PNCB Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as experiencing the world
through senses and actions? - CORRECT ANSWER-Piaget's Sensorimotor, Birth
to 2 years
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as representing things with
words and images? - CORRECT ANSWER-Piaget's Preoperational, 2 to 6 years
old
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking logically about
concrete events and grasping concrete analogies? - CORRECT ANSWER-Piaget's
Concrete Operational, 7 to 11 years old
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking about
hypothetical scenarios and processing abstract thoughts? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Piaget's Formal Operational, 12 to adulthood
What age range is Piaget's Formal Operational? - CORRECT ANSWER-12 to
adulthood
,What age range is Piaget's Concrete Operational? - CORRECT ANSWER-7 to 11
years old
What age range is Piaget's Preoperational? - CORRECT ANSWER-2 to 6 years old
What age range is Piaget's Sensorimotor? - CORRECT ANSWER-Birth to 2 years
old
Describe independent play - CORRECT ANSWER-Common in ages 2-3
They are uninterested in or is unaware of what others are doing.
They are playing alone and maintains focus on its activity.
What stage of play is defined by playing alone and uninterested in or unaware of
what others are doing? - CORRECT ANSWER-Independent play
Describe Parallel Play - CORRECT ANSWER-Children play adjacent to each
other, but don't influence each other's play.
They are interested in what other children are playing, but plays alone.
Ages 2-3, but can start after 1st birthday
What stage of play is defined as interested in another's activity but playing along
side them without influencing or interacting with them? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Parallel play
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, What differentiates Parallel play vs Associative play? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Interaction. There is interaction with associative play, not with Parallel play. In
Associative, there is interest but no coordinated activity.
What type of head trauma is typically associated with vacuum deliveries? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Subgaleal hemorrhage - ruptured emissary vein caused by
fragmentation of the parietal bone associated with skull fracture. Can extend to the
neck and orbits. May have crepitus, fluid waves and ill-defined borders
A quad screen expected result for a child with down syndrome would read? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Low levels of AFP
What AFP level would you expect in a child with esophageal atresia? - CORRECT
ANSWER-High
An 8 month old infant presents with significant head lag, what are you suspicious
of? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cerebral Palsy
When is an infant expected to double it's birth weight by? - CORRECT
ANSWER-5 months?
When is an infant expected to triple it's birth weight by? - CORRECT ANSWER-1
year
Pregnant Greeks and pregnant woman living in higher elevations should have their
newborns followed for? - CORRECT ANSWER-higher risk of hyperbilirubinemia
Answers 100% Pass
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as experiencing the world
through senses and actions? - CORRECT ANSWER-Piaget's Sensorimotor, Birth
to 2 years
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as representing things with
words and images? - CORRECT ANSWER-Piaget's Preoperational, 2 to 6 years
old
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking logically about
concrete events and grasping concrete analogies? - CORRECT ANSWER-Piaget's
Concrete Operational, 7 to 11 years old
What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking about
hypothetical scenarios and processing abstract thoughts? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Piaget's Formal Operational, 12 to adulthood
What age range is Piaget's Formal Operational? - CORRECT ANSWER-12 to
adulthood
,What age range is Piaget's Concrete Operational? - CORRECT ANSWER-7 to 11
years old
What age range is Piaget's Preoperational? - CORRECT ANSWER-2 to 6 years old
What age range is Piaget's Sensorimotor? - CORRECT ANSWER-Birth to 2 years
old
Describe independent play - CORRECT ANSWER-Common in ages 2-3
They are uninterested in or is unaware of what others are doing.
They are playing alone and maintains focus on its activity.
What stage of play is defined by playing alone and uninterested in or unaware of
what others are doing? - CORRECT ANSWER-Independent play
Describe Parallel Play - CORRECT ANSWER-Children play adjacent to each
other, but don't influence each other's play.
They are interested in what other children are playing, but plays alone.
Ages 2-3, but can start after 1st birthday
What stage of play is defined as interested in another's activity but playing along
side them without influencing or interacting with them? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Parallel play
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, What differentiates Parallel play vs Associative play? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Interaction. There is interaction with associative play, not with Parallel play. In
Associative, there is interest but no coordinated activity.
What type of head trauma is typically associated with vacuum deliveries? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Subgaleal hemorrhage - ruptured emissary vein caused by
fragmentation of the parietal bone associated with skull fracture. Can extend to the
neck and orbits. May have crepitus, fluid waves and ill-defined borders
A quad screen expected result for a child with down syndrome would read? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Low levels of AFP
What AFP level would you expect in a child with esophageal atresia? - CORRECT
ANSWER-High
An 8 month old infant presents with significant head lag, what are you suspicious
of? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cerebral Palsy
When is an infant expected to double it's birth weight by? - CORRECT
ANSWER-5 months?
When is an infant expected to triple it's birth weight by? - CORRECT ANSWER-1
year
Pregnant Greeks and pregnant woman living in higher elevations should have their
newborns followed for? - CORRECT ANSWER-higher risk of hyperbilirubinemia
