CORE EC-6 Study Guide UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following writing assignments would best assess a student's use and understanding
of citing works in writing? - CORRECT ANSWER - A research paper about the Civil War
Which of the following concepts involves understanding that spoken words consist of a sequence
of individual sounds? - CORRECT ANSWER - Phonemic awareness
Which of the following phonemic awareness skills would be the last skill a student should be
expected to master? - CORRECT ANSWER - Phoneme deletion
When teaching decoding skills, what kind of words should a teacher use to introduce the
concept? - CORRECT ANSWER - Single, closed-syllable words
How many phonemes are in the word "hat"? - CORRECT ANSWER -3
Which of the following strategies should students first use in the process of interpreting graphs
or charts containing numerical information? - CORRECT ANSWER - Review the title,
headings, and legends to develop an understanding of the content presented in the graph or chart
Which of the following is the best way to assess the fluency skills and reading levels of sixth-
grade students? - CORRECT ANSWER - Having students read aloud for one minute and
count the number of words read correctly
During the revising stage of the writing process, which of the following would be most beneficial
for students? - CORRECT ANSWER - Holding peer conferences
, Which of the following will best support early elementary students in the prewriting stage of the
writing process? - CORRECT ANSWER - Allowing students to use verbal communication
to organize their thoughts
Which of the following best explains why learning English as a second language is easier when a
person already knows a historically-related language? - CORRECT ANSWER - Many
words and roots of words are likely to have similar spellings and meanings
Which of the following would be the best concept to introduce to students in a second grade
class? - CORRECT ANSWER - That a square is a rectangle and a rectangle can be square
Which of the following activities is most effective in helping kindergarten students understand
measurement of the lengths of small items? - CORRECT ANSWER - Placing same-size
objects, such as Legos or cubes, next to the object and counting the number of objects
What is the digit in the hundreds place in the product of 63 * 31? - CORRECT ANSWER -
9
What is the median and mean of the data set below?
10, 8, 5, 3, 7, 4, 5, 9, 2, 3, 7, 3, 8, 6, 4, 1, 2, 1, 10, 3 - CORRECT ANSWER - Median: 4.5;
Mean: 5.0
Which situation could best be represented by the equation: 12x = 54?
a. Marty earns $12 for typing a paper. If her rate is $54 per hour, what is x, the number of hours
it actually took to type the paper? - CORRECT ANSWER - Marty made car payments on
her car for 54 months until it was paid off. What is x, the number of years it took Marty to pay
off her car?
Which of the following equations is written in slope-intercept form? - CORRECT
ANSWER - y = 3x + 5
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following writing assignments would best assess a student's use and understanding
of citing works in writing? - CORRECT ANSWER - A research paper about the Civil War
Which of the following concepts involves understanding that spoken words consist of a sequence
of individual sounds? - CORRECT ANSWER - Phonemic awareness
Which of the following phonemic awareness skills would be the last skill a student should be
expected to master? - CORRECT ANSWER - Phoneme deletion
When teaching decoding skills, what kind of words should a teacher use to introduce the
concept? - CORRECT ANSWER - Single, closed-syllable words
How many phonemes are in the word "hat"? - CORRECT ANSWER -3
Which of the following strategies should students first use in the process of interpreting graphs
or charts containing numerical information? - CORRECT ANSWER - Review the title,
headings, and legends to develop an understanding of the content presented in the graph or chart
Which of the following is the best way to assess the fluency skills and reading levels of sixth-
grade students? - CORRECT ANSWER - Having students read aloud for one minute and
count the number of words read correctly
During the revising stage of the writing process, which of the following would be most beneficial
for students? - CORRECT ANSWER - Holding peer conferences
, Which of the following will best support early elementary students in the prewriting stage of the
writing process? - CORRECT ANSWER - Allowing students to use verbal communication
to organize their thoughts
Which of the following best explains why learning English as a second language is easier when a
person already knows a historically-related language? - CORRECT ANSWER - Many
words and roots of words are likely to have similar spellings and meanings
Which of the following would be the best concept to introduce to students in a second grade
class? - CORRECT ANSWER - That a square is a rectangle and a rectangle can be square
Which of the following activities is most effective in helping kindergarten students understand
measurement of the lengths of small items? - CORRECT ANSWER - Placing same-size
objects, such as Legos or cubes, next to the object and counting the number of objects
What is the digit in the hundreds place in the product of 63 * 31? - CORRECT ANSWER -
9
What is the median and mean of the data set below?
10, 8, 5, 3, 7, 4, 5, 9, 2, 3, 7, 3, 8, 6, 4, 1, 2, 1, 10, 3 - CORRECT ANSWER - Median: 4.5;
Mean: 5.0
Which situation could best be represented by the equation: 12x = 54?
a. Marty earns $12 for typing a paper. If her rate is $54 per hour, what is x, the number of hours
it actually took to type the paper? - CORRECT ANSWER - Marty made car payments on
her car for 54 months until it was paid off. What is x, the number of years it took Marty to pay
off her car?
Which of the following equations is written in slope-intercept form? - CORRECT
ANSWER - y = 3x + 5
