ABCTE PTK assessment PRACTICE EXAM WITH
c c c c c
COMPLETE SOLUTION.
c c
An c11th cgrade cclass chas cjust cfinished creading cthe cgrapes cof cwrath. cWhat cis cthe cbest cway cto cassess cstudents
cunderstanding cof cthe cbook c? c- cAnswer c- c c ca chomework cassignment cthat crequires cstudents cto creflect con cfacts cand ckey
cpoints
why? cthe cassessment cis caligned cwith clesson ccontent. cthe cquestion cdoes cnot cstate cthat cthe cteacher chas ctaught cthe cclass
cabout cliterary cterms, csuch cplot cand ctheme clike cchoice cc caddressed c(written ctest cabout cplot, ctheme, cand cmain ccharacters)
What cis cthe cunbiased cstandard cdeviation cof cthe cfollowing csample?
Student cScore c1 c3 c5 c7 c9 c- cAnswer c- c c c4.28
The ccorrect canswer cis cB.
Step c1: cThe cmean cis c5.
Step c2: cSubtracting cthe cmean cfrom ceach cscore.
c
(1−5) c= c−4 c
(3−5) c= c−2 c
(5−5) c= c0 c
(7−5) c= c2 c
(9−5) c= c4 c
Step c3: cSquaring cthe cresult cfor ceach cscore. c
c
16 c
4c
0c
4c
16 c
Step c4: cAdding cthe cresults c(16 c+ c4 c+0 c+ c4 c+ c16) c= c40
Step c5: cDividing c40 cby cthe cnumber cof cscores cminus c1 c= c10
Step c6: cThe csquare croot cof c10 cis capproximately c3.16.
Which cof cthe cfollowing cBEST cdescribes cwhat ca cPearson ccoefficient cof czero cbetween cscores con ctwo ctests cwould cindicate
cto ca cteacher? c- cAnswer c- c c cThe cscores con cthe ctwo ctests care c...unrelated
cA cPearson ccoefficient cof czero cindicates cthat cthe cscores con cthe ctwo ctests care cnot crelated cin ca creliable cor cpredictable
cway.
If cthe cgraph cof ca cdata cdistribution cshows cthat cthe cmean cis cgraphed cto cthe cright cof cthe cmode, cwhich cof cthe cfollowing ci
cmost clikely ctrue? c- cAnswer c- c c cpositively cskewed
The ccorrect canswer cis cA. cIn ca cpositively cskewed cfrequency cdistribution, cthe cmean cmoves cto cthe cright cof cthe cmode cand
cthe cmajority cof cthe cscores cfall cbelow cthe cmean. cFor ca cfrequency cdistribution cthat cis cnegatively cskewed, cthe cmean
cmoves cto cthe cleft cof cthe cmode cand cis cshaped cso cthat cthe cmajority cof cits cscores cfall cabove cits cmean. cIn ca cpositively
cskewed cdistribution, cthe cmedian cis cgenerally cless cthan cthe cmean.
Which cof cthe cfollowing cBEST cdescribes ca cgraph cof ca cbimodal cdistribution? c- cAnswer c- c c cThere care ctwo cpoints cof chigh
, cfrequency cdata cwithin cthe cdistribution.
The ccorrect canswer cis cB. c"Bimodal" cmeans cthat cthere care ctwo cmodes cor cpeaks cwithin cthe csame cdistribution cof cdata. cTh
ctwo cmodes cwill cnot cnecessary creflect ctwo cextremes cand cmay cbe cclustered cnear cone canother.
at cthe cend cof ca cunit con cworld cwar cII, cstudents ctake ca ctest con cthe cmajor caspects cof cthe cwar. cthe cteacher cuses cthe ctest
cresults cfor cgrading cand cevaluation. cthis cis can cexample cof cwhat ctype cof cassessment? c- cAnswer c- c c cSummative
What cassessment cprovides cfeedback cto ca cteacher cafter cstudent cpractice cand cis cusually cnot cused cfor cgrading cpurposes? c-
cAnswer c- c c cFormative
What cassessment chelps cteachers cunderstand cstudent's cskills cand cprior cknowledge cin corder cto cadjust cfuture clessons? c-
cAnswer c- c c cDiagnostic
What cassessments cusually cinvolve can cactivity cor capplication cof chands con cskills? c- cAnswer c- c c cPerformance
A c2 cgrade cstudent cthrows cviolent ctantrums cin cclass. cThe cteacher chas ctried cseveral cknown cclassroom cmanagement
ctechniques, cbut cthe ctantrums care cbecoming cmore csevere. cWhich cresponse cwould cbest chelp cthis cstudent? c- cAnswer c- c c
cAsk cfor chelp cfrom cother cschool cor cdistrict cprofessionals
not- ctell cparents cits cgetting cworse
Why? cThe cseverity cof cthe csituation cindicates cthat cexpertise cfrom cother cprofessionals cis cneeded. cOther cchoices chave cmos
clikely cbeen caddresses cand care ctoo cpassive cfor csevere cand cviolent cbehavior.
A cteacher cis cwriting can cassessment cto ctest cstudents' cknowledge cof cmass, cvolume, cand cdensity. cWhich cone cof cthe
cfollowing cBEST cdescribes cthe ctypes cof cproblems cthe cteacher cshould cinclude cin cthe cexam?
A. cAsk cstudents cto cgeneralize clearned cconcepts cto cnew cscenarios
C. cQuestion cstudents con cdefinitions cof cmass, cvolume, cand cdensity. c- cAnswer c- c c cA., cassessments cshould cbe cused cto
cdetermine cwhether cstudents ccan cgeneralize cconcepts cto cnew cscenarios cand cproblems. cHaving cstudents ccalculate cthe cmass
cof can cobject cin cthe croom, cchoice cB, cmay cbe ca cgood cquestion, cbut cdoes cnot caddress cthe cassessment cas ca cwhole.
cStudents cshould calready chave ca cfirm cunderstanding cof cmass, cvolume, cand cdensity cif cthey care capplying cthe cconcepts.
During cc class cdiscussions, cEnglish cstudents chave cbeen canswering copen-ended cquestions cregarding cthe ccurrent creading.
cWhich cone cof cthe cfollowing cwould cbe cthe cmost cvalid cassessment cfor cthis cmaterial?
A. cA cwritten cquiz cwhere cstudents cprovide cshort canswer cresponses
C cAn cessay cproject cwhere cstudents csummarize ctheir creading c- cAnswer c- c c cA. cTo ckeep can cassessment cvalid, cstudents
cshould cbe ctested cin cthe csame cor csimilar cmodality cas cclassroom cpractice. cA cshort canswer cresponse cis cthe cmost csimilar ct
cthe cin-class cdiscussion cquestions.
A ctenth-grade cEnglish cteacher chas cassigned cher cnew cclass cto cread cfive cchapters cfrom cThe cGreat cGatsby cas chomework
cbut cfinds cthat cseveral cstudents cdid cnot ccomplete cthe creading cthe cnext cday. cWhich cone cof cthe cfollowing cshould cthe
cteacher cdo cfirst?
B. cDetermine cwhether cthe cstudents chave cspecial cneeds cthat cmay crequire ccorrective cremedies.
C. cDisciplinary caction
D. cRequire cparents cor cguardians cto csign ca cpiece cof cpaper c- cAnswer c- c c cB. c-Before cimplenting cany ccorrective
cdisciplinary caction cor cpotentially cembarrassing cstudents cby chaving cthem csummarize cthe creading cfor cthe crest cof cthe cclass
cthe cteacher cmust cdetermine cif cthere cis ca clearning cdisability cor c(dyslexia) cor cother cspecial cneed cthat cmay crequire cgiving
cstudents cmore ctime cto ccomplete cthe creadings. cRequiring cparents cto csign cpaper cshould conly cbe cused cif cno cspecial cneeds
care cidentified cand cstudents crepeatedly cfail cto ccomplete cassignments.
Student chas cscored calmost cperfect con cevery cmath ctest cexcept cone, con cwhich cthey creceived ca cfailing cgrade. cThe cteacher
cnormally ccalculates ca cstudent's coverall cgrade cusing cthe cmean. cWhich cone cof cthe cfollowing cteacher cresponses cwould cbes
crepreset cthe cstudent's clearning?
A. cusE cSTANDard cdeviation
b. cconsider crevising cstudent's cgrade cusing cthe cmode cor cmedian c- cAnswer c- c c cb. cthe cmean, cor caverage, cfor cthis cstudent
cis cheavily cskewed cby cone clow cscore. cBy clooking cat cother ccentral cmeasures cof cthe cstudent's cgrade, cthe cteacher ccan csee
cwhich cone cbest creflects cactual clearning. cStandard cdeviation, cwould cnot cbe can cappropriate cmeasure.
A cteacher cwants cto cfind cout chow cwell cstudents ccan capply cmath cskills cto creal cworls cscenarios. cwhich cone cof cthe
cfollowing cis cthe cbest cquestion cformat cfor ctesting cthis cknowledge?
b cmultiple cchoice
c c c c c
COMPLETE SOLUTION.
c c
An c11th cgrade cclass chas cjust cfinished creading cthe cgrapes cof cwrath. cWhat cis cthe cbest cway cto cassess cstudents
cunderstanding cof cthe cbook c? c- cAnswer c- c c ca chomework cassignment cthat crequires cstudents cto creflect con cfacts cand ckey
cpoints
why? cthe cassessment cis caligned cwith clesson ccontent. cthe cquestion cdoes cnot cstate cthat cthe cteacher chas ctaught cthe cclass
cabout cliterary cterms, csuch cplot cand ctheme clike cchoice cc caddressed c(written ctest cabout cplot, ctheme, cand cmain ccharacters)
What cis cthe cunbiased cstandard cdeviation cof cthe cfollowing csample?
Student cScore c1 c3 c5 c7 c9 c- cAnswer c- c c c4.28
The ccorrect canswer cis cB.
Step c1: cThe cmean cis c5.
Step c2: cSubtracting cthe cmean cfrom ceach cscore.
c
(1−5) c= c−4 c
(3−5) c= c−2 c
(5−5) c= c0 c
(7−5) c= c2 c
(9−5) c= c4 c
Step c3: cSquaring cthe cresult cfor ceach cscore. c
c
16 c
4c
0c
4c
16 c
Step c4: cAdding cthe cresults c(16 c+ c4 c+0 c+ c4 c+ c16) c= c40
Step c5: cDividing c40 cby cthe cnumber cof cscores cminus c1 c= c10
Step c6: cThe csquare croot cof c10 cis capproximately c3.16.
Which cof cthe cfollowing cBEST cdescribes cwhat ca cPearson ccoefficient cof czero cbetween cscores con ctwo ctests cwould cindicate
cto ca cteacher? c- cAnswer c- c c cThe cscores con cthe ctwo ctests care c...unrelated
cA cPearson ccoefficient cof czero cindicates cthat cthe cscores con cthe ctwo ctests care cnot crelated cin ca creliable cor cpredictable
cway.
If cthe cgraph cof ca cdata cdistribution cshows cthat cthe cmean cis cgraphed cto cthe cright cof cthe cmode, cwhich cof cthe cfollowing ci
cmost clikely ctrue? c- cAnswer c- c c cpositively cskewed
The ccorrect canswer cis cA. cIn ca cpositively cskewed cfrequency cdistribution, cthe cmean cmoves cto cthe cright cof cthe cmode cand
cthe cmajority cof cthe cscores cfall cbelow cthe cmean. cFor ca cfrequency cdistribution cthat cis cnegatively cskewed, cthe cmean
cmoves cto cthe cleft cof cthe cmode cand cis cshaped cso cthat cthe cmajority cof cits cscores cfall cabove cits cmean. cIn ca cpositively
cskewed cdistribution, cthe cmedian cis cgenerally cless cthan cthe cmean.
Which cof cthe cfollowing cBEST cdescribes ca cgraph cof ca cbimodal cdistribution? c- cAnswer c- c c cThere care ctwo cpoints cof chigh
, cfrequency cdata cwithin cthe cdistribution.
The ccorrect canswer cis cB. c"Bimodal" cmeans cthat cthere care ctwo cmodes cor cpeaks cwithin cthe csame cdistribution cof cdata. cTh
ctwo cmodes cwill cnot cnecessary creflect ctwo cextremes cand cmay cbe cclustered cnear cone canother.
at cthe cend cof ca cunit con cworld cwar cII, cstudents ctake ca ctest con cthe cmajor caspects cof cthe cwar. cthe cteacher cuses cthe ctest
cresults cfor cgrading cand cevaluation. cthis cis can cexample cof cwhat ctype cof cassessment? c- cAnswer c- c c cSummative
What cassessment cprovides cfeedback cto ca cteacher cafter cstudent cpractice cand cis cusually cnot cused cfor cgrading cpurposes? c-
cAnswer c- c c cFormative
What cassessment chelps cteachers cunderstand cstudent's cskills cand cprior cknowledge cin corder cto cadjust cfuture clessons? c-
cAnswer c- c c cDiagnostic
What cassessments cusually cinvolve can cactivity cor capplication cof chands con cskills? c- cAnswer c- c c cPerformance
A c2 cgrade cstudent cthrows cviolent ctantrums cin cclass. cThe cteacher chas ctried cseveral cknown cclassroom cmanagement
ctechniques, cbut cthe ctantrums care cbecoming cmore csevere. cWhich cresponse cwould cbest chelp cthis cstudent? c- cAnswer c- c c
cAsk cfor chelp cfrom cother cschool cor cdistrict cprofessionals
not- ctell cparents cits cgetting cworse
Why? cThe cseverity cof cthe csituation cindicates cthat cexpertise cfrom cother cprofessionals cis cneeded. cOther cchoices chave cmos
clikely cbeen caddresses cand care ctoo cpassive cfor csevere cand cviolent cbehavior.
A cteacher cis cwriting can cassessment cto ctest cstudents' cknowledge cof cmass, cvolume, cand cdensity. cWhich cone cof cthe
cfollowing cBEST cdescribes cthe ctypes cof cproblems cthe cteacher cshould cinclude cin cthe cexam?
A. cAsk cstudents cto cgeneralize clearned cconcepts cto cnew cscenarios
C. cQuestion cstudents con cdefinitions cof cmass, cvolume, cand cdensity. c- cAnswer c- c c cA., cassessments cshould cbe cused cto
cdetermine cwhether cstudents ccan cgeneralize cconcepts cto cnew cscenarios cand cproblems. cHaving cstudents ccalculate cthe cmass
cof can cobject cin cthe croom, cchoice cB, cmay cbe ca cgood cquestion, cbut cdoes cnot caddress cthe cassessment cas ca cwhole.
cStudents cshould calready chave ca cfirm cunderstanding cof cmass, cvolume, cand cdensity cif cthey care capplying cthe cconcepts.
During cc class cdiscussions, cEnglish cstudents chave cbeen canswering copen-ended cquestions cregarding cthe ccurrent creading.
cWhich cone cof cthe cfollowing cwould cbe cthe cmost cvalid cassessment cfor cthis cmaterial?
A. cA cwritten cquiz cwhere cstudents cprovide cshort canswer cresponses
C cAn cessay cproject cwhere cstudents csummarize ctheir creading c- cAnswer c- c c cA. cTo ckeep can cassessment cvalid, cstudents
cshould cbe ctested cin cthe csame cor csimilar cmodality cas cclassroom cpractice. cA cshort canswer cresponse cis cthe cmost csimilar ct
cthe cin-class cdiscussion cquestions.
A ctenth-grade cEnglish cteacher chas cassigned cher cnew cclass cto cread cfive cchapters cfrom cThe cGreat cGatsby cas chomework
cbut cfinds cthat cseveral cstudents cdid cnot ccomplete cthe creading cthe cnext cday. cWhich cone cof cthe cfollowing cshould cthe
cteacher cdo cfirst?
B. cDetermine cwhether cthe cstudents chave cspecial cneeds cthat cmay crequire ccorrective cremedies.
C. cDisciplinary caction
D. cRequire cparents cor cguardians cto csign ca cpiece cof cpaper c- cAnswer c- c c cB. c-Before cimplenting cany ccorrective
cdisciplinary caction cor cpotentially cembarrassing cstudents cby chaving cthem csummarize cthe creading cfor cthe crest cof cthe cclass
cthe cteacher cmust cdetermine cif cthere cis ca clearning cdisability cor c(dyslexia) cor cother cspecial cneed cthat cmay crequire cgiving
cstudents cmore ctime cto ccomplete cthe creadings. cRequiring cparents cto csign cpaper cshould conly cbe cused cif cno cspecial cneeds
care cidentified cand cstudents crepeatedly cfail cto ccomplete cassignments.
Student chas cscored calmost cperfect con cevery cmath ctest cexcept cone, con cwhich cthey creceived ca cfailing cgrade. cThe cteacher
cnormally ccalculates ca cstudent's coverall cgrade cusing cthe cmean. cWhich cone cof cthe cfollowing cteacher cresponses cwould cbes
crepreset cthe cstudent's clearning?
A. cusE cSTANDard cdeviation
b. cconsider crevising cstudent's cgrade cusing cthe cmode cor cmedian c- cAnswer c- c c cb. cthe cmean, cor caverage, cfor cthis cstudent
cis cheavily cskewed cby cone clow cscore. cBy clooking cat cother ccentral cmeasures cof cthe cstudent's cgrade, cthe cteacher ccan csee
cwhich cone cbest creflects cactual clearning. cStandard cdeviation, cwould cnot cbe can cappropriate cmeasure.
A cteacher cwants cto cfind cout chow cwell cstudents ccan capply cmath cskills cto creal cworls cscenarios. cwhich cone cof cthe
cfollowing cis cthe cbest cquestion cformat cfor ctesting cthis cknowledge?
b cmultiple cchoice
