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