1. Which of the following statements best describes the characteristics of approximately 75 percent of elementary and secondary teachers in the United States?

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ANSWER: A, 73% of elementary and secondary teachers are women, and 87% are white.

2. Which of the following are major issues to consider when teaching Native American students?

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ANSWER: C, Native American students may be more independent than other students.

3. Teachers need to be intrinsically motivated. This means they should respond best to

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ANSWER: A, Teachers must be intrinsically motivated and feel rewarded by seeing the impact that their hard work has on both their students and their students' parents.

4. Which of the following is not usually a characteristic of alternative certification programs?

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ANSWER: D, the nature of alternative certification programs negates the need for the traditional college certification route.

5. Which of the following statements about the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the two main teachers' unions in the U.S.

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ANSWER: A, the NEA is larger than the AFT.

6. The controversial system that rewards excellence in teaching and requires that teachers be observed by their colleagues and administrators to determine eligibility is called

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ANSWER: A, Merit pay requires that teachers observe one another, which some teacher associations feel causes morale problems in schools.

7. If a teacher teaches in a private school for 7 years, then is hired by a public school, she will most likely get ____________ year(s) of experience on the salary schedule.

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ANSWER: D, Public schools as a rule do not recognize years of private school experience.

8. The type of salary based on the availability of teachers in certain content areas and regions that is meant to attract qualified teachers is called

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ANSWER: B, Differential pay, or differentiated salary reflects the influence of the business community.in that it "recruits" teachers to areas of need.

9. Which of the following benefits is not usually included in a teacher's fringe benefits package?

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ANSWER: A, disability insurance is not usually included in fringe benefits.

10. Which two fields are experiencing teacher shortages?

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ANSWER: C, There are shortages of teachers in computer science and behavior disorders.