CSET Exam Secrets Test Prep Staff - CSET Multiple Subjects Practice Questions: CSET Practice Tests & Exam Review for the California Subject Examinations for Teachers

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1. Which of the following gives an example of a fallacy ofinconsistency?

a. Thereare exceptions to all general statements.

b. Pleasepass me; my parents will be upset if I fail.

c. He isguilty: there is no evidence he is innocent.

d. Have you stopped cheating on yourassignments?

2. Which of these techniques for building reading fluencyis NOT necessarily a repeated reading activity?

a. Tape-assistedreading

b. Readerstheater

c. Partnerreading

d. Self-correction

3. Third-grade students typically receive their spellingword lists each Monday so that they can practice them at home before the teston Friday. While their teacher is pleased that the students usually receivehigh grades on spelling tests, she observes that they misspell those same wordswhen writing in journals or doing classwork. How should this teacher modify herinstruction?

a. Post alist of vocabulary words when the students are writing to help them recallcorrect spellings.

b. Integratespelling words into writing, reading, grammar, phonics, and other activities tohelp students learn the words in a variety of contexts.

c. Providemore time, such as a two-week period, between tests so that students have moretime to study.

d. Review the words before certainactivities to increase immediate recall of correct spellings.

4. Following a typical developmental sequence, which ofthe following is expected of 2nd-graders in decoding and identifying new orunfamiliar words?

a. Identifyingnew words and compound words via phonics, roots, suffixes, and analogies

b. Identifyingnew word meanings through knowledge of familiar synonyms and antonyms

c. Identifyingnew word meanings by comparing to known homophones and homographs

d. Identifying new word meanings by roots,prefixes, suffixes, idioms, and dictionary markings

5. Which exercise would be best for building fluency inyoung students?

a. Allowingstudents to draw pictures that illustrate the texts they read if they areunable to write their responses.

b. Usingdaily games and lessons to reinforce phoneme-identification skills.

c. Placingthe students into groups to read aloud to one another.

d. Reading to the students every day from avariety of texts.

6. A classroom is comprised of students with varyingabilities in language. Some students can read fluently, while others are stilljust learning. Speech and language abilities also range widely among thestudents. Which approach best suits this class?

a. Eachstudent begins with reading texts slightly below their ability level andpractices reading aloud with partners and teachers to build skills.

b. Theteacher consistently presents challenging material for students, knowing thatwhen students are held to high expectations, they typically rise to meet achallenge.

c. Theteacher splits the classroom into groups based on ability and appoints a groupleader to guide other students.

d. The class is exposed to a variety oftexts, in combination with direct phonetic and vocabulary instruction,including written text, video, song, and spoken stories.

7. A teacher shows students a news article and publicservice announcement, both featuring the same celebrity athlete. The teacherthen asks students who produced each message; message purposes, perspectives,and target audiences; and which message uses elements like comparison,repetition, description, and vivid verbs. What does this best help students do?

a. Comparevarious celebrity athletes

b. Comparepoints of view and ideas

c. Comparevarious types of graphics

d. Compare objectivity to subjectivity

8. Which of the following is most accurate regardingwriting style?

a. Thekind of diction you use does not affect style.

b. You addstyle later to give your writing personality.

c. Styleis unrelated to your control of your content.

d. Your purpose for writing guides yourwriting style.

9. Which of the following involves evaluative readingcomprehension?

a. Identifyingan authors point of view

b. Explainingthe authors point of view

c. Identifyingthe main idea of the text

d. Predicting what will happen in a text

10. Some experts maintain that teaching readingcomprehension entails not just the application of skills, but the process of activelyconstructing meaning. They describe this process as interactive, strategic,and adaptable. Which of the following best defines the interactiveaspect of this process?

a. Theprocess involves the text, the reader, and the context in which reading occurs.

b. Theprocess involves readers using a variety of strategies in constructingmeaning.

c. Theprocess involves readers changing their strategies to read different texttypes.

d. The process involves changing strategiesaccording to different reasons for reading.

11. A classroom teacher observes that a new ELL studentconsistently omits the /h/ sound in words. Of these, what is the first factorthe teacher should consider?

a. Thestudent may have an articulation disorder.

b. Thestudent may be a native Spanish speaker.

c. Thestudent may need a hearing assessment.

d. The student may have a respiratoryproblem.

12. Which of these is an expectation of 3rd-gradestudents?

a. Usetechnology to record data, see idea relationships, and convert visuals intowriting

b. Usescanning and skimming techniques to identify data by observing textual features

c. Usetext features in picture dictionaries and other references for locatinginformation

d. Use pictures in combination with writingto document research, with adult assistance

13. To help students understand abstract concepts in theprint materials they read, which instructional aids that teachers provide canstudents always use three-dimensionally?

a. Examples

b. Manipulatives

c. Graphicorganizers

d. Charts, tables, graphs

14. Which of the following is the best definition ofinformation literacy?

a. It isthe set of skills required for reading and comprehending different information.