FTCE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION UPDATED
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔A classroom teacher needs to document a student's lack of focus in the classroom
in order to develop accommodations to assist the student's academic achievement. The
teacher should begin by - ✔✔completing behavior inventory
✔✔The disadvantage of using drill and practice math programs on classroom
computers is that - ✔✔most classrooms do not have enough computers for the entire
class.
✔✔A classroom teacher can foster higher-order thinking skills by asking students - ✔✔-
Follow-up and divergent questions
-To elaborate on a question that was already answered by classmates
✔✔A teacher uses extinction when she is - ✔✔ignores negative behavior so that
students don't receive positive reinforcement by gaining the teacher's attention.
✔✔Which of the following describes a student-centered learning environment? - ✔✔-
Students work together on a jigsaw activity in cooperative learning groups.
-Students use a collaborative approach to research and develop a solution to a real-
world problem.
, -Students analyze multiple sources to develop their list of loaded words in persuasive
articles as the teacher acts as a facilitator.
✔✔Which of the following would not be used by a kindergarten teacher to develop
phonemic awareness in her students? - ✔✔Having students spell the words as they
sound them out.
✔✔Project-based learning, problem-based learning, and inquiry-based learning all -
✔✔require inductive reasoning and would be appropriate for a student-centered
learning environment.
✔✔Running records - ✔✔are used to document reading performance.
✔✔Which of the following does not describe 1 of the 5 big ideas in beginning reading? -
✔✔Semantics
✔✔Which of the following is not a text feature? - ✔✔Copyright date and city of
publication
✔✔During a science lesson, a 6th grade science teacher shares with her students how
an invasive species of a plant is choking out a native species. She asks them to
generate a hypothesis and possible solutions to the problem. What type of activity is
this? - ✔✔Problem-based
✔✔A high-school American History teacher conducts a 15 min. lecture about how
triangular trade operated in the colonies. The teacher was using - ✔✔direct instruction
✔✔According to Webb's Depth of Knowledge, the most complex cognitive level is -
✔✔Extended Thinking
✔✔A good classroom teacher knows that students have different strengths and learning
styles. To meet the needs of all students, teachers should - ✔✔use differentiated
instruction in the classroom.
✔✔Personal discovery inventories require - ✔✔inductive thinking.
✔✔Students who excel in science and mathematics probably - ✔✔have participated in
many hands-on activities in science and math.
✔✔Recognizing text features, decoding word meaning in context, and identifying
narrative elements are all parts of - ✔✔reading comprehension
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔A classroom teacher needs to document a student's lack of focus in the classroom
in order to develop accommodations to assist the student's academic achievement. The
teacher should begin by - ✔✔completing behavior inventory
✔✔The disadvantage of using drill and practice math programs on classroom
computers is that - ✔✔most classrooms do not have enough computers for the entire
class.
✔✔A classroom teacher can foster higher-order thinking skills by asking students - ✔✔-
Follow-up and divergent questions
-To elaborate on a question that was already answered by classmates
✔✔A teacher uses extinction when she is - ✔✔ignores negative behavior so that
students don't receive positive reinforcement by gaining the teacher's attention.
✔✔Which of the following describes a student-centered learning environment? - ✔✔-
Students work together on a jigsaw activity in cooperative learning groups.
-Students use a collaborative approach to research and develop a solution to a real-
world problem.
, -Students analyze multiple sources to develop their list of loaded words in persuasive
articles as the teacher acts as a facilitator.
✔✔Which of the following would not be used by a kindergarten teacher to develop
phonemic awareness in her students? - ✔✔Having students spell the words as they
sound them out.
✔✔Project-based learning, problem-based learning, and inquiry-based learning all -
✔✔require inductive reasoning and would be appropriate for a student-centered
learning environment.
✔✔Running records - ✔✔are used to document reading performance.
✔✔Which of the following does not describe 1 of the 5 big ideas in beginning reading? -
✔✔Semantics
✔✔Which of the following is not a text feature? - ✔✔Copyright date and city of
publication
✔✔During a science lesson, a 6th grade science teacher shares with her students how
an invasive species of a plant is choking out a native species. She asks them to
generate a hypothesis and possible solutions to the problem. What type of activity is
this? - ✔✔Problem-based
✔✔A high-school American History teacher conducts a 15 min. lecture about how
triangular trade operated in the colonies. The teacher was using - ✔✔direct instruction
✔✔According to Webb's Depth of Knowledge, the most complex cognitive level is -
✔✔Extended Thinking
✔✔A good classroom teacher knows that students have different strengths and learning
styles. To meet the needs of all students, teachers should - ✔✔use differentiated
instruction in the classroom.
✔✔Personal discovery inventories require - ✔✔inductive thinking.
✔✔Students who excel in science and mathematics probably - ✔✔have participated in
many hands-on activities in science and math.
✔✔Recognizing text features, decoding word meaning in context, and identifying
narrative elements are all parts of - ✔✔reading comprehension
