GACE Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators - Practice Questions

Question 13 (Middle Grades Social Science)

Which of the following is true concerning the formation of new state governments in the new United States of America following freedom from British rule?

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The state of Massachusetts required a special convention for its constitution, setting a good example.
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The states of Connecticut and Massachusetts retained their colonial charters, minus the British parts.
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The state of Massachusetts did not formally begin to use its new constitution until 1778.
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By the end of 1777, new constitutions had been created for twelve of the American states.

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The state of Massachusetts required a special convention for its constitution, setting a good example.

Massachusetts did set a valuable example for other states by stipulating that its constitution should be created via a special convention rather than via the legislature. This way, the constitution would take precedence over the legislature, which would be subject to the rules of the constitution. It is not true that twelve states had new constitutions by the end of 1777. By this time, ten of the states had new constitutions. It is not true that Connecticut and Massachusetts retained their colonial charters minus the British parts. Connecticut and Rhode Island were the states that preserved their colonial charters. They simply removed any parts referring to British rule. Massachusetts did not formalize its new constitution in 1778. This state did not actually finish the process of adopting its new constitution until 1780. Finally, it is not true that Pennsylvania began with a viable constitution featuring checks and balances. It is true that Maryland and Virginia did initially provide such workable constitutions. Pennsylvania, however, began with such a hyper-democratic document with so little in the way of checks and balances that officials found it impossible to manage and quickly got rid of it, eventually coming up with a more reasonable constitution.

Question 14 (Health and Physical Education)

Which of the following correctly sequences the stages of change in the stages of change model of health behavior?

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Preparation, precontemplation, contemplation, action, maintenance
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Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance
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Preparation, action, maintenance, precontemplation, contemplation
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Maintenance, preparation, precontemplation, contemplation, action

Question 15 (Educational Leadership)

Gabriel, one of Mrs. Gomez’ second-grade students, is habitually tardy in the morning. Mrs. Gomez has talked to Gabriel’s parents, but they both work in the morning, so Gabriel is responsible for walking the short distance to school by himself. Mrs. Gomez suspects that Gabriel is often late because he is playing basketball on the playground before school. How should Mrs. Gomez handle this situation?

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She should put another student in charge of getting Gabriel to school on time
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She should forbid Gabriel from playing basketball
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She should give Gabriel a fun but important job to do at the beginning of the school day
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She should recommend that Gabriel be suspended for three days

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