Fundamentals of technology and engineering education 9
A class charts what the automobile brought: easier travel, pollution, new jobs, crowded highways and the growth of suburbs. Standard 5 uses this example to teach that the outputs of a technological system can be which four things?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 6 (Impacts of Technology). Framework section: Competency 0001, Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education
A student team has invented a new and useful machine. By the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which kind of patent covers it, and how long is the term?U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent essentials. Framework section: Competency 0001, Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education
A technology teacher adds a new finishing solvent to the lab. Under OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard, how is its Safety Data Sheet laid out, and which section gives exposure controls and personal protection?Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA Brief: Hazard Communication Standard: Safety Data Sheets (OSHA 3514). Framework section: Competency 0001, Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education
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Fundamentals of technology and engineering education, continued
By the State Education Department's own description, which subject area did technology education in New York evolve from, and when did it replace it?New York State Education Department, Technology Education. Framework section: Competency 0001, Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education
Commissioner's Regulation 100.4(c) once listed one unit of technology education by the end of grade 8. Per the State Education Department, what can technology education be used to meet at the middle level now?New York State Education Department, Technology Education; Commissioner's Regulations Relating to Technology Education. Framework section: Competency 0001, Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education
Design and Drawing for Production (DDP) is an approved New York high school course that meets both Technology Education and Visual Arts learning standards. Which graduation requirement can it satisfy for all students?New York State Education Department, Design and Drawing for Production (DDP). Framework section: Competency 0001, Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education
Industrial arts grew up beside federally funded vocational education. Under the Smith–Hughes Act of 1917, which three areas of vocational education did Congress promote and fund?Wikipedia, Smith–Hughes Act. Framework section: Competency 0001, Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education
New York's MST learning standards include Standard 5: Technology. It says students will apply technological knowledge and skills to do what?New York State Education Department, Technology Education Learning Standards. Framework section: Competency 0001, Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education
Standard 5 calls technology the driving force in the evolution of society through three bases. In which order?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, key idea 5 (History and Evolution of Technology). Framework section: Competency 0001, Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education
Technological and engineering design 9
A commencement-level task in Standard 5 has students analyze the float mechanism of a toilet tank: it senses the water level, compares it with the desired level and controls the flow into the tank. What is being modeled?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Commencement, key idea 4 (Technological Systems). Framework section: Competency 0002, Technological and Engineering Design
At the commencement level of Standard 5, students choose the optimal solution to a problem while clearly documenting their ideas against what?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Commencement, key idea 1 (Engineering Design). Framework section: Competency 0002, Technological and Engineering Design
By the examples in Standard 5, which of these is a closed-loop system?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 4 (Technological Systems). Framework section: Competency 0002, Technological and Engineering Design
During a brainstorm for an adaptive device, one student shoots down each idea as it is offered. Which part of the intermediate-level design process in Standard 5 is being skipped?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 1 (Engineering Design). Framework section: Competency 0002, Technological and Engineering Design
Groups test egg-carrying model vehicles against the design specifications, present results and describe changes that might have worked better. By Standard 5, what else do they discuss?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 1 (Engineering Design). Framework section: Competency 0002, Technological and Engineering Design
How does New York's MST Standard 5 describe engineering design?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, key idea 1 (Engineering Design). Framework section: Competency 0002, Technological and Engineering Design
Standard 5 says system control requires three things. Which three?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 4 (Technological Systems). Framework section: Competency 0002, Technological and Engineering Design
Students draw a systems diagram of a model rocket. By Standard 5, which labels belong on it?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 4 (Technological Systems). Framework section: Competency 0002, Technological and Engineering Design
Which use of the computer does Standard 5 name, at the commencement level, for modeling realistic solutions to design problems?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Commencement, key idea 3 (Computer Technology). Framework section: Competency 0002, Technological and Engineering Design
Manufacturing, construction and materials 8
A cost estimate prices oak at $6 per board foot; a board foot is a board one foot long, one foot wide and one inch thick. What is the material cost of ten boards, each 1 inch thick, 6 inches wide and 4 feet long?Wikipedia, Board foot. Framework section: Competency 0003, Manufacturing, Construction, and Materials
A crew frames a deck whose open edge is 8 feet above the ground. For an unprotected side or edge 6 feet or more above a lower level, which three kinds of fall protection does OSHA rule 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) name?Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 CFR 1926.501, Duty to have fall protection. Framework section: Competency 0003, Manufacturing, Construction, and Materials
A design team sizes the beams of a footbridge. Which pairing matches the usual classification of structural loads?Wikipedia, Structural load. Framework section: Competency 0003, Manufacturing, Construction, and Materials
A student must shape a table leg so that it is round and symmetrical along its length. On which machine does the workpiece itself spin about an axis while tools are applied to it?Wikipedia, Lathe. Framework section: Competency 0003, Manufacturing, Construction, and Materials
A teacher heats a steel rod to cherry red with a torch and lets it cool slowly. By Standard 5, what does this demonstration of annealing show?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 2 (Tools, Resources, and Technological Processes). Framework section: Competency 0003, Manufacturing, Construction, and Materials
Standard 5 groups the ways hand tools and machines change materials into new forms. To which group does it assign drilling and sawing?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 2 (Tools, Resources, and Technological Processes). Framework section: Competency 0003, Manufacturing, Construction, and Materials
Students explain their choice of materials for a model building. Which physical properties does Standard 5 name for the task?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 2 (Tools, Resources, and Technological Processes). Framework section: Competency 0003, Manufacturing, Construction, and Materials
Which statement describes 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing?Wikipedia, 3D printing. Framework section: Competency 0003, Manufacturing, Construction, and Materials
Information and communication 7
A design file stores a drawing as points, lines, curves and polygons on a coordinate plane, not as a grid of pixels, so it can be scaled up without losing resolution. Which kind of graphic is it?Wikipedia, Vector graphics. Framework section: Competency 0004, Information and Communication
A floor plan is drawn at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot. How long is the line that stands for an 18-foot wall?NYSTCE Field 118: Technology Education Test Design and Framework, May 2018. Framework section: Competency 0004, Information and Communication
A poster's colors look bright on a monitor, which makes color by emitting light. The print shop lays down cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks. Which color model does the press use, and of what kind is it?Wikipedia, CMYK color model. Framework section: Competency 0004, Information and Communication
A voice signal is band-limited to 4 kHz. By the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem, what is the lowest sampling rate that lets it be rebuilt free of aliasing?Wikipedia, Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem. Framework section: Competency 0004, Information and Communication
In a multiview drawing each view is projected onto a plane parallel to one of the object's coordinate axes. Up to how many primary views of an object can be produced?Wikipedia, Multiview orthographic projection. Framework section: Competency 0004, Information and Communication
In an isometric drawing of a bracket the three coordinate axes appear equally foreshortened. What is the angle between any two of them?Wikipedia, Isometric projection. Framework section: Competency 0004, Information and Communication
Which device converts data from a digital format into one suited to an analog transmission medium by modulating a carrier wave, and recovers digital data from the signal it receives?Wikipedia, Modem. Framework section: Competency 0004, Information and Communication
Transportation and energy 8
A class sorts energy-source cards into the U.S. Energy Information Administration's two groups. By the EIA's reasoning that supplies are limited to what can be mined or extracted, which card goes under "nonrenewable"?U.S. Energy Information Administration, Energy Explained: Sources of energy. Framework section: Competency 0005, Transportation and Energy
A doorbell transformer must step 120 volts down to 16 volts. Treated as ideal, with 900 turns on its primary winding, how many turns does its secondary winding need?Wikipedia, Transformer. Framework section: Competency 0005, Transportation and Energy
A hydraulic jack holds a 1,800-newton load on a piston of 30 cm². Through the fluid, what push on its 5 cm² pump piston balances the load?Wikipedia, Pascal's law. Framework section: Competency 0005, Transportation and Energy
A steel container of machine parts travels by ship, then by train, then by truck, and is never unpacked on the way. What is this kind of transport called?Wikipedia, Intermodal freight transport. Framework section: Competency 0005, Transportation and Energy
By the U.S. Department of Energy, how does a wind turbine make electricity?U.S. Department of Energy, How Do Wind Turbines Work?. Framework section: Competency 0005, Transportation and Energy
How many satellites must be visible for a Global Positioning System receiver to navigate accurately?Wikipedia, Global Positioning System. Framework section: Competency 0005, Transportation and Energy
In a student's circuit a 9-volt battery drives 0.03 ampere through an indicator lamp. By Ohm's law, what is the resistance of the lamp?Wikipedia, Ohm's law. Framework section: Competency 0005, Transportation and Energy
On a lever, the effort is applied 1.5 m from the fulcrum and the load sits 0.3 m from it. Ignoring friction, what effort balances a 400-newton load?Wikipedia, Mechanical advantage. Framework section: Competency 0005, Transportation and Energy
Biotechnology and environmental quality 5
A farm gathers and analyzes data on parts of each field and on individual animals, then adjusts its decisions place by place to use resources efficiently. What is this management strategy called?Wikipedia, Precision agriculture. Framework section: Competency 0006, Biotechnology and Environmental Quality
An intermediate-level task in Standard 5 has students design and model a hydroponic greenhouse. Which need does the task give for it?New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Standard 5: Technology, Intermediate, key idea 1 (Engineering Design). Framework section: Competency 0006, Biotechnology and Environmental Quality
By the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which methods did people use for thousands of years, before genetic engineering, to breed plants and animals with more desirable traits?U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Science and History of GMOs and Other Food Modification Processes. Framework section: Competency 0006, Biotechnology and Environmental Quality
Soil soaked with spilled oil is treated by encouraging bacteria that break the oil down. Which term covers the use of a biological system to remove environmental pollutants?Wikipedia, Bioremediation. Framework section: Competency 0006, Biotechnology and Environmental Quality
Under the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets National Ambient Air Quality Standards for how many commonly found "criteria" air pollutants?U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Criteria Air Pollutants. Framework section: Competency 0006, Biotechnology and Environmental Quality
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the six selected-response competencies of the NYSTCE Field 118: Technology Education Test Design and Framework, May 2018, authorized for distribution by the New York State Education Department (https://www.nystce.nesinc.com/content/docs/NY118_OBJ_FINAL.pdf, read 2026-10-14): Fundamentals of Technology and Engineering Education 18 of the 90 selected-response items, Technological and Engineering Design 18, Manufacturing, Construction, and Materials 16, Information and Communication 13, Transportation and Energy 15, Biotechnology and Environmental Quality 10. The bank holds 9, 9, 8, 7, 8 and 5, about half of each. Every fact was read on 2026-10-14 in the public document the question names: Standard 5 (Technology) of the New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/career-technical-education/learning-standards-for-math-science-and-technology-standard-5.pdf); the Technology Education pages of the New York State Education Department; pages of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and nineteen Wikipedia articles. Seven answers take arithmetic, worked from the numbers in the question and worked out a second time. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site. Quoted lines are from public documents.
How it works
This NYSTCE Technology Education practice test asks 46 questions of our own on the content specialty test numbered 118. It is unofficial: the New York State Education Department and Pearson have no connection with it and do not endorse or sponsor it.
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Six competencies, in proportion
The framework of May 2018 plans 90 selected-response questions: 18 on fundamentals of technology and engineering education, 18 on design, 16 on manufacturing, construction and materials, 13 on information and communication, 15 on transportation and energy and 10 on biotechnology and environmental quality. This bank holds 9, 9, 8, 7, 8 and 5.
New York in the bank
Fifteen questions come from Standard 5 of the state's Mathematics, Science, and Technology learning standards, which the framework names: open and closed loops, the systems diagram, annealing, tradeoffs. Four more rest on the State Education Department's own pages on the subject.
Pace
The framework allows up to 135 minutes for its 90 questions; a timed run here asks 46 in 69 minutes, a minute and a half each.
Seven answers take arithmetic: board feet, a drawing scale, a sampling rate, Ohm's law, a transformer, a lever and a hydraulic jack.
Questions and answers
What is on the NYSTCE Technology Education test?
Ninety selected-response questions on six competencies and one written response on pedagogical content knowledge, by the framework of May 2018. The selected-response questions count for 80% of the score and the written response, designed for up to 60 minutes, for 20%.
What is a passing score on the Technology Education CST?
The Technology Education (118) page gives 520. That figure is a scaled score and not a number of questions, so this page reports how many you got right and draws no pass line.
When can you take the Technology Education CST?
Not on any day of the year. The test's own page says it is given by appointment during testing windows, and it links the list of windows.
Is Technology Education the same test as Educational Technology Specialist?
No. Technology Education (118) covers engineering design, materials, manufacturing, communication, transportation, energy and biotechnology. Educational Technology Specialist (071) is a separate test on the NYSTCE list, with its own practice test.