MTTC 103 - Practice Test | 150 Questions
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During world language instruction, which of the following student activities would best
incorporate opportunities for students to negotiate meaning?
A. reading a text and underlining any words that are unfamiliar
B. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution
C. filling out a worksheet of questions that require the use of a dictionary
D. writing a short story based on a sequential set of illustrations from a picture book Correct
Answer: B. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution
Which of the following characteristics of literacy development best illustrates the relationship
between speaking and writing?
A. printing the letters of the alphabet
B. overgeneralizing regular verb tense endings
C. using phonetic spelling
D. recognizing examples of environmental print Correct Answer: C. using phonetic spelling
A second-grade teacher notices that several students regularly place adjectives after nouns in
their writing and speaking. These students most likely require explicit instruction related to
which of the following English language systems?
A. phonological
B. semantic
C. syntactic
D. pragmatic Correct Answer: C. syntactic
At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten teacher talks informally with students'
families about the kinds of prior experiences their children have had, especially those related to
learning and literacy. The teacher uses this information to help plan dramatic play and literacy
centers that reflect familiar settings, tasks, and experiences. These actions most clearly
demonstrate the teacher's awareness of the:
A. integrated nature of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
B. interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
C. relationship between oral language development and reading achievement.
D. links between vocabulary development and reading in the home. Correct Answer: B.
interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
As a regular component of whole-group mathematics instruction, a fifth-grade teacher guides
students in closely reading key pages from the grade-level textbook. Afterward, in addition to
guiding students in applying the new material presented in the text to sample exercises, the
teacher also helps the students summarize the text's main ideas orally. Finally, students draft their
own written summaries of the new concepts, processes, and/or terminology in their mathematics
journals. This approach to content-area instruction promotes students' school achievement
primarily in which of the following ways?
,A. by providing a print-rich environment in which students at all skill levels participate in
differentiated literacy activities
B. by using nonverbal, concrete experiences to scaffold students' comprehension and vocabulary
development
C. by promoting students' development of skill in using listening, speaking, reading, and writing
for academic purposes
D. by motivating students to select a variety of informational and other nonfiction texts for
independent reading Correct Answer: C. by promoting students' development of skill in using
listening, speaking, reading, and writing for academic purposes
A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in helping students develop oral language
skills that support literacy development. Which of the following teacher recommendations to
families is likely to be most effective in addressing this goal?
A. "Take your children to arts and cultural community events such as concerts and festivals."
B. "Visit the local public library regularly with your child to borrow children's books such as
picture books and easy readers."
C. "Spend time with your children playing active games such as hopscotch and jump rope."
D. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and doing other daily
activities." Correct Answer: D. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing
meals and doing other daily activities."
A teacher is designing a sequence of instruction for teaching letter recognition skills to emergent
readers. Which of the following sets of letters would be most appropriate for a teacher to include
in the first lessons?
A. c, o, w, x, y, z
B. I, L, T, H, E, F
C. a, m, t, s, f, d
D. A, a, B, b, C, c Correct Answer: C. a, m, t, s, f, d
An English Language Learner in a fourth-grade class can read fluently in a language that is
written using a nonalphabetic script. Which of the following concepts is likely to be most
difficult for this student to grasp when learning to read in English?
A. A series of letters represents a word.
B. Print symbolizes spoken language.
C. A sentence is composed of a sequence of words.
D. Letters correspond to phonemes. Correct Answer: D. Letters correspond to phonemes.
A kindergarten teacher regularly reads aloud "big books" to her students. As she reads she points
to each word, and during successive readings she encourages students to join in the reading as
she points. Which of the following emergent literacy skills is this activity most likely to
promote?
A. awareness of consonant and vowel phonemes
B. understanding of the relationship of speech to print
C. recognition of basic phonics and spelling patterns
D. knowledge of variations in letter-sound relationships Correct Answer: B. understanding of
the relationship of speech to print
,A kindergarten teacher regularly leads classroom discussions before beginning a new read-aloud
of informational texts. For example, he may conduct a book walk of the pictures, point out some
key vocabulary, and then ask students to share what they already know about the subject of the
book. This practice most clearly demonstrates the teacher's understanding of which of the
following factors that influence emergent readers' construction of meaning?
A. the role of setting a purpose and goal prior to reading a text
B. the importance of using textual evidence to draw conclusions
C. the role of activating background knowledge related to a text
D. the importance of determining a text's main idea and details Correct Answer: C. the role of
activating background knowledge related to a text
Which of the following words would be most appropriate to include in phonics instruction
designed to promote beginning readers' ability to decode regular CVCe words?
A. done
B. give
C. make
D. were Correct Answer: C. make
A fifth-grade student who is having difficulty reading the word instinctively in a science text
would be best advised to apply which of the following skills?
A. word recognition
B. structural analysis
C. syllabication
D. phonic analysis Correct Answer: B. structural analysis
A second-grade teacher would like to improve students' ability to read narrative texts with
appropriate expression. Which of the following strategies is likely to be most effective in
addressing this goal?
A. asking students to try to read a short story silently in a specified amount of time
B. engaging students in a round-robin reading of a short story
C. having students read and then rewrite a short story in the form of a song or poem
D. leading students in an echo reading of a short story Correct Answer: D. leading students in an
echo reading of a short story
As part of an informal reading assessment, a teacher asks a first-grade student to read a grade-
level passage aloud. As the student reads, the teacher marks the student's errors on a copy of the
passage, indicating errors of substitution, insertion, omission, and reversal. The teacher also
notes any repetitions or self-corrections. This assessment is likely to provide the most useful
information about the student's skills in which of the following areas of reading development?
A. reading comprehension
B. vocabulary knowledge
C. phonemic awareness
D. word recognition Correct Answer: D. word recognition
, Which of the following scenarios would provide the best evidence that a kindergarten student is
progressing according to typical stages of literacy development?
A. Now the student provides detailed drawings to accompany his written symbols, whereas he
never illustrated his writings at the beginning of the school year.
B. At the beginning of the school year, the student often incorporated words into his writings that
he had copied from environmental print, but now he only uses his own original symbols.
C. Now the student knows that he is not writing real words, whereas at the beginning of the
school year he would point to clusters of letters and call them words.
D. At the beginning of the school year, the student told a different story each time he reread his
writings, but now he follows the letters with his finger and uses similar words when rereading.
Correct Answer: D. At the beginning of the school year, the student told a different story each
time he reread his writings, but now he follows the letters with his finger and uses similar words
when rereading.
Which of the following words would be most appropriate to teach as a sight word to fifth-grade
students?
A. teacher
B. understand
C. scientist
D. explain Correct Answer: C. scientist
Which of the following teacher actions during a read-aloud of a "big book" is likely to be most
effective in supporting kindergartners' vocabulary development?
A. reading dramatically using exaggerated intonation and placing extra emphasis on key words
in the text
B. running a pointer under the text while reading and pausing to have students repeat key words
from the text several times chorally
C. writing a list of key words from the text on the board and referring students to the list as each
word appears during the reading
D. pausing regularly to elaborate on the content of a passage and to question students about key
words in the text Correct Answer: D. pausing regularly to elaborate on the content of a passage
and to question students about key words in the text
Developing a timeline of events would likely be the most appropriate strategy for upper-
elementary students to use independently to promote their comprehension of which of the
following types of text?
A. science textbook chapter
B. newspaper feature article
C. instructional manual
D. mystery novel Correct Answer: D. mystery novel
A fourth-grade teacher wants to help students build their knowledge of content-specific
vocabulary words to support their comprehension of grade-level science and social studies texts.
Which of the following strategies would be most effective for this purpose?
A. having students select correct words from a given text to complete sentences in fill-in-the-
blank exercises
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During world language instruction, which of the following student activities would best
incorporate opportunities for students to negotiate meaning?
A. reading a text and underlining any words that are unfamiliar
B. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution
C. filling out a worksheet of questions that require the use of a dictionary
D. writing a short story based on a sequential set of illustrations from a picture book Correct
Answer: B. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution
Which of the following characteristics of literacy development best illustrates the relationship
between speaking and writing?
A. printing the letters of the alphabet
B. overgeneralizing regular verb tense endings
C. using phonetic spelling
D. recognizing examples of environmental print Correct Answer: C. using phonetic spelling
A second-grade teacher notices that several students regularly place adjectives after nouns in
their writing and speaking. These students most likely require explicit instruction related to
which of the following English language systems?
A. phonological
B. semantic
C. syntactic
D. pragmatic Correct Answer: C. syntactic
At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten teacher talks informally with students'
families about the kinds of prior experiences their children have had, especially those related to
learning and literacy. The teacher uses this information to help plan dramatic play and literacy
centers that reflect familiar settings, tasks, and experiences. These actions most clearly
demonstrate the teacher's awareness of the:
A. integrated nature of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
B. interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
C. relationship between oral language development and reading achievement.
D. links between vocabulary development and reading in the home. Correct Answer: B.
interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
As a regular component of whole-group mathematics instruction, a fifth-grade teacher guides
students in closely reading key pages from the grade-level textbook. Afterward, in addition to
guiding students in applying the new material presented in the text to sample exercises, the
teacher also helps the students summarize the text's main ideas orally. Finally, students draft their
own written summaries of the new concepts, processes, and/or terminology in their mathematics
journals. This approach to content-area instruction promotes students' school achievement
primarily in which of the following ways?
,A. by providing a print-rich environment in which students at all skill levels participate in
differentiated literacy activities
B. by using nonverbal, concrete experiences to scaffold students' comprehension and vocabulary
development
C. by promoting students' development of skill in using listening, speaking, reading, and writing
for academic purposes
D. by motivating students to select a variety of informational and other nonfiction texts for
independent reading Correct Answer: C. by promoting students' development of skill in using
listening, speaking, reading, and writing for academic purposes
A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in helping students develop oral language
skills that support literacy development. Which of the following teacher recommendations to
families is likely to be most effective in addressing this goal?
A. "Take your children to arts and cultural community events such as concerts and festivals."
B. "Visit the local public library regularly with your child to borrow children's books such as
picture books and easy readers."
C. "Spend time with your children playing active games such as hopscotch and jump rope."
D. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and doing other daily
activities." Correct Answer: D. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing
meals and doing other daily activities."
A teacher is designing a sequence of instruction for teaching letter recognition skills to emergent
readers. Which of the following sets of letters would be most appropriate for a teacher to include
in the first lessons?
A. c, o, w, x, y, z
B. I, L, T, H, E, F
C. a, m, t, s, f, d
D. A, a, B, b, C, c Correct Answer: C. a, m, t, s, f, d
An English Language Learner in a fourth-grade class can read fluently in a language that is
written using a nonalphabetic script. Which of the following concepts is likely to be most
difficult for this student to grasp when learning to read in English?
A. A series of letters represents a word.
B. Print symbolizes spoken language.
C. A sentence is composed of a sequence of words.
D. Letters correspond to phonemes. Correct Answer: D. Letters correspond to phonemes.
A kindergarten teacher regularly reads aloud "big books" to her students. As she reads she points
to each word, and during successive readings she encourages students to join in the reading as
she points. Which of the following emergent literacy skills is this activity most likely to
promote?
A. awareness of consonant and vowel phonemes
B. understanding of the relationship of speech to print
C. recognition of basic phonics and spelling patterns
D. knowledge of variations in letter-sound relationships Correct Answer: B. understanding of
the relationship of speech to print
,A kindergarten teacher regularly leads classroom discussions before beginning a new read-aloud
of informational texts. For example, he may conduct a book walk of the pictures, point out some
key vocabulary, and then ask students to share what they already know about the subject of the
book. This practice most clearly demonstrates the teacher's understanding of which of the
following factors that influence emergent readers' construction of meaning?
A. the role of setting a purpose and goal prior to reading a text
B. the importance of using textual evidence to draw conclusions
C. the role of activating background knowledge related to a text
D. the importance of determining a text's main idea and details Correct Answer: C. the role of
activating background knowledge related to a text
Which of the following words would be most appropriate to include in phonics instruction
designed to promote beginning readers' ability to decode regular CVCe words?
A. done
B. give
C. make
D. were Correct Answer: C. make
A fifth-grade student who is having difficulty reading the word instinctively in a science text
would be best advised to apply which of the following skills?
A. word recognition
B. structural analysis
C. syllabication
D. phonic analysis Correct Answer: B. structural analysis
A second-grade teacher would like to improve students' ability to read narrative texts with
appropriate expression. Which of the following strategies is likely to be most effective in
addressing this goal?
A. asking students to try to read a short story silently in a specified amount of time
B. engaging students in a round-robin reading of a short story
C. having students read and then rewrite a short story in the form of a song or poem
D. leading students in an echo reading of a short story Correct Answer: D. leading students in an
echo reading of a short story
As part of an informal reading assessment, a teacher asks a first-grade student to read a grade-
level passage aloud. As the student reads, the teacher marks the student's errors on a copy of the
passage, indicating errors of substitution, insertion, omission, and reversal. The teacher also
notes any repetitions or self-corrections. This assessment is likely to provide the most useful
information about the student's skills in which of the following areas of reading development?
A. reading comprehension
B. vocabulary knowledge
C. phonemic awareness
D. word recognition Correct Answer: D. word recognition
, Which of the following scenarios would provide the best evidence that a kindergarten student is
progressing according to typical stages of literacy development?
A. Now the student provides detailed drawings to accompany his written symbols, whereas he
never illustrated his writings at the beginning of the school year.
B. At the beginning of the school year, the student often incorporated words into his writings that
he had copied from environmental print, but now he only uses his own original symbols.
C. Now the student knows that he is not writing real words, whereas at the beginning of the
school year he would point to clusters of letters and call them words.
D. At the beginning of the school year, the student told a different story each time he reread his
writings, but now he follows the letters with his finger and uses similar words when rereading.
Correct Answer: D. At the beginning of the school year, the student told a different story each
time he reread his writings, but now he follows the letters with his finger and uses similar words
when rereading.
Which of the following words would be most appropriate to teach as a sight word to fifth-grade
students?
A. teacher
B. understand
C. scientist
D. explain Correct Answer: C. scientist
Which of the following teacher actions during a read-aloud of a "big book" is likely to be most
effective in supporting kindergartners' vocabulary development?
A. reading dramatically using exaggerated intonation and placing extra emphasis on key words
in the text
B. running a pointer under the text while reading and pausing to have students repeat key words
from the text several times chorally
C. writing a list of key words from the text on the board and referring students to the list as each
word appears during the reading
D. pausing regularly to elaborate on the content of a passage and to question students about key
words in the text Correct Answer: D. pausing regularly to elaborate on the content of a passage
and to question students about key words in the text
Developing a timeline of events would likely be the most appropriate strategy for upper-
elementary students to use independently to promote their comprehension of which of the
following types of text?
A. science textbook chapter
B. newspaper feature article
C. instructional manual
D. mystery novel Correct Answer: D. mystery novel
A fourth-grade teacher wants to help students build their knowledge of content-specific
vocabulary words to support their comprehension of grade-level science and social studies texts.
Which of the following strategies would be most effective for this purpose?
A. having students select correct words from a given text to complete sentences in fill-in-the-
blank exercises
