TEXES 160 PPR EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST 2025-2026 UPDATE |GRADE
A+ GUARANTEE
Which of the following is the most appropriate first step to take is a
teacher is concerned that a student is suffering from abuse?
A. Calling the parents for a conference to discuss the suspicions
B. Reporting the suspicions to the child protective services agency
C. Sharing the concerns with the designated school personnel
D. Asking the student pointed questions to ensure that all is well at home
- Answer-B. Reporting the suspicions to the child protective services
agency
A teacher wants to require students to purchase a novel for an assigned
reading. Which of the following is the most appropriate source for the
teacher to check whether requiring the purchase is allowable?
A. Texas Education Code
B. Copyright Law
C. Educators' Code of Ethics
D. Acceptable use policy - Answer-A. Texas Education Code
, Which of the following learning processes produces the result of
reconstructing or repositioning a belief system or value system?
A. Self-regulated learning for testing instruction efficacy
B. Creating cognitive dissonance with an existing position
C. Integrating new learning into currently existing systems
D. Cueing and/or retrieving previously acquired knowledge - Answer-D.
Cueing and/or retrieving previously acquired knowledge
Whether a students has more internal or external locus of control is
related to which variable influencing learning and achievement?
A. Motivation
B. Self-confidence
C. Student maturity
D. Cognitive development - Answer-A. Motivation
Among the Wechsler tests, which would be most age-appropriate for
assessing the intelligence of a normally developing nine-year-old
student?
A. WPPSI
B. WAIS
C. WIAT
D. WISC - Answer-D. WISC
,For a student who is nonverbal bother receptively and expressively,
which of the following tests would NOT be appropriate?
A. PPVT
B. UNIT
C. Leiter
D. Raven's - Answer-A. PPVT
Among interactive learning strategies, which of these is most formal
and logical?
A. Brainstorming
B. Interviews
C. Discussions
D. Debates - Answer-D. Debates
Each Monday at the beginning of class, a teacher briefly conferences
with each student letting each know that "You will have a great week."
The students are required to respond by saying, "I will have a great
week." The students believe this, so they hold themselves accountable.
This is an example of which of the following?
A. Prevalence Preparation
B. Positive reinforcement conditioning
, C. Culturally responsive teaching
D. The Pygmalion Effect - Answer-D. The Pygmalion Effect
A boy and his sister are playing with their stuffed animals and dolls.
The boy often talks to the dolls by suggesting, "You will go here" before
he situates the stuffed animals and dolls in place. The boy appears to be
exemplifying what?
A. Concrete operational thinking associated with Jean Piaget's theory of
cognitive development
B. Reflective intelligence associated with Dave Perkin's theory of
learnable intelligence
C. Geocentric speech associated with Lev Vygotsky's final stage of
speech development
D. Emergent language development associated with Universal Grammar
of Noam Chomsky's theory of language development - Answer-C.
Geocentric speech associated with Lev Vygotsky's final stage of speech
development
A teacher hands a student a ball of clay. The student is asked to reshape
the clay. When asked if the new shape has more, less, or the same
amount of clay than the ball, the student says, "less". The student has
demonstrated that he does not understand which of the following?
A. Reversibility
B. Egocentrism
C. Distribution
ANSWERS LATEST 2025-2026 UPDATE |GRADE
A+ GUARANTEE
Which of the following is the most appropriate first step to take is a
teacher is concerned that a student is suffering from abuse?
A. Calling the parents for a conference to discuss the suspicions
B. Reporting the suspicions to the child protective services agency
C. Sharing the concerns with the designated school personnel
D. Asking the student pointed questions to ensure that all is well at home
- Answer-B. Reporting the suspicions to the child protective services
agency
A teacher wants to require students to purchase a novel for an assigned
reading. Which of the following is the most appropriate source for the
teacher to check whether requiring the purchase is allowable?
A. Texas Education Code
B. Copyright Law
C. Educators' Code of Ethics
D. Acceptable use policy - Answer-A. Texas Education Code
, Which of the following learning processes produces the result of
reconstructing or repositioning a belief system or value system?
A. Self-regulated learning for testing instruction efficacy
B. Creating cognitive dissonance with an existing position
C. Integrating new learning into currently existing systems
D. Cueing and/or retrieving previously acquired knowledge - Answer-D.
Cueing and/or retrieving previously acquired knowledge
Whether a students has more internal or external locus of control is
related to which variable influencing learning and achievement?
A. Motivation
B. Self-confidence
C. Student maturity
D. Cognitive development - Answer-A. Motivation
Among the Wechsler tests, which would be most age-appropriate for
assessing the intelligence of a normally developing nine-year-old
student?
A. WPPSI
B. WAIS
C. WIAT
D. WISC - Answer-D. WISC
,For a student who is nonverbal bother receptively and expressively,
which of the following tests would NOT be appropriate?
A. PPVT
B. UNIT
C. Leiter
D. Raven's - Answer-A. PPVT
Among interactive learning strategies, which of these is most formal
and logical?
A. Brainstorming
B. Interviews
C. Discussions
D. Debates - Answer-D. Debates
Each Monday at the beginning of class, a teacher briefly conferences
with each student letting each know that "You will have a great week."
The students are required to respond by saying, "I will have a great
week." The students believe this, so they hold themselves accountable.
This is an example of which of the following?
A. Prevalence Preparation
B. Positive reinforcement conditioning
, C. Culturally responsive teaching
D. The Pygmalion Effect - Answer-D. The Pygmalion Effect
A boy and his sister are playing with their stuffed animals and dolls.
The boy often talks to the dolls by suggesting, "You will go here" before
he situates the stuffed animals and dolls in place. The boy appears to be
exemplifying what?
A. Concrete operational thinking associated with Jean Piaget's theory of
cognitive development
B. Reflective intelligence associated with Dave Perkin's theory of
learnable intelligence
C. Geocentric speech associated with Lev Vygotsky's final stage of
speech development
D. Emergent language development associated with Universal Grammar
of Noam Chomsky's theory of language development - Answer-C.
Geocentric speech associated with Lev Vygotsky's final stage of speech
development
A teacher hands a student a ball of clay. The student is asked to reshape
the clay. When asked if the new shape has more, less, or the same
amount of clay than the ball, the student says, "less". The student has
demonstrated that he does not understand which of the following?
A. Reversibility
B. Egocentrism
C. Distribution
