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The NES exam has 150 questions and runs 3 hours 15 minutes.
These 10 free NES questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the National Evaluation Series (NES) Elementary Education (102/103) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A story features talking animals who behave like humans, and it ends with a clearly stated moral lesson. This story is BEST classified as which genre?
Correct answer: A - A fable, because it uses animal characters to teach an explicit moral
A first-grade teacher wants to strengthen students' phonemic awareness. Which activity BEST accomplishes this goal?
Correct answer: D - Having students orally blend the sounds /c/ /a/ /t/ to say the whole word
During writing workshop, a teacher asks students to reorder two paragraphs so their argument builds more logically and to add evidence to a weak claim. These students are engaged in:
Correct answer: C - revising, because they are reworking content and organization
On Saturday, Maria has $20 and time for only one activity. She chooses a $20 concert over a $15 baseball game, which was her second choice, and over staying home to read for free. In economic terms, the opportunity cost of her decision is:
Correct answer: C - the baseball game, her next-best alternative
Under the U.S. Constitution, which power is RESERVED to the states rather than granted to the federal government or shared by both?
Correct answer: D - Establishing public schools and licensing teachers
A rectangular garden measures 12 feet by 8 feet. A gardener doubles both the length and the width. The area of the new garden is:
Correct answer: C - four times the area of the original garden
A teacher records these quiz scores: 12, 78, 82, 85, 88, 91, and 91. The score of 12 belongs to a student who left the quiz nearly blank. Which measure BEST represents the typical performance of this class?
Correct answer: B - The median, because it is not distorted by the very low score
True or False: Every square is also a rectangle.
Correct answer: A - True
A student investigates whether the amount of fertilizer affects plant growth. Each plant receives the same soil, water, and light, but a different amount of fertilizer. Plant heights are measured after four weeks. The independent variable is:
Correct answer: A - the amount of fertilizer given to each plant
Which of the following is a CHEMICAL change rather than a physical change?
Correct answer: D - An iron nail developing rust after weeks outdoors
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