A photographer turns the lens setting from f/4 to f/11. What happens?Wikipedia, F-number (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 002.
A student enlarges a small digital photograph to poster size and the picture breaks into squares. Why?Wikipedia, Raster graphics (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 005.
A student wants a paint that thins with water while wet but resists water once it has dried, so that a second layer will not disturb the first. Which paint fits?Wikipedia, Acrylic paint (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 001.
A student's clay figure of a standing horse keeps sagging. What should be built first, so that the clay has something to hold it up?Wikipedia, Armature (sculpture) (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 003.
An artist lines a gallery room with mirrors and hangs small lights from the ceiling, so that visitors walk through the work and see the room differently. Which term fits?Wikipedia, Installation art (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 003.
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Creating visual art, continued
Before starting a poster, a student fills a page with small, quick drawings that try out different layouts. What are these called?Wikipedia, Thumbnail (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 008.
In a museum, who decides which objects to select and shares research with the public through exhibitions?Wikipedia, Curator (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 006.
On a loom, which set of yarns is stretched in place before weaving begins?Wikipedia, Warp and weft (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 004.
Tempera is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium. Which binder is usual in it?Wikipedia, Tempera (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 001.
To make a linocut, an artist cuts into a sheet of linoleum with a gouge, then inks and prints it. Which areas of the block print?Wikipedia, Linocut (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 002.
To paint a pale sky, a student keeps adding white to ultramarine blue. In color theory, what is each lighter mixture called?Wikipedia, Tint, shade and tone (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 007.
What marks a work as performance art?Wikipedia, Performance art (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 005.
When a drawing is framed under glass, what practical job does the mat do?Wikipedia, Mat (picture framing) (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 006.
Which list holds only elements of art?Wikipedia, Elements of art (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 007.
Which metalworking technique shapes a malleable metal by hammering from the reverse side to raise a design in low relief?Wikipedia, Repoussé and chasing (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 004.
Which term names a clay body that has been partially dried?Wikipedia, Pottery (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 004.
Aesthetic knowledge and critical analysis 12
A canvas shows a harbor at sunrise in loose, visible strokes; the painter's main care is the shifting light. Which movement does it fit?Wikipedia, Impressionism (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 013.
A cereal box shows a cartoon athlete and the words "Champions start here." Which question does a critical viewer ask first?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 012.
A painter lights one face brightly against a nearly black room to heighten the drama. Which term names this use of strong contrast between light and dark?Wikipedia, Chiaroscuro (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 009.
A review of a portrait discusses only how its colors, lines, shapes and textures are composed; the sitter and the date go unmentioned. Which approach is this?Wikipedia, Formalism (art) (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 014.
A student writes four sentences about a painting of a room. Which one is interpretation and not description?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 014.
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of women artists. To what is their work devoted?Wikipedia, Guerrilla Girls (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 011.
Media literacy is commonly described as the ability to do four things with media in its various forms. Which four?Wikipedia, Media literacy (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 012.
Pop art challenged the traditions of fine art in the 1950s. From where did it take its imagery?Wikipedia, Pop art (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 010.
Two students stand before the same abstract painting. One says it feels calm; the other finds it uneasy. What does the difference best show?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 010.
What does the French term Japonisme refer to?Wikipedia, Japonisme (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 011.
What happens when two highly chromatic complementary colors are placed next to each other?Wikipedia, Complementary colors (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 009.
Which theory of art holds that an object can become art only in the context of the institution known as the art world?Wikipedia, Institutional theory of art (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 013.
Art in historical and cultural context 12
Around 1100 AD, the city of Cahokia held about 120 earthworks. Of which culture was it the most important center?Wikipedia, Cahokia (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 018.
Around 1906, which art had newly caught the interest of Picasso and Matisse and went on to feed the development of Cubism?Wikipedia, Cubism (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 015.
The Benin Bronzes come from the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin. In which present-day country did that kingdom lie?Wikipedia, Benin Bronzes (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 015.
Colossal stone heads are the most recognizable monuments of which early Mesoamerican culture?Wikipedia, Olmecs (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 018.
The Detroit Industry Murals of 1932 to 1933, twenty-seven fresco panels around a court of the Detroit Institute of Arts, are the work of which artist?Wikipedia, Detroit Industry Murals (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 019.
Tā moko is a customary art of permanent marking or tattooing. To which people does it belong?Wikipedia, Tā moko (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 016.
What is characteristic of the classical Inca building style seen at Machu Picchu?Wikipedia, Machu Picchu (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 020.
What is notable about some of the shapes formed by the Nazca lines in the desert of southern Peru?Wikipedia, Nazca lines (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 020.
What is the job of a flying buttress on a Gothic cathedral?Wikipedia, Flying buttress (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 017.
Which artist painted a series of 60 panels on the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North?Wikipedia, Migration Series (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 019.
Which system, studied and written about by Brunelleschi, Alberti and other artists of the Italian Renaissance, lets a painter show depth on a flat surface?Wikipedia, Perspective (graphical) (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 017.
Why are geometric patterns so prominent in Islamic art?Wikipedia, Islamic geometric patterns (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 016.
Art education 8
A student with a weak grip cannot hold a thin paintbrush through a lesson. Which adaptation meets the need and leaves the painting task as it is?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 023.
Arts integration is described as an approach to teaching in which students do what?Wikipedia, Arts integration (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 024.
Discipline-based art education teaches across four disciplines. Which four?Wikipedia, Discipline-Based Art Education (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 021.
In the late 19th century a movement in American art education sped up the teaching of art appreciation. What was it called?Wikipedia, Art education in the United States (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 021.
The National Core Arts Standards cover five arts disciplines. Which one stands beside dance, music, theatre and visual arts?National Core Arts Standards, home page (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 024.
Viktor Lowenfeld named six stages of artistic development. Which one lies between the preschematic stage and dawning realism?Wikipedia, Viktor Lowenfeld (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 022.
Which gives the fullest evidence of one student's artistic growth across a semester?The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 022.
Which organization certifies the safety of art materials, primarily for children, and conducts toxicology tests?Wikipedia, Art & Creative Materials Institute (read 2026-10-16). Outline: MTTC Visual Arts Education (095) test objectives, objective 023.
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test objectives of the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) field 095, Visual Arts Education, as the MTTC site prints them (https://www.mttc.nesinc.com/Content/STUDYGUIDE/MI_SG_obj_095.htm and the test page https://www.mttc.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/MI095_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-16): Creating visual art, 33%; Aesthetic knowledge and critical analysis of art, 25%; Art in historical and cultural context, 25%; Art education, 17%; 100 multiple-choice questions, 2 hours 30 minutes of testing time, passing score 220. This bank holds 48 questions, spread 16, 12, 12 and 8 over those subareas. Every fact was read on 2026-10-16 in the public page named under its question: the Wikipedia article named there, or the National Core Arts Standards site. 5 questions rest on a situation printed in the question and on the wording of the objective. No picture is shown: a work of art is named or described in words. Licence: Questions, passages, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This visual arts MTTC study guide is an MTTC visual arts practice test: 48 questions of our own on field 095, Visual Arts Education. Works are described, not pictured. Unofficial, not affiliated with the Michigan Department of Education or Pearson.
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What field 095 weighs
By the test objectives read October 16, 2026: creating visual art 33%; aesthetic knowledge and critical analysis of art 25%; art in historical and cultural context 25%; art education 17%. This bank holds 16, 12, 12 and 8, two for nearly every objective. A timed run asks 40 in 60 minutes.
Six regions of art history
Objectives 015 to 020 take one region each: Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, North America before European contact, North America since, and South America. The bank asks two questions on each, from the Benin Bronzes to Machu Picchu, with Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals among them.
A third of the test is studio knowledge: tools, materials, processes and safe use in two- and three-dimensional media, ceramics, fibers, metalwork and newer forms.
Questions and answers
How long is the MTTC Visual Arts Education test?
2 hours 30 minutes of testing time for 100 multiple-choice questions on a computer. The appointment runs 2 hours 45 minutes, since a 15-minute tutorial and nondisclosure agreement open it.
What score passes MTTC Visual Arts Education (095)?
220 on the scale of 100 to 300. For the LQ endorsement at initial certification the test page also requires a Professional Knowledge and Skills test (117, 121, 135 or 136).
Where is the official visual arts MTTC study guide?
On the MTTC site, under preparation materials for field 095. It has four sections; the third is the test objectives and the fourth sample multiple-choice questions. The site says registration also gives access to an online practice test.