Round 4

What is the main type of assistance provided by support groups for first-time parents?

• Emotional

• Employment

• Financial

• Housing

Which of the following is true of adoptive parents?

• They are biologically connected to their child.

• They are legally allowed to select their child’s religion.

• They are legally allowed to select their child’s religion.

• They are legally allowed to select their child’s religion.

Which of the following is most likely to lead to an increase in the number of primary carers in the future?

• The increasing wage for health care workers

• The increasing percentage of homeless people in NSW

• The increasing percentage of people aged 65 years and over

• The increasing percentage of young people participating in the workforce

Both culture and socioeconomic status are most likely to influence which parental decision?

• To return to work

• To access childcare subsidies

• To use a particular parenting style

• To socialise a child without gender stereotyping

What is a disadvantage of adoption in Australia?

• The process is long and costly for the adoptive parents.

• The arrangement is temporary for the biological parents

• Adoptive parents have no legal responsibility for the child.

• Biological parents are required to make financial contributions for the child.

Jessica loves her two children aged four and seven. Jessica tried to enforce a regular bedtime, but they refused. Now they go to bed when they are tired. Which of the following best describes Jessica’s style of parenting?

• Authoritarian

• Democratic

• Negligent

• Permissive

A parent who works full-time puts their primary school aged children into after school care. What parental responsibility is being put into practice?

• Duty of care

• Financial support

• The provision of education

• Discipline and setting limits

Which of the following is an example of an informal carer in an unplanned circumstance?

• A community nurse visiting a new mother at her home

• A sister looking after her younger brother every day after school

• A man who regularly visits his elderly neighbour who lives alone

• A daughter caring for her mother who was recently injured in a car accident

Twelve-year-old Lorena asked her parents if she could go to see a late movie at the cinema with her friend. Consider the following responses from Lorena’s parents.

Response 1 – ‘You will not be going.’

Response 2 – ‘No worries, I will cancel my plans to drive you.’

Response 3 – ‘Yes, you can go. Just find your own way home.’

Response 4 – ‘We need to discuss this further so I feel safe about you being out so late.’

Which response represents an indulgent parenting style?

• Response 1

• Response 2

• Response 3

• Response 4

If additional care services were provided for aged individuals living within the home, the burden would be decreased for

• social workers.

• informal carers.

• aged care nurses.

• government agencies