Chapter 19: Preschool Child

Chapter 19: Preschool Child

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A 5-year-old has a daily caloric intake of 1800 calories. Approximately what portion of the diet should be comprised of carbohydrates?

ANS:   C

Nine hundred calories of the 1800 calorie diet should be comprised of carbohydrates. Preschoolers should consume approximately half of their diet in carbohydrates.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    482

2. Which of the following will a 5-year-old need help eating?

ANS:   C

The preschooler will need help with the chicken. In the later preschool years, most children need help cutting meats.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    483

3. A 4-year-old had an episode of enuresis. The parents should:

ANS:   A

The parents should have the child change his own pajamas before going to bed. Preschoolers should not be ridiculed or punished. They should be responsible for changing their own clothes and encouraged to avoid problems in the future.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    492

4. A 5-year-old is prescribed a medication that is renally excreted. As a result, the dose should be:

ANS:   B

The dose should be at the recommended dose. Kidneys reach full maturity by the end of infancy and early toddler years. As a result, medications that are renally excreted can by given at the recommended doses.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Synthesis                REF:    479