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Chapter 9. School Age – Test Questions
1. As 6-year-old Damian enters school, you would expect which of the following accomplishments?
a. | A period of increased growth |
b. | Relationship closer to family and more distant from peers |
c. | A more self-centered person |
d. | Deciduous teeth being replaced by permanent teeth |
2. Respiratory infections increase in school-age children because of:
a. | An immature immune system |
b. | A wider and shorter trachea |
c. | The alveoli balloon |
d. | Increased exposure to other children |
3. Excessive discipline in school-age children can lead to:
a. | Insecurity |
b. | Doubt |
c. | Acting-out behavior |
d. | Impulsiveness |
4. The characteristic thinking pattern of a 10-year-old is:
a. | Unorganized |
b. | Distinguished by an inability to understand rules |
c. | Distinguished by an ability to follow rules |
d. | Unfocused |
5. School plays a vital role in 9-year-old Kevin’s life in providing:
a. | Protection |
b. | Play |
c. | Nurturing |
d. | Learning |
6. Moral development of the school-age child is focused on:
a. | Revenge |
b. | Hatred |
c. | Reciprocity |
d. | Healing |
7. Sue Ellen asks the nurse how to manage 10-year-old Keisha’s daily food intake. She can be told that breakfast should represent at least:
a. | 1/3 of the total daily intake |
b. | 3/4 of the total daily intake |
c. | 1/8 of the total daily intake |
d. | 1/6 of the total daily intake |
8. Ten-year-old Simon’s mother tells you that Simon is unable to sleep at night. You will know that sleep deprivation can affect Simon’s:
a. | Mental development |
b. | Muscle function |
c. | Social relationships |
d. | Aging process |
9. Play of the school-age child typically involves:
a. | Same sex |
b. | Mixed sex |
c. | Noncompetitive acts |
d. | Repetitive acts |
10. Fine motor development during school age is more focused on:
a. | Accuracy and smoothness |
b. | Control and balance |
c. | Gains and losses |
d. | Force and balance |
11. Intense feelings of physical harm experienced by school-age children may be due to:
a. | Peer influence |
b. | Parental practices |
c. | Self-will |
d. | Violence on television |
12. Lillian is sharing with you the many outward expressions of anger she has experienced with her 11-year-old son. You could tell her that this behavior represents:
a. | A need for independence |
b. | Developing self-esteem |
c. | Cognitive achievement |
d. | Ego integrity |
13. In Piaget’s concept of seriation, the child is able to:
a. | Understand the relationship between the part and the whole |
b. | Understand the cause-and-effect relationship |
c. | Order objects according to size |
d. | Outline a plan of behavior for his or her lifetime |
14. Kohlberg’s reciprocity is when children:
a. | Think only of themselves |
b. | Begin to be concerned for others |
c. | Fight parental discipline |
d. | Gain independent thought |
15. The caloric intake of the school-age child is determined by:
a. | Heart rate and blood pressure |
b. | Organ maturity and function |
c. | Cognitive ability |
d. | Activity and metabolism |
16. Carol is instructed at the health clinic to limit her 9-year-old’s intake of saturated fats. She understands the instructions if she tells you she will avoid giving him:
a. | Vegetable oils |
b. | Nut oils |
c. | Dairy products |
d. | Sunflower oil |
17. A young couple brought their 6-year-old son to the doctor’s office concerned that he frequently awakens in the night frightened by nightmares. What would be good advice for these parents?
a. | Give the child a glass of warm milk. |
b. | Read the child another bedtime story. |
c. | Reassure the child that he is safe and not alone. |
d. | Bring the child to your bed until he falls asleep. |
18. Growth and development in the school-age child can be best described as:
a. | Rapid and rhythmic |
b. | Slow and irregular |
c. | Rapid and consistent |
d. | Slow and steady |
19. The landmark of the school-age period is the:
a. | Onset of moral reasoning |
b. | Maturing of ethical decision-making |
c. | Entrance into formal school and the onset of puberty |
d. | Beginning of aging and reproductive processes |
20. Which of the following is not an accomplishment of children ages 4 to 6?
a. | They begin to grow their deciduous teeth |
b. | They move away from family toward peers |
c. | They become less self-centered and more goal-oriented |
d. | Their sexual energies are dormant |
21. Seven-year-old Amos may develop a sense of inferiority if his parents take which of the following actions?
a. | Praise the child |
b. | Ignore the child’s effort |
c. | Provide positive reinforcement |
d. | Guide the child |
22. The goal of school age is to provide:
a. | Moral development |
b. | Discipline |
c. | Self-satisfaction |
d. | Sex role identity |
23. The parent of the school-age child can be told to expect normal average growth to include:
a. | Average weight increase of 2 to 3 kg each year |
b. | Average height increase of 2 to 3 cm each year |
c. | Budding of the wisdom teeth |
d. | Maximum cardiac output |
24. Your neighbor is discussing a problem her 7-year-old son is having in school. She has just discovered that he is being bullied. She is handling the problem correctly if she tells you she plans to:
a. | Go to the school and confront the bully herself |
b. | Send the older child with him so they both can handle the situation |
c. | Support and encourage him to talk each day so he can cope |
d. | Call the police before her son is harmed |
25. What strategies can a parent use to encourage the school-age child to complete his or her homework assignments?
a. | Make homework the last project each evening before bedtime |
b. | Leave the child alone until the homework is completed |
c. | Provide attention and contact with the child during homework sessions |
d. | Allow the child to decide the time and duration of homework sessions |
26. The nurse recognizes that which of the following behaviors is typical of 9-year-old boys?
a. | Start but rarely finish anything |
b. | Like to pretend at play |
c. | Enjoy secret codes with friends |
d. | Play best alongside friends |
27. Caregivers should understand that it is best to prepare children for sex education:
a. | Before they ask questions |
b. | In schools and churches |
c. | At each child’s level of understanding |
d. | Using street terms they understand |
28. The nurse understands that which of the following characterize(s) the school-age child? (Select all that apply.)
a. | Having slow and steady growth |
b. | Placing importance on peer relationships |
c. | Being somewhat goal-directed |
d. | Being impulsive and demanding |
e. | Forming same-sex friendships |
f. | Searching for identity |
29. Symptoms of mild anxiety may include (select all that apply):
- Headache
- Stomachache
- Difficulty breathing
- Rapid heart rate
- Depression
30. Possible contributing causes of asthma include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
- Pollutants
- Dust
- Depression
- Mold
- Animal dander
31. Sexual feelings during school age are often:
- Explosive
- Openly displayed
- Dormant
- Experimented with and acted out
32. A key point for parents and school personnel to keep in mind in recognizing depression and preventing suicide is:
- Avoiding talking about suicide
- Keeping lines of communication open
- Ignoring excessive moodiness
- Knowing that heredity has no impact on depression
Chapter 9. School Age – Test Questions With Answers and Rationales
1. As 6-year-old Damian enters school, you would expect which of the following accomplishments?
a. | A period of increased growth |
b. | Relationship closer to family and more distant from peers |
c. | A more self-centered person |
d. | Deciduous teeth being replaced by permanent teeth |
Rationale: Deciduous teeth are replaced by permanent teeth beginning usually around age 6.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. Respiratory infections increase in school-age children because of:
a. | An immature immune system |
b. | A wider and shorter trachea |
c. | The alveoli balloon |
d. | Increased exposure to other children |
Rationale: There is usually an increased incidence of respiratory infections once the child enters the school setting and is with many other children.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
3. Excessive discipline in school-age children can lead to:
a. | Insecurity |
b. | Doubt |
c. | Acting-out behavior |
d. | Impulsiveness |
Rationale: School-age children need rules and the chance to test their own decisions.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
4. The characteristic thinking pattern of a 10-year-old is:
a. | Unorganized |
b. | Distinguished by an inability to understand rules |
c. | Distinguished by an ability to follow rules |
d. | Unfocused |
Rationale: Ten-year-olds can follow and accept rules and regulations.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
5. School plays a vital role in 9-year-old Kevin’s life in providing:
a. | Protection |
b. | Play |
c. | Nurturing |
d. | Learning |
Rationale: A great deal of learning takes place in the school environment.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
6. Moral development of the school-age child is focused on:
a. | Revenge |
b. | Hatred |
c. | Reciprocity |
d. | Healing |
Rationale: School-age children start to recognize what is fair and important to others.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
7. Sue Ellen asks the nurse how to manage 10-year-old Keisha’s daily food intake. She can be told that breakfast should represent at least:
a. | 1/3 of the total daily intake |
b. | 3/4 of the total daily intake |
c. | 1/8 of the total daily intake |
d. | 1/6 of the total daily intake |
Rationale: It has been documented that breakfast is a very important part of the total daily diet.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
8. Ten-year-old Simon’s mother tells you that Simon is unable to sleep at night. You will know that sleep deprivation can affect Simon’s:
a. | Mental development |
b. | Muscle function |
c. | Social relationships |
d. | Aging process |
Rationale: Sleep deprivation can affect a person’s mood and interpersonal relationships.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
9. Play of the school-age child typically involves:
a. | Same sex |
b. | Mixed sex |
c. | Noncompetitive acts |
d. | Repetitive acts |
Rationale: School-age children are highly competitive and prefer to play with children of the same sex.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
10. Fine motor development during school age is more focused on:
a. | Accuracy and smoothness |
b. | Control and balance |
c. | Gains and losses |
d. | Force and balance |
Rationale: During school age, fine motor skills are sharpened and allow the child to focus on accuracy.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
11. Intense feelings of physical harm experienced by school-age children may be due to:
a. | Peer influence |
b. | Parental practices |
c. | Self-will |
d. | Violence on television |
Rationale: It is believed that violence on television can produce feelings of fear and insecurity in school-age children.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
12. Lillian is sharing with you the many outward expressions of anger she has experienced with her 11-year-old son. You could tell her that this behavior represents:
a. | A need for independence |
b. | Developing self-esteem |
c. | Cognitive achievement |
d. | Ego integrity |
Rationale: Eleven-year-olds may express anger as part of their beginning need for separation and independence.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
13. In Piaget’s concept of seriation, the child is able to:
a. | Understand the relationship between the part and the whole |
b. | Understand the cause-and-effect relationship |
c. | Order objects according to size |
d. | Outline a plan of behavior for his or her lifetime |
Rationale: Seriation is Piaget’s concept that describes the ability to order and size objects.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
14. Kohlberg’s reciprocity is when children:
a. | Think only of themselves |
b. | Begin to be concerned for others |
c. | Fight parental discipline |
d. | Gain independent thought |
Rationale: Reciprocity implies a concern for another person’s welfare.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
15. The caloric intake of the school-age child is determined by:
a. | Heart rate and blood pressure |
b. | Organ maturity and function |
c. | Cognitive ability |
d. | Activity and metabolism |
Rationale: Activity and metabolism determine an individual child’s caloric needs.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
16. Carol is instructed at the health clinic to limit her 9-year-old’s intake of saturated fats. She understands the instructions if she tells you she will avoid giving him:
a. | Vegetable oils |
b. | Nut oils |
c. | Dairy products |
d. | Sunflower oil |
Rationale: Dairy products, meat, and other animal products contain saturated fats.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
17. A young couple brought their 6-year-old son to the doctor’s office concerned that he frequently awakens in the night frightened by nightmares. What would be good advice for these parents?
a. | Give the child a glass of warm milk. |
b. | Read the child another bedtime story. |
c. | Reassure the child that he is safe and not alone. |
d. | Bring the child to your bed until he falls asleep. |
Rationale: Basic reassurance and reality reinforcement should relax the child back to sleep.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
18. Growth and development in the school-age child can be best described as:
a. | Rapid and rhythmic |
b. | Slow and irregular |
c. | Rapid and consistent |
d. | Slow and steady |
Rationale: Growth and development during the school-age period are slow and steady.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
19. The landmark of the school-age period is the:
a. | Onset of moral reasoning |
b. | Maturing of ethical decision-making |
c. | Entrance into formal school and the onset of puberty |
d. | Beginning of aging and reproductive processes |
Rationale: The school-age period begins with the entrance into formal school and ends with the completion of puberty.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
20. Which of the following is not an accomplishment of children ages 4 to 6?
a. | They begin to grow their deciduous teeth |
b. | They move away from family toward peers |
c. | They become less self-centered and more goal-oriented |
d. | Their sexual energies are dormant |
Rationale: By ages 4 to 6 years, children already have their complete set of deciduous teeth.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
21. Seven-year-old Amos may develop a sense of inferiority if his parents take which of the following actions?
a. | Praise the child |
b. | Ignore the child’s effort |
c. | Provide positive reinforcement |
d. | Guide the child |
Rationale: Seven-year-old children work hard in school and in learning new concepts. They need praise to continue being industrious.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
22. The goal of school age is to provide:
a. | Moral development |
b. | Discipline |
c. | Self-satisfaction |
d. | Sex role identity |
Rationale: School-age children feel self-satisfied with their accomplishments in school.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
23. The parent of the school-age child can be told to expect normal average growth to include:
a. | Average weight increase of 2 to 3 kg each year |
b. | Average height increase of 2 to 3 cm each year |
c. | Budding of the wisdom teeth |
d. | Maximum cardiac output |
Rationale: During the school-age period, weight increases an average of 2 to 3 kg per year.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
24. Your neighbor is discussing a problem her 7-year-old son is having in school. She has just discovered that he is being bullied. She is handling the problem correctly if she tells you she plans to:
a. | Go to the school and confront the bully herself |
b. | Send the older child with him so they both can handle the situation |
c. | Support and encourage him to talk each day so he can cope |
d. | Call the police before her son is harmed |
Rationale: Parental guidelines for victims of bullies involve reinforcing coping strategies through support and verbalization as well as avoiding confrontation.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
25. What strategies can a parent use to encourage the school-age child to complete his or her homework assignments?
a. | Make homework the last project each evening before bedtime |
b. | Leave the child alone until the homework is completed |
c. | Provide attention and contact with the child during homework sessions |
d. | Allow the child to decide the time and duration of homework sessions |
Rationale: Homework is a top priority. A specific time must be set aside, and the parent should provide attention and contact with the child during the homework session.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
26. The nurse recognizes that which of the following behaviors is typical of 9-year-old boys?
a. | Start but rarely finish anything |
b. | Like to pretend at play |
c. | Enjoy secret codes with friends |
d. | Play best alongside friends |
Rationale: Nine-year-old boys enjoy playing with other boys and having secret clubs, codes, and groups.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
27. Caregivers should understand that it is best to prepare children for sex education:
a. | Before they ask questions | |
b. | In schools and churches | |
c. | At each child’s level of understanding | |
d. | Using street terms they understand |
Rationale: Children should have sex education in terms they understand.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
28. The nurse understands that which of the following characterize(s) the school-age child? (Select all that apply.)
a. | Having slow and steady growth |
b. | Placing importance on peer relationships |
c. | Being somewhat goal-directed |
d. | Being impulsive and demanding |
e. | Forming same-sex friendships |
f. | Searching for identity |
Rationale: In the school-age period, growth is slow and steady, children move toward peer relationships, goals are beginning to become important, and children tend to form same-sex friendships.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
29. Symptoms of mild anxiety may include (select all that apply):
- Headache
- Stomachache
- Difficulty breathing
- Rapid heart rate
- Depression
Rationale: Mild anxiety has minor symptoms such as headache and stomachache, whereas severe anxiety includes difficulty breathing and rapid heart rate.
Nursing Process: Plan
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
30. Possible contributing causes of asthma include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
- Pollutants
- Dust
- Depression
- Mold
- Animal dander
Rationale: A variety of pollutants, including dust, mold, and animal dander, act as irritants to the respiratory tract and can lead to asthma.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
31. Sexual feelings during school age are often:
- Explosive
- Openly displayed
- Dormant
- Experimented with and acted out
Rationale: School-age children are focused on friends, school, learning, and sometimes sports. Sexual expression is quiet during this stage.
Nursing Process: Plan
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
32. A key point for parents and school personnel to keep in mind in recognizing depression and preventing suicide is:
- Avoiding talking about suicide
- Keeping lines of communication open
- Ignoring excessive moodiness
- Knowing that heredity has no impact on depression
Rationale: Keeping the lines of communication open helps parents and school personnel stay in touch with what the individual is thinking and feeling.
Nursing Process: Plan
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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