FTCE Subject Ar ea Exam K -6 Pr actice Questions
w ith 100% Ver ifi ed Cor r ect Answ er s
1. The most effective way to develop students' reading fluency is through
Correct Repeat-ed Reading
2. The best instructional strategy to use when introducing a variety of genres
to a class in order to compare and contrast information about a subject
Correct Book Clubs
3. Which literary device is being used when inanimate objects or abstract
con-cepts are seemingly endowed with human characteristics?
Correct Personification
4. Which of the following describes what happens in the graphophonic
compo-nent of writing?
Correct Students learn that one sound maybe formed a number of different ways.
5. A 3rd-grade teacher asks the students to partner-read a literary selection.
The teacher walks around the room and stops to question each pair of students
about the story. Which type of assessment is the teacher using?
Correct Informal
,6. Which of the following modes of writing is intended to provide
information and includes facts and data?
Correct Expository
7. A kindergarten teacher prefaces reading to the class by pointing out the
title, author, illustrator, and title page. Which skill is this teacher most
likely developing with his students?
Correct Concepts about books
8. Students need a collection of maps to complete an assignment. The best
resource for students to use would be a(an)
Correct Atlas
9. To assess a student's ability to analyze the draining of the Everglades and the
development of South Florida, it would be most effective to ask the student
to
Correct Write a cause-and-ettect essay about the region
10. A 2nd-grade teacher is planning a lesson on the Constitution. Of the
follow-ing, which would be the most appropriate primary source through
which to present the lesson?
Correct View a replica of the Constitution document
,11. The Sons of Liberty organized a demonstration primarily in
response to the
Correct Tea Act
12. Between 1849 and 1852, nearly 250,000 people arrived in California,
which ultimately led to the admission of California as a state in 1850. Which
was the cause of the largest migration in American history to date?
Correct California Gold Rush
13. The formal name the United States of America denotes which type
of re-gion?
Correct Political
14. Which of the following U.S. documents states that the purposes of gov-
ernment include establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty?
Correct The Constitution of the United States
15. Which amendment specifically gave women the right to vote?
Correct Nineteenth amend-ment
16. The Latin phrase caveat emptor encourages consumers to
, Correct examine products care-fully before purchasing.
17. During the discovery and application process students are making
discover-ies. Which of the following should the teacher be doing?
Correct coaching and guiding children as needed
18. Which scientific device would be most appropriate to use to map the
ocean floor?
Correct sonar
19. When examining the color and clarity of 20 milliliters of a liquid,
which of the following would be the most appropriate substitute for a test
tube?
Correct gradulated cylinder
20. A pendulum bob swings back and forth. When does the bob have its
greatest potential energy?
Correct when the bob is at the top of the arc
21. Which of the following is the most important rationale for the scientific
study of Mars?
Correct understanding the evolution of the solar system
22. Which of the following structures is present in plant cells but not in
animal cells?
w ith 100% Ver ifi ed Cor r ect Answ er s
1. The most effective way to develop students' reading fluency is through
Correct Repeat-ed Reading
2. The best instructional strategy to use when introducing a variety of genres
to a class in order to compare and contrast information about a subject
Correct Book Clubs
3. Which literary device is being used when inanimate objects or abstract
con-cepts are seemingly endowed with human characteristics?
Correct Personification
4. Which of the following describes what happens in the graphophonic
compo-nent of writing?
Correct Students learn that one sound maybe formed a number of different ways.
5. A 3rd-grade teacher asks the students to partner-read a literary selection.
The teacher walks around the room and stops to question each pair of students
about the story. Which type of assessment is the teacher using?
Correct Informal
,6. Which of the following modes of writing is intended to provide
information and includes facts and data?
Correct Expository
7. A kindergarten teacher prefaces reading to the class by pointing out the
title, author, illustrator, and title page. Which skill is this teacher most
likely developing with his students?
Correct Concepts about books
8. Students need a collection of maps to complete an assignment. The best
resource for students to use would be a(an)
Correct Atlas
9. To assess a student's ability to analyze the draining of the Everglades and the
development of South Florida, it would be most effective to ask the student
to
Correct Write a cause-and-ettect essay about the region
10. A 2nd-grade teacher is planning a lesson on the Constitution. Of the
follow-ing, which would be the most appropriate primary source through
which to present the lesson?
Correct View a replica of the Constitution document
,11. The Sons of Liberty organized a demonstration primarily in
response to the
Correct Tea Act
12. Between 1849 and 1852, nearly 250,000 people arrived in California,
which ultimately led to the admission of California as a state in 1850. Which
was the cause of the largest migration in American history to date?
Correct California Gold Rush
13. The formal name the United States of America denotes which type
of re-gion?
Correct Political
14. Which of the following U.S. documents states that the purposes of gov-
ernment include establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty?
Correct The Constitution of the United States
15. Which amendment specifically gave women the right to vote?
Correct Nineteenth amend-ment
16. The Latin phrase caveat emptor encourages consumers to
, Correct examine products care-fully before purchasing.
17. During the discovery and application process students are making
discover-ies. Which of the following should the teacher be doing?
Correct coaching and guiding children as needed
18. Which scientific device would be most appropriate to use to map the
ocean floor?
Correct sonar
19. When examining the color and clarity of 20 milliliters of a liquid,
which of the following would be the most appropriate substitute for a test
tube?
Correct gradulated cylinder
20. A pendulum bob swings back and forth. When does the bob have its
greatest potential energy?
Correct when the bob is at the top of the arc
21. Which of the following is the most important rationale for the scientific
study of Mars?
Correct understanding the evolution of the solar system
22. Which of the following structures is present in plant cells but not in
animal cells?
