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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A The “the least restrictive” environments
B Fully inclusive classrooms
C Segregated environments
D Multigrade classrooms
Question #2
A Autism
B Learning disabilities
C Emotional problems
D Mild mental retardation
Question #3
A Is a high- IQ child
B Is creative
C Is talented
D Uses convergent thinking
Question #4
A The vast majority of gifted children have IQ scores of 150 or higher
B Many gifted children are socially isolated
C Most gifted children have high self-esteem
D Most gifted children show an evenly high ability across academic subjects
Question #5
A A shorter school year
B Emphasis on native ability
C Emphasis on effort
D Ability grouping
Question #6
A Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms
B Are voluntarily segregated
C Emphasize a specific are of interest
D Are usually located in upper-income areas
Question #7
A The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving
B Hispanic children are more racially integrated than African-AMerican children in U.S. schools
C Federal and state grants-in-aid have been sufficient in closing the funding gap between rich and poor
D African-American children are just as likely to attend a school that serves a mostly black population as they were in 1960’s
Question #8
A Educational self-fulfilling prophecy
B Social-constructive classroom
C Homogeneous grouping practice
D Cooperative learning technique
Question #9
A Cooperative learning is frowned upon
B Students construct their own knowledge
C The teacher is the sole authority for knowledge, rules, and decision making
D Teachers, students, and peers work together on a wide range of challenging activities
Question #10
A Have difficulty on selective attention tasks
B Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages
C Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility
D Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning
Question #11
A Watching educational programming
B Reading
C Using educational computer game
D Talking
Question #12
A Self-discipline
B The size of the cerebral cortex
C Emotional intelligence
D SES
Question #13
A Below average on intelligence tests during school years
B High on intelligence tests by middle childhood
C Above average on early childhood intelligence tests, but scores decreased by middle childhood
D Lower on intelligence tests then white children adopted into similar homes
Question #14
A IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan
B Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ
C IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment
D Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded
Question #15
A Interpersonal
B General
C Interpersonal
D Bodily-kinesthetic
Question #16
A Creative
B Analytical
C Emotional
D Practical
Question #17
A Complex skills can only be learned by drill in computation and rote memorization
B Reasoning about number concepts should replace drill in computation in elementary school
C A blend of both drill in computing and “number sense,” or understanding, is most beneficial
D Because children need to retrieve mathematical answers automatically, they should be exclusively taught by rote
Question #18
A Metacognitive
B Phonics
C Pragmatic
D Whole-language
Question #19
A Pragmatic
B Whole-language
C Metacognitive
D Phonics
Question #20
A Self-regulation
B Interpersonal intelligence
C Learned helplessness
D Metacognitive awareness
Question #21
A Elaboration
B Cognitive self-regulation
C Selectivity of attention
D Metacognition
Question #22
A Rehearsal
B Elaboration
C Metacognition
D Organization
Question #23
A Not usually a lifelong disorder
B Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques
C Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors
D Most often caused by a highly stressful home life
Question #24
A Boys are diagnosed with ADHD about 4 times as often as girls
B All children with ADHD are hyperactive
C Fraternal twins are more likely than identical twins to have ADHD
D For a child to be diagnosed with ADHD, symptoms must appear before age 5
Question #25
A Substantial
B Only minor
C Moderate
D Little or no
Question #26
A Draw maps to scale
B Classify three relations at once
C Seriate mentally
D Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments
Question #27
A Center on just one aspect of a problem, rather than focus on several aspects at once
B Center on just one aspect of a problem, rather than focus on several aspects at once
C Think through a series of steps and then mentally reverse direction
D Order items along a quantitative dimension
Question #28
A The threat of recess cancellation if any child misbehaves
B More than 15 minutes of recess a day
C 5 to 10 minutes of recess a day
D No recess
Question #29
A Often results in psychological damage to children
B Often interferes with school work and can cause a sharp decline in academic achievement
C Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills
D Is the leading cause of childhood injury
Question #30
A Practice winning and losing with little personal risk
B Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy
C Play without rules and rely on individual ability
D Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills
Question #31
A Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability
B For most children, join community sports is associated with decreased self-esteem
C School-age children today spend more time engage in informal outdoor play
D Gains in perspective taking permit a transition to rule-oriented games
Question #32
A Makes strokes with his entire arm rather than just the wrist and fingers
B Has not yet developed adequate depth perception
C Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details
D Can only use his wrist and fingers to form the letters and numbers
Question #33
A Tanya, a Caucasian girl who lives in a rural area
B Ellysa, an African-American girl who lives in poverty
C Meghan, a high SES Asian girl
D Ginger, an overweight hispanic girl
Question #34
A Children who live in rural areas
B Middle-SES children
C Boys
D Asain children
Question #35
A Systic fibrosis
B Sickle cell anemia
C Diabetes
D Asthma
Question #36
A Ineffective health education in the primary grades
B The increasing number of hours children sleep at night
C A lack of physical play space in many neighborhoods and schools
D The many hours children spend watching television
Question #37
A Tuberculosis
B Heart Disease
C Diabetes
D Asthma
Question #38
A 12 of the primary teeth are lost and replaced by permanent ones
B Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise
C Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat
D Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys
Question #39
A Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones
B Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening
C She was losing “baby fat” at an increasing rate
D The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed
Question #40
A Slows dramatically
B Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood
C Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood
D Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls