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Assume this is a handwritten note in a young person’s file.  There may be a mistake in the following professional documentation entry.  Choose the answer below which BEST describes the documentation: Hector was observed hitting the young person (ST) on the shoulder.  When approached, Hector shouted, “she had no right to touch my radio.”  Staff member (TJ) separated the two youth and counseled each individually.  Staff member (TJ) then met with them together to work out a solution.  Both youth reported being satisfied with the solution and shook hands. 

A Practitioner goes home and talks with her spouse who works at another facility at which a child under the Practitioner’s care is being placed.  The child has been accepted and is awaiting a bed.   The information shared causes problems in placing the child at the new facility.  This is _____.

Ten-year-old Frank is a new youth in your program.  He is refusing to participate in a swimming activity. Which of the following is the BEST response?

The final exam is worth 25% of the final grade in the course. 

In a chemical analysis of a sample of animal tissue, which element would you expect to find in the least quantity?

Prokaryotic cells are smaller than eukaryotic cells. What is a plausible explanation? 

Which aspects of natural selection are illustrated by the figure below? Check all that apply. beak depth graph.jpg

A human cell has a mutation in the gene that encodes the enzyme that generates lactate from pyruvate, rendering that enzyme completely non-functional. Assuming that there is ample glucose present, how would this cell generate energy in the presence of oxygen?

In the fruit fly Drosophila, there is a dominant gene for normal wings and its recessive allele for vestigial wings. At another gene locus on the same chromosome, there is a dominant gene for red eyes and its recessive allele for purple eyes. A male that was heterozygous at both gene loci was mated with a female that was homozygous for both recessive alleles and the following results were observed among the offspring: Normal wings and red eyes – 420              Vestigial wings and purple eyes – 430 Normal wings and purple eyes – 70          Vestigial wings and red eyes – 80 According to these data, what is the distance, in centimorgans (cM), between these 2 gene loci? 

Do you have a job outside of school?  Where  do you work?  How many hours do you work per week?