Teachers' Professional License – Subject Test: Art Education: free practice test

Past exam question Unit: Producing Visual Arts

1. AInk is rolled onto a carved wooden block and pressed onto paper, so only the raised parts print

   This describes relief printing, as in woodcut, not silkscreen.

2. BInk is pulled with a squeegee across a stretched mesh and passes through the open areas only ✓ Correct answer

   Correct: the stretched screen is partly blocked, so ink passes only through the open areas to form the image.

3. CInk is pushed into lines cut in a metal plate, the surface is wiped, and paper is pressed onto it

   This describes intaglio printing, as in copper etching, not silkscreen.

4. DInk is transferred by heat from special paper to fabric using a heated press

   This is heat-transfer printing, a different technique that uses no screen.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.1 (art production), indicator 1, p. 8

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Past exam question Unit: Producing Visual Arts

1. APainting each flag by hand with a brush

   Hand painting is slow and results vary from flag to flag.

2. BSilkscreen printing ✓ Correct answer

   Correct: the same screen can be reused hundreds of times with identical results and speed.

3. CStamping with small potato stamps

   Hand stamps give uneven edges and do not suit flag detail in large numbers.

4. DIntaglio printing with an engraved copper plate

   A copper plate needs long preparation and heavy pressure and does not suit this quantity.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.1 (art production), indicator 1, p. 8

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Past exam question Unit: Responding to Art

1. Athe Impressionists

   The Impressionists recorded the effect of light and color in the moment rather than inner emotion.

2. Bthe Cubists

   The Cubists concentrated on breaking form into geometric planes.

3. Cthe Blue Rider group ✓ Correct answer

   The Blue Rider group in Germany, including Kandinsky and Franz Marc, used color to express spiritual and emotional states.

4. Dthe Dadaists

   The Dadaists protested artistic tradition and were not an Expressionist group.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.2 (responding to art), indicator 5, p. 8

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Past exam question Unit: History of Art Education and New Technologies

1. Afree expression of feelings

   Free expression came later, once attention shifted to the child and child art.

2. Bal-amshaq (copying ready-made models) ✓ Correct answer

   Drawing instruction began with accurate copying of ready-made models, the earliest stage of art education.

3. Cimitating made and natural models

   Imitating made and natural models followed copying, when students began drawing from the objects themselves.

4. Dcreative self-expression

   Creative self-expression is a later approach tied to theories of child development.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.3 (historical development), indicator 1, p. 8

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Past exam question Unit: History of Art Education and New Technologies

1. AProjector

   It shows images on a screen but does not create a digital file from the paper itself.

2. B3D printer

   It builds objects from a digital model and does not turn paper into files.

3. CDigital drawing tablet

   A tool for making a new drawing directly on screen; it does not transfer an existing paper drawing.

4. DScanner ✓ Correct answer

   It captures the paper surface with even lighting at a set resolution and produces a clear digital file of the drawing.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.4 (modern technologies), indicator 1, p. 9

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Past exam question Unit: Local and Global Information Sources for Art Education

1. AIslamic geometric ornament

   Geometric ornament is a long-standing Islamic art, but it is not the art inscribed by UNESCO in 2021.

2. BArabesque scrollwork

   Arabesque scrollwork is a well-known vegetal ornament, but it was not inscribed under that name in 2021.

3. CCarved wooden lattice screens

   Wooden lattice screens are a traditional architectural element, not the art inscribed in 2021.

4. DArabic calligraphy ✓ Correct answer

   Arabic calligraphy (knowledge, skills and practices) was inscribed on UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2021.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.5 (information sources), indicator 3, p. 9

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Past exam question Unit: Art Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Thinking and Assessment

1. ACooperative learning

   Cooperative learning means groups sharing a task, not observing and then imitating.

2. BDialogue and discussion

   Dialogue is an exchange of views in speech, not imitation of an observed behavior.

3. CModeling ✓ Correct answer

   In modeling, the teacher or another person provides a model that the learner observes and then imitates.

4. DQuestioning

   Questioning uses questions to prompt thinking.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.8 (art teaching methods), indicator 2, p. 10

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Past exam question Unit: Art Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Thinking and Assessment

1. ARequiring them to copy a finished painting exactly

   Literal copying limits imagination and originality.

2. BGiving them one fixed template to follow in all their work

   A fixed template restricts ideas and reduces variety.

3. CHaving them memorize definitions of art terms

   Memorizing definitions does not develop creative thinking.

4. DPresenting inspiring artists' work and discussing it ✓ Correct answer

   Viewing and discussing inspiring works opens new horizons and ideas and stimulates creativity.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.8 (art teaching methods), indicator 2, p. 10

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Past exam question Unit: Art Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Thinking and Assessment

1. APreparing a stimulating classroom environment where students feel safe ✓ Correct answer

   A safe, stimulating environment encourages students to risk new ideas, which is the basis of creativity.

2. BGiving students extra homework after class to build seriousness and perseverance

   Extra homework does not spark intrinsic motivation or create a climate of experimentation.

3. CRelying on rote instruction and repeating ready-made models

   Rote instruction and repetition restrict thinking and weaken originality.

4. DGiving material rewards to whoever finishes first

   Rewarding speed encourages quick completion, not creativity.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.8 (teaching methods), indicator 5, p. 10

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Past exam question Unit: Art Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Thinking and Assessment

1. AFluency

   Fluency concerns the number of ideas produced, not how new they are.

2. BOriginality ✓ Correct answer

   Correct. Originality is the ability to produce new, unusual ideas that differ from what others offer.

3. CFlexibility

   Flexibility means varied ideas and shifting viewpoint across different categories.

4. DElaboration

   Elaboration means enriching and extending an idea, not inventing it.

Reference: ETEC Art Education Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.20.9 (mental processes and thinking), indicator 3, p. 10

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