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The CCP exam has 100 questions and runs 2 hours.
These 10 free CCP questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified Compensation Professional blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A three-year-old suddenly becomes unable to cough, speak, or breathe while eating. He remains conscious. One colleague is calling 911, and another is supervising the other children. Under the 2025 AHA/AAP recommendations, what treatment should the trained educator begin?
Correct answer: A - Cycles of five back blows followed by five abdominal thrusts.
Three minor collisions occur in a preschool block area over one week. Each happens behind a tall shelf that blocks the educator's view; elsewhere, the same children move around peers without difficulty. Staffing meets the required ratio. The most targeted prevention plan is to:
Correct answer: B - Reposition staff to restore sightlines, then relocate the shelf before the next play period.
Maya, age 4, can name the numeral 6 and recite number words through ten. When counting six shells, she touches one shell twice and skips another, yet finishes by saying "six." Which activity most directly targets the difficulty revealed by her counting?
Correct answer: C - Move each shell into an empty tray, saying one number per shell.
During outdoor play, a four-year-old catches a large, slowly tossed ball but repeatedly misses a small ball thrown quickly from farther away. She stays interested and asks for another turn. There is no pain, regression, or difficulty in other familiar movement activities. Choose the next teaching step.
Correct answer: C - Return to close-range throws with the larger ball, then increase difficulty one feature at a time.
Four-year-olds have spent several mornings turning the dramatic-play area into a grocery store. The teacher's planned goals are meaningful writing and comparing quantities. Which addition would bring those goals into the children's play?
Correct answer: D - Order pads and shopping baskets so children can make lists and compare quantities in their purchases.
Lucía, age 3, entered an English-speaking preschool three weeks ago. She seldom answers English questions there. At home she tells detailed stories in Spanish, and a Spanish-speaking staff member observes her explaining a pretend game and following directions. There is no reported loss of skills. How should these observations shape the teacher's response?
Correct answer: B - Use Spanish and visual cues to support play, and monitor communication in both languages.
After receiving care details for her child's bite injury, a parent asks to see the other child's behavior records. She says, "I need to know whether this has happened before." Which reply respects confidentiality without shutting down the safety discussion?
Correct answer: A - "I can discuss your child's care and our prevention plan, but another child's records are confidential."
A teacher rates a child's use of a picture schedule: 0 = does not complete the routine despite support; 1 = completes it with repeated prompts; 2 = completes it after one prompt; 3 = completes it without prompting. Across comparable observations, the child's rating changes from 1 to 2. What does that change justify?
Correct answer: D - Begin fading the remaining prompt and observe whether the routine is completed independently.
A toddler insists, "Me do it," while trying to put on a coat. The educator steadies the coat, lets the child push an arm through, and helps only where needed. In Erikson's theory, this response most directly supports:
Correct answer: A - Autonomy by preserving the child's participation in a self-help task.
Four preschoolers are making a digital story from their drawings. One child uses a communication board rather than speech. The teacher wants each child's ideas, not just artwork, to shape the story. Which arrangement meets that purpose?
Correct answer: D - Let each child choose story events and contribute words, symbols, or adult-recorded selections.
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