Prepare for the TExES 242 Technology Applications EC-12 certification exam with these practice questions and answers. This guide covers digital literacy, technology integration, and instructional design.
Q: Which of the following types of networks allows parents to register for accounts to view their child’s grades on the school district Web site?A. RouterB. ServerC. IntranetD. Extranet
Answer: D. Extranet
Q: While researching the origins of a community, a student discovers a conflict when comparing data obtained from different sources. Which of the following sources is considered the most reliable?A. An editorial commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the community’s foundingB. Famous anecdotes in pamphlets distributed by the local chamber of commerceC. Published letters written by one of the community’s original settlersD. A recent biography of the life of the individual credited with founding the community
Answer: C. Published letters written by one of the community’s original settlers
Q: Which of the following scenarios describes an ethical acquisition and acceptable use of multimedia?A. Creating a file-sharing service for movies that have been copied from purchased DVDsB. Creating a musical composition by combining parts of eighteenth-century folk songsC. Posting a video online that uses current hit song for background musicD. Using highlights from a televised athletic event to sell sportswear
Answer: B. Creating a musical composition by combining parts of eighteenth-century folk songs
Q: Which TWO of the following activities are examples of using audio, video, or digital sources to solve an authentic problem?A. Collecting and analyzing data from a database to identify areas of a critical need for a water projectB. Preparing a video to dramatize the life cycle of a butterfly as described in a textbookC. Summarizing electronic book information provided about the Amazon rain forestD. Using an online archive of photographs to generate questions about life during the Great DepressionE. Watching current travel videos of historical locations throughout the United States
Answer: A. Collecting and analyzing data from a database to identify areas of a critical need for a water projectD. Using an online archive of photographs to generate questions about life during the Great Depression
Q: A formula in a spreadsheet is copied from cell B1 to cell C2.If the original formula is = $A2, which of the following best represents the resulting formula?A. =A2B. =B1C. =$A3D. =$B2
Answer: C. =$A3
Q: To effectively evaluate student presentations created at the conclusion of a social studies unit project, it is most important for a teacher to use a rubric to evaluate theA. special effects and the flashiness of the finished products.B. content learned and the effectiveness of the presentations.C. level of participation and contribution during the project.D. abilities and skills in using the presentation software.
Answer: B. content learned and the effectiveness of the presentations.
Q: Which of the following graphic organizers should a student create electronically to best clarify the sequence of events in a movie script?A. StoryboardB. Venn diagramC. Story mapD. T-chart
Answer: A. Storyboard
Q: A technology applications teacher is preparing a class to begin work on a group project. Which of the following strategies is most effective in facilitating collaboration and teamwork among group members?A. Separating girls and boys into different groupsB. Limiting each group to three membersC. Emphasizing group harmony as the most important goalD. Modifying group norms as the situation requires
Answer: D. Modifying group norms as the situation requires
Q: Which of the following is the most important for a teacher to consider when designing assessment methods to evaluate a student portfolio?A. The arrangement of items included in the portfolioB. The intended audience for the portfolioC. The recommended timeline for selecting material to includeD. The scoring criteria for the learning objective
Answer: D. The scoring criteria for the learning objective
Q: Which of the following tools will best guide students through effectively completing a final product?A. Project rubricB. Project suppliesC. Project calendarD. Project checklist
Answer: A. Project rubric
Q: A teacher instructs students on how to safely research information on the Internet, participate in electronic discussions, follow accepted practices (e.g., netiquette), and use approved passwords to access information resources. The teacher primarily understands the importance of implementing which of the following objectives of information literacy?A. Students comprehend the legal and social implications of using information.B. Students use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.C. Students evaluate information and its sources critically.D. Students retrieve information effectively and efficiently.
Answer: A. Students comprehend the legal and social implications of using information.
Q: You have completed a project and need to save it to a storage device and distribute it to the school. The project requires 1 GB of storage space. Your choices of distribution are:A. SVDSB. CDC. DVDD. Any of the above
Answer: C. DVD
Q: You wish to remove a portion of a photograph and change the orientation of the photograph from vertical to horizontal. You should _______________A. Crop the photo with the cropping tool and rotate 90 Degrees.B. Crop the photo with the cropping tool and flip.C. Clip the photo with the clipping tool and rotate 90 degrees.D. Clip the photo with the clipping tool and flip.
Answer: A. Crop the photo with the cropping tool and rotate 90 Degrees.
Q: When are serif fonts used in desktop publishing?A. HeadlinesB. SubheadingsC. Body TextD. None of these
Answer: C. Body Text
Q: Which of the following is not a formal assessment?A. ChecklistsB. Criterion-Referenced TestsC. Objective TestsD. Standardized Tests
Answer: A. Checklists
Q: According to the Fair Use, what percentage of a copyrighted song may be used for educational purposes?A. 10%B. 25%C. 50%D. 0%
Answer: A. 10%
Q: According to the ALA (American Library Association), what are three criteria to consider when determining the reliability of a web site?A. Design, Date, DomainB. Communication, Content, ClarityC. Authority, Audience, AccuracyD. Objectivity, Overall Color, Originality
Answer: C. Authority, Audience, Accuracy
Q: High school journalism students are planning an online school newspaper. To establish consistent guidelines for using fonts, font styles, and paragraph alignment, the students should develop __________?A. a grid layout.B. a master template.C. page specifications.D. style sheets
Answer: D. style sheets
Q: Which of the following is the best way to maintain up-to-date technology use in the classroom?A. Reading a book on how to use tablets to integrate technologyB. Writing a blog about implementing technology in the classroomC. Searching the Internet for the latest educational technology trendsD. Reading the user manuals for new technology equipment on campus
Answer: C. Searching the Internet for the latest educational technology trends
Q: The primary purpose of the rule of thirds is toA. frame a subject in a photograph.B. create leading lines within a photograph.C. produce a balanced photograph.D. change the lighting conditions for a photograph.
Answer: C. produce a balanced photograph.
Q: Which of the following color modes is best to use to print a poster at a professional printer?A. CMYKB. RGBC. IndexedD. Lab
Answer: A. CMYK
Q: Which of the following color mixing models provides the simplest tools for adjusting the tone of a particular color?A. Red, Yellow, Blue (RYB)B. Hue, Saturation, Brightness, (HSB)C. Red, Green, Blue (RGB)D. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black (CMYK)
Answer: B. Hue, Saturation, Brightness (HSB)
Q: An animation process that uses keyframes to block an object’s starting point and ending point so that the software can create movement between the two points is called?A. RasterizingB. TweeningC. MorphingD. Duplicating
Answer: B. Tweening
Q: As Brian researches the topic of his paper on gun control, he finds several internet sources. Which of the following criteria should he disregard when determining the most reliable source?A. Who is the intended audience?B. Does Brian agree with all the information provided?C. Does the web site creator cite sources?D. Does the web site have a known domain such as .gov, .org, .edu?
Answer: B. Does Brian agree with all the information provided?
Q: Brianna created a multimedia presentation to convince professionals under 30 to use her dog-walking services. The presentation length is 12 minutes and she posted it on Facebook. What important factor to creating effective multimedia presentations did Brianna disregard?A. Save in multiple formatsB. Determine the important takeaway messageC. Know your target audienceD. Storyboard the project
Answer: C. Know your target audience
Q: The colors formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color together are called?A. Post-secondaryB. AnalogousC. TriadsD. Tertiary
Answer: D. Tertiary
Q: A commonly used standardized system for matching colors used in specifying printing inks is called?A. Paint swatchB. Color wheelC. PantoneD. Color chart
Answer: C. Pantone
Q: You remove the jagged edges from a photo in Photoshop. This technique is known as ________.A. DottingB. AliasingC. RasterizationD. Anti-aliasing
Answer: D. Anti-aliasing
Q: You decide to include cooperative grouping in your class activities. You understand that it is best to ______________________A. Keep rapid learners with rapid learners and slow learners with slow learners.B. Remain passive and merely observe.C. Select individual students for specific group roles and leave them in that role to build confidence.D. Mix high and low achievers.
Answer: D. Mix high and low achievers.
Q: Bitmap images are also referred to as raster images.A. TrueB. False
Answer: A. True
Q: You have produced a simulation and wish to test the simulation of the real world with real users. This type of activity is called?A. Alpha TestingB. PrototypingC. Beta TestingD. End-Stage Testing
Answer: C. Beta Testing
Q: Which of the following terms refers to the tonal value of a graphic?A. ResolutionB. PixelC. LuminosityD. Opacity
Answer: D. Opacity
Q: Which of the following colors is most effective in advertising to an older, professional, male audience?A. BrownB. GreenC. PurpleD. Red
Answer: A. Brown
Q: Which of the following criteria is most important for a teacher to consider when preparing a school’s newsletter for the community?A. Using several columns on the same page to make it easier to readB. Choosing a background color that is similar to the font colorC. Removing the margins to easily add the page number in the headerD. Arranging the photos to the right aligned for neatness
Answer: A. Using several columns on the same page to make it easier to read
Q: When creating a 3-D object, an important reason to look at different perspectives is toA. see the vanishing point at eye level.B. ensure all sides are completely created.C. make sure the object is symmetrical.D. create an isometric projection.
Answer: B. ensure all sides are completely created.
Q: A student inserts a bitmap image into a Web page. When the page is uploaded, the image looks blocky and the quality is poor.Which of the following causes pixelation of this kind?A. The image was saved at 48 bits instead of 16 bits.B. The student did not rasterize the image.C. The student did not compress the image.D. The image was saved at too low a resolution.
Answer: D. The image was saved at too low a resolution.
Q: Which of the following are commonly used for editing bitmapped images?A. Illustrator, PhotoshopB. Illustrator, FireworksC. Fireworks, FreehandD. Photoshop, Fireworks
Answer: D. Photoshop, Fireworks
Q: Analog video editing is done in which format?A. LinearB. NonlinearC. A & B rollD. Sequential
Answer: A. Linear
Q: The smallest unit of a bitmapped image is a ________________A. VectorB. Vector PointC. PixelD. Cel
Answer: C. Pixel
Q: A digital animation process that involves generating intermediate images between two keyframes is called?A. TweeningB. Intermediary AnimationC. AnimatronicsD. Start Motion Graphics
Answer: A. Tweening
Q: A(n) ______________________ is a place in a Web page that sends you to another location.A. Welcome PostB. Node PointerC. HyperlinkD. URC
Answer: C. Hyperlink
Q: __________________ are the commands that give HTML documents their functionality.A. SCodesB. TagsC. ASCD. BBS
Answer: B. Tags
Q: You have drawn a series of lines around text and wish to make the lines wider. You should increase the ___________________A. Stroke WidthB. Fill WidthC. KerningD. Leading
Answer: A. Stroke Width
Q: A sound format that produces good quality audio in a compressed (small) file format is _______________A. MP3B. WAVC. MOVD. AIFF
Answer: A. MP3
Q: The removal of unwanted areas from a photographic or illustrated image is called?A. ClippingB. ReducingC. ResizingD. Cropping
Answer: D. Cropping
Q: Which of the following is true when using video editing transitions?A. They should not be used excessively.B. You should use basic dissolves only.C. Both A & BD. None of the above
Answer: C. Both A & B
Q: Which of the following are examples of analogous colors?A. Red, Green, BlueB. Red, Yellow, BlueC. Yellow, Yellow Green, GreenD. Violet, Red, Red Orange
Answer: B. Red, Yellow, Blue
Q: Dithering in Photoshop is desirable with Web page GIF files because they load faster.A. TrueB. False
Answer: A. True
Q: Body text or body copy is usually ______________ points.A. 2-6B. 4-8C. 8-12D. 12-16
Answer: C. 8-12
Q: A codec is a device or computer program that is capable of converting analog data to digital and digital to analog.A. TrueB. False
Answer: A. True
Q: A GIF contains _________ colors.A. 4B. 256C. 100D. Limitless
Answer: B. 256
Q: If you select this privacy setting on YouTube, your videos won’t appear to others who visit the “Videos” tab of your channel page and shouldn’t show up in YouTube’s search results unless someone adds your exclusive video to a public playlist.A. ConfidentialB. UnlistedC. PrivateD. Public
Answer: B. Unlisted
Q: An effective way to make an object appear to be three-dimensional is to employ a three-point lighting technique. These three types of lighting are called?A. Key light, Fill light, Back lightB. Spotlight, Lamplight, Natural lightC. Key light, Overhead light, Diffused lightD. Spotlight, Sunlight, Screen light
Answer: A. Key light, Fill light, Back light
Q: The following Boolean search will yield a listing of all sites that contain either social security or tax reform.A. Social security AND tax reformB. Social security or tax reformC. (Social security) and (tax reform)D. Social security OR tax reform
Answer: D. Social security OR tax reform
Q: The following phrase has been used by professional printers for centuries to _____________.A. display serif fontsB. display sans serif fontsC. demonstrate the effect of line spacingD. demonstrate what a font looks like without reading for meaning
Answer: D. demonstrate what a font looks like without reading for meaning
Q: If you know that 80% of your web server traffic is accessed through smartphones, what is the best approach to ensure your web site displays optimally?A. Develop a dedicated mobile siteB. Align with W3C standardsC. Clean up HTML codeD. Enable resizing option
Answer: A. Develop a dedicated mobile site
Q: How does the eLearning Industry define Online Safety for kids?A. Limited Internet usageB. KnowledgeC. Overbearing monitoringD. Blocking web sites
Answer: B. Knowledge
Q: The following HTML code will yield what result when previewed?<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> red.</p>A. My favorite color is red.B. My favorite color is blue.C. My favorite color is blue red.D. My favorite color is blue and red.
Answer: C. My favorite color is blue red.
Q: Bitmapped images are preferable to vector images forA. creating logos and illustrations.B. editing digital photographs.C. making videos and animation.D. enlarging digital photographs.
Answer: B. editing digital photographs
Q: Which of the following phrases describes an alley in desktop publishing?A. The width of the marginB. The space between columnsC. The space between paragraphsD. The width of the columns
Answer: B. The space between columns