AAFCS Pre-PAC Practice Questions (2026) — Free Sample Questions with Answers

Answer: C

Catharine Beecher: Wrong. Beecher wrote influential 19th-century domestic economy texts, but she died in 1878, before the Lake Placid Conferences.

Jane Addams: Wrong. Addams founded Hull House and led the settlement movement. She did not lead the Lake Placid Conferences.

Ellen Swallow Richards: Correct. Richards, a chemist at MIT, organized the Lake Placid Conferences and became the first president of the American Home Economics Association in 1909.

Isabel Bevier: Wrong. Bevier was an important early home economics educator at the University of Illinois, but she did not lead the conferences or serve as first president.

Ellen Swallow Richards and the Lake Placid Conferences founded home economics, which became family and consumer sciences in 1994.

Answer: B

microsystem: Wrong. The microsystem is each direct setting by itself, such as the home or the classroom. The connections between those settings are a different level.

mesosystem: Correct. The mesosystem is made up of the interconnections between two or more of the child's microsystems, such as home and school.

exosystem: Wrong. The exosystem includes settings the child is not in that still affect the child, such as a parent's workplace.

macrosystem: Wrong. The macrosystem is the broad cultural context: values, laws, and customs.

Micro = direct settings; meso = links between them; exo = indirect settings; macro = culture; chrono = time.

Answer: B

22%: Wrong. This is fat's share by weight (10 of 45 g). Calories must be weighted at 9 kcal per gram for fat.

39%: Correct. Fat 10 x 9 = 90 kcal; carbohydrate 30 x 4 = 120; protein 5 x 4 = 20; total 230 kcal. 90 / 230 is about 39%.

43%: Wrong. This comes from dividing fat kcal by carbohydrate plus fat only (90 / 210) and leaving out protein.

50%: Wrong. This would require fat to supply as many calories as carbohydrate and protein combined.

Fat has 9 kcal per gram; carbohydrate and protein have 4. Percent from fat = (fat g x 9) / total kcal x 100.

Answer: A

Fair Credit Reporting Act: Correct. The FCRA gives consumers the right to dispute inaccurate or incomplete information. Credit bureaus must investigate and correct or delete it.

Truth in Lending Act: Wrong. TILA requires disclosure of credit terms such as APR and finance charges. It does not govern credit report disputes.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Wrong. The FDCPA limits abusive practices by third-party debt collectors. It does not cover disputes with credit bureaus.

Equal Credit Opportunity Act: Wrong. ECOA bans credit discrimination based on protected characteristics such as sex, race, or age.

Credit report accuracy and disputes fall under the FCRA. Loan cost disclosure falls under TILA, debt collectors under the FDCPA, and discrimination under ECOA.

Answer: A

Twill weave: Correct. In a twill weave, each filling yarn passes over or under two or more warp yarns in a stepped pattern, creating diagonal wales and a durable fabric.

Plain weave: Wrong. Plain weave is a simple over-one, under-one pattern (e.g., muslin, broadcloth) with no diagonal ridge.

Satin weave: Wrong. Satin weave uses long floats for a smooth, lustrous surface. It is less durable and has no visible diagonal.

Pile weave: Wrong. Pile weaves (e.g., velvet, corduroy) have an extra set of yarns forming loops or tufts, not diagonal wales.

Plain = over 1, under 1. Twill = diagonal wale (denim, gabardine). Satin = long floats, lustrous.

Answer: B

Round doorknobs on all interior doors: Wrong. Round knobs are hard to turn for people with limited grip strength. Universal design favors lever handles.

A no-step entry and lever-style door handles: Correct. Step-free entries and lever handles can be used by people of all ages and abilities without adaptation. That is the core idea of universal design.

A separate wheelchair ramp at the rear door: Wrong. A separate, segregated access route goes against the universal design principle of equitable use.

Taller kitchen counters with high wall cabinets: Wrong. Raising counters and cabinets makes them harder for seated users and children to reach.

Universal design creates spaces usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without special adaptation, guided by principles such as equitable and flexible use.