Library Media Specialist Praxis Exam
Library Media Specialist Praxis Exam
Questions and Answers
Question 1
ALA
Correct Answer
American Library Association
Question 2
AASL
Correct Answer
American Association of School Librarians
Question 3
YALSA
Correct Answer
Young Adult Library Services Association
Question 4
AECT
Correct Answer
Association for Educational
Communications and Technology
Question 5
ISTE
Correct Answer
International Society for Technology in
Education
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Question 6
ALSC
Correct Answer
Association for Library Service to Children
Question 7
Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965
Correct Answer
Encouraged the evolution of school libraries into library media centers
Question 8
Jean Piaget
Correct Answer
Assimilation and Accommodation, Sensorimotor stage, Pre-operational, Concrete
operational, formal operational
Question 9
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)
Question 10
Lawrence Kohlberg
Correct Answer
Preconventional, conventional, postconventional
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Question 11
Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Correct Answer
Physical-->self actualization
Question 12
Who is involved in site-based management of a library?
Correct Answer
Principal, teachers, school support staff, parents, students
Question 13
Who makes site-based decisions about the library?
Correct Answer
The committee, not just one person.
Question 14
What is the first step in forming a library plan?
Correct Answer
Goal/long-range plan
Question 15
Once you have a long-range plan, what comes next?
Correct Answer
Setting short-range objectives.
Question 16
Where can I find a budget calculator guide?
Correct Answer
AASL/AECT
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Library Media Specialist Praxis Exam
Questions and Answers
Question 1
ALA
Correct Answer
American Library Association
Question 2
AASL
Correct Answer
American Association of School Librarians
Question 3
YALSA
Correct Answer
Young Adult Library Services Association
Question 4
AECT
Correct Answer
Association for Educational
Communications and Technology
Question 5
ISTE
Correct Answer
International Society for Technology in
Education
Page 1 of 28
, Library Media Specialist Praxis Exam
Question 6
ALSC
Correct Answer
Association for Library Service to Children
Question 7
Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965
Correct Answer
Encouraged the evolution of school libraries into library media centers
Question 8
Jean Piaget
Correct Answer
Assimilation and Accommodation, Sensorimotor stage, Pre-operational, Concrete
operational, formal operational
Question 9
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)
Question 10
Lawrence Kohlberg
Correct Answer
Preconventional, conventional, postconventional
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Question 11
Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Correct Answer
Physical-->self actualization
Question 12
Who is involved in site-based management of a library?
Correct Answer
Principal, teachers, school support staff, parents, students
Question 13
Who makes site-based decisions about the library?
Correct Answer
The committee, not just one person.
Question 14
What is the first step in forming a library plan?
Correct Answer
Goal/long-range plan
Question 15
Once you have a long-range plan, what comes next?
Correct Answer
Setting short-range objectives.
Question 16
Where can I find a budget calculator guide?
Correct Answer
AASL/AECT
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