PECT FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔providing digital textbooks with features such as images, text-to-speech, videos, and
modifiable text - ✔✔Which of the following accommodations to a content-area reading
assignment best provides universal access for all learners?
✔✔responding to the intent and content of the students' utterances - ✔✔A second-
grade teacher is reading a story aloud to a class that includes several students who are
English language learners. Throughout the reading, the teacher pauses to verify
students' comprehension. The teacher encourages all students to speak and participate
in discussions during and after the reading. Which of the following types of feedback
from the teacher would provide meaningful English language input to the students who
are English language learners during the discussions?
✔✔go through a silent period during which they produce very little oral language. - ✔✔A
kindergarten teacher works with two students who are English language learners who
have no prior exposure to English. She exposes them to natural English in meaningful
contexts but does not push them to contribute to discussions. She allows them to
respond to questions nonverbally or with one-word answers. The teacher's actions best
demonstrate her awareness that second-language learners often:
✔✔having difficulty matching a toy car to a picture of a car - ✔✔Which of the following
characteristics would indicate atypical cognitive development in a four-year-old child?
✔✔providing an individual copy of the book to the student to look at - ✔✔A kindergarten
teacher is planning to read aloud a picture book to the class. One of the students in the
class has a visual impairment that severely limits vision to several inches. Which of the
following accommodations would best help this student participate in this activity?
✔✔a description of the present level of performance the student has achieved - ✔✔An
IEP annual review meeting has been scheduled for a second-grade student who is
currently placed in a general education classroom full time. Which of the following
elements of the review is most likely to be provided by the student's general education
teacher?
✔✔Individual family members are mutually influenced by and dependent on one
another. - ✔✔Which of the following statements accurately describes a central principle
of the family systems theory?
✔✔examine the effectiveness of current practices in meeting the needs of students with
disabilities and make adjustments as needed. - ✔✔In support of a schoolwide initiative
to enhance the learning environment for students with disabilities, fourth-grade teachers
will be participating in regular meetings with special education professionals. The
primary focus of these meetings should be to:
, ✔✔educators with legitimate educational interest in the student - ✔✔Federal law allows
schools to disclose information in a student's educational records without parental
consent to which of the following individuals?
✔✔infringes on the students' right to privacy. - ✔✔A new third-grade teacher believes
that too much instructional time is being used each day to pass out students' graded
work, so the teacher decides to put graded papers in a basket for students to pick up on
their own throughout the day. This action is considered inappropriate primarily because
it:
✔✔connecting families with resources to help promote their children's learning and
development - ✔✔A kindergarten teacher's weekly newsletter includes information
about community programs and special events that are designed specifically for
children. This practice is likely to be most effective in helping the teacher achieve which
of the following goals?
✔✔connect the parent to available support services in the community. - ✔✔During a
routine parent-teacher conference, a student's parent confides to the teacher about a
recent job loss. The single parent, with an infant and toddler at home, explains that child
care, health insurance, and housing are no longer affordable. In this situation, the
teacher's most important priority should be to:
✔✔recognizing that they have a common goal of educating the students entrusted to
their care - ✔✔Which of the following preconditions is most essential to effective
collaboration among a group of teachers with diverse philosophies and teaching styles?
✔✔Personal values and beliefs can influence a teacher's communication practices. -
✔✔A new teacher regularly writes in a teaching journal. In addition to considering the
success of his lessons, the teacher reflects on his interactions with students and on how
his thoughts and actions during these interactions were culturally motivated. This
strategy best demonstrates the teacher's awareness of which of the following
principles?
✔✔providing all students with support in meeting high standards of achievement. - ✔✔A
kindergarten teacher who wants to provide a positive social context for learning decides
that one way to do this is to ensure educational equity for all students. The teacher can
best promote such equity by:
✔✔talking to the school principal about the issue - ✔✔A teacher learns that the district
is considering requiring all first-grade students to engage in academic testing that the
teacher believes is developmentally inappropriate. In this situation, the teacher can best
serve as an advocate for students by taking which of the following actions first?
GRADED A+
✔✔providing digital textbooks with features such as images, text-to-speech, videos, and
modifiable text - ✔✔Which of the following accommodations to a content-area reading
assignment best provides universal access for all learners?
✔✔responding to the intent and content of the students' utterances - ✔✔A second-
grade teacher is reading a story aloud to a class that includes several students who are
English language learners. Throughout the reading, the teacher pauses to verify
students' comprehension. The teacher encourages all students to speak and participate
in discussions during and after the reading. Which of the following types of feedback
from the teacher would provide meaningful English language input to the students who
are English language learners during the discussions?
✔✔go through a silent period during which they produce very little oral language. - ✔✔A
kindergarten teacher works with two students who are English language learners who
have no prior exposure to English. She exposes them to natural English in meaningful
contexts but does not push them to contribute to discussions. She allows them to
respond to questions nonverbally or with one-word answers. The teacher's actions best
demonstrate her awareness that second-language learners often:
✔✔having difficulty matching a toy car to a picture of a car - ✔✔Which of the following
characteristics would indicate atypical cognitive development in a four-year-old child?
✔✔providing an individual copy of the book to the student to look at - ✔✔A kindergarten
teacher is planning to read aloud a picture book to the class. One of the students in the
class has a visual impairment that severely limits vision to several inches. Which of the
following accommodations would best help this student participate in this activity?
✔✔a description of the present level of performance the student has achieved - ✔✔An
IEP annual review meeting has been scheduled for a second-grade student who is
currently placed in a general education classroom full time. Which of the following
elements of the review is most likely to be provided by the student's general education
teacher?
✔✔Individual family members are mutually influenced by and dependent on one
another. - ✔✔Which of the following statements accurately describes a central principle
of the family systems theory?
✔✔examine the effectiveness of current practices in meeting the needs of students with
disabilities and make adjustments as needed. - ✔✔In support of a schoolwide initiative
to enhance the learning environment for students with disabilities, fourth-grade teachers
will be participating in regular meetings with special education professionals. The
primary focus of these meetings should be to:
, ✔✔educators with legitimate educational interest in the student - ✔✔Federal law allows
schools to disclose information in a student's educational records without parental
consent to which of the following individuals?
✔✔infringes on the students' right to privacy. - ✔✔A new third-grade teacher believes
that too much instructional time is being used each day to pass out students' graded
work, so the teacher decides to put graded papers in a basket for students to pick up on
their own throughout the day. This action is considered inappropriate primarily because
it:
✔✔connecting families with resources to help promote their children's learning and
development - ✔✔A kindergarten teacher's weekly newsletter includes information
about community programs and special events that are designed specifically for
children. This practice is likely to be most effective in helping the teacher achieve which
of the following goals?
✔✔connect the parent to available support services in the community. - ✔✔During a
routine parent-teacher conference, a student's parent confides to the teacher about a
recent job loss. The single parent, with an infant and toddler at home, explains that child
care, health insurance, and housing are no longer affordable. In this situation, the
teacher's most important priority should be to:
✔✔recognizing that they have a common goal of educating the students entrusted to
their care - ✔✔Which of the following preconditions is most essential to effective
collaboration among a group of teachers with diverse philosophies and teaching styles?
✔✔Personal values and beliefs can influence a teacher's communication practices. -
✔✔A new teacher regularly writes in a teaching journal. In addition to considering the
success of his lessons, the teacher reflects on his interactions with students and on how
his thoughts and actions during these interactions were culturally motivated. This
strategy best demonstrates the teacher's awareness of which of the following
principles?
✔✔providing all students with support in meeting high standards of achievement. - ✔✔A
kindergarten teacher who wants to provide a positive social context for learning decides
that one way to do this is to ensure educational equity for all students. The teacher can
best promote such equity by:
✔✔talking to the school principal about the issue - ✔✔A teacher learns that the district
is considering requiring all first-grade students to engage in academic testing that the
teacher believes is developmentally inappropriate. In this situation, the teacher can best
serve as an advocate for students by taking which of the following actions first?
