MTLE Library Media Specialist Practice Test

Unofficial practice for Minnesota's MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) test, codes 102 and 103.

Subtest

Subtest 1 (102): the information media program; curriculum and resources. Subtest 2 (103): information and technology literacy; program administration.

A school library belongs to one of Minnesota's multicounty, multitype library systems. Section 134.351 encourages each system to develop services, among them one that lets the users of one member library draw on another. Which is it?

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Unofficial practice questions, not affiliated with the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Pearson. Bank checked October 15, 2026.

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Subtest 1: all 24 questions

The information media program 12

  • A federal law enacted in 2000 concerns the internet access that schools and libraries provide to children. According to the FCC, to which schools and libraries does this law, known as CIPA, apply? Federal Communications Commission, Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) consumer guide. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0003
  • A library media specialist holds a Tier 4 license and plans professional development toward renewal. How many approved clock hours must the local continuing education committee verify under Minnesota Rules 8710.7200? Minnesota Rules, part 8710.7200, subpart 2. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0002
  • A school library belongs to one of Minnesota's multicounty, multitype library systems. Section 134.351 encourages each system to develop services, among them one that lets the users of one member library draw on another. Which is it? Minnesota Statutes, section 134.351, subdivision 2. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0001
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The information media program, continued

  • A social studies teacher wants to hand every student in one class a copy of a short magazine article and asks the library media specialist about copyright. Which words of the fair use section, 17 U.S.C. 107, speak to her case? 17 U.S.C. 107, Legal Information Institute. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0003
  • The American Association of School Librarians, which serves primary and secondary school librarians, is a division of which body? Wikipedia, American Association of School Librarians. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0002
  • Besides teaching students and administering the media center, the scope of practice in Minnesota Rules 8710.4550 gives the library media specialist a role with other classroom teachers. What is it? Minnesota Rules, part 8710.4550, subpart 1. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0002
  • For a Minnesota multicounty, multitype library system to qualify for state aid, each participating library adopts an organizational agreement under section 134.351. Which of these must the agreement provide for? Minnesota Statutes, section 134.351, subdivision 3. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0001
  • Minnesota Statutes section 124D.991 lists what a school library or school library media center must have. By whom must it be served? Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.991. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0001
  • Minnesota Statutes section 134.51, which covers school district and charter school libraries, forbids removing a book when the removal rests solely on what? Minnesota Statutes, section 134.51, subdivisions 1 to 3. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0003
  • Under Minnesota Rules 8710.4550, a library media specialist is authorized to give information and technology literacy skills instruction to which students? Minnesota Rules, part 8710.4550, subpart 1. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0002
  • Under section 124D.991 of Minnesota Statutes, a school district or charter school library provides equitable and free access to whom? Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.991. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0001
  • Under section 13.40 of Minnesota Statutes, how are data classed that link a library patron's name with the materials the patron requested or borrowed? Minnesota Statutes, section 13.40, subdivision 2. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0003

Curriculum and resources 12

  • A librarian orders the paperback of a novel by title and receives the hardcover. Why would ordering by ISBN have prevented the mix-up? Wikipedia, ISBN. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0006
  • A school library's governing body finishes a content challenge under its adopted policy. To whom must it submit a report of the challenge under section 134.51 of Minnesota Statutes? Minnesota Statutes, section 134.51, subdivision 5. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0006
  • A student wants tide tables, the rising and setting times of the Sun and the dates of eclipses in one regularly published volume. Which reference source fits? Wikipedia, Almanac. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0005
  • The Caldecott Medal recognizes the most distinguished American picture book for children of the preceding year. To whom is the medal awarded? Wikipedia, Caldecott Medal. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0005
  • Following the criteria in the collection development policy, a librarian withdraws a careers book because its content is outdated. What is this systematic removal of resources called? Wikipedia, Weeding (library). Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0006
  • For a seventh-grade history unit, the librarian prepares a guide listing the best starting sources so that students can begin their research on the topic. What is such a bibliography called? Wikipedia, Pathfinder (library science). Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0004
  • The media center's catalog station runs software for patrons with a print disability: it conveys what is on the display by text-to-speech or a braille device. What is this assistive technology called? Wikipedia, Screen reader. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0005
  • Minnesota Rules 8710.4550 has the library media specialist collaborate with teachers of early childhood through adult students on learning activities that meet specific learning objectives. What does the rule say they do with those activities together? Minnesota Rules, part 8710.4550, subpart 3, item B. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0004
  • Minnesota Rules 8710.4550 says the specialist develops an information and technology literacy program that is an integral part of the total curriculum. With whom must the specialist take part in curriculum development? Minnesota Rules, part 8710.4550, subpart 3, item B. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0004
  • Section 124D.991 of Minnesota Statutes requires a school library's collection development plan to include materials selection and deselection, a challenged materials procedure and what else? Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.991. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0006
  • To match the collection and library lessons to what each grade teaches and when, a library media specialist turns to the school's review of its operational curriculum, entered in a database. What is the procedure behind it called? Wikipedia, Curriculum mapping. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0004
  • Which American Library Association award annually recognizes the best book written for teens, judged entirely on its literary merit? Wikipedia, Michael L. Printz Award. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 1, objective 0005

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to Subtest 1 (test code 102) of the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Examinations field Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) in the test framework on the MTLE website (https://www.mtle.nesinc.com/Content/Worksheets/MN102_FrameworkWorksheet.html; test page https://www.mtle.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/MN102_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-15): 50 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour, passing score 228; The Information Media Program (objectives 0001 to 0003, 25 questions, 50%) and Curriculum and Resources (0004 to 0006, 25 questions, 50%). This set holds 24: 12 and 12, four for each objective. Every fact was read on the public page named under its question: Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules at the Revisor of Statutes, 17 U.S.C. 107, the FCC guide to the Children's Internet Protection Act and the named Wikipedia articles. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

Subtest 2: all 24 questions

Information and technology literacy 12

  • A database search for cloning returns thousands of records. The student wants only records in which all three of her terms are present: cloning, humans and ethics. Which Boolean operator should join the terms? MIT Libraries, Database Search Tips: Boolean operators. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0008
  • A fourth grader begins a report by working out exactly what the assignment is asking for. In the Big6, the six-step process of Eisenberg and Berkowitz, which step is this, the first? Wikipedia, Information literacy. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0007
  • A lesson has students take apart a news clip and then produce one of their own. Media literacy is described as the ability to do what with media in various forms? Wikipedia, Media literacy. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0007
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Information and technology literacy, continued

  • A librarian teaches the CRAAP test for judging whether a source can be trusted. Four of its criteria are currency, relevance, authority and accuracy. What is the fifth? Wikipedia, CRAAP test. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0008
  • A student wants to put a photograph in a slide show. The photograph carries a Creative Commons license whose code includes BY. What does the BY component require? Wikipedia, Creative Commons license. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0008
  • Carol Kuhlthau's Information Search Process, a six-stage model first based on research with high school students, examined the role of which factor in information seeking? Wikipedia, Information behavior. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0007
  • In 1989 an American Library Association committee said that an information literate person must be able to recognize when information is needed. What else must the person be able to do with the needed information? Wikipedia, Information literacy. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0007
  • Minnesota Rules 8710.4550 has the library media specialist provide guidance suited to students' interests, goals, needs and abilities. Which three kinds of guidance does the rule name? Minnesota Rules, part 8710.4550, subpart 3, item B. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0009
  • Minnesota's Read Act, section 120B.12 of the statutes, opens with a literacy goal that a school's reading program works toward. What is the goal? Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.12, subdivision 1. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0009
  • Put Reading First names three ways in which children pick up word meanings indirectly. Two are daily oral language and reading extensively on their own. Which is the third, the one a library read-aloud supplies? National Institute for Literacy, Put Reading First, Vocabulary instruction. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0009
  • The Read Act calls for evidence-based reading instruction that focuses on mastery of three foundational reading skills, along with oral language, vocabulary and comprehension. Which three skills are named as foundational? Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.12, subdivision 1. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0009
  • To catch synonyms, a student joins the terms teenagers, adolescents and youth with OR. What does OR do to the set of results? MIT Libraries, Database Search Tips: Boolean operators. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0008

Program administration 12

  • A book titled All About Felines is given the subject heading CATS from an approved list such as Sears or the Library of Congress Subject Headings. What is the point of using the authorized heading? Library of Congress, Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0012
  • A small school library is tempted to keep its catalog in a home-grown format. According to the Library of Congress guide to MARC, what does using the MARC standard do for a library? Library of Congress, Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0012
  • E-Rate discounts on telecommunications and internet access for schools and libraries range from 20 to 90 percent. On what are the discounts based? Federal Communications Commission, E-Rate: Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0011
  • The librarian uses a Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress classification schedule to choose a call number for a new book. What is the purpose of the call number? Library of Congress, Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0012
  • Minnesota Rules 8710.4550 has the library media specialist develop and monitor information technology policies and procedures. For what purpose, in the rule's words? Minnesota Rules, part 8710.4550, subpart 3, item C. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0010
  • Most library catalogs are built from MARC records. What does MARC stand for? Library of Congress, Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0012
  • Section 134.51 of Minnesota Statutes also protects library staff. What may a governing body not do to an employee for complying with the section? Minnesota Statutes, section 134.51, subdivision 4. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0011
  • Section 134.51 of Minnesota Statutes requires a library materials policy that says who administers the procedures for selection and reconsideration. Which of these does the statute list? Minnesota Statutes, section 134.51, subdivision 5. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0010
  • Under Minnesota Rules 8710.4550, the information media program that a library media specialist develops and implements must reflect what? Minnesota Rules, part 8710.4550, subpart 3, item A. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0010
  • Under section 125B.15 of Minnesota Statutes, computers at a school site with internet access for student use must be equipped to restrict student access to certain material. Which means does the section name? Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.15. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0010
  • Under the 2010 ADA Standards, self-service library shelves must stand on an accessible route. What minimum clear width do the Standards set for the walking surface of such a route? 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, sections 225.2.2 and 403.5.1. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0011
  • Which of these is a purpose for which Minnesota school library aid must be reserved and used under section 124D.992? Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.992, subdivision 2. Written to the MTLE Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) framework, Subtest 2, objective 0011

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to Subtest 2 (test code 103) of the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Examinations field Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12) in the test framework on the MTLE website (https://www.mtle.nesinc.com/Content/Worksheets/MN102_FrameworkWorksheet.html; test page https://www.mtle.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/MN102_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-15): 50 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour, passing score 227; Information and Technology Literacy Skills (objectives 0007 to 0009, 25 questions, 50%) and Program Administration (0010 to 0012, 25 questions, 50%). This set holds 24: 12 and 12, four for each objective. Every fact was read on the public page named under its question: Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules at the Revisor of Statutes, the Library of Congress guide Understanding MARC Bibliographic, the MIT Libraries guide to Boolean operators, Put Reading First, the FCC guide to E-Rate, the 2010 ADA Standards and the named Wikipedia articles. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

Forty-eight unofficial practice questions for the MTLE Library Media Specialist test, 24 for each subtest. Many rest on Minnesota's own library law. The page is independent of the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and of Pearson.

Read the full guide

MTLE Library Media Specialist: four subareas of equal weight

The framework, read October 15, 2026, splits Subtest 1 (code 102) evenly between The Information Media Program and Curriculum and Resources, and Subtest 2 (code 103) evenly between Information and Technology Literacy Skills and Program Administration. That is twelve objectives, and this page asks four questions on each.

Written from Minnesota's library statutes

Twenty-two questions cite Minnesota law by section, among them what a school library must have (124D.991), school library aid (124D.992), the bar on removing books for their viewpoint (134.51), borrower privacy (13.40), internet filtering (125B.15), the Read Act (120B.12) and the license rule, 8710.4550.

  • Statutes change. Each Minnesota question gives its section number, so you can open the current text at the Revisor of Statutes.

Questions and answers

Is this MTLE Library Media Specialist practice test free?

Yes, free and with nothing to join. The 48 questions are our own, written from the framework's 12 objectives and from public sources named under each answer. No question is taken from the real test or its official practice material.

How many questions are on the MTLE Library Media Specialist test?

Two subtests with 50 multiple-choice questions apiece. Each subtest gets one hour of testing time, and the appointment includes 15 more minutes for the tutorial and nondisclosure agreement.

What is the passing score for MTLE Library Media Specialist?

228 for Subtest 1 and 227 for Subtest 2, per the test page on October 15, 2026, and candidates must pass both. A raw count of right answers on this page is not a scaled score.

What does a library media specialist license allow in Minnesota?

Under Minnesota Rules 8710.4550, teaching information and technology literacy skills in kindergarten through grade 12, leading and consulting with classroom teachers to integrate those skills with content teaching, and administering media center operations, programming and resources.

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