_______________________________ SET B

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark
only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of
your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Under which category will a globe as an instructional material fall?

a. Picture c. Mock up
b. Model d. Realia
2. Which developmental stage is sometimes called the pre-school years?

a. Middle Childhood c. Early Childhood

b. Late Infancy d. Early Infancy

3. Which is (are) NOT supportive of the development of creative thinking?

a. open classroom atmosphere
b. authoritative teacher
c. divergent questions
d. authoritarian teacher

4. The following are features of the Re-structures Basic

Education Curriculum EXCEPT:
a. stronger integration of competencies and values within and across
the learning areas
b. greater emphasis on content, less on the learning process
c. increased time for tasks to gain mastery of competencies
d. interdisciplinary modes of teaching

5. Below is a list of methods used to established the reliability of the

instrument. Which method is questioned for its reliability due to
practice and familiarity?
a. split half c. test-retest
b. equivalent forms d. Kuder Richardson

6. Which one holds true to anecdotal records?

a. combining facts with interpretation
b. ease in writing objective, descriptive behavior
c. describing behavior in natural settings
d. describing behavior in a laboratory setting

7. As a teacher you are a rationalist. Which among these will be

your guiding principle?
a. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge
of anything
b. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that
he needs for a better future
c. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to the full
d. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven

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8. Which is a characteristics of DEVELOPMENTAL INAPROPRIATE
PRACTICE type of education?
a. Contextual learning
b.
c. Experiential learning
d. Integrated learning skills

9. With knowledge explosion, which image of the teacher is unacceptable?

a. questioner c. facilitator of learning b. “guide on the side” d.
omniscient teacher

10. These are also known as “combination classes” organized in barrios/

barangays where the required number of pupils of the same grade level
have not met the required number of pupils of the same grade level has
not met the required number to make up a separate class thus the
teacher apportions class time for instruction to every grade level within
class. These are:
a. extension classes c. heterogeneous classes
b. homogenous classes d. multi-grade classes

11. What is a possible effect of an overcrowded curriculum?

a. Lifelong learning skills tend to be fully developed.
b. Lack of mastery of essential competencies.
c. In depth learning tends to be given greater emphasis.
d. There is greater concept understanding.

12. Roberto who is in Grade IV has the following grade norm equivalents:
MATH-4; Reading-8; and Science-5. What can be said of Roberto?
Compared to the average Grade IV pupil, Roberto is
a. behind in Math
b. average in Science
c. behind in Math and average in Science
d. advanced in Science

13. Rights and duties are correlative. This means that

a. right and duties regulate the relationship of men in society
b. each right carries with it one or several corresponding duties
c. rights and duties ultimate come from GOD.
d. rights and duties arise from the natural law.

14. Which of the following activities is the LEAST brain-compatible?

a. Explaining how the CPU can function like the brain
b. Detecting error in the computer program
c. Making a flowchart of a computer process
d. Encoding a paragraph with speed and accuracy

15. Which physical arrangement of chairs contributes to effective

classroom management?
a. that which makes it easier to clean the room
b. that which distinguishes teacher from students
c. that which sticks to the traditional chair arrangement in
the classroom
d. that which enhances classroom interaction

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16. For mastery of learning and in line with the Outcome-Based Evaluation
model which element should be present?
a. inclusion of non-performance objectives
b. construction of criterion-referenced tests
c. construction of norm-referenced tests
d. non-provision of independent learning

17. As a naturalist, Jean Jacques Rousseau claimed that everyone is

essentially good. This view can help the teacher best when
a. dealing with misbehaving students
b. helping the slow learners in class
c. teaching the students some values
d. knowing the students potentials

18. With specific details in mind, which one (s) has (have) a stronger
diagnostic value?
a. Restricted essay test
b. Non-restricted essay test
c. Restricted and non-restricted essay test
d. Multiple choice test

19. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not the highest good.

a. empiricism c. hedonism
b. Epicureanism d. realism

20. Teacher C teaches in a remote multi-grade class. She is seldom visited

by her principal and supervisors. She teaches when she feels like
teaching and not when she does not feel like teaching. What trait of a
good teacher does she lack?
a. Emotional intelligence
b. Integrity and accountability
c. Competence
d. Intelligence

21. Which may work against collaborative teaching?

a. Establishment of mutual goals
b. Joint rewards
c. Homogenous grouping
d. “knee-to-knee” seat arrangement by group

22. Which may work about standard deviation is CORRECT?

a. The lower the standard deviation the more spread the scores are.
b. The higher the standard deviation the less spread the scores are.
c. The higher the standard deviation the more spread the scores are.
d. It is a measure of central tendency.

23. Which one of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?

a. median c. variance
b. mean d. mode
24. What type of test is given to determine the admission or non-admission
of a student to the program?
a. placement c. aptitude
b. diagnostic d. achievement

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25. What is an advantage of point system of grading?
a. it does away with establishing clear distinctions among students.
b. It is precise.
c. It is qualitative.
d. It emphasizes learning not objectivity of scoring.

26. Which according to Jocano is a strength of the Filipino people?

a. sense of commitment to nationalistic ideals
b. sense of historical or national identity
c. sense of humor
d. sense of national pride

27. Which is a sound classroom management practice?

a. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis.
b. Apply reactive approach to discipline.
c. Avoid establishing routines; routines make your students robots.
d. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks.

28. What is the possible effect of an overcrowded curriculum?

a. in-depth learning tends to be given greater emphasis.
b. There is greater concept understanding.
c. Lifelong learning skills tend to be fully developed.
d. There is lack of personal analysis and reflection on major
concepts.

29. Matthew Arnold’s ideal person was “the person whose powers were all in
balance”. The following enumerate which have to be developed for a
person to become Arnold’s ideal person EXCEPT.
a. head, heart, hands, health
b. knowledge, skills, attitudes
c. brain, mind, reason
d. cognitive, psychomotor, and affective powers

30. How student learn maybe more important than what they learn. From
this principle, which of the following is particularly important?
a. knowing how to solve problem
b. getting the right answer to a world problem
c. determining the given
d. solving the problem within time limit

31. If you want a child to eliminate an undesirable behavior, punish him. This
in accordance to Thorndike’s law of ___.

a. Reward c. Punishment b. Exercise d. Effect

32. In which cognitive developmental stage is a child unable to distinguish

between own perspective and someone else’s?
a. sensorimotor stage
b. concrete-operational stage
c. formal-operational stage
d. pre-operational stage
33. With which will the existentialist agree? The school is a place
where individuals
a. can reflect on ideas.
b. can observe by using their senses to the maximum.
c. can meet to pursue dialogue and discussion about their own
lives and choices.
d. listen and accept what teachers say.

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34. A person is held responsible for his actions because
a. he is mature. c. he has instincts.
b. he has a choice. d. he has reason.

35. Teacher Q does not want Teacher B to be promoted and so writes an

anonymous letters against Teacher B accusing her of fabricated lies.
Teacher Q mails this anonymous letter is the School Division
Superintendent. What should Teacher Q do if she has to act
professionally?
a. Hires a group to distribute poison letters against Teacher B for
information dissemination.
b. Submit a signed justification criticism against teacher B, if there is
any.
c. Instigate student activities to read poison letters over
the microphone.
d. Go straight to the schools Division Superintendent and gives
criticism verbally.

36. What psychological principle is invoked when a teacher connects the

new lesson to the one just completed so that the student may gain a
holistic view of the subject?
a. stimulation c. recognition
b. conceptualization d. apperception
37. Which prescribes the abolition of private property by force?
a. moderate capitalism c. communism
b. socialism d. exaggerated capitalism

38. Under which category does the MPS that we talk about in the
measurement and evaluation of learning fall?
a. Mode c. Median
b. Mean d. Ratio

39. Which attitude is exemplified by a Boy Scout who says “Bahala Na!” and
drives into a pool to save a drowning boy?
a. A daring attitude
b. A “segurista” attitude
c. A daring attitude combined with” pagmalasakit”
d. An “I dont-care attitude’’

40. My lesson is on methods of family planning. I wanted my class to gain a

holistic understanding of family planning methods. So I invited a priest to
talk on morality of family planning methods, a doctor on the physiological
aspect of family planning methods, an officer of Population Commission
for his experiences as officer, and a couple who practices family planning
to talk before my class and to answer questions raised by the class.
What technique did I employ?
a. Forum c. Debate
b. A panel discussion d. Symposium

41. “ The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to qualify
education at all levels.” Which government program is in support of this?
a. Exclusion of children with special needs from the formal system
b. Free elementary and secondary education
c. Deregulated tuition fee hike
d. Re-introduction of the NEAT and NSAT

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42. Which is the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers?
a. RA 7836 c. RA 7722
b. RA 4670 d. P.D. 1011

43. Which is an indicator of teacher’s effectiveness in instilling discipline

among children?
a. Teacher’s presence is needed for discipline.
b. Students have developed concern for one another.
c. Students behave for fear of punishment.
d. Students behave because of a promised reward.

44. Based on Mager’s approach in writing lesson objectives, which

lesson objective is written correctly?
a. At the end of the period, 80 of the class is able to compose a
seven-to-ten sentence paragraph that observes unity and clarity.
b. At the end of the period, 80 of the class is able to solve the 5 word
problems correctly.
c. At the end of the period, the student is able to compose a seven-
to-ten sentence paragraph that observes unity and clarity.
d. At the end of the period, 80 of the class is able to solve the
5 words problems with 90 accuracy.

45. Which items do not affect the variability of test scores?

a. Test items that are a bit easy
b. Test items that are moderate in difficulty
c. Test items that are a bit difficulty
d. Test items that every examinee gets correctly

46. The attention to the development of a deep respect and affection for
our rich cultural past is an influence ____.
a. Hegel’s c. Dewey’s
b. Confucius d. Teilhard de Chardin’s

47. As reported by the Committee on Information Technology, Science,

Mathematics Education and other technologies of the 2000 Presidential
Commission on Educational Reform, the elementary curriculum is _____.

a. reclustered c. overcrowded b. integrated d.

innovative

48. Which is a feature of exaggerated capitalism?

a. Abolition of private property
b. Sense of social justice
c. Individualistic concept of wealth
d. Social ownership of some means of production

49. In the perlance of test construction what does TOS mean?

a. Term of Specifications
b. Table of Specifics
c. Table of Specific Test Items
d. Table of Specifications

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50. STUDY THIS MATCHING TYPE OF TEST THEN ANSWER THE
QUESTION:

Column A Column B
_____ 1. Equilateral a. with 3 equal sides

_____ 2. Right b. with 5 equal sides

_____ 3. Octagon c. has a 90-degree angle
_____ 4. Pentagon d. means many
_____ 5. Heptagon e. with 7 sides
_____ 6. Poly f. with 8 sides

QUESTION: WHICH DEFECT DOES THE MATHCING TEST ABOVE

HAVE?
a. An obvious pattern is followed in the answering.
b. It is an imperfect type of matching test.
c. The items are quite easy.
d. The items are NOT homogenous.

51. An industrial Arts teachers is very strict in the classroom, yet he smokes
inside the room whenever he wants to. His pupils even see him with his
:barkada” drinking liquor in public places. If you were the principal, how
would you deal with him?
a. Explain to the pupils that smoking is bad for young people but not
to adults.
b. Be tolerant about his behavior for it is only a manifestation of “
pakikisama”.
c. Express disapproval in writing the unbecoming behavior of
the teacher.
d. Talk with him about the importance of being consistent on actions
and in the rules of discipline enforced in the classroom.

52. Teacher B wants to diagnose in which vowel sound (s) her students have
difficulty. Which tool is most appropriate?
a. Portfolio assessment
b. Journal entry
c. Performance test
d. Paper-and-pencil test

53. Which one is inimical to nationhood?

a. The new politics movement
b. Political will to institute national reforms
c. A sense of historical identity
d. Chronic clan mentality

54. The index of difficulty of a particular test is .10. What does this mean? My
students ___.
a. gained mastery over that item
b. performed very well against expectation
c. found that test item was neither easy nor different
d. were hard up in that item

55. To develop scientific thinking problem-solving skills which activity will be

most appropriate?
a. Brainstorming
b. Role playing
c. Buzz groups
d. Inquiry group discussion

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56. A catalyst teacher is good at the following skills, EXCEPT;
a. makes effective use of cooperative learning techniques.
b. ask thought-provoking questions.
c. require uniform reports
d. do inquiry teaching

57. Which of the 3-id, ego, and superego, consist of instincts?

a. Ego & superego c. Id
b. Ego d. Superego

58. A good classroom manager has “eyes on the back of her head.” This
means that the effective teacher ____.
a. has eye contact with his students
b. gives penetrating looks to his students
c. looks at his students from head to toe when he
expresses legitimate anger
d. is aware of all actions and activities in the classroom

59. Which method is “hands-on, minds-on” learning?

a. Unit method
b. Demonstration method
c. Project method
d. Integrative method

60. What is the role of the learner in the Re-structured Basic Education
Curriculum?
a. passive recipients of knowledge
b. rival of classmates in learning
c. active partner in learning
d. object of pedagogy

61. Study this group of tests which was administered with the
following results, then answer the question.

Subject Mean SD Ronnel’s score

Math 56 10 43

Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109

In which subject (s) did Ronnel perform best in relation to the

group’s performance?
a. Physics and Math
b. English
c. Math
d. Physics

62. Which is also called a bar graph?

a. Lithograph
b. Hectograph
c. Holograph
d. Histogram

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63. Which is a good practice that a teacher uses in correcting student’s
errors?
a. Encourage the students to read books and magazines to improve
their spelling.
b. Readily correcting the error upon utterance to distract the
students flow of though
c. Nothing students errors and dealing with them after the class
activities
d. Ignore the mistake, anyway she will commit the same error in the
future.

64. With knowledge explosion, which image of teacher is unacceptable?

a. questioner
b. facilitator of learning
c. “guide on the side”
d. almighty teacher

65. I want my students to show historical ages graphically which will be most
appropriate?
a. Fishbone diagram
b. Continuous scale
c. Series if events chain
d. Flow chart

66. In Piaget’s concrete operational stage, what is it that a child can NOT do?
a. Doing mentally what was done just physically done
b. Reasoning applied to specific example sets
c. Classifying objects into different sets
d. Imagining the sets necessary to complete an algebraic equation

67.Which is supportive of the development of creative thinking?

e. Judgment atmosphere
f. Brainstorming technique
g. Authoritarian teacher
h. Convergent questions
68. With social development in mind, which is most effective?
a. Computer-assisted instruction
b. Games
c. Cooperative learning
d. Puzzle

69. Which is a characteristics of skill-based instruction for language?

a. It is discovery-based learning
b. It is student-centered
c. It is school learning
d. Students take part in planning lessons.
70. Which question demands the highest level of thinking?
a. How should you present a report in class?
b. What condition must be met for reporting method to be effective?
c. What steps are followed in class reporting?
d. Was the student reporting well done? Support your answer.
71. Which is more of a spatial task?
a. Read a book then write a response.
b. Examine a statistical chart then write a response.
c. Watch a movie then write a response.
d. Go on a field trip then write a response.

72. Which principle is observed by Ausabel’s schema theory?

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 a. Learners have stock knowledge of things based on
background information and experiences.
b. There is no need to provide background information.
c. Children can be taught how to study.
d. Teachers must presume that learners know everything.

73. Which one uses a projector?

a. Model
b. Slides
c. Mock up
d. Realia

74. Perrenialism advocates for the development of the cognitive faculties.

Which of the following teacher’s objective taps higher mental functioning?
a. Label the parts of the butterfly on the paper
b. Sequence the figures of the butterfly’s life cycle.
c. Name the different stages a butterfly goes through.
d. Compare and contrast butterflies from moths.

75. According to Piaget’s theory in which developmental stage, can the

child do symbolic thinking and go beyond the connection of sensory
information and physical action?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Concrete operational
c. Formal operational
d. Pre-operational

76. The computer is user-friendly. This means that

a. the computer lets the user win.
b. the computer program has menus.
c. a touch screen is used for input.
d. the computer program is easy to use.

77. I am reminded of my Grade I teacher every time I see Miss Valdez

because their mannerisms are alike. Which principle of association explains
this?
a. Contiguity
b. Similarity
c. Frequency
d. Contrast

78. Bullying among kids in school is rampant. What needs to be taught

to eradicate it?
a. Full development of talents
b. Athletic skills
c. Respect for the dignity of persons
d. Full development of physical powers

79. Under no circumstances shall a teacher be prejudiced nor

discriminatory against any learner, says the Code of Ethics. When is a
teacher prejudiced against any learner?
a. When he refuses a pupil with a slight physical disability in class
b. When he makes a farsighted pupil sit at the back
c. When he makes a nearsighted pupil sit in front
d. When he considerate multiple intelligences in the choice of
his teaching strategies.

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80. In what developmental stage is growth most rapid?
a. Adolescence
b. Middle childhood
c. Infancy
d. Early childhood

81. A woman kills the man who had raped her by reason of self-defense. Is
this right?
a. Yes, rape is very serious act of aggression and is proportionate to
killing.
b. Yes, it is done to defend her reputation.
c. Yes, this is the only time the woman can ably defend herself.
d. No, the killing is no longer self-defense because the rape
is already over.

82. In which type of grading do teachers evaluate student’s learning not

in terms of grade but by evaluating the students in terms of expected and
mastered skills?
a. Point grading system
b. Relative grading
c. Mastery grading
d. Grade contracting

83. If we teach our students to think creatively, what do we encourage them

to do?
a. To question the illogical
b. To criticize the unreasonable
c. Think “within the box”
d. Do “outside-the-box” thinking

84. Which learning activity is most appropriate if teacher’s focus is attitudinal

change?
a. Exhibit
b. Field trip
c. Game
d. Role playing

85. Where in the three-level teaching strategy does the teacher pose the
question: can we say that the root cause of water pollution is our very own
indifference? How can we fight our indifference to the water pollution problem
around us?
a. Concept-level
b. Facts and concept level
c. Value-level
d. Concepts and value level

86. Which practices speak of education of the human spirit?

I. Familiarizing the learner with the world’s heritage of art
all its forms
II. Encouraging the learner to be practical
III. Studying the biographies of heroes and martyrs
IV. Teaching the learner how to learn
a. I, II c. II, III
b. I, IV d. I, III

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87. The teacher prepares a minimum of five questions in her daily lesson
plans. In what phase of teaching-learning activities does she take up
these questions?
a. Evaluation c. Assignment
b. Motivation d. Recitation

88. To be rationalist which is the highest faculty of man?

a. Emotion c. Senses b. Will d. Reason

89. Teacher F teaches the rest of the class while one group works in a study
area on a special task. Students share materials help one another, and
assess each ideas and assignment. What approach does the teacher use?
a. Cooperative learning
b. Integrative learning
c. Adaptive instruction
d. Independent study

90. The concluding part of the three-level approach is the

a. Concepts level c. Experiential level b. Value level d.
Facts level

91. The Venn diagram is most fit for lessons on

a. Comparison
b. Contrast
c. Categorization
d. Analogy

92. “ Man may understand all about the rotation of the earth but he may
still miss the radiance of the sunset”, said Dr. Martin Luther King. Which is
an educational implication of this statement? Stress on
a. science education
b. skill education
c. liberal education
d. technical education

93. A son put a time bomb in the luggage of his mother who took it abroad a
Philippine airline. The bomb exploded while the airplane was in flight killing
the mother and forty other passengers. Although the movie of the criminal act
was never revealed by the son, he aroused suspicion, when he named
himself beneficiary to an insurance policy he had previously taken out on his
mother’s life. Was the son accountable for the death of his mother and other
passengers?
a. No. He did not directly the death of his mother and the
other passengers.
b. Yes, if he got the insurance money after the death.
c. Yes, he may have been directly interested only in the insurance
money but indirectly as a foreseen consequence, he willed the
death of all passengers.
d. No, if he refused to get the insurance money after the incident.

94. My lesson is on methods of family planning. I would like my class to

have a holistic and a comprehensive understanding of family planning
methods. Which technique will me most appropriate?
a. Symposium
b. Panel discussion
c. Debate
d. Forum

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95. With the linguistically intelligent group in mind, which activity is
least effective?
a. Concept maps
b. Debates
c. Manipulatives
d. Deductive reasoning

96. The mode of a score distribution is 25. this means that

a. Twenty-five is the score that occurs least.
b. Twenty-five(25) is the score that occurs most.
c. Twenty-five is the average of the score distribution.
d. There is no score of 25.

97. What does a positively skewed score distribution imply?

a. The students must be highly intelligent.
b. The scores are concentrated on the right side of the normal
distribution curve.
c. The scores are evenly distributed.
d. The scores are concentrated on the left side of the
normal distribution curve.

98. To have a test with a coverage and with power to test analytical thinking
and case scoring?

Which type should the teachers use?

a. Alternate response c. Completion
b. Short answer d. Multiple choice

99. Who was a strong supporter of inclusive education and “education for
all” concept?
a. Rousseau c. Dewey
b. Kung-fu-tsu d. Hegel

100. Which visual display is a result of student’s comprehension of a

selection read proven by his ability to organize and integrate concepts
and information gleaned from the selection?
a. Journal c. Venn diagram
b. Story map d. Semantic web

101. After showing the chart on families of different sizes and their
corresponding water consumption, Teacher L asked pupils this question:
What can you say about the size of families and their average water
consumption? To answer the question which specific skill is demanded of the
pupils?
a. Drawing inferences
b. Recall
c. Evaluation
d. Stating generalization

102. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the cultural and educational

heritage of the nation and is under obligation to transmit to learners such
heritage. Which practice makes him fulfill such obligation?
a. Use of interactive teaching strategies
b. Observing continuing professional education
c. Use of the latest instructional technology
d. Study of the life of Filipino heroes

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103. Ms. Cho gives a quiz to her class after teaching a lesson. What does
she give?
a. Diagnostic test c. Performance test
b. Summative test d. Formative test

104. Teacher K believes that every learner can be helped to achieve his full
potential and so functions effectively in society when we satisfy his needs.
On what theory(ies) is Teacher K’s belief based?
a. Cognitive psychology c. Behaviorist theory
b. Humanistic psychology d. S-R theories

105. Which is a characteristics of a child with ADHD?

a. Inability to read
b. Inattention
c. Poor health
d. Inability to spell

106. With the gradations of objectives in the affective domain in mind, under
what level does “developing a consistent philosophy of life” fall?
a. Organization
b. Responding
c. Characteristics
d. Valuing

107. My students are dominantly a kinesthetic group. Which activities

should I have more?
a. Ecological field trips
b. Hand-on demonstration
c. Rapping
d. Journal writing

108. A test item with a discriminating index of .10 is ___.

a. neither good or bad
b. poor
c. reasonability good
d. very good

109. Who of the following considers music as the highest form of

aesthetic creation because it cuts across the heart of the Absolute?
a. Existentialist
b. Idealist
c. Realist
d. Pragmatist

110. One group of psychologist said: “Wait until the child is ready”. But who
said “one can help the child to get ready by developing pre-requisite skills
in an interesting and meaningful way”?
a. Gagne c. Ebbinghaus
b. Bruner d. Kohler

111. Which is a characteristics of whole language instruction?

a. It is formal and systematic instruction.
b. It is not supportive of risk-taking.
c. It is natural learning.
d. It is learning from part to whole.

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112. The following characterize a child-centered kindergarten EXCEPT
a. academic-oriented
b. importance of play in development
c. emphasis on individual uniqueness
d. focus on the education of the whole child.

113. Concurrent validity requires

a. correlation study c. item difficulty
b. item analysis d. peer consultation

114. What is a possible effect of an overcrowded curriculum?

a. Lifelong learning skills tend to be fully developed.
b. There is greater concept understanding.
c. The tendency is to give greater emphasis on in-depth learning
d. There is lack of mastery of essential competencies.

115. I want my students to master the concept of social justice. Which

series of activities will be most effective?
a. Review-pretest-teaching-posttest
b. Pretest-teaching-posttest
c. Pre-test on social justice-teaching=posttest-re-teaching for
unlearned concepts-post test
d. Teaching-posttest

116. Instead of describing the steps in opening a document on file in the

computer, I ask my students to do graphically. What should be used?
a. Continuous scale
b. Fishbone diagram
c. Concept pattern organizer
d. Flow chart

117. When is median the appropriate measure of central tendency?

a. Variance is heterogeneous.
b. Distribution is normal; and number of samples is less than 30.
c. Variance is homogeneous.
d. Distribution is skewed; and a number of samples is less than 30.

118. The last year of pre-service education of Education is student

teaching. Student teaching is _____.
a. simulation c. demonstration
b. hand-on d. role-playing

119. I use the gumamela to teach the parts of a complete flower. Later, the
flowers will be studied in comparison to gumamela. What teaching method
did I use?
a. Problem-solving method
b. Discovery method
c. Type-study method
d. Laboratory method

120. What functions are associated with the left brain?

a. Verbal, logical, intuitive
b. Verbal, visual, intuitive
c. Verbal, intuitive, detail-oriented
d. Verbal, logical, detail-oriented

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121. Fear of the dentist from a painful experience, fear of heights from
falling off a high chair when we were infants are learned through
a. insight
b. classical conditioning
c. operant conditioning
d. imitation

122. Which one describes the percentile rank of a given score?

a. The percent of cases of a distribution below and above a given
score
b. Classical conditioning
c. Operant conditioning
d. Imitation

123. Which may help an adolescent discover his identity?

a. Decision to follow one path only.
b. Relating to people.
c. Parents pushing in to follow a specific path.
d. Exploring many different roles in a healthy manner.

124. Which process does NOT form part of creative thinking?

a. Curiosity
b. Imagination
c. Originality
d. “Inside the box” thinking

125. “Using the principles of ..as a guide, describe how you would solve
the following problem situation” is a sample though question on _____.
a. summarizing
b. synthesizing
c. applying
d. analyzing

126. Which is (are) supportive of the development of creative thinking?

a. Authoritarian teacher
b. Judgmental atmosphere
c. Open-ended questions
d. Convergent questions

127. The variance, standard deviation, and range are all measures of
a. variability
b. central tendency
c. grouping
d. partition values

128. Which term refers to a teacher helping a colleague grow professionally?

a. Independent study
b. Facilitating
c. Peer mentoring
d. Technology transfer

129. Ramil helps his classmate carry heavy books if their teacher sees him
and so praises Ramil. In which level of moral development according to
Kohlberg’s theory?
a. Conventional
b. Non-conventional
c. Pre-conventional
d. Post conventional

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130. The teacher gives indigenous achievement test to his 25 students.
The test consist of 50 items. He wants to classify his student’s performance
based on the test result.

What is the appropriate measure of central tendency?

a. Any of the above
b. Mode
c. Median
d. Mean

131. Here is a sample TRUE-FALSE test item: ALL WOMEN HAVE A

LONGER LIFE-SPAN THAN MEN. What is wrong with the test item?
a. The test item is quoted verbatim from a textbook.
b. The test item contains trivial details.
c. A specific determiner gives cue to the answer.
d. The test item is vague.

132. “The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality
education at all levels.” Which government program is in support of this?
a. Deregulated tuition fee hike
b. Re-introduction of the NEAT and the NSAT
c. Primary schools for indigenous peoples
d. Exclusion of children with special needs from the formal system.

133. In what way can feminism contribute to nationhood?

a. Supporting the perpetuation of a family dynasty.
b. Educating relatives of those in power that in the spirit of familism
they should not do anything that would embarrass their relatives
c. Stressing the idea that “walang kuwentang tao kung ‘yong sariling
kamag-anak ay hindi matutulungan”.
d. Choosing candidates on the basis of blood relationships.

134. Which question is in the highest level of Bloom’s taxonomy of objectives

in the cognitive domain?
a. What two groups are present in an experimental design?
b. What could have happened if there was no control group?
c. Distinguish between control and experimental group.
d. Judge the validity of the experimental design.

135. Which describes learning that5 students get when they go into
community immersion?
a. Symbolic
b. Simulated
c. Experiential
d. Theoretical

136. Teacher R helped his students recall that stalagmites grow on the
ground while stalactites grow on the “ceiling” of a cave by associating “G” in
stalagmites with ground and “C” with ceiling. What did teacher R makes
use of?

a. Visual aid
b. Audio-visual aid
c. Meaning-maker device
d. Mnemonic device

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137. What primary criterion should guide a teacher in the choice of
instructional devices?
a. Attractiveness
b. Novelty
c. Cost
d. Appropriateness

138. Makabayan as a subject in the Re-structured Basic Education

Curriculum is the “laboratory for life”. What does this mean? It is in
this subject where the learner ____.

a. the biographies of heroes who are makabayan will be taught

b. will be taught the true concept of being pagkamakabayan
c. will be taught the Filipino strengths and weakness
d. will demonstrate practical knowledge and skills that have been
gained in the other subjects.

139. Referring to the characteristics of a progressivist curriculum, which does

NOT belong to the group?
a. Flexible
b. Child-centered
c. Relevant
d. Subject-matter centered

140. The “self-expressive learner” learns best from ___.

a. lectures
b. activities that enlighten and enchant like myths and,
human achievement.
c. Drills
d. Personal expression and personal encounters

141. Which individualized teaching method makes use of

workbooks, teaching machines or computers?
a. Inquiry
b. Project method
c. Programmed instruction
d. Discovery method

142. With the re-structured Basic Education curriculum, which

teaching-learning feature does not apply?
a. Interactive
b. Teacher monologue
c. Interdisciplinary
d. Creative thinking

143. In the faculty room everyone is talking about Teacher W who is tutoring
for a free her own pupil who is vying for honors. What is the professional
thing for the other teachers to do?
a. As a group report her to the principal
b. Leave her alone, she might accuse you of meedling in
her personal life.
c. Talk to the parents of the tutee. Tell them what Teacher W. is
doing is unprofessional.
d. Correct her and remind her tutoring one’s own pupil for a fee is
unethical.

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144. For facts to be useful in research, it is best to ___.
a. See if they withstand the test of time.
b. Gather additional facts for comparison
c. Use all original facts
d. Select, classify, and summarize them.

145. Which a type of statistics is (are) meant to draw out implications

about the population from which the sample is taken?
a. descriptive and inferential
b. inferential
c. co relational
d. descriptive

146. When Teacher I presents sets of data then asks the students to enter a
conclusion, generalization or a pattern of relationship which method does
she use?
a. process approach
b. unit method
c. inductive inquiry method
d. type method

147. Which curriculum (a) was (were) in place before the 2002 Basic
Education Curriculum?
a. 2-2 plan curriculum and college preparatory curriculum
b. 2-2 plan curriculum
c. new elementary/secondary education curriculum
d. college preparatory curriculum

148. Which is (are) supportive of the development of creative thinking?

a. Judgment atmosphere
b. Convergent questions
c. Authoritarian teacher
d. Brainstorming technique

149. Teacher L is a typical idealist teacher. Which belief about knowledge is

he likely to advocate?
a. Knowledge through trial and error
b. Knowledge through hypothesis testing
c. Knowledge from direct, concrete experience
d. Knowledge through reasoning

150. What is the role of learner in the Re-structures Basic Education

Curriculum?
a. Passive recipient of knowledge
b. Object of pedagogy
c. Rivals of classmates in learning
d. Constructor of meaning
151. Which does NOT hold true to collaborative learning?
a. Each student is held accountable for what is to be learned?
b. The members of the group have face-to-face interaction.
c. Student’s social skills are necessary.
d. Success of the group depends on one diligent student.
152. The “mastery learner” learns best from ____.
a. dramas
b. drill
c. debates
d. role-playing
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153. In what way can teachers uphold the highest possible standards
of quality education?
a. By putting down other professional to lift the status of teaching
b. By working out underserved promotions
c. By continually improving them selves personally
and professionally.
d. By wearing expensive clothes to change people’s poor perception
of teachers

154. What recent educational development realities with perennialism?

a. Exercising the students higher order thinking skills (HOTS)
b. Having drills and rote activities that develop learning habits
c. Suiting the strategies to the students learning styles.
d. Individualizing the learning experience and activities.

155. Who among the following is genuinely nationalistic? The citizen who
a. works overseas for the educational of his/her children
b. sings the national anthem with all his/her heart
c. salutes the flag as it is raised during generate jobs in the
countryside

156. The steps of the goal-oriented instructional model arranged ion order
include
a. pre-assessment, specification of objectives, instruction, evaluation
b. specification of objectives, instruction, pre-assessment, evaluation
c. pre-assessment, specification of objectives, motivation, instruction
d. specification of objectives, pre-assessment, instruction, evaluation

157. Nila reads WAS for SAW or D fro P or B. From her reading behavior,
one can say that Nila suffers from _____.
a. dysphasia
b. dyslexia
c. dysgraphia
d. dyspraxia

158. What will you do if someone confided to you an anomy which will
implicate people close to you?
a. Tell him to go to the authorities and report the matter
b. Encourage him to keep quit so as not to harm your friends.
c. Encourage the one who confined to you to seek the services of
a lawyer.
d. Tell him to call a radio broadcaster to air it.

159. I want my students to identify the strengths and weakness of an

event. Which one will I direct them to use?
a. Cycle
b. Compare/contrast matrix
c. Plus/delta evaluation
d. Affinity diagrams

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160. Students B claims: “ I cannot see perfection but I lone for it so it must be
real.” Under which group can he be classified?
a. Realist
b. Pragmatist
c. Idealist
d. Empiricist

161. Which is a characteristic of dyslexic children?

a. It lacks focus
b. Hyperactive
c. Attentio-getter
d. Hard up in writing and spelling

162. A grade II teacher wanted to show the parts of a seed by using a large,
wooden seed visual aid with detachable cotyledons and tiny seed. Under
what classification does this wooden structure fall?
a. Replica
b. Model
c. Mock up
d. Realia

163. With individualized teaching strategies as point of reference, which does

not belong to the group?
a. Journal writing
b. Independent study
c. Computed-assisted instruction
d. Demonstration method

164. Some of your students don’t seem to like you as their teacher. If you will
regard the situation on the level of the ego, what will you most likely think
about?
a. What wrong have done to deserve this?
b. To hell with them
c. What is it about me that they do not like
d. Why should I care they like me or not?

165. Which teaching method is intended primarily for skill and concept
mastery by way of practice?
a. Review
b. Drill
c. Project
d. Supervised study

166. I want to diagnose my student’s difficulties in written communication

skills. Which one should I use?
a. Short written response
b. Teacher observation
c. Oral reports
d. Performance task

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 167. The teacher who nurtures the student’s positive psychological nature
is likely to
a. trace all students background and coordinate with the
guidance center in case the
students have problems.
b. be in class and listen to reasons of justification when students get
into conflict.
c. provide some practical learning activities that will develop or
foster harmonious relationships in classroom.
d. remind the students to develop a peaceful classroom atmosphere
so that everyone will be safe and happy.

168. Which instructional material is closest to direct experience?

a. Film showing
b. Simulation
c. Field trip
d. Dramatization

169. Which of the following is considered a peripheral device?

a. Keyboard
b. CPU
c. Monitor
d. Printer

170. After reading “ A NEW HOME for Ruben”, teacher asked the pupils this
questions: “Who was Ruben”? Under what level of comprehension does
this question fall?
a. Application
b. Literal comprehension
c. Interpretation
d. Critical evaluation

171. “Once a teacher, forever a student.” What is an implication of this

statement to teachers?
a. A teacher is teacher only in relation to the student.
b. A teacher’s pre-service preparation is wanting of quality.
c. The competent and committed teacher is a race
commodity nowadays.
d. A teacher must go through a continuing professional in order to be
effective.

172. Which applies when the score distribution is concerned on the left
side of the curve?
a. Bell curve
b. Positively skewed
c. Bimodal
d. Negatively skewed

173. Which software allows teachers and students to write, edit, and
polish assignments and reports?
a. Database c. Spread sheets
b. Word processing d. Graphics

174. Rights can not be unduly trampled upon or suppressed without

moral quilt because they are
a. inalienable
b. inviolable
c. perfect
d. adventitious
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175. Helping is the development of graduates who are “maka-Diyos” is an
influence ____.
a. naturalistic morality
b. situational morality
c. dialectical morality
d. classical Christian morality

176. Which is TRUE end of teachers authority in the classroom?

a. To coerce the child to do what is good
b. To motivate the child to internalize self-discipline
c. To sow fear in every child for orders sake
d. To make the child obey orders
177. The mechanism that is used to get data into the Main Memory of a
computer is called a (n)
a. entry device
b. input device
c. temporary device
d. output device
178. Which does NOT go with an integrated teaching strategy?
a. Isolated bits of information
b. Multidisciplinary
c. Interconnected
d. Interdisciplinary
179. Which statement on IQ test is WRONG?
a. Can be advanced by maturational changes
b. Measures fixed potential
c. Measures current performance
d. Can be enriched by environmental experiences.
180. Which curriculum (curricula) was (were) implemented before the re-
structed basics education curriculum?
a. NSEC
b. NSEC and NSEC
c. PRODED
d. NSEC

181. Which holds true to norm-reference testing?

a. Comparing individual’s performance to the average performance of
a group.
b. Constructing test items in term of instructional objective.
c. Identify an acceptable level of mastery in advance
d. Determining tasks that reflect instructional objectives.

182. What does a conservative Filipino student experience when she

migrates to the United States and witness for herself public display of
affection?
a. Colonial mentality
b. Culture shock
c. Acculturation
e. Enculturation
183. As part of their lesson, the music teacher scheduled the young
beginners to vocalize for 5 to 10 minutes daily three times per week. In
terms of psychomotor learning, such teacher’s action illustrates.
a. skill perfecting
b. mass practice
c. distributed practice
d. skilled performance
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184. Which of the following has as its strength immediate feedback?
a. Process approach
b. Laboratory method
c. Group dynamics
d. Computer-assisted instruction

185. In which competency do my students find more class interaction?

a. 1.0
b. .50
c. .90
d. .10

186. Which questioning practice promotes more class interaction?

a. Asking the question before calling on a student to answer
b. Focusing on convergent functions
c. Asking theoretical questions
d. Focusing on divergent questions

187. About what percent of the cases falls between + 1 and –1 in a normal
curve?
a. 64.2%
b. 63.2%
c. 65.5%
d. 68.2%

188. “Describe the reasoning errors in the following paragraph” is a

sample thought question on ____.
a. synthesizing
b. applying
c. analyzing
d. summarizing

189. In a research conducted by Herome Kagan, almost one-third of a group

of children who had an inhibited temperament at 2 years of age were not
unusually shy or fearful when they were four years old. What does this
prove?
a. Development ends after infancy
b. Latter experience do not change the impact of early experiences.
c. Development continues after infancy.
d. Early experiences are the sole determiners in the development
or persons.

190. Which is the most authentic proof of nationalism on the part of

teachers?
a. Winning the award “Most Outstanding Teacher in the District”
b. Utilizing every minute of the academic time for competent teaching
c. Earning graduate degree for promotion
d. Membership in the national organization for professional Teachers.

191. A sufficient wait time can achieve the following EXCEPT

a. Decreases the amount of guessing or wrong inferences
b. Discourages slow and fast thinking students to respond
c. Increase the number of correct responses.
d. Provides time for teachers to evaluate the answers given

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192. Which role (s) does the teacher play when he sets desirable learning
activities for the individual learner and takes the responsibility of matching
available resources with the needs of each learner?
a. Manager of the teaching-learning process
b. Scholar and director of learning
c. Abstractor and supervisor of learning
d. Counselor and consultant of learning

193. Which is (are) a more reliable measure (s) of a central tendency in

a positively skewed distribution like personal income?
a. Mode
b. Mean
c. Median
d. Mode and median

194. Teachers D banged the door when she entered the classroom while the
pupils waited nervously to greet her. She was tense and so were the pupils.
Later, she tried to encourage them to participate but the children remained
quit in their seats. Which can best explain the situation?
a. The teacher’s verbal and non-verbal messages are contradictory.
b. The impact of the non-verbal and verbal messages of the behavior
did not change.
c. The pupil’s perceptions of the teacher’s non-verbal behavior did
not change.
d. The teacher’s verbal communication has not been
interpreted correctly by the pupils.

195. Which item is learned most by my students? In the item with a difficulty
index of
a. .50
b. .10
c. .90
d. 1.0

196. In research which is another term for independent variable?

a. Response
b. Outcome
c. Criterion
d. Input

197. The lesson is about the brain. Teacher D likes to share some facts
about the brain by the use of a graphic organizer. Which graphic organizer is
most fit?
a. Generalization pattern organizer
b. Episode pattern organizer
c. Descriptive pattern organizer
d. Time sequence pattern organizer

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198. Which questioning practice will promote more class interaction?
a. Rejecting wrong answer
b. Asking the questions before calling on a student answer
c. Asking theoretical questions
d. Focusing on convergent questions

199. The claim of a benefactor to the gratitude of his protégé is an example

of a (an)
a. alienable right
b. acquired right
c. perfect right
d. imperfect right

200. A student’s dislike for Math is due to a traumatic experience with a Math
teacher in the past. When law explains this?
a. Analogy
b. Vividness
c. Disposition or mind set
d. Partial activity

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