BOSR DCF TESTING STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS|| LATEST
UPDATE 2025
A child care workout recognizes and notes an identifiable performance or behavior and
uses instruments such as checklists, anecdotal records, and running records.
These instruments are used to measure progress against a standard and to share
results with assessments experts. This is called: - ANSWER Observation.
An instrument intended to identify and monitor normal development or possible
developmental delay is called: - ANSWER Screening.
Screening Programs are not diagnostic, and are not based on whether a child has
passed a certain curriculum. - ANSWER True.
The caregiver uses a child´s age in order to interpret the child´s behavior. - ANSWER
True.
When we observe a child struggling with a developmental task, do we get concerned
about his/her process? - ANSWER Yes.
When the child has not yet acquired the skills that are typical for childern his/her age,
should the caregiver be concerned? - ANSWER Yes.
1 to 2% of infants have no discernable disabling conditions at the time of birth, but by
school age, 10% of all childern are found to have some degree of developmental
disability. - ANSWER True.
Parents could be unaware of the signs of developmental delay. It is the child care
provider who can draw attention to a child who might benefit from professional
intervention. - ANSWER True.
Proper screening leads to sound assessment so that early detection of pontential
developmental problems will determine the correct referral an intervention. - ANSWER
True.
Screening provides a common reference point and basis for interaction for. - ANSWER -
Parents.
-Child care workers.
-Child development specialists.
All of the above.
The key benefits of developmental screening are: - ANSWER -Early detection.
, -Activities that strengthen the child´s skills.
-Quality information is avaliable to parnets regarding in- the-home activites that support
normal development.
-Common reference points and basis for interaction for all stakeholders.
All of the above.
We use the analogy of the window when we discuss brain developement because when
a window is open, air and other things have a free access to the space within, but when
the window is closed, nothing can through the window. - ANSWER True.
Individuals learn throughtout their lives, but it seems that there are early periods during
which the brain most easliy acaquires the basic foundations for later skill developement.
- ANSWER True.
If a child misses an early window of opportunity, some later developement is more
difficult or even sometimes permanently compromised. - ANSWER True.
Who is in the best postion to detect early problems and provide accurate, timely
information about the child´s developement. - ANSWER Child care workers.
BLANK refers to a child´s ability to express himself verabally and to receive ad
understand the verbal communication of others. It involves a child´s ability to learn
vocabulary and grammar, and includes reading and writing. - ANSWER Language and
communication.
BLANK is abroad area that focuses on how children feel about themselves and their
relationships with others. It refers to children´s individual behaviors and responses to
play and work activities, attachments to parents and caregivers, and relationships with
siblings and friends. - ANSWER Social and emotional development.
BLANK refers to how skills and knowledge are acquired through the three qualities of
eagerness and curiosity; persistence; and creavtivity and problem solving. - ANSWER
Approaches to learning.
Heredity and environment work together to make each chid special and different from all
others. - ANSWER True.
Subjective information on an observation is open to interpretation and is not useful for
describing behavior. - ANSWER True.
When you record only what the child is doing and you aviod making interpretations of
the child´s behavior, the observation is: - ANSWER Objective.
When observing, the caregiver should know what to except and observe the child over a
short or long period of time. - ANSWER Long.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS|| LATEST
UPDATE 2025
A child care workout recognizes and notes an identifiable performance or behavior and
uses instruments such as checklists, anecdotal records, and running records.
These instruments are used to measure progress against a standard and to share
results with assessments experts. This is called: - ANSWER Observation.
An instrument intended to identify and monitor normal development or possible
developmental delay is called: - ANSWER Screening.
Screening Programs are not diagnostic, and are not based on whether a child has
passed a certain curriculum. - ANSWER True.
The caregiver uses a child´s age in order to interpret the child´s behavior. - ANSWER
True.
When we observe a child struggling with a developmental task, do we get concerned
about his/her process? - ANSWER Yes.
When the child has not yet acquired the skills that are typical for childern his/her age,
should the caregiver be concerned? - ANSWER Yes.
1 to 2% of infants have no discernable disabling conditions at the time of birth, but by
school age, 10% of all childern are found to have some degree of developmental
disability. - ANSWER True.
Parents could be unaware of the signs of developmental delay. It is the child care
provider who can draw attention to a child who might benefit from professional
intervention. - ANSWER True.
Proper screening leads to sound assessment so that early detection of pontential
developmental problems will determine the correct referral an intervention. - ANSWER
True.
Screening provides a common reference point and basis for interaction for. - ANSWER -
Parents.
-Child care workers.
-Child development specialists.
All of the above.
The key benefits of developmental screening are: - ANSWER -Early detection.
, -Activities that strengthen the child´s skills.
-Quality information is avaliable to parnets regarding in- the-home activites that support
normal development.
-Common reference points and basis for interaction for all stakeholders.
All of the above.
We use the analogy of the window when we discuss brain developement because when
a window is open, air and other things have a free access to the space within, but when
the window is closed, nothing can through the window. - ANSWER True.
Individuals learn throughtout their lives, but it seems that there are early periods during
which the brain most easliy acaquires the basic foundations for later skill developement.
- ANSWER True.
If a child misses an early window of opportunity, some later developement is more
difficult or even sometimes permanently compromised. - ANSWER True.
Who is in the best postion to detect early problems and provide accurate, timely
information about the child´s developement. - ANSWER Child care workers.
BLANK refers to a child´s ability to express himself verabally and to receive ad
understand the verbal communication of others. It involves a child´s ability to learn
vocabulary and grammar, and includes reading and writing. - ANSWER Language and
communication.
BLANK is abroad area that focuses on how children feel about themselves and their
relationships with others. It refers to children´s individual behaviors and responses to
play and work activities, attachments to parents and caregivers, and relationships with
siblings and friends. - ANSWER Social and emotional development.
BLANK refers to how skills and knowledge are acquired through the three qualities of
eagerness and curiosity; persistence; and creavtivity and problem solving. - ANSWER
Approaches to learning.
Heredity and environment work together to make each chid special and different from all
others. - ANSWER True.
Subjective information on an observation is open to interpretation and is not useful for
describing behavior. - ANSWER True.
When you record only what the child is doing and you aviod making interpretations of
the child´s behavior, the observation is: - ANSWER Objective.
When observing, the caregiver should know what to except and observe the child over a
short or long period of time. - ANSWER Long.
