MTTC TEST (LOWER ELEMENTARY TEST
#120) EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL
DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2026
A first-grade teacher divides the class into small groups.
Each group is told that they have a certain amount of money
to spend on a class party. Students must make choices
related to the party, like whether they should buy or make
food and whether or not they can get decorations. The
teacher can best support students' understanding of this
content by beginning the sequence with instruction on:
A. voluntary exchanges taking place in the marketplace.
B. balancing limited means with unlimited wants and needs.
C. wants being met as a result of specialization and
interdependence.
,D. distinguishing between producers and consumers of
goods and services. - ANSWERS-A. While the students are
engaging in voluntary exchanges in the marketplace, the
activity described is more about managing funds.
B. CORRECT. This activity directly requires students to weigh
their wants and needs for their party with the money
allotted to them, their means.
C. The activity does not address specialization or
interdependence.
D. The students are playing the role of consumers in this
activity, but they are not learning about the production of
goods and services.
A second-grade class analyzes data from sales at the school
store to determine which items are most and least popular.
The class finds that the store runs out of a few popular
items each week. This activity is likely to promote students'
understanding of economic thinking by helping them:
A. understand the concept of supply and demand.
,B. use economic data to make informed decisions.
C. recognize the difference between needs and wants.
D. identify reasons why different groups engage in
commerce. - ANSWERS-A. CORRECT. This activity is helping
students begin to understand the concept of supply and
demand by analyzing the items that sell out (demand) and
the need to replenish the supply.
B. While the concept of analyzing economic data does help
inform decisions, it is too general to apply to this context.
C. The data the students are analyzing do not provide them
with information on why students purchased the items they
did.
D. The data do not provide information on why students
attended the school store.
9. Students in a second-grade classroom have recently
completed a series of lessons about the importance of
, recycling. Several students observed that their school
lunchroom does not have any containers for recyclable
materials. Which of the following activities would be most
effective to promote students' ability to positively
contribute to civic discourse on this issue?
A. conducting a classroom discussion about the most
important reasons to recycle
B. producing a poster to illustrate how food and materials
can be properly recycled
C. investigating the benefits that recycling has produced for
the world's ecosystems
D. preparing an appeal to the school principal about the
usefulness of recycling bins - ANSWERS-A. A classroom
discussion would be a form of discourse, but it does not
reach the level of civic discourse if it is only within the
classroom.
B. A poster would be civic engagement, but there is not
explicit discourse involved.
#120) EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL
DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2026
A first-grade teacher divides the class into small groups.
Each group is told that they have a certain amount of money
to spend on a class party. Students must make choices
related to the party, like whether they should buy or make
food and whether or not they can get decorations. The
teacher can best support students' understanding of this
content by beginning the sequence with instruction on:
A. voluntary exchanges taking place in the marketplace.
B. balancing limited means with unlimited wants and needs.
C. wants being met as a result of specialization and
interdependence.
,D. distinguishing between producers and consumers of
goods and services. - ANSWERS-A. While the students are
engaging in voluntary exchanges in the marketplace, the
activity described is more about managing funds.
B. CORRECT. This activity directly requires students to weigh
their wants and needs for their party with the money
allotted to them, their means.
C. The activity does not address specialization or
interdependence.
D. The students are playing the role of consumers in this
activity, but they are not learning about the production of
goods and services.
A second-grade class analyzes data from sales at the school
store to determine which items are most and least popular.
The class finds that the store runs out of a few popular
items each week. This activity is likely to promote students'
understanding of economic thinking by helping them:
A. understand the concept of supply and demand.
,B. use economic data to make informed decisions.
C. recognize the difference between needs and wants.
D. identify reasons why different groups engage in
commerce. - ANSWERS-A. CORRECT. This activity is helping
students begin to understand the concept of supply and
demand by analyzing the items that sell out (demand) and
the need to replenish the supply.
B. While the concept of analyzing economic data does help
inform decisions, it is too general to apply to this context.
C. The data the students are analyzing do not provide them
with information on why students purchased the items they
did.
D. The data do not provide information on why students
attended the school store.
9. Students in a second-grade classroom have recently
completed a series of lessons about the importance of
, recycling. Several students observed that their school
lunchroom does not have any containers for recyclable
materials. Which of the following activities would be most
effective to promote students' ability to positively
contribute to civic discourse on this issue?
A. conducting a classroom discussion about the most
important reasons to recycle
B. producing a poster to illustrate how food and materials
can be properly recycled
C. investigating the benefits that recycling has produced for
the world's ecosystems
D. preparing an appeal to the school principal about the
usefulness of recycling bins - ANSWERS-A. A classroom
discussion would be a form of discourse, but it does not
reach the level of civic discourse if it is only within the
classroom.
B. A poster would be civic engagement, but there is not
explicit discourse involved.
