WGU D202 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT EXAM ACTUAL EXAM ALL 300 QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE DETAILED SOLUTIONS
QUESTION: What is the embryonic period? - ANSWER-Weeks 3-8 of pregnancy, formation of
placenta and brain development
QUESTION: What is the fetal period? - ANSWER-From the end of the embryonic period until the
end of pregnancy, viability at 24 weeks
QUESTION: What influences sexual orientation? - ANSWER-Genetics, birth order, hormones
QUESTION: What are some maternal factors that can affect fetal development? - ANSWER-Age,
environmental teratogens, diabetes, high blood pressure, Rh factor, weight gain, stress,
depression
QUESTION: What are some risks during pregnancy? - ANSWER-Ectopic pregnancy,
preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion
QUESTION: How many stages are there in labor for vaginal delivery? - ANSWER-Three
QUESTION: What are the other types of delivery? - ANSWER-Cesarean and induced
QUESTION: What is the APGAR score? - ANSWER-Assessment of newborn's heart rate, muscle
tone, reflexes, etc.
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QUESTION: What is NBAS? - ANSWER-Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale used to assess
newborns.
QUESTION: When does the postpartum phase begin and end? - ANSWER-Begins after birth and
ends when mother's body returns to pre-pregnancy form.
QUESTION: What are maternal worries in the postpartum phase? - ANSWER-Mother's needs
and changes in taking on new responsibilities.
QUESTION: What is postpartum anxiety? - ANSWER-Elevated sense of worry about the infant
following childbirth.
QUESTION: What is postpartum depression? - ANSWER-Unusual sadness occurring after
childbirth.
QUESTION: What is postpartum psychosis? - ANSWER-Serious mental illness affecting new
mothers after childbirth.
QUESTION: Why should new mothers seek medical assistance for postpartum anxiety? -
ANSWER-To address elevated worries about the infant.
QUESTION: What is physical growth? - ANSWER-Increase in body size and organ size in babies.
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QUESTION: What does physical development aid in? - ANSWER-Maintenance of healthy weight,
strong bones, muscles, and heart.
QUESTION: What is motor development? - ANSWER-Physical growth and strengthening of
bones and muscles in children.
QUESTION: What do gross motor skills focus on? - ANSWER-Large muscle groups controlling
head, torso, arms, and legs.
QUESTION: What is the cephalocaudal path of development? - ANSWER-Development that
proceeds from head to tail.
QUESTION: What is the proximodistal path of development? - ANSWER-Development that
proceeds from midline outward.
QUESTION: What is sensory development? - ANSWER-Processes used to take in information
from the environment.
QUESTION: How can sensory processes be affected? - ANSWER-By the infant's developing
motor abilities.
QUESTION: Why is nutrition important for health and development? - ANSWER-It is related to
improved infant, child, and maternal health and stronger immune systems.
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QUESTION: What is kwashiorkor? - ANSWER-A disease caused by protein deficiency.
QUESTION: When does kwashiorkor often occur? - ANSWER-After the birth of another sibling.
QUESTION: What are genes? - ANSWER-Inherited building blocks that determine development.
QUESTION: What is mitosis? - ANSWER-Nucleus makes copy of chromosomes and splits into
two cells.
QUESTION: What happens in meiosis? - ANSWER-Chromosomes duplicate and divide twice,
resulting in four cells.
QUESTION: What is genotype? - ANSWER-Sum total of inherited genes.
QUESTION: What is phenotype? - ANSWER-Features that are expressed.
QUESTION: What are dominant genes? - ANSWER-Express themselves in phenotype.
QUESTION: What are recessive genes? - ANSWER-Express themselves only when paired with
similar gene.
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