A class studies how plastic bottle caps are mass-produced: molten plastic is forced into a shaped cavity, cooled and ejected. Which process is this?Wikipedia, Injection moulding (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 003.
A lab has two fluid power trainers. One moves its cylinder with compressed air and the other with oil. Which statement names them correctly?Wikipedia, Fluid power (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 001.
A lesson brings mathematics standards into a transmission unit. A drive gear with 12 teeth turns a driven gear with 36 teeth. How fast does the driven gear turn?Wikipedia, Gear train (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 002.
A small engine will not start. A student checks for fuel, then for spark, then for compression, one at a time and in order. What is the student practicing?Wikipedia, Troubleshooting (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 005.
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Teaching industrial technology content, continued
A teacher contrasts ways of making a part. Which process builds the part by adding material layer by layer under computer control?Wikipedia, 3D printing (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 003.
A teacher planning a power and energy unit starts from the standards, next writes the assessment, and only then plans the lessons. What is this order of planning called?Wikipedia, Backward design (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 002.
Before a class commits materials to a final dragster design, each team shapes a quick foam model to test its idea. What is the foam model?Wikipedia, Prototype (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 004.
Before a student changes the blade on a band saw, the teacher has the machine unplugged, the plug locked inside a cover and a warning tag hung on it. What is this procedure called?Wikipedia, Lockout–tagout (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 001.
During a brainstorm on tool storage, one student keeps explaining why each idea will fail. Which rule of brainstorming should the teacher restate?Wikipedia, Brainstorming (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 005.
For every can of lacquer thinner on the shelf, which document must the lab keep, with hazards in section 2, first aid in section 4 and storage in section 7?Wikipedia, Safety data sheet (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 001.
In a communication technology lesson, a student's photo-based logo turns blocky when enlarged for a banner. What explains the result?Wikipedia, Raster graphics (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 003.
In a four-stroke gasoline engine, during which stroke does the piston squeeze the air-fuel mixture before the spark plug fires?Wikipedia, Four-stroke engine (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 001.
On a breadboard, a student reads 9 volts across a resistor that carries 0.5 ampere. What is the resistance?Wikipedia, Ohm's law (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 001.
Students draw a bracket in CAD and then open it in CAM software. What does the CAM software do with the drawing?Wikipedia, Computer-aided manufacturing (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 003.
Teams investigate how blade angle affects the output of a model wind turbine. What makes their experiment a fair test?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 004.
The test objectives print a seven-step design problem-solving process. Which step comes directly after researching the problem?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 005.
Instruction and technology 9
A student in the metals lab has an IEP. Under the federal special education rules, what must the school make sure the lab teacher is told?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR 300.323(d) (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 006.
A teacher asks students which trades and repairs their families and neighbors do, then builds project choices around the answers. What is this an example of?Wikipedia, Culturally relevant teaching (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 006.
A teacher wants to show short clips of a copyrighted video in a lesson without asking the owner. Which doctrine of United States law permits limited use of this kind?Wikipedia, Fair use (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 008.
A teacher writes four tasks for a drill press lesson. By the revised Bloom's taxonomy, which one demands the most complex thinking?Wikipedia, Bloom's taxonomy (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 007.
For an energy unit, students need the voltage of a solar panel recorded every minute for a week. Which tool fits the job?Wikipedia, Data logger (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 008.
Several English learners join an electronics class. The teacher adds labeled diagrams, cooperative tasks and explicit vocabulary teaching so the content stays accessible while their English grows. Which approach is this?Wikipedia, Sheltered instruction (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 006.
Students spend four weeks investigating how to cut the school's energy use and then build and present a working answer. Which teaching method is this?Wikipedia, Project-based learning (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 007.
To show they can read a micrometer, students may answer in writing, record a short clip or demonstrate at the bench. Which principle of Universal Design for Learning is this?Wikipedia, Universal Design for Learning (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 008.
Under 34 CFR 300.5, an assistive technology device may be bought, modified or customized. What does the rule say is not such a device?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR 300.5 (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 007.
Assessment, skills and practices 9
A cabinetmaking unit includes the four checks below. Which one is summative?Wikipedia, Summative assessment (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 009.
A family requests access to the assessment records a school keeps on their daughter. What limit do the federal education records regulations put on the school's response time?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR 99.10 (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 010.
A machine safety test must be passed at a set score before a student may use the table saw, however classmates score. How are scores on this test read?Wikipedia, Criterion-referenced test (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 010.
All year, students upload photos, drawings and written reflections for each project to an online folder that the teacher reviews. What is this collection called?Wikipedia, Electronic portfolio (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 009.
Before handing in a project, students rate their own work against a list of criteria and write one thing to improve. What does this practice give them?Wikipedia, Formative assessment (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 011.
Before students build a box, the teacher hands out a chart that describes four quality levels each for joinery, finish and accuracy. What is the chart?Wikipedia, Rubric (academic) (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 009.
Halfway through a welding unit, a teacher looks at each student's practice bead and gives spoken feedback, with no grade. What kind of assessment is this?Wikipedia, Formative assessment (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 009.
On a measurement quiz, 22 of 25 students miss the item on reading a micrometer, and most choose the same wrong answer. What is the most useful reading of this result?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 010.
Which student growth goal is written so that progress can be measured?Wikipedia, SMART criteria (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 011.
Professionalism and career clusters 9
A new teacher wants to join a national association whose whole focus is career and technical education. Which one fits?Wikipedia, Association for Career and Technical Education (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 014.
A ninth grader says she likes fixing things but has no idea which careers use that. Which first step best guides her career planning?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 012.
A parent emails, upset about a project grade. Which reply best supports the student's learning?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 014.
A program plans its budget around "Perkins V," the current version of the Carl D. Perkins Act. In which year was that reauthorization signed?Wikipedia, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 013.
A teacher looks for current practice in the field. Which organization publishes Technology and Engineering Teacher for K-12 teachers and The Journal of Technology Education?Wikipedia, International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 013.
A teacher wants to know whether the program's equipment and skills still match what local industry uses. Which group is best placed to say?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 013.
How many Clusters make up the modernized National Career Clusters Framework?Advance CTE, Career Clusters (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 012.
The test objectives name MITES as a professional organization. What do the letters stand for?MITES, home page (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 014.
Which organization is the steward of the National Career Clusters Framework?Advance CTE, Career Clusters (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Industrial and Technology Education (129) test objectives, objective 012.
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test objectives of the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) field 129, Industrial and Technology Education, as the MTTC site prints them (https://www.mttc.nesinc.com/Content/STUDYGUIDE/MI_SG_OBJ_129.htm and the test page https://www.mttc.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/MI129_TestPage.html), read 2026-10-16: 100 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours 30 minutes, passing score 220; Subarea I Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Industrial Technology (objectives 001 to 005, 37%), II Instruction and Technology (006 to 008, 21%), III Assessment, Skills, and Practices (009 to 011, 21%), IV Professionalism and Career Cluster Knowledge (012 to 014, 21%). This bank holds 16, 9, 9 and 9. Each explanation names the public page its fact was read in; six questions rest on their own text and the wording of the objective. Licence: Questions, passages, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
Field 129 is the exam behind this MTTC Industrial and Technology Education practice test, which asks 43 questions of our own. Nothing here is official: the Michigan Department of Education and Pearson, who set and run the exam, have no part in this site.
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What field 129 weighs
By the test objectives read October 16, 2026: pedagogical content knowledge for teaching industrial technology 37%; instruction and technology 21%; assessment, skills, and practices 21%; professionalism and career cluster knowledge 21%. This bank holds 16, 9, 9 and 9, and its timed run of 40 questions in 60 minutes keeps the real pace of 100 in 150.
The content inside the first subarea
Objectives 001 to 005 take the same five content areas through safety, lesson planning, industrial processes, experiments and problem solving: materials, design and drafting with CAD and CAM; power and energy; engines and power transmission; communication technologies; and transportation systems.
Three of the four subareas, 63% of the test, are about instruction, assessment and professional knowledge, not shop content.
The test page says the TE endorsement also needs a Professional Knowledge and Skills test: 117, 121, 135 or 136.
Questions and answers
Which MTTC test covers industrial technology?
Field 129, which the MTTC test list names Industrial and Technology Education; it is the test practiced here. The questions are our own, written to the objectives published for it; the real items and the study guide's samples are not used.
How many questions are on the MTTC Industrial and Technology Education test?
One hundred, all multiple-choice, taken on a computer. Testing time is 2 hours 30 minutes inside an appointment of 2 hours 45 minutes; the extra quarter hour goes to a tutorial and a nondisclosure agreement.
What is the passing score for MTTC Industrial and Technology Education?
A scaled score of 220, where scaled scores run from 100 to 300. They are computed from the scorable questions a candidate gets right, which a practice page cannot reproduce, so results here are plain counts.
Is there an official study guide for MTTC field 129?
The MTTC site has a four-section guide for the field: program and test information, preparation, the objectives, and sample multiple-choice questions. Candidates who register are also given an online practice test.