PYC4809 EXAM PORTFOLIO STUDY GUIDE
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
Domain 3; Comp. 7
Answer: D. Extend her knowledge
◉ Ms. Solano, 5th grade science teacher, reviews laboratory safety
with students. When introducing the assignment, Ms. S shows
exemplar posters created by students from pervious school years
and has them discussing what make the poster effective. She then
asks students to create posters to demonstrate their understanding
of safe laboratory practices. After the posters are completed, Ms. S
displays them on the classroom wall.
Q32. For the posters, Ms. S can best promote students' ability to use
self-assessment by including which of the following?
A. requiring students to revise their posters based on teacher
feedback
B. providing students with a rubric to refer to while creating their
posters
C. allowing students to assign themselves a grade for their poster
based on their own criteria
,D. Encouraging students to critique others' posters and offer
suggestions for improvement
Domain 3; Comp. 10
Answer: B. providing students with a rubric to refer to while
creating their posters
◉ Q33. to most appropriately comply with national and state ethical
and legal guidelines, before hanging the students' posters, Ms. S
should
A. receive students' consent to hang the posters
B. replace students' names with identification numbers on the
posters
C. obtain parents' permission to hang the posters
D. omit students' grades from the posters
Domain 4; Comp. 13
Answer: D. omit students' grades from the posters
◉ Q34. 3rd grade students work in small groups to gather
information about the physical properties of various objects.
Students are also required to complete activities in groups using the
gathered information. According to Bloom's taxonomy, which of the
following activities is at the synthesis level?
,A. Listing the objects that are magnetic
B. Describing the physical properties of a science textbook
C. Comparing the physical properties of a science textbook and of a
magnet
D. Constructing an object with a man similar to a science textbook's
mass
Domain 3; Comp. 8
Answer: D. Constructing an object with a man similar to a science
textbook's mass
◉ Q35. An elementary teacher has a student, Patty, with a behavioral
intervention plan (BIP). After reviewing Patty's BIP the teacher
wants to communicate effectively with Patty's parents about her
classroom behavior. To best foster effective communication with
Patty's parents, the teacher should
A. inform them daily of Patty's behavior and include positive
remarks about her behavior
B. establish a behavior calendar that Patty takes home daily to
inform her parents when she has not followed a classroom
procedure
C. met with them to discuss Patty's BIP and recommend changes to
the BIP after getting her parent's input
D. send home a copy of classroom behavioral expectations and
procedures
, Domain 4; Comp. 11
Answer: A. inform them daily of Patty's behavior and include
positive remarks about her behavior
◉ Q36. Ms. Lashley's 4th graders have completed a class novel. As a
culminating activity, students will work in groups to design an
advertisement for the novel. Which of the following will best
promote equal contributions among the group members?
A. Ensuring activity takes are randomly assigned to group members
B. Assigning more-challenging activity tasks to the students who are
more capable
C. Providing specific tasks related to the activity to each group
member
D. Allowing students to select their group assignments to complete
the activity tasks
Domain 2; Comp. 5
Answer: C. Providing specific tasks related to the activity to each
group member
◉ Q37. Ms. McConnell recognizes that her 5th grade math students
seen uninterested in a unit on percentages even though it contains
new content information of most of them. To most effectively target
intrinsic student motivation for the unit, she should include
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
Domain 3; Comp. 7
Answer: D. Extend her knowledge
◉ Ms. Solano, 5th grade science teacher, reviews laboratory safety
with students. When introducing the assignment, Ms. S shows
exemplar posters created by students from pervious school years
and has them discussing what make the poster effective. She then
asks students to create posters to demonstrate their understanding
of safe laboratory practices. After the posters are completed, Ms. S
displays them on the classroom wall.
Q32. For the posters, Ms. S can best promote students' ability to use
self-assessment by including which of the following?
A. requiring students to revise their posters based on teacher
feedback
B. providing students with a rubric to refer to while creating their
posters
C. allowing students to assign themselves a grade for their poster
based on their own criteria
,D. Encouraging students to critique others' posters and offer
suggestions for improvement
Domain 3; Comp. 10
Answer: B. providing students with a rubric to refer to while
creating their posters
◉ Q33. to most appropriately comply with national and state ethical
and legal guidelines, before hanging the students' posters, Ms. S
should
A. receive students' consent to hang the posters
B. replace students' names with identification numbers on the
posters
C. obtain parents' permission to hang the posters
D. omit students' grades from the posters
Domain 4; Comp. 13
Answer: D. omit students' grades from the posters
◉ Q34. 3rd grade students work in small groups to gather
information about the physical properties of various objects.
Students are also required to complete activities in groups using the
gathered information. According to Bloom's taxonomy, which of the
following activities is at the synthesis level?
,A. Listing the objects that are magnetic
B. Describing the physical properties of a science textbook
C. Comparing the physical properties of a science textbook and of a
magnet
D. Constructing an object with a man similar to a science textbook's
mass
Domain 3; Comp. 8
Answer: D. Constructing an object with a man similar to a science
textbook's mass
◉ Q35. An elementary teacher has a student, Patty, with a behavioral
intervention plan (BIP). After reviewing Patty's BIP the teacher
wants to communicate effectively with Patty's parents about her
classroom behavior. To best foster effective communication with
Patty's parents, the teacher should
A. inform them daily of Patty's behavior and include positive
remarks about her behavior
B. establish a behavior calendar that Patty takes home daily to
inform her parents when she has not followed a classroom
procedure
C. met with them to discuss Patty's BIP and recommend changes to
the BIP after getting her parent's input
D. send home a copy of classroom behavioral expectations and
procedures
, Domain 4; Comp. 11
Answer: A. inform them daily of Patty's behavior and include
positive remarks about her behavior
◉ Q36. Ms. Lashley's 4th graders have completed a class novel. As a
culminating activity, students will work in groups to design an
advertisement for the novel. Which of the following will best
promote equal contributions among the group members?
A. Ensuring activity takes are randomly assigned to group members
B. Assigning more-challenging activity tasks to the students who are
more capable
C. Providing specific tasks related to the activity to each group
member
D. Allowing students to select their group assignments to complete
the activity tasks
Domain 2; Comp. 5
Answer: C. Providing specific tasks related to the activity to each
group member
◉ Q37. Ms. McConnell recognizes that her 5th grade math students
seen uninterested in a unit on percentages even though it contains
new content information of most of them. To most effectively target
intrinsic student motivation for the unit, she should include
