Deck 43: Child Abuse or Neglect

Question 1

Paramedics who report suspected child abuse in good faith are not granted immunity from liability.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A child should never be forced to have an examination, even by the parent, if the child refuses.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Psychological maltreatment can have far more devastating, and long-lasting, effects on a child's psyche than the harm caused by physical abuse.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Sexual abuse includes the vaginal or rectal penetration of the child with any body part or object including the mouth, fingers, or penis.

Question 5

Children with chronic medical conditions are at higher risk of child abuse.

Question 6

In terms of incest, any first degree relative (immediate family including first cousin) is considered a close relative.

Question 7

By race, the children at highest risk for child abuse appear to be Hispanics.

Question 8

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of Medical Examiners have stated that bouncing an infant on the knee, tossing an infant, infant swings, and jogging with an infant in a backpack may cause shaken baby syndrome.

Question 9

Parents rarely report child abuse.

Question 10

Pedophiles often begin a conditioning process when the child is as young as five or six years old.

Question 11

It has been estimated that one out of ____ girls will be sexually assaulted in their childhood.

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 12

Actions must be physical to be considered child abuse.

Question 13

Some authorities consider adults who allow or provide alcoholic beverages or drugs to minors (those less than ____ years of age) to be guilty of child abuse.

A) 14
B) 16
C) 18
D) 21

Question 14

Children living in single-parent households are statistically more at risk for child abuse.

Question 15

Child abuse, in its various forms, is thought to occur relatively infrequently.

Question 16

Some mothers do not realize that they are pregnant until they deliver.

Question 17

Sexual relations with a parent or caregiver before the age of consent is termed ____.

A) sexual molestation
B) sexual exploitation
C) sexual abuse
D) pedophilia

Question 18

Sexual ____ is a lesser degree of abuse that includes acts without penetration that are performed for the sexual gratification of the perpetrator, who may be the child's caregiver.

A) molestation
B) neglect
C) exploitation
D) sodomy

Question 19

Pedophilia is considered a psychological pathology.

Question 20

Federal law defines ____ as any act, or failure to act, on the part of responsible adults which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.

A) child neglect
B) psychological maltreatment
C) sodomy
D) child abuse

Question 21

By its definition, ____________________ leads to substantial psychological and intellectual impairment that has a ripple effect throughout the child's life.

Question 22

"____________________" is a lay term for sexual relations with a first degree relative with whom marriage is prohibited by law.

Question 23

When a person makes a statement while in the excitement of an event, called an ____________________, this statement may be allowed into court evidence.

Question 24

____, or bedwetting, can occur at night or be an "accident" during the daytime and is a sign of regression.

A) Enuresis
B) Menorrhagia
C) Encopresis
D) Amenorrhea

Question 25

Approximately ____ of child abuse victims have injuries to the head and face.

A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 99%

Question 26

____________________, or self-soiling, can be associated with enuresis and is sign of regression.

Question 27

The cycle of the abused becoming the abuser is called the ____________________.

Question 28

The newborn child can naturally lose as much as ____ of the birth weight in the first week.

A) ten percent
B) fifteen percent
C) twenty percent
D) twenty-five percent

Question 29

The reality is 79% of accused abusers are ____ of the child.

A) siblings
B) parents
C) grandparents
D) close friends

Question 30

Referred to as the "____________________," adults convince impressionable children that reporting sexual abuse to others would harm the family.

Question 31

Child ____ occurs when an adult with custodial responsibilities fails to provide legally mandated care for the child.

A) neglect
B) exploitation
C) expulsion
D) manipulation

Question 32

If the adult involved in the act is not a parent or caregiver, or does not have custodial responsibilities, then that adult is a(n) ____________________.

Question 33

To be ____ (permit the intervention of the courts in the child's care), neglect must result in physical and/or psychological impairment of the child.

A) relevant
B) actionable
C) obtainable
D) disputable

Question 34

Examples of induced ____________________ behaviors include obsessions, compulsions, and phobias.

Question 35

During ____________________, the infant is violently shaken to and fro, resulting in shearing forces during acceleration and deceleration.

Question 36

____ disorders are characterized by an effort to self-soothe, such as sucking fingers or rocking to and fro, mimicking maternal behaviors.

A) Psychiatric
B) Habit
C) Conduct
D) Neurotic

Question 37

Sexual ____ occurs when an adult uses a child in a sexual performance or in the production of pornography.

A) exploitation
B) molestation
C) exposure
D) abuse

Question 38

In order to gain attention for themselves, a parent may either fabricate or induce an illness in the child so that medical professionals will have to treat it, known as ____.

A) Williams Syndrome
B) Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
C) Guillain-Barre Syndrome
D) Angelman Syndrome

Question 39

Broadly, the term "____________________" encompasses acts of violence as well as willful acts of neglect.

Question 40

Paramedics are made aware of ____ disorders when the child becomes injured in an antisocial act or from some destructive behavior.

A) conduct
B) habit
C) neurotic
D) psychiatric