MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL TEACHER TESTING PROGRAM

SCOPE OF TEST CODE # 38 – ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

WRITTEN EXAM -100 QUESTIONS

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS

PERCENT OF TEST:

15 % ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT

              - Hydrogeology

              - Environmental Regulations

              - Site Assessment

              - Site Remediation

25 % EARTH SCIENCE

           - Meteorology

           - Geology

           - Limnology

           - Marine Science

           - Energy

           - Air Quality

10 % OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER

10 % LABORATORY AND FIELD SAMPLING METHODS

  5 % ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED MATHEMATICS

15 % NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

           - Watershed Management

           - Wetlands

           - Plant and Tree I.D. and Measurements

           - Wildlife Biology

  5 % SAFETY

15 % WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES

THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION IS ALIGNED WITH THE MATCHING MASSACHUSETTS VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATOR FRAMEWORKS.  SOME QUESTIONS REQUIRE A SYNTHESIS OF KNOWLEDGE BASED ON VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL WORK EXPERIENCE AND MAY NOT BE FOUND IN ANY BOOK.  HOWEVER, CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO STUDY FOR THEIR EXAMS BY REVIEWING CURRENT TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL WHICH CAN USUALLY BE FOUND IN THE LIBRARIES OF MOST VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS WHICH OFFER CHAPTER 74 PROGRAMS.

*You may refer to www.mccte.org for the Massachusetts Vocational Technical Educator Frameworks.

SCOPE OF TEST CODE # 38 – ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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THE FOLLOWING LIST OF REFERENCE MATERIALS WAS DEVELOPED AS A GUIDE FOR WRITTEN EXAM CANDIDATES:

YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR OBTAINING THESE RESOURCES THROUGH THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM.

The written exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions.  Each question consists of one incomplete sentence or a questions followed by four choices.  Listed below are several sample items:

Which of the following is most characteristic of a confined aquifer?

              a.           It has high porosity.

*             b.           It has a low permeability layer on top of it.

              c.           It has a high permeability layer on top of it.

              d.           It has a low permeability layer beneath it.

Which piece of laboratory equipment would be used to most accurately measure 7 ml of a sample?

              a.           5 ml graduated cylinder

*             b.           10 ml graduated pipette

              c.           50 ml graduated cylinder

              d            10 ml volumetric pipette

* indicates correct answer

THE TEACHER TESTING PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE NON-PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATORS FOR USE IN COMPLETING THE WRITTEN EXAM. DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THESE CALCULATORS WILL BE INCLUDED IN YOUR ADMISSION PACKAGE.

UPDATED:  11/2007