Free NYSTCE Multi-Subject 221 222 245 practice test: are you ready?

5 sample NYSTCE Multi-Subject 221 222 245 questions, explained

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1. 1. A reading teacher contrasts the early texts used in two kindergarten classrooms. In one classroom, the texts contain mostly words whose letter-sound patterns the children have been taught. In the other classroom, the texts use natural, predictable language and encourage children to use pictures to figure out unfamiliar words. Which statement best describes this contrast?

   • A. Phonics-based early texts use rich vocabulary and natural sentence patterns, while whole-language early texts limit words to a controlled set of decodable spellings.
   • B. Whole-language texts require students to memorize words by sight before decoding, while phonics-based texts introduce letters and sounds in a fixed sequence.
   • C. Phonics-based early texts use words limited to sound-spellings already taught, while whole-language early texts favor natural language and encourage using pictures and context to identify words.
   • D. Whole-language texts focus on prosody and reading rate, while phonics-based texts focus exclusively on phonemic awareness.
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   Correct: C (Phonics-based early texts use words limited to sound-spellings already taught, while whole-language early texts favor natural language and encourage using pictures and context to identify words.).

   In phonics-based instruction, early texts are decodable: every word uses sound-spellings the children have learned, plus a few explicitly taught sight words. Whole-language early texts instead stress meaning and predictable context, so they often contain spellings children cannot yet decode.

   Topic: Reading Foundations and Text Comprehension for Literacy and English Language Arts

2. 2. A student is rereading a draft before turning it in. The student changes 'becuase' to 'because' and adds a missing period at the end of a sentence. What is this work called in the writing process?

   • A. Drafting, because the student is putting new words on the page
   • B. Editing, because the corrections affect spelling and punctuation without changing the meaning
   • C. Publishing, because the student is preparing a final copy to share
   • D. Revising, because fixing the spelling makes the sentence clearer
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   Correct: B (Editing, because the corrections affect spelling and punctuation without changing the meaning).

   Correcting a misspelling and adding a period are surface-level fixes, so this work belongs to editing. The meaning of the sentence is unchanged, which rules out revising.

   Topic: Writing, Language, Research, and Oral Communication for the Literacy Subtest

3. 3. Using the standard round-half-up convention, what is 4,500 rounded to the nearest thousand?

   • A. 4,000
   • B. 4,500
   • C. 4,600
   • D. 5,000
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   Correct: D (5,000).

   The hundreds digit is exactly 5, the halfway boundary, and the standard convention rounds up. Since the thousands digit is 4, it increases to 5, giving 5,000.

   Topic: Mathematics, Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning

4. 4. Two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. One angle lies between the parallel lines and is on the lower left side of the transversal. Its alternate interior angle lies between the parallel lines on the upper right side of the transversal. If the first angle measures 47 degrees, what is the measure of the alternate interior angle?

   • A. 47 degrees
   • B. 143 degrees
   • C. 43 degrees
   • D. 133 degrees
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   Correct: A (47 degrees).

   Alternate interior angles lie between the parallel lines and on opposite sides of the transversal. When the lines are parallel, the angles are congruent, so the alternate interior angle is also 47 degrees.

   Topic: Mathematics, Geometry, Measurement, Data, and Probability

5. 5. A fifth-grade class wants to determine whether the amount of water a plant receives affects how tall it grows. They plant 12 identical bean seedlings in identical pots with the same soil. Four seedlings get 20 mL of water each day, four get 40 mL, and four get 60 mL. The class measures the height of each seedling after two weeks. In this experiment, what is the dependent variable?

   • A. Number of leaves on the seedlings after two weeks
   • B. Type of soil used in each pot
   • C. Amount of water given each day
   • D. Height of the seedlings after two weeks
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   Correct: D (Height of the seedlings after two weeks).

   The dependent variable is the factor that is measured to see whether it responds to the changed amount of water, and the class measured height. Water amount is the independent variable, and soil type is a controlled variable.

   Topic: Science and Technology Across the Elementary Curriculum

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From the practice tests in our NYSTCE Multi-Subject 221 222 245 study guide, mixed across every topic of the exam: 25 questions per attempt. The sample questions on this page are not repeated in the test.