IBCLC Practice Test 6

10 free IBCLC practice questions in the real exam format, covering the official content areas, with an explanation for every answer.

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Development and Nutrition

An infant girl born at 32 weeks' gestation is now 16 weeks old and exclusively breastfed. A relative entered her current weight (4.8 kg) in an app that plotted it at 4 months and reported "below the 3rd percentile" (at 4 months the 3rd percentile is about 5.0 kg). The IBCLC's chart, which plots her weights at corrected age, is shown. Which conclusion is BEST supported?

Weight-for-age, girls (simplified WHO-style percentile lines); infant plotted at corrected age22.533.544.555.56Term (0)1 month2 monthsCorrected ageWeight (kg)
3rd percentile 15th percentile 50th percentile Infant