Question 1 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is a necessary component in the responsible administration of tests?
Question options:
a) Establishing good rapport with children before testing
b) Teaching the material exactly as it will appear on the test
c) Making sure that children have pencils with erasers
d) Allowing children to be able to use the Internet as a reference
Question 2 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which childcare center will have the greatest amount of parental participation?
Question options:
a) The center where regular first-Tuesday-of-the-month parent meetings are held
b) The center that has staff committed to parent involvement and trained for effective interaction with family members
c) The center that promotes big-name specialists in child development
d) The center that has mostly families with two parents
Question 3 2.5 / 2.5 points
In scoring an oral reading tape for the child's reading accuracy, which is the correct procedure?
Question options:
a) Subtract the number of correct words read from the total. Divide the total number of words read.
b) Multiply the total number of words read by the number of uncorrected mistakes.
c) Subtract the number of uncorrected mistakes from the total. Divide by the total number of mistakes.
d) Subtract the number of uncorrected mistakes from the total. Divide by the total number of words read.
Question 4 2.5 / 2.5 points
In order to obtain good reliability in scoring comprehension when taking an oral reading sample, which of the following would be appropriate?
Question options:
a) Structure several questions and ask the same questions of each child tested.
b) Structure individual, different questions for each child.
c) Ask closed-ended questions to cut down on ambiguity.
d) Ask another teacher to listen in.
Question 5 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the LEAST appropriate step in preparing for the parent conference for a second-grade child?
Question options:
a) Invite the family to come on an evening and time so that the parent can confer with all the teachers in the building if that parent has more than one child.
b) Set up a comfortable space with adult-sized chairs and paper to make notes of things you agree to do.
c) Arrange the books that the child is using so that the parent can look at them while waiting and your record book so that you can read off the report typically sent to the parent.
d) Outline key ideas you want to share with the parent, making sure positive or pleasant experiences the child has had in the classroom are reported.
Question 6 2.5 / 2.5 points
How can you promote family involvement?
Question options:
a) Provide calendars that describe simple daily or weekly learning activities that families can try at home with their children.
b) Restrict your family contact to formal conversations between family members and program personnel.
c) Send home catalogues with all children to sell wrapping paper and holiday cards.
d) Tell other teachers in the teacher's lounge about the families they will deal with next year.
Question 7 2.5 / 2.5 points
Evaluation should:
Question options:
a) contain a halo effect.
b) be limited to formal measures.
c) be administered in a whole-group setting.
d) be formative and summative.
Question 8 2.5 / 2.5 points
The best description of the role of the early childhood teacher as he or she collaborates with the community is represented in which of the following statements?
Question options:
a) A conduit of information between family members and other community resources or agencies
b) A community board member on other organizations advisory groups
c) A group leader in a support group for parents of young children
d) A person who tells families the limits of his or her role as a teacher, not a social worker
Question 9 2.5 / 2.5 points
Ms. Novak was timid and wary of talking to teachers. She did not attend the group meetings of parents for the classroom because she did not want to look foolish. Mrs. Schurig telephoned her from time-to-time, talking about the progress that Abraham was making. What characteristic of effective family involvement is this?
Question options:
a) Collaboration
b) Variety
c) Intensity
d) Individuation
Question 10 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is NOT an effective type of family involvement for long-term engagement?
Question options:
a) School provides family members with ideas for helping children learn at home.
b) Family members attend workshops or other programs for their own education or training.
c) Family members take decision-making roles on advisory councils or on other committees.
d) Family members are called to the administrator's office because the child is misbehaving in class.
Question 11 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is characteristic of effective family involvement?
Question options:
a) The program should plan the events that require all families to be involved in the same ways, at the same time, or to the same degree.
b) Once you build a trusting relationship between programs and families, it is not necessary to maintain contact.
c) There is a match between what programs are designed to accomplish and what families need as well as between the strategies implemented and those to which family members feel receptive.
d) Family members cooperate in fund-raising for field trips and materials for the school.
Question 12 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the advantage of observational assessment?
Question options:
a) It is not intrusive.
b) It has on-the-spot utility for improving instruction.
c) Information cannot be gathered in natural settings.
d) It does not yield hypotheses that can be evaluated later on.
Question 13 2.5 / 2.5 points
Transitions from a community preschool to a public kindergarten are:
Question options:
a) very automatic as long as the parents register their children in the right district school.
b) the responsibility of the parents or other family members, not the preschool teacher.
c) easier on children and family members if preschool teachers provide information.
d) the responsibility of the preschool teacher, not the family members.
Question 14 2.5 / 2.5 points
Documentation boards:
Question options:
a) contain 3-dimensional artifacts produced by children.
b) should contain a description of the goals and objectives of the project depicted.
c) are an excellent technological source of information for parents.
d) should contain only teacher narratives.
Question 15 2.5 / 2.5 points
Following completion of the kindergarten year:
Question options:
a) assessment data should be shredded so that objectivity is not hampered.
b) assessment data should be shared with the grade 1 teacher.
c) all assessment data should be sent home to parents.
d) all assessment data should be maintained by the kindergarten teacher for future reference.
Question 16 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following portfolios is passed from teacher to teacher at the end of the year?
Question options:
a) Individual portfolio
b) Institutional portfolio
c) Teacher portfolio
d) Showcase portfolio
Question 17 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the best feature of using portfolios?
Question options:
a) They allow teachers and parents to compare one child's progress against another's.
b) They clearly document what children have failed to learn.
c) They are less time-consuming than giving a traditional paper/pencil test.
d) They focus on what children can do.
Question 18 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following are considered family strengths that are supported by research?
Question options:
a) Firm control of behavior at home and church attendance
b) Stability of family routines and reasonable expectations for the children
c) A parent who volunteers regularly and works fund-raisers
d) Permissive attitude toward electronic media and homework
Question 19 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
Question options:
a) If a standardized test is valid and reliable, it can be used to place children in special settings.
b) The only problem with ongoing observational assessment is that it tends to be intrusive.
c) Observation of children can be seriously flawed if interpretation of the evaluator includes a leniency factor.
d) Time sampling is not helpful for instructional planning.
Question 20 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which is NOT a barrier to male participation in early childhood classrooms?
Question options:
a) Female family members are often gatekeepers of information and do not share it with the men in the family.
b) Men frequently have work schedules that are not conducive to participation.
c) Men simply are not as interested in the education of the young children as women are.
d) The interaction styles of men are different than those of women and that makes teachers uncomfortable.
Question 21 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is NOT a technique for art activity?
Question options:
a) Paint with cotton balls
b) Fabric crayons
c) Fold-over prints
d) Gluing
Question 22 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following statements is TRUE about techniques used in art, music, dance, and drama?
Question options:
a) They are determined by the topic or theme of the activity.
b) They are ways in which elements are manipulated and combined.
c) They should never be directly taught.
d) They are usually beyond the capabilities of young children to understand.
Question 23 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is NOT useful for evaluating children's affective development?
Question options:
a) Criterion referenced checklists
b) Anecdotal records
c) A standardized achievement test
d) Structured and informal observations
Question 24 2.5 / 2.5 points
What are the differences between the responsive component and the productive component in the aesthetic domain?
Question options:
a) The productive component includes discovery activities.
b) The responsive component focuses on the appreciation of the arts.
c) The productive component is about expression or output, and the responsive component is about acquiring and processing information.
d) Appreciation of natural beauty, appreciation of the fine arts, and the ability to form judgments and preferences are all part of the responsive component.
Question 25 2.5 / 2.5 points
PDDs are:
Question options:
a) Preschool Developmental Disabilities.
b) Progressively Damaging Disorders.
c) Predetermined Disabling Conditions.
d) Pervasive Developmental Disorders.
Question 26 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the LEAST effective strategy to use when implementing a music activity with young children?
Question options:
a) Look like you are enjoying singing and being with the children.
b) Start the song and expect the children to know what to do.
c) Know the song well.
d) Use visuals and props.
Question 27 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
Question options:
a) Empathy is the ability to understand another person's feelings by feeling the same emotion.
b) Toddlers are unable to demonstrate empathy.
c) Empathy is inborn and is not learned.
d) Empathy is the characteristic of self-awareness and is learned by adults modeling it.
Question 28 2.5 / 2.5 points
Children with Asperger Syndrome:
Question options:
a) have a mild form of autism.
b) usually have below-average intelligence.
c) can be taught to have age-appropriate social skills.
d) have average social cognition.
Question 29 2.5 / 2.5 points
In Erickson's developmental stages:
Question options:
a) the stages end at age 12.
b) the poles at both ends of the continuum include some conflict and tension.
c) children are born with characteristics related to one pole or another.
d) there are opposite emotional poles at each stage.
Question 30 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is an example of an appropriate encouraging statement for a child who says, "I'm no good"?
Question options:
a) "You are good. You can do a lot of things."
b) "Let's look at what you've accomplished so far."
c) "I don't want to hear you putting yourself down. Let's see how we can fix things."
d) b and c
Question 31 2.5 / 2.5 points
Mr. Diablo planned to work toward the intermediate objective of engaging in art criticism. Which of the following activities would most likely lead toward that goal?
Question options:
a) Exploring sculptures
b) Dancing
c) Observing beautiful fish
d) Comparing cats in several picture books
Question 32 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is TRUE when children are evaluating art?
Question options:
a) They are experiencing one aspect of aesthetic learning.
b) They are acting outside the realm of aesthetic learning.
c) They are learning to be judgmental.
d) They are recalling facts.
Question 33 2.5 / 2.5 points
Theo is a child who often talks about monsters and how he is afraid they'll "get him." What is the best response to him?
Question options:
a) Tell Theo that monsters are not real and that as he gets bigger, he'll realize that.
b) Acknowledge Theo's fear. Help him come up with a way to "ward off" any monsters he encounters.
c) Tell Theo that monsters are really harmless and read a book to him about a "good" monster.
d) Tell Theo that you thought that when you were a child, too, and that it didn't happen.
Question 34 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which is the LEAST effective factor to support children's creativity?
Question options:
a) The teacher trusts and respects the individual.
b) Children receive instruction in techniques to make all materials and resources basically usable.
c) The physical environment is beautiful, accessible, and organized.
d) The appearance of children's creations to outsiders is most important to the teacher.
Question 35 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following approaches will help children focus on details in their aesthetic creations?
Question options:
a) Teachers should probe the child to describe what he made.
b) Teachers should vary the materials available for children to use.
c) The same materials should be used repeatedly so children vary their techniques.
d) Teachers should have children discuss what they are going to make before they begin.
Question 36 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which statement below best defines self-esteem?
Question options:
a) A person's perception of how competent he or she is physically
b) A person's perception of how competent he or she is intellectually
c) A person's perception of how competent he or she is emotionally
d) All of the above
Question 37 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the first stage in representational art?
Question options:
a) Painting shapes
b) Drawing people
c) Scribbling
d) Doodling
Question 38 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is NOT a benefit children gain from aesthetic experiences?
Question options:
a) Assists children in acquiring skills related to perceptual abilities
b) Provides an outlet to express feelings
c) Allows teachers to identify artistic talent early
d) Provides children opportunities to experience success
Question 39 2.5 / 2.5 points
Mr. Garland frequently comments, "Good job." Which of the following is most likely true about this?
Question options:
a) He is using a highly effective response to children.
b) He is encouraging them to tell something about their work.
c) He is being judgmental and should avoid such phrases.
d) He is introducing the child to elements of art.
Question 40 2.5 / 2.5 points
What of the following is NOT considered one of the arts explored in the aesthetic domain?
Question options:
a) Painting
b) Singing
c) Weaving
d) Telling jokes
Which of the following is a necessary component in the responsible administration of tests?
Question options:
a) Establishing good rapport with children before testing
b) Teaching the material exactly as it will appear on the test
c) Making sure that children have pencils with erasers
d) Allowing children to be able to use the Internet as a reference
Question 2 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which childcare center will have the greatest amount of parental participation?
Question options:
a) The center where regular first-Tuesday-of-the-month parent meetings are held
b) The center that has staff committed to parent involvement and trained for effective interaction with family members
c) The center that promotes big-name specialists in child development
d) The center that has mostly families with two parents
Question 3 2.5 / 2.5 points
In scoring an oral reading tape for the child's reading accuracy, which is the correct procedure?
Question options:
a) Subtract the number of correct words read from the total. Divide the total number of words read.
b) Multiply the total number of words read by the number of uncorrected mistakes.
c) Subtract the number of uncorrected mistakes from the total. Divide by the total number of mistakes.
d) Subtract the number of uncorrected mistakes from the total. Divide by the total number of words read.
Question 4 2.5 / 2.5 points
In order to obtain good reliability in scoring comprehension when taking an oral reading sample, which of the following would be appropriate?
Question options:
a) Structure several questions and ask the same questions of each child tested.
b) Structure individual, different questions for each child.
c) Ask closed-ended questions to cut down on ambiguity.
d) Ask another teacher to listen in.
Question 5 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the LEAST appropriate step in preparing for the parent conference for a second-grade child?
Question options:
a) Invite the family to come on an evening and time so that the parent can confer with all the teachers in the building if that parent has more than one child.
b) Set up a comfortable space with adult-sized chairs and paper to make notes of things you agree to do.
c) Arrange the books that the child is using so that the parent can look at them while waiting and your record book so that you can read off the report typically sent to the parent.
d) Outline key ideas you want to share with the parent, making sure positive or pleasant experiences the child has had in the classroom are reported.
Question 6 2.5 / 2.5 points
How can you promote family involvement?
Question options:
a) Provide calendars that describe simple daily or weekly learning activities that families can try at home with their children.
b) Restrict your family contact to formal conversations between family members and program personnel.
c) Send home catalogues with all children to sell wrapping paper and holiday cards.
d) Tell other teachers in the teacher's lounge about the families they will deal with next year.
Question 7 2.5 / 2.5 points
Evaluation should:
Question options:
a) contain a halo effect.
b) be limited to formal measures.
c) be administered in a whole-group setting.
d) be formative and summative.
Question 8 2.5 / 2.5 points
The best description of the role of the early childhood teacher as he or she collaborates with the community is represented in which of the following statements?
Question options:
a) A conduit of information between family members and other community resources or agencies
b) A community board member on other organizations advisory groups
c) A group leader in a support group for parents of young children
d) A person who tells families the limits of his or her role as a teacher, not a social worker
Question 9 2.5 / 2.5 points
Ms. Novak was timid and wary of talking to teachers. She did not attend the group meetings of parents for the classroom because she did not want to look foolish. Mrs. Schurig telephoned her from time-to-time, talking about the progress that Abraham was making. What characteristic of effective family involvement is this?
Question options:
a) Collaboration
b) Variety
c) Intensity
d) Individuation
Question 10 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is NOT an effective type of family involvement for long-term engagement?
Question options:
a) School provides family members with ideas for helping children learn at home.
b) Family members attend workshops or other programs for their own education or training.
c) Family members take decision-making roles on advisory councils or on other committees.
d) Family members are called to the administrator's office because the child is misbehaving in class.
Question 11 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is characteristic of effective family involvement?
Question options:
a) The program should plan the events that require all families to be involved in the same ways, at the same time, or to the same degree.
b) Once you build a trusting relationship between programs and families, it is not necessary to maintain contact.
c) There is a match between what programs are designed to accomplish and what families need as well as between the strategies implemented and those to which family members feel receptive.
d) Family members cooperate in fund-raising for field trips and materials for the school.
Question 12 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the advantage of observational assessment?
Question options:
a) It is not intrusive.
b) It has on-the-spot utility for improving instruction.
c) Information cannot be gathered in natural settings.
d) It does not yield hypotheses that can be evaluated later on.
Question 13 2.5 / 2.5 points
Transitions from a community preschool to a public kindergarten are:
Question options:
a) very automatic as long as the parents register their children in the right district school.
b) the responsibility of the parents or other family members, not the preschool teacher.
c) easier on children and family members if preschool teachers provide information.
d) the responsibility of the preschool teacher, not the family members.
Question 14 2.5 / 2.5 points
Documentation boards:
Question options:
a) contain 3-dimensional artifacts produced by children.
b) should contain a description of the goals and objectives of the project depicted.
c) are an excellent technological source of information for parents.
d) should contain only teacher narratives.
Question 15 2.5 / 2.5 points
Following completion of the kindergarten year:
Question options:
a) assessment data should be shredded so that objectivity is not hampered.
b) assessment data should be shared with the grade 1 teacher.
c) all assessment data should be sent home to parents.
d) all assessment data should be maintained by the kindergarten teacher for future reference.
Question 16 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following portfolios is passed from teacher to teacher at the end of the year?
Question options:
a) Individual portfolio
b) Institutional portfolio
c) Teacher portfolio
d) Showcase portfolio
Question 17 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the best feature of using portfolios?
Question options:
a) They allow teachers and parents to compare one child's progress against another's.
b) They clearly document what children have failed to learn.
c) They are less time-consuming than giving a traditional paper/pencil test.
d) They focus on what children can do.
Question 18 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following are considered family strengths that are supported by research?
Question options:
a) Firm control of behavior at home and church attendance
b) Stability of family routines and reasonable expectations for the children
c) A parent who volunteers regularly and works fund-raisers
d) Permissive attitude toward electronic media and homework
Question 19 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
Question options:
a) If a standardized test is valid and reliable, it can be used to place children in special settings.
b) The only problem with ongoing observational assessment is that it tends to be intrusive.
c) Observation of children can be seriously flawed if interpretation of the evaluator includes a leniency factor.
d) Time sampling is not helpful for instructional planning.
Question 20 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which is NOT a barrier to male participation in early childhood classrooms?
Question options:
a) Female family members are often gatekeepers of information and do not share it with the men in the family.
b) Men frequently have work schedules that are not conducive to participation.
c) Men simply are not as interested in the education of the young children as women are.
d) The interaction styles of men are different than those of women and that makes teachers uncomfortable.
Question 21 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is NOT a technique for art activity?
Question options:
a) Paint with cotton balls
b) Fabric crayons
c) Fold-over prints
d) Gluing
Question 22 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following statements is TRUE about techniques used in art, music, dance, and drama?
Question options:
a) They are determined by the topic or theme of the activity.
b) They are ways in which elements are manipulated and combined.
c) They should never be directly taught.
d) They are usually beyond the capabilities of young children to understand.
Question 23 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is NOT useful for evaluating children's affective development?
Question options:
a) Criterion referenced checklists
b) Anecdotal records
c) A standardized achievement test
d) Structured and informal observations
Question 24 2.5 / 2.5 points
What are the differences between the responsive component and the productive component in the aesthetic domain?
Question options:
a) The productive component includes discovery activities.
b) The responsive component focuses on the appreciation of the arts.
c) The productive component is about expression or output, and the responsive component is about acquiring and processing information.
d) Appreciation of natural beauty, appreciation of the fine arts, and the ability to form judgments and preferences are all part of the responsive component.
Question 25 2.5 / 2.5 points
PDDs are:
Question options:
a) Preschool Developmental Disabilities.
b) Progressively Damaging Disorders.
c) Predetermined Disabling Conditions.
d) Pervasive Developmental Disorders.
Question 26 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the LEAST effective strategy to use when implementing a music activity with young children?
Question options:
a) Look like you are enjoying singing and being with the children.
b) Start the song and expect the children to know what to do.
c) Know the song well.
d) Use visuals and props.
Question 27 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
Question options:
a) Empathy is the ability to understand another person's feelings by feeling the same emotion.
b) Toddlers are unable to demonstrate empathy.
c) Empathy is inborn and is not learned.
d) Empathy is the characteristic of self-awareness and is learned by adults modeling it.
Question 28 2.5 / 2.5 points
Children with Asperger Syndrome:
Question options:
a) have a mild form of autism.
b) usually have below-average intelligence.
c) can be taught to have age-appropriate social skills.
d) have average social cognition.
Question 29 2.5 / 2.5 points
In Erickson's developmental stages:
Question options:
a) the stages end at age 12.
b) the poles at both ends of the continuum include some conflict and tension.
c) children are born with characteristics related to one pole or another.
d) there are opposite emotional poles at each stage.
Question 30 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is an example of an appropriate encouraging statement for a child who says, "I'm no good"?
Question options:
a) "You are good. You can do a lot of things."
b) "Let's look at what you've accomplished so far."
c) "I don't want to hear you putting yourself down. Let's see how we can fix things."
d) b and c
Question 31 2.5 / 2.5 points
Mr. Diablo planned to work toward the intermediate objective of engaging in art criticism. Which of the following activities would most likely lead toward that goal?
Question options:
a) Exploring sculptures
b) Dancing
c) Observing beautiful fish
d) Comparing cats in several picture books
Question 32 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is TRUE when children are evaluating art?
Question options:
a) They are experiencing one aspect of aesthetic learning.
b) They are acting outside the realm of aesthetic learning.
c) They are learning to be judgmental.
d) They are recalling facts.
Question 33 2.5 / 2.5 points
Theo is a child who often talks about monsters and how he is afraid they'll "get him." What is the best response to him?
Question options:
a) Tell Theo that monsters are not real and that as he gets bigger, he'll realize that.
b) Acknowledge Theo's fear. Help him come up with a way to "ward off" any monsters he encounters.
c) Tell Theo that monsters are really harmless and read a book to him about a "good" monster.
d) Tell Theo that you thought that when you were a child, too, and that it didn't happen.
Question 34 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which is the LEAST effective factor to support children's creativity?
Question options:
a) The teacher trusts and respects the individual.
b) Children receive instruction in techniques to make all materials and resources basically usable.
c) The physical environment is beautiful, accessible, and organized.
d) The appearance of children's creations to outsiders is most important to the teacher.
Question 35 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following approaches will help children focus on details in their aesthetic creations?
Question options:
a) Teachers should probe the child to describe what he made.
b) Teachers should vary the materials available for children to use.
c) The same materials should be used repeatedly so children vary their techniques.
d) Teachers should have children discuss what they are going to make before they begin.
Question 36 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which statement below best defines self-esteem?
Question options:
a) A person's perception of how competent he or she is physically
b) A person's perception of how competent he or she is intellectually
c) A person's perception of how competent he or she is emotionally
d) All of the above
Question 37 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the first stage in representational art?
Question options:
a) Painting shapes
b) Drawing people
c) Scribbling
d) Doodling
Question 38 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is NOT a benefit children gain from aesthetic experiences?
Question options:
a) Assists children in acquiring skills related to perceptual abilities
b) Provides an outlet to express feelings
c) Allows teachers to identify artistic talent early
d) Provides children opportunities to experience success
Question 39 2.5 / 2.5 points
Mr. Garland frequently comments, "Good job." Which of the following is most likely true about this?
Question options:
a) He is using a highly effective response to children.
b) He is encouraging them to tell something about their work.
c) He is being judgmental and should avoid such phrases.
d) He is introducing the child to elements of art.
Question 40 2.5 / 2.5 points
What of the following is NOT considered one of the arts explored in the aesthetic domain?
Question options:
a) Painting
b) Singing
c) Weaving
d) Telling jokes
