FTCE Professional Education Practice Test
Questions and Answers
1. Teachers who conduct action research might
Answer Videotape their lessons to reflect on instructional strategies.
2. A student-centered classroom uses reciprocal teaching to analyze
a selection of text. The 4 basic steps that are used in reciprocal
teaching are
Answer Predicting, questioning, clarifying, summarizing.
3. What type of test could a school district use to determine if state
standards were being effectively taught?
Answer Criterion-referenced test
4. Which of the following is the best example of a cognitive objective?
Answer Students will complete a two-digit multiplication skills test with 85% mastery.
5. An educator signed up for a paid online professional development
session that required watching short video segments and personally
reflecting on their content. The educator let the videos run in the
background, and quickly clicked through the acknowledgments
without completing the reflections.
What portion of the Code of Ethics does this violate?
,Answer The obligation to the profession.
6. Learning activities should always be based on
Answer specific objectives.
7. An elementary reading teacher wants to get parents reading
nightly with their children. The most effective way to do this while
fostering parent commu-nication is to
Answer Invite parents to a "reading night" where student and parents meet to read and share
favorite poems.
8. Which of the following statements from a teacher would be
considered class-room management through use of negative
reinforcement?
Answer "If you would start turning in your homework, I wouldn't have to call your mother
every afternoon!"
9. In order to practice effective behavior management, classroom rules
Answer should be followed by all students and be consistently enforced.
10. Which of the following would be a responsibility of a school
advisory coun-cil?
Answer Developing a school improvement plan
11. Which of the following would be an example of negative
, reinforcement?
Answer The teacher stops complaining about the messy floor after the students clean it up.
12. A teacher has discovered and implemented a new online
behavior-manage-ment program that is improving student behavior
while providing an easy way to communicate with parents. The teacher
should
Answer Meet with the principal to discussing sharing the new product at the next
professional development day.
13. The best tool for a teacher to use to keep a running,
averaged record of student scores throughout the year is
Answer Spreadsheet
14. The most effective way to present vocabulary is
Answer in context to convey rich meaning to the students.
15. The best graphic organizer for analyzing similarities and
differences is
Answer a Venn diagram
16. An ELL joins the classroom mid-year. She appears to speak
fluent English and participates well in class, yet struggles
academically in reading and science. When questioned, the teacher
Questions and Answers
1. Teachers who conduct action research might
Answer Videotape their lessons to reflect on instructional strategies.
2. A student-centered classroom uses reciprocal teaching to analyze
a selection of text. The 4 basic steps that are used in reciprocal
teaching are
Answer Predicting, questioning, clarifying, summarizing.
3. What type of test could a school district use to determine if state
standards were being effectively taught?
Answer Criterion-referenced test
4. Which of the following is the best example of a cognitive objective?
Answer Students will complete a two-digit multiplication skills test with 85% mastery.
5. An educator signed up for a paid online professional development
session that required watching short video segments and personally
reflecting on their content. The educator let the videos run in the
background, and quickly clicked through the acknowledgments
without completing the reflections.
What portion of the Code of Ethics does this violate?
,Answer The obligation to the profession.
6. Learning activities should always be based on
Answer specific objectives.
7. An elementary reading teacher wants to get parents reading
nightly with their children. The most effective way to do this while
fostering parent commu-nication is to
Answer Invite parents to a "reading night" where student and parents meet to read and share
favorite poems.
8. Which of the following statements from a teacher would be
considered class-room management through use of negative
reinforcement?
Answer "If you would start turning in your homework, I wouldn't have to call your mother
every afternoon!"
9. In order to practice effective behavior management, classroom rules
Answer should be followed by all students and be consistently enforced.
10. Which of the following would be a responsibility of a school
advisory coun-cil?
Answer Developing a school improvement plan
11. Which of the following would be an example of negative
, reinforcement?
Answer The teacher stops complaining about the messy floor after the students clean it up.
12. A teacher has discovered and implemented a new online
behavior-manage-ment program that is improving student behavior
while providing an easy way to communicate with parents. The teacher
should
Answer Meet with the principal to discussing sharing the new product at the next
professional development day.
13. The best tool for a teacher to use to keep a running,
averaged record of student scores throughout the year is
Answer Spreadsheet
14. The most effective way to present vocabulary is
Answer in context to convey rich meaning to the students.
15. The best graphic organizer for analyzing similarities and
differences is
Answer a Venn diagram
16. An ELL joins the classroom mid-year. She appears to speak
fluent English and participates well in class, yet struggles
academically in reading and science. When questioned, the teacher
