A district links its campuses across several cities into one network. Compared with a local area network, how does the NIST glossary describe a wide area network?NIST Computer Security Resource Center glossary, wide area network. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain I, competency 001
A teacher plans a multimedia project that every learner can use. The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines call for multiple means of what?CAST, Universal Design for Learning Guidelines. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain I, competency 002
A teacher turns on multifactor authentication for her gradebook account. What does this protect against, according to CISA?Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Turn On MFA. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain I, competency 001
An image is marked CC0. What has its creator done?Creative Commons, Public Domain (CC0). Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain I, competency 001
CISA gives three tips for a strong password: make it long, random and unique. How long is "long"?Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Use Strong Passwords. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain I, competency 001
Which kind of malicious program copies itself across a network onto other computers without needing a host program or any action by a user?NIST Computer Security Resource Center glossary, worm. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain I, competency 001
Which software is the first program loaded when a computer is turned on, with a kernel that stays in memory at all times?NIST Computer Security Resource Center glossary, operating system. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain I, competency 001
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Digital art and animation 14
A designer wants the strongest contrast, so she pairs two colors that sit opposite each other on the color wheel. What are such colors called?Wikipedia, Complementary colors. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 004
A logo must stay crisp on a business card and on a billboard. Why is a vector image the better choice than a raster image?MDN Web Docs, Including vector graphics in HTML. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 006
A modeler selects the square top face of a mesh and pulls it upward, so that new side faces are created and the square becomes a box. Which technique is this?Blender Manual, Extrude Faces. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 004
A page of program code is set in a typeface in which every character takes up the same width. Which generic font family is this?MDN Web Docs, font-family CSS property. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 005
A photographer imagines the frame divided into nine equal parts by two horizontal and two vertical lines and puts the subject on one of the intersections. Which guideline is this?Wikipedia, Rule of thirds. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 004
A poster designed on screen in RGB is sent to a commercial printer. Which statement about the CMYK color model is correct?Wikipedia, CMYK color model. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 004
An animator sets a cube at one position on frame 1 and another on frame 10, and the software works out the frames between. What are the two frames she set called?Blender Manual, Keyframes: Introduction. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 006
Before a 3D character can be posed, an artist builds an armature of bones inside it. What is this system, which determines how the character moves, called?Blender Manual, Glossary. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 006
The first letter of a chapter is set several lines tall and sinks into the lines of text beside it. What is this typographic element called?MDN Web Docs, initial-letter CSS property. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 005
How does MDN describe the glyphs of a serif typeface?MDN Web Docs, font-family CSS property. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 005
In a portrait the face is sharp while the background is blurred. Which term names the range before and behind the subject that appears to be in focus?Blender Manual, Glossary. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 004
In the six-digit hexadecimal color syntax #RRGGBB, which value is pure red?MDN Web Docs, hex-color CSS data type. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 004
In the twelve basic principles of animation, what is the purpose of squash and stretch?Wikipedia, Twelve basic principles of animation. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 004
What does onion skinning show an animator?Blender Manual, Grease Pencil, Onion Skinning. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain II, competency 006
Digital communications and multimedia 12
A class hires its cast and crew, scouts locations and builds a set before any footage is shot. Which stage of production is this?Wikipedia, Filmmaking. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 007
A file named clip.mp4 will not play on one device although other MP4 files do. What is the difference between a container and a codec?MDN Web Docs, Media container formats (file types). Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 008
A photograph carries the license CC BY-ND. What may a yearbook staff do with it?Creative Commons, About CC Licenses. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 009
A recording is stereo. How many channels does the audio signal contain?MDN Web Docs, Digital audio concepts. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 008
A student exports a narration track as a WAV file. Which statement about WAV matches MDN's guide to media containers?MDN Web Docs, Media container formats (file types). Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 008
A student finishes editing an original short film and saves it. When is the film under copyright protection?U.S. Copyright Office, Frequently Asked Questions: Copyright in General. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 009
A student uses ten seconds of a three-minute song in a video essay. Which of the four fair use factors looks at how much of the work was taken?U.S. Copyright Office, Fair Use Index (More Information on Fair Use). Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 009
A web page needs a screenshot of a diagram with a transparent background. Which file type suits it, according to MDN's image format guide?MDN Web Docs, Image file type and format guide. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 008
Before filming, students draw a sequence of simple pictures that shows each shot of their video in order. What have they made?Wikipedia, Storyboard. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 007
Human hearing reaches about 20,000 Hz. Why, then, is audio sampled at a rate above 40,000 Hz, such as 44.1 kHz?MDN Web Docs, Digital audio concepts. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 008
On a video crew, who is responsible for creative decisions such as the interpretation of the script, the choice of actors and the set design?O*NET OnLine, Summary Report for 27-2012.00, Producers and Directors. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 007
Which crew member trims segments to length and reassembles them in a sequence that tells the story with maximum effect?O*NET OnLine, Summary Report for 27-4032.00, Film and Video Editors. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain III, competency 007
Web design 15
A page full of large videos loads slowly for families on a weak connection. Which term names the amount of information a data connection can carry in a set time?MDN Web Docs, Glossary: Bandwidth. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 010
A page must update a score on screen each time a visitor answers a question, without loading a new page. Which technology adds this interactivity?MDN Web Docs, What is JavaScript?. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 012
A school site builds each page from a database when a visitor asks for it. Which language in the list is a server-side scripting language embeddable in HTML for this?MDN Web Docs, Glossary: PHP. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 011
A student pastes a whole HTML document into the W3C Markup Validation Service and presses Check. What does the service return?MDN Web Docs, Debugging HTML. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 011
A webmaster has always uploaded site files with plain FTP. What does MDN say about the protocol?MDN Web Docs, Glossary: FTP. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 010
How does an intranet differ from the Internet?NIST Computer Security Resource Center glossary, intranet. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 010
In MDN's description of the three layers of a web page, what is CSS used for?MDN Web Docs, What is JavaScript?. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 011
In the address https://www.example.org/news, what does the first part, the scheme, tell the browser?MDN Web Docs, What is a URL?. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 010
JavaScript is based on the ECMAScript specification. Which body has the job of standardizing ECMAScript?MDN Web Docs, Glossary: ECMAScript. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 010
What is the alt attribute of an image for?MDN Web Docs, HTML images. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 011
What makes a website "static", in MDN's introduction to server-side programming?MDN Web Docs, Introduction to the server side. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 011
Where was the first web server, web browser and web page created, in 1990?MDN Web Docs, Glossary: World Wide Web. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 012
Which link text follows MDN's advice on clear link wording?MDN Web Docs, Creating links. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 012
Which organization runs the domain name system and keeps the IP address record?MDN Web Docs, Glossary: ICANN. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 010
Which statement about top-level domains matches MDN?MDN Web Docs, What is a domain name?. Written to TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) Domain IV, competency 010
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the exam framework of TExES Technology Applications EC–12 (242) in Section 3 of the preparation manual on the Texas Educator Certification Examination Program website, https://www.tx.nesinc.com/Content/StudyGuide/TX_SG_obj_242.htm (copyright Texas Education Agency), read 2026-10-08: 100 selected-response questions in four domains, Technology Applications Core about 15%, Digital Art and Animation 30%, Digital Communications and Multimedia 25%, Web Design 30%. This bank holds 48: 7, 14, 12 and 15. Every fact was read on the public page named under its question (43 pages, each opened 2026-10-08): MDN Web Docs, the Blender manual, the NIST computer security glossary, CISA, the U.S. Copyright Office, Creative Commons, CAST, O*NET OnLine and, for six questions on color, composition, animation and film production, Wikipedia. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This TExES 242 practice test follows Technology Applications EC–12: 48 questions written for this site in the exam's four domains. It is unofficial and not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Texas Education Agency or Pearson.
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Four domains by weight
Digital Art and Animation and Web Design are about 30% of the exam each, Digital Communications and Multimedia 25%, and Technology Applications Core 15%. The 48 questions divide 14, 15, 12 and 7, over twelve competencies.
Exam length
TExES 242 asks 100 selected-response questions. Testing time is 4 hours 45 minutes of a 5-hour appointment, and exam mode keeps that pace: 137 minutes for 48 questions.
Sources by subject
Web questions rest on MDN Web Docs, 3D and animation terms on the Blender manual, security on NIST and CISA, and copyright on the U.S. Copyright Office and Creative Commons. Six questions on color, composition and film production cite Wikipedia.
Domain I, Technology Applications Core, is worded almost the same in the framework of Computer Science 8–12 (241).
Questions and answers
Is there a TExES 242 study guide?
The exam program's free preparation manual is the official one. Section 3 sets out the four domains and twelve competencies that this page follows, and every question is tagged with its domain and competency.
What does the TExES Technology Applications practice test cover?
Networks, security and copyright; color models, composition, typography, 3D modeling and animation; video production, audio and file formats; and URLs, domains, web standards, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
What is a passing score on the TExES Technology Applications EC-12 exam?
240 on a scaled score, as the exam's page states. No percent of right answers stands for it, so the result here is a count and nothing more.
Are the questions taken from the real TExES 242 exam?
No. They are this site's own, each written from a competency in the framework and a public page. The manual's sample questions and the real exam were neither copied nor reworded.