ECA PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS 1–100 | COMPLETE ECA EXAM STUDY GUIDE
WITH PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Which of the following is not appropriate way to help a family in crisis?
a. Offering childcare outside work hours at your home
b. Providing contact information for community resources
c. Researching appropriate response to children in similar situations
d. listening to parents views - ANS ✔✔a. Offering childcare outside work hours at your home
To work with different types of families, the early childcare assistant should maintain a ___________
attitude
a. Diverse
b. Bias
c. Non judgmental
d. Clear - ANS ✔✔c. Non judgmental
Which one is the most accurate description of parents of infants with special needs?
a. They suffer stress and guilt, especially of the causes of the challenging conditions cannot be clearly
identified
b. They suffer stress to blame others for the child's difficulties
c. Their experiences are no different from parents with typically developing infants, if they have
adequate family services - ANS ✔✔a. They suffer stress and guilt, especially of the causes of the
challenging conditions cannot be clearly identified
When starting your relationship with parents, you should begin by :
a. Reminding them of facility policy and procedures
b. Stating classroom goals
c. Asking them what they want for their child
d. Asking when they will be dropping off and picking up their child - ANS ✔✔c. Asking them what they
want for their child
Building trust requires all of the following except :
a. Time
b. Consistency
c. Rules
d. shared understanding - ANS ✔✔c. Rules
To assist in conflict resolution, the early childcare professional should examine his/her own
a. Attitudes
b. Values
,c. Beliefs about raising children
d. All of the choices - ANS ✔✔d. All of the choices
Effective communication techniques with parents include all of the following except
a. Listening attentively
b. Helping parents feel comfortable
c. Acknowledging feeling
d. Asking closed - ended questions - ANS ✔✔d. Asking closed - ended questions
Which parenting style is most likely to help a child make decisions?
a. Authoritarian
b. Authoritative
c. Laissez - faire
d. Demanding - ANS ✔✔b. Authoritative
One of the primary roles of families in all culture is :
a. Emphasizing independence
b. Raising children
c. To promote reliance on kinship groups
d. Stressing children's obedience - ANS ✔✔b. Raising children
The Term "development" refers to:
a. Stages of physical growth children show as they mature
b. Process of Chemical and neurological changes with aging
c. Stages through which individuals learn to survive
d. Process by which humans change both qualitatively and quantitatively - ANS ✔✔d. Process by which
humans change both qualitatively and quantitatively
Who introduced the concepts of id, ego, and super ego
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Jean Piaget
c. Urie Bronfenbrenner
d. Eric Erikson - ANS ✔✔a. Sigmund Freud
According to Erikson, the stage of emotional development for infants from birth to 18 months is
a. dependency verses initiative
b. Trust verses mistrust
c. Dependency verses trust
d. initiative verses role confusion - ANS ✔✔b. Trust verses mistrust
The best description of attachment is:
, a. A process by which parents come to know their infant
b. A tendency to like one adult better than another
c. A process by which babies come to know and form positive relationships with a small number of
significant others
d. An early tendency to identify with and seek gratification from a person present at birth - ANS ✔✔c. A
process by which babies come to know and form positive relationships with a small number of significant
others
Children who are not stimulated
a. Are unresponsive to the language of peers and adults and many require special services
b. Are more reserved, but usually require no special services
c. Can not imitate speech sounds presented to them and may require special services
d. Are more verbal and less physical in their interactions and usually require no special services - ANS
✔✔c. Can not imitate speech sounds presented to them and may require special services
In the preparation stage of cognitive development, a child can
a. Begin to develop abstract concepts
b. See things for how they really are
c. Use logic to solve problems
d. Use symbols and internal thought to solve problems - ANS ✔✔d. Use symbols and internal thought to
solve problems
A common trait of neglected children is:
a. Withdrawal
b. Dependence
c. Annoying behaviours
d. loudness - ANS ✔✔a. Withdrawal
How can poor nutrition and maternal illness influence fetal development
a. It can impede nervous system development
b. It always results in still born babies
c. it will result in SIDS
d. There is no effect because the placenta protects the baby. - ANS ✔✔a. It can impede nervous system
development
Which one the following is not a physical characteristic of newborns?
a. Skin is wrinkled
b. Eyes are often puffy and swollen
c. Head is often misshaped
d. Lower bodies are more fully developed than their heads - ANS ✔✔d. Lower bodies are more fully
developed than their heads
WITH PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Which of the following is not appropriate way to help a family in crisis?
a. Offering childcare outside work hours at your home
b. Providing contact information for community resources
c. Researching appropriate response to children in similar situations
d. listening to parents views - ANS ✔✔a. Offering childcare outside work hours at your home
To work with different types of families, the early childcare assistant should maintain a ___________
attitude
a. Diverse
b. Bias
c. Non judgmental
d. Clear - ANS ✔✔c. Non judgmental
Which one is the most accurate description of parents of infants with special needs?
a. They suffer stress and guilt, especially of the causes of the challenging conditions cannot be clearly
identified
b. They suffer stress to blame others for the child's difficulties
c. Their experiences are no different from parents with typically developing infants, if they have
adequate family services - ANS ✔✔a. They suffer stress and guilt, especially of the causes of the
challenging conditions cannot be clearly identified
When starting your relationship with parents, you should begin by :
a. Reminding them of facility policy and procedures
b. Stating classroom goals
c. Asking them what they want for their child
d. Asking when they will be dropping off and picking up their child - ANS ✔✔c. Asking them what they
want for their child
Building trust requires all of the following except :
a. Time
b. Consistency
c. Rules
d. shared understanding - ANS ✔✔c. Rules
To assist in conflict resolution, the early childcare professional should examine his/her own
a. Attitudes
b. Values
,c. Beliefs about raising children
d. All of the choices - ANS ✔✔d. All of the choices
Effective communication techniques with parents include all of the following except
a. Listening attentively
b. Helping parents feel comfortable
c. Acknowledging feeling
d. Asking closed - ended questions - ANS ✔✔d. Asking closed - ended questions
Which parenting style is most likely to help a child make decisions?
a. Authoritarian
b. Authoritative
c. Laissez - faire
d. Demanding - ANS ✔✔b. Authoritative
One of the primary roles of families in all culture is :
a. Emphasizing independence
b. Raising children
c. To promote reliance on kinship groups
d. Stressing children's obedience - ANS ✔✔b. Raising children
The Term "development" refers to:
a. Stages of physical growth children show as they mature
b. Process of Chemical and neurological changes with aging
c. Stages through which individuals learn to survive
d. Process by which humans change both qualitatively and quantitatively - ANS ✔✔d. Process by which
humans change both qualitatively and quantitatively
Who introduced the concepts of id, ego, and super ego
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Jean Piaget
c. Urie Bronfenbrenner
d. Eric Erikson - ANS ✔✔a. Sigmund Freud
According to Erikson, the stage of emotional development for infants from birth to 18 months is
a. dependency verses initiative
b. Trust verses mistrust
c. Dependency verses trust
d. initiative verses role confusion - ANS ✔✔b. Trust verses mistrust
The best description of attachment is:
, a. A process by which parents come to know their infant
b. A tendency to like one adult better than another
c. A process by which babies come to know and form positive relationships with a small number of
significant others
d. An early tendency to identify with and seek gratification from a person present at birth - ANS ✔✔c. A
process by which babies come to know and form positive relationships with a small number of significant
others
Children who are not stimulated
a. Are unresponsive to the language of peers and adults and many require special services
b. Are more reserved, but usually require no special services
c. Can not imitate speech sounds presented to them and may require special services
d. Are more verbal and less physical in their interactions and usually require no special services - ANS
✔✔c. Can not imitate speech sounds presented to them and may require special services
In the preparation stage of cognitive development, a child can
a. Begin to develop abstract concepts
b. See things for how they really are
c. Use logic to solve problems
d. Use symbols and internal thought to solve problems - ANS ✔✔d. Use symbols and internal thought to
solve problems
A common trait of neglected children is:
a. Withdrawal
b. Dependence
c. Annoying behaviours
d. loudness - ANS ✔✔a. Withdrawal
How can poor nutrition and maternal illness influence fetal development
a. It can impede nervous system development
b. It always results in still born babies
c. it will result in SIDS
d. There is no effect because the placenta protects the baby. - ANS ✔✔a. It can impede nervous system
development
Which one the following is not a physical characteristic of newborns?
a. Skin is wrinkled
b. Eyes are often puffy and swollen
c. Head is often misshaped
d. Lower bodies are more fully developed than their heads - ANS ✔✔d. Lower bodies are more fully
developed than their heads
