CSET Industrial and Technology Education Practice Test (184 & 185)

Prospective teachers that wish to be certified in the subject matter of Industrial and Technology Education will want to register for the California Subject Examinations for Teachers. This examination must be taken at an official testing center. It’s important to study well before scheduling your examination.

The CSET Industrial and Technology Education practice test will help you to get a passing score of 220 to get your certification. The examination is separated into two subtests. You must get a passing score on both tests in order to qualify for certification.

You can expect to learn whether you passed your examination within 7 weeks of taking your test. It’s important not to cut yourself short on the time allowance. The examination is a computer based program that allows you 2 hours and 15 minutes for the first subtest, which is CSET Industrial and Technology Education subtest #184. The second subtest, which is CSET Industrial and Technology Education subtest #185 gives you a slightly longer timeframe of 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The CSET Industrial and Technology Education practice questions are a good way to study for the types of questions that you can expect to see on the examination. You will be expected to answer 6 constructed response questions. This means that you will be given some material to read or review and you will need to discuss, describe, analyze, explain, interpret, correct, transform, or evaluate the material as a means of demonstrating that you have mastered the subject matter.

In addition to the constructed response questions, prepare to answer 45 multiple choice questions on Nature of Technology for CSET Industrial and Technology Education subtest #184. The second subtest, CSET Industrial and Technology Education subtest #185, will test your knowledge with 75 multiple choice questions across the topics of Power and Energy, Information and Communication, and project and Product Development.

The proctor at the testing center will provide you with a response sheet so that you can write your answers out when that is indicated by a computer based program. The tutorial on the program will instruct you how to scan and upload your response sheet for your test.