FTCE Professional Education Practice Test / Actual
Questions & Verified Answers
1. Teachers who conduct action research might
Answer> Videotape their lessons to reflect on instructional strategies.
2. A student-centered classroom uses reciprocal teaching to analyze a selec-
tion of text. The 4 basic steps that are used in reciprocal teaching are
Answer> Predict- ing, questioning, clarifying, summarizing.
3. What type of test could a school district use to determine if state standards
were being effectively taught?
Answer> Criterion-referenced test
4. Which of the following is the best example of a cognitive objective?
Answer> Stu- dents will complete a two-digit multiplication skills test with 85%
mastery.
,5. An educator signed up for a paid online professional development session
that required watching short video segments and personally reflecting on their
content.The educator let the videos run in the background, and quickly clicked
through the acknowledgments without completing the reflections. What
portion of the Code of Ethics does this violate?
Answer> The obligation to the profession.
6. Learning activities should always be based on
Answer> specific objectives.
7. An elementary reading teacher wants to get parents reading nightly with
their children.The most effective way to do this while fostering parent com-
munication is to
Answer> Invite parents to a "reading night" where student and parents meet to
read and share favorite poems.
8. Which of the following statements from a teacher would be considered
classroom management through use of negative reinforcement?
Answer> "If you would start turning in your homework, I wouldn't have to call your
mother every afternoon!"
,9. In order to practice effective behavior management, classroom rules
Answer> should be followed by all students and be consistently enforced.
10. Which of the following would be a responsibility of a school advisory
council?
Answer> Developing a school improvement plan
11. Which of the following would be an example of negative reinforcement?
Answer> -
The teacher stops complaining about the messy floor after the students clean it up.
12. A teacher has discovered and implemented a new online behavior-man-
agement program that is improving student behavior while providing an easy
way to communicate with parents. The teacher should
Answer> Meet with the principal to discussing sharing the new product at the next
professional development day.
13. The best tool for a teacher to use to keep a running, averaged record of
student scores throughout the year is
Answer> Spreadsheet
14. The most effective way to present vocabulary is
, Answer> in context to convey rich meaning to the students.
15. The best graphic organizer for analyzing similarities and differences is
Answer> a Venn diagram
16. An ELL joins the classroom mid-year. She appears to speak fluent English and
participates well in class, yet struggles academically in reading and science.
When questioned, the teacher learns that the student has only lived in America
for 2 years. The student's academic struggles are likely the result of
Answer> Not having mastered cognitive academic language proficiency due to the
length of time she has been speaking English.
17. The input-hypothesis model developed by Steven Krashen would suggest
that ELLs would benefit from
Answer> Being given information that is just slightly above their ability level in the
second language.
18. The No Child Left Behind Act states that
Answer> Student whose first language is not English may only be tested in English.
19. Student test performance reflects
Questions & Verified Answers
1. Teachers who conduct action research might
Answer> Videotape their lessons to reflect on instructional strategies.
2. A student-centered classroom uses reciprocal teaching to analyze a selec-
tion of text. The 4 basic steps that are used in reciprocal teaching are
Answer> Predict- ing, questioning, clarifying, summarizing.
3. What type of test could a school district use to determine if state standards
were being effectively taught?
Answer> Criterion-referenced test
4. Which of the following is the best example of a cognitive objective?
Answer> Stu- dents will complete a two-digit multiplication skills test with 85%
mastery.
,5. An educator signed up for a paid online professional development session
that required watching short video segments and personally reflecting on their
content.The educator let the videos run in the background, and quickly clicked
through the acknowledgments without completing the reflections. What
portion of the Code of Ethics does this violate?
Answer> The obligation to the profession.
6. Learning activities should always be based on
Answer> specific objectives.
7. An elementary reading teacher wants to get parents reading nightly with
their children.The most effective way to do this while fostering parent com-
munication is to
Answer> Invite parents to a "reading night" where student and parents meet to
read and share favorite poems.
8. Which of the following statements from a teacher would be considered
classroom management through use of negative reinforcement?
Answer> "If you would start turning in your homework, I wouldn't have to call your
mother every afternoon!"
,9. In order to practice effective behavior management, classroom rules
Answer> should be followed by all students and be consistently enforced.
10. Which of the following would be a responsibility of a school advisory
council?
Answer> Developing a school improvement plan
11. Which of the following would be an example of negative reinforcement?
Answer> -
The teacher stops complaining about the messy floor after the students clean it up.
12. A teacher has discovered and implemented a new online behavior-man-
agement program that is improving student behavior while providing an easy
way to communicate with parents. The teacher should
Answer> Meet with the principal to discussing sharing the new product at the next
professional development day.
13. The best tool for a teacher to use to keep a running, averaged record of
student scores throughout the year is
Answer> Spreadsheet
14. The most effective way to present vocabulary is
, Answer> in context to convey rich meaning to the students.
15. The best graphic organizer for analyzing similarities and differences is
Answer> a Venn diagram
16. An ELL joins the classroom mid-year. She appears to speak fluent English and
participates well in class, yet struggles academically in reading and science.
When questioned, the teacher learns that the student has only lived in America
for 2 years. The student's academic struggles are likely the result of
Answer> Not having mastered cognitive academic language proficiency due to the
length of time she has been speaking English.
17. The input-hypothesis model developed by Steven Krashen would suggest
that ELLs would benefit from
Answer> Being given information that is just slightly above their ability level in the
second language.
18. The No Child Left Behind Act states that
Answer> Student whose first language is not English may only be tested in English.
19. Student test performance reflects
