Practice Test

Question 1

Behavior that reflects an infant’s development of understanding of object permanence?

Answer 1

Searching for a toy under a blanket

Question 2

Erik Erikson’s theory of development hypothesizes that, at the beginning of the elementary school years, the primary conflict facing young children is that of

Answer 2

Industry vs, inferiority

Question 3

What age span do young children typically first begin to demonstrate goal-drirected actions?

Answer 3

0-2 years

Question 4

What is the most important health and safety concept to address in kindergarten

Answer 4

Procedures for crossing streets, parking lots, and driveways and bus safety

Question 5

Most appropriate rational for team approach when assessing young children

Answer 5

Coordination of assessment results from a variety of disciplines increasing the effectiveness of instruction

Question 6

Ethical responsibility of a preschool teacher regarding the assessment of young children

Answer 6

Respecting the privacy of the data that are collected

Question 7

Children of preschool age feel most secure in educational settings

Answer 7

Offer a balance of calm and active learning experiences in a predictable and orderly environmnet

Question 8

Best strategy for using creative movement to support vocabulary development

Answer 8

Commenting during movement activities on the movements made by the children, using expressive language to describe the movments and mood they create

Question 9

Preschool teacher would like to improve listening skills during morning circle

Answer 9

Incorportation activities that require active listening (e.g., identifying the sources of varies sounds, listening for words that start with a specific letter)

Question 10

Two students have language delays and who tend to speak with peers and adults only necessary. What strategy would be most effective for increasings the student’s oral language

Answer 10

Setting up small-group activities on a regular basis that require students to talk to one another in order to complete assignments

Question 11

Most effective strategy for a kindergarten teacher to use in promoting communication skills of a student who is an English Language Learner

Answer 11

Facilitating the student’s full participation in activities with peers (e.g., exploring sand-table materials, role-playing in the class post office)

Question 12

English language Learners using sentences that include both English words and words in the student’s primary language. Which of the following would be the teacher’s most appropriate response on this observation?

Answer 12

Ignoring the student’s switching between languages and encouraging the student’s efforts to communicate with others

Question 13

Young children’s development of a large oral vocabulary is likely to support their future reading development most directly by

Answer 13

Preparing them to comprehend words encountered in print

Question 14

Toddler teacher regularly engages children in oral word games and encourages their spontaneous generation of nonsense words and sentences that rhyme. These practices lay the foundations of formal reading and writing instruction primarily by

Answer 14

Fostering children’s enjoyment of language play

Question 15

Highest risk of experiencing difficulties in learning to read

Answer 15

A student with limited oral language development

Question 16

Assessment strategies would provide the best measure of a student’s mastery of the alphabetic principle

Answer 16

Having the student read aloud a list of phonetically regular nonsense words

Question 17

Reinforcing explicit phonics instruction

Answer 17

Writing independenty using invented spelling

Question 18

Assess students sight word vocabulary. To gather this information the teacher would appropriately engage each student in reading

Answer 18

Published listed of high-frequency words

Question 19

Poems chorally and singing songs are ikey to be most effective for promoting students’ ability to recorgnize and respond to which of following literary elements

Answer 19

Rhyme and meter

Question 20

Most important factor in ELL ability to develop writing skills in English

Answer 20

The student’s level of literacy development in the primary language

Question 21

How the use of invented spellings of English worlds reflects a stage of writing development in English Language Learners

Answer 21

Invented spellings indicate an awareness of letter-sound correspondence

Question 22

In a writing program for emergent writigers, a preschool teacher’s primary emphasis should be on encouraging the children to

Answer 22

Write often and for a variety of real purpose

Question 23

Best strategy for promoting writing development in four- year- old children

Answer 23

Placing writing materials throughout the classroom’s various learning centers and play areas

Question 24

Contibrute to young children’s understanding of the mathematical concept of pattern

Answer 24

Practicing rhythmic dance moves

Question 25

A child makes a scribble with crayon and tells the teacher “This is my kitty” What is the most developmentally approach of the teacher?

Answer 25

Expressing interest in and enjoyment of drawing

Question 26

A kindergarten teacher is planning a unit on dental hygiene. What is the most appropriate student learning goal for the unit

Answer 26

Demonstrate proper techniques for brushing teeth

Question 27

Which of the following behaviors by a child demonstrates an understanding of one-to-one correspondence

Answer 27

Counting a group of ten objects by touching each object while saying the number aloud

Question 28

The Constitution of the United States delegates which of the following roles to the executive branch o the U.S. goverment

Answer 28

Negotiating Treaties

Question 29

Pictorial Calendar benefits students’ learning primarily by

Answer 29

Providing meaningful reference points to help students visualize basic time concepts

Question 30

Classroom jobs promote students’ understanding of

Answer 30

Community

Question 31

A characteristic of living things that distinguishes them from nonliving things is that ony living things

Answer 31

Are made up of cells

Question 32

Magnifying glasses would b most useful for helping kindergarteners observe

Answer 32

The parts of an insect’s mouth

Question 33

Giving three-year-olds access to water or sand tables and a variety of containers would most effectively promote their early exploration of which of the following physical science concepts

Answer 33

Properties of materials

Question 34

Early childhood teacher serving in the role of advocate for a preschool program

Answer 34

The teacher meets with the district superintendent to present data in support of increasing the preschool program’s budget

Question 35

Role of childhood teachers to advocate for young children and their families

Answer 35

Collaborating with community-based services and instituations

Question 36

The student writing sample exemplifies whiat stage of spelling development
I thot he racked the leves all ready!
(I thought he raked the leaves already!)

Answer 36

Transitional

Question 37

A first grade student wants to write about a trip he took to a park over the weekend but he is unsure about what to write. What is an effective prewriting strategy for the teacher to use with this student?

Answer 37

Having the student audio-recored his thoughts about the trip