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DCF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLET
(CAAN) EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 73QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ✓
Question: Three children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the
United States each____.
Answer:
Day
Question: How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual
situation?
Answer:
1/3
Question: What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four and
younger?
Answer:
child abuse and neglect
Question: On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United
States every____.
Answer:
10 seconds
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Question: True or False: Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to
children.
Answer:
False, most children are abused by people they know.
Question: True or False: Child molesters get their sexual gratification only
from children.
Answer:
False, many child molesters also have sexual relationships with adults.
Question: The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when the
molesters are_____.
Answer:
In their teens
Question: 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
ear.
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:
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All of the above
Question: Any person under the age of 18 years.
Answer:
A child
Question: 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.
Answer:
Child abuse
Question: The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's
welfare that results in injury or harm to the child.
Answer:
Physical abuse
Question: 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.
Answer:
sexual abuse
Question: A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling,
shaming, belittling and/or teasing of a child.
DCF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLET
(CAAN) EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 73QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ✓
Question: Three children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the
United States each____.
Answer:
Day
Question: How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual
situation?
Answer:
1/3
Question: What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four and
younger?
Answer:
child abuse and neglect
Question: On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United
States every____.
Answer:
10 seconds
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Question: True or False: Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to
children.
Answer:
False, most children are abused by people they know.
Question: True or False: Child molesters get their sexual gratification only
from children.
Answer:
False, many child molesters also have sexual relationships with adults.
Question: The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when the
molesters are_____.
Answer:
In their teens
Question: 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
ear.
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:
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All of the above
Question: Any person under the age of 18 years.
Answer:
A child
Question: 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.
Answer:
Child abuse
Question: The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's
welfare that results in injury or harm to the child.
Answer:
Physical abuse
Question: 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.
Answer:
sexual abuse
Question: A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling,
shaming, belittling and/or teasing of a child.
