Community and Family Engagement Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Community and Family Engagement explores the essential role that families and communities play in supporting educational success and overall well-being. This course examines strategies for building strong, collaborative relationships between schools, families, and local organizations. Students will investigate the sociocultural factors affecting engagement, develop communication and partnership skills, and assess evidence-based practices for fostering inclusive, equity-driven participation. Through practical projects and case studies, participants will learn how to design and implement initiatives that empower families and enrich community connections, ultimately enhancing outcomes for children and youth in diverse settings.
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Child Family and Community Family Centered Early Care and Education 7th Edition by Janet Gonzalez
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Chapter 1: The Child in Context of Family and Community
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Q1) The whole child concept includes
A) The intellectual ability of the child
B) The social ability of the child
C) The intellectual and social ability of the child
D) The mind, body, feelings woven together
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following best describes the premise of family-centered programs?
A) Programs work better when caregivers understand families and involve them in respectful ways
B) Communication goes one way: caregivers share information with families
C) Families take a passive role in the education of their children
D) Programs predetermine what will be offered and complete the planning and organizing
Answer: A
Q3) Which theorist was the co-founder of Head Start?
A) John Bowlby
B) Ira J. Gordon
C) Urie Bronfenbrenner
D) Douglas Powell
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Supporting Families Around Issues of
Attachment and Trust
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Q1) What are the positive aspects of a healthy attachment?
Answer: Positive aspects of a healthy attachment include: -The development of a significant relationship
-The foundation for later intellectual development -a basis for future trusting relationships
-The release of hormones called neurotransmitters, which lead to a sense of well being -a sense of security, trust in The world
Q2) According to the research of Mary Ainsworth, which of the following kinds of attachment describes a baby that seems not to care when her mother leaves the room and is slow to greet her upon her return?
A) Secure attachment
B) Resistant attachment
C) Disorganized/disoriented attachment
D) Avoidant attachment
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Supporting Families With Autonomy-Seeking Youngsters
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Q1) According to Dr. Emmi Pikler, what are the effects of babies who are free of restrictive devices such as infant seats, swings and chairs?
A) Babies crave firmer limits
B) Babies feel insecure with too much freedom
C) Babies do not develop good muscle tone
D) Babies learn to trust their own skills and show a sense of physical security
Answer: D
Q2) To promote self-help skills, what should adults do?
A) Restrict children to what they can do well
B) Encourage trials and exploration
C) Do everything they can for the child
D) Manage the risks children explore
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following is not a way to create partnerships with families?
A) Work hard to create and maintain a relationship with each family
B) Recognize that you can also learn from observing
C) Find ways to share power with the families
D) Recognize that independent practice is a strong teacher
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Sharing Views of Initiative With Families
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Q1) Which of the following is true of semi-enclosed, private spaces?
A) They should not be provided for children
B) They allow children to get away by themselves
C) They do not need to be supervised
D) They are not a necessary part of a balanced environment
Q2) How can teachers help families understand what is happening during play?
A) Teachers can explain that children are passive during play
B) Teachers can point out that children's minds are idle during play
C) Teachers can describe how children are active explorers during play
D) Teachers can tell parents that children are just running off energy
Q3) Briana, age 4, is in Erikson's third stage of development. What is the third stage called?
A) Autonomy versus shame and doubt
B) Initiative versus guilt
C) Industry versus inferiority
D) Trust versus mistrust
Q4) What four qualities are important when facilitating conflict resolution between children?
Q5) What is the difference between empowering and overpowering children?
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Chapter 5: Working With Families of School-Age Children
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Q1) Which of the following is true about teaching prosocial skills?
A) It should be done at home, not at school
B) It is one approach to teaching children morals
C) It never uses social interaction as part of the process
D) It is not used in schools today
Q2) In the story of Michael, what did the teachers come to understand about his behavior?
A) That Michael was a child that could not be reached
B) That Michael was a child who could easily connect with others
C) That Michael's experience of abuse and neglect meant he would always be aggressive
D) That Michael learned patterns of behavior in response to his early environment
Q3) Why are schools less likely to use the constructivist approach to teaching?
A) Constructivism is only for vocational programs
B) Constructivist education does not use developmentally appropriate curriculum
C) Community and family pressure to teach academics
D) The constructivist approach is only appropriate for preschool
Q4) What are some strategies for teaching morals through prosocial development?
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Chapter 6: Societal Influences on Children and Families
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Q1) Beyond the narrow and simplistic approach of children being ready for kindergarten based on academics, what are other important indicators of readiness?
A) The ability to communicate, concentrate and focus
B) The ability to sit still
C) The ability to listen for 30 minutes at a time
D) The ability to stay inside without recess for most of the day
Q2) Which of the following is not a part of television viewing that promotes consumerism in children?
A) Corporate media researches new ways to sell products to children
B) Movies are advertised in fast food restaurants, promoting products
C) Children are targeted with colorful packaging on food such as cereal
D) Children's biological signals related to nutritional needs
Q3) Which of the following is an indicator for children who are prepared to enter kindergarten?
A) Children who are can concentrate and focus
B) Children who can count to 25
C) Children who can recite the ABC song
D) Children who are ready for invented spelling
Q4) How are children socialized by their families?
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Chapter 7: Understanding Families Goals, Values, and Culture
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Q1) Which one of the following does not characterize a dialog?
A) A person in a dialog seeks to gather information and learn from it
B) A person in a dialog listens to understand the other person's view
C) A person in a dialog looks for validity in multiple perspectives
D) A person in a dialog seeks to win the other over to his side
Q2) Culture
A) Is something that only ethnic people have
B) Is something that caregivers do not need to pay attention to
C) Is invisible and effects everything that we do
D) Should be melted into other cultures
Q3) What is meant by a cultural bump?
Q4) Toilet training can be used as an example of what?
A) Ignorance on the part of parents who train early
B) The superior training of the teacher who understands "readiness" issues
C) Two different perspectives that may be cultural
D) A power struggle between the parent and the child.
Q5) What do people mean when they say that they don't have a culture?
Q6) What is the value of cultural pluralism?
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Chapter 8: Working With Families on Guidance Issues
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Q1) Which of the following is true about time/out?
A) It is a universally accepted method of discipline that everyone agrees is effective
B) It makes children understand what they did wrong
C) It helps children feel better about themselves
D) Depending on the adult approach, it can be considered punishing or an opportunity for an adult to be a helper to the child
Q2) Calling a child's name frequently when he/she is being inappropriate
A) Helps the child get back on task
B) Reinforces negative behavior
C) Reminds the child that you are watching him/her
D) Helps to build a relationship with the child
Q3) Which of the following best exemplifies physical punishment (spanking)?
A) It is legal in child care programs
B) It is likely to make the child fearful or angry, or cause resentment
C) It is the best approach to changing undesirable behavior
D) It is likely to enhance the "teachable moment"
Q4) Describe the 7 effective ways to respond to children's unacceptable behavior.
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Chapter 9: Working With Families on Addressing Feelings and Problem Solving
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Q1) A kindergarten teacher said, ""I see how angry you are." "It really makes you mad when she grabs your doll!" Which of the following did the teacher demonstrate?
A) Redirecting the energy and helping the child get it out
B) Accepting and labeling the feeling
C) Calming the energy; soothing the chaos
D) Teaching problem solving
Q2) Shea got mad at his teacher and yelled, "I hate you!" Which of the following is an example of Shea's teacher redirecting his angry feelings?
A) "Hate is a strong word!"
B) "Do not say hate to me."
C) "You are really mad at me right now."
D) "You need to take a time out and think about what you said."
Q3) What is the function of a cultural script?
A) A script tells members what they are supposed to feel and how to convey it
B) A script helps people memorize relaxation techniques
C) A script dictates the schedule of events
D) A script helps children during dramatic play
Q4) How does playing pretend help children cope with feelings?
Q5) How can adults help children cope with fear?
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Chapter 10: Working With Families to Support Self-Esteem
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Q1) What is meant by the term "life script?"
Q2) If a person has low self-esteem, how can it be changed?
A) With deception of loved ones
B) With lots of praise
C) When the person decides to change perceptions
D) By shifting dimensions
Q3) Self-esteem is best defined by which of the following statements?
A) It is a valuing process and ongoing self-appraisal which encompasses self-image and self concept
B) It means ignoring the minuses and only acknowledging the pluses
C) It means always feeling positive
D) Refers to fulfilling ones individual potential
Q4) What is the basis of the significance dimension of self-esteem?
A) The individual's academic ability
B) A feeling of being loved and cared about
C) How important the person is on the power dimension
D) A child's competence in a number of areas
Q5) What are some of the ways to teach anti-bias behaviors?
Q6) What are some strategies for changing negative messages to positive ones?
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Chapter 11: Working With Families Around Gender Issues
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Q1) Consider this: boys going to school in pants and sneakers; girls going to school wearing princess dresses and fancy shoes. What message does that convey?
A) That boys don't like to dress up
B) Boys go to school dressed for play; girls go to school dressed for show
C) That girls can be strong and capable
D) That boys and girls embrace broad gender roles
Q2) Why should girls play with blocks?
A) They have to learn to be more masculine
B) It is the only opportunity to practice eye-hand coordination
C) They will become more artistic
D) It is a good way to gain practice in spatial relations and mathematical skills
Q3) Which is true about the history of gender and clothing in the 1970's?
A) There was a strict dress code enforcing girls to wear dresses
B) Unisex clothing was popular and boys and girls wore many of the same clothes
C) Boys wore more dresses than they do now
D) Boys all had very short hair
Q4) In the story of Jennifer, the mother of Zach and Jade, how did sexism show up in the way that she was stroking her children?
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Chapter 12: Stress and Success in Family Life
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Q1) What is the most important influence in a child's life for school success?
A) Home environment
B) Number of hours watching television
C) Home visit by an educator
D) Number of hours spent in the home
Q2) Which of the following is true about resilient children?
A) They have a hard time connecting
B) They are destined for greatness
C) They have difficulty with social skills
D) They emerge intact from a history of severe distress
Q3) What is the name for a family that is made of individuals coming together as a couple, who each have their own children?
A) Blended
B) Broken
C) Dysfunctional
D) Separated
Q4) What are some strategies for working with families from a strength-based perspective?
Q5) How is the power dynamic between adults and children shifting within families in relation to the emerging society?
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Chapter 13: Early Care and Education Programs As Community Resources
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Q1) Quality care is not related to which of the following?
A) Teachers' qualifications
B) Group size
C) Child-staff ratio
D) The money spent on building design
Q2) Which of the following can be a roadblock to mutual appreciation, respect, and support between parents and early childhood educators?
A) Child rearing
B) Poverty
C) Discounting
D) The savior complex
Q3) Which of the following is a reason why kindergarten was started in the United States?
A) Kindergarten was designed to be affordable to most people
B) Kindergarten was designed to be universally available for all
C) Kindergarten was designed to make a difference in the later success of poor children
D) Kindergarten was designed to ease children into the routines and behavior expected of them when they entered first grade
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Chapter 14: Supporting Families Through Community
Resources and Networks
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Q1) Why do families need more support now than ever before?
A) Parents expecting the educator to take care of problems
B) Educational demands on the child
C) Both parents working full time
D) Children are watching too much television
Q2) Which of the following is a false statement about the forms social networks may take?
A) In some families, individual members have their own social networks
B) Some families are attached to a number of people beyond their own relatives in formal and informal ways
C) Other families have special friends who are considered "aunts and uncles" to the younger generation
D) The main form of social networks is the nuclear family, all other forms are secondary
Q3) Which words below can be used to describe schools, libraries, museums, and parks?
A) Support networks
B) Poverty protection
C) Community resource
D) Assistance centers
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Chapter 15: Social Policy Issues
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Q1) Violence can affect children in which of the following ways?
A) They may want to be left alone
B) They might stay away from peer group activities
C) They may develop post-traumatic stress syndrome
D) They are happy all the time
Q2) According to the Children's Defense Fund report of 2011, what differences are noticeable between low-income babies and higher-income babies by 9 months?
A) Differences in which kinds of car seats they had
B) Differences in the kind of formula they drank
C) Difference in development
D) Differences in how much they cried
Q3) Which of the following is not something that educators should provide to children and families?
A) An environment that acknowledges children's diverse backgrounds
B) Community support
C) Comfortable transition into the next instructional level
D) One-size-fits-all education policies
Q4) How can people become an advocate for children and families?
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