Deck 1: Managing Childrens Centers in the 21st Century

Question 1

If a facility is receiving federal food subsidies, it has to offer food service which:

A)is approved by the parents of the children who attend.
B)has the foods that children like to eat.
C)meets guidelines set by the U.S.Department of Agriculture.
D)is low in carbohydrates and does not contain genetically modified ingredients.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following disabilities typically CANNOT be diagnosed at birth or in early infancy?

A)Autism
B)Down syndrome
C)Blindness
D)Cerebral palsy

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Between 1991 and 2007, the birth rate for teen mothers aged 15-19:

A)decreased significantly.
B)increased significantly.
C)stayed about the same.
D)increased a little bit.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In their professional development, when early childhood administrators can handle their normal job responsibilities well enough to think about more difficult jobs, they have reached what stage?

Question 5

Federal law requires that child-care facilities should take children with disabilities and put them into separate groups from the other children.

Question 6

The term "management" means the same thing as "leadership".

Question 7

List two factors that resulted in a steady increase in the number of infant and toddler programs during the 1980s and 1990s.

Question 8

In meeting the benchmarks set by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2008, compared to other industrial nations, the United States:

A)ranked in the top 10%.
B)ranked in the top 20%.
C)ranked in the top 50%.
D)ranked in the bottom 10%.

Question 9

Between 1976 and 2006 the percent of women having five or more children:

A)stayed about the same.
B)decreased.
C)increased dramatically.
D)increased a little bit.

Question 10

What are the five stages of professional development?

Question 11

Among various ethnic groups in the United States, which group had the lowest rate of mothers who received prenatal care in 2005?

A)Blacks
B)Native Americans
C)Hispanics
D)There was no difference

Question 12

Between 1976 and 2002 the percent of women remaining childless:

A)basically stayed the same.
B)doubled.
C)decreased by half.
D)decreased by a little.

Question 13

Teen pregnancy is associated with which risk factors for new-born children?

A)Lack of prenatal care
B)Low birth weight
C)Lowered education for the mothers
D)All of the above

Question 14

Which ethnic group has the highest percentage of children who live in a home maintained by a grandparent?

A)African Americans
B)Hispanics
C)White
D)Asian

Question 15

The highest incidence of homelessness among children occurs in:

A)northern cities.
B)Midwestern farming communities.
C)southern states.
D)the Pacific Northwest.

Question 16

Out of every 10 workers in child-care facilities, how many, on average, have to be replaced each year?

A)4
B)40
C)1
D)7

Question 17

Between 1985 and 2005, the percentage of children under the age of 5 who were in family child care:

A)increased dramatically.
B)decreased dramatically.
C)decreased slightly.
D)stayed about the same.

Question 18

Between 2000 and 2007, the percentage of children living in families below the poverty line:

A)decreased.
B)rose.
C)stayed about the same.
D)could not be measured.

Question 19

Historically, directors of child development programs have come from what background?

A)Highly trained professionals with graduate degrees.
B)Teachers who have been working in the program.
C)Family members of the children in care.
D)People who attend the same church.