CBEST

During a semester, a student received scores of 76, 80, 83, 71, 80, and 78 on six tests. What is the student's average score for these six tests? Correct Answer: 78 Which of the following is the most appropriate unit for expressing the weight of a pencil? pounds, ounces, quarts, pints, or tons? Correct Answer: ounces Ms. Gutierrez needs to order rope for her gym class of 32 students. Each student will receive a piece of rope that is 5 feet 8 inches long. What is the total length o...

Which is the most important piece of the reading section? The Passage or the Questions Correct Answer: The questions; they will determine what parts of the reading passage you will need to use. Strategy for "specific" questions (like "Which of the following is the best meaning of the word SOLUTION as it is used in the passage?") Correct Answer: Locate the word and read enough of passage to above and below the word to understand the context. What strategy plays a vital role in helping...

Stanine Score Correct Answer: STAndard NINE and is a method of scaling test scores so that the mean is five and standard deviation is two. The scale ranks scores from 1 to 9 with 1 being the lowest score and 9 being the highest. The lowest 4% of scores are in the stanine 1, the next 7% are in the second. etc 2/5 Correct Answer: 40% 4/5 Correct Answer: 80% 5/6 Correct Answer: 83 1/3 1/5 Correct Answer: ,20 1/3 Correct Answer: .333 3/4 Correct Answer: 75% 3/5 Correct An...

In which book feature could you find the precise page on which a topic is covered? Correct Answer: The index In which section of a book would you look to see what broad topics were covered in that publication? Correct Answer: The table of contents You can be confident that a statement is the main idea of a selection or passage if: Correct Answer: All or most of the sentences in the selection or paragraph speak to, or support, that statement. When you are asked to infer something from...

Estimation and Measurement Correct Answer: Estimating •Finding difference between estimate sum and rounded sum Measuring length and perimeter •Using scale drawings The U.S. measurement system •Understanding appropriate units •Length •Temperature •Weight •Capacity Use Estimates of Time to Compute Work-related Objectives Statistical Principles Correct Answer: Determine Central Tendency •Mean •Median •Mode Calculate Probability •Basic probability •Multi...

Strong Language Correct Answer: CBEST Authors want to make sure that the correct answer is not open to interpretation, therefore, avoid extreme language. (i.e. must, always, impossible, never, cannot, all, only, etc) Understanding the Author Correct Answer: An author will not be overly critical of professionals, teacher, administrators, etc. Define Inference Correct Answer: The act or process of teaching about something from known facts or evidence When approaching the questions/pass...

At sea level, water boils at what temperature? Correct Answer: 212 F How many weeks does the year have? Correct Answer: 52 Weeks An elf in Santa's Workshop can typically build two giant robot toys a week. If the elf works year-round, how many giant robot toys is he likely to produce in one year? Correct Answer: 104 Giant Robot Toys What is the circumference of a circle? Correct Answer: 2 pie R or Pie D What is the Mean? Correct Answer: the Mean is the average of the numbers

How many inches in 1 foot? Correct Answer: 12 How many feet in 1 yard Correct Answer: 3 How many inches in 1 yard Correct Answer: 36 How many yards in 1 mile Correct Answer: 1760 How many feet in a mile Correct Answer: 5280 How many ounces in a pound Correct Answer: 16 How many pounds in a ton Correct Answer: 2000 How many cups in a pint Correct Answer: 2 How many pints in a quart Correct Answer: 2 How many quarts in a gallon Correct Answer: 4 How many pec...

ounces in a lb Correct Answer: 16 mean Correct Answer: the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores Median Correct Answer: The middle number in a set of numbers that are listed in order Mode Correct Answer: the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution perimeter formula Correct Answer: P=2l+2w raw score Correct Answer: Assessment score based solely on the number or point value of correctly answer...

How to round Correct Answer: 1. Underline the plave value which you're rounding 2. Look to the RIGHT of that number 3. If the number is 5 or higher, round up. If the number 4 or less, change to zero place value chart Correct Answer: Changing an improper fraction to a mixed number Correct Answer: 1. Divide numerator (top number) by denominator (bottom number). 2. Find and write down the whole number. Make the remainder the numerator. The denominator remains the same. Chang...