Praxis II 5002 Practice Test 2-
TeachersTestPrep
1) A writing system that uses symbols to represent meanings is known as what?
a) Alphabetic
b) Phonemic
c) Logographic
d) Syllabic - answerC
2) During the early stages of language development which of the following is typically
taught first?
a) Letters that look similar and have similar sounds (ex. b & d)
b) Letters that occur frequently in simple words (ex. a, m, t)
c) Upper case letters
d) Long vowel sounds - answerB
3) During the acquisition of a child's first language, which of these spoken developments
would typically occur last?
a) Use of the auxiliary structure for phrasing of simple questions
b) Use of metaphor
c) Use of multiple adjectives to modify a single sound
d) Use of past tense verbs - answerB
4) Which of the following is not a Latin-based language?
a) Greek
b) French
c) Italian
d) Romanian - answerA
5) Clues to a word's connotative meanings can usually be found in all of the following
except:
a) The presence of blends
b) Its etymology
c) The context in which it is used
d) Its historic usage - answerA
,6) 6. A child has learned the meaning (though not spelling) of several words above the
reading level for their grade. It is most likely that they learned these meanings via which
of the following?
a) Reading ability and exceptional sensitivity to context clues
b) Exposure and common use from friends or family
c) Phonemic awareness and extracurricular reading outside of class
d) Inference from conversations overheard between teachers - answerB
7) Dividing a word into the component sounds made by each letter is an example of
which of the following concepts?
a) Blending
b) Rhyming
c) Segmenting
d) Onsetting - answerC
8) Words may change meanings and evolve due to a variety of factors. Which of the
following is not a clear example of how semantics has changed over time?
a) Because of Xerox's widespread products, many people say "Please xerox this"
instead of using "photocopy"
b) A student says that his classmate's drawing is sick, using the term as a compliment
c) A teacher uses the phrase "fined a little" and a student believe she said "find a little"
d) In WWII a Norwegian politician named Quisling aided an enemy invasion; starting
with that event people used his name as a synonym for traitor - answerC
9) A student is able to rattle off all of the pertinent facts covered in the passage they've
just read. This ability exhibits which of the following?
a) Metacognition
b) Phonemic Awareness
c) Critical Comprehension
d) Literal Comprehension - answerD
10) Read the poem "Adversity" by Madison Julius Cawein below, then answer question
that follows.
A barren field o'ergrown with thorn and weed
It stays for him who waits for help from God:
Only the soul that makes a plough of Need
Shall know what blossoms underneath its sod.
In line 1, the author's use of the contraction "o'ergrown" is most likely employed:
a) As a colloquial use of speech to place the poem in a given time and region
, b) To maintain the metrical regularity at ten syllables per line
c) As comic relief from the serious subject matter
d) To emphasize the genre of poetry as a spoken medium - answerB
11) Read the poem "Adversity" by Madison Julius Cawein below, then answer question
that follows.
A barren field o'ergrown with thorn and weed
It stays for him who waits for help from God:
Only the soul that makes a plough of Need
Shall know what blossoms underneath its sod.
"A plough of need" uses what device to convey the author's message:
a) Assimilation
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d) Personification - answerC
12) Read the poem "Adversity" by Madison Julius Cawein below, then answer question
that follows.
A barren field o'ergrown with thorn and weed
It stays for him who waits for help from God:
Only the soul that makes a plough of Need
Shall know what blossoms underneath its sod.
From the text, we can most likely infer that the author agrees with which statement?
a) Lazy people who wish to overcome the overgrown fields of their problems must dig in
and prepare to really work hard for once
b) The person who does not make a plough of need will not experience the joy of seeing
those problems overcome, and the beauty of what comes after
c) Waiting for divine intervention in one's problems is futile, as God does not exist
d) Those who have become burdened with problems are chosen by God to be tested,
and will be rewarded according to their efforts at fighting adversity - answerB
13) The central conflict in "Moby Dick", "The Old Man and the Sea", and "Jaws" would
be best described as:
a) Man vs. Man
b) Man vs. Nature
c) Man vs. Self
d) Man vs. the Supernatural - answerB
TeachersTestPrep
1) A writing system that uses symbols to represent meanings is known as what?
a) Alphabetic
b) Phonemic
c) Logographic
d) Syllabic - answerC
2) During the early stages of language development which of the following is typically
taught first?
a) Letters that look similar and have similar sounds (ex. b & d)
b) Letters that occur frequently in simple words (ex. a, m, t)
c) Upper case letters
d) Long vowel sounds - answerB
3) During the acquisition of a child's first language, which of these spoken developments
would typically occur last?
a) Use of the auxiliary structure for phrasing of simple questions
b) Use of metaphor
c) Use of multiple adjectives to modify a single sound
d) Use of past tense verbs - answerB
4) Which of the following is not a Latin-based language?
a) Greek
b) French
c) Italian
d) Romanian - answerA
5) Clues to a word's connotative meanings can usually be found in all of the following
except:
a) The presence of blends
b) Its etymology
c) The context in which it is used
d) Its historic usage - answerA
,6) 6. A child has learned the meaning (though not spelling) of several words above the
reading level for their grade. It is most likely that they learned these meanings via which
of the following?
a) Reading ability and exceptional sensitivity to context clues
b) Exposure and common use from friends or family
c) Phonemic awareness and extracurricular reading outside of class
d) Inference from conversations overheard between teachers - answerB
7) Dividing a word into the component sounds made by each letter is an example of
which of the following concepts?
a) Blending
b) Rhyming
c) Segmenting
d) Onsetting - answerC
8) Words may change meanings and evolve due to a variety of factors. Which of the
following is not a clear example of how semantics has changed over time?
a) Because of Xerox's widespread products, many people say "Please xerox this"
instead of using "photocopy"
b) A student says that his classmate's drawing is sick, using the term as a compliment
c) A teacher uses the phrase "fined a little" and a student believe she said "find a little"
d) In WWII a Norwegian politician named Quisling aided an enemy invasion; starting
with that event people used his name as a synonym for traitor - answerC
9) A student is able to rattle off all of the pertinent facts covered in the passage they've
just read. This ability exhibits which of the following?
a) Metacognition
b) Phonemic Awareness
c) Critical Comprehension
d) Literal Comprehension - answerD
10) Read the poem "Adversity" by Madison Julius Cawein below, then answer question
that follows.
A barren field o'ergrown with thorn and weed
It stays for him who waits for help from God:
Only the soul that makes a plough of Need
Shall know what blossoms underneath its sod.
In line 1, the author's use of the contraction "o'ergrown" is most likely employed:
a) As a colloquial use of speech to place the poem in a given time and region
, b) To maintain the metrical regularity at ten syllables per line
c) As comic relief from the serious subject matter
d) To emphasize the genre of poetry as a spoken medium - answerB
11) Read the poem "Adversity" by Madison Julius Cawein below, then answer question
that follows.
A barren field o'ergrown with thorn and weed
It stays for him who waits for help from God:
Only the soul that makes a plough of Need
Shall know what blossoms underneath its sod.
"A plough of need" uses what device to convey the author's message:
a) Assimilation
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d) Personification - answerC
12) Read the poem "Adversity" by Madison Julius Cawein below, then answer question
that follows.
A barren field o'ergrown with thorn and weed
It stays for him who waits for help from God:
Only the soul that makes a plough of Need
Shall know what blossoms underneath its sod.
From the text, we can most likely infer that the author agrees with which statement?
a) Lazy people who wish to overcome the overgrown fields of their problems must dig in
and prepare to really work hard for once
b) The person who does not make a plough of need will not experience the joy of seeing
those problems overcome, and the beauty of what comes after
c) Waiting for divine intervention in one's problems is futile, as God does not exist
d) Those who have become burdened with problems are chosen by God to be tested,
and will be rewarded according to their efforts at fighting adversity - answerB
13) The central conflict in "Moby Dick", "The Old Man and the Sea", and "Jaws" would
be best described as:
a) Man vs. Man
b) Man vs. Nature
c) Man vs. Self
d) Man vs. the Supernatural - answerB
