Chapter 8
Understanding School-Age Development Quiz
Test your knowledge about the developmental milestones and health considerations for school-age children with this comprehensive quiz. Designed for parents, educators, and healthcare professionals, the quiz covers key cognitive and social developments in children aged 6 to 12 years.
Engage with thought-provoking questions that assess your understanding of growth patterns, moral development, and effective communication strategies with school-aged kids.
- 18 multiple-choice questions
- Focus on cognitive and social development
- Ideal for educators and health professionals
Which statement made by a mother of a school-age boy indicates a need for further teaching?
My child is playing soccer this year.”
He is always busy with his friends playing games. He is very active.”
I limit his television watching to about 2 hours a day.”
I am glad his coach is a good role model. He emphasizes the importance of winning in today’s society. The kids really are disciplined.”
Which behavior is not demonstrated in the 8-year-old child?
Understands that his or her point of view is not the only one
Enjoys telling riddles and silly jokes
Understands that pouring liquid from a small to large container does not change the amount
Engages in fantasy and magical thinking
The ability to mentally understand that 1 + 3 = 4 and 4 – 1 = 3 occurs in which stage of cognitive development?
Concrete operations
Formal operations
Intuitive thought
Preoperations
Which activity is most appropriate for developing fine motor skills in the school-age child?
Drawing
Swimming
Soccer
Singing
A school nurse is teaching a health class for 5th grade children. The nurse plans to include which statement to best describe growth in the early school-age period?
Boys grow faster than girls.
Puberty occurs earlier in boys than in girls.
Puberty occurs at the same age for all races and ethnicities.
It is a period of rapid physical growth.
Which comment is most developmentally typical of a 7-year-old boy?
I am a Power Ranger, so don’t make me angry.”
I don’t know whether I like Mary or Joan better.”
My mom is my favorite person in the world.”
Jimmy is my best friend.”
A school nurse is conducting a class on safety for a group of school-age children. Which statement indicates that the children may need further teaching?
My sister and I know two different ways to get out of the house.”
I can dial 911 if there is a fire or a burglar in the house.”
My mother has told us that if we have a fire, we have to meet at the neighbor’s house.”
If there is a fire I will have to go back in for my cat Fluffy because she will be scared.”
Which statement is the most accurate about moral development in the 9-year-old school-age child?
Right and wrong are based on physical consequences of behavior.
The child obeys parents because of fear of punishment.
The school-age child conforms to rules to please others.
Parents are the determiners of right and wrong for the school-age child.
In providing anticipatory guidance to parents, which parental behavior is the most important in fostering moral development?
Telling the child what is right and wrong
Vigilantly monitoring the child and her peers
Weekly family meetings to discuss behavior
Living as the parents say they believe
Which behavior by parents or teachers will best assist the child in negotiating the developmental task of industry?
Identifying failures immediately and asking the child’s peers for feedback
Structuring the environment so that the child can master tasks
Completing homework for children who are having difficulty in completing assignments
Decreasing expectations to eliminate potential failures
A nurse is assessing an older school-age child recently admitted to the hospital. Which assessment indicates that the child is in an appropriate stage of cognitive development?
The child’s addition and subtraction ability
The child’s ability to classify
The child’s vocabulary
The child’s play activity
Which is an appropriate disciplinary intervention for the school-age child?
Using time-out periods
Using a consequence that is consistent with the inappropriate behavior
Using physical punishment
Using lengthy dialog about inappropriate behavior
In general, the earliest age at which puberty begins is ____ years in girls and _____ years in boys.
13; 13
11; 11
10; 12
12; 10
An 8-year-old girl tells the nurse that she has cancer because God is punishing her for “being bad.” She shares her concern that if she dies, she will go to hell. The nurse should interpret this as being
A belief common at this age
A belief that forms the basis for most religions
Suggestive of excessive family pressure
Suggestive of a failure to develop a conscience
A group of boys ages 9 and 10 years have formed a “boys-only” club that is open to neighborhood and school friends who have skateboards. This should be interpreted as
Behavior that encourages bullying and sexism
Behavior that reinforces poor peer relationships
Characteristic of social development of this age
Characteristic of children who later are at risk for membership in gangs
A 9-year-old girl often comes to the school nurse complaining of stomach pains. Her teacher says she is completing her schoolwork satisfactorily, but lately she has been somewhat aggressive and stubborn in the classroom. The school nurse should recognize this as
Signs of stress
Developmental delay
Physical problem causing emotional stress
Lack of adjustment to school environment
The school nurse has been asked to begin teaching sex education in the 5th grade. The nurse should recognize that
Children in 5th grade are too young for sex education.
Children should be discouraged from asking too many questions.
Correct terminology should be reserved for children who are older.
Sex can be presented as a normal part of growth and development.
An important consideration for the school nurse who is planning a class on bicycle safety is
Most bicycle injuries involve collision with an automobile.
Head injuries are the major causes of bicycle-related fatalities.
Children should wear bicycle helmets if they ride on paved streets.
Children should not ride double unless the bicycle has an extra-large seat.
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