CSET Review Information
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CSET Practice Questions
Various CSET Exams:
CSET: Multiple Subjects
CSET: Biology
CSET:
Business
CSET: Chemistry
CSET: Earth and Planetary Science
CSET: English
CSET: Health Science
CSET: Mathematics
CSET: Physical Education
CSET: Physics
CSET: Social Science
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Test Structure for CSET: English
|
CSET: English Examination |
|
Subtest |
Domains |
Number of Multiple-Choice Questions |
Number of Constructed-Response Questions |
|
I |
Literature and Textual Analysis
Composition and Rhetoric |
40
10 |
none
none |
|
|
Subtest Total |
50 |
|
|
II |
Language, Linguistics, and Literacy |
50 |
none |
|
|
Subtest Total |
50 |
|
|
III |
Composition and Rhetoric
and
Literature and Textual Analysis |
none |
Subtest III consists of
2 constructed-response questions—
1 based on literary text, 1 on nonliterary text. (extended responses) |
|
IV |
Communications: Speech, Media and
Creative Performance |
none |
4
(short responses) |
Test Structure
for CSET: Mathematics
|
I |
Algebra
Number Theory |
24
6 |
3
1 |
|
|
Subtest Total |
30 |
4 |
|
II |
Geometry
Probability and Statistics |
22
8 |
3
1 |
|
|
Subtest Total |
30 |
4 |
|
III |
Calculus
History of Mathematics |
26
4 |
3
1 |
|
|
Subtest Total |
30 |
4 |
Test Structure
for CSET: Science
|
I |
Astronomy
Dynamic Processes of the Earth
Earth Resources
Waves
Forces and Motion
Electricity and Magnetism |
7
15
7
8
15
6 |
none
1
none
none
1
none |
|
|
Subtest Total |
58 |
2 |
|
II |
Ecology
Genetics and Evolution
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Cell and Organismal Biology
Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics
Structure and Properties of Matter |
8
14
7
7
7
15 |
none
none
1
1
none
none |
|
|
Subtest Total |
58 |
2 |
|
III |
One of the following concentration
areas, each with the designated number of questions: |
|
|
|
|
 | Biology/Life Science |
|
50 |
3 |
|
|
| Chemistry |
|
50 |
3 |
|
|
| Earth and Planetary Science
|
|
50 |
3 |
|
|
| Physics |
|
50 |
3 |
Test Structure
for CSET: Social Science
|
I |
World History |
35 |
one extended response and one short
response |
|
World Geography |
4 |
one short response |
|
|
Subtest Total |
39 |
3 |
|
II |
U.S. History |
35 |
one extended response and one short
response |
|
U.S. Geography |
4 |
one short response |
|
|
Subtest Total |
39 |
3 |
|
III |
Civics |
18 |
one short response |
|
Economics |
15 |
one short response |
|
California History |
7 |
one short response |
|
|
Subtest Total |
40 |
3 |
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