Safeguarding Adults and Children Mock Exam

A Level 1-2 style knowledge check on safeguarding adults and children for healthcare and care staff. It covers the Care Act 2014 principles, types and signs of abuse, responding to a disclosure, FGM mandatory reporting, Prevent, domestic abuse, exploitation, the Mental Capacity Act, information sharing and whistleblowing.

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Question 1. Which list gives the six safeguarding principles in the Care Act 2014 statutory guidance?

Empowerment, Prevention, Proportionality, Protection, Partnership, Accountability
Consent, Capacity, Confidentiality, Care, Compassion, Courage
Report, Record, Refer, Review, Reflect, Respond
Safety, Security, Supervision, Support, Sharing, Signposting

Question 2. Under section 42 of the Care Act 2014, the adult safeguarding duty applies to an adult who:

Is over 65, whatever their needs
Has care and support needs, is at risk of abuse or neglect, and cannot protect themselves because of those needs
Lives in a care home, whatever their circumstances
Has made a complaint about their care

Question 3. Which of these is recognised as a type of abuse or neglect in the Care Act statutory guidance?

Disagreeing with part of their care plan
Choosing not to have a flu vaccine
Self-neglect, such as hoarding or not looking after their own hygiene
Asking for a second opinion

Question 4. A care home routinely gets every resident up at 5am to fit the staff rota, whatever they want. What type of abuse could this be?

Financial abuse
Modern slavery
Self-neglect
Organisational abuse

Question 5. What does "Making Safeguarding Personal" mean?

Involving the adult and asking what outcomes they want from the safeguarding process
Dealing with every concern yourself without telling anyone
Making decisions for the adult without asking them, to keep them safe
Only acting if the adult makes a formal written complaint

Question 6. A patient tells you a family member has been hitting them. What should you do?

Confront the family member at the next visit
Listen calmly, avoid leading questions, explain you need to share it, and report it to your safeguarding lead
Ask lots of detailed questions so you can investigate it yourself
Promise to keep it secret so they feel safe talking to you

Question 7. A 14-year-old says: "I'll tell you something, but only if you promise not to tell anyone." What should you say?

Promise not to tell anyone, so they will open up
Tell them to speak to their parents instead
Explain you cannot promise that, because you may need to share it to keep them safe
Say you are too busy and ask them to tell someone else

Question 8. How should you record a safeguarding disclosure or concern?

Only from memory a week later, once you have had time to think
With your own opinion of who is to blame
Not at all, as written records could upset the family
As soon as possible, factually, in the person's own words, with the date, time and your name

Question 9. You believe a child is in immediate danger. What should you do first?

Call 999
Email your manager and wait for a reply
Write it in the notes and mention it at the next team meeting
Ask the child's parents what they think happened

Question 10. Which list gives the four main categories of child abuse used in statutory guidance?

Physical, verbal, online and school abuse
Physical, emotional, sexual abuse and neglect
Financial, organisational, discriminatory and institutional abuse
Bullying, shouting, smacking and teasing

Question 11. For child safeguarding in England, who counts as a child?

Anyone under 16
Anyone still in full-time education, whatever their age
Anyone who has not yet reached their 18th birthday
Anyone under 13

Question 12. A registered nurse sees physical signs that a 15-year-old girl has had female genital mutilation (FGM). What must they do?

Ask the girl's parents for permission before telling anyone
Tell the safeguarding lead and leave the decision to them
Do nothing if it happened abroad
Report it to the police themselves, usually by calling 101, ideally by the end of the next working day

Question 13. You are worried a patient is being drawn into extremist views. What should you do?

Raise it with your safeguarding or Prevent lead, who can decide whether to make a Prevent referral
Challenge the patient's views in front of other patients
Ignore it, because health staff have no role in Prevent
Discuss it on social media to see what others think

Question 14. Under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, how are children who see, hear or experience domestic abuse treated?

As witnesses only, not victims
As victims of domestic abuse in their own right
They are not covered by the Act
Only as victims if they are physically hurt

Question 15. What is "county lines"?

A helpline for reporting concerns about children
The boundaries between local authority safeguarding teams
Gangs exploiting children and vulnerable adults to move and sell drugs across areas
A scheme that helps young people find work in rural areas

Question 16. Which of these could be a sign of modern slavery?

A patient who brings a friend to an appointment for support
A patient who works long hours in a well-paid job they chose
A patient who asks for an interpreter
A patient who seems controlled by someone else, has no ID, and is never allowed to speak for themselves

Question 17. Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, what must you assume first?

That the person has capacity unless it is shown that they lack it
That anyone with a diagnosis of dementia lacks capacity
That older people lack capacity until a doctor says otherwise
That anyone who disagrees with professionals lacks capacity

Question 18. A patient who has capacity makes a decision you think is unwise. What does the Mental Capacity Act say?

An unwise decision proves they lack capacity
They must not be treated as lacking capacity just because the decision is unwise
You should make the decision for them in their best interests
Their family can overrule the decision

Question 19. Can you share information about someone without their consent to protect them or others from serious harm?

No - data protection law never allows sharing without consent
Only if the person's family agree
Yes - share what is needed with the right people, and record what you shared and why
Only once a court order has been issued

Question 20. You raised a concern about poor care with your manager, but nothing has been done. What should you do?

Drop it, as you have already told your manager
Post about it on social media, naming the patients involved
Confront the colleague in front of patients
Escalate it further, for example to senior management, a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian or the CQC