Types of Child Abuse
Signs and Symptoms
Child Abuse Fatalities
Burns & Injuries
100

This type of abuse involves inappropriate touching, oral-genital contact, or forcing a child into sexual acts.

✅ Correct Answer: child sexual abuse

100

Yellow-colored bruises are typically older than this number of days.

✅ Correct Answer: 18 Days

100

Most children who die from abuse are under this age.

✅ Correct Answer: 6 Years Old

100

These are the four degrees of burns, from least to most severe.

✅ Correct Answer: first, second, third, and fourth-degree burns

200

Infants violently shaken by a caregiver may suffer from this serious form of head trauma.

✅ Correct Answer: Shaken baby syndrome

200

These signs—like nightmares, depression, sexualized behavior, or withdrawal—can indicate this kind of abuse.

✅ Correct Answer: Sexual Abuse

200

What percentage of child abuse deaths involve children under the age of 1?

A. 25%
B. 44%
C. 60%
D. 80%


✅ Correct Answer: B. 44%

200

Approximately what percentage of pediatric burns are the result of abuse?

A. 1% to 5%
 B. 10% to 25%
 C. 30% to 50%
 D. Over 75%

✅ Correct Answer: B. 10% to 25%

300

What are burn patterns most associated with abuse?

✅ Correct Answer: immersion, splash, and contact burn

300

Toddlers who are suddenly clingy, fearful, or regress in behavior might be showing early signs of this.

✅ Correct Answer: Sexual Abuse

300

These signs, like petechiae or foamy discharge, may be seen in cases of this unexplained infant death syndrome.

✅ Correct Answer: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

300

Which type of burn affects only the outermost layer of the skin and is similar to a sunburn?

✅ Correct Answer: First Degree Burn