Free CPI Practice Questions

Question 1

The draft outcome for a customer-service workshop reads, 'Understand complaint resolution.' Learners will be assessed on handling a complaint in a role-play and may use a three-step response card. Which replacement objective specifies the intended performance and a clear success criterion?

Accepted Answer

During a complaint-resolution role-play, complete all three card steps without instructor prompts.

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Given the response card, explain the purpose of each step before beginning a complaint-resolution role-play.

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During a complaint-resolution role-play, respond professionally while using the response card as needed.

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Given the response card, select the best written response to each of four customer complaints.

Question 2

During a small-group discussion, two learners repeatedly talk over a peer, and other students stop contributing. There have been no prior incidents, threats, or abusive comments. The instructor has not yet intervened. What response is proportionate at this point?

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Pause the exchange, restate turn-taking expectations, and invite the interrupted learner to finish.

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End the discussion and refer both learners for disciplinary review before allowing them to rejoin.

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Wait until class ends to discuss the interruptions privately, letting the exchange continue for now.

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Ask the interrupted learner to speak more assertively so the group can manage its own discussion.

Question 3

An instructor ranks students using their scores on the rest of a test. For one item, 14 of the 20 higher-scoring students and 18 of the 20 lower-scoring students select the keyed answer. The upper-minus-lower discrimination index is the proportion correct in the higher group minus the proportion correct in the lower group. Which interpretation and action are justified?

Accepted Answer

-0.20; examine the wording and answer key before relying on the item for grading.

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+0.20; retain the item because higher-scoring students performed better on it.

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-0.20; change the key to whichever answer the higher-scoring students selected most often.

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0.80; retain the item because most students selected the answer currently marked correct.

Question 4

'I have trained new employees for years. Why do I need a workshop on giving feedback?' asks an experienced supervisor. Other participants are first-time trainers. The instructor wants to establish relevance without assuming that experience guarantees teaching skill. The strongest opening would be to:

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Ask participants to compare 'Be more professional' with behavior-specific feedback and explain what a trainee could do with each.

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Use the experienced supervisors' usual feedback methods as the standards for the workshop demonstrations.

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Begin with the mandatory completion requirements and explain the consequences of not passing the workshop assessment.

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Separate experienced supervisors from first-time trainers so each group can establish its own feedback standards.

Question 5

At the start of a hands-on session, a learner is about to plug in a portable training unit. Its power cord has split insulation exposing metal conductors; the other stations are undamaged. What takes priority over finishing the setup demonstration?

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Prevent the unit from being energized and take it out of service.

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Inspect the remaining stations while the learner completes the planned setup.

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Have the instructor operate that unit while learners observe from a distance.

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Cover the damaged section with tape and restrict the unit to today's demonstration.

Question 6

A teaching assignment asks students to compare two proposed training plans, judge each against stated criteria, and defend which plan should be adopted. No new plan is requested. What is the highest cognitive level required by this task in the revised Bloom taxonomy?

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Evaluate

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Apply

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Analyze

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Create

Question 7

A training program sends repeated preparation reminders until a learner submits the required work. Learners find the reminders irritating, and timely submissions become more frequent because submitting stops the reminders. Which learning process accounts for the increase?

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Negative reinforcement

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Positive reinforcement

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Positive punishment

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Negative punishment

Question 8

During a lesson, a student cites the current procedure and questions an earlier explanation. The instructor verifies that the student is right: the earlier explanation was inaccurate. What should the instructor say to the class?

Accepted Answer

My earlier explanation was incorrect. Here is the correction and how it changes your next practice task.

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Both explanations will be accepted in this course; consistency with the notes you already took is what matters.

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We will use the current procedure from now on; the earlier explanation will not affect your assessment.

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We need to stop this unit until the department chair can resolve the discrepancy and authorize a correction.

Question 9

Two faculty members independently score the same recorded teaching demonstrations. One interprets the rubric's 'effective questioning' criterion as asking many questions; the other requires questions that reveal student reasoning. Their ratings differ even when they agree on what occurred. Before the next assessment, the faculty should:

Accepted Answer

Define observable scoring anchors and calibrate ratings using common demonstration samples.

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Average their scores for each demonstration to balance the effects of the two interpretations.

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Ask a third faculty member to resolve disputed scores while leaving the criterion unchanged.

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Score more demonstrations before deciding whether the differences justify revising the rubric.

Question 10

A learner with an approved disability accommodation can type independently but cannot write legibly by hand. A postsecondary course test requires analysis of a staffing schedule and justification of revisions; handwriting is not an objective. Which arrangement preserves the intended assessment?

Accepted Answer

Allow typed responses to the same tasks and apply the same scoring criteria.

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Substitute a multiple-choice terminology quiz for the written analytical responses.

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Use a scribe who records responses and suggests additional reasons when a justification is incomplete.

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Reduce the number of required justifications while keeping the original handwritten response format.

Free CPI Practice Questions

Domain 1: Demonstrate knowledge of principles of instruction at the postsecondary level

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Domain 2: Design and plan instruction to meet learning objectives

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Domain 3: Create and maintain a functional learning environment

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Domain 4: Assess all aspects of learning to improve quality

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