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1. A teacher’s quarrel with a parent makes her develop a feeling of prejudice against the parent’s
child. The teacher’s unfavorable treatment of the child is an influence of what Filipino trait?
a. Lack of self-reflection
b. Extreme personalism
c. Extreme family-centeredness
d. “Sakop-mentality”
2. In the context of grading, what is referred to as teacher’s generosity error? A teacher _______.
a. Rewards students who perform well
b. In overgenerous with praise
c. Tends to give high grades as compare to the rest
d. Gives way to students’ bargain for no more quiz
3. For mastery learning and in line with 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
4. Which statement about standard deviation is correct?
a. The higher the standard deviation the more spread the scores are
b. The lower the standard deviation the more spread the scores are
c. The higher the standard deviation the less spread the scores are
d. It is a measure of central tendency
5. What is the Teacher’s Professionalism Act?
a. RA 7836
b. RA 7722
c. RA 4670
d. RA 9263
6. The State shall protect and promote the right of citizens to quality 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
7. The American Teachers who were recruited to help set the public educational system in the
Philippines during the American regime were called Thomasite’s because:
a. They were devotees of St. Thomas Aquinas
b. They disembarked from the CIS Transport called Thomas
c. They first taught at the University of Sto. Tomas
d. They arrived in the Philippines on the feast of St. Tomas
8. Zara exhibits fear response to freely roaming dogs but does not show fear when a dog is on a
leash or confined to a pen. Which conditioning process is illustrated?
a. Generalization
b. Discrimination
c. Acquisition
d. Extinction
9. The Filipino learner envisioned by the Department of Education is one who is imbued with the
desirable values of person who is:
a. Makabayan, makatao, makakalikasan at maka-Diyos
b. Makabayan, makatao, makahalaman, at maka-Diyos
c. Makabayan, makasarili, makakalikasan, at maka-Diyos
d. Makabayan, makakaragatan, makatao, at maka-Diyos
10. The right hemisphere of the brain is involved with the following function except:
a. Intuitive functions
b. Nonverbal functions
c. Visual functions
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 d. Detail-oriented functions
11. What function is associated with the right brain?
a. Visual, non-verbal, logical
b. Visual, intuitive, non-verbal
c. Visual, intuitive, logical
d. Visual, logical, detail-oriented
12. Principal Connie tells her teachers that training in the humanities is most important. To which
education philosophy does he adhere?
a. Existentialism
b. Essentialism
c. Progressivism
d. Perennialism
13. Behavior followed by pleasant consequences will be strengthened and will be more likely to occur
in the future. Behavior followed by unpleasant consequences will be weakened and will be less
likely to be repeated in the future. Which one is explained?
a. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
b. Thorndike’s law of effect
c. B.F. Skinner’s Operant conditioning theory
d. Bandura’s social learning theory
14. Theft of school equipment like TV, computer, etc. by people on the community itself is becoming a
common phenomenon. What does this signify?
a. Prevalence of poverty in the community
b. Inability of school to hire security guards
c. Deprivation of Filipino schools
d. Community’s lack of sense of co-ownership
15. The main purpose of compulsory study of the Constitution is to _____.
a. Develop students into responsible, thinking citizen
b. Acquaint students with the historical development of the Philippine Constitution
c. Make constitutional experts of the students
d. Prepare students for law-making
16. Which goals of educational institution, as provided for by the Constitution, is the development of
work skills aligned?
a. To develop moral character
b. To develop vocational efficiency
c. To teach the duties of citizenship
d. To inculcate love of country
17. Complete this analogy:
Spanish period: moral and religious person.
American period: _______
a. Productive citizen
b. Patriotic citizen
c. Self-reliant citizen
d. Caring citizen
18. Who is remembered for his famous quotation? “My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to
my country begins.”
a. Carlos P. Garcia
b. Manuel L. Quezon
c. Ferdinand Marcos
d. Manuel Roxas
19. Here is a question: “Is the paragraph a good one? Evaluate.” If broken down to simplify, which is
the best simplification?
a. Is the paragraph a good one? Why or why not?
b. Why is the paragraph a good one? Prove
c. If you asked to evaluate something, what do you do? Evaluate the paragraph
d. What are the qualities of a good paragraph? Does the paragraph have these qualities?
20. Manunulat ang tatay mo kaya sa personal mong kagustuhan makasunod sa kanyang mga yapak,
magsusulat ka. Ano ang kahulugan ng pagsusulat?
a. Proseso na nagsisimula sa idea o karanasan
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 c. Kakayahan ng tao na makapagtala o makapagimprenta ng malinaw
d. Pagpili ng paksa at pagsasaliksik
21. Anong bahagi ng pananalita ang nasa malaking titik? Malungkot ANG MGA nagtapos na wala
pang trabaho.
a. Pananda
b. Pariralang pantukoy
c. Pang-ukol
d. Pangatnig
22. Which is not a characteristic of education during the pre-Spanish era?
a. Vocational training-oriented
b. Structured
c. Unstructured
d. Informal
23. Which is closest to the real human digestive system for study in the classroom?
a. Model of the human digestive system
b. Drawing of the human digestive system on the board
c. The human digestive system projected on an OHP
d. Drawing of human digestive system on a page of a textbook
24. Which one is in support of greater interaction?
a. Repeating the question
b. Not allowing a student to complete a response
c. Probing
d. Selecting the same student respondents
25. Which is/are effective methods/s in teaching students critical reading skills?
a. Interpret editorials about a particular subject from three different newspapers
b. Read and interpret three different movie reviews
c. Distinguish fiction from non-fiction materials
d. Interpret editorials and read and interpret three different movie reviews
26. Which is true of a bimodal score distribution?
a. The group tested has two different groups
b. The scores are neither high nor low
c. The scores are high
d. The scores are low
27. What is the mastery level of school in a 100-item test with a mean of 55?
a. 42%
b. 50%
c. 45%
d. 55%
28. Who stressed the idea that students cannot learn if their basic needs are not first met?
a. Thorndike
b. Maslow
c. Wertheimer
d. Operant conditioning
29. A person, who has had painful experience as the dentist’s office, may become fearful at the mere
sight of the dentist’s office building. What theory can explain this?
a. Attribution theory
b. Classical conditioning
c. Generalization
d. Operant conditioning
30. I want my students to have mastery learning of a basic topic. Which of the following can help?
a. Socratic method and drill
b. Drill
c. Socratic method
d. None of the above
31. As a teacher you are a skeptic. Which among these will be your guiding principle?
a. I must teach the child to the fullest
b. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better future
c. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything
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32. With forms of prompting in mind, which group is arranged from least to most instructive
prompting?
a. Verbal, physical, gestural
b. Verbal, gestural, physical
c. Gestural, physical, verbal
d. Physical, gestural, verbal
33. In which way does heredity affect the development of the learner?
a. By providing equal potential to all
b. By making acquired traits hereditary
c. By compensating for what environment fails to develop
d. By placing limits beyond which the learner cannot develop
34. In writing performance objectives, which word is not acceptable?
a. Integrate
b. Manipulate
c. Delineate
d. Comprehend
35. For which lesson objective will a teacher use the direct instruction method?
a. Distinguish war from aggression
b. Appreciate Milton’s Paradise Lost
c. Use a microscope properly
d. Become aware of the pollutants in the environment
36. To encourage introspection, which teaching method is MOST appropriate?
a. Cognitive
b. Process
c. Reflective
d. Cooperative learning
37. With indirect instruction in mind, which does not belong to the group?
a. Lecture-recitation
b. Experiential method
c. Inductive method
d. Discovery method
38. A master teacher is the resource speaker in an in-service training. He presented the situated
learning theory and encouraged his colleagues to apply the same in class. Which of the following
did he not encourage his colleagues to do?
a. Apprenticeship
b. Decontextualized teaching
c. Learning as it normally occurs
d. Authentic problem solving
39. I want to engage my students in small group discussions. Which topic lends itself to a lively
discussion?
a. The exclusion of Pluto as a planet
b. The meaning of the law of supply and demand
c. The law of inertia
d. Rules on subject-verb agreement
40. Teacher Joshua discovered that his pupils are weak in comprehension. To further in which
particular skill(s) his pupils are weak, which test should Teacher Joshua give?
a. Standardized test
b. Placement
c. Aptitude test
d. Diagnostic
41. The students of Teacher Kath scan an electronic encyclopedia, view a film on the subject, or look
at related topics at the touch of a button right there in the classroom. Which devices does teacher
Kath’s class have?
a. Videotape lesson
b. Video disc
c. Teaching machine
d. CD
42. If my approach to my lesson is behaviorist, what features will dominate my lesson?
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 II. Copying notes
III. Reasoning
IV. Demonstration
a. III, IV
b. I, II, III, IV
c. I, III, IV
d. II, III, IV
43. You practice inclusive education. Which of these applies to you?
I. You accept every student as full and valued member of the class and school community
II. Your special attention is on learners with specific learning or social needs
III. You address the needs of the class as a whole within the context of the learners with
specific learning or social needs
a. II only
b. I only
c. I and II
d. I and III
44. Which will be the most authentic assessment tool for an instructional objective on working with
and relating to people?
a. Organizing a community project
b. Writing articles on working and relating to people
c. Home visitation
d. Conducting mock election
45. Here is a test item:
“From the data presented in the table, form generalizations that are supported by the data.”
Under what type of question does this item fall?
a. Convergent
b. Application
c. Evaluative
d. Divergent
46. I want to teach concepts, patterns, and abstractions. Which method will be most appropriate?
a. Discovery
b. Direct instruction
c. Indirect instruction
d. Problem solving
47. We are very much interested in a quality professional development program for teachers. What
characteristic should we look for?
a. Required for renewal of professional license
b. Prescribed by top educational leader
c. Responsive to identified teacher’s needs
d. Dependent on the availability of funds
48. What principle is violated by overusing the chalkboards, as though it is the only education
technology available?
a. Isolated use
b. Variety
c. Flexibility
d. Uniformity
49. Which statement applies correctly to Edgar Dale’s “CONE of experience”?
a. The farther you are from the base, the more direct the learning experience becomes
b. The farther you are from the bottom, the more direct the learning experience becomes
c. The close you are to the base, the more indirect the learning experience become
d. The closer you are to the base, the more direct the learning experience becomes
50. To teach the democratic process to the pupils. Santo Domingo Elementary School decided that
the election of class officers shall be patterned after local elections. There are qualities set for
candidates, limited period for campaign, rules for posting campaign materials, etc. Which of the
following did the school use?
a. Symposium
b. Role playing
c. Simulation
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51. Which of the following are effective methods in teaching student critical reading skills?
I. Interpret editorials
II. Read and interpret three different movie reviews
III. Read a position paper and deduce underlying assumptions of the position papers
a. II and III
b. I and II
c. I and III
d. I, II and III
52. Here is a test item:
“The improvement of basic education should be the top priority of the Philippine
government. Defend and refute the position.”
Under what type of question does this test item fall?
a. Low-level
b. Analysis
c. Evaluative
d. Convergent
53. Teacher Jenny teaches a lesson in which students must recognize that ¼ is the same as 0.25.
They use this relationship to determine that 0.15 and 0.20 are slightly less than ¼. Which of the
following concept/s is/are being taught?
a. Numeration skills
b. Place value of decimals
c. Numeration skills for decimal and relationship between fractions and decimals
d. Relationship between fractions and decimals
54. To nurture student’s creativity, which activity should the teacher avoid?
a. Ask “what if” questions
b. Ask divergent thinking questions
c. Emphasize the need to give right answer
d. Be open to “out-of-this world” ideas
55. After reading an essay, Teacher Babe wants to help sharpen her students’ ability to interpret.
Which of these activities will be most appropriate?
a. Drawing conclusions
b. Making inferences
c. Getting the main idea
d. Listing facts separately from opinion
56. What is the best way to develop math concepts?
a. Solving problems using multiple approaches
b. Solving problems by looking for correct answer
c. Learning math as applied to situations such as being a tool of science
d. Solving problems by applying learned formulas
57. Teacher Jerry, an experienced teacher, does daily review of past lessons in order to ________.
a. Provide her pupils with a sense of continuity
b. Introduce a new lesson
c. Reflect on how she presented the previous lesson
d. Determine who among her pupils are studying
58. Research says that mastery experiences increase confidence and willingness to try similar or
more challenging tasks such as reading. What does this imply for children reading performance?
a. Children who have mastered basic skills are more likely to be less motivated to read because
they get fed up with too much reading
b. Children who have not mastered the basic skills are more likely to be motivated to read in
order to gain mastery over basic skills
c. Children who have a high sense of self-confidence are not necessarily those who can read
d. Children who have gained mastery over basic skills are more motivate to read
59. Bruner’s theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages.
Applying Bruner’s theory, how would you teach?
a. Begin with the abstract
b. Be interactive in approach
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60. Teacher Nene asked this question: “What conclusion can you draw based on your observation?”
Nobody raised a hand so she asked another question: “Based on what you observe, what can
you now say about the reaction of plants to light.” What did Teacher Nene do?
a. Redirecting
b. Repeating
c. Probing
d. Rephrasing
61. Under no circumstance shall a teacher be prejudiced nor discriminatory against any learner
according to the Code of Ethics. When is a teacher prejudice against any learner?
a. When he makes a nearsighted pupil sit at the front
b. When he considers multiple intelligences in the choice of his teaching strategies
c. When he makes a farsighted pupil sit at the back
d. When he refuses a pupil with a slight physical disability in class
62. Which learning activity is most appropriate if teacher’s focus in attitudinal change?
a. Role play
b. Exhibit
c. Field trip
d. Game
63. The mode of a score distribution is 25. This means that:
a. There is no score of 25
b. Twenty-five (25) is the score that occurs most
c. Twenty-five is the average of the score distribution
d. Twenty-five is the score that occurs least
64. The following characterize a child-centered kindergarten except:
a. Focus on the education of the whole child
b. Importance of play in development
c. Extreme orientation on academic
d. Emphasis on individual uniqueness
65. As a classroom manager, how can you exhibit expert power on the first day of school?
a. By citing to my students, the important of good grades
b. By making my students feel my authority over them
c. By making them feel a sense of belongingness and acceptance
d. By making my students feel I know what I am talking about
66. Which may help an adolescent discover his identity?
a. Parents pushing in to follow a specific path
b. Relating to people
c. Decision to follow one path only
d. Exploring many different roles in a healthy manner
67. Which terms refers to a teacher helping a colleague grow professionally?
a. Technology transfer
b. Peer mentoring
c. Facilitating
d. Independent study
68. What primary criterion should guide a teacher in the choice of instructional devices?
a. Novelty
b. Appropriateness
c. Cost
d. Attractiveness
69. 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. Why should I care if they like me or not?
b. To hell with them
c. What’s wrong have I done to deserve this?
d. What is it about me that they do not like?
70. Which of the following is considered a peripheral device?
a. Printer
b. CPU
c. Keyboard
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71. Which questioning practice will promote more class interaction?
a. Asking rhetorical question
b. Rejecting wrong answer
c. Focusing on convergent question
d. Asking divergent question
72. For grades to be (made) valid indicators of students’ achievements, which process should be
observed?
a. Adopting letter grades such as A, B, C, D
b. Explaining the meaning of grades
c. Defining the course objectives as intended learning outcomes
d. Giving objective type of test
73. The claim of a benefactor to the gratitude of his protégé is an example of a (an):
a. Acquired right
b. Imperfect right
c. Perfect right
d. Alienable right
74. Which appropriate teaching practice flows from this research finding on the brain: “The brain’s
emotional center is tied its ability to learn.”
a. Create a learning environment that encourages students to explore their feelings and
ideas freely
b. Come up with highly competitive games where winners will feel happily
c. Establish this discipline of being judgmental in attitude
d. Tell the students to participate in class activities or else they won’t receive plus points in
class recitation
75. Research on Piagetian tasks indicates that thinking becomes more logical and abstract as
children reach the formal operations stage. What is an educational implication of this finding?
a. Expect hypothetical reasoning for learners between 12 to 15 years of age
b. Learners who are not capable of logical reasoning from ages 8 to 11 behind in their cognitive
development
c. Engage children in analogical reasoning as early as preschool to train them for higher order
thinking skills (HOTS)
d. Let children be children
76. A mathematics test was given to all Grade V pupils to determine the contestants for the math
quiz bee. Which statistical measure should be used to identify the top 15?
a. Percentage score
b. Mean percentage score
c. Quartile score
d. Percentile score
77. Which is the true foundation of the social order?
a. Strong, political leadership
b. The reciprocation of rights and duties
c. Equitable distribution of wealth
d. Obedient citizenry
78. With which is true authority equated?
a. Service
b. Suppression
c. Power
d. Coercion
79. The following are sound specific purposes of questions except:
a. To stimulate learners to ask questions
b. To call the attention of an inattentive student
c. To arouse interest and curiosity
d. To teach via student answers
80. What is not a sound purpose in making questions?
a. To remind students of a procedure
b. To probe deeper after an answer is given
c. To encourage self-reflection
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81. A student passes a book report written but ornately presented in a folder to make up for the poor
quality of the book content. Which Filipino trait does this practice prove?
a. Art over science
b. Art over academic
c. Substance over “porma”
d. “Porma” over substance
82. Which one should a teacher avoid to produce an environment conducive for learning?
a. Games
b. Tests
c. Seat plan
d. Individual competition
83. Between pursuing a college course where there is no demand and a vocational course which is
highly in demand, the Filipino usually opts for the college course. Which Filipino trait is shown?
a. Interest to obtain a skill
b. Penchant for a college diploma
c. Desire for entrepreneurship
d. Appreciation of manual labor
84. Which of the following does extreme authoritarianism in the home reinforce in pupils?
a. Sense of initiative
b. Dependence on other for direction
c. Ability for self-direction
d. Creativity in work
85. Teacher Bart wants his students to master the concept of social justice. Which series of activities
will be most effective?
a. Pre-teaching > posttest > re-teaching of unlearned concept > posttest
b. Pre-test > teaching > posttest
c. Review > pretest > teaching > posttest
d. Teaching > posttest
86. To provide for individual differences how is curriculum designed?
a. Minimum learning competencies are included
b. Realistic and meaningful experiences are provided
c. Some degree of flexibility is provided
d. Social skills are emphasized
87. Which types of play is most characteristic of a four- to six-year-old child?
a. Solitary and onlooker play
b. Associative and cooperative plays
c. Associative and onlookers plays
d. Cooperative and solitary plays
88. How can you exhibit referent power on the first day of school?
a. By making the students feel you know what you are talking about
b. By telling them the importance of good grades
c. By reminding your students your authority over them again and again
d. By giving your students a sense of belonging and acceptance
89. To ensure that all Filipino children are functionally literate, which mechanism is meant to reach
out to children who are far from a school?
a. A school in every barangay
b. Multi-Grade Classroom
c. Mobile Teacher
d. Sine Eskwela
90. Referring to the characteristics of the latest Basic Educational Curriculum which does not belong
to the group?
a. More flexible
b. Less prescriptive
c. More compartmentalized
d. More integrated
91. If student’s inappropriate behavior is low level or mild and that it appears that the misbehavior
will not spread to others, it is sometimes best for the teacher not to take notice of it. What
influence technique is this?
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 b. Antiseptic bouncing
c. Proximity control
d. Signal interference
92. Which among the following objectives in the psychomotor domain is highest in level?
a. To distinguish distant and close sounds
b. To contract a muscle
c. To run a 100-meter dash
d. To dance the basic steps of the waltz
93. Which material consists of instructional units that cater to varying mental level pupils?
a. Plantilia
b. Multi-level materials
Multi-grade materials
c. Minimum learning competencies
94. Which statement on counseling is false?
a. For counseling to be successful, the counselee is willing to participate in the process
b. The ultimate goal of counseling is greater happiness on the part of the counselee
c. Counseling is the program that includes guidance
d. The school counselor is primarily responsible of counseling
95. Arianna describes Teacher Monica as “fair, caring and approachable.” Which power does
Teacher Monica possess?
a. Legitimate power
b. Expert power
c. Referent power
d. Reward power
96. Kounin claims “with-it-ness” is one of the characteristics of an effective classroom manager.
Which among the following is a sign of “with-it-ness”?
a. Giving attention to students having difficulty with school work
b. Seeing only a portion of the class but intensively
c. Knowing where instructional materials are kept
d. Aware of what’s happening in all part of the classroom
97. In the K-W-L technique, K stands for what the pupils already knows, W for what he wants to
know and L for what he:
a. Learned
b. Failed to learn
c. He like to learn
d. Needs to learn
98. When a significantly greater number from the lower group gets a test item correctly, this implies
that the test item:
a. Is not highly reliable
b. Is not very valid
c. Is highly reliable
d. Is very valid
99. Which statement about guidance is false?
a. The classroom teacher is not part of the school guidance program since she is not
trained to be a guidance counselor
b. Guidance embraces curriculum, teaching, supervision and all other activities in school
c. Guidance is a function of the entire school
d. A guidance program is inherent in every school
100. A teacher should not be a slave of his lesson plan. This means that:
a. A teacher must be willing to depart from her lesson plan if students are interested in
something other than her intended lesson
b. A lesson plan must be followed by a teacher no matter what
c. A teacher must be ready to depart from her lesson plan if she remembers something more
interesting than what she earlier planned
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