Library Media Specialist Praxis UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
ALA - Correct Answer- American Library Association
AASL - Correct Answer- American Association of School Librarians
YALSA - Correct Answer- Young Adult Library Services Association
AECT - Correct Answer- Association for Educational
Communications and Technology
ISTE - Correct Answer- International Society for Technology in
Education
ALSC - Correct Answer- Association for Library Service to Children
Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 - Correct Answer- Encouraged the
evolution of school libraries into library media centers
Jean Piaget - Correct Answer- Assimilation and Accommodation, Sensorimotor stage, Pre-
operational, Concrete operational, formal operational
Erik Erikson - Correct Answer- Hope: trust vs. mistrust (oral-sensory, Infancy, 0-2 years)
Will: autonomy vs. shame and doubt (muscular-anal, early childhood, 2-4 years)
Purpose: initiative vs. guilt (locomotor-genital, preschool, 4-5 years)
Competence: industry vs. inferiority (latency, school age, 5-12 years)
Fidelity: identity vs. role confusion (adolescence, 13-19 years)
Love: intimacy vs. isolation (early adulthood, 20-39 years)
Care: generativity vs. stagnation (adulthood, 40-64 years)
, Wisdom: ego integrity vs. despair (maturity, 65 - death)
Lawrence Kohlberg - Correct Answer- Preconventional, conventional, postconventional
Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Correct Answer- Physical-->self actualization
Who is involved in site-based management of a library? - Correct Answer- Principal,
teachers, school support staff, parents, students
Who makes site-based decisions about the library? - Correct Answer- The committee, not just
one person.
What is the first step in forming a library plan? - Correct Answer- Goal/long-range plan
Once you have a long-range plan, what comes next? - Correct Answer- Setting short-range
objectives.
Where can I find a budget calculator guide? - Correct Answer- AASL/AECT
From where does the school library get most of its funding? - Correct Answer- Local and
state tax dollars
NCATE - Correct Answer- National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
What are the jobs of nonprofessional staff? - Correct Answer- Conducting accounting and
bookkeeping procedures, unpacking, processing, and shelving new materials, Circulating
materials and equipment, assisting with materials production, assisting with inventory
AASL Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling - Correct Answer- Schools must adopt a
philosophy of full integration of library media into the total educational program
How far from the ground should work surfaces be? (ADA) - Correct Answer- 30 inches
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
ALA - Correct Answer- American Library Association
AASL - Correct Answer- American Association of School Librarians
YALSA - Correct Answer- Young Adult Library Services Association
AECT - Correct Answer- Association for Educational
Communications and Technology
ISTE - Correct Answer- International Society for Technology in
Education
ALSC - Correct Answer- Association for Library Service to Children
Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 - Correct Answer- Encouraged the
evolution of school libraries into library media centers
Jean Piaget - Correct Answer- Assimilation and Accommodation, Sensorimotor stage, Pre-
operational, Concrete operational, formal operational
Erik Erikson - Correct Answer- Hope: trust vs. mistrust (oral-sensory, Infancy, 0-2 years)
Will: autonomy vs. shame and doubt (muscular-anal, early childhood, 2-4 years)
Purpose: initiative vs. guilt (locomotor-genital, preschool, 4-5 years)
Competence: industry vs. inferiority (latency, school age, 5-12 years)
Fidelity: identity vs. role confusion (adolescence, 13-19 years)
Love: intimacy vs. isolation (early adulthood, 20-39 years)
Care: generativity vs. stagnation (adulthood, 40-64 years)
, Wisdom: ego integrity vs. despair (maturity, 65 - death)
Lawrence Kohlberg - Correct Answer- Preconventional, conventional, postconventional
Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Correct Answer- Physical-->self actualization
Who is involved in site-based management of a library? - Correct Answer- Principal,
teachers, school support staff, parents, students
Who makes site-based decisions about the library? - Correct Answer- The committee, not just
one person.
What is the first step in forming a library plan? - Correct Answer- Goal/long-range plan
Once you have a long-range plan, what comes next? - Correct Answer- Setting short-range
objectives.
Where can I find a budget calculator guide? - Correct Answer- AASL/AECT
From where does the school library get most of its funding? - Correct Answer- Local and
state tax dollars
NCATE - Correct Answer- National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
What are the jobs of nonprofessional staff? - Correct Answer- Conducting accounting and
bookkeeping procedures, unpacking, processing, and shelving new materials, Circulating
materials and equipment, assisting with materials production, assisting with inventory
AASL Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling - Correct Answer- Schools must adopt a
philosophy of full integration of library media into the total educational program
How far from the ground should work surfaces be? (ADA) - Correct Answer- 30 inches
