Free FTCE (Florida Teacher Certification Examinations) Exam Questions and Answers

The words gothic, vandal, and turret represent which of the following influences on language?

• AA. religious
• BB. historic
• CC. technological
• DD. social

Determine the effect of the use of a semicolon in the student writing sample. Beowulf is widely regarded as the oldest literary work in the English language. While technically true, this distinction is misleading; Beowulf was written in Old English.

• AA. It asks the reader to make a connection back to the opening sentence.
• BB. It reflects a lack of understanding of sentence structure.
• CC. It shows sophistication and variety in writing style.
• DD. It demonstrates the student's desire for brevity.

In a literary text, a willful character was described as arbitrary. Students were confused, because their common definition and usage of arbitrary is random or inconsistent. The best resource to confirm the multiple meanings of "arbitrary" is a(an)

• AA. etymology guide.
• BB. dictionary.
• CC. style and grammar guide.
• DD. thesaurus.

In the word intractable, the Latin root is tract, meaning pull or draw, and its suffix indicates its use as an adjective. Judging from the prefix in, what does the word mean?

• AA. stubborn
• BB. pliable
• CC. stationary
• DD. amenable

A student would like to write an essay about a personal event. This demonstrates which of the following types of essay?

• AA. persuasive
• BB. narrative
• CC. informative
• DD. argumentative

Which of the following include examples of common logical fallacies utilized when analyzing argument?

• AA. equivocation, ad hominem, false analogy
• BB. stereotypes, inference, domain-specific language
• CC. transitional phrases, pacing, dialogue
• DD. red herring, personal experience, rhetorical appeals

Which question should a student be focusing on during the revising stage of writing?

• AA. Are there any errors in spelling or grammar in the composition?
• BB. Should the composition be published on the class website, or in the class anthology?
• CC. Is the topic of the composition too broad?
• DD. Will the relationships between the ideas in the composition be clear to a reader?

In the sentence, "Because they made a $300 profit, the young entrepreneurs were content with the outcome of their fundraiser," which strategy should students use to learn the meaning of the italicized word?

• AA. context clues
• BB. decoding
• CC. root words
• DD. etymology

Which of the following instructional strategies is most effective for enhancing a student's reading comprehension of an academic text?

• AA. asking about the student's knowledge of the topic before the student reads the text
• BB. suggesting that the student read the text slowly and carefully
• CC. suggesting that the student look up unfamiliar words from the text in the dictionary
• DD. asking the student content questions after the student has read the text

When targeting words to be used in vocabulary instruction, the teacher should select words

• AA. that support the big ideas in the text.
• BB. that were tested on previous state assessments.
• CC. that are from the district's grade level word bank.
• DD. that are bolded, italicized, or annotated in the textbook.