CDA PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. A good early childhood practice is
A. having the children line up to use the restroom
B. having children sit outside the restroom to wait for their turn
C. having the children all do an art activity together
D. asking the children to pretend to be butterflies as they walk to the
playground- Answer: asking the children to pretend to be butterflies as they
walk to theplayground
2. An activity that develops small motor skills would be
A. swinging
B. beanbag throwing
C. bead stringing
D. jumping- Answer: bead stringing
3. An activity that develops small motor skills would be
A. manipulating playdough
B. walking on a balance beam
C. throwing a ball
D. riding a tricycle- Answer: manipulating playdough
4. When you provide an activity that lets children use their sense of smell,
sight, hearing, touch, and taste, it promotes
A. physical development
B. social development
C. cognitive development
D. communication development- Answer: cognitive development
5. 2 boys want the same truck to haul blocks across the room. 1 boy goesto
the housekeeping area and gets a basket, This is
A. an open ended question
B. an example of problem sovling
C. a small motor exercise
D. guidance- Answer: an example of problem solving
6. When talking with a child, a caregiver should
A. speak loudly
, B. get down to the child's eye level
C. whisper softly to the child
D. stand & talk with the child- Answer: get down to the child's eye level
7. Caregivers should
A. control the conversations that children have with them
B.be good listeners
C. ask a lot of open ended questions
D. both b & c- Answer: both b & c
8. Children artwork should be
A. put on bulletin boards in the hallways
B. placed high on walls so other children cannot touch them
C. displayed at the children's eye level
D. put immediately into the children's cubbies to be taken home- Answer:
displayed atthe children's eye level
9. A creative art project is
A. marble painting on turkey shapes
B. painting at the easel on pumpkin-shaped paper with orange and black
paint
C. painting with orange and black paint on white paper
D. sponge painting on a white ghost shape- Answer: painting with orange and
black painton white paper
10. A creative activity is
A. cooking using a recipe
B. stringing beads
C. using playdough
D. assembling a 20 piece puzzle- Answer: using playdough
11. Which activity is creative?
A. Using a CD that tells children how to move
B. Dancing to an instrumental CD with scarves
C. Using musical instruments with a CD that tells children when to play them
D. singing "Where is Thumbkin?"- Answer: Dancing to an instrumental CD
with scarves
1. A good early childhood practice is
A. having the children line up to use the restroom
B. having children sit outside the restroom to wait for their turn
C. having the children all do an art activity together
D. asking the children to pretend to be butterflies as they walk to the
playground- Answer: asking the children to pretend to be butterflies as they
walk to theplayground
2. An activity that develops small motor skills would be
A. swinging
B. beanbag throwing
C. bead stringing
D. jumping- Answer: bead stringing
3. An activity that develops small motor skills would be
A. manipulating playdough
B. walking on a balance beam
C. throwing a ball
D. riding a tricycle- Answer: manipulating playdough
4. When you provide an activity that lets children use their sense of smell,
sight, hearing, touch, and taste, it promotes
A. physical development
B. social development
C. cognitive development
D. communication development- Answer: cognitive development
5. 2 boys want the same truck to haul blocks across the room. 1 boy goesto
the housekeeping area and gets a basket, This is
A. an open ended question
B. an example of problem sovling
C. a small motor exercise
D. guidance- Answer: an example of problem solving
6. When talking with a child, a caregiver should
A. speak loudly
, B. get down to the child's eye level
C. whisper softly to the child
D. stand & talk with the child- Answer: get down to the child's eye level
7. Caregivers should
A. control the conversations that children have with them
B.be good listeners
C. ask a lot of open ended questions
D. both b & c- Answer: both b & c
8. Children artwork should be
A. put on bulletin boards in the hallways
B. placed high on walls so other children cannot touch them
C. displayed at the children's eye level
D. put immediately into the children's cubbies to be taken home- Answer:
displayed atthe children's eye level
9. A creative art project is
A. marble painting on turkey shapes
B. painting at the easel on pumpkin-shaped paper with orange and black
paint
C. painting with orange and black paint on white paper
D. sponge painting on a white ghost shape- Answer: painting with orange and
black painton white paper
10. A creative activity is
A. cooking using a recipe
B. stringing beads
C. using playdough
D. assembling a 20 piece puzzle- Answer: using playdough
11. Which activity is creative?
A. Using a CD that tells children how to move
B. Dancing to an instrumental CD with scarves
C. Using musical instruments with a CD that tells children when to play them
D. singing "Where is Thumbkin?"- Answer: Dancing to an instrumental CD
with scarves
