DCF CERTIFICATION TEST - CHILD
ABUSE AND NEGLECT EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ - Answer-day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? - Answer-1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? - Answer-
Child Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ - Answer-10
seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years - Answer-Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological
capicaty of a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person
responsiible for the child's welfare - Answer-Child abuse
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
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
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or
teasing child. - Answer-Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution
where the person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a
private school, public or private child care center, residential home, institution, program,
or agency or any other person at such institution responsible for the child's care. -
Answer-Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision. -
Answer-Neglect
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