Competency Appraisal- Midterm Exam
Name: _______________________________________
Score:___________
Date: ________
Instruction: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate answers using your IMCI chart.
QUESTIONS
1. Which signs indicate that a child
should be classified as SEVERE
PNEUMONIA or VERY SEVERE
DISEASE?
2. A child aged 12 months has
PNEUMONIA. What should be the
duration of antibiotic
treatment?
3. A child aged 2 months up to 5 years
has a general danger sign and
wheeze. What is her classification?
4. For how many cycles should one give
a rapid acting inhaled bronchodilator
before classifying the child with
wheeze?
5. A child aged 9 months has received a
trial of rapid acting inhaled
bronchodilator .She is now breathing
55 breaths per minute and has no
wheeze. What is her classification?
6. A child aged 15 months old months
has received a trial of rapid acting
inhaled bronchodilator .She is now
breathing 45 breaths per minute and
has a wheeze. What is her
classification?
7. A child aged 11 months old months
has received a trial of rapid acting
inhaled bronchodilator .She is now
breathing 44 breaths per minute and
has no wheeze. What is her
classification?
8. A child aged 36 months old months
has received a trial of rapid acting
inhaled bronchodilator .She is now
breathing 32 breaths per minute and
has a wheeze. What is her
classification?
9. A 15 month old child has chest
indrawing and a wheeze. What is its
classification?
10.A 44 months old has stridor when
calm and a wheeze. What is his
classification?
ANSWERS
11.How would you treat a child with a
classification of: SEVERE PNEUMONIA
WITH WHEEZING OR VERY SEVERE
DISEASE?
12.How would you treat a 23 month old
with PNEUMONIA with WHEEZING?
13.How many signs are needed to
classify a child as having SOME
DEHYDRATION?
14.What type of ORS should be used to
treat dehydration?
15.Which children need zinc
supplements?
16.How will you give zinc supplements
to a 4 month old infant with SOME
DEHYDRATION?
17.Give 2 signs that may indicate that a
child has SEVERE DEHYDRATION.
18.What are the 4 rules of Home
Treatment for diarrhea?
19.How will you give zinc supplements
to a 34 month old infant with NO
DEHYDRATION?
20.How would you treat a 9 month old
with a classification of dysentery?
21.A child is aged 2 months up to 5
years :
What are the 4 steps for checking the
general danger signs?
22.How do you decide if the child is
unconscious?
23.What is fast breathing in a child who
is 36 months old?
24.Should all children be classified with
fever?
25.Which signs indicate that a child has
SEVERE COMPLICATED MEASLES?
26.What are the fever classifications in a
high malaria risk area?
27.In a high malaria risk area, which
children should be classified as
having malaria?
28.How would you treat a child with
VERY SEVERE FEBRLE DISEASE?
29.Which signs indicate that a child
should be classified as having
CHRONIC EAR INFECTION?
30.Which signs indicate that a child has
MASTOIDITIS?
31.Which children should receive vitamin
A for treatment?
32.Which children should routinely
receive 6-monthly vitamin A?
33.When assessing and classifying for
nutrition, which signs should one look
for?
34.An infant aged 6 weeks has umbilical
redness extending to the skin. What
is his classification?
35.A 3 week old infant has slight chest
indrawing and localized skin pustules.
What is the classification?
36.A 2 day old has CONVULSIONS>How
would you treat the child?
37.What antibiotic would you use to
treat a 4 week old infant with LOCAL
BACTERIAL INFECTION?
38.After how many days would you
follow up an infant with LOCAL
BACTERIAL INFECTION?
39.A child with pneumonia should be
followed up in 2 days? ( True or False)
40.A child with DYSENTERY should be
followed up in 5 days? (True or False)
Prepared by:
Myrrha F. Taganas,RN
