OSAT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION-
PRACTICE TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things with
symbols? - ANS Between 18 and 24 months
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to happen, which is
the MOST SPECIFIC Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon? - ANS Magical Thinking
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin to develop a visual
schema? - ANS Preschematic
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-old? -
ANS Using at least two pronouns correctly
Which of the following teacher actions in most effective for fostering greater depth of
preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings? - ANS Giving multiple definitions and
examples of new words
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like big/little,
hot/cold, etc.? - ANS Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is classified under
"Operations of Reference" - ANS a negation
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development, which of these age
ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I? - ANS 15-30 months
A child who correctly use irregular past tenses of verbs would be in which of Roger Brown's
stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development? - ANS Stage III
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My toys" is in
which of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? - ANS Stage II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term "private speech" that
he coined? - ANS Speaking aloud to themselves during activities
Among the following auditory disabilities, which one does not involve any part of the hearing
mechanism? - ANS Central auditory processing disorder
To promote young children's developing abstract thinking, which teacher technique(s) to use
during and after shared readings is/are best suited for use with children in the younger, rather
than older, ages of early childhood? - ANS Asking children to identify vocabulary words and
describe story details
From birth to the age of 2 years, children typically grow to ______ times their newborn weights
- ANS four
By the time they are two years old, children's brains typically have grown to ______ of their
adult sizes. - ANS 55%
What is true regarding children's motor development from infancy to preschool ages? -
ANS Motor skills development involves learning of new physical movements over the course
of time
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
PRACTICE TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things with
symbols? - ANS Between 18 and 24 months
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to happen, which is
the MOST SPECIFIC Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon? - ANS Magical Thinking
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin to develop a visual
schema? - ANS Preschematic
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-old? -
ANS Using at least two pronouns correctly
Which of the following teacher actions in most effective for fostering greater depth of
preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings? - ANS Giving multiple definitions and
examples of new words
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like big/little,
hot/cold, etc.? - ANS Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is classified under
"Operations of Reference" - ANS a negation
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development, which of these age
ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I? - ANS 15-30 months
A child who correctly use irregular past tenses of verbs would be in which of Roger Brown's
stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development? - ANS Stage III
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My toys" is in
which of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? - ANS Stage II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term "private speech" that
he coined? - ANS Speaking aloud to themselves during activities
Among the following auditory disabilities, which one does not involve any part of the hearing
mechanism? - ANS Central auditory processing disorder
To promote young children's developing abstract thinking, which teacher technique(s) to use
during and after shared readings is/are best suited for use with children in the younger, rather
than older, ages of early childhood? - ANS Asking children to identify vocabulary words and
describe story details
From birth to the age of 2 years, children typically grow to ______ times their newborn weights
- ANS four
By the time they are two years old, children's brains typically have grown to ______ of their
adult sizes. - ANS 55%
What is true regarding children's motor development from infancy to preschool ages? -
ANS Motor skills development involves learning of new physical movements over the course
of time
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
