MTTC 103 ELEMENTARY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which of the following is the primary purpose for playing sight word games with a group
of students?
a. to develop word recognition skills
b. to develop oral language skills
c. to develop social skills
d. to develop phonics skills - Answer-A; sight word games are tools for developing word
recognition skills in order to increase reading fluency.
A teacher asks "What word do we hear when we say 'seat' without the '/s/'?" and
instructs students to say the word. Which strategy is the teacher using to build phoneme
awareness?
a. phoneme blending
b. phoneme deletion
c. phoneme segmentation
d. phoneme substitution - Answer-B; phoneme deletion requires students to remove
phonemes from words to make new words.
Mrs. Trent is preparing a peer-editing document for her students. What should she
include?
a. a list of criteria for checking mechanics and a section for rewriting parts of the text
under review
b. a section for compliments, a section for suggestions, and a section for criticisms
c. a list of criteria for checking mechanics, a section for helpful suggestions, and a
section for compliments
d. a section for writing tips, a section for compliments, and a section for comments -
Answer-C; this is a common three-part strategy used for peer editing.
Which poetry writing assignment would best reinforce syllable concepts?
a. a diamante poem
b. an acrostic poem
c. a haiku poem
,d. a shape poem - Answer-C; an understanding of syllables is necessary for writing a
haiku poem.
A teacher asks students to identify the word formed when the /r/ at the beginning of the
word "rug" is replaced by /b/. Which strategy is the teacher using to build phoneme
awareness?
a. phoneme blending
b. phoneme deletion
c. phoneme segmentation
d. phoneme substitution - Answer-D; phoneme substitution requires students to replace
phonemes in words to make new words.
Which of the following is true of qualitative measures of text complexity?
a. They are readability scores based on word frequency and sentence length.
b. They are analytical measurements determined by knowledge demands.
c. They are statistical measurements determined by computer algorithms.
d. They are determinations of reading level based on professional judgment. - Answer-
B; analysis of the knowledge demands required by a text is a qualitative measure of text
complexity.
Which of the following is an example of a formative assessment?
a. a student portfolio
b. a final exam
c. a final research project
d. a standardized test - Answer-A; a student portfolio is an example of a formative
assessment that provides a perspective on a range of student work over time.
Which prewriting assignment would best prepare students for writing a quatrain poem?
a. an investigation of the word quatrain
b. listing pairs of rhyming words
c. a mini-lesson on syllabication
d. a concept map of the topic - Answer-B; a quatrain poem contains one or more four-
line stanzas with a rhyme scheme, so a list of rhyming words is a helpful prewriting
assignment.
A teacher has just completed a lesson on similes, and her students are lining up to go to
recess. Which formative assessment strategy will give the teacher a quick rundown of
how well students understood the lesson?
a. a rubric
b. an exit ticket
c. a mini-lesson
,d. anecdotal notes - Answer-B; exit tickets can be turned in by students on their way out
the door and quickly scanned for evidence of student understanding.
Which of the following is an essential element of descriptive writing?
a. a plot arc
b. reasoned judgment
c. sensory words
d. a graphic - Answer-C; sensory words are essential to descriptive writing because
they are necessary for creating imagery.
How are whiteboards useful as formative assessment tools?
a. They can be used by students to practice penmanship skills.
b. They can be used by students as exit tickets to show understanding of a concept.
c. They can be used by students to demonstrate understanding at a glance.
d. They can be used by students as a self-assessment tool - Answer-C; teachers can
make at-a-glance assessments of understanding by having students simultaneously
show answers to a question on whiteboards.
A student is able to write the word "cat" by sounding out each letter. What concept is the
student demonstrating?
a. phonological awareness
b. phonics
c. syllabication
d. word analysis - Answer-B; when a student connects oral sounds to written letters, he
or she is demonstrating an understanding of phonics.
Which equation demonstrates the associative property of addition?
a. 2 + (1 + 5) = (2 + 1) + 5
b. 2(1 x 5) = (2 x 1)5
c. 1 x 3 = 3 x 1
d. 2(7 + 4) = 2 x 7 + 2 x 4 - Answer-A; when using the associative property, the answer
will remain the same in an addition problem regardless of where the parentheses are
placed.
Students board a bus at 7:45 a.m. and arrive at school at 8:20 a.m. How long are the
students on the bus? - Answer-B; there are 15 minutes between 7:45 a.m. and 8:00
a.m. and 20 minutes between 8:00 a.m. and 8:20 a.m.; 15 + 20 = 35 minutes.
Which expression has only prime factors of 3, 5, and 11?
a. 66 x 108
b. 15 x 99
, c. 42 x 29
d. 28 x 350 - Answer-B; the factors for 15 and 99 are 3, 5, and 11.
Robbie has a bag of treats that contains 5 pieces of gum, 7 pieces of taffy, and 8 pieces
of chocolate. If Robbie reaches into the bag and randomly pulls out a treat, what is the
probability that Robbie will get a piece of taffy?
a. 1
b. 1/7
c. 5/8
d. 7/20 - Answer-D; probability is the number of favorable events divided by the number
of possible events. In this case, Robbie pulls out one treat from a bag that contains 7
pieces of taffy; therefore 7 is the number of favorable events. There are 20 total treats in
the bag because 5 + 7 + 8 = 20.
Micah invites 23 friends to his house and is having pizza for dinner. Each pizza feeds
approximately four people. Micah does not want a lot of leftovers. How many pizzas
should he order?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7 - Answer-C; 23 people / 6 pizzas = 3.8 people per pizza. There would be some
pizza left, but this is the closest Micah will be able to get to 4 people per pizza.
Kim and Chris are writing a book together. Kim writes twice as many pages as Chris.
Altogether, there are 240 pages in the book. Which equation shows how many pages
Chris writes?
a. 2 + 2p = 240
b. p + 2p = 240
c. 2p - p = 240
d. p - 2p = 240 - Answer-B; if p is the number of pages Chris writes, the equation shows
that Kim writes 2p, or twice as many pages. If the number of pages Chris writes is
added to the number of pages Kim writes, the total is 240 pages.
An ice chest contains 24 sodas, some regular and some diet. The ratio of diet soda to
regular soda is 1:3. How many regular sodas are there in the ice chest?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 18
d. 24 - Answer-C; one out of every four cans is diet, so there is one diet can for every
three regular cans.
What is 5/8 as a percent?
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which of the following is the primary purpose for playing sight word games with a group
of students?
a. to develop word recognition skills
b. to develop oral language skills
c. to develop social skills
d. to develop phonics skills - Answer-A; sight word games are tools for developing word
recognition skills in order to increase reading fluency.
A teacher asks "What word do we hear when we say 'seat' without the '/s/'?" and
instructs students to say the word. Which strategy is the teacher using to build phoneme
awareness?
a. phoneme blending
b. phoneme deletion
c. phoneme segmentation
d. phoneme substitution - Answer-B; phoneme deletion requires students to remove
phonemes from words to make new words.
Mrs. Trent is preparing a peer-editing document for her students. What should she
include?
a. a list of criteria for checking mechanics and a section for rewriting parts of the text
under review
b. a section for compliments, a section for suggestions, and a section for criticisms
c. a list of criteria for checking mechanics, a section for helpful suggestions, and a
section for compliments
d. a section for writing tips, a section for compliments, and a section for comments -
Answer-C; this is a common three-part strategy used for peer editing.
Which poetry writing assignment would best reinforce syllable concepts?
a. a diamante poem
b. an acrostic poem
c. a haiku poem
,d. a shape poem - Answer-C; an understanding of syllables is necessary for writing a
haiku poem.
A teacher asks students to identify the word formed when the /r/ at the beginning of the
word "rug" is replaced by /b/. Which strategy is the teacher using to build phoneme
awareness?
a. phoneme blending
b. phoneme deletion
c. phoneme segmentation
d. phoneme substitution - Answer-D; phoneme substitution requires students to replace
phonemes in words to make new words.
Which of the following is true of qualitative measures of text complexity?
a. They are readability scores based on word frequency and sentence length.
b. They are analytical measurements determined by knowledge demands.
c. They are statistical measurements determined by computer algorithms.
d. They are determinations of reading level based on professional judgment. - Answer-
B; analysis of the knowledge demands required by a text is a qualitative measure of text
complexity.
Which of the following is an example of a formative assessment?
a. a student portfolio
b. a final exam
c. a final research project
d. a standardized test - Answer-A; a student portfolio is an example of a formative
assessment that provides a perspective on a range of student work over time.
Which prewriting assignment would best prepare students for writing a quatrain poem?
a. an investigation of the word quatrain
b. listing pairs of rhyming words
c. a mini-lesson on syllabication
d. a concept map of the topic - Answer-B; a quatrain poem contains one or more four-
line stanzas with a rhyme scheme, so a list of rhyming words is a helpful prewriting
assignment.
A teacher has just completed a lesson on similes, and her students are lining up to go to
recess. Which formative assessment strategy will give the teacher a quick rundown of
how well students understood the lesson?
a. a rubric
b. an exit ticket
c. a mini-lesson
,d. anecdotal notes - Answer-B; exit tickets can be turned in by students on their way out
the door and quickly scanned for evidence of student understanding.
Which of the following is an essential element of descriptive writing?
a. a plot arc
b. reasoned judgment
c. sensory words
d. a graphic - Answer-C; sensory words are essential to descriptive writing because
they are necessary for creating imagery.
How are whiteboards useful as formative assessment tools?
a. They can be used by students to practice penmanship skills.
b. They can be used by students as exit tickets to show understanding of a concept.
c. They can be used by students to demonstrate understanding at a glance.
d. They can be used by students as a self-assessment tool - Answer-C; teachers can
make at-a-glance assessments of understanding by having students simultaneously
show answers to a question on whiteboards.
A student is able to write the word "cat" by sounding out each letter. What concept is the
student demonstrating?
a. phonological awareness
b. phonics
c. syllabication
d. word analysis - Answer-B; when a student connects oral sounds to written letters, he
or she is demonstrating an understanding of phonics.
Which equation demonstrates the associative property of addition?
a. 2 + (1 + 5) = (2 + 1) + 5
b. 2(1 x 5) = (2 x 1)5
c. 1 x 3 = 3 x 1
d. 2(7 + 4) = 2 x 7 + 2 x 4 - Answer-A; when using the associative property, the answer
will remain the same in an addition problem regardless of where the parentheses are
placed.
Students board a bus at 7:45 a.m. and arrive at school at 8:20 a.m. How long are the
students on the bus? - Answer-B; there are 15 minutes between 7:45 a.m. and 8:00
a.m. and 20 minutes between 8:00 a.m. and 8:20 a.m.; 15 + 20 = 35 minutes.
Which expression has only prime factors of 3, 5, and 11?
a. 66 x 108
b. 15 x 99
, c. 42 x 29
d. 28 x 350 - Answer-B; the factors for 15 and 99 are 3, 5, and 11.
Robbie has a bag of treats that contains 5 pieces of gum, 7 pieces of taffy, and 8 pieces
of chocolate. If Robbie reaches into the bag and randomly pulls out a treat, what is the
probability that Robbie will get a piece of taffy?
a. 1
b. 1/7
c. 5/8
d. 7/20 - Answer-D; probability is the number of favorable events divided by the number
of possible events. In this case, Robbie pulls out one treat from a bag that contains 7
pieces of taffy; therefore 7 is the number of favorable events. There are 20 total treats in
the bag because 5 + 7 + 8 = 20.
Micah invites 23 friends to his house and is having pizza for dinner. Each pizza feeds
approximately four people. Micah does not want a lot of leftovers. How many pizzas
should he order?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7 - Answer-C; 23 people / 6 pizzas = 3.8 people per pizza. There would be some
pizza left, but this is the closest Micah will be able to get to 4 people per pizza.
Kim and Chris are writing a book together. Kim writes twice as many pages as Chris.
Altogether, there are 240 pages in the book. Which equation shows how many pages
Chris writes?
a. 2 + 2p = 240
b. p + 2p = 240
c. 2p - p = 240
d. p - 2p = 240 - Answer-B; if p is the number of pages Chris writes, the equation shows
that Kim writes 2p, or twice as many pages. If the number of pages Chris writes is
added to the number of pages Kim writes, the total is 240 pages.
An ice chest contains 24 sodas, some regular and some diet. The ratio of diet soda to
regular soda is 1:3. How many regular sodas are there in the ice chest?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 18
d. 24 - Answer-C; one out of every four cans is diet, so there is one diet can for every
three regular cans.
What is 5/8 as a percent?
