NES Elementary Education (102/103) Practice Test

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• Which statement correctly describes the difference between solar and lunar eclipses?
• Which syllable type uses two vowels together to form one sound?
• What is considered the best use of technology in a language arts classroom?
• In a right triangle with legs 3 and 4, which is the length of the hypotenuse?
• Which statement is most accurate about reading fluency, word decoding, and reading comprehension?
• In the word "sat", what are the onset and rime?
• A consumer is best described as
• In the model known in reading instruction as the three cueing systems, which relates most to how sounds are used to communicate meaning?
• In MLA in-text citations, for four or more authors, the citation uses the first author's name followed by what?
• Which activity best supports vocabulary development after reading?
• Which statement about BICS and CALP is true?
• Which is a key component to living a healthy lifestyle?
• What is the best approach to assess students' ability to support an idea with evidence from a text?
• In the three cueing systems, which cue relates to the arrangement of words and grammar?
• How do you convert a decimal to a percent?
• Phonemic awareness is a type of:
• In astronomy, the term solar refers to what?
• How does decoding relate to reading comprehension?
• What defines a simile?
• Which activity is commonly considered a prewriting activity?
• What is another name for a persuasive essay?
• Which of the following is NOT typically categorized as a prewriting process?
• A cylinder with a radius of 3 cm and a height of 7 cm has a total surface area of
• Which strategy/strategies is (are) most commonly used forms of analysis in college-level writing?
• Which term describes an animal that maintains a constant body temperature independent of the environment?
• What is the digit in the hundreds place of the product 63 × 31?
• Which statement describes a geometric sequence?
• To convert a percent to a fraction, you would
• In a classroom with students who have varying language abilities, which approach best supports all learners?
• A can with radius 1.5 inches and height 3 inches has which volume?
• What is the mode?
• In writing, which pair completes: 'In writing, ________ is the overall written expression of the writer's attitude, and _________ is the individual way in which the writer expresses the former' ?
• Which is the correct order of steps in the Scientific Method?
• Which expression correctly represents the total surface area of a cylinder?
• What factor contributed to Bronze Age Egypt's comparative success?
• Which of the following is commonly considered a prewriting activity?
• When a teacher asks students to listen for repetition of the long /e/ sound and to count how many times that sound is used in a poem, the teacher is assessing the students' ability in
• Which phonemic awareness skill is demonstrated by changing the /m/ sound to a /t/ sound?
• Blending is described as which process?
• A teacher uses independent projects, a circle group, oral reading sections, and a brief written quiz to assess students' abilities. What kind of assessment is this?
• Which is NOT a common outcome of reading or writing?
• What is one of the best ways to model reading fluency for students?
• Which statement defines hyperbole?
• Which figure of speech combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase?
• Which statement best captures the primary justification for U.S. expansion under manifest destiny?
• Which statement correctly expresses the logical negation of 'Robert has black hair and Sally does not have black hair'?
• What is the correct method to convert decimal to percent?
• Which statement best describes Standard English?
• What choice best describes the method for structuring language arts curriculum and instruction?
• Context clues are useful when:
• Which best describes the Scientific Method?
• Segmenting is the process of what in phonology?
• What is the smallest unit of sound in a language?
• MLA guidelines for citing multiple authors in-text (the same source) use the first author's name and 'et Al' for the others in the case of....
• What is the primary purpose of assessment in planning instruction?
• Which term describes a pattern that is systematically repeated and often grid-based?
• Which of the following civilizations was part of the Fertile Crescent?
• Which statement correctly defines a sequence?
• What is symbolism in literature?
• Decoding is also called:
• In the word "flip", which part is the rime?
• How do you convert a fraction to a decimal?
• Which statement describes a behavioral adaptation?
• Which term describes the process of combining individual phonemes to form words or syllables?
• Which figure of speech compares two things using like or as?
• Which statement defines irony?
• What is the first step in conducting a scientific investigation?
• Which formula represents the area of a circle?
• Which figure of speech uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things?
• A writing assignment asks students to organize, plan, formulate, assemble, compose, construct, or arrange information they have learned. Which cognitive objective is this aimed at?
• Which description best characterizes complex patterns?
• Which statement best describes tone in writing?
• Which describes an analogy?
• Which description correctly defines the Fertile Crescent?
• Which figure of speech gives human qualities to non-human things?
• In word formation, which statement best describes the role of a prefix?
• Which term describes separating the individual phonemes of a word into discrete units?
• The phrase 'the sun smiled down on us' is an example of which figure of speech?
• Bears hibernate in the winter. Hibernation is an example of what type of adaptation?
• Which statement best describes how the introduction to an essay or paper should be structured?
• What contributed to the Egyptian comparative success during the Bronze Age?
• The sentence 'The treatise developed from an initial idea about the way a plant develops from a seed' is an example of which literacy device?
• Which statement best describes subject-verb agreement?
• Which scenario demonstrates phonemic awareness?
• What is a sequence?
• Which statement regarding language acquisition is FALSE?
• What is the name of the three-line, non-rhyming poem that uses a 5-7-5 syllable pattern?
• Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
• Which branch enforces laws?
• A reading teacher is assessing an eighth grader to determine her reading level. Timed at a minute, the student reads with 93% accuracy. She misreads an average of seven words out of 100. What is her reading level?
• Which statement about U.S. federal judges is true?
• A 6-foot-tall person stands 40 feet from a tree and casts a 10-foot shadow. The end of the person's shadow lines up with the end of the tree's shadow. How tall is the tree?
• Which term refers to the ability to distinguish and manipulate phonemes in spoken words?
• Which of the following is an example of a structural adaptation?
• Which statement best describes checks and balances in the government?
• In the United States, which branch is primarily responsible for making laws?
• What describes subject-verb agreement?
• The sentence 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers' is an example of which figure of speech?
• To convert a percent to a decimal, you should
• Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?
• Where does a prefix appear in a word?
• Scarcity is defined as
• Which option is a CVC word?
• What is the primary purpose of listing syllable types such as closed, open, silent e, vowel team, vowel-r, and consonant-le?
• In an experiment comparing how much water different paper towels absorb, what is the next step after removing the towels?
• What is phonology?
• Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
• Which statement correctly defines the mean?
• Which writing type/purpose can be the hardest to write?
• Which skill measures the ability to hear and manipulate individual sounds in words?
• What are adaptations?
• Which sentence demonstrates correct grammar?
• Which syllable type features a vowel followed by 'r' that changes the vowel sound?
• If the radius of a cylinder is doubled while the height remains the same, the volume changes by a factor of:
• Which of the following is a portmanteau?
• Which literacy concept is described as the ability to work with sounds in spoken language?
• With a policy restricting formal phonological assessments, which approach should a 1st-grade teacher take to inform instructional planning?
• In a reading test where blanks are filled by selecting one of three options per blank to complete the text, the student is taking a:
• Which of the following is an example of phonological awareness?
• How does heat from the sun reach Earth?
• What is the range?
• Which branch of government is primarily responsible for creating laws?
• Which statement best describes informal reading inventory as described?
• Which sentence best defines prosody in reading?
• When planning a reading exercise, it is important to divide it into three parts: pre reading, during reading, and post reading. What is a post reading exercise?
• Which graphic organizer is recommended for organizing related terms?
• Which term refers to the branch of government that makes the laws?
• Which statement describes a lunar eclipse?
• What is the primary reason the early 21st century has been referred to as the Information Age?
• Which sentence shows proper subject-verb agreement?
• What is the main role of a writer's writing style?
• Which sequence lists the planets in order from the Sun?
• Which statement defines scarcity most accurately?
• Effective vocabulary development promotes which outcomes?
• The English word 'noob' is an example of which linguistic process?
• Which statement describes an arithmetic sequence?
• Why are manipulatives helpful for understanding abstract print concepts?
• Which entity in American government is the closest to true democracy?
• Which author existed during the Great Vowel Shift?
• Which statement best describes a behavioral adaptation?
• Which of the following is an example of a CVC word?
• Train, brain, spring. The underlined letters in these words are examples of which phonics feature?
• Which figure of speech best describes the phrase 'Pretty as a picture'?
• Which option best describes phonemic awareness?
• Following a typical developmental sequence, which strategy is expected of second graders when decoding and identifying unfamiliar words?
• What is pragmatics?
• Which activity would best help students improve prosody?
• A round cylinder is 10 cm diameter and 20 cm in length. It has a total surface area of:
• Which statement is MOST true?
• If a text is at a frustration reading level for most students, what is the most appropriate instructional action?
• In first-language (L1) and second-language (L2) acquisition, which statement about developmental stages is true?
• Which figure of speech is a direct comparison without using like or as?
• Which variable is commonly used to denote the radius in circle formulas?
• Which assessment method is most useful for documenting language progress throughout a school year?
• Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of haiku?
• Which of the following best describes vocabulary development in reading instruction?
• Which of the following is one of the five themes of geography?
• Which option defines the mean of a data set?
• How is syllable awareness commonly demonstrated?
• Which term describes the initial consonant(s) in a syllable?
• Which sentence is written in passive voice?
• Which term describes the process of photosynthesis?
• Which syllable type ends in a vowel and typically has a long vowel sound?
• Which term describes two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings, such as sea and see?
• What study area examines the sounds letters make and the letters used to represent those sounds?
• Which teaching strategy most directly supports students' development of reading fluency?
• Which statement describes a solar eclipse?
• What is the solution for x in the system of equations x - 1 = y and y + 3 = 6?
• Which term is NOT listed among the syllable types used to categorize English words?
• Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?
• A distinguishing feature of the form known as haiku is...
• Which approach is most comprehensive for documenting yearly language progress?
• Which choice constitutes the best method for building conceptual vocabulary?
• To help students understand abstract concepts in print materials, which instructional aids can students always use three-dimensionally?
• Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
• In a classroom activity where students list talents and knowledge and write about something they know well, what kind of essay are they asked to produce?
• Which formula represents the area of a triangle?
• Which principle relates heights and shadows to compute a tree's height in the problem about a tall person and a tree?
• Word awareness is defined as which concept?
• Which sentence demonstrates the capitalization rule for words with suffixes?
• Which approach best leverages technology in a language arts classroom?
• Which literary element is MOST likely to be found in both fictional narratives and nonfictional informational text?
• The words stromatolites, fossiliferous, and eocene are examples of which type of words?
• Which of the following is NOT an expectation for middle school students?
• Which event occurs during a full moon when Earth is directly between the Moon and the Sun?
• The concept that letters represent sounds in a language is known as
• Which figure of speech uses extreme exaggeration?
• An eclipse occurs when:
• Which sequence best supports reading development?
• A Producer in an economy is best described as which of the following?
• What is semantics?
• Which term describes the study of sound patterns in language?
• Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region are collectively known as which framework in geography?
• What is the primary purpose of exposing students to a variety of texts and media in language arts instruction?
• Which literacy device is defined as repetition of initial consonant sounds?
• Which term describes a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way?
• Which statement best describes hyperbole?
• Which literacy concept refers to the ability to manipulate individual sounds in spoken words?
• Which term is defined as the ability to read accurately, quickly, with good prosody, and effective comprehension?
• What concept explains the need to make choices in economics?
• CALP stands for Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency. In ELL development, CALP refers to which type of language?
• If two values occur most frequently in a data set, what are these values called?
• Oral language development across the curriculum requires
• Which syllable type ends with 'le' after a consonant?
• Which is the correct sequence of these phases of spelling development?
• Which option correctly describes the Fertile Crescent geographically?
• The 16th-century meaning of the word disaster was which of the following?
• Which term describes a change in behavior that helps an organism survive environmental changes?
• Which sequence is arithmetic?
• Which statement best describes the purpose of targeted instruction?
• The description 'negative patient outcome' in a medical report is best identified as which rhetorical device?
• Which color is not a primary color of light?
• What best defines a structural adaptation in organisms?
• A producer is best described as
• What is a metaphor?
• Which term refers to the branch that interprets the meaning of laws?
• What is the standard formula for the volume of a cylinder?
• What is the slope-intercept formula?
• Which description best matches a maze test?
• Which steps correctly convert a decimal to a fraction?
• Content-specific words are typically taught within which context?
• Morphology refers to which aspect of language?
• Which activity best fits a pre-reading activity?
• Which syllable type uses a silent 'e' at the end to signal a long vowel?
• When students consider what two subjects have in common and what distinct features each possesses, what organizing method are they using?
• English language learners typically develop which type of English language skill soonest?
• Which formula represents the circumference of a circle?
• In MLA guidelines for citing web sources with regard to page numbers, when is it appropriate to cite page numbers?
• Which statement is an example of symbolism?
• A best-practice in language arts curriculum planning includes coordinating instruction with teachers of other subjects. This means:
• How do you convert a fraction to a percent?
• How is the median found when data are arranged in order?
• Which term describes a person who purchases goods and services for personal use?
• What is an idiom?
• Which description best distinguishes arithmetic from geometric sequences?
• Which term describes the meaning of words and sentences?
• What is syntax?