ABCTE PTK ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Which type of correlational relationship would the following statement
indicate? As one variable increases, so does the other..
Answer: Positive correlation
◍ an instructional response that imparts advice to the students.
Answer: Advisory
◍ Who do you need to know before you begin planning lessons?.
Answer: your students
◍ When a student is misbehaving, is asking them to explain WHY they are
misbehaving an appropriate response to managing the situation?.
Answer: no; the student has already ignored the teacher's expectations
◍ Next to students, who are the best consumers of educational services?.
Answer: Parents
◍ Which type of questions are theoretical questions with hypothetical
answers? Usually contain more than one answer.
Answer: Open-ended questions
◍ Asking questions to obtain information.
Answer: Inquiry
◍ Why do students benefit from rule relationships?.
Answer: Rule relationships organize and categorize individual units of
knowledge
◍ a successful teacher views discipline as a ___________________ and a
________________________..
Answer: process; product
,◍ When is a cause and effect chart most useful?.
Answer: When showing the relationship between events
◍ students retain information better when they.....
Answer: use it, especially in an analytical way
◍ Which statement BEST completes the following behavioral objective? The
student will demonstrate the ability to.
Answer: Compare communication methods in the American Civil War
◍ What learning objectives uses a higher order thinking skill?.
Answer: Bloom's Taxonomy identifies thinking skills in increasing order of
sophistication as knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis,
synthesis, and evaluation. "Students will create a metaphor to describe an
emotion." requires synthesis in order to complete the task.
◍ What does it mean if a student scores in the 25th percentile at a score of 39?.
Answer: This means 25% of scores were at or below a score of 39
◍ What is the best way to aid retention of learning?.
Answer: Get the students actively involved in their learning
◍ A baseline of data usually grade and/or subject specific.
Answer: Benchmark
◍ What can you determine about a class's performance if the range is high?
What if it is low?.
Answer: If it is high, then achievement is highly variedIf it is low, then the
class performed at about the same level
◍ Every lesson has 3 things....
Answer: 1. a beginning2. a middle3. an end
◍ How much repetition is enough?.
Answer: as much as possible until mastery is acheived
◍ Which type of correlational relationship would the following statement
indicate? As one variable increases, so does the other.
, Answer: Positive correlation
◍ asking students a series of questions designed to guide them toward
understanding of a concept.
Answer: socratic approach
◍ A condition that not only inhibits the ability to concentrate but also causes
the learner to be impulsive, easily distracted, and overly active..
Answer: ADHD
◍ Which of the following statements would BEST help students to understand
the distributive property of multiplication over addition?.
Answer: Show students that 3(a + b) = (a + b) + (a + b) + (a + b)
◍ What is classical conditioning?.
Answer: A type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli
and anticipate eventsPavlov
◍ What should a teacher do to focus on reading material?.
Answer: Establish a purpose for the reading
◍ What does curriculum contain?.
Answer: objectives, sample lessons, assessments, procedures,
materials/equipment needed, activities, samples of student work
◍ New teachers can learn a lot from __________________ teachers.
Answer: Successful
◍ Thought and reasoning usually divided into two categories- knowledge or
factual, and processes.
Answer: Cognitive development
◍ an instructional approach in which students learn to ask teacher-type
probing questions.
Answer: reciprocal teaching
◍ why do students benefit from rule relationships?.
Answer: rule relationships organize and categorize individual units of
knowledge
, ◍ what does curriculum contain?.
Answer: objectives, sample lessons, assessments, procedures,
materials/equipment needed, activities, samples of student work
◍ what is the best descriptor of central tendency of a data set?.
Answer: the medianit is not affected by extreme data points
◍ the rate at which progress is made through curriculum or at which the
teacher conducts individual lessons.
Answer: pacing
◍ What is the mode of a data set?.
Answer: the most frequently occuring score
◍ A teacher should position themselves so that they can see as many
__________________ as possible.
Answer: Students
◍ The gathering of data, during the time the program is being developed, to
guide the development process.
Answer: Formative evaluation
◍ The learning, idea, or processes becomes a part of the learner so that it is
second nature.
Answer: Internalization
◍ A middle level in Bloom's Taxonomy. Includes verbs such as compare,
analyze, classify, distinguish, categorize, differentiate, infer, survey, select,
prioritize..
Answer: Analysis & Application
◍ How can a teacher tell when classroom rules are working?.
Answer: When students recognize their violations and correct their behavior
on their own
◍ The mood of the classroom including teacher-student interactions,
student-student interactions, and the belief system in the classroom.
Answer: Classroom climate
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Which type of correlational relationship would the following statement
indicate? As one variable increases, so does the other..
Answer: Positive correlation
◍ an instructional response that imparts advice to the students.
Answer: Advisory
◍ Who do you need to know before you begin planning lessons?.
Answer: your students
◍ When a student is misbehaving, is asking them to explain WHY they are
misbehaving an appropriate response to managing the situation?.
Answer: no; the student has already ignored the teacher's expectations
◍ Next to students, who are the best consumers of educational services?.
Answer: Parents
◍ Which type of questions are theoretical questions with hypothetical
answers? Usually contain more than one answer.
Answer: Open-ended questions
◍ Asking questions to obtain information.
Answer: Inquiry
◍ Why do students benefit from rule relationships?.
Answer: Rule relationships organize and categorize individual units of
knowledge
◍ a successful teacher views discipline as a ___________________ and a
________________________..
Answer: process; product
,◍ When is a cause and effect chart most useful?.
Answer: When showing the relationship between events
◍ students retain information better when they.....
Answer: use it, especially in an analytical way
◍ Which statement BEST completes the following behavioral objective? The
student will demonstrate the ability to.
Answer: Compare communication methods in the American Civil War
◍ What learning objectives uses a higher order thinking skill?.
Answer: Bloom's Taxonomy identifies thinking skills in increasing order of
sophistication as knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis,
synthesis, and evaluation. "Students will create a metaphor to describe an
emotion." requires synthesis in order to complete the task.
◍ What does it mean if a student scores in the 25th percentile at a score of 39?.
Answer: This means 25% of scores were at or below a score of 39
◍ What is the best way to aid retention of learning?.
Answer: Get the students actively involved in their learning
◍ A baseline of data usually grade and/or subject specific.
Answer: Benchmark
◍ What can you determine about a class's performance if the range is high?
What if it is low?.
Answer: If it is high, then achievement is highly variedIf it is low, then the
class performed at about the same level
◍ Every lesson has 3 things....
Answer: 1. a beginning2. a middle3. an end
◍ How much repetition is enough?.
Answer: as much as possible until mastery is acheived
◍ Which type of correlational relationship would the following statement
indicate? As one variable increases, so does the other.
, Answer: Positive correlation
◍ asking students a series of questions designed to guide them toward
understanding of a concept.
Answer: socratic approach
◍ A condition that not only inhibits the ability to concentrate but also causes
the learner to be impulsive, easily distracted, and overly active..
Answer: ADHD
◍ Which of the following statements would BEST help students to understand
the distributive property of multiplication over addition?.
Answer: Show students that 3(a + b) = (a + b) + (a + b) + (a + b)
◍ What is classical conditioning?.
Answer: A type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli
and anticipate eventsPavlov
◍ What should a teacher do to focus on reading material?.
Answer: Establish a purpose for the reading
◍ What does curriculum contain?.
Answer: objectives, sample lessons, assessments, procedures,
materials/equipment needed, activities, samples of student work
◍ New teachers can learn a lot from __________________ teachers.
Answer: Successful
◍ Thought and reasoning usually divided into two categories- knowledge or
factual, and processes.
Answer: Cognitive development
◍ an instructional approach in which students learn to ask teacher-type
probing questions.
Answer: reciprocal teaching
◍ why do students benefit from rule relationships?.
Answer: rule relationships organize and categorize individual units of
knowledge
, ◍ what does curriculum contain?.
Answer: objectives, sample lessons, assessments, procedures,
materials/equipment needed, activities, samples of student work
◍ what is the best descriptor of central tendency of a data set?.
Answer: the medianit is not affected by extreme data points
◍ the rate at which progress is made through curriculum or at which the
teacher conducts individual lessons.
Answer: pacing
◍ What is the mode of a data set?.
Answer: the most frequently occuring score
◍ A teacher should position themselves so that they can see as many
__________________ as possible.
Answer: Students
◍ The gathering of data, during the time the program is being developed, to
guide the development process.
Answer: Formative evaluation
◍ The learning, idea, or processes becomes a part of the learner so that it is
second nature.
Answer: Internalization
◍ A middle level in Bloom's Taxonomy. Includes verbs such as compare,
analyze, classify, distinguish, categorize, differentiate, infer, survey, select,
prioritize..
Answer: Analysis & Application
◍ How can a teacher tell when classroom rules are working?.
Answer: When students recognize their violations and correct their behavior
on their own
◍ The mood of the classroom including teacher-student interactions,
student-student interactions, and the belief system in the classroom.
Answer: Classroom climate
