Practice Test Questions Subset I Flashcards
Emergent readers understand the alphabetic principle if they are able to:
a. distinguish between letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs in print.
b. recognize that spoken language can be represented in writing using a symbolic system.
c. distinguish between the consonants and vowels of the alphabet.
d. recognize that letters in written words represent the sounds in spoken words.
d. recognize that letters in written words represent the sounds in spoken words.
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of concepts of print and the alphabetic principle.
A young child says, “I drawed you a picture!” The error in this sentence best illustrates which process of language development?
a. incorrect use of pronoun reference
b. overgeneralization of morphological rules
c. overextension of the meaning of nouns
d. confusion of past and future tense
b. overgeneralization of morphological rules
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of a foundational concept related to English-language acquisition. Applying the regular past tense inflection –ed to verbs that have an irregular past tense form is an example of overgeneralizing a morphological rule, an error typical of a particular stage of language development.
A second-grade teacher writes the following words on the board. lady ladder Peter petted biter bitter hoping hopping super supper
These words could best be used to introduce students to:
a. spelling rules for adding suffixes to words.
b. irregular grapheme-phoneme relationships in English.
c. common inflectional suffixes in English.
d. decoding rules for open and closed syllables.
d. decoding rules for open and closed syllables.
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of the use of phonics patterns and word analysis strategies, including syllabication and morphology, as techniques for decoding multisyllable words
A first-grade teacher puts the rime -all in magnetic letters on a board and gives a student three onsets for that rime. The teacher asks the student to place one onset in front of the rime and read the word aloud. This activity would be most effective for promoting the student’s:
a. sight-word identification skills.
b. morphological skills.
c. letter-name recognition skills.
d. phonics blending skills.
d. phonics blending skills
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of strategies for promoting development of phonics skills. In this activity, the student learns to read words by blending the sound of an onset with the sound of a rime.
A third-grade teacher begins a small-group reading lesson focused on comprehension strategies by providing an explicit explanation of a visualization strategy. Which of the following would be the most appropriate step for the teacher to take next in supporting the students’ ability to use the comprehension strategy independently?
a. Ask students to note page numbers of any descriptions they visualize during reading for discussion with the group.
b. Ask students to read aloud in pairs, pausing after every description to tell each other what they visualize.
c. Model the technique by reading aloud a description and thinking aloud about the mental pictures it evokes.
d. Lead the group in writing a visually rich description of the classroom, focusing on key features of the room.
c. Model the technique by reading aloud a description and thinking aloud about the mental pictures it evokes
This question requires the examinee to apply knowledge of strategies for promoting the reading comprehension skills of students who are at different stages of reading and for facilitating comprehension before, during, and after reading.
A fourth-grade teacher regularly integrates content area vocabulary into language arts lessons and activities. This practice benefits students primarily by:
a. increasing their level of engagement during language arts work.
b. introducing them to new vocabulary words.
c. enhancing their ability to understand and use the new vocabulary words in context.
d. providing them with a systematic overview of the content-area curriculum.
c. enhancing their ability to understand and use the new vocabulary words in context.
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of strategies for increasing students’ vocabulary knowledge. Providing students with frequent exposure and opportunities to use new vocabulary in a variety of meaningful contexts promotes depth of vocabulary knowledge
A Venn diagram is typically used in informational texts for which of the following purposes?
a. to compare and contrast the characteristics of two items
b. to clarify a set of cause-and-effect relationships
c. to distinguish main ideas from secondary or supporting ideas
d. to organize information or events in a chronological sequence
a. to compare and contrast the characteristics of two items
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics and features of various types of informational, persuasive, and functional texts. A Venn diagram is a graphic organizer in which two or more sets or categories of information are represented as circles that overlap with one another.
Foreshadowing is a device used in literary works primarily to:
a. suggest an important turn of events in advance.
b. create a mood of apprehension or fear.
c. highlight important traits of the characters.
d. place emphasis on important themes in a text.
a. suggest an important turn of events in advance.
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of literary devices.
A student is drafting a letter to the editor of the local newspaper proposing that skateboarders be allowed to skate on the steps of the local library after business hours. Given the purpose and audience for this letter, which of the following introductory sentences would be most appropriate for the student to use?
a. Each of the ten library steps is three feet wide, ten inches deep, and six inches tall; the flight of steps makes a perfect 45-degree angle for skateboarding.
b. Skateboarding on the library steps is obviously less hazardous to our health than sitting around reading library books all day.
c. It’s an incredibly awesome feeling when you fly above the library steps on your skateboard, but try telling the librarian that!
d. It’s understandable why skateboarders must always follow the law of gravity, but why must they follow the no-skateboarding law when the library is closed?
d. It’s understandable why skateboarders must always follow the law of gravity, but why must they follow the no-skateboarding law when the library is closed?
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of elements of effective writing and speaking, including appropriate language styles and registers. In the rhetorical situation described, the student’s purpose is to persuade a general audience of newspaper readers that a proposal allowing the use of public space for skateboarding is reasonable.
In which stage of the writing process should a writer focus on sharpening a persuasive argument?
a. drafting
b. proofreading
c. prewriting
d. revising
d. revising
This question requires the examinee to apply knowledge of the processes, or steps, involved in developing a composition.
In which of the following ways does the U.S. Senate differ from the House of Representatives?
a. Committees in the Senate can draft and revise bills.
b. Each state is represented equally in the Senate.
c. There are no limits on the number of terms a citizen can serve in the Senate.
d. Senators can conduct investigations of executive departments and agencies.
b. Each state is represented equally in the Senate.
This question requires the examinee to recognize the roles and powers of national, state, and local governments and of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government in the United States.
For which of the following purposes does the U.S. Constitution guarantee the right to a writ of habeas corpus?
a. to ensure that criminal defendants have access to an attorney
b. to prevent unreasonable searches and seizures
c. to ensure that a person is not tried twice for the same crime
d. to prevent the illegal imprisonment of persons in the United States
d. to prevent the illegal imprisonment of persons in the United States
This question requires the examinee to recognize the constitutional principles of the U.S. government. A writ of habeas corpus allows a person who is incarcerated to appeal to a judge to review the imprisonment and determine whether the petitioner is being detained unlawfully.
Which of the following best describes an important contribution Gandhi made to the Indian nationalist movement?
a. He launched nonviolent campaigns to resist British rule in India.
b. He organized support in the British Parliament for Indian independence.
c. He proposed the partition of India and Pakistan into two separate states.
d. He urged Indians to adopt the values and beliefs of European cultures.
a. He launched nonviolent campaigns to resist British rule in India.
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of significant eras, themes, and people in U.S. and world history.
One major cause of the American Revolution was disagreement between colonists and the British over which of the following questions?
a. Who has the authority to tax the colonists?
b. Should the British abolish slavery in the colonies?
c. Do the colonists have a right to freedom of speech?
d. How will the British defend the colonies?
a. Who has the authority to tax the colonists?
This question requires the examinee to recognize the causes and consequences of major U.S. and world conflicts. The colonists believed that the British had no authority to tax them because the colonies had no representation in the British Parliament.
Population pyramids would be most helpful to a geographer trying to answer which of the following questions?
a. Which ethnic population is the majority group in a country?
b. Where are the major population centers of a country?
c. What proportion of a country’s population is in the age range for retirement?
d. Does a country have enough access to resources to support population growth?
c. What proportion of a country’s population is in the age range for retirement?
This question requires the examinee to demonstrate knowledge of how to use maps, charts, and other visual tools to locate, interpret, and convey social science information. A population pyramid shows the distribution of individuals in different age groups within a population, which can be used to determine what percentage of the population is in a certain age bracket.
Which of the following geographic concepts most fundamentally affects human efforts to produce food and crops?
a. industrialization
b. longitude
c. climate
d. urbanization
c. climate
This question requires the examinee to apply knowledge of major geographic concepts. The climate of a region encompasses a variety of meteorological factors, such as temperature, rainfall, humidity, and weather patterns. These factors affect the types of foods that can be grown successfully in a particular geographic region more fundamentally than industrialization, longitude, or urbanization.
A teacher says “hat” and instructs the students to produce the sounds that they hear in the word. Which strategy is the teacher using to build phoneme awareness?
a. phoneme blending
b. phoneme deletion
c. phoneme segmentation
d. phoneme substitution
c. phoneme segmentation
the strategy of phoneme segmentation requires students to separate the phonemes in a word
Use roots and affixes to determine the meaning of the word: “monograph”
a. a mathematical concept
b. a written study of a single subject
c. an illness caused by a virus
d. a boring piece of art
b. a written study of a single subject
the prefix mono means one, and the root word graph means written
Use roots and affixes to determine the meaning of the word polyglot in the following sentence: My sister is a polyglot, and comfortably travels all over the world.
a. a person who speaks many languages
b. a person who loves to travel
c. a person who is extremely intelligent
d. a person who is unafraid of new places
a. the prefix poly means many and the suffix -glot means in a language or tongue
What is one way students could determine the central idea of a text?
a. by summarizing the passage
b. by crossing out all irrelevant detail
c. by highlighting all sentences that mention the main topic
d. by identifying the main points and deciding which one is supported by all of the points and details
d. by identifying the main points and deciding which one is supported by all of the points and details
