FTCE - Professional Education Exam
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
A teacher has a copy protected computer program for use in the classroom, however the teacher wants
to copy it for the student's council for one of their community projects. Which of the following actions
should the teacher take in this situation? - CORRECT ANSWER Write the publisher for
permission to make a copy of the software
Which of the following assessments is most appropriate to assist in guiding instruction and providing
feedback? - CORRECT ANSWER Formative assessment
A classroom teacher received the following student achievement data report for an end of the course
examination. Using the data for completing a professional development plan the teacher should focus
on strategies for teaching? - CORRECT ANSWER At risk students
Which of the following is an example of a formal assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER
Criterion referenced test
A student scored at the 80th percentile on a standardized reading achievement test. This indicates that
the student? - CORRECT ANSWER Scored as well as or better than 80% of the norming group
Which of the following is most likely elicit an in-depth knowledge of new information? - CORRECT
ANSWER Group discussion
A 3rd grade teacher instructing students in strategies for taking standardized test would model and
provide practice in? - CORRECT ANSWER Identifying the question
Which of the following is the richest form of data teachers can gather from reflecting on students'
learning acquisition? - CORRECT ANSWER Teacher anecdotal record
A teacher surveys students about their interests to help determine the focus of science lessons. The
teacher can use these data as a component of their professional development plan because? -
CORRECT ANSWER Relevant
, Teachers who wish to improve their knowledge and skills of incorporating technology into their
instruction to improve student achievement would most likely? - CORRECT ANSWER Go to
professional conference
Knowledge of subject matter includes which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER
Anticipating students' misconceptions
A teacher is explaining a student's standardized test performance during a parent-teacher conference.
The student earned a percentile rank of 60 in mathematics. The best explanation of the student's
performance is that the student? - CORRECT ANSWER Outscored 60% of the norm group
Which of the following activities help students develop a mental image of an introduced content and
the relationships with that content? - CORRECT ANSWER Concept mapping
To help a 1st grade student who is having problems with reading, the teacher should first assess the
student's? - CORRECT ANSWER Decoding skills
Which of the following should a teacher use to meet the needs of kinesthetic learners? - CORRECT
ANSWER Concrete materials to illustrate major concepts
A high school ELL student is learning about figurative language. Which of the following is
represented by the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs"? - CORRECT ANSWER Idiom
Grouping bits of information into sets of five to seven discrete pieces to assist in memorization is an
example of which of the following cognitive strategies? - CORRECT ANSWER Chunking
In which situation is it most appropriate to use a dictionary to aid spelling? - CORRECT ANSWER
When editing a story
In order to help students connect ideas within categories of information from a book, a teacher writes
a key word on the board and surrounds the word with other associated words offered by the students.
Which of the following strategies is the teacher using? - CORRECT ANSWER Clustering
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
A teacher has a copy protected computer program for use in the classroom, however the teacher wants
to copy it for the student's council for one of their community projects. Which of the following actions
should the teacher take in this situation? - CORRECT ANSWER Write the publisher for
permission to make a copy of the software
Which of the following assessments is most appropriate to assist in guiding instruction and providing
feedback? - CORRECT ANSWER Formative assessment
A classroom teacher received the following student achievement data report for an end of the course
examination. Using the data for completing a professional development plan the teacher should focus
on strategies for teaching? - CORRECT ANSWER At risk students
Which of the following is an example of a formal assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER
Criterion referenced test
A student scored at the 80th percentile on a standardized reading achievement test. This indicates that
the student? - CORRECT ANSWER Scored as well as or better than 80% of the norming group
Which of the following is most likely elicit an in-depth knowledge of new information? - CORRECT
ANSWER Group discussion
A 3rd grade teacher instructing students in strategies for taking standardized test would model and
provide practice in? - CORRECT ANSWER Identifying the question
Which of the following is the richest form of data teachers can gather from reflecting on students'
learning acquisition? - CORRECT ANSWER Teacher anecdotal record
A teacher surveys students about their interests to help determine the focus of science lessons. The
teacher can use these data as a component of their professional development plan because? -
CORRECT ANSWER Relevant
, Teachers who wish to improve their knowledge and skills of incorporating technology into their
instruction to improve student achievement would most likely? - CORRECT ANSWER Go to
professional conference
Knowledge of subject matter includes which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER
Anticipating students' misconceptions
A teacher is explaining a student's standardized test performance during a parent-teacher conference.
The student earned a percentile rank of 60 in mathematics. The best explanation of the student's
performance is that the student? - CORRECT ANSWER Outscored 60% of the norm group
Which of the following activities help students develop a mental image of an introduced content and
the relationships with that content? - CORRECT ANSWER Concept mapping
To help a 1st grade student who is having problems with reading, the teacher should first assess the
student's? - CORRECT ANSWER Decoding skills
Which of the following should a teacher use to meet the needs of kinesthetic learners? - CORRECT
ANSWER Concrete materials to illustrate major concepts
A high school ELL student is learning about figurative language. Which of the following is
represented by the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs"? - CORRECT ANSWER Idiom
Grouping bits of information into sets of five to seven discrete pieces to assist in memorization is an
example of which of the following cognitive strategies? - CORRECT ANSWER Chunking
In which situation is it most appropriate to use a dictionary to aid spelling? - CORRECT ANSWER
When editing a story
In order to help students connect ideas within categories of information from a book, a teacher writes
a key word on the board and surrounds the word with other associated words offered by the students.
Which of the following strategies is the teacher using? - CORRECT ANSWER Clustering
