GACE Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. Which type of assessment is MOST useful for adjusting instruction during a unit of study? → Formative assessment
2. A Georgia 4th-grade teacher wants students to understand fractions as parts of a whole. Which manipulative is MOST appropriate? → Fraction circles or fraction bars
3. What political system's tenets are the foundation of the majority of democracies? → Capitalism
4. Under GACE standards, which component is essential when writing a lesson plan for Georgia Pre-K students? → Alignment to GELDS with differentiation strategies
5. Whose presidency is credited with creating the Great Society? → Lyndon Johnson
6. Under GACE Mathematics pedagogy standards, what does 'mathematical discourse' in a Georgia classroom primarily involve? → Students discussing and justifying their mathematical thinking with peers
7. Which event is widely regarded as the immediate cause of World War I? → The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914
8. The Industrial Revolution began in which country during the late 18th century? → Great Britain
9. In social studies education, a 'primary source' is best described as: → A document or artifact created at the time of the event being studied
10. What link between two different materials can be best determined using Graham's law? → Mass and Diffusion Rate
11. Which Georgia Standard of Excellence concept requires students to understand that the equal sign represents a relationship of balance? → Algebraic Reasoning / Operations and Algebraic Thinking
12. Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas? → Personification
13. According to Georgia Standards of Excellence, which concept is introduced in kindergarten mathematics? → Counting to 100 and understanding numbers 0-20
14. Which of the following statements about a culturally sensitive instructor is FALSE? → The teacher should make an effort to give all students equal grades.
15. A Georgia Pre-K teacher notices a 4-year-old cannot yet hold scissors correctly. Which type of development does this concern primarily involve? → Fine motor development
16. A Georgia 5th-grade teacher assesses student understanding of decimal place value. Which task best reveals conceptual understanding? → Asking students to explain why 0.3 is greater than 0.09 using place value language
17. The useable kind of energy that is utilized by living things is → ATP
18. Which of the following statements about state governments is accurate? → All authority not delegated to the federal government rests with the state governments.
19. Which writing type is the focus of Georgia Standards of Excellence when students write 'arguments supported by evidence from informational texts'? → Argumentative writing
20. Which comprehension strategy involves readers creating mental images of the text as they read? → Visualizing
21. Which of the following are created when a particle from outside the cell is encircled by the plasma membrane? → Endocytic vesicles
22. A principal wants to evaluate the effectiveness of a new reading intervention. Which approach provides the strongest evidence of impact? → Comparing pre- and post-intervention assessment data for participating students
23. At STP, two moles of hydrogen and one mole of oxygen gas are mixed together in a closed container. Which of the ensuing assertions is accurate? → Greater than partial pressure of oxygen is partial pressure of hydrogen.
24. A pupil who struggles to comprehend spoken language is lacking in... → Receptive communication
25. Which of the following molecules used in metabolism solely contains carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen? → Glycogen
26. Which of the following DID NOT present a difficulty to the early American Republic's leaders? → A new group of emancipated slaves.
27. A Georgia 8th-grade student solves 2(x + 3) = 14 and gets x = 4. Which property justifies distributing the 2? → Distributive Property
28. Which of the following prevented reconstruction efforts from being successful? Select each appropriate response? → Jim Crow laws
29. A school leader wants to foster family engagement beyond traditional parent-teacher conferences. The MOST effective strategy for hard-to-reach families is to: → Host events in community locations at varied times and provide translation services
30. Which of the following angiosperm components produces fruit? → Ovary