NES 104 PRACTICE TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Which of the following words has multiple affixes?
replacement
re-
-ment
How does a robust vocabulary positively impact reading comprehension?
A robust vocabulary helps students better understand and make sense of what they
read.
Identify the best way for teachers to help students understand the elements of a
particular genre.
Slowly introduce a variety of texts and discuss the unique characteristics
A student is reading an article about the Financial Boom Era of the 1980's and
1990's and comes across this sentence. "The wealthy businessmen typically
drove ostentatious, showy, sports cars." How could the student use context clues
within the sentence to figure out what ostentatious means?
Use the synonym strategy.
How can teachers encourage students to reflect on their independent reading
experiences?
Providing opportunities for students to share their thoughts and reactions in small group
discussions.
, A teacher is teaching morphological elements and begins by giving this chart to
the students. Next the teacher gives a list of words and has the students sort the
words into parts on the chart. What strategy is the teacher using?
decoding strategy
When teaching vocabulary, interaction with the words should be:
focused on repetition and multiple opportunities to see and use the word.
A teacher is reviewing texts to read to the class. When reviewing texts, the
teacher comes across this sentence:
Sarah was an agile ballet dancer, although she could be quite clumsy when riding
her bike.
Which context clue strategy could the teacher use to teach the students the
meaning of agile?
Synonyms and antonyms
Which of the following best describes the critical role of wide and varied reading
in vocabulary development?
Wide and varied reading helps develop vocabulary by exposing students to a range of
words and their contexts.
A third-grade teacher listens as a student explains an opinion on a particular part
of the text that was read. The student is able to justify the opinion by referencing
ideas from the text. The teacher understands that this child is comprehending at
what level?
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Which of the following words has multiple affixes?
replacement
re-
-ment
How does a robust vocabulary positively impact reading comprehension?
A robust vocabulary helps students better understand and make sense of what they
read.
Identify the best way for teachers to help students understand the elements of a
particular genre.
Slowly introduce a variety of texts and discuss the unique characteristics
A student is reading an article about the Financial Boom Era of the 1980's and
1990's and comes across this sentence. "The wealthy businessmen typically
drove ostentatious, showy, sports cars." How could the student use context clues
within the sentence to figure out what ostentatious means?
Use the synonym strategy.
How can teachers encourage students to reflect on their independent reading
experiences?
Providing opportunities for students to share their thoughts and reactions in small group
discussions.
, A teacher is teaching morphological elements and begins by giving this chart to
the students. Next the teacher gives a list of words and has the students sort the
words into parts on the chart. What strategy is the teacher using?
decoding strategy
When teaching vocabulary, interaction with the words should be:
focused on repetition and multiple opportunities to see and use the word.
A teacher is reviewing texts to read to the class. When reviewing texts, the
teacher comes across this sentence:
Sarah was an agile ballet dancer, although she could be quite clumsy when riding
her bike.
Which context clue strategy could the teacher use to teach the students the
meaning of agile?
Synonyms and antonyms
Which of the following best describes the critical role of wide and varied reading
in vocabulary development?
Wide and varied reading helps develop vocabulary by exposing students to a range of
words and their contexts.
A third-grade teacher listens as a student explains an opinion on a particular part
of the text that was read. The student is able to justify the opinion by referencing
ideas from the text. The teacher understands that this child is comprehending at
what level?
