Microsoft Certified Educator Exam 62-193 Sample Questions

CASE STUDY 1: General Overview 

You are a physics/science teacher who uses material outside of your area of expertise. Other teachers principally use a teacher-centered approach, however, some teachers are shifting towards a learner-centered approach. They have also adopted project-based learning, but they rarely attend professional development courses.

Organizational Goals

Your school aims to have ICT integrated into all subjects with project-based learning. Most of the classrooms in the school have computers and a data projector. The school management motivates teachers to integrate ICT and plans to deploy 100 wireless laptop computers including the student response systems. It also plans the deployment of interactive whiteboards in the science classrooms/laboratories.

Learning and Teaching Environment

Your students are between the ages of 12 and 14 and have experience using computers and other technologies. You use ICT to present new information to the students and teach primarily in science laboratories. The classroom also has the following Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources:

• Speakers
• One printer
• One scanner
• One digital camera
• One data projector
• One computer that is connected to the Internet

Learning Objectives

The students will have the ability to develop collaboration, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity skills in their science work.

Professional Development Objectives

Your professional development objectives are to:

• Using ICT effectively for teaching and learning
• Incorporating the appropriate ICT activities to support students in acquiring school subject matter knowledge
• Integrating the use of ICT into the curriculum.

Question 1. You are teaching a biology lesson on the human nervous system, and one student asks a question that is beyond your knowledge.

Based on the present ICT resources in the classroom, which resource would you use for answering the question as quickly as possible during the lesson?

• A. Email
• B. a search engine
• C. a blog
• D. the online educator’s community

Correct Answer: B

Question 2. The school plans the deployment of six of the planned laptops in each classroom. You were required to recommend a suitable solution that could enable each student to use the laptops as part of a group project.

What would you recommend?

• A. Making your classroom available to students, both at lunchtime and after school.
• B. Have all the groups first plan their project, and then book time slots for computer use.
• C. Assigning one computer to each group.
• D. Let students from any group use any of the computers when needed.

Correct Answer: C

Question 3. You are explaining how the planned ICT changes will be beneficial to your own productivity?

Which benefit should you refer to?

• A. access professional development resources.
• B. communicate with the parents more often.
• C. produce better lesson plans.
• D. use online tools for formative assessments.

Correct Answer: C

Question 4. To meet the professional development objectives by using the ICT resources, what should you do?

• A. Using a laptop to take notes during professional seminars at a local university or college.
• B. Joining online educator networks to exchange ideas.
• C. Creating blogs and asking the students to comment on your lessons and your blog posts.
• D. Downloading ready-made materials to use during your lessons.

Correct Answer: D

CASE STUDY 2: General Overview

You are a language teacher in a lower secondary school.

Learning and Teaching Environment

You have 30, 14-year-old students in your class of mixed ability. Your school has recently set up a computer lab containing the following equipment:

• One computer for the teacher
• One data projector
• One monochrome laser printer
• Two flatbed scanners
• Six digital cameras, three of which record still images and video
• 25 networked computers for the students.

The school also has an intranet, which is connected to the internet, containing a central storage location for all of the information required by the teachers and other school staff.

Learning Objectives

The students will gain the ability to expand their understanding of how language is used persuasively.

Learning Activities

As a native language teacher, you wish to teach a lesson on persuasive writing that examines the way language is used in advertisements, promotional material, slogans, headlines, titles, catch-phrases, quotes, and famous speeches to show how language can be used to persuade.

You intend to use examples of persuasive writing that are closely related to students’ interests, like advertisements aimed at youth. Students are asked to bring to class examples of persuasive writing they collected during the previous week’s lesson in order to help the class achieve the learning objective.

Professional Development Objectives

Your professional development objectives are to:

• Using ICT effectively for teaching and learning
• Incorporating the appropriate ICT activities to support students in acquiring school subject matter knowledge
• Integrating the use of ICT into the curriculum.

Question 5.  You wish to figure out the primary benefit of using ICT during the persuasive writing lesson.

Which benefit should you identify?

• A. In today’s world, writing is mostly done on a computer.
• B. ICT helps students develop word processing skills.
• C. The computer lab is used regularly.
• D. Word processing applications allow students to easily edit and modify text.

Correct Answer: D

Question 6. As a class, you plan to have a discussion about the persuasive writing examples that the students bring in and show the examples to the entire class.

Which two of the following ICT resources would you use to achieve this task? 

• A. a flatbed scanner
• B. a data projector
• C. a monochrome laser printer
• D. a digital camera

Correct Answer: AB

Question 7. Which advice would you provide to the students, while asking them to use a search engine during their writing lesson.?

• A. Searching for organizations that use persuasive writing.
• B. Using a variety of search engines.
• C. Using a variety of Web browsers.
• D. The first search result will be containing the information you seek.

Correct Answer: A

Question 8. You are about to use ICT for preparing an effective persuasive writing lesson. How should you proceed?

A. Using the Internet for finding a complete, ready-made lesson.

B. Using the Internet for finding teaching resources to discuss with the students.

C. Using spell check software for improving your lesson plan.

D. Scanning sections of the class textbook to use as reference.

Correct Answer: A

Question 9. What instructions would you provide to the students for collecting information from organizations on the Internet?

• A. Having the information sent to the student’s home e-mail address.
• B. Only requesting information from organizations that have a secure Web site.
• C. Having the information sent to the school’s e-mail address.
• D. Only requesting information from organizations that have a Web site that requires registration.

Correct Answer: C

CASE STUDY 3: General Overview

You are a geography teacher at a school of 500 students.

Organizational Goals

With the use of ICT resources, the school hopes students will acquire the skills necessary for the twenty-first century, such as collaboration, problem-solving, and authentic learning.

Learning and Teaching Environment

You have 40 students between the ages of 14 and 16 of mixed abilities in your class. Although they are computer literate, the students have limited experience using the Internet to communicate and share ideas.

The school has one computer lab with 15 computers that are networked and have access to the Internet. The computers support video conferencing and have a student response system including 45 handsets.

Learning Objectives 

The students will develop the ability to understand the cause and effects of acid rain.

Learning Activities

Using ICT (Information and Communication Technology), you plan a project that students will complete together on the topic of acid rain.

The project will require the students to:

• Improve their research skills.
• Collaborate with students in the same and other schools.
• Create a Website for educating the public on minimizing the impact of acid rain.

For introducing the project, you plan to display videos on the causes and consequences of acid rain. You also plan to participate in a videoconference with a farmer who has been affected by acid rain. You plan to use the school’s limited ICT resources for developing project-based learning strategies.

Although you know that many videos about acid rain are available on the Internet, you do not know how to identify the relevant ones.

Professional Development Objectives

Your professional development objectives are to:

• Using ICT effectively for teaching and learning
• Incorporating the appropriate ICT activities to support students in acquiring school subject matter knowledge
• Integrating the use of ICT into the curriculum.

Question 10. Using the school’s limited ICT resources, you aim to meet the ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT-CFT) policy goals.

What should you do?

• A. Asking the students to use their computers at home.
• B. Having the students work in collaborative groups.
• C. Asking the students to use their mobile devices.
• D. Having the more confident students use the computers while the other students observe them.

Correct Answer: B

Question 11. Teachers at the school are unsure of whether video conferencing is necessary for this project.

What is the most important benefit of video conferencing?

• A. opportunity to use new technology.
• B. opportunity for group collaboration.
• C. authentic conversation about the problem.
• D. reliable way to gather scientific information.

Correct Answer: B

Question 12. You are required to improve the students’ research skills using ICT resources, but the solution must aim at meeting the school’s organizational goals.

What should you do?

• A. Telling the students to search for information on the Internet.
• B. Giving the students a list of Internet links the sites about acid rain.
• C. Giving the students printed Web pages about acid rain.
• D. Working with the students in creating a list of search terms.

Correct Answer: D

Question 13. In your classroom, you’ve just completed a videoconference with the farmer, and you’d like to assess how many students understand the key points.

What should you do?

• A. Having the students use the student response system.
• B. Having the students work in pairs to create a blog.
• C. Having each student write an essay by using a word processing application.
• D. Having each student design a presentation.

Correct Answer: A

Question 14. A student in your class has trouble hearing, so you would like to provide the student with a chance to interact with the farmer during the video conference.

What should you do?

• A. After the video conference, make other students explain the key points of the conference to the student.
• B. Before the video conference, make the student submit questions in writing.
• C. Manipulating the seating arrangement.
• D. Recording the audio portion of the video conference for further listening.

Correct Answer: C

Question 15. You plan a visit with your students to a business center that sells business services in order to help your students analyze the costs of running a business.

The business center offers the following services.

• Printing
• Photocopying
• Web site design
• Document scanning
• Word processing and editing

What should be included as part of your classroom activities?

• A. Provide students with an assignment for reading three case studies about office service businesses, and then having them summarize their findings in a word processing document.
• B. Research a range of business services over the Internet and compile a list of prices using the Internet.
• C. Have students run their own offices at the school for a three-day program, during which they will sell business services to the staff and students.
• D. Conduct an investigation involving the cost of materials, equipment, and salaries during a two-hour project. Guide the students on how to calculate a business’s costs using spreadsheets.

Correct Answer: D

CASE STUDY 4: General Overview

You are a history teacher at a school with students between the ages of 11 and 18.

Description of Students

Your class contains 30 students who are 12 and 13 years old.

Learning and Teaching Environment

The school has the following Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources:

• Two networked computer labs containing 30 desktop computers connected to the Internet through a Web filtering firewall. All of them are connected to a pool of printers and to a flatbed scanner.
• 16 laptop computers having a wireless connection to a pool of printers and to the Internet.
• Five digital cameras, two video cameras, and one digital voice recorder.
• Video-editing software is installed on all of the computers.

A Learning Management System (LMS) used for the following tasks:

• The students use the LMS for submitting their work, accessing resources uploaded by the teachers, communicating with their teachers, and accessing discussion forums.
• The teachers use the LMS for uploading resources for the students, assigning homework, collecting assignments, and grading their students’ work.
• The school administration uses the LMS for creating schedules and tracking student performance data.

Planned Changes

You are supposed to help the school make better use of its existing ICT resources. You are required to identify opportunities for using the ICT resources during your history lessons.

Teacher Problem Statement 

The school reports that neither the teachers nor the students are using the ICT resources. Further, if used, they are often used for tasks that do not enhance learning.

Your school administration is informed about your interest in using new technologies in your classroom. The administration wants you to find opportunities within your subject area for developing the use of ICT resources.

Student Problem Statement

Students report that historical sources are often in foreign languages, which hinders them from completing their assignments.

Learning Objectives

Improve students’ understanding of past societies and how they played a role in shaping the 20th-century world.

Professional Development Objectives

You identify the following professional development objectives:

• Developing new approaches for using digital technologies in teaching history.
• Developing new approaches for using source materials in teaching history.

Organizational Goals

The school plans to increase the use of technology during teaching.

Planned Activity

You plan a learning activity that will include the following tasks:

• The students split into small groups, with groups identifying a theme or a historical event.
• The students select and edit digital images illustrating the theme or the event.
• The students create a poster demonstrating their learning.
• The students display their posters to their peers.

Question 16. You are teaching a class of 20 students, and your classroom contains six computers.

Students will need access to the computers before the end of an activity that is largely conducted on paper.

How can students benefit most from a lesson structure?

• A. Creating several different activities requiring the computers at different stages during the lesson.
• B. Executing the computer-based portion of the activity as a class demonstration.
• C. Modifying the tasks of the lesson so that only some of the students require access to the computers.
• D. Having all of the students perform the same activity and instructing the students to take turns using the computers.

Correct Answer: D

Question 17. You are a teacher at a primary school, and your students are 9 and 10 years old.

Your classroom contains one desktop computer, and each student gets a 15-minute turn using the computer.

The class welcomes a new student with a physical disability, who will need to complete his writing assignments on the classroom computer until he gets his own laptop computer.

What would be the least disruptive and most equitable solution?

• A. Borrowing a desktop computer from the school administration.
• B. Providing the new student access to the classroom computer after class hours.
• C. Providing the new student priority access to the classroom computer.
• D. Maintaining the existing rotation schedule for the classroom computer, and then pairing the new student with other students during their turn on the computer.

Correct Answer: A

Question 18. You are a teacher at a secondary school and work closely with the school administration.

In response to a parents’ question, the school is asking you to prepare a response on behalf of the school regarding the large sums of money that it invests in Information and Communication Technology resources.

On which argument will you base your response?

• A. A workforce with excellent typing skills is increasingly needed in modern economies, so the school needs to include computers in every activity it does.
• B. Information-based economies are becoming more prevalent in modern economies, so students must learn how to handle information.
• C. In modern economies, businesses increasingly expect students to have a firm grasp of financial knowledge.
• D. Schools have a critical role to play in supporting a growing economic sector in modern economies, that of computer manufacturing.

Correct Answer: B

CASE STUDY 5: General Overview

You are a teacher at a secondary school, and also the chairperson of a school committee that is comprised of members of the school administration and the team responsible for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at the school.

Description of Students 

The students at the school are between the ages of 15 and 18.

Learning and Teaching Environment

The school has a computer lab which the students use frequently.

All the teachers have laptop computers for teaching and administrative tasks. They can access the school’s network and the Internet using a wireless connection.

Planned changes

The school is planning to implement the following additional ICT resources:

• An intranet
• A student management system (SMS)
• One laptop for each student containing the curriculum content and connected to the school’s network

Learning Objectives

As students use ICT resources throughout all their subjects, they will develop collaboration, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity skills.

Professional Development Objectives

The professional development objectives for the teachers are:

• designing learning tasks for effectively incorporating ICT resources.
• implementing learning tasks that could be performed either at school or at home.

Learning Activities

By using video conferencing, the teachers hope to facilitate students’ collaboration and communication with subject matter experts.

Organizational Goals

A school intends to integrate ICT into all teaching and learning and is aspiring to qualify for sponsorship to help implement ICT changes. To qualify, the school must submit a compelling proposal detailing how ICT will benefit students.

The school is planning to encourage collaborative learning skills and independent learning skills. The school recognizes the need to hold a stakeholder meeting with the teachers, administrators, and students’ parents as part of its initial steps in writing the proposal. After the school implements the planned changes, the teachers must incorporate students’ laptops during their lessons.

Question 19. How would giving each student their own laptop help enhance collaborative learning?

• A. The students can share their work and ideas digitally
• B. The students can connect with their peers outside of the class without any interruptions from the teachers.
• C. The students will feel free in exchanging their views with one another anonymously.
• D. The students can work together without any supervision or guidance from any teacher.

Correct Answer: A

Question 20. You are asked to write a proposal that could qualify for the sponsorship.

By implementing the new ICT resources, which policy goal of the ICT Competency Framework for Teachers is met?

• A. helping the teachers design activities that would enable the students in becoming collaborative, problem-solving learners.
• B. allowing the teachers to update their ICT skills and meet the professional development objectives.
• C. allowing the teachers to create virtual activities that are self-administered by the students without any teacher involvement.
• D. allowing the teachers to create problem-solving activities that the students can perform in a virtual environment.

Correct Answer: A