Example Questions
The purpose of this Example Questions Document is to show you what TCAP/Gateway questions look like in a Word Document. The tutorial will explain step-by-step everything I had to do to make the questions. The actual questions are between the two bold lines. All information outside the bold lines is for reference only.
Gateway Science – Two Questions
Question 1: Category 1 – Cell Organelles and Biomolecules
Performance Indicator: Distinguish between plant and animal cells given diagrams or scenarios.
Use the diagram of the cell below to answer Number 1.
Besides the cell wall, which of
these features would not be found
in an animal cell?
A nucleus
B mitochondria
C chloroplast
D cell membrane
Gateway Science – Question 2
Category 1: Cell Organelles and Biomolecules
Performance Indicator: Identify a positive test for carbohydrates and lipids when
given an experimental procedure, data, and results.
In an experiment, students tested three unknown samples for three properties.
The results are shown in the table below.
Sample / Mixes with water / Stains dark withiodine / Leaves translucent
spot on brown paper
1 / Yes / Yes / No
2 / No / No / No
3 / No / No / Yes
F Sample 1G Sample 2
H Simple 3J None of these
Gateway English – Two questions
The major part of creating Gateway English questions is incorporating excerpts from stories, novels, or poems. Then, once you have an excerpt, you have to be able to incorporate “reading skills” questions and “language skills” questions using the same excerpt. For the Gateway English examples, I am going to use one excerpt, the first question will be a reading skill question. The second will be a language skill question.
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Gateway English
Question 1
Category 5. Meaning
Performance Indicator 2.2.A Draw inference(s) from a selected passage.
Question 2
Category 1. Grammar Conventions
Performance Indicator 1.2.M Recognize the correct use of quotation marks in a direct quote.
Excerpt and questions begin on the next page.
Read the passage below. Then answer questions 1 and 2.
Excerpt from The Pearl
by John Steinbeck
Paragraph 1
But Juana’s eyes were on him and she could not wait. She put her hand on Coyotito’s covered head. Open it, she said.
Paragraph 2
Kino deftly slipped his knife into the edge of the shell. Through the knife he could feel the muscle tighten hard. He worked the blade lever-wise and the closing muscle parted and the shell fell apart. The lip-like flesh writhed up and then subsided. Kino lifted the flesh, and there it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon. It captured the light and refined it and gave it back in silver light and refined it and gave it back in silver incandescence. It was as large as a sea-gull’s egg. It was the greatest pearl in the world.
After reading this passage, one could infer that Kino willmost likely
be ______.
A excited, because the pearl will likely be very valuable
B angry, because the pearl was man-made
C sad, because he will have to share the pearl with his wife and son
D confused, because he did not know a pearl would be inside a clam
Read the underlined sentence from Paragraph 1.
Open it, she said.
Which of these uses quotation marks correctly for this sentence?
F “Open it, she said.”
G “Open it, she” said.
H “Open it, she said.
J “Open it,” she said.
Gateway Algebra – Three questions.
Question 1
Category 1. Number Sense/Theory
Performance Indicator: select the best estimate for the coordinate of a given point on a number line (only rational)
Which of these is the best estimate of the coordinate of Point T on the number line?
A - 250B - 290C - 300D - 270
The Gateway exam will ask students to simplify or solve many equations. This is not a difficult thing for you to accomplish using Word.
Question 2
Category 2. Algebraic Expressions
Performance Indicator: add and subtract algebraic expressions
Simplify: (5x2 + 8x – 4) – (x2– 2x + 6)
F 4x2 + 6x + 2G 4x2 + 10x – 10
H 6x2 + 6x +2J 6x2 + 10x – 10
Question 3
Category 1. Number Sense/Theory
Performance Indicator: use estimation to determine a reasonable solution for a tedious arithmetic computation.
Which of these is the best estimate of the volume of this box?
A 6 cubic cmB 8 cubic cm
C 12 cubic cmD 24 cubic cm
TCAP Assessment Examples
Grade 3
One Question – Science
Category 5. Earth’s Features and Resources
Performance Indicator: Identify an object as natural or man-made.
Which of these is an object that is not man-made?
A B
C D
Grade 4
One question – Reading and Language Arts
Category 7 – Techniques and Skills
Performance Indicator: 4.1.spi.2 Use table of contents, title page, and glossary to locate information.
Question on the next page.
Examine this table of contents from a cookbook.
Chapter 1 ……………….. Salads
Chapter 2 ……………….. Soups
Chapter 3 ……………….. Sweet Treats
Chapter 4 ……………….. Main Dishes
What chapter would have a recipe for brownies?
A Chapter 1
B Chapter 2
C Chapter 3
D Chapter 4
Grade 5
One question – Mathematics
Category 4. Real World Problem Solving
Performance Indicator: 5.4.spi.10 Solve real-world problems involving perimeter and area of rectangles.
Question begins on the next page.
Mr. Miller’s students are measuring the tennis courts in the park.
A diagram of a tennis court is shown below. Use the diagram to answer number 1.
What is the area of the tennis court?
F 135 square feet
G 270 square feet
H 4500 square feet
J 8200 square feet
Grade 6
One question – Social Studies
Category 4 – Prehistory-Ancient Civilizations
Performance Indicator: 6.5.spi.11 Identify characteristics includingeconomy, social relations, religion, and political authority of various societies (i.e., Mesopotamian,
Egyptian, Greek City-States, Roman Empire, Indian,Medieval).
Which of these best fits in the diagram?
A Greek City-StatesB Roman Empire
C Mesopotamian City-StatesD EgyptianKingdom
Grade 7
One Question – Social Studies
Category 1 – Economics
Performance Indicator: 7.2.spi.4 Interpret economic issues as expressed with maps, tables, diagrams, and charts.
Question begins on the next page.
Use the information in the bar graph below to answer number 1.
Mike wants to open a store that sells new and used DVDs. The bar graph above tells him that people in the area most likely ______.
A will buy most of their DVDs at other stores in town
B will buy more inexpensive DVDs than expensive ones
C dislike movies on DVDs
D have very little money to spend on DVDs
Grade 8
One question – Mathematics
Category 6 – Measurement
Performance Indicator: 8.4.spi.4 Apply formulas to find areas of triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids.
Question begins on the next page.
Use the formula A = x base x height to find the area of the triangle below.
A 15 cm2B 9 ½ cm2C 22cm2D 44 cm2
End of Examples