CDA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
Three-year-old Kylee is deathly afraid of cats. Which of the following would be the
best thing for her teacher to do first to try to help alleviate some of her fear?
read stories to her about cats
One-year-old Addison repeatedly fills a pail with large wooden beads and then
dumps them out. How should Addison's teacher respond to this?
The teacher should encourage Addison to continue her activity and help her to expand
on the concept of full and empty
Your center has five babies ranging in age from four to ten months old. Each
baby is currently on his or her own feeding schedule. When it comes to the
feeding schedules, which approach would be most beneficial to these infants?
Keeping the feeding schedules already in place
Which one of the following activities would be the best choice to assist in the
development of fine motor skills?
Manipulation play doh
When engaging in conversation with young children, caregivers should do all of
the following except
Completely control the conversation, directing it to where the adult wants it to go.
If a child has a fine motor impairment, which one of the following activities would
be the most difficult for them?
Drawing a picture
The outdoor play area in an early learning center should be a/an
Extension of the indoor classroom
A typically developing three-to five-year-old can be expected to do all of the
following except
Ride a two-wheeled bike
An open-ended question has
no one correct answer
The best way to arrange an early childhood classroom would be to
place related activities near each other
Best practices at mealtime would include a caregiver
Assisting the children in serving themselves
A teacher in an early learning center would not be exhibiting professional
behavior if he or she
Asked a family to donate to a favorite charity
Children between eighteen months and two years old can typically
Scribble with markers
Preschoolers often experiment and use foul or shocking language. What would
be the best way to respond to a child who shouts out inappropriate words in your
classroom?
, Explain to the child that such language is not appropriate and offer other words that
could be used instead
When speaking to a child, an early childhood classroom teacher should
get down to the child's eye level.
Which of the following activities would best foster the development of fine motor
skills?
Stringing beads
In the classroom, children's play materials should be.
on low, open shelves.
Which teacher practice would be the most effective to help toddlers develop a
positive self-image?
Take time to listen and interact with each child in the room.
What is the primary purpose of recording your observations of the children in
your room?
To have useful and factual information concerning each child
Children in the three-year-old room at your center are matching pictures of things
that begin with the same sound. Which of the following skills will this activity
enhance?
Phonemic awareness
Why do teachers in early childhood classrooms give children a warning before
activities are about to change?
It allows time to finish the activity.
Using picture books that have no words with young children is the most effective
way to promote
awareness of story structure.
Which would be the best way for a caregiver to promote language development in
infants under one year of age?
Talking to them about their environment and singing to them
Which of the following foods would be safest to serve to children old enough to
eat solid foods but younger than four years old?
Finely cubed pears
Colleen is planning new activities for two-year-old Connor. Which of the following
would be the most important for Colleen to consider when planning?
What Connor already knows and can do
Which of the reasons provided below is the best reason to take a group of
children outdoors to play?
The children have been inside for several hours and the weather permits it
Hanging experience charts, labeling items in the room, and having many different
type of books available are all.
practices that support emergency literacy.
Positive relationships are the foundation of any good early learning curriculum.
An early learning professional can facilitate a toddler's development by?
being patient with the child to gain their respect.
Jennifer has become aware of a crisis situation in one of her student's families
that is unsafe for the child. What is Jennifer's best course of action?
Report the crisis situation to her director and local authorities.
SOLUTION
Three-year-old Kylee is deathly afraid of cats. Which of the following would be the
best thing for her teacher to do first to try to help alleviate some of her fear?
read stories to her about cats
One-year-old Addison repeatedly fills a pail with large wooden beads and then
dumps them out. How should Addison's teacher respond to this?
The teacher should encourage Addison to continue her activity and help her to expand
on the concept of full and empty
Your center has five babies ranging in age from four to ten months old. Each
baby is currently on his or her own feeding schedule. When it comes to the
feeding schedules, which approach would be most beneficial to these infants?
Keeping the feeding schedules already in place
Which one of the following activities would be the best choice to assist in the
development of fine motor skills?
Manipulation play doh
When engaging in conversation with young children, caregivers should do all of
the following except
Completely control the conversation, directing it to where the adult wants it to go.
If a child has a fine motor impairment, which one of the following activities would
be the most difficult for them?
Drawing a picture
The outdoor play area in an early learning center should be a/an
Extension of the indoor classroom
A typically developing three-to five-year-old can be expected to do all of the
following except
Ride a two-wheeled bike
An open-ended question has
no one correct answer
The best way to arrange an early childhood classroom would be to
place related activities near each other
Best practices at mealtime would include a caregiver
Assisting the children in serving themselves
A teacher in an early learning center would not be exhibiting professional
behavior if he or she
Asked a family to donate to a favorite charity
Children between eighteen months and two years old can typically
Scribble with markers
Preschoolers often experiment and use foul or shocking language. What would
be the best way to respond to a child who shouts out inappropriate words in your
classroom?
, Explain to the child that such language is not appropriate and offer other words that
could be used instead
When speaking to a child, an early childhood classroom teacher should
get down to the child's eye level.
Which of the following activities would best foster the development of fine motor
skills?
Stringing beads
In the classroom, children's play materials should be.
on low, open shelves.
Which teacher practice would be the most effective to help toddlers develop a
positive self-image?
Take time to listen and interact with each child in the room.
What is the primary purpose of recording your observations of the children in
your room?
To have useful and factual information concerning each child
Children in the three-year-old room at your center are matching pictures of things
that begin with the same sound. Which of the following skills will this activity
enhance?
Phonemic awareness
Why do teachers in early childhood classrooms give children a warning before
activities are about to change?
It allows time to finish the activity.
Using picture books that have no words with young children is the most effective
way to promote
awareness of story structure.
Which would be the best way for a caregiver to promote language development in
infants under one year of age?
Talking to them about their environment and singing to them
Which of the following foods would be safest to serve to children old enough to
eat solid foods but younger than four years old?
Finely cubed pears
Colleen is planning new activities for two-year-old Connor. Which of the following
would be the most important for Colleen to consider when planning?
What Connor already knows and can do
Which of the reasons provided below is the best reason to take a group of
children outdoors to play?
The children have been inside for several hours and the weather permits it
Hanging experience charts, labeling items in the room, and having many different
type of books available are all.
practices that support emergency literacy.
Positive relationships are the foundation of any good early learning curriculum.
An early learning professional can facilitate a toddler's development by?
being patient with the child to gain their respect.
Jennifer has become aware of a crisis situation in one of her student's families
that is unsafe for the child. What is Jennifer's best course of action?
Report the crisis situation to her director and local authorities.
