CDA Exam ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
A CDA has an ethical responsibility not to harm children by participating in practices that are:
• Disrespectful, degrading, dangerous, exploitative, intimidating.
• Emotionally damaging.
• Physically harmful
• All of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the Above.
Children grow
• At their own pace.
• When adults tell them what's developmentally appropriate.
• When adults tell them what to do.
• When adults teach them. - CORRECT ANSWER - At their own pace. (
The best way to teach infants and toddlers language is:
• To teach them the alphabet.
• To talk baby talk.
• To tell them to speak English only.
• To talk to them all the time. - CORRECT ANSWER - To talk to them all the time.
At what age can you use books?
• Preschoolers.
• Waddlers.
• Toddlers.
• Infants. - CORRECT ANSWER - Infants
, Toddlers begin to define themselves:
• As good and bad
.• As ugly and attractive.
• All of the Above.
• None of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the Above.
Teachers should help children:
• Accept their feelings and find a safe way to express them
.• Use words to solve problems
.• Understand what is real and pretend
.• All of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
Which of the following is age appropriate for an infant?
• Rattle.
• Mirror
.• Jingle bells attached to socks.
• All of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
By 18 months:
• Children begin to drink from a cup without spilling all of it
.• Children begin to feed themselves less with their fingers and more with a spoon
.• Help you dress them.
• All of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
Young threes:
• Prefer to play alongside another child or with one or two others
• Can wait a short time for a turn.
• Are less willing to hold an adult's hand when walking
CORRECT Answers
A CDA has an ethical responsibility not to harm children by participating in practices that are:
• Disrespectful, degrading, dangerous, exploitative, intimidating.
• Emotionally damaging.
• Physically harmful
• All of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the Above.
Children grow
• At their own pace.
• When adults tell them what's developmentally appropriate.
• When adults tell them what to do.
• When adults teach them. - CORRECT ANSWER - At their own pace. (
The best way to teach infants and toddlers language is:
• To teach them the alphabet.
• To talk baby talk.
• To tell them to speak English only.
• To talk to them all the time. - CORRECT ANSWER - To talk to them all the time.
At what age can you use books?
• Preschoolers.
• Waddlers.
• Toddlers.
• Infants. - CORRECT ANSWER - Infants
, Toddlers begin to define themselves:
• As good and bad
.• As ugly and attractive.
• All of the Above.
• None of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the Above.
Teachers should help children:
• Accept their feelings and find a safe way to express them
.• Use words to solve problems
.• Understand what is real and pretend
.• All of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
Which of the following is age appropriate for an infant?
• Rattle.
• Mirror
.• Jingle bells attached to socks.
• All of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
By 18 months:
• Children begin to drink from a cup without spilling all of it
.• Children begin to feed themselves less with their fingers and more with a spoon
.• Help you dress them.
• All of the Above. - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
Young threes:
• Prefer to play alongside another child or with one or two others
• Can wait a short time for a turn.
• Are less willing to hold an adult's hand when walking
