MTT Practice Questions

1) The most important criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of school technology staff development would be: A. Teachers can show proficiency in technology applications expectations. B. Teachers are successfully enhancing student knowledge with technology. C. Teachers consistently provide favorable staff development evaluation. D. Staff development directly correlates to needs defined by the district technology plan.

2) A biology teacher requests that the MTT observe and help her evaluate the appropriateness of an instructional unit with technology. During a post-instruction conference, what would be the most effective way to begin? A. Provide the teacher with a list of specific errors that you noticed during the exercise. B. Begin positively by pointing out all of the best points of her instruction. C. Provide the teacher with results of a student survey about the instruction that you administered at the conclusion of the exercise. D. Ask the teacher to describe how she felt about the lesson's progression and effectiveness.

3) Copyrights are generally owned by the people who create the works of expression. Which of the following are the exceptions to the rule? A. Work is created by an employee during his/her employment. B. Work is created by independent contractor. C. The creator sold the entire copyright. D. All of the above.

4) The school principal wishes to provide information about academic success to the widest audience of students, parents, and community members. She would like to create a colorful well-designed document with formatted text and specifically placed images. What software could best be utilized to reach these goals? A. Editor B. Desktop Publishing software C. Spreadsheet D. Video-editing software

5) As an MTT, you may evaluate different strategies for providing staff development. Upon considering asynchronous web-based instruction, what conclusions might you draw about the appropriateness for your faculty? A. Asynchronous web-based learning would be an appropriate option for teachers who are comfortable with the Internet and have a high degree of self-motivation B. All teachers will benefit from asynchronous web-based learning regardless of current skill level. C. Research shows that asynchronous web-based learning is inadequate and is a poor choice for any staff development D. Asynchronous web-based learning is not flexible enough for most teachers' demanding schedules.

7) Which of the following rubric criteria will likely yield the most consistent response from evaluators? A. The web page exhibits good use of fonts. B. Image elements show balance and harmony. C. The presentation included use of sound, transitions, and effects. D. The document has inadequate use of white space.

8) Which of the following situations are permissible under the "Fair Use" clause of U.S. copyright law? A. A teacher makes multiple copies of a valentine poem that was written in 1980. She attaches the poem to a lollypop and sells the candy as part of a class fundraiser. B. A student uses 45 seconds of a 4 minute copyrighted song in the creation of a digital video. C. A student develops a web page in Multimedia class using materials he copies from the Internet. He is careful to use no more than 10% of the images from any particular web page and cites his sources under each image. He then publishes his page to a school server on the World Wide Web. D. The school webmaster wants to use picture of an eagle on the school web page. He emails the photographer that took the picture and receives her permission to include the image with proper citation. He adds the picture and displays it on the World Wide Web.

10) The 7th grade science teacher approaches you about her desire to include technology in an upcoming lesson. Your first step would be: A. Inform the teacher about technology that is available at your school so that she has a variety of choices. B. Create a lesson for her to use in her classroom. C. Direct the teacher to an online technology assessment so that she can determine what technology she is ready to utilize in her classroom. D. Ask the teacher describe her instructional goals for the lesson so that you can suggest the most appropriate strategies and technology.