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K-6 Diagnostic Test Prep Questions And Answers Latest Update
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K-6 Diagnostic Test Prep QuestionsAnd Answers Latest Update
A school bus driver is examining her route. The distance from Carmen's house
to Mike's house is 3 miles. The distance from Mike's house to the school is 2
miles. Which of the following statements
are true?
I. The greatest possible distance between Carmen's house and the school is 5
miles.
II. The greatest possible distance between Carmen's house and the school is 6
miles
III. The shortest possible distance between Carmen's house and the school is 1
mile.
IV. The shortest possible distance between Carmen's house and the school is 2
miles.
A. I and III
B. I and IV
C. II and III
D. II and IV ANS✔✔ A. I and III
Which of the following sentences contains no punctuation or capitalization
errors?
(A) Wherever she goes people always recognize her.
(B) Wherever she goes, people always recognize her.
(C) Wherever, she goes people always recognize her.
,(D) Wherever she goes people always, recognize her. ANS✔✔ (B) Wherever
she goes, people always recognize her.
Which of the following sentences contains no punctuation or capitalization
errors?
(A) "You're right to be upset," said the mayor. "I would rather avoid raising
taxes as well."
(B) Your right to be upset," said the Mayor. "I would rather avoid raising taxes
as well."
(C) Your right to be upset, "said the Mayor". I would rather avoid raising taxes
as well.
(D) You're right to be upset, said the Mayor. "I would rather avoid raising taxes
as well." ANS✔✔ (A) "You're right to be upset," said the mayor. "I would
rather avoid raising taxes as well."
Which of the following is most similar in meaning to the word "genre"?
(A) theme of a story
(B) setting of a story
(C) type of story
(D) response to story ANS✔✔ (C) type of story
What is the literary device used to compare things directly, without use of
words such as "like" or "as"?
(A) simile
(B) metaphor
(C) personification
,(D) alliteration ANS✔✔ (B) metaphor
Which of the following is a major component of syntax?
(A) rules for associating graphemes with phonemes
(B) rules for describing the meaning of individual words
(C) rules for determining the correct order of words in sentences
(D) rules for analyzing the sounds of a language ANS✔✔ (C) rules for
determining the correct order of words in sentences
Mary, a second grader, reads with very little expression or variability in pitch,
and she often introduces pauses at inappropriate places. In what aspect of
language does she most clearly need improvement?
(A) syntax
(B) semantics
(C) phonics
(D) prosody ANS✔✔ (D) prosody
What is the purpose of activating students' prior knowledge during a reading
exercise?
(A) Students tend to rely on what they already know rather than new
information.
(B) Students will thereby have more shared experiences to discuss with each
other.
(C) Students already know everything they need to know when encountering
most texts.
, (D) Students engage a text more readily when they have a personal connection
to it. ANS✔✔ (D) Students engage a text more readily when they have a
personal connection to it.
Which of the following levels is higher than the others in Bloom's Revised
Taxonomy?
(A) understanding
(B) evaluating
(C) analyzing
(D) remembering ANS✔✔ (B) evaluating
For a unit on Ancient Greece, the Social Studies and Language Arts teachers
plan to collaborate. Which of the following literature would be most suitable
for the unit?
(A) translated poetry by Greek authors
(B) biographies of famous Greeks
(C) time lines of Greek history
(D) maps of ancient Greece ANS✔✔ (B) biographies of famous Greeks
Which of the following is not an example of alliteration?
(A) laughing lions laugh loudly
(B) red rabbits rise over roses
(C) she sees three bees flee the cheese
(D) talking turtles take the taxi ANS✔✔ (C) she sees three bees flee the
cheese
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