012 OAE  practice test 2025/2026 Update

1. A teacher asks her students to compare and contrast two animals they saw at the
zoo. This is an
example of what level of Bloom's taxonomy?
A. Knowledge
B. Comprehension
C. Application
D. Analysis - ANS-D: Analysis. Compare and Contrast is a higher level of thinking and
requires analysis.
2. Students studying fractions manipulate "fraction blocks," blocks cut to represent
fractional parts,
to learn the concept of adding and subtracting fractions. Which level of development as
described
by Piaget does this activity demonstrate?
A. Sensory-motor stage
B. Pre-operational stage
C. Concrete operational stage
D. Formal operations stage - ANS-C: Concrete operational stage. The manipulation of
objects in the learning process involves using
concrete materials to bridge understanding of abstract concepts.
3. According to Kohlberg, at which developmental level do children understand that
good behavior
is expected?
A. Post-Conventional
B. Conventional
C. Pre-Conventional
D. Adolescent - ANS-B: Conventional. There is actually a hint to this answer in its name.
According to Kohlberg, the
stage of development during which children learn conventional behavior—e.g., good
behavior—is
the Conventional Stage
4. Erikson's stages of development include all of the following except
A. Young childhood
B. Middle adulthood
C. Adolescence
D. Late childhood - ANS-D: Late childhood. This is not one of Erikson's levels of
development.
5. In Bronfenbrenner's organization of child development, the family or classroom is
considered a
A. Chronosystem
B. Microsystem