FTCE SUBJECT AREA EXAM K-6 PRACTICE
Questions & Answers
1. The most effective way to develop students' reading fluency is through
Answer Repeat- ed Reading
2. The best instructional strategy to use when introducing a variety of genres to
a class in order to compare and contrast information about a subject
Answer Book Clubs
3. Which literary device is being used when inanimate objects or abstract con-
cepts are seemingly endowed with human characteristics?
Answer Personification
4. Which of the following describes what happens in the graphophonic compo-
nent of writing?
Answer Students learn that one sound maybe formed a number of ditterent ways.
5. A 3rd-grade teacher asks the students to partner-read a literary selection. The
teacher walks around the room and stops to question each pair of students about
the story. Which type of assessment is the teacher using?
Answer Informal
,6. Which of the following modes of writing is intended to provide information
and includes facts and data?
Answer Expository
7. A kindergarten teacher prefaces reading to the class by pointing out the
title, author, illustrator, and title page. Which skill is this teacher most likely
developing with his students?
Answer Concepts about books
8. Students need a collection of maps to complete an assignment. The best
resource for students to use would be a(an)
Answer Atlas
9. To assess a student's ability to analyze the draining of the Everglades and the
development of South Florida, it would be most effective to ask the student to
Answer Write a cause-and-ettect essay about the region
10. A 2nd-grade teacher is planning a lesson on the Constitution. Of the
follow- ing, which would be the most appropriate primary source through
which to present the lesson?
Answer View a replica of the Constitution document
11. The Sons of Liberty organized a demonstration primarily in response
to the
Answer Tea Act
,12. Between 1849 and 1852, nearly 250,000 people arrived in California,
which ultimately led to the admission of California as a state in 1850. Which was
the cause of the largest migration in American history to date?
Answer California Gold Rush
13. The formal name the United States of America denotes which type of
re- gion?
Answer Political
14. Which of the following U.S. documents states that the purposes of gov-
ernment include establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty?
Answer The Constitution of the United States
15. Which amendment specifically gave women the right to vote?
Answer Nineteenth amend- ment
16. The Latin phrase caveat emptor encourages consumers to
Answer examine products care- fully before purchasing.
17. During the discovery and application process students are making discover-
ies. Which of the following should the teacher be doing?
Answer coaching and guiding children as needed
, 18. Which scientific device would be most appropriate to use to map the
ocean floor?
Answer sonar
19. When examining the color and clarity of 20 milliliters of a liquid, which of
the following would be the most appropriate substitute for a test tube?
Answer gradulated cylinder
20. A pendulum bob swings back and forth. When does the bob have its greatest
potential energy?
Answer when the bob is at the top of the arc
21. Which of the following is the most important rationale for the scientific
study of Mars?
Answer understanding the evolution of the solar system
22. Which of the following structures is present in plant cells but not in
animal cells?
Answer chloroplast
23. The mechanism that Darwin saw as the means for evolution to occur was
Answer -
natural selection
24. Which of the following sequences is the most appropriate learning
Questions & Answers
1. The most effective way to develop students' reading fluency is through
Answer Repeat- ed Reading
2. The best instructional strategy to use when introducing a variety of genres to
a class in order to compare and contrast information about a subject
Answer Book Clubs
3. Which literary device is being used when inanimate objects or abstract con-
cepts are seemingly endowed with human characteristics?
Answer Personification
4. Which of the following describes what happens in the graphophonic compo-
nent of writing?
Answer Students learn that one sound maybe formed a number of ditterent ways.
5. A 3rd-grade teacher asks the students to partner-read a literary selection. The
teacher walks around the room and stops to question each pair of students about
the story. Which type of assessment is the teacher using?
Answer Informal
,6. Which of the following modes of writing is intended to provide information
and includes facts and data?
Answer Expository
7. A kindergarten teacher prefaces reading to the class by pointing out the
title, author, illustrator, and title page. Which skill is this teacher most likely
developing with his students?
Answer Concepts about books
8. Students need a collection of maps to complete an assignment. The best
resource for students to use would be a(an)
Answer Atlas
9. To assess a student's ability to analyze the draining of the Everglades and the
development of South Florida, it would be most effective to ask the student to
Answer Write a cause-and-ettect essay about the region
10. A 2nd-grade teacher is planning a lesson on the Constitution. Of the
follow- ing, which would be the most appropriate primary source through
which to present the lesson?
Answer View a replica of the Constitution document
11. The Sons of Liberty organized a demonstration primarily in response
to the
Answer Tea Act
,12. Between 1849 and 1852, nearly 250,000 people arrived in California,
which ultimately led to the admission of California as a state in 1850. Which was
the cause of the largest migration in American history to date?
Answer California Gold Rush
13. The formal name the United States of America denotes which type of
re- gion?
Answer Political
14. Which of the following U.S. documents states that the purposes of gov-
ernment include establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty?
Answer The Constitution of the United States
15. Which amendment specifically gave women the right to vote?
Answer Nineteenth amend- ment
16. The Latin phrase caveat emptor encourages consumers to
Answer examine products care- fully before purchasing.
17. During the discovery and application process students are making discover-
ies. Which of the following should the teacher be doing?
Answer coaching and guiding children as needed
, 18. Which scientific device would be most appropriate to use to map the
ocean floor?
Answer sonar
19. When examining the color and clarity of 20 milliliters of a liquid, which of
the following would be the most appropriate substitute for a test tube?
Answer gradulated cylinder
20. A pendulum bob swings back and forth. When does the bob have its greatest
potential energy?
Answer when the bob is at the top of the arc
21. Which of the following is the most important rationale for the scientific
study of Mars?
Answer understanding the evolution of the solar system
22. Which of the following structures is present in plant cells but not in
animal cells?
Answer chloroplast
23. The mechanism that Darwin saw as the means for evolution to occur was
Answer -
natural selection
24. Which of the following sequences is the most appropriate learning
