CMAS Final Exam (with Complete Solutions)

CPS correct answers Child Protective Services, system that investigates and responds to allegations to child maltreatment civil proceedings correct answers act or failure to act by a parent or caretaker that results in death or serious harm Physical abuse correct answers non-accidental injury sexual abuse correct answers when an adult uses a child or adolescent for sexual purposes Romeo and Juliet Laws correct answers person can legally have sex with a minor provided they are 4 yrs younger emotional abuse correct answers mental injury or psychological abuse encompasses verbal abuse physical neglect correct answers inability to provide the basic needs for a child supervision neglect correct answers when parents do not protect their children from dangerous situations emotional neglect correct answers Involves a failure to meet a child's emotional needs absence of love and attention Educational neglect correct answers Failure to provide for a child's basic educational needs, including allowing chronic truancy, failing to enroll a child of mandatory school age in school, and failing to attend to a special educational need. Legal neglect correct answers ~child without a legally responsible caregiver ~would include abandonment, relinquishment, re-homing children's rights correct answers the fundamental right of children to life, liberty, education, and health care codified in 1989 by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child parent's rights correct answers make a decision on a child's education, health care, and religion sampling error correct answers the sample has to be representative and must be large enough to produce a generalize estimate sample bias correct answers occurs when selecting a sample that does not look like the general population measurment error correct answers the failure to identify the true distribution of opinion within a population because of errors such as ambiguous or poorly worded questions