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Growth & Development: Exam #1

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SOLVED (Newest 2025) During their school-age years, children best understand concepts that can be seen or illustrated. The nurse knows this type of thinking is termed as

• preoperational
• concrete operations
• school-age rhetoric
• formal operations - Correct Answers ✅b.

At what age would the nurse expect an infant to be able to say "mama" and "dada" with meaning?

• 4 months
• 6 months
• 10 months
• 14 months - Correct Answers ✅c.

Parents are often confused by the terms growth and development and use the terms interchangeably. Based on the nurse's knowledge of growth and development, the most appropriate explanation of development is

• a child grows taller all through early childhood.
• a child learns to throw a ball overhand.
• a child's weight triples during the first year.
• a child's brain increases in size until school age. - Correct

Answers ✅b. 1 / 4

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SOLVED (Newest 2025) A nurse is knowledgeable about both growth and development. Which assessment finding indicates the child's development is on target?

• The child has not gained weight for 3 months.
• The child can throw a large ball but not a small ball.
• The child's arms are the most rapidly growing part of the

child's body.

• The child can pull herself or himself to her or his feet

before the child is able to sit steadily. - Correct Answers ✅b.Which characteristic best describes the fine motor skills of a 5-month-old infant?

• Transfers objects from one hand to another
• Crude pincer grasp
• Able to build a tower of two cubes
• Able to grasp an object voluntarily - Correct Answers

✅d.During a well-baby visit, the parents of a 12-month-old ask the nurse for advice on age-appropriate toys for their child.Based on the nurse's knowledge of developmental levels, the most appropriate toys to suggest are

• push-pull toys. 2 / 4

Growth & Development: Exam #1

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SOLVED (Newest 2025)

• toys with black-white patterns.
• pop-up toy such as Jack-in-the-box.
• soft toys that can be put in the mouth.
• toys that pop apart and go back together. - Correct

Answers ✅a, c, e According to Piaget, at what stage of development do children typically solve problems through trial and error?

• Sensorimotor stage
• Preoperational stage
• Formal operational stage
• Concrete operational stage - Correct Answers ✅a.

At what age would a child demonstrate the ability to understand the concept of compromise as related to social play interactions?

• 2 years of age
• 5 to 6 of age
• It depends on the child's ability to reason and therefore

may vary considerably

• It is a learned concept and is typically present by 10 years

of age. - Correct Answers ✅b. 3 / 4

Growth & Development: Exam #1

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SOLVED (Newest 2025) In terms of genetic presentations, if a disease pattern exists without known correlation of symptoms, this would be characterized as a

• syndrome
• association
• sequence
• mutation - Correct Answers ✅b.

A preschool child watches a nurse pour medication from a tall, thin glass to a short, wide glass. Which statement is appropriate developmentally for this age group?

• The amount of medicine is less.
• The amount of medicine did not change, only its

appearance.

• Pouring medicine makes the medicine hot.
• The glass changed shape to accommodate the medicine. -

Correct Answers ✅a.Which statement helps explain the growth and development of children?

• Development proceeds at a predictable rate.
• The sequence of developmental milestones is predictable.
• Rates of growth are consistent among children.
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