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PECT - Module 3 - Practice Test
Questions & Verified Solutions
A four-year old child with weak visual-motor skills gets frustrated when playing
with wooden blocks because the blocks keep falling down. Which of the following
would likely be the teacher's best response under these circumstances?
A. encouraging the child to choose alternative play centers, such as the art area,
with materials that do not involve stacking or building.
B. arranging for the child to work with a partner who places each block after the 2
children have agreed where it should go.
C. closing various play centers periodically, including the block center, to
encourage all children to try new activities.
D. providing the child with blocks that have hook and loop fasteners that will hold
the blocks together when the child stacks them - correct-answer -D
A prekindergarten teacher watches a four-year-old as she pours sand back and
forth among one-quart, a one-pint, and a one-cup container. The teacher could
best use this manipulative play as an opportunity to foster the child's
mathematical understanding by:
A. offering to show the child that the pint container holds two times as much as
the cup container and demonstrating this concept.
B. helping the child memorize the names used for the amounts represented by
each of the containers
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C. asking questions and making comments about the relative sizes of the
container as the teacher engages in the activity with the child.
D. encouraging the child to guess, check, and then record on a whiteboard the
number of smaller containers it takes to kill the large one. - correct-answer -C
A group of prekindergarten teachers at a school advocate for young children's
health by encouraging families to provide their children with a variety of
nutritious foods. Which of the following daily eating schedules or practices would
be appropriate for teachers to suggest to families?
A. allowing children to serve themselves at family meals and requiring that they
eat everything they have to put on their plates.
B. establishing regular mealtimes and providing children two or three healthy
snack choices throughout the day.
C. placing an array of food i accessible containers from which children may help
themselves whenever they feel hungry.
D. serving children a large breakfast followed by a moderate-sized lunch and a
small dinner in the evening. - correct-answer -B
Which of the following routine practices by an early childhood teacher would
likely be most effective in helping young children develop lifelong habits of
physical fitness.
A. engaging children in activities that promote their mastery of motor and
perceptual skills and enjoyment of physical activity.
B. involving children in competitive games and instilling the principles of good
sportsmanship.
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C. encouraging children to participate in activities related to their families' favorite
sports and athletic teams.
D. prompting children to develop skills related to specific sports that they can
pursue more seriously as they grow older. - correct-answer -A
The relationship between the acquisition of symbolic thought and children's play
tends to be most evident when children are engaged in which of the following
types of play?
A. sociodramatic play
B. parallel play
C. sensory play
D. associative play - correct-answer -A
Use of a circle graph is best when used to answer a question about what concept?
a. What is the difference between the minimum and maximum value?
b. Is there a change over time?
c. What is the relationship between two variables?
d. How do all the parts related to the whole? - correct-answer -D
A kindergarten teacher wants to develop the concept of set and which items
belong in a set. What would be an appropriate activity for her to do?
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a. Have students use as many words as they can think of to describe a tree and a
set of playground equipment
b. Look at two objects and tell how they are similar and different
c. Give students a set of pattern blocks and have the students sort the blocks into
categories they see fit
d. Give students sticks of differing lengths and have them put them in order from
smallest to biggest - correct-answer -C
A teacher has students cut a square or rectangle from a piece of paper. She then
has students draw a line connecting opposing corners. The class discusses their
findings. What is she trying to teach the students about?
a. Similarity
b. Right triangles
c. Parallel lines
d. Slope - correct-answer -B
Second graders are working with groups of blocks. The students find that with
some groups of blocks, they can make two vertical stacks exactly the same height.
With other groups of blocks, there is one block left over. What concept could be
introduced?
a. Even and odd numbers
b. Common numbers
c. Inverse operations
d. None of the above - correct-answer -A
PECT - Module 3 - Practice Test
Questions & Verified Solutions
A four-year old child with weak visual-motor skills gets frustrated when playing
with wooden blocks because the blocks keep falling down. Which of the following
would likely be the teacher's best response under these circumstances?
A. encouraging the child to choose alternative play centers, such as the art area,
with materials that do not involve stacking or building.
B. arranging for the child to work with a partner who places each block after the 2
children have agreed where it should go.
C. closing various play centers periodically, including the block center, to
encourage all children to try new activities.
D. providing the child with blocks that have hook and loop fasteners that will hold
the blocks together when the child stacks them - correct-answer -D
A prekindergarten teacher watches a four-year-old as she pours sand back and
forth among one-quart, a one-pint, and a one-cup container. The teacher could
best use this manipulative play as an opportunity to foster the child's
mathematical understanding by:
A. offering to show the child that the pint container holds two times as much as
the cup container and demonstrating this concept.
B. helping the child memorize the names used for the amounts represented by
each of the containers
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C. asking questions and making comments about the relative sizes of the
container as the teacher engages in the activity with the child.
D. encouraging the child to guess, check, and then record on a whiteboard the
number of smaller containers it takes to kill the large one. - correct-answer -C
A group of prekindergarten teachers at a school advocate for young children's
health by encouraging families to provide their children with a variety of
nutritious foods. Which of the following daily eating schedules or practices would
be appropriate for teachers to suggest to families?
A. allowing children to serve themselves at family meals and requiring that they
eat everything they have to put on their plates.
B. establishing regular mealtimes and providing children two or three healthy
snack choices throughout the day.
C. placing an array of food i accessible containers from which children may help
themselves whenever they feel hungry.
D. serving children a large breakfast followed by a moderate-sized lunch and a
small dinner in the evening. - correct-answer -B
Which of the following routine practices by an early childhood teacher would
likely be most effective in helping young children develop lifelong habits of
physical fitness.
A. engaging children in activities that promote their mastery of motor and
perceptual skills and enjoyment of physical activity.
B. involving children in competitive games and instilling the principles of good
sportsmanship.
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C. encouraging children to participate in activities related to their families' favorite
sports and athletic teams.
D. prompting children to develop skills related to specific sports that they can
pursue more seriously as they grow older. - correct-answer -A
The relationship between the acquisition of symbolic thought and children's play
tends to be most evident when children are engaged in which of the following
types of play?
A. sociodramatic play
B. parallel play
C. sensory play
D. associative play - correct-answer -A
Use of a circle graph is best when used to answer a question about what concept?
a. What is the difference between the minimum and maximum value?
b. Is there a change over time?
c. What is the relationship between two variables?
d. How do all the parts related to the whole? - correct-answer -D
A kindergarten teacher wants to develop the concept of set and which items
belong in a set. What would be an appropriate activity for her to do?
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a. Have students use as many words as they can think of to describe a tree and a
set of playground equipment
b. Look at two objects and tell how they are similar and different
c. Give students a set of pattern blocks and have the students sort the blocks into
categories they see fit
d. Give students sticks of differing lengths and have them put them in order from
smallest to biggest - correct-answer -C
A teacher has students cut a square or rectangle from a piece of paper. She then
has students draw a line connecting opposing corners. The class discusses their
findings. What is she trying to teach the students about?
a. Similarity
b. Right triangles
c. Parallel lines
d. Slope - correct-answer -B
Second graders are working with groups of blocks. The students find that with
some groups of blocks, they can make two vertical stacks exactly the same height.
With other groups of blocks, there is one block left over. What concept could be
introduced?
a. Even and odd numbers
b. Common numbers
c. Inverse operations
d. None of the above - correct-answer -A
