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The Washington Educator Skills Tests—Endorsements (WEST–E) are held by Washington Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) to measure the content knowledge required of teacher candidates seeking an endorsement to a Washington teaching certificate and are fully aligned with the state's teacher endorsement competencies and Essential Academic Learning Requirements. A number of WEST-E tests focus on ensuring certification applicants have enough knowledge of a specific subject to be able to teach it effectively. Subject-based WEST-E tests include: Agriculture Education Bilingual... Show more

The Washington Educator Skills Tests—Endorsements (WEST–E) are held by Washington Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) to measure the content knowledge required of teacher candidates seeking an endorsement to a Washington teaching certificate and are fully aligned with the state's teacher endorsement competencies and Essential Academic Learning Requirements.

A number of WEST-E tests focus on ensuring certification applicants have enough knowledge of a specific subject to be able to teach it effectively.

Subject-based WEST-E tests include:

Agriculture Education
Bilingual Education
Business and Marketing Education
Computer Science
Dance
Designated World Languages
Family and Consumer Sciences
Education
History
Health/Fitness
Music: Choral
Music: Instrumental
Social Studies
Technology Education
Theatre Arts

There are also a few WEST-E tests used to qualify individuals to teach specific grade levels.

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Washington Educator Skills Tests - (WEST–E) Practice Test

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1. According to national physical education (PE) standards, to show respect, which of the following should PE teachers do to address a student’s behavior problem?

The teacher has the student describe the behavior, why it was disruptive, and solutions for the problem.The teacher avoids discussing it but provides concrete consequences and solutions for the problem.The teacher has a classmate describe the behavior, why it was disruptive, and solutions for the problem.The teacher describes the student’s behavior, why it was disruptive, and solutions for the problem.

2. Which development in human manual skills emerges the earliest?

Changing hand shapes before touching objectsSuccessfully reaching for objectsArm flapping and jerky arm extensionsCoordinated arm–hand movements

3. What have physical education teachers found about using apps like Coach’s Eye, iCoachview, and so on with their students?

Students typically cannot use apps after only brief demonstration.Student enthusiasm helps them appreciate constructive criticism.Students experience delayed feedback when teachers play videos.Students are uncomfortable seeing their performance postgame.

4. When is performing the Heimlich maneuver on a student indicated?

The Heimlich should not be done until cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is tried.The student has trouble breathing and is coughing.The student is choking and is not able to breathe.The student says he or she is having trouble breathing.

5. Of the following, which is NOT a sign that an individual may need to get help from a professional for emotional or mental health problems?

Any or all of these are signsPervasive depressionPersistent insomniaDifficulty concentrating

6. Which of the following biomechanics subjects are based on calculus?

Vector composition and resolutionThe parallelogram methodDifferentiation and integrationNone of these topics

7. A physical education teacher addresses a wide range of skill levels in one class by setting up several learning stations to teach a lesson in throwing. Which station activity represents the highest student skill level?

Throwing all these ways equallyThrowing to teammates while defendedThrowing lead passesThrowing at a stationary target

8. Of the following, which is accurate regarding modes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission?

HIV cannot be transmitted perinatally.HIV cannot be transmitted by oral sex.HIV cannot be transmitted via nursing.HIV cannot be transmitted genetically.

9. In the majority of U.S. states and territories, which of these professions are identified as mandated reporters of child maltreatment?

Camps and recreation and youth center employees, directors, and volunteersSchool, health care, child care, mental health, and law enforcement employeesDomestic violence workers, humane or animal control officers, and college facultiesProbation or parole officers, substance abuse counselors, and film processors

10. In professional development (PD) for health educators, which of the following organizations offers a national PD conference for educational support professionals (ESPs)?

The American Public Health Association (APHA)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)The National Education Association (NEA)Society of Health and Physical Educators (ShapeAmerica)

11. According to research studies, what is true about the impact of physical activity (PA) on health risks?

Sufficient, consistent PA reduces risks of all these diseases, but amounts for each vary greatly.Regular PA in adequate amounts improves overall well-being but does not lower disease risks.Enough regular PA reduces risks of heart disease and stroke but not of diabetes or any cancer.Similar amounts of PA lower heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and colon and breast cancer risks.

12. Of the following research methods for gathering health-related data, which one is most applicable to collecting aggregate information on large population groups?

SurveysObservationsInterviewsQuestionnaires

13. Of the following diseases, which one is NOT caused by the Epstein-Barr virus?

Burkitt’s lymphomaInfectious mononucleosisNasopharyngeal carcinomaInfectious hepatitis

14. Which kinds of physical education activities are both appropriate for boys and girls to participate in together and are less dependent on team assignment by student skill levels?

Activities that require more upper-body strengthActivities of all these typesActivities that require agility and lower-body strengthActivities that involve participant body contact

15. In his developmental theory, what did Erikson identify as the positive outcome of successfully resolving the nuclear conflict of basic trust versus mistrust?

HopePurposeCompetenceWill

16. What is a result of regular and substantial alcohol use?

It damages both the cardiovascular and central nervous systems.It causes liver damage but not impotence or stomach disorders.It impairs judgment over the long term but not in the short term.It distorts the perceptions but not the senses of vision or hearing.

17. Which of these is a typical effect of substance abuse on student behavior?

An inhibited student becomes more impulsive.An outgoing student becomes withdrawn.A shy student becomes more sociable.These are all typical effects of substance abuse.

18. What is a definition of body mass index (BMI)?

The ratio of body fat to muscle cubedThe ratio of weight to height squaredThe ratio of abdominal fat to total fatThe ratio of total fat to overall weight

19. Which of the following foods is classified in two food groups by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)?

EggplantSeafoodLegumesCheese

20. The MyFitnessPal, Endomondo, and Fitbit digital fitness apps all share what in common?

RecipesSyncAudio feedbackSocial networking

21. Among fundamental movement skills (FMS), which two are both part of the same main category?

Balance and stabilityRotation and balanceManipulative and rotationLocomotor and manipulative

22. Teaching the idea that saturated fat in the diet contributes to heart disease is MOST developmentally appropriate to which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?

PreoperationalSensorimotorConcrete operationsFormal operations

23. Concerning the impacts of various resources on student physical education (PE) outcomes, what has research found?

PE facilities and equipment are valuable resources but do not change the amount of student activity.Students receive a higher quantity and quality of PE from teachers who also teach different subjects.Student physical activity is the same whether PE curriculum is based on educational standards or not.Class size and student–teacher ratio correlate inversely with activity levels, time, safety, and learning.

24. Of the following, which is accurate regarding personal hygiene in adolescence?

Teens who learned good bathing habits as children need not change.The majority of teens experience acne regardless of skin care habits.The same oral hygiene they used as children should suffice for teens.Teens should not need to shampoo hair more but do so out of vanity.

25. A physical education teacher has included an objective for student heart rates to reach a target range when they play a sport. The teacher discovers the majority of students did not reach that target. Which teacher response to this discovery is the best example of using reflection to inform instruction?

The teacher decides students were not playing hard enough and gives them a pep talk.All of these.None of theseThe teacher experiments with having the students play the next game at faster speeds. / The teacher changes the rules of the game so all students will participate more actively.

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