TNT 700.1A EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026/2027.
Which of the following is an example of a teacher exhibiting flexibility? - ANS Adapting
instructional techniques to ensure student understanding
A student in Mr. Garcia's classroom is tapping his pencil during the lesson.What is the first thing
Mr. Garcia should do to address the problem? - ANS Before anything else, Mr. Garcia should
ignore the behavior to see if the student will stop on his own.
Ms. Jones wrote the following praise on Toby's essay about the causes of the Civil War.Great
work. It is clear you know your stuff.What suggestion would you offer Ms. Jones to improve on
the praise she has offered to Toby? - ANS Give a specific example of something Toby did well.
What are the most important elements of a school system?
Students - ANS Classrooms
Ms. Loomis is a first year teacher. STAAR tests are coming up next month and she is starting to
get nervous about how her students will perform.What would be the best piece of advice for
Ms. Loomis? - ANS Incorporate a practice question or two each day into her lessons
Mr. Green placed all of the books in his classroom library in bins. Each bin is labeled with a
particular genre.What characteristic of effective teaching is Mr. Green practicing? -
ANS Effective teachers are organized
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, While students are working on a group project in Mrs. Hatcher's 4th grade classroom, she walks
by a particular small group. Two of the students in the group are discussing their favorite video
games. She puts a hand on the shoulder of each of the off task students as she walks by. The
students end their conversation and get refocused on their assignment.Which characteristic of
effective teaching is Mrs. Hatcher practicing? - ANS Effective teachers establish successful
classroom management techniques
According to Ben Bissell, which of the following is not an effective example of praise? -
ANS Public praise
How do effective teachers strive to maintain an atmosphere where learning flourishes? -
ANS They learn to say I'm sorry in situations where they have made a mistake.
For her math lessons, Mrs. Taylor usually works through many different practice problems on
the board for students. She talks through each problem as she works through it on the board.
She is struggling to understand that why despite all of the different problems she works through
on the board, students are still struggling with some of the concepts.What suggestion would
you offer Mrs. Taylor to improve on student understanding? - ANS Walk around the room
during instruction
Mrs. Williams is a fifth-grade teacher. She is frustrated because her lesson on finding the main
idea of a text did not go as well as she had hoped it would. At the end of the lesson, she did not
feel her students had a firm grasp on the concept.What should Mrs. Williams do? -
ANS Reflect on the lesson and plan additional activities that will better teach her objective.
Mr. Peters has just completed a math lesson and his students are working on a practice set. As
Mr. Peters circulates the room, he notices that a large percentage of students are not grasping
the concept.What would be the best thing for Mr. Peters to do next? - ANS Go through the
first two problems of the practice set together with the whole class
Each day when students enter Mrs. Finn's biology classroom, she displays a list the day's needed
materials and the activity students should begin work on immediately. Once the bell rings, she
says what is written on the board aloud to her students.What characteristic of effective teaching
is Mrs. Finn practicing? - ANS Effective teachers communicate clearly.
2 @2026 COPY ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026/2027.
Which of the following is an example of a teacher exhibiting flexibility? - ANS Adapting
instructional techniques to ensure student understanding
A student in Mr. Garcia's classroom is tapping his pencil during the lesson.What is the first thing
Mr. Garcia should do to address the problem? - ANS Before anything else, Mr. Garcia should
ignore the behavior to see if the student will stop on his own.
Ms. Jones wrote the following praise on Toby's essay about the causes of the Civil War.Great
work. It is clear you know your stuff.What suggestion would you offer Ms. Jones to improve on
the praise she has offered to Toby? - ANS Give a specific example of something Toby did well.
What are the most important elements of a school system?
Students - ANS Classrooms
Ms. Loomis is a first year teacher. STAAR tests are coming up next month and she is starting to
get nervous about how her students will perform.What would be the best piece of advice for
Ms. Loomis? - ANS Incorporate a practice question or two each day into her lessons
Mr. Green placed all of the books in his classroom library in bins. Each bin is labeled with a
particular genre.What characteristic of effective teaching is Mr. Green practicing? -
ANS Effective teachers are organized
1 @2026 COPY ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, While students are working on a group project in Mrs. Hatcher's 4th grade classroom, she walks
by a particular small group. Two of the students in the group are discussing their favorite video
games. She puts a hand on the shoulder of each of the off task students as she walks by. The
students end their conversation and get refocused on their assignment.Which characteristic of
effective teaching is Mrs. Hatcher practicing? - ANS Effective teachers establish successful
classroom management techniques
According to Ben Bissell, which of the following is not an effective example of praise? -
ANS Public praise
How do effective teachers strive to maintain an atmosphere where learning flourishes? -
ANS They learn to say I'm sorry in situations where they have made a mistake.
For her math lessons, Mrs. Taylor usually works through many different practice problems on
the board for students. She talks through each problem as she works through it on the board.
She is struggling to understand that why despite all of the different problems she works through
on the board, students are still struggling with some of the concepts.What suggestion would
you offer Mrs. Taylor to improve on student understanding? - ANS Walk around the room
during instruction
Mrs. Williams is a fifth-grade teacher. She is frustrated because her lesson on finding the main
idea of a text did not go as well as she had hoped it would. At the end of the lesson, she did not
feel her students had a firm grasp on the concept.What should Mrs. Williams do? -
ANS Reflect on the lesson and plan additional activities that will better teach her objective.
Mr. Peters has just completed a math lesson and his students are working on a practice set. As
Mr. Peters circulates the room, he notices that a large percentage of students are not grasping
the concept.What would be the best thing for Mr. Peters to do next? - ANS Go through the
first two problems of the practice set together with the whole class
Each day when students enter Mrs. Finn's biology classroom, she displays a list the day's needed
materials and the activity students should begin work on immediately. Once the bell rings, she
says what is written on the board aloud to her students.What characteristic of effective teaching
is Mrs. Finn practicing? - ANS Effective teachers communicate clearly.
2 @2026 COPY ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
