FTCE Subject Area Exam K-6 Practice
Questions
The most effective way to develop students' reading fluency is through -
answerRepeated Reading
The best instructional strategy to use when introducing a variety of genres to a class in
order to compare and contrast information about a subject - answerBook Clubs
Which literary device is being used when inanimate objects or abstract concepts are
seemingly endowed with human characteristics? - answerPersonification
Which of the following describes what happens in the graphophonic component of
writing? - answerStudents learn that one sound maybe formed a number of different
ways.
A 3rd-grade teacher asks the students to partner-read a literary selection. The teacher
walks around the room and stops to question each pair of students about the story.
Which type of assessment is the teacher using? - answerInformal
Which of the following modes of writing is intended to provide information and includes
facts and data? - answerExpository
A kindergarten teacher prefaces reading to the class by pointing out the title, author,
illustrator, and title page. Which skill is this teacher most likely developing with his
students? - answerConcepts about books
Students need a collection of maps to complete an assignment. The best resource for
students to use would be a(an) - answerAtlas
To assess a student's ability to analyze the draining of the Everglades and the
development of South Florida, it would be most effective to ask the student to -
answerWrite a cause-and-effect essay about the region
A 2nd-grade teacher is planning a lesson on the Constitution. Of the following, which
would be the most appropriate primary source through which to present the lesson? -
answerView a replica of the Constitution document
The Sons of Liberty organized a demonstration primarily in response to the - answerTea
Act
,Between 1849 and 1852, nearly 250,000 people arrived in California, which ultimately
led to the admission of California as a state in 1850. Which was the cause of the largest
migration in American history to date? - answerCalifornia Gold Rush
The formal name the United States of America denotes which type of region? -
answerPolitical
Which of the following U.S. documents states that the purposes of government include
establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty? - answerThe Constitution of
the United States
Which amendment specifically gave women the right to vote? - answerNineteenth
amendment
The Latin phrase caveat emptor encourages consumers to - answerexamine products
carefully before purchasing.
During the discovery and application process students are making discoveries. Which of
the following should the teacher be doing? - answercoaching and guiding children as
needed
Which scientific device would be most appropriate to use to map the ocean floor? -
answersonar
When examining the color and clarity of 20 milliliters of a liquid, which of the following
would be the most appropriate substitute for a test tube? - answergradulated cylinder
A pendulum bob swings back and forth. When does the bob have its greatest potential
energy? - answerwhen the bob is at the top of the arc
Which of the following is the most important rationale for the scientific study of Mars? -
answerunderstanding the evolution of the solar system
Which of the following structures is present in plant cells but not in animal cells? -
answerchloroplast
The mechanism that Darwin saw as the means for evolution to occur was -
answernatural selection
Which of the following sequences is the most appropriate learning progression through
the levels of geometric thinking? - answerdescriptive, analytic, abstract
A local school district requires all 5th graders to complete an untimed test containing 50
multiple choice mathematics problems. The tests are scored and the results are
compared throughout the district. What component of mathematics fluency is most likely
the goal of this type of assessment? - answeraccuracy
, A group of students are working on a project. They complete 30% of the project in 12
hours. If they continue to work at the same speed, how many hours will it take the group
to finish the project? - answer40 hours
Simplify the expression.
90 - 60 /30 + 10 - answer98
During the colonization of N. America, what intellectual movement developed that
contributed to the founding of the universe and the study of science? - answerThe
Enlightenment
A teacher notices that one of her kindergarten students does not realize that the printed
text is read from left to right in a book written in English. Which of the following students
would be done about the student? - answerEmergent Literacy Stage
To appoint cabinet members and ambassadors, the president of the U.S must have the
consent of what group? - answerSenate
In her writing tasks Mrs. Charles has asked her students to write a selection that will
include characters, action relative to problem and solutions. This an example of what
writing mode? - answerExpository Writing
Atoms that differ in number of neutrons are called... - answerisotopes
An effective way to determine students' ability to recall information is... -
answersummarizing
When reading a paragraph in her social studies textbook, Mary has difficulty
distinguishing a main idea from supportive points and details. An appropriate activity
that will help her will be to... - answerSkim an entire reading section rapidly.
What process is used to group chemical according to their physical properties? -
answerObserving
A regular polygon has eight sides. Find the measure of an exterior angle of the
polygon...... - answer135
If the US eliminated its tariff on cars, and Japan maintained tariff on cars, the price of
imports cars to the US consumers would.... - answerDecline, and the demand for US
exports products would decline.
Waning the moon is it appear to be.... - answerBecoming smaller
Questions
The most effective way to develop students' reading fluency is through -
answerRepeated Reading
The best instructional strategy to use when introducing a variety of genres to a class in
order to compare and contrast information about a subject - answerBook Clubs
Which literary device is being used when inanimate objects or abstract concepts are
seemingly endowed with human characteristics? - answerPersonification
Which of the following describes what happens in the graphophonic component of
writing? - answerStudents learn that one sound maybe formed a number of different
ways.
A 3rd-grade teacher asks the students to partner-read a literary selection. The teacher
walks around the room and stops to question each pair of students about the story.
Which type of assessment is the teacher using? - answerInformal
Which of the following modes of writing is intended to provide information and includes
facts and data? - answerExpository
A kindergarten teacher prefaces reading to the class by pointing out the title, author,
illustrator, and title page. Which skill is this teacher most likely developing with his
students? - answerConcepts about books
Students need a collection of maps to complete an assignment. The best resource for
students to use would be a(an) - answerAtlas
To assess a student's ability to analyze the draining of the Everglades and the
development of South Florida, it would be most effective to ask the student to -
answerWrite a cause-and-effect essay about the region
A 2nd-grade teacher is planning a lesson on the Constitution. Of the following, which
would be the most appropriate primary source through which to present the lesson? -
answerView a replica of the Constitution document
The Sons of Liberty organized a demonstration primarily in response to the - answerTea
Act
,Between 1849 and 1852, nearly 250,000 people arrived in California, which ultimately
led to the admission of California as a state in 1850. Which was the cause of the largest
migration in American history to date? - answerCalifornia Gold Rush
The formal name the United States of America denotes which type of region? -
answerPolitical
Which of the following U.S. documents states that the purposes of government include
establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty? - answerThe Constitution of
the United States
Which amendment specifically gave women the right to vote? - answerNineteenth
amendment
The Latin phrase caveat emptor encourages consumers to - answerexamine products
carefully before purchasing.
During the discovery and application process students are making discoveries. Which of
the following should the teacher be doing? - answercoaching and guiding children as
needed
Which scientific device would be most appropriate to use to map the ocean floor? -
answersonar
When examining the color and clarity of 20 milliliters of a liquid, which of the following
would be the most appropriate substitute for a test tube? - answergradulated cylinder
A pendulum bob swings back and forth. When does the bob have its greatest potential
energy? - answerwhen the bob is at the top of the arc
Which of the following is the most important rationale for the scientific study of Mars? -
answerunderstanding the evolution of the solar system
Which of the following structures is present in plant cells but not in animal cells? -
answerchloroplast
The mechanism that Darwin saw as the means for evolution to occur was -
answernatural selection
Which of the following sequences is the most appropriate learning progression through
the levels of geometric thinking? - answerdescriptive, analytic, abstract
A local school district requires all 5th graders to complete an untimed test containing 50
multiple choice mathematics problems. The tests are scored and the results are
compared throughout the district. What component of mathematics fluency is most likely
the goal of this type of assessment? - answeraccuracy
, A group of students are working on a project. They complete 30% of the project in 12
hours. If they continue to work at the same speed, how many hours will it take the group
to finish the project? - answer40 hours
Simplify the expression.
90 - 60 /30 + 10 - answer98
During the colonization of N. America, what intellectual movement developed that
contributed to the founding of the universe and the study of science? - answerThe
Enlightenment
A teacher notices that one of her kindergarten students does not realize that the printed
text is read from left to right in a book written in English. Which of the following students
would be done about the student? - answerEmergent Literacy Stage
To appoint cabinet members and ambassadors, the president of the U.S must have the
consent of what group? - answerSenate
In her writing tasks Mrs. Charles has asked her students to write a selection that will
include characters, action relative to problem and solutions. This an example of what
writing mode? - answerExpository Writing
Atoms that differ in number of neutrons are called... - answerisotopes
An effective way to determine students' ability to recall information is... -
answersummarizing
When reading a paragraph in her social studies textbook, Mary has difficulty
distinguishing a main idea from supportive points and details. An appropriate activity
that will help her will be to... - answerSkim an entire reading section rapidly.
What process is used to group chemical according to their physical properties? -
answerObserving
A regular polygon has eight sides. Find the measure of an exterior angle of the
polygon...... - answer135
If the US eliminated its tariff on cars, and Japan maintained tariff on cars, the price of
imports cars to the US consumers would.... - answerDecline, and the demand for US
exports products would decline.
Waning the moon is it appear to be.... - answerBecoming smaller
