CSET III - Practice

Gardner's eight facets of multiple intelligence

1. Musical-rhythmic and harmonic 2. Visual-spatial 3. Verbal-linguistic 4. Logical-mathematical 5. Bodily-kinesthetic 6. Interpersonal - easily and effectively emphasize with others. 7. Intrapersonal - self-reflection 8. Naturalistic 9. (EXTRA) Existential - Spiritual intelligence

spina bifida

A birth defect in which a developing baby's spinal cord fails to develop properly.

Which of the following children is most clearly in need of adult intervention to development more positive long-term patterns of social interaction?

A fifth grader who constantly annoys classmates with teasing and disruptive behavior.

In baseball, which of the following is not a way in which a player is automatically out? A. a ground ball is fielded when the player is at bat B. the player is tagged by another player possessing the ball when not in contact with a base C. first base is tagged by a player possessing the ball before a runner reaches it D. a batter misses three fair pitches

A. a ground ball is fielded when the player is at bat

The President's Fitness Challenge is a program encouraging students and teachers to focus on:

A. building habits that encourage lifelong health and physical fitness

Children with learning disabilities can be expected to be characterized by: A. discrepancies between academic performance and ability. B. below-average intelligence. C. an inability to perform higher-order thinking tasks. D. long-term memory deficits.

A. discrepancies between academic performance and ability. Not assumptions but actual characterizations within the school environment.

Which of the following activities would be most valuable in helping a student learn leadership skills and personal responsibility? A. having the student organize a small sports activity for the class B. having the student self-evaluate fitness levels and set goals for improvement C. assigning the student to care for class sports supplies

A. having the student organize a small sports activity for the class

Which of the following sources of bias is generally important to consider when assessing a child anecdotally?

A. possible projections or misinterpretations of others observing the child

Accommodation

Adjusting information within a specific category.

allegro

At a brisk tempo

Which of the following improvisational acting activities would best help students learn about character development? A. Having students write up a character bio, including where their character works, their family history, etc. B. Making up a situation in which a student's character must make a choice, and then asking them to play out the scene. C. Asking students to make a list of their 10 favorite movie characters. D. Having students pretend to feel different emotions and demonstrate those feelings visually, without speaking.

B. Making up a situation in which a student's character must make a choice, and then asking them to play out the scene.

Which of the following is highest in unsaturated fat? A. lean beef B. corn oil C. lard D. cooked pork

B. corn oil

Which of the following is a type of theatrical staging in which there is no clear distinction between the space of the audience and the space occupied by the performers? A. Kabuki theater B. environmental staging C. proscenium staging D. Aristotelian theater

B. environmental staging

Which of the following is an appropriate goal for a third-grade physical education student? A. run 1 mile without walking B. perform forward and backward tumbles C. demonstrate a simple routine on the uneven bars D. dribble a ball with control while jogging

B. perform forward and backward tumbles

Sudden onset of wetting and inflicting self-harm are typical symptoms of _________. A. physical abuse B. sexual abuse C. neglect D. inability to handle peer pressure

B. sexual abuse

In most social dances, the movement of the partner who follows is based on _________. A. a pre-set series of maneuvers memorized by both partners B. specific physical cues from the partner who is leading C. a general awareness of space, time, levels, and force/energy D. the instructions of a choreographer

B. specific physical cues from the partner who is leading

Millet's prominent placement of the three women in the foreground most strongly supports which of the following thematic interpretations?

By positioning the three women prominently in the frame, Millet is emphasizing the importance of the labors of the working class to 1850s society.

A teacher asks four children why you should not hit others and records their answers as follows: Child 1: "Because you get in trouble and can't go to recess." Child 2: "Because it is important for everyone to follow the classroom behavior rules." Child 3: "Because I wouldn't want someone to hit me." Child 4: "Because the teacher says hitting others can cause injuries and isn't nice." According to Kohlberg's stages of moral development, which child's answer represents the most advanced stage of moral development?

C. Child 3

Which of the following shows a correct association between a dance and its country of origin? A. Italy: flamenco B. Spain: Tarantella C. Japan: Kabuki D. France: Waltz

C. Japan: Kabuki

Jogging one mile four times per week would be most effective in improving a child's __________? A. flexibility B. strength C. cardio-respiratory endurance D. agility

C. cardio-respiratory endurance

Individual differences in the rate at which physical growth and development proceed tend to be most evident during which of the following periods?

C. early adolescence

"The Wheels on the Bus" is good for teaching children the fundamentals of music and vocal performance for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT: A. it contains simple, easy-to-remember lyrics. B. it employs short, repetitive stanzas. C. it requires extensive vocal range. D. it is highly visual and can be physicalized.

C. it requires extensive vocal range.

In dramatic directing, the term "blocking" typically refers to ____________. A. the action of the antagonist in resisting the protagonist's goal B. the design of the set and props for each scene C. positioning the actors on the stage and mapping their movements D. the mood created by factors such as lighting design

C. positioning the actors on the stage and mapping their movements

Which scale corresponds to the white and black keys on a piano?

Chromatic

Which of the following terms could be used to describe the quick tempo of a traditional Polka? A. timbre B. legato C. forte D. allegro

D. allegro

Which of the following would not be considered a sociocultural factor influencing individual development? A. family B. race C. cultural perspective D. poverty

D. poverty

Fine-motor skills is also called...

Dexterity

When it comes to fatigue, five-seven year olds.

Fatigue quickly and recover rapidly.

A third grade teacher notices that most of the girls in her class have neater handwriting than the boys. What is the most likely explanation of this?

Girls tend to develop fine motor skills earlier than boys.

Which of the following would be an appropriate way to practice a nonlocomotor skills?

Hang from a bar and then swing. There is no movement on the ground, and that makes this choice nonlocomotor skill.

Which of the following statements is most consistent with a multiple-factor view of intelligence?

Intelligence consists of various components and is susceptible to change.

Kabuki theater

Japanese theatre where only men were allowed to act, even female roles, until ban was recently lifted. Invented in order to allow peasants a theatre of their own, as going to nobles' theatre would result in either having their eyes gouged out or their ears ripped off. Performed in poses rather than fluid action. Often very depressing.

All of the following are important in volleyball EXCEPT? A. Dink B. Serve C. Spike D. Layup

Layup

An elementary school teacher asks student to perform steps, hops, and then at a faster pace. The teacher inmost likely conducting this active to help students...

Learn how to skip. Skipping involves a step and a hip in quick succession.

Still photographs typically represent which of the following types of perspective?

Linear perspective

How do you tell if a composition is a specific key?

Look at the accidentals. Sharps - Count one half step up from the last sharp. Flats - Count four half steps down including the last flat listed.

Non-locomotor Skills

Movements performed while standing without spatial movement.

In volleyball, which movement pattern helps produce sufficient velocity and accuracy to serve the ball underhand?

Moving the sticking arm in a pendulum swing

. ________ space is a term for the area not occupied by the focus or subject of a painting. A. Opaque B. Vanishing point C. Negative D. Hue

Negative space

Which of the following is the most important instructional strategy to use when adapting physical education activities for children with asthma?

Permit the children to perform at lower intensity levels during aerobic activities and when exercising in cold, dry, weather.

Metacognition

Piaget's Concrete Operational stage - awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.

Egocentrism

Piaget's pre-operational stage - the inability to differentiate between self and other. Specifically, the inability to untangle subjective schemas from objective reality; an inability to understand any perspective other than their own

Scoliosis can create serious problems among elementary school children. In one school, children are screen ed for scoliosis as regular part of the physical education program. This most likely means that the screener will use a:

Plumb Line

Jazz music developed by African American musicians about 100 years ago, is characterized by:

Popular songs interspersed with individual solos.

The image above is an example of which style of art? (Starry Night by Vangogh)

Post-impressionalism

A middle grade teacher would like to integrate a lesson on art with haiku. Which of the following would least meet the teacher's needs?

Provide a display of classical Japanese painting for children to color.

All of the following are sound recommendations for operating a safe playground area EXCEPT: A. provide competent supervision within the playground at all times B. inspect all equipment regularly C. establish a list of safety rules and make sure each child follows them. D. choose equipment based on proven safety and practical value.

Provide competent supervision within the playground at all times. A playground is always accessible to children an dic is impossible to provide constant supervisions.

8. Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to improve the eye-hand coordination of the primary student?

Provide many different sized ball for the student to throw catch and kick.

American Football is most closely related to which other sport?

RUGBY

What does chromatic mean musically?

Scale with twelve pitches. Equally spaced. Usually relating to a piano.

What does diatonic mean musically?

Staying within the C-chord. Playing in the key of C major and you're using C major scale notes, then you would say that the notes you're using are diatonic. If you play notes that are not in the the parent major scale, such as chromatic passing tones, then you would say that those notes are not diatonic.

Animism

The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. A supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe.

Which of the following best describes how a "lead sheet" would most typically be used by a small, experienced jazz ensemble?

The lead sheet would indicate only the basic melody and chord changes. The jazz performers would be expected to "flesh out" the piece by adding improvisation, ornaments, and chordal accompaniment.

To distinguish between a producer and a director, a person might responsible say which of the following?

The producer has overall administration responsibility, which the director has creative responsibility.

Which of the following accurately describes a fact about the movement concept of force?

The sequence of body movements affects the amount of force.

Which of the following nonlocomotor skills involves rotating body parts around the body's axis?

Turning. A body turns around the body's axis which goes from the top middle of the he'd straight down through the rest of the body.

Aristotelian theater

Vivid characters that overcome obstacles, and all performances seen or heard are on a stage.

Which of the following groups of locomotor skills should be taught first?

Walking, running leaping, jumping and hopping.

Environmental staging

a branch of the New Theatre movement of the 1960s that aimed to heighten audience awareness of theatre by eliminating the distinction between the audience's and the actors' space.

Down syndrome

a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all, or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. Typically associated with physical growth delays, characteristic facial features, and mild to moderate intellectual disability

What is a plumb line?

a line (as of cord) that has at one end a weight (as a plumb bob) and is used especially to determine verticality

Between the ages of 6-8 children typically become able to participate in a much greater range of activities primarily as a result of ...

a significant increase in fine-motor control

An activity in which students are asked to compare the movements of dancers to those of various animals would be most useful for teaching _______.

aesthetic interpretation and awareness of form

One example of a "non-traditional" intelligence model is Sternberg's Triarchic intelligence model. Sternberg's theory of intelligence is based on _________.

analytic, creative, and practical intelligence

During the middle childhood years (ages 8-10), board games of strategy such as checkers and chess are especially beneficial to children because of the opportunities they provide for:

anticipating an opponent's reasoning.

What does harmonic mean musically?

any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental

A child with a secure attachment to her caregiver usually develops a sense of __________.

autonomy

Locomotor Skills

basic movements performed while moving the body with one's feet from one place to another.

A group of birth defects caused by brain damage that affect control of movement are known as ______.

cerebral palsy

Positive role models are considered to be important during a child's early development because _________.

children depend on modeling to develop various aspects of their personality

A child with a medium build would most likely excel at physical activities involving ________.

components of both movement and resisting external forces while staying in place

Which of the following aspects of the game of basketball would not be considered a locomotor skill?

creating accuracy in shooting through repetition

Which of the following responses by a child to the question, "Why is it wrong to steal?" represents the least advanced stage of moral development? a. because it's not fair to the person who owns it. b. because you should pay for it. c. because what if everybody stole things? d. because you might get caught

d. because you might get caught.

An elementary school child thinks that when one of the two matched rows of buttons is spread apart, the number of buttons has changed. According to Piaget, that child:

does not converse numbers.

Of the following, the most important consideration in selecting a physical education activity for an elementary school class is to ensure that the selected activity:

enables all children to participate comfortable and enhance their movement skills.

When working with a diabetic student you should do all of the following except ______.

excuse the student from all forms of cardiovascular exercise

Which of the following activities emphasizes use of a locomotor skill?

galloping to music, because you are moving your feet to accomplish a distance.

muscular dystrophy

genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement. Some forms of MD are seen in infancy or childhood, while others may not appear until middle age or later.

Which of the following soccer skills should NOT be instructed to primary students?

heading

Peer groups, clothing choices, and activity choices become increasingly important to adolescents because they _______.

help the adolescent define a sense of identity

Legato

in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.

Gross-motor skills...

involved in movement and coordination of the arms, legs, and other large body parts and movements. Large actions such as running, crawling, swimming, etc

Fine-motor skills...

is the coordination of small muscles, in movements—usually involving the synchronization of hands and fingers—with the eyes

According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, which of the following first begins to occur during the Concrete Operational Stage? A. egocentrism B. metacognition C. accomodation D. animism

metacognition - awareness in understanding one's thought process

The understanding that objects continue to exist even if they are outside one's field of perception is known as ________.

object permanence

The Human Knot activity allows students to...

prompts children to work cooperatively to achieve a common goal.

Which of the following is not a benefit directly linked with increased physical activity?

reduced risk of all types of cancer

Which of the following is a key benefit of including flexibility training in a fitness development program?

reducing the risk of injury to joins and soft tissue

anecdotal

something that is story-like or something that is based on stories and retellings, not based on provable facts.

Which of the following components are most important to a mature football throw?

spinning the ball off the fingertips and following through with the arm

Which of the following dance styles would be most appropriate for teaching third graders basic movement patterns and listening skills?

square dance

In general, elementary students who are substantially heavier or stockier than their peers are likely to find it easiest to be successful in physical activities requiring:

stability

A young boy is given a series of instructions when first assembling a complex toy made of building blocks, and then later reassembles the toy without assistance. This could be best described as an example of _________.

success in a task through scaffolding

Proscenium staging

surrounded on the top and sides by a physical proscenium arch and on the bottom by the stage floor itself, which serves as the frame into which the audience observes from a more or less unified angle the events taking place upon the stage during a theatrical performance.

A child sings into a hairbrush. This could be considered an example of __________.

symbolic play

Of the following factors, which is likely to have the greatest influence on an individual's ability to develop formal operational thinking skills?

the availability of opportunities for the individual to practice tasks requiring the targeted skills.

Timbre

the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.

Forte

to play loudly compared to piano, softly

Which of the following responses by a child to the question "Why is it wrong to steal?" represents the least advanced stage of moral development?

"Because you might get caught"