CDA CORRECT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔A creative activity is... - ✔✔using playdough
✔✔Which activity is creative... - ✔✔dancing with scarves to instrumental CD
✔✔A good technique for dealing with favorite toys is to.. - ✔✔provide duplicates of that
toy
✔✔You are aware that many children have a great deal of TV and video at home. You
would like the parents to support their children development at home instead of relying
on screen media. You will... - ✔✔send home books and activity packs that the children
can enjoy with their families.
✔✔A positive circle experience includes... - ✔✔1. Scheduling and planning beforehand
2. Interesting and active activities
3. Anticipating problems beforehand
4. (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
✔✔Appropriate choices for young children includes... - ✔✔choosing from art, the house
keeping area, or the puzzle table
✔✔Situations that reflects bias include.. - ✔✔1. Thanksgiving stories that depict Indians
with war paint and headdresses
2. Halloween stories with pictures in which everything black is portrayed scary.
3. Block activities that serve to exclude girls and housekeeping activities that are offered
first to girls
4. (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
✔✔Andrew often hits and bites other children. after doing so, Andrew laughs and runs
offs. He doesn't seem to realize he is hurting them. You will... - ✔✔Stop the behavior
, immediately and attend to the hurt child. Then get down on Andrews level, pointing out
and labeling the feelings of the child he has hurt.
✔✔Appropriate guidance techniques would include.. - ✔✔1. Planning to avoid problems
with the use of space, placement and number of toys, and careful supervision
2. Interacting with children in positive ways
3. Redirecting inappropriate behavior
4. (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
✔✔Fine motor skills refer to the skills that - ✔✔require children to work with their hands
and fingers
✔✔A new child has just enrolled in your program. She is from China. Several of the
children to say, "Mei Lee talks funny". You will... - ✔✔explain to them that she is from
another culture, speaks a different language and is learning yours.
Encourage to help her learn our words and to be a kind friend to her.
✔✔Gross motor skills refer to skills that... - ✔✔require children to make large
movements with their bodies
✔✔Children learn best when they.. - ✔✔actively participate
✔✔Marcy came to school today with an angry, negative mood. You can see that this
may soon erupt into physical aggression. The best way to deal with this would be to... -
✔✔provide her with an activity that will help diffuse her angry feelings, such as working
with play dough or throwing sponge balls at a target.
✔✔Coloring books, ABC worksheets, and offering simple artwork are.. - ✔✔not
developmentally appropriate
✔✔Experience charts, labeling items in the room, and making lots of books available
are all examples of.. - ✔✔practice that support emergent literacy
✔✔A writing center for preschools should include... - ✔✔pencils, paper, markers,
envelopes, an old typewriter and a piece of old mail.
✔✔Scribbling is.. - ✔✔an early stage in the development of the children's art and writing
skills
✔✔You see a co-worker leaving a group of napping children alone while she goes into
the hallway. You decide to first... - ✔✔approach her personally about your concerns
✔✔To extend a teachable moment... - ✔✔1. observe what is happening
2. Describe what is happening and ask open-ended questions
SET A+
✔✔A creative activity is... - ✔✔using playdough
✔✔Which activity is creative... - ✔✔dancing with scarves to instrumental CD
✔✔A good technique for dealing with favorite toys is to.. - ✔✔provide duplicates of that
toy
✔✔You are aware that many children have a great deal of TV and video at home. You
would like the parents to support their children development at home instead of relying
on screen media. You will... - ✔✔send home books and activity packs that the children
can enjoy with their families.
✔✔A positive circle experience includes... - ✔✔1. Scheduling and planning beforehand
2. Interesting and active activities
3. Anticipating problems beforehand
4. (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
✔✔Appropriate choices for young children includes... - ✔✔choosing from art, the house
keeping area, or the puzzle table
✔✔Situations that reflects bias include.. - ✔✔1. Thanksgiving stories that depict Indians
with war paint and headdresses
2. Halloween stories with pictures in which everything black is portrayed scary.
3. Block activities that serve to exclude girls and housekeeping activities that are offered
first to girls
4. (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
✔✔Andrew often hits and bites other children. after doing so, Andrew laughs and runs
offs. He doesn't seem to realize he is hurting them. You will... - ✔✔Stop the behavior
, immediately and attend to the hurt child. Then get down on Andrews level, pointing out
and labeling the feelings of the child he has hurt.
✔✔Appropriate guidance techniques would include.. - ✔✔1. Planning to avoid problems
with the use of space, placement and number of toys, and careful supervision
2. Interacting with children in positive ways
3. Redirecting inappropriate behavior
4. (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
✔✔Fine motor skills refer to the skills that - ✔✔require children to work with their hands
and fingers
✔✔A new child has just enrolled in your program. She is from China. Several of the
children to say, "Mei Lee talks funny". You will... - ✔✔explain to them that she is from
another culture, speaks a different language and is learning yours.
Encourage to help her learn our words and to be a kind friend to her.
✔✔Gross motor skills refer to skills that... - ✔✔require children to make large
movements with their bodies
✔✔Children learn best when they.. - ✔✔actively participate
✔✔Marcy came to school today with an angry, negative mood. You can see that this
may soon erupt into physical aggression. The best way to deal with this would be to... -
✔✔provide her with an activity that will help diffuse her angry feelings, such as working
with play dough or throwing sponge balls at a target.
✔✔Coloring books, ABC worksheets, and offering simple artwork are.. - ✔✔not
developmentally appropriate
✔✔Experience charts, labeling items in the room, and making lots of books available
are all examples of.. - ✔✔practice that support emergent literacy
✔✔A writing center for preschools should include... - ✔✔pencils, paper, markers,
envelopes, an old typewriter and a piece of old mail.
✔✔Scribbling is.. - ✔✔an early stage in the development of the children's art and writing
skills
✔✔You see a co-worker leaving a group of napping children alone while she goes into
the hallway. You decide to first... - ✔✔approach her personally about your concerns
✔✔To extend a teachable moment... - ✔✔1. observe what is happening
2. Describe what is happening and ask open-ended questions
