Chapter 1 Test -You: Working With Young Children

The need for early childhood teachers is expected to _______.

• Increase

• Decrease

• Remain the same

• Become Nonexistent

Tangible payoffs for companies providing child care include ________.

• greater absenteeism

• increased taxes

• increased productivity

• greater turnover

A ______ ensures that rules and regulations established by the state are followed by making on-site visits to assigned centers.

• Nanny

• Child Care Director

• Licensing Specialist

• Child Care Advocate

A (n) provides home care for children.

• Nanny

• Au Pair

• Nanny and Au Pair

• Au Pair and Teacher

The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential _______.

• is a bachelor's degree program

• is an associate degree program

• requires a minimum of two years of college

• requires a minimum number of hours of childcare experience and some post secondary coursework in child care education.

The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential is designed to _____ and ______ the skills of child care providers in centers, family child care, and home visitors programs.

• evaluate and regulate

• evaluate and improve

• evaluate and decrease

• evaluate and diminish

To earn the CDA credential, applicants must take 120 clock hours of coursework and related training, prepare an extensive professional resource file ( eg: portfolio), and meet other requirements such as working with children for at least ____ hours.

• 240

• 480

• 120

• 145

There are _____CDA competency goals needed by early childhood professionals.

• Three

• Six

• Nine

• Twelve

To be eligible for the CDA Credential, the person must be at least _____ years of age.

• Eighteen

• Nineteen

• Twenty-One

• Twety

Child care center directors generally need a (n) ______.

• High school diploma

• CDA Credential

• Associate's Degree

• Bachelor's Degree