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Use of a circle graph is best when used to Second graders are working with groups of
answer a question about what concept? blocks. The students find that with some groups
of blocks, they can make two vertical stacks
a. What is the difference between the minimum exactly the same height. With other groups of
and maximum value? blocks, there is one block left over. What concept
b. Is there a change over time? could be introduced?
c. What is the relationship between two
variables? a. Even and odd numbers
d. How do all the parts related to the whole? - b. Common numbers
ANSWER -D c. Inverse operations
d. None of the above - ANSWER -A
A kindergarten teacher wants to develop the
concept of set and which items belong in a set. A student is having trouble with single by double
What would be an appropriate activity for her to digit addition. Which assessment could best
do? pinpoint the problem?
a. Have students use as many words as they can a. Criterion referenced assessment
think of to describe a tree and a set of b. Norm referenced assessment
playground equipment c. Performance assessment
b. Look at two objects and tell how they are d. Error analysis - ANSWER -D
similar and different
c. Give students a set of pattern blocks and have
the students sort the blocks into categories they
see fit A kindergarten student is completing a triangle,
d. Give students sticks of differing lengths and circle, triangle, circle pattern at a math center.
have them put them in order from smallest to This practice is setting the stage for which
biggest - ANSWER -C mathematical concept?
a. Algebra
b. Geometry
A teacher has students cut a square or rectangle c. Measurement
from a piece of paper. She then has students d. Probability - ANSWER -A
draw a line connecting opposing corners. The
class discusses their findings. What is she trying
to teach the students about?
A kindergarten teacher shows the class a picture
a. Similarity of two buildings and asks the questions: "Which
b. Right triangles building has more windows? Which building has
c. Parallel lines fewer cars outside?" What mathematical skill is
d. Slope - ANSWER -B the teacher reinforcing?
a. Ordering numbers
b. Identifying patterns in the real world
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c. Drawing conclusions from observational data
d. None of the above - ANSWER -C
A kindergarten teacher wants to develop
observational skills in her students. What would
Which skill must a student have before they are be an appropriate activity to use?
able to add the numbers 1-5?
a. Describe the birds they see around the school
a. Counting forward from 1-10 using a list of terms provided by the teacher
b. Counting backwards from 10 b. Sort objects by common characteristics
c. Recognizing written numerals c. Look at the different parts of a flower using a
d. Writing numbers 1-10 - ANSWER -A magnifying glass
d. None of the above - ANSWER -B
A student is doing math problems that require
adding two digit and one digit numbers and What activity would help show fourth grade
subtracting one digit numbers from two digit students that white light is made up of different
numbers. The student gets all the problems wavelengths of light?
correct except for two subtraction problems. How
should the teacher correct the student's a. Make a simple kaleidoscope out of cardboard
problem? tubes and wax paper
b. In a dark room, shine a white light into a prism
a. Review place value with the student and observe the different colors that come out
b. Use manipulatives c. Use only blue and yellow light to grow plants in
c. Teach the student how to check subtraction the classroom
through addition d. None of the above - ANSWER -B
d. None of the above - ANSWER -C
A kindergarten teacher sets up a center with
How would you foster an awareness of the ramps of different heights, trucks, and balls.
seasons and weather changes in a kindergarten Interacting with these materials could introduce
student? which concept to students?
a. Have students chart the daily temperature and a. Gravitational acceleration
precipitation using information from a local b. Friction
newspaper c. Inertia
b. Sort clothes, tools, and toys according the d. Gravity - ANSWER -D
their appropriate season
c. Use a flashlight and a beach ball to explain
how the earth's orbit affects the seasons
d. Explore the weather of different countries - A fourth grade science teacher is doing a unit on
ANSWER -B the solar system. She uses a poster to show the
solar system and wants to illustrate the great
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distance between planets. What would be an have adequate prior knowledge of this topic
appropriate activity? except for five students. What should she do to
ensure these students have adequate
a. Adjusting a recipe for making different background knowledge before beginning the
amounts of cookies unit?
b. Making a proportional map of the classroom
c. Comparing the surface area and volume of a. Put these five students in the same group and
different boxes give them more time to work on assignments
d. None of the above - ANSWER -B b. Give the five students a website to explore at
home so they can get background knowledge on
their own time
c. Show the whole class pictures and give
A group of second graders is posing theories on explanations so that the whole class receives
how clouds are formed. One student proposes some background knowledge
the idea that clouds are made of snow and when d. Put these five students in discussion groups
the snow melts, it rains. Many students agree with students who have prior knowledge of the
with this idea. How can you correct this thinking? topic - ANSWER -C
a. Show students the difference between
summer and winter clouds
b. Explain that when people are in planes, they Which disease can be prevented by vaccine?
see white fluffy clouds
c. Make a cloud by heating water in a plastic a. Measles
bottle b. Impetigo
d. Asking students in what part of the water cycle c. Strep throat
is snow evaporated - ANSWER -C d. Conjuntivitis - ANSWER -A
A third grade teacher is introducing a unit on What is the best benefit of having an active
weather and the water cycle. What would be an lifestyle for a child?
appropriate introductory activity?
a. Reduces childhood obesity
a. Write reports on historical weather events b. Increases blood pressure
b. Have students recall experiences with extreme c. Quicker reaction time - ANSWER -A
weather like a big snowstorm or heat wave
c. Ask students to provide guesses as to what
causes severe weather
d. Tell students to wash their hands in cold water Which physical activity would be appropriate for
- ANSWER -B prekindergartners in the parallel play stage?
a. Relay races
b. Making a human pyramid
A teacher is starting a unit on earthquakes and c. Mimicking animal movements
volcanoes. She knows that most of her students
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d. Playing catch - ANSWER -C
A teacher instructs students to stand side by
side, but not allow their shoulders to touch. The
teacher asks the students to walk around the
A teacher wants to model I Messages as a room and then tells them to stop after a while.
healthy form of communication. What would be a What concept is the teacher introducing?
good statement for the teacher to use?
a. Following directions
a. I asked you to put it on the shelf the first time b. Hand/eye coordination
b. When you throw blocks, I feel worried that you c. Motor skills
will hit someone d. Personal space - ANSWER -D
c. When you follow directions, I feel like you are
good students
d. None of the above - ANSWER -B
Complete proteins come from which food group?
a. Fruits
What is the best practice to reduce the spread of b. Vegetables
common cold germs in the classroom? c. Dairy
d. Whole grains - ANSWER -C
a. Encourage sick kids to stay home
b. Disinfect the surfaces of all the desks
c. Encourage and promote the regular washing
of hands An abacus helps reinforce which concept?
d. Separate the sick kids from the rest of the
class - ANSWER -C a. Place value
b. Rounding numbers
c. Fractions
d. None of the above - ANSWER -A
A teacher engages her students in a discussion
regarding safe and unsafe practices on the
playground. What would be an appropriate follow
up activity to this discussion? What would be an accurate authentic
assessment for a second grader completing a
a. Tell students that if they do one of the unsafe unit on rocks and minerals?
practices, they will be punished
b. Encourage students to report any unsafe a. Identifying rocks using an identification card in
practices to the teacher a certain time frame, and then comparing how
c. As a class, come up with a list of playground many students identified to the class average
rules to keep everyone safe b. Designing a proposal for a report relating to
d. Encourage seat belt use in cars - Earth Science at home
ANSWER -C c. Making a poster to explain to the class a
weather experiment
d. Taking a test - ANSWER -A
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Use of a circle graph is best when used to Second graders are working with groups of
answer a question about what concept? blocks. The students find that with some groups
of blocks, they can make two vertical stacks
a. What is the difference between the minimum exactly the same height. With other groups of
and maximum value? blocks, there is one block left over. What concept
b. Is there a change over time? could be introduced?
c. What is the relationship between two
variables? a. Even and odd numbers
d. How do all the parts related to the whole? - b. Common numbers
ANSWER -D c. Inverse operations
d. None of the above - ANSWER -A
A kindergarten teacher wants to develop the
concept of set and which items belong in a set. A student is having trouble with single by double
What would be an appropriate activity for her to digit addition. Which assessment could best
do? pinpoint the problem?
a. Have students use as many words as they can a. Criterion referenced assessment
think of to describe a tree and a set of b. Norm referenced assessment
playground equipment c. Performance assessment
b. Look at two objects and tell how they are d. Error analysis - ANSWER -D
similar and different
c. Give students a set of pattern blocks and have
the students sort the blocks into categories they
see fit A kindergarten student is completing a triangle,
d. Give students sticks of differing lengths and circle, triangle, circle pattern at a math center.
have them put them in order from smallest to This practice is setting the stage for which
biggest - ANSWER -C mathematical concept?
a. Algebra
b. Geometry
A teacher has students cut a square or rectangle c. Measurement
from a piece of paper. She then has students d. Probability - ANSWER -A
draw a line connecting opposing corners. The
class discusses their findings. What is she trying
to teach the students about?
A kindergarten teacher shows the class a picture
a. Similarity of two buildings and asks the questions: "Which
b. Right triangles building has more windows? Which building has
c. Parallel lines fewer cars outside?" What mathematical skill is
d. Slope - ANSWER -B the teacher reinforcing?
a. Ordering numbers
b. Identifying patterns in the real world
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c. Drawing conclusions from observational data
d. None of the above - ANSWER -C
A kindergarten teacher wants to develop
observational skills in her students. What would
Which skill must a student have before they are be an appropriate activity to use?
able to add the numbers 1-5?
a. Describe the birds they see around the school
a. Counting forward from 1-10 using a list of terms provided by the teacher
b. Counting backwards from 10 b. Sort objects by common characteristics
c. Recognizing written numerals c. Look at the different parts of a flower using a
d. Writing numbers 1-10 - ANSWER -A magnifying glass
d. None of the above - ANSWER -B
A student is doing math problems that require
adding two digit and one digit numbers and What activity would help show fourth grade
subtracting one digit numbers from two digit students that white light is made up of different
numbers. The student gets all the problems wavelengths of light?
correct except for two subtraction problems. How
should the teacher correct the student's a. Make a simple kaleidoscope out of cardboard
problem? tubes and wax paper
b. In a dark room, shine a white light into a prism
a. Review place value with the student and observe the different colors that come out
b. Use manipulatives c. Use only blue and yellow light to grow plants in
c. Teach the student how to check subtraction the classroom
through addition d. None of the above - ANSWER -B
d. None of the above - ANSWER -C
A kindergarten teacher sets up a center with
How would you foster an awareness of the ramps of different heights, trucks, and balls.
seasons and weather changes in a kindergarten Interacting with these materials could introduce
student? which concept to students?
a. Have students chart the daily temperature and a. Gravitational acceleration
precipitation using information from a local b. Friction
newspaper c. Inertia
b. Sort clothes, tools, and toys according the d. Gravity - ANSWER -D
their appropriate season
c. Use a flashlight and a beach ball to explain
how the earth's orbit affects the seasons
d. Explore the weather of different countries - A fourth grade science teacher is doing a unit on
ANSWER -B the solar system. She uses a poster to show the
solar system and wants to illustrate the great
,PECT PreK-4 Practice Test Modules 1-3 Test Questions with
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distance between planets. What would be an have adequate prior knowledge of this topic
appropriate activity? except for five students. What should she do to
ensure these students have adequate
a. Adjusting a recipe for making different background knowledge before beginning the
amounts of cookies unit?
b. Making a proportional map of the classroom
c. Comparing the surface area and volume of a. Put these five students in the same group and
different boxes give them more time to work on assignments
d. None of the above - ANSWER -B b. Give the five students a website to explore at
home so they can get background knowledge on
their own time
c. Show the whole class pictures and give
A group of second graders is posing theories on explanations so that the whole class receives
how clouds are formed. One student proposes some background knowledge
the idea that clouds are made of snow and when d. Put these five students in discussion groups
the snow melts, it rains. Many students agree with students who have prior knowledge of the
with this idea. How can you correct this thinking? topic - ANSWER -C
a. Show students the difference between
summer and winter clouds
b. Explain that when people are in planes, they Which disease can be prevented by vaccine?
see white fluffy clouds
c. Make a cloud by heating water in a plastic a. Measles
bottle b. Impetigo
d. Asking students in what part of the water cycle c. Strep throat
is snow evaporated - ANSWER -C d. Conjuntivitis - ANSWER -A
A third grade teacher is introducing a unit on What is the best benefit of having an active
weather and the water cycle. What would be an lifestyle for a child?
appropriate introductory activity?
a. Reduces childhood obesity
a. Write reports on historical weather events b. Increases blood pressure
b. Have students recall experiences with extreme c. Quicker reaction time - ANSWER -A
weather like a big snowstorm or heat wave
c. Ask students to provide guesses as to what
causes severe weather
d. Tell students to wash their hands in cold water Which physical activity would be appropriate for
- ANSWER -B prekindergartners in the parallel play stage?
a. Relay races
b. Making a human pyramid
A teacher is starting a unit on earthquakes and c. Mimicking animal movements
volcanoes. She knows that most of her students
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d. Playing catch - ANSWER -C
A teacher instructs students to stand side by
side, but not allow their shoulders to touch. The
teacher asks the students to walk around the
A teacher wants to model I Messages as a room and then tells them to stop after a while.
healthy form of communication. What would be a What concept is the teacher introducing?
good statement for the teacher to use?
a. Following directions
a. I asked you to put it on the shelf the first time b. Hand/eye coordination
b. When you throw blocks, I feel worried that you c. Motor skills
will hit someone d. Personal space - ANSWER -D
c. When you follow directions, I feel like you are
good students
d. None of the above - ANSWER -B
Complete proteins come from which food group?
a. Fruits
What is the best practice to reduce the spread of b. Vegetables
common cold germs in the classroom? c. Dairy
d. Whole grains - ANSWER -C
a. Encourage sick kids to stay home
b. Disinfect the surfaces of all the desks
c. Encourage and promote the regular washing
of hands An abacus helps reinforce which concept?
d. Separate the sick kids from the rest of the
class - ANSWER -C a. Place value
b. Rounding numbers
c. Fractions
d. None of the above - ANSWER -A
A teacher engages her students in a discussion
regarding safe and unsafe practices on the
playground. What would be an appropriate follow
up activity to this discussion? What would be an accurate authentic
assessment for a second grader completing a
a. Tell students that if they do one of the unsafe unit on rocks and minerals?
practices, they will be punished
b. Encourage students to report any unsafe a. Identifying rocks using an identification card in
practices to the teacher a certain time frame, and then comparing how
c. As a class, come up with a list of playground many students identified to the class average
rules to keep everyone safe b. Designing a proposal for a report relating to
d. Encourage seat belt use in cars - Earth Science at home
ANSWER -C c. Making a poster to explain to the class a
weather experiment
d. Taking a test - ANSWER -A
