5.2 Full Practice Questions
Key Takeaways
- Practice questions from all 6 Competency Standards
- Apply developmentally appropriate practice in your answers
- Remember the key principles: safety, positive guidance, family partnership
- Use test-taking strategies with scenario questions
- Review areas where you scored lowest
These questions cover all six Competency Standards and the 13 Functional Areas. Use them to assess your readiness.
Competency Standard I: Safe, Healthy Learning Environment
How to Use This Practice Set
Treat these questions as an active-recall checkpoint for Full Practice Questions, not as a reading assignment. Answer the full set before looking at explanations, then mark each miss by skill area, rule, or service name. For every wrong answer, write the reason the correct option wins and why one tempting distractor fails. That habit matters because real exam questions often test the same concept with different wording. If you miss several questions from the same domain, pause and reread that chapter before continuing. A strong final review loop is: timed attempt, explanation review, targeted reread, then a second attempt after a short break.
Review Routine
After you finish this set, make a three-column log: topic, missed rule, and the clue you should have noticed. Retake only missed questions the next day, then mix them with new questions so you do not memorize order. For calculations or scenario rules, say the first step aloud before choosing an option; that prevents rushing into a familiar but wrong answer.
According to safe sleep guidelines, how should infants be placed for sleep?
How long should children and adults wash their hands?
A child has a temperature of 101°F. What should you do?
Competency Standard II: Physical and Intellectual Development
According to Piaget, what stage of cognitive development are most preschoolers in?
Which activity BEST supports fine motor development?
A toddler is playing beside another toddler with similar toys but not interacting. What type of play is this?
Competency Standard III: Social-Emotional Development and Guidance
Which statement is an example of positive guidance?
Which type of praise is MOST effective for building self-concept?
Two children are fighting over a toy. What is the FIRST thing you should do?
Competency Standard IV: Families
What is the MOST important thing to remember about family structures?
A parent asks you not to let their child sleep during nap time because they have trouble sleeping at night. What should you do?
Competency Standard V: Program Management
Which observation is OBJECTIVE?
What is the correct order of the planning cycle?
Competency Standard VI: Professionalism
Which is an example of professional advocacy?
What does the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct address?