DCF Health, Safety, and Nutrition
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Clean work
and play area, proper hygiene practices, implementation and routine practice of a writen
health policy.
Why establish and follow a written health policy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It is an
effective way of maintaining a safe and healthy child care program.
How do you know if your program has a written policy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ask
your VPK program director and it usually posted in various areas like sink, kitchen, table
Why should policies be written? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. To ensure parents and child
care professionals are aware of procedures 2 to make sure everyone follows same rules.
How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Check for
too much warmth or coldness.
How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Check for a
bad smell or a change of smell.
How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ask child if
they taste something funny
How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Check for
breathing is it easy or ragged, etc.
How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- First
observation of seeing a child's appearance and check all areas from head to toe.
,The three A's of a healthy child are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Appetite, Appearance and
Activity
Appetite signs of a healthy child are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Can eat an appropriate
amount of food at meal times. Will Consume a variety of foods. Is interested in eating?
Appears content after meals/snacks.
Appearance signs of healthy child are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Has clear, bright eyes,
clear skin, age appriopiate muscles, gains steadily in height/body weight
Activity signs of a healthy child are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Has plenty of energy (not
hyperactive), is alert, sleeps soundly and has few aches and pains.
Emotional health of a healthy child are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a child who usually
reflects happy, cheerful feelings
Social health of a healthy child are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a child who is friendly most
of the time, interacts with other children and enjoys quiet activities that require concentration.
Menal health of a healthy child are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a child who is interested in
new experiences and is usally confident and adaptable.
Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a child with special needs. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- No
Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ear
infections vs. hearing loss; cold vs. asthma; sprained ankle vs. foot deformity; distress over
fight vs. depression
What can you do to know what is normal for a particular child? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Ask the parents for signs of well-being and their child normal displays.
Daily checks are a good way of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- preventing, identifing and
controlling illness in a child care environment.
, Signs to observe in a daily health check in Behavior is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- general
mood (quiet, irritable, drousy, restless), unusual behavior, activity level, breathing
difficulities, severe coughing, sneezing, hoarseness.
Signs to observe in a daily health chec in Face and Body: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Skin
color (flused, pale, dry, clammy, hot), unusual spots, raches, swelling or bruises, sores,
discharge from nose, ears, eyes, red look to eyes, irritated sensitive to light.
Signs to observe in a daily health check in general: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- bowel
movements (change in color, oder, frequency), pain (screaming, crying, head-rolling), skin
marks (rashes, bruises, cuts)
Appetite - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- desire to eat
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom (AIDS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A virus
infection that renders the body incapable of fighting off the most common diseases and is
usually fatal. This is considered to be the end stage of a HIV diagnosis.
Clean - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To remove dirt, debris and germs by scrubbing and
washing with soap (or detergent) and water. The process does not necessary kill germs, but
lowers the risk of spreading infection.
Communiable Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Disease that can be spread from one
person to another.
Dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Excessive water loss from the body or from an
organ or bodily part.
Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an illness
Disinfectant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To kill germs on surfaces or objects by using
chemicals to lower the risk of spreading infection
