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