PPR 160 ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Mrs. Williams is hoping to help her students determine source
credibility in a variety of ways, including recognizing different domain
names. With no additional information, which of the following would be
considered the most credible source?
Answer: .edu
●● Which of the following serve as a starting point when a teacher
begins lesson planning using backward design?
Answer: The learning standards and objectives published by the state.
●● A 3rd grade teacher sends a monthly newsletter and includes a note
that students' reading benchmark data reports are now available and will
be sent home the following week in students' folders. One of the parents
replies and asks if they can be sent an electronic copy instead. What is
the best way for the teacher to respond?
Answer: Password protecting an electronic versions of the student's
report and sending it via emial.
●● Mr. Milby should take which of the following steps to make sure
students understand the directions for creating the informational slide?
Answer: show students an example of this assignment from last semester
,●● The main reason for including the instructional slides on the school's
website is for students to:
Answer: practice how to use productivity tools to convey information.
●● Which of the following excerpts from the class conversation best
indicates that Mr. Milby knows how to adjust instruction to meet
students' needs?
Answer: "...is it sunny or rainy more often here?"
●● To validate this final assessment, the teacher should tell the students
to:
Answer: include specific facts about the atmospheric conditions on the
slide.
●● Mr. Milby tells the students they may choose their own weather
event to research. The main reason for allowing students to decide their
own project topic is to:
Answer: motivate and empower the students.
●● Which term best describes the unit Mr. Milby's class is completing?
Answer: interdisciplinary
●● Mr. Milby references the salt map in order to:
,Answer: activate prior knowledge.
●● Which of the following best describes appropriate social
development for a seven-year-old student?
Answer: Warren prefers to seek support and advice from friends rather
than relatives.
●● Ms. Ramirez, a high school history teacher, is struggling with a
student's behavior in one of her classes. She has spoken with the student
and contacted parents, but the student's behavior has not improved.
Which of the following next steps would be most appropriate for Ms.
Ramirez to take?
Answer: Speak with the student's other teachers to inquire about
behavior in their classes.
●● An elementary school teacher has invited students to sit in a circle to
listen to a story and participate in a discussion. Halfway through the
discussion, a student makes a joke, and then several side conversations
begin. The teacher flashes the lights in the classroom on and off and
holds her hand up until all students are quiet and holding their hands up
as well. Which of the following classroom management techniques is the
teacher using?
Answer: redirecting student focus
●● School district computers are generally set up in such a way that
allows for files and applications to be accessible on all district
, computers, depending on an individual's log-in credentials. Which of the
following allows for this shared access to information?
Answer: all of the computers are on a shared network
●● Michael is a 15-year-old student who has difficulty focusing on
school work on a daily basis. He has regular verbal outbursts, walks
around the room, and bangs on the sides of his walled desk in his
isolated corner of the room. He has a behavior intervention plan (BIP)
and receives special education services.
The annual Admission Review Dismissal (ARD) meeting for Michael is
approaching, and his English teacher is considering how to best prepare
for his meeting. Michael's disruptive behaviors have increased, and she
is at a loss for how to help him in the classroom.
Which is the best way for Michael's teacher to approach this issue?
Answer: present detailed data she has documented on his behavior
during his annual ARD meeting
●● At the start of a short story unit, a middle-school English language
arts teacher reads a short story aloud at the beginning of class. Which of
the following activities would effectively guide the teacher in planning
instruction for individuals and groups after reading the story?
Answer: allowing students to independently respond to a series of open
ended questions about the story
COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Mrs. Williams is hoping to help her students determine source
credibility in a variety of ways, including recognizing different domain
names. With no additional information, which of the following would be
considered the most credible source?
Answer: .edu
●● Which of the following serve as a starting point when a teacher
begins lesson planning using backward design?
Answer: The learning standards and objectives published by the state.
●● A 3rd grade teacher sends a monthly newsletter and includes a note
that students' reading benchmark data reports are now available and will
be sent home the following week in students' folders. One of the parents
replies and asks if they can be sent an electronic copy instead. What is
the best way for the teacher to respond?
Answer: Password protecting an electronic versions of the student's
report and sending it via emial.
●● Mr. Milby should take which of the following steps to make sure
students understand the directions for creating the informational slide?
Answer: show students an example of this assignment from last semester
,●● The main reason for including the instructional slides on the school's
website is for students to:
Answer: practice how to use productivity tools to convey information.
●● Which of the following excerpts from the class conversation best
indicates that Mr. Milby knows how to adjust instruction to meet
students' needs?
Answer: "...is it sunny or rainy more often here?"
●● To validate this final assessment, the teacher should tell the students
to:
Answer: include specific facts about the atmospheric conditions on the
slide.
●● Mr. Milby tells the students they may choose their own weather
event to research. The main reason for allowing students to decide their
own project topic is to:
Answer: motivate and empower the students.
●● Which term best describes the unit Mr. Milby's class is completing?
Answer: interdisciplinary
●● Mr. Milby references the salt map in order to:
,Answer: activate prior knowledge.
●● Which of the following best describes appropriate social
development for a seven-year-old student?
Answer: Warren prefers to seek support and advice from friends rather
than relatives.
●● Ms. Ramirez, a high school history teacher, is struggling with a
student's behavior in one of her classes. She has spoken with the student
and contacted parents, but the student's behavior has not improved.
Which of the following next steps would be most appropriate for Ms.
Ramirez to take?
Answer: Speak with the student's other teachers to inquire about
behavior in their classes.
●● An elementary school teacher has invited students to sit in a circle to
listen to a story and participate in a discussion. Halfway through the
discussion, a student makes a joke, and then several side conversations
begin. The teacher flashes the lights in the classroom on and off and
holds her hand up until all students are quiet and holding their hands up
as well. Which of the following classroom management techniques is the
teacher using?
Answer: redirecting student focus
●● School district computers are generally set up in such a way that
allows for files and applications to be accessible on all district
, computers, depending on an individual's log-in credentials. Which of the
following allows for this shared access to information?
Answer: all of the computers are on a shared network
●● Michael is a 15-year-old student who has difficulty focusing on
school work on a daily basis. He has regular verbal outbursts, walks
around the room, and bangs on the sides of his walled desk in his
isolated corner of the room. He has a behavior intervention plan (BIP)
and receives special education services.
The annual Admission Review Dismissal (ARD) meeting for Michael is
approaching, and his English teacher is considering how to best prepare
for his meeting. Michael's disruptive behaviors have increased, and she
is at a loss for how to help him in the classroom.
Which is the best way for Michael's teacher to approach this issue?
Answer: present detailed data she has documented on his behavior
during his annual ARD meeting
●● At the start of a short story unit, a middle-school English language
arts teacher reads a short story aloud at the beginning of class. Which of
the following activities would effectively guide the teacher in planning
instruction for individuals and groups after reading the story?
Answer: allowing students to independently respond to a series of open
ended questions about the story
