EC-6 Exam Question And Answers
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government
cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." - Abraham Lincoln,
1858
Which of the following best describes Lincoln's beliefs as illustrated in this
quotation?
A. Slavery should be outlawed based upon moral reasons
B. states that allowed slavery have the right to leave the union
C. sectionalism was a threat to the unity of the nation
D. Congress should take a firm stand against the continued spread as
slavery - -C. sectionalism was a threat to the unity of the nation
- "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of
'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are
inherently unequal."
Chief Justice Earl Warren, writing the unanimous opinion of the United
States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954
Which of the following was the ultimate societal result of the decision
above?
A. all forms of racial tensions ended
B. fewer African Americans attended school
C. racial tensions increased throughout the north
D. racial integration became more common and accepted - -D. racial
integration became more common and accepted
- (pictures of oil factory, working men, and money)
A third-grade teacher has students examine the images above. Which of
the following economic concepts is the teacher most likely introducing?
A. scarcity
B. trade
C. factors of production
D. producers and consumers - -C. factors of production
- A clownfish and a sea anemone have a relationship where they benefit
from each other. What type of symbiotic relationship is represented
between the clownfish and the sea anemone?
A. parasitism
B. commensalism
C. endosymbiosis
D. mutualism - -D. mutualism
- A fifth-grade teacher has his students read the following excerpt from
The Journals of Lewis and Clark. After students read the excerpt, which
economic concept would be the best for the teacher to address?
At sunset, Mr. Fairfong and a party of the Oto and Missouri Nations came
to camp. Among those Indians, six were chiefs. Captain Lewis and I met
,those Indians and informed them we were glad to see them and would
speak to them tomorrow. We then sent them some roasted meat, pork,
flour, and meal. In return, they sent us watermelons.
A. supply and demand
B. bartering
C. opportunity cost
D. entrepreneur - -B. bartering
- A fifth-grade teacher plans to supplement studies in the content areas
with a research project. Which of the following answers might the teacher
consider? Select all that apply.
A. Have students use multiple resources while researching
B. encourage students to research and collaborate outside of the
classroom
C. preselect sources for students
D. review web literacy skills with students - -A. Have students use
multiple resources while researching
B. encourage students to research and collaborate outside of the
classroom
D. review web literacy skills with students
- A fifth-grade teacher regularly includes activities to support students'
reading fluency and reading comprehension in her English, Language Arts,
and Reading instruction. To support her students' development of
comprehension skills, the teacher sets a purpose for their reading of both
fiction and non-fiction texts and helps the children link their prior and new
knowledge. Which of the activities below would the teacher use to support
the development of her students' fluency skills?
A. matching children's interests with the subject of the reading texts
B. helping children to gather background knowledge for the story they will
read
C. choral reading
D. making predictions about the upcoming text - -C. choral reading
- A first grade student is reading a story aloud. The student attempts to
read the sentence, " Jill likes to play on a swing." Printed below is an
excerpt from the student's comments as he attempts to read the
sentence.
Student: Jill likes to play on a (makes a /s/ sound)... I don't know that word.
Sing? Swim?
No that's not it. Swing? Maybe that word is swing.
After identifying the word swing, the student turns to the teacher and
asks, "Is that right? Is it swing?" Which of the following teacher prompts
would most likely be effective in eliciting helpful information about the
student's use of word-identification strategies?
A. "Tell me other 'ing' words that you know."
B. "How hard was it for you to figure out that the word was swing?"
C. "Tell me how you figured out that the word was swing."
,D. "Can you tell me some other words you know that rhyme with swing?" -
-C. "Tell me how you figured out that the word was swing."
- A first-grade teacher is planning a lesson to engage algebraic
reasoning for the students. The teacher will first model two sides of an
equation using base ten blocks, then write the equation for the students
to see the relationship between the model and the expression. What other
model would be beneficial for students in making connections between
the concrete and the abstract in algebraic reasoning?
A. figure model
B. equation model
C. math model
D. pictorial model - -D. pictorial model
- A flashlight is a common household item we use to help us see in the
dark. Which sequence of energy transformations does a flashlight go
through for the flashlight to work?
A. mechanical energy -> light energy
B. chemical energy -> light energy -> electrical energy
C. electrical energy -> thermal energy -> light energy
D. chemical energy -> electrical energy -> light energy and thermal
energy - -D. chemical energy -> electrical energy -> light energy and
thermal energy
- A fourth-grade ESL teacher is working with a group of students who are
about to begin some pre-vocational training. It is important for these
students to learn certain sight words before beginning this training. Which
of the following words would the teacher most likely want to focus on
teaching as sight words?
A. running, stand, food, greem
B. jacket, girl, close, jump
C. through, light, said, there
D. dinner, morning, closet, stop - -C. through, light, said, there
- A fourth-grade teacher will be introducing multiplying two 2-digit
numbers. At first, the students will work with place value blocks as they
represent numbers then move to applying the concrete representation to
solving for partial products. Which steps would most effectively solve for
partial product?
A. draw the concrete representation of the place value blocks then try to
solve the problem on paper
B. write out the multiplication problem as a traditional number sequence
C. solve the problem by multiplying each digit of one factor by each digit
of the digits in the other factor while taking into account the place value
of each digit. Add the partial products together to find the total product
D. partial product is not a viable representation and only adds time to the
lesson sequence - -C. solve the problem by multiplying each digit of one
factor by each digit of the digits in the other factor while taking into
, account the place value of each digit. Add the partial products together to
find the total product
- A group of students is learning a dance sequence by watching a video
of the dance performance and practicing it in an add-on format. The
teacher observes that some students are consistently beginning the
movement sequence on the left foot instead of the right and then
traveling in the wrong direction. Which of the following may be the cause
of this problem?
A. Students do not understand whether they should be matching or
mirroring the video.
B. These students are left-foot dominant and tend to start all movements
on the left side of the body.
C. These students are not paying attention to what side of the body should
start moving first.
D. These students do not know their right from their left. - -A. Students do
not understand whether they should be matching or mirroring the video.
- A kindergarten teacher shows a group of children a music triangle and
taps it with a metal striker to make it ring. The teacher begins to tap the
triangle repeatedly, using a simple pattern. The teacher's presentation
would be an especially effective way to introduce which of the following
musical concepts?
A. melody
B. timbre
C. pitch
D. rhythm - -D. rhythm
- A middle school teacher designs the following instructional activity.
Using the board, the teacher writes and pronounces dict. She explains that
dict derives from the Latin word for "speak." She then asks the students if
they can think of English words that start with or include dict. The teacher
uses students' suggestions to create a diagram shown here.
This activity is likely to promote students' vocabulary development
primarily by helping the students-
A. recognize common prefixes and suffixes
B. apply the techniques of concept mapping
C. use word roots to determine the meaning of related words
D. draw on a knowledge of phonics to unlock word meanings - -C. use
word roots to determine the meaning of related words
- A middle school teacher wishes to produce a play. However, there is no
designated auditorium in his school with lighting and sound equipment. In
fact, when there are assemblies, the students are gathered in the
gymnasium. Since he is used to presenting plays in a traditional theatre,
he gives up and decides to teach theatre through other instructional
means rather than through actual play production. If he had thought more
creatively, he might have realized that plays do not necessarily need an
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government
cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." - Abraham Lincoln,
1858
Which of the following best describes Lincoln's beliefs as illustrated in this
quotation?
A. Slavery should be outlawed based upon moral reasons
B. states that allowed slavery have the right to leave the union
C. sectionalism was a threat to the unity of the nation
D. Congress should take a firm stand against the continued spread as
slavery - -C. sectionalism was a threat to the unity of the nation
- "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of
'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are
inherently unequal."
Chief Justice Earl Warren, writing the unanimous opinion of the United
States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954
Which of the following was the ultimate societal result of the decision
above?
A. all forms of racial tensions ended
B. fewer African Americans attended school
C. racial tensions increased throughout the north
D. racial integration became more common and accepted - -D. racial
integration became more common and accepted
- (pictures of oil factory, working men, and money)
A third-grade teacher has students examine the images above. Which of
the following economic concepts is the teacher most likely introducing?
A. scarcity
B. trade
C. factors of production
D. producers and consumers - -C. factors of production
- A clownfish and a sea anemone have a relationship where they benefit
from each other. What type of symbiotic relationship is represented
between the clownfish and the sea anemone?
A. parasitism
B. commensalism
C. endosymbiosis
D. mutualism - -D. mutualism
- A fifth-grade teacher has his students read the following excerpt from
The Journals of Lewis and Clark. After students read the excerpt, which
economic concept would be the best for the teacher to address?
At sunset, Mr. Fairfong and a party of the Oto and Missouri Nations came
to camp. Among those Indians, six were chiefs. Captain Lewis and I met
,those Indians and informed them we were glad to see them and would
speak to them tomorrow. We then sent them some roasted meat, pork,
flour, and meal. In return, they sent us watermelons.
A. supply and demand
B. bartering
C. opportunity cost
D. entrepreneur - -B. bartering
- A fifth-grade teacher plans to supplement studies in the content areas
with a research project. Which of the following answers might the teacher
consider? Select all that apply.
A. Have students use multiple resources while researching
B. encourage students to research and collaborate outside of the
classroom
C. preselect sources for students
D. review web literacy skills with students - -A. Have students use
multiple resources while researching
B. encourage students to research and collaborate outside of the
classroom
D. review web literacy skills with students
- A fifth-grade teacher regularly includes activities to support students'
reading fluency and reading comprehension in her English, Language Arts,
and Reading instruction. To support her students' development of
comprehension skills, the teacher sets a purpose for their reading of both
fiction and non-fiction texts and helps the children link their prior and new
knowledge. Which of the activities below would the teacher use to support
the development of her students' fluency skills?
A. matching children's interests with the subject of the reading texts
B. helping children to gather background knowledge for the story they will
read
C. choral reading
D. making predictions about the upcoming text - -C. choral reading
- A first grade student is reading a story aloud. The student attempts to
read the sentence, " Jill likes to play on a swing." Printed below is an
excerpt from the student's comments as he attempts to read the
sentence.
Student: Jill likes to play on a (makes a /s/ sound)... I don't know that word.
Sing? Swim?
No that's not it. Swing? Maybe that word is swing.
After identifying the word swing, the student turns to the teacher and
asks, "Is that right? Is it swing?" Which of the following teacher prompts
would most likely be effective in eliciting helpful information about the
student's use of word-identification strategies?
A. "Tell me other 'ing' words that you know."
B. "How hard was it for you to figure out that the word was swing?"
C. "Tell me how you figured out that the word was swing."
,D. "Can you tell me some other words you know that rhyme with swing?" -
-C. "Tell me how you figured out that the word was swing."
- A first-grade teacher is planning a lesson to engage algebraic
reasoning for the students. The teacher will first model two sides of an
equation using base ten blocks, then write the equation for the students
to see the relationship between the model and the expression. What other
model would be beneficial for students in making connections between
the concrete and the abstract in algebraic reasoning?
A. figure model
B. equation model
C. math model
D. pictorial model - -D. pictorial model
- A flashlight is a common household item we use to help us see in the
dark. Which sequence of energy transformations does a flashlight go
through for the flashlight to work?
A. mechanical energy -> light energy
B. chemical energy -> light energy -> electrical energy
C. electrical energy -> thermal energy -> light energy
D. chemical energy -> electrical energy -> light energy and thermal
energy - -D. chemical energy -> electrical energy -> light energy and
thermal energy
- A fourth-grade ESL teacher is working with a group of students who are
about to begin some pre-vocational training. It is important for these
students to learn certain sight words before beginning this training. Which
of the following words would the teacher most likely want to focus on
teaching as sight words?
A. running, stand, food, greem
B. jacket, girl, close, jump
C. through, light, said, there
D. dinner, morning, closet, stop - -C. through, light, said, there
- A fourth-grade teacher will be introducing multiplying two 2-digit
numbers. At first, the students will work with place value blocks as they
represent numbers then move to applying the concrete representation to
solving for partial products. Which steps would most effectively solve for
partial product?
A. draw the concrete representation of the place value blocks then try to
solve the problem on paper
B. write out the multiplication problem as a traditional number sequence
C. solve the problem by multiplying each digit of one factor by each digit
of the digits in the other factor while taking into account the place value
of each digit. Add the partial products together to find the total product
D. partial product is not a viable representation and only adds time to the
lesson sequence - -C. solve the problem by multiplying each digit of one
factor by each digit of the digits in the other factor while taking into
, account the place value of each digit. Add the partial products together to
find the total product
- A group of students is learning a dance sequence by watching a video
of the dance performance and practicing it in an add-on format. The
teacher observes that some students are consistently beginning the
movement sequence on the left foot instead of the right and then
traveling in the wrong direction. Which of the following may be the cause
of this problem?
A. Students do not understand whether they should be matching or
mirroring the video.
B. These students are left-foot dominant and tend to start all movements
on the left side of the body.
C. These students are not paying attention to what side of the body should
start moving first.
D. These students do not know their right from their left. - -A. Students do
not understand whether they should be matching or mirroring the video.
- A kindergarten teacher shows a group of children a music triangle and
taps it with a metal striker to make it ring. The teacher begins to tap the
triangle repeatedly, using a simple pattern. The teacher's presentation
would be an especially effective way to introduce which of the following
musical concepts?
A. melody
B. timbre
C. pitch
D. rhythm - -D. rhythm
- A middle school teacher designs the following instructional activity.
Using the board, the teacher writes and pronounces dict. She explains that
dict derives from the Latin word for "speak." She then asks the students if
they can think of English words that start with or include dict. The teacher
uses students' suggestions to create a diagram shown here.
This activity is likely to promote students' vocabulary development
primarily by helping the students-
A. recognize common prefixes and suffixes
B. apply the techniques of concept mapping
C. use word roots to determine the meaning of related words
D. draw on a knowledge of phonics to unlock word meanings - -C. use
word roots to determine the meaning of related words
- A middle school teacher wishes to produce a play. However, there is no
designated auditorium in his school with lighting and sound equipment. In
fact, when there are assemblies, the students are gathered in the
gymnasium. Since he is used to presenting plays in a traditional theatre,
he gives up and decides to teach theatre through other instructional
means rather than through actual play production. If he had thought more
creatively, he might have realized that plays do not necessarily need an
