GED Practice Test: Video 1 Answers (23 Questions) — Questions and Answers

Question 1: Which student characteristic is NOT one of the three primary sources of variance that Tomlinson says should drive differentiation?

Interest
Socioeconomic background (Correct answer)
Learning profile
Readiness

Correct answer: Socioeconomic background

Tomlinson identifies readiness, interest, and learning profile as the three key variance sources; socioeconomic background is a context factor, not one of the three.

Question 2: Which instructional strategy allows advanced students to move quickly through mastered content and use the gained time for enrichment?

Direct instruction
Compacting (Correct answer)
Cooperative learning
Scaffolding

Correct answer: Compacting

Curriculum compacting allows students who demonstrate mastery of content to 'compact' (skip) the instruction and practice they don't need and replace it with enrichment or acceleration activities.

Question 3: A teacher designs three versions of a task at different complexity levels, all addressing the same essential learning goal. This strategy is called:

Compacting
Tiered assignments (Correct answer)
Learning contracts
Anchor activities

Correct answer: Tiered assignments

Tiered assignments provide multiple versions of a task at varying levels of complexity — all versions address the same key concept or skill but offer different levels of support, abstraction, or challenge.

Question 4: According to Carol Ann Tomlinson's model, which three elements can be differentiated to meet student needs?

Textbooks, lectures, and discussions
Homework, classwork, and tests
Content, process, and product (Correct answer)
Curriculum, standards, and assessments

Correct answer: Content, process, and product

Tomlinson's framework identifies content, process, and product as the core elements teachers can differentiate.

Question 5: A teacher uses exit tickets at the end of each lesson to adjust the next day's instruction. This practice is best described as:

Summative assessment
Formative assessment driving differentiation (Correct answer)
Standardized testing
Peer assessment

Correct answer: Formative assessment driving differentiation

Exit tickets are a formative tool; using their data to adjust upcoming instruction is a core DI practice.

Question 6: Which accommodation would be MOST appropriate for a student with dyslexia taking a written exam?

Moving the student to a separate class with an easier exam
Providing extended time and text-to-speech technology (Correct answer)
Changing the grading criteria to exclude writing
Reducing the number of questions on the exam

Correct answer: Providing extended time and text-to-speech technology

Extended time and text-to-speech tools address the processing challenges associated with dyslexia without fundamentally altering the content or standards being assessed.

Question 7: Which document legally mandates the specific services, goals, and accommodations for a student with a disability?

General education curriculum guide
Student Support Team referral
Individual Education Plan (IEP) (Correct answer)
504 Plan

Correct answer: Individual Education Plan (IEP)

The IEP is a legally binding document developed by a team including parents, teachers, and specialists that outlines a student's present levels, annual goals, special education services, and accommodations.

Question 8: Which federal law specifically governs early intervention services for infants and toddlers (birth to age 3) with developmental delays?

Title II of the ADA
Part B of IDEA
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Part C of IDEA (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Part C of IDEA

Part C of IDEA mandates early intervention services for eligible infants and toddlers from birth through age 2.

Question 9: A GED program director wants to align curriculum with the most current test requirements. What is the FIRST step?

Adopt a published textbook series from a major publisher
Survey current students about preferred topics
Consult last year's program pass rates
Review the official GED Testing Service content framework (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Review the official GED Testing Service content framework

The GED Testing Service publishes the official content framework that defines what knowledge and skills are assessed on each test.

Question 10: Which evaluation model is MOST commonly used to assess the overall effectiveness of a GED curriculum program?

Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation (Correct answer)
Understanding by Design (UbD)
Bloom's Taxonomy
Tyler's Rationale

Correct answer: Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation

Kirkpatrick's model evaluates programs at four levels: reaction, learning, behavior, and results, making it ideal for assessing program effectiveness.

Question 11: A curriculum committee reviews exit data showing students struggle with inferencing. What is the MOST appropriate curricular response?

Reduce the number of reading passages assigned
Embed inferencing practice across all subject-area lessons (Correct answer)
Add inferencing as a stand-alone elective unit
Replace the current textbook series

Correct answer: Embed inferencing practice across all subject-area lessons

Embedding a skill across all subjects reinforces it consistently and allows students to practice in multiple meaningful contexts.

Question 12: A curriculum team discovers that the GED math scope covers a concept in week 10 that students need in week 3. This is an example of a problem with:

Horizontal alignment
Vertical articulation
Scope and sequence coherence (Correct answer)
Formative assessment gaps

Correct answer: Scope and sequence coherence

Scope and sequence coherence ensures prerequisite knowledge is taught before it is needed; a mismatch in timing disrupts logical learning progression.

Question 13: When developing GED curriculum for English Language Learners, which adaptation is MOST critical?

Focusing only on language arts and skipping math content
Separating ELL students into a different program track
Providing language scaffolds while maintaining content rigor (Correct answer)
Simplifying all academic vocabulary permanently

Correct answer: Providing language scaffolds while maintaining content rigor

Effective ELL curriculum scaffolds language access without reducing content expectations, allowing learners to develop both language and subject knowledge.

Question 14: Which type of long-term memory stores facts and general world knowledge, such as knowing that the capital of France is Paris?

Implicit memory
Semantic memory (Correct answer)
Episodic memory
Procedural memory

Correct answer: Semantic memory

Semantic memory stores general factual knowledge and concepts that are not tied to personal experiences.

Question 15: Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs suggests that students cannot focus on learning until:

They have achieved self-actualization
They have completed all prior grade-level standards
They have reached abstract thinking capability
Their more basic physiological and safety needs are met (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Their more basic physiological and safety needs are met

Maslow's hierarchy places physiological needs (food, sleep) and safety needs at the base — students who are hungry, unsafe, or emotionally insecure cannot direct attention to higher-level learning needs.

Question 16: According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which need must be met before a GED student can focus effectively on learning and academic achievement?

Esteem needs
Cognitive needs
Safety and physiological needs (Correct answer)
Self-actualization

Correct answer: Safety and physiological needs

Maslow's hierarchy requires that physiological and safety needs be satisfied before learners can effectively pursue higher-level cognitive and esteem needs.

Question 17: Which learning theory emphasizes that learners actively construct knowledge through experience rather than passively receiving information?

Behaviorism
Nativism
Cognitivism
Constructivism (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Constructivism

Constructivism, associated with Piaget and Vygotsky, holds that learners actively build their own understanding through experience, reflection, and social interaction — not through passive reception of information.

Question 18: Albert Bandura's social learning theory highlights the importance of:

Punishment as the primary behavior modification tool
Classical conditioning through paired stimuli
Schema development through individual exploration
Observational learning and modeling (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Observational learning and modeling

Bandura's social learning theory proposes that much learning occurs by observing others (models) — children watch, retain, reproduce, and are motivated to imitate behaviors they see reinforced in others.

Question 19: Which type of scoring guide provides detailed descriptions of what student work at each performance level looks like?

Checklist
Benchmark scale
Analytic rubric (Correct answer)
Holistic rubric

Correct answer: Analytic rubric

An analytic rubric breaks performance into separate criteria and describes each level for each criterion, offering detailed diagnostic feedback.

Question 20: Which of the following best describes inter-rater reliability in GED assessment?

A test measures what it claims to measure
Two different scorers give the same student the same score (Correct answer)
A test produces the same score each time a student takes it
Students score consistently across all subtests

Correct answer: Two different scorers give the same student the same score

Inter-rater reliability refers to the consistency of scores when two or more evaluators assess the same student response.

Question 21: Which statistical concept tells a GED instructor how spread out student scores are around the average?

Median
Mean
Standard deviation (Correct answer)
Mode

Correct answer: Standard deviation

Standard deviation measures the dispersion of scores around the mean, indicating whether students performed similarly or very differently.

Question 22: In GED preparation, 'norm-referenced' scoring means a student's results are compared to:

A fixed set of learning objectives
The performance of a representative sample of test-takers (Correct answer)
The student's own previous scores
Teacher-developed grading criteria

Correct answer: The performance of a representative sample of test-takers

Norm-referenced assessments rank a student's performance relative to a norming group, showing how they compare to others.

Question 23: A teacher uses a rubric where a single holistic judgment is made about an entire piece of student writing. What type of rubric is this?

Analytic rubric
Holistic rubric (Correct answer)
Developmental rubric
Single-point rubric

Correct answer: Holistic rubric

A holistic rubric evaluates student work as a whole with one overall score rather than scoring individual criteria separately.

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