MTTC 103 - Practice Test UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT Answers
During world language instruction, which of the B. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution
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
Which of the following characteristics of literacy C. using phonetic spelling
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
A second-grade teacher notices that several students C. syntactic
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
,At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten B. interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
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.
As a regular component of whole-group mathematics C. by promoting students' development of skill in using listening, speaking,
instruction, a fifth-grade teacher guides students in reading, and writing for academic purposes
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
A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in D. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and
helping students develop oral language skills that doing other daily activities."
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."
, A teacher is designing a sequence of instruction for C. a, m, t, s, f, d
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
An English Language Learner in a fourth-grade class D. Letters correspond to phonemes.
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.
A kindergarten teacher regularly reads aloud "big B. understanding of the relationship of speech to print
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
A kindergarten teacher regularly leads classroom C. the role of activating background knowledge related to a text
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
Which of the following words would be most C. make
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
AND CORRECT Answers
During world language instruction, which of the B. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution
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
Which of the following characteristics of literacy C. using phonetic spelling
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
A second-grade teacher notices that several students C. syntactic
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
,At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten B. interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
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.
As a regular component of whole-group mathematics C. by promoting students' development of skill in using listening, speaking,
instruction, a fifth-grade teacher guides students in reading, and writing for academic purposes
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
A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in D. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and
helping students develop oral language skills that doing other daily activities."
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."
, A teacher is designing a sequence of instruction for C. a, m, t, s, f, d
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
An English Language Learner in a fourth-grade class D. Letters correspond to phonemes.
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.
A kindergarten teacher regularly reads aloud "big B. understanding of the relationship of speech to print
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
A kindergarten teacher regularly leads classroom C. the role of activating background knowledge related to a text
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
Which of the following words would be most C. make
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
