MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which should the nurse expect of a healthy 3-year-old child?

a. Jump rope.

b. Ride a two-wheel bicycle.

c. Skip on alternate feet.

d. Balance on one foot for a few seconds.

2. In terms of fine motor development, which should the 3-year-old child be expected to do?

a. Lace shoes and tie shoelaces with a bow.

b. Use scissors to cut pictures, and print a few numbers.

c. Draw a person with seven parts and correctly identify the parts.

d. Draw a circle and name what has been drawn.

3. A nurse is assessing a preschool-age child and notes the child exhibits magical thinking. According to Piaget, which describes magical thinking?

a. Events have cause and effect.

b. God is like an imaginary friend.

c. Thoughts are all-powerful.

d. If the skin is broken, the child’s insides will come out.

4. A nurse, instructing parents of a hospitalized preschool child, explains that which is descriptive of the preschooler’s understanding of time?

a. Has no understanding of time

b. Associates time with events

c. Can tell time on a clock

d. Uses terms like “yesterday” appropriately

5. The nurse is caring for a hospitalized 4-year-old boy. His parents tell the nurse that they will be back to visit at 6 PM. When the child asks the nurse when his parents are coming, the nurse’s best response is

a. “They will be here soon.”

b. “They will come after dinner.”

c. “Let me show you on the clock when 6 PM is.”

d. “I will tell you every time I see you how much longer it will be.”

6. A 4-year-old child is hospitalized with a serious bacterial infection. The child tells the nurse that he is sick because he was “bad.” Which is the nurse’s best interpretation of this comment?

a. Sign of stress

b. Common at this age

c. Suggestive of maladaptation

d. Suggestive of excessive discipline at home

7. A 4-year-old child tells the nurse that she does not want another blood sample drawn because “I need all my insides, and I don’t want anyone taking them out.” Which is the nurse’s best interpretation of this?

a. Child is being overly dramatic.

b. Child has a disturbed body image.

c. Preschoolers have poorly defined body boundaries.

d. Preschoolers normally have a good understanding of their bodies.

8. Which play is most typical of the preschool period?

a. Solitary

b. Parallel

c. Associative

d. Team

9. Imaginary playmates are beneficial to the preschool child because they:

a. take the place of social interactions.

b. take the place of pets and other toys.

c. become friends in times of loneliness.

d. accomplish what the child has already successfully accomplished.

10. Which characteristic best describes the language of a 3-year-old child?

a. Asks meanings of words

b. Follows directional commands

c. Describes an object according to its composition

d. Talks incessantly regardless of whether anyone is listening