
b) 7 months- 4 years
c) 5-9 years
d) 10-14 years. Answer: b) 7 months- 4 years
◉ All of the following are major areas of assessment for staff
evaluation EXCEPT assessment of the individual's
a) Work with children
b) Knowledge base and ability to put knowledge into practice
c) Ability to successfully fundraise
d) Growth and contribution to the department and institution.
Answer: c) Ability to successfully fundraise
◉ When initially discussing expectations for performance with
volunteers or students, it is important that:
