FTCE PROFESSIONAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT MARKING
SCHEME
When designing and planning an assessment that measures mastery of
standards but also measures effort, progress, and achievement, which of the
following is the most appropriate assessment?
Formal
In order for students to achieve a higher level of mastery for certain topics across
multiple subject areas, which of the following would be the most appropriate for
the teacher to implement?
Thematic Unit
Which method encourages student input in establishing classroom rules and
allows students to list all their ideas without criticism?
Brainstorming
Which of the following categories of disciplinary intervention is associated with
negative rather than positive consequences?
Direct cost
For student-centered class, where should the teacher's desk be located in the
room?
Back
,A teacher would like to involve students in planning classroom goals. Which is
the best technique to fulfilling this task in a class comprising of students of
different ability levels?
Assisting students in goal setting
A high school teacher has noticed that several students have difficulty reading
the assigned materials. Since the information is critical for graduation, which of
the following is the most appropriate procedure to ensure the students learn the
material?
Arranging after-school tutoring to improve reading skills
A student with autistic spectrum disorder has an affinity for computer technology
that should be capitalized on. However, the time the student spends on the
computer should be limited to avoid encouraging a potential obsession and
allowing the computer to become a substitute for?
Human Contact
A 4th grade teacher is trying to increase student homework completion by
placing a sticker on each assignment that is completed and turned in on time.
This use of stickers to encourage and improve student performance is an
example of which type of motivation?
Extrinsic
Which of the following is most likely to elicit an in-depth knowledge of new
information?
Group discussion
Which accommodation will be most helpful in teaching a general elementary
education class that has students with visual learning disabilities?
, Establish buddy pairs
Which of the following research-based approaches to remedy instruction has
been found to be most effective for struggling students?
Systematic and explicit instruction
A teacher is working with students to increase thinking skills.One strategy the
teacher uses is to model the organizing of information into groups. This is an
example of
Chunking
One strength of performance assessment is that they are
Authentic
A student scores at the 55th percentile on a standardized reading achievement
test. This indicates that the student has which of the following?
Outperformed 55% of the norming group
Which of the following accommodation is most effective when assessing English
language learners?
Allowing the use of a dictionary when vocabulary is being tested
Which of the following assessments is most appropriate to assist in guiding
instruction and providing feedback?
Formative assessment
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT MARKING
SCHEME
When designing and planning an assessment that measures mastery of
standards but also measures effort, progress, and achievement, which of the
following is the most appropriate assessment?
Formal
In order for students to achieve a higher level of mastery for certain topics across
multiple subject areas, which of the following would be the most appropriate for
the teacher to implement?
Thematic Unit
Which method encourages student input in establishing classroom rules and
allows students to list all their ideas without criticism?
Brainstorming
Which of the following categories of disciplinary intervention is associated with
negative rather than positive consequences?
Direct cost
For student-centered class, where should the teacher's desk be located in the
room?
Back
,A teacher would like to involve students in planning classroom goals. Which is
the best technique to fulfilling this task in a class comprising of students of
different ability levels?
Assisting students in goal setting
A high school teacher has noticed that several students have difficulty reading
the assigned materials. Since the information is critical for graduation, which of
the following is the most appropriate procedure to ensure the students learn the
material?
Arranging after-school tutoring to improve reading skills
A student with autistic spectrum disorder has an affinity for computer technology
that should be capitalized on. However, the time the student spends on the
computer should be limited to avoid encouraging a potential obsession and
allowing the computer to become a substitute for?
Human Contact
A 4th grade teacher is trying to increase student homework completion by
placing a sticker on each assignment that is completed and turned in on time.
This use of stickers to encourage and improve student performance is an
example of which type of motivation?
Extrinsic
Which of the following is most likely to elicit an in-depth knowledge of new
information?
Group discussion
Which accommodation will be most helpful in teaching a general elementary
education class that has students with visual learning disabilities?
, Establish buddy pairs
Which of the following research-based approaches to remedy instruction has
been found to be most effective for struggling students?
Systematic and explicit instruction
A teacher is working with students to increase thinking skills.One strategy the
teacher uses is to model the organizing of information into groups. This is an
example of
Chunking
One strength of performance assessment is that they are
Authentic
A student scores at the 55th percentile on a standardized reading achievement
test. This indicates that the student has which of the following?
Outperformed 55% of the norming group
Which of the following accommodation is most effective when assessing English
language learners?
Allowing the use of a dictionary when vocabulary is being tested
Which of the following assessments is most appropriate to assist in guiding
instruction and providing feedback?
Formative assessment
