PTK Exam Prep Questions Quiz

These are example questions for the PTK exam (professional teacher knowledge) for folks who are studying to take the exam to be the awesome teachers we need! Good lucK!

I used this quiz to help myself study by writing the questions and answers. You don't have to make one of these, but it works for me and my weird study needs.

Created by: Tonia Schultz

A middle school teacher shows students leaf samples from different local plants before teaching the unit on plant structure. Using this exercise BEST accomplishes which one of the following goals?
- Engaging students with a hands on activity.
- Allowing students to learn through multisensory techniques
- Showing students what different leaves look like
- Activating the students' prior knowledge of leaves
A high school geometry teacher has students complete practice problems in pairs during part of the class period. Which one of the following BEST describes the purpose of this activity?
- It gives the teacher time to complete duties like attendance
- It gives the students a chance to learn from each other
- It gives the students a chance to practice an important skill set
- It gives the students a chance to move ahead if they feel confident
A physics teacher invited a roller coaster engineer to visit the class. The BEST explanation for inviting this guest speaker is so that students ________.
- can meet an individual with a physics-related profession from the community
- can learn about how physics can be fun, and develop a genuine interest in the subject
- can see how the physics concepts they learn in class transfer to the outside world
- can ask questions about professions that require a solid understanding of physics
Which of the following is the BEST reason for a teacher to assign a project that requires students to research several content areas at once?
- To allow students to demonstrate how multiple topics are related to one another
- To allow struggling students to gain confidence by researching many topics
- To promote students' interest in the project by including multiple topics
- To encourage student learning in several topics, as opposed to only one
An English teacher has students independently brainstorm for 15 minutes prior to writing a rough draft. Which one of the following BEST describes the purpose of this activity?
- Brainstorming before writing allows students to record their ideas before they forget them
- Brainstorming before writing allows students to become comfortable with writing rough drafts
- Brainstorming before writing allows students to become secure with a pre-writing routine
- Brainstorming before writing allows students to spend 15 minutes researching their topic
Which one of the following BEST describes the purpose of providing students with a graphic organizer for use during a reading assignment?
- To give students a way to organize relationships between ideas while reading
- To make sure all students take the same notes during the reading assignment
- To give the teacher a method of assessing students' reading comprehension
- To allow students to practice taking notes while reading passages
Why is it important to review state standards before beginning a new unit?
- To determine which questions to include on the unit test
- To determine which activities would align with the instructional goals
- To ensure students will be prepared for standardized tests
- To get ideas for which topics to cover during the unit
An English teacher wants students to be able to effectively write a persuasive essay to the PResident on an issue that matters to them. Which one of the following topics does the teacher need to teach FIRST?
- The components of a persuasive essay
- How to read a persuasive essay
- Famous persuasive essays in history
- How to write a letter to the PResident
A history teacher instructs students to create a timeline to represent the unit they just covered. Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of this activity?
- To give students an opportunity to visually represent the temporal relationships between key historical events
- To give students an opportunity to be creative in displaying key historical events
- To give students an opportunity to prepare for the history exam, allowing them to review the relationships between key historical events
- To give students an opportunity to review the specific details of key historic events
What is the MOST important reason for a teacher to analyze class data before a new unit?
- In order to establish goals that are specific to the needs of the class
- In order to understand the students' abilities before starting a new unit
- In order to gain experience with reading data and analyzing results
- In order to use data to establish new class rules for behavior
What is the BEST way for a science teacher to end a lesson on cell structure?
- Briefly review the main concepts covered during the lesson, and relate them to what will be covered during the following lesson
- Ask the students if they have any questions about what they have just learned
- Remind students to write the homework in their planner, clean up their areas and push in their chairs
- Give the students a homework assignment that requires them to review and apply what was learned in class.
What is the MOST important reason homework should be given to high school math students?
- To help students prepare for an upcoming test
- To facilitate student learning outside of the classroom
- To give students a chance to test their understanding of the material
- To give the teacher more opportunities to assess student learning
A science class just finished a unit on biomes. The unit included a project in which students made their own biomes inside of bottles. IN order to bring closure to the unit and also to assess student understanding, the teacher asks students the question, "What is a biome?" Based on the student reponses below, which student has BEST synthesized what he or she has learned?
- Student A says a biome is what they studied in the unit and shows his biome in a bottle project as an example
- Student B says biomes are geographical areas of the earth, like the desert, with identifiable interactions between plants, animals, soils and weather
- Student C says her experimental biome in a bottle is just like the rain forest in South Africa because it created its own weather
- Student D says humans should be very careful to protect the ocean biome because it supplies much of the world's oxygen and provides rainfall for the land
An elementary teacher is beginning a lesson on long division. Why should the teacher model each step in the process and allow time for practice between each new step?
- To make sure the lesson takes up the entire time allotted
- To introduce the new content to students in small steps
- To allow for informal assessment of students' prerequisite skills
- To give students a chance to participate in the lesson
A teacher is beginning a lesson on quadrilaterals. She first shows the students examples of different shapes that can be quadrilaterals. Which one of the following activities should the teacher do to further define the features of quadrilaterals?
- Distribute a handout with the definition of a quadrilateral
- Point out quadrilaterals in famous works of art
- Ask students to draw quadrilaterals
- Show non-examples of quadrilaterals
After teaching a unit on the Revolutionary War and prior to assessing the students' understanding, which one of the following would be the BEST student activity for the teacher to assign to students?
- Draw a picture depicting the final battle in the war and write a short paragraph describing the outcome
- Draft a creative essay on what life might be like for us today if the war ended differently
- Describe key figures in the Revolutionary War and what rold they played in gaining independence
- Create a timeline of the major events that happened before, during and after the war
A class is beginning a unit on money and budgeting. Before beginning the lesson, the teacher asks the students if they receive allowance and what they do with the money they earn. What is the MOST important reason for the teacher to ask these questions?
- To foster continuity by connecting the previous math lesson
- To demonstrate the steps that define budgeting and state the objective
- To create student interest by connecting the content of the lesson to their personal experiences
- To help the teacher determine which students are irresponsible with their money
During a class lesson on the characteristics of living and non-living things, the teacher uses a dog as an example of a living organism. A student then asks if the teacher has a dog. Which one of the following would be the BEST response from the teacher?
- "Yes, and I actually have a could other pets too, Do you have any pets?"
- "That questions is not related to what we are discussing, please stay on task."
- "Yes I do. What are some other living things we might find in our homes?"
- "Yes. and the class can ask more questions about pets after the lesson.
A fifth-grade teacher reads the class a short story and then points to a student, asking them to evaluate the actions of a character. The student does not answer and begins to blush. Which one of the following is the BEST approach to asking the same question without embarrassing the students?
- Ask questions suited to the individual skill of the students
- Involve the entire class by asking a chorale response
- Wait after asking the question then call on a student who is volunteering to answer
- Ask students to answer only factual questions that they will remember from the reading
A teacher plans to have an open class discussion to culminate the study of a novel. The BEST seating arrangement for this type of instruction is ___________.
- In a u-shape or circular formation with all students facing each other
- In groups of four or six students, all facing each other
- In rows with all students facing the front of the room
- In rows on both sides of the room with all desks facing the middle

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