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Scope of Early Childhood Education MCQ

Scope of Early Childhood Education MCQ

1. Identify the most powerful aspect of high-quality early childhood environments.

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Correct Answer: Nurturing and responsive relationships with teachers

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2. Which of the following is an example of a benefit of high-quality early childhood education?

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Correct Answer: It is particularly beneficial to special, at-risk populations.

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3. Children in early primary grades (grades 1–3) often lack sound judgment about safety and are more vulnerable than their older peers. This has increased the need for

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Correct Answer: Before- and after-school care

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4. ______ is an example of a publicly-supported early childhood program.

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Correct Answer: Head Start

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5. The primary goal of high-quality early childhood programs is to provide ______ in a developmentally appropriate context for children.

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Correct Answer: Safe and nurturing care

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6. The profession of early childhood education includes programs that serve children aged ______.

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Correct Answer: 0–8

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7. Which of the following is an example of societal factors that has lead to the increased need for early childhood education programs?

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Correct Answer: The increase in single-parent households

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8. Identify an area of future focus for the field of early childhood education.

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Correct Answer: Increased need for bilingual and bicultural teachers

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9. Licensed ______ provide flexible, home-based care that is often more convenient for families.

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Correct Answer: Family childcare homes

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10. Why is there higher demand for early childhood education programs now than before?

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Correct Answer: Families often need two incomes to make ends meet.

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11. Early childhood programs can be divided into ______ and ______ settings.

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Correct Answer: Home-based; center-based

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12. Adam wants to pick a high-quality center for his 3-year-old daughter. He is most concerned about adult-child ratio, group size and teacher education. Which category of quality is he prioritizing?

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Correct Answer: Structural quality

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13. Three pillars of ______ include combining what we know about: child development and learning, individual children, and our understanding of social and cultural contexts.

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Correct Answer: Developmentally Appropriate Practice

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14. The NAEYC standards for high-quality early childhood education describe ______.

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Correct Answer: What early childhood professionals should know and be able to do

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15. Why is Developmentally Appropriate Practice important to high-quality early childhood education?

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Correct Answer: Brain development is occurring at the fastest pace in the lifespan.

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16. ____ is the more indirect indicators of quality, including adult to-child ratio, group size, and teachers’ education

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Correct Answer: Structural quality

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17. School-age children who, after school, return to an empty home because their parents are at work is known as ______

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Correct Answer: Self-care children

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18. The dynamic aspects of quantity particularly interactions between children and teachers are is known as Process quality

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Correct Answer: True

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19. The largest family unit, made up of a couple or one or two parents with child(ren) is known as Nuclear family

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Correct Answer: Nuclear family

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20. _____ is a school-age child who, after school, returns to an empty home because their parents are at work.

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Correct Answer: Latchkey children

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21. _____ is a program that focuses on all aspects of children’s development, not just cognitive development

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Correct Answer: Integrated curriculum

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22. Care for a relatively small number of children in a family home that has been licensed or registered for that purpose is known as Family child care homes

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Correct Answer: True

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23. Extended family members beyond the immediate nuclear family: _________.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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24. ________ is term encompassing developmentally appropri­ate programs that serve children from birth through 8 years of age; a field of study that trains students to work effectively with young children

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Correct Answer: Early childhood education

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25. Teaching young children by matching practice with what we know about their development is known as ______

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Correct Answer: DAP

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26. ________ is an observational instrument to assess classroom quality in PK–12 classrooms

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Correct Answer: CLASS

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27. Political and legislative activism by professionals to urge change in social policies affecting children is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Child advocacy

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28. ________ is the number of children for whom an adult is responsible, calculated by dividing the total number of adults into the total number of children.

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Correct Answer: Child–adult ratio

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29. Center-based Programs for young children located in school settings; these programs usually include larger groups of children than are found in home-based programs.

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Correct Answer: False

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