CPACE PRACTICE EXAM TEST 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔The ______________ has the authority to adopt policies in any given school district.
A. district board of education
B. state education agency
C. state legislature
D. U.S. Department of Education - ✔✔A. district board of education
✔✔___________ is a form of bias where the school administrator has a preferred
alternative and as a result only searches for information that supports this choice.
A. Incrementalizing
B. Bolstering the alternative
C. Heuristics
D. Satisficing - ✔✔B. Bolstering the alternative
✔✔Mr. Orozco is the chair of the special education department in a small, rural
junior/senior high school. At his regular bimonthly departmental meetings he presents
issues that need to be discussed and decided upon by the department members. These
meetings often result in openly hostile verbal exchanges and very rarely are they able to
come to a consensus on anything. Mr. Orozco has concluded that he must work on
team building if anything is to be accomplished this year. Which of the following should
he focus on first?
A. Publicly acknowledging specific contributions that each person has made to the
special education department.
B. Holding a potluck dinner at a member's home to allow the group to build
relationships outside of school.
C. Giving each person a copy of his/her job description, bringing special attention to
their departmental responsibilities.
D. Creating a shared vision for the department with tan - ✔✔D. Creating a shared vision
for the department with tangible goals and behavioral norms.
,✔✔In Everson v. Board of Education the Supreme court held that public tax money
could be used to transport students to religious schools on the basis of the
_____________.
A. right of parents to choose how to educate their children
B. First Amendment of the Constitution
C. child benefit theory
D. separation of church and state - ✔✔C. child benefit theory
✔✔The "Parent Empowerment" law (Article 3 of SBX54) allows parents to "trigger"
change in their child's school. If the majority of parents at a school sign a petition they
will be given the option of all of the following reforms EXCEPT:
A. They may send their child to another public school.
B. They may convert the existing school into a charter school.
C. They may obtain funding to home-school their child.
D. The child may receive a scholarship to go to a private school. - ✔✔C. They may
obtain funding to home-school their child.
✔✔Leading and Learning by Walking Around (LLBWA) is a strategy that involves using
short time segments to get out of the office and get a feel for what is going on in a
school. What is one benefit of using this method to assess the culture and climate of a
school?
A. It helps new students and staff to become familiar with the school administration.
B. It provides an opportunity for holistic observation of school culture and climate.
C. It is a low-key way to make sure that school policies are being enforced.
D. It offers chances to gather information to use in formal teacher evaluations. - ✔✔B. It
provides an opportunity for holistic observation of school culture and climate.
✔✔A(n) ___________ is an ideal way that a school can communicate behavioral norms
to students by clearly explaining codes of conduct, student rights and responsibilities,
unacceptable behavior, and procedures for due process and appeals.
A. school board policy
, B. student handbook
C. education code
D. classroom discipline plan - ✔✔B. student handbook
✔✔An important role for principals is that of instructional leader. All of the following are
examples of instructional leadership EXCEPT:
A. Attending trainings on the new curriculum teachers in his school will be using.
B. Buying new highlighters to support a newly adopted writing program.
C. Creating a cohesive professional development plan.
D. Directing a campus supervisors' training for using new school security protocols. -
✔✔D. Directing a campus supervisors' training for using new school security protocols.
✔✔Each of the following behaviors helps to create a culture of learning EXCEPT:
A. maintaining a joyful climate
B. requiring teachers to use technology as much as possible
C. having high expectations for student achievement
D. maintaining a safe school environment - ✔✔B. requiring teachers to use technology
as much as possible
✔✔Classroom management is essential to learning. All of the following support
teachers with managing their classrooms EXCEPT:
A. Extinguishing negative behaviors through punishment
B. Proper classroom arrangement
C. Consistent standards across the school
D. Specific, clear classroom routines & procedures - ✔✔A. Extinguishing negative
behaviors through punishment
✔✔Summarizing and note taking
Homework and practice
Cooperative learning
Generating and testing hypotheses
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔The ______________ has the authority to adopt policies in any given school district.
A. district board of education
B. state education agency
C. state legislature
D. U.S. Department of Education - ✔✔A. district board of education
✔✔___________ is a form of bias where the school administrator has a preferred
alternative and as a result only searches for information that supports this choice.
A. Incrementalizing
B. Bolstering the alternative
C. Heuristics
D. Satisficing - ✔✔B. Bolstering the alternative
✔✔Mr. Orozco is the chair of the special education department in a small, rural
junior/senior high school. At his regular bimonthly departmental meetings he presents
issues that need to be discussed and decided upon by the department members. These
meetings often result in openly hostile verbal exchanges and very rarely are they able to
come to a consensus on anything. Mr. Orozco has concluded that he must work on
team building if anything is to be accomplished this year. Which of the following should
he focus on first?
A. Publicly acknowledging specific contributions that each person has made to the
special education department.
B. Holding a potluck dinner at a member's home to allow the group to build
relationships outside of school.
C. Giving each person a copy of his/her job description, bringing special attention to
their departmental responsibilities.
D. Creating a shared vision for the department with tan - ✔✔D. Creating a shared vision
for the department with tangible goals and behavioral norms.
,✔✔In Everson v. Board of Education the Supreme court held that public tax money
could be used to transport students to religious schools on the basis of the
_____________.
A. right of parents to choose how to educate their children
B. First Amendment of the Constitution
C. child benefit theory
D. separation of church and state - ✔✔C. child benefit theory
✔✔The "Parent Empowerment" law (Article 3 of SBX54) allows parents to "trigger"
change in their child's school. If the majority of parents at a school sign a petition they
will be given the option of all of the following reforms EXCEPT:
A. They may send their child to another public school.
B. They may convert the existing school into a charter school.
C. They may obtain funding to home-school their child.
D. The child may receive a scholarship to go to a private school. - ✔✔C. They may
obtain funding to home-school their child.
✔✔Leading and Learning by Walking Around (LLBWA) is a strategy that involves using
short time segments to get out of the office and get a feel for what is going on in a
school. What is one benefit of using this method to assess the culture and climate of a
school?
A. It helps new students and staff to become familiar with the school administration.
B. It provides an opportunity for holistic observation of school culture and climate.
C. It is a low-key way to make sure that school policies are being enforced.
D. It offers chances to gather information to use in formal teacher evaluations. - ✔✔B. It
provides an opportunity for holistic observation of school culture and climate.
✔✔A(n) ___________ is an ideal way that a school can communicate behavioral norms
to students by clearly explaining codes of conduct, student rights and responsibilities,
unacceptable behavior, and procedures for due process and appeals.
A. school board policy
, B. student handbook
C. education code
D. classroom discipline plan - ✔✔B. student handbook
✔✔An important role for principals is that of instructional leader. All of the following are
examples of instructional leadership EXCEPT:
A. Attending trainings on the new curriculum teachers in his school will be using.
B. Buying new highlighters to support a newly adopted writing program.
C. Creating a cohesive professional development plan.
D. Directing a campus supervisors' training for using new school security protocols. -
✔✔D. Directing a campus supervisors' training for using new school security protocols.
✔✔Each of the following behaviors helps to create a culture of learning EXCEPT:
A. maintaining a joyful climate
B. requiring teachers to use technology as much as possible
C. having high expectations for student achievement
D. maintaining a safe school environment - ✔✔B. requiring teachers to use technology
as much as possible
✔✔Classroom management is essential to learning. All of the following support
teachers with managing their classrooms EXCEPT:
A. Extinguishing negative behaviors through punishment
B. Proper classroom arrangement
C. Consistent standards across the school
D. Specific, clear classroom routines & procedures - ✔✔A. Extinguishing negative
behaviors through punishment
✔✔Summarizing and note taking
Homework and practice
Cooperative learning
Generating and testing hypotheses
