BOSR DCF ACTUAL 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔By keeping developmentally appropriate practice in mind, - ✔✔the caregiver will
remember to focus on the child's age, individual characteristics, and the social and
cultural environment in which the child lives.
✔✔Best Practice #3 - ✔✔Know how to use the observation or screening tool before
attempting to use it. Be sure to:
Read the instructions before the session begins
Attend observation and screening training opportunities
Keep up with changes in policy and procedure
Never interrupt a screening session to read an instruction or ask a question about the
tool
✔✔Typical/atypical - ✔✔Effective child care professionals know the typical and atypical
patterns of child growth and development. They are familiar with the child and
understand the program's observation and screening policies and tools.
✔✔A professional never interrupts a screening session - ✔✔to read an instruction or
ask a question about the tool, because that can distract the child.
✔✔Effective child care professionals create documentation that can be used by others
to - ✔✔help children grow and develop to their full potential.
✔✔They ensure observation and screening results are - ✔✔objective and can be
measured, observed, and established as fact.
✔✔They verify results do not - ✔✔reflect subjective feelings, set aside personal beliefs
and consider only facts, document all relevant information, and make sure
documentation is correct and complete.
✔✔Accurate, effective child care professionals make sure documentation - ✔✔includes
all relevant information, even if it does not seem to support earlier documentation.
✔✔Finally, they review the screening tool to - ✔✔ensure it is free of errors.
✔✔Objective - ✔✔terms are factual and set aside personal beliefs, values, opinions,
and biases.
"six years of age"
"left-handed"
"obese"
, ✔✔Subjective - ✔✔terms are opinion based and may be different, depending on an
individual's point of view.
"nice"
"happy"
"pretty"
✔✔The Halo Effect - ✔✔is a judgment error we make when we allow an overall
impression of a person to influence the way we interpret his or her actions.
✔✔Effective child care professionals - ✔✔set aside personal beliefs and consider only
facts, not only during observation and screening sessions, but at all times during
working hours. This does not mean they abandon their own culture, traditions, and
values when caring for children; instead, it means they use developmentally appropriate
practice for each child, follow the law, and honor a professional code of ethics.
✔✔Document all relevant information. - ✔✔Relevancy is determined by the observation
or screening tool. Behavior not relevant to the current session may be documented later
in another type of record.
✔✔Ensure documentation is correct and complete. - ✔✔Complete documentation as
soon as possible
Proofread for content errors
Check for writing and mathematical errors
Wait two or three days, then repeat the process
✔✔Documentation - ✔✔Objective, accurate child care professionals create
documentation coworkers and other professionals can use to help children grow and
develop to their full potentialial
✔✔The third guideline is to be honest and fair. Effective child care professionals
observe children, conduct screenings, and document all relevant observations in good
faith. They: - ✔✔-Document children's development over time
-Observe or screen when children are at their best
-Conduct sessions in the child's natural setting with familiar staff
-Never observe or screen with the intent of confirming a suspicion
✔✔H.A.L.T. stands for - ✔✔Hungry
Angry/Anxious
Lonesome
Tired
✔✔Conduct sessions in the child's natural setting with familiar staff. Children are most
likely to demonstrate their skills: - ✔✔-With a person they know
-In a familiar place
-Using materials they have seen before
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔By keeping developmentally appropriate practice in mind, - ✔✔the caregiver will
remember to focus on the child's age, individual characteristics, and the social and
cultural environment in which the child lives.
✔✔Best Practice #3 - ✔✔Know how to use the observation or screening tool before
attempting to use it. Be sure to:
Read the instructions before the session begins
Attend observation and screening training opportunities
Keep up with changes in policy and procedure
Never interrupt a screening session to read an instruction or ask a question about the
tool
✔✔Typical/atypical - ✔✔Effective child care professionals know the typical and atypical
patterns of child growth and development. They are familiar with the child and
understand the program's observation and screening policies and tools.
✔✔A professional never interrupts a screening session - ✔✔to read an instruction or
ask a question about the tool, because that can distract the child.
✔✔Effective child care professionals create documentation that can be used by others
to - ✔✔help children grow and develop to their full potential.
✔✔They ensure observation and screening results are - ✔✔objective and can be
measured, observed, and established as fact.
✔✔They verify results do not - ✔✔reflect subjective feelings, set aside personal beliefs
and consider only facts, document all relevant information, and make sure
documentation is correct and complete.
✔✔Accurate, effective child care professionals make sure documentation - ✔✔includes
all relevant information, even if it does not seem to support earlier documentation.
✔✔Finally, they review the screening tool to - ✔✔ensure it is free of errors.
✔✔Objective - ✔✔terms are factual and set aside personal beliefs, values, opinions,
and biases.
"six years of age"
"left-handed"
"obese"
, ✔✔Subjective - ✔✔terms are opinion based and may be different, depending on an
individual's point of view.
"nice"
"happy"
"pretty"
✔✔The Halo Effect - ✔✔is a judgment error we make when we allow an overall
impression of a person to influence the way we interpret his or her actions.
✔✔Effective child care professionals - ✔✔set aside personal beliefs and consider only
facts, not only during observation and screening sessions, but at all times during
working hours. This does not mean they abandon their own culture, traditions, and
values when caring for children; instead, it means they use developmentally appropriate
practice for each child, follow the law, and honor a professional code of ethics.
✔✔Document all relevant information. - ✔✔Relevancy is determined by the observation
or screening tool. Behavior not relevant to the current session may be documented later
in another type of record.
✔✔Ensure documentation is correct and complete. - ✔✔Complete documentation as
soon as possible
Proofread for content errors
Check for writing and mathematical errors
Wait two or three days, then repeat the process
✔✔Documentation - ✔✔Objective, accurate child care professionals create
documentation coworkers and other professionals can use to help children grow and
develop to their full potentialial
✔✔The third guideline is to be honest and fair. Effective child care professionals
observe children, conduct screenings, and document all relevant observations in good
faith. They: - ✔✔-Document children's development over time
-Observe or screen when children are at their best
-Conduct sessions in the child's natural setting with familiar staff
-Never observe or screen with the intent of confirming a suspicion
✔✔H.A.L.T. stands for - ✔✔Hungry
Angry/Anxious
Lonesome
Tired
✔✔Conduct sessions in the child's natural setting with familiar staff. Children are most
likely to demonstrate their skills: - ✔✔-With a person they know
-In a familiar place
-Using materials they have seen before
