MTTC 103 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
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? - 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? -
Answer-D. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and
doing other daily activities."
Which of the following is an example of a way in which a living organism chemically
changes matter? - Answer-A. a plant uses energy from the sun to produce sugars
Which of the following materials, when at room temperature, is a good conductor of both
heat and electricity and is also both malleable and ductile? - Answer-C. silver
Which of the following processes captures light energy and stores it as chemical
energy? - Answer-D. a solar panel charging a cell phone
Which of the following examples from the natural world best illustrates newton's third
law, that every action has an equal and opposite reaction? - Answer-D. a squid propels
itself through the ocean by blowing water out its siphon
Vaccines reduce the incidence of specific diseases by: - Answer-D. stimulating the
body's immune system response to the infection
The nicotine in cigarette smoke primarily causes which of the following physical effects
when it is inhaled? - Answer-A. increased heart rate and blood pressure
, During world language instruction, which of the following student activities would best
incorporate opportunities for students to negotiate meaning? - 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? - Answer-C.
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? - 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: -
Answer-B. Interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - Answer-C. the role of activating background
knowledge related to a text.
Which of the following words would b most appropriate to include in phonics instruction
designed to promote beginning readers' to decode regular CVEe words? - Answer-C.
make
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
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? - 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? -
Answer-D. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and
doing other daily activities."
Which of the following is an example of a way in which a living organism chemically
changes matter? - Answer-A. a plant uses energy from the sun to produce sugars
Which of the following materials, when at room temperature, is a good conductor of both
heat and electricity and is also both malleable and ductile? - Answer-C. silver
Which of the following processes captures light energy and stores it as chemical
energy? - Answer-D. a solar panel charging a cell phone
Which of the following examples from the natural world best illustrates newton's third
law, that every action has an equal and opposite reaction? - Answer-D. a squid propels
itself through the ocean by blowing water out its siphon
Vaccines reduce the incidence of specific diseases by: - Answer-D. stimulating the
body's immune system response to the infection
The nicotine in cigarette smoke primarily causes which of the following physical effects
when it is inhaled? - Answer-A. increased heart rate and blood pressure
, During world language instruction, which of the following student activities would best
incorporate opportunities for students to negotiate meaning? - 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? - Answer-C.
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? - 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: -
Answer-B. Interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - Answer-C. the role of activating background
knowledge related to a text.
Which of the following words would b most appropriate to include in phonics instruction
designed to promote beginning readers' to decode regular CVEe words? - Answer-C.
make
