PR 104 Education Mastery Examination
PR 104 Education Mastery Examination
PR 104 Education Mastery Examination
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. This test booklet contains 150 test questions. Examinees shall manage to use
the 3hours.
2. Read instructions to examinees printed on your answer sheet.
3. Shade only one (1) box foe each question on you answer sheets. Two or more
boxes shaded will invalidate your answer.
4. Avoid erasures.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Detach one (1) answer sheet from the bottom of your Examinee ID/Answer Sheet;
Set
2. Write the subject title “Professional Education” on the box provided.
3. Shade Set Box “A” on your answer sheet if your test booklet is Set A; Set Box “B” if
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A six – year old child who has a mental age of eight years has an IQ of __________.
a. 120
b. 130
c. 132
d. 133
2. Which activity is closest to the real thing?
a. Hear
b. Watch a demonstration
c. View images
d. Perform in a presentation
3. In the bottom – up perspective, a reader could read a text when he/she __________.
a. uses his prior knowledge to make sense of the text.
b. selects only the meaningful segments in the text.
c. can translate the visual symbols to their aural equivalent.
d. relates the text to other texts previously read
4. __________ asserted that “Education is for Complete Living.”
a. Dewey
b. Kant
c. Spencer
d. Froebel
5. Teacher Isabel has found out that the results of the curriculum that was implemented call for an
alteration in the set of objectives and competencies. Which of the following curriculum
development stages does she want to happen?
a. Curriculum Planning
b. Curriculum Evaluation
c. Curriculum Change
d. Curriculum Improvement
6. Johnny, a junior high school student, connected his lesson on fractions with his Social Studies
lesson on land ownership during the time of Feudalism. Which curriculum design element is
reflected in Johnny’s practice?
a. Articulation
b. Integration
c. Continuity
d. Balance
7. __________ is the process by which certain potentials are inherited from the parents for his
development.
a. Life
b. Heredity
c. Birth
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d. Character
8. __________ is a theory which states that there are 8 basic development stages that the
individual has to pass through his life.
a. Learning Theory
b. Psychoanalytic Theory
c. Psychosocial Theory
d. Cognitive Development
9. Which of the following is characteristics of a dyslexic child?
a. Mirror Writing
b. Listlessness
c. Below – Average Intelligence
d. Hyperactivity
10. __________ is known as the Father of Modern I.Q. Test.
a. Lewis Terman
b. Laurence Kohlberg
c. Erick Erickson
d. Martin Lesley
11. “Intellectual Appreciative Experience” is __________.
a. Base on the premise that all learning has emotional correlates
b. Obtained in the field of music, art and literature
c. The acquisition and retention o acts and information
d. Assumes that human activities are based on stimulus and response
12. __________ is the ability of a child to conceptualize the retention and preservation of the same
quantity under various changes.
a. Recognition
b. Assimilation
c. Reversibility
d. Conservation
13. You asked your students to silently read the passage you have prepared for them. The passage
is all about arthropods. As a student go over his passage, you noticed that he sweeps his hands
along the page. After a while, his eyebrows met, as if he doubts what the passage is all about.
You noticed that he made return sweeps to the text in a backward manner, as if trying to search
for a previously read word. This situation implies that the reader is doing __________.
a. Regression
b. Saccades
c. Fixation
d. Subvocalization
14. Teacher Dianne entered the classroom and posted images that she has taken from the story
she is about to tell the students. Before she started telling the story to the class, she grouped the
students and asked them to make a story out of the pictures posted on the board. Which of the
following approaches reflects the practice of the teacher?
a. Explicit Phonics
b. Basal Approach
c. Embedded Phonics
d. Language Experience Approach
15. __________ is the first state in the world’s history where all human capabilities were allowed to
develop freely.
a. Rome
b. Sparta
c. Athens
d. Germany
16. These statements imply that children at the early learning stage consider parents and teachers
as authorities and models. Which of the following?
a. Parents and teachers should always coordinate children’s activities
b. Parents should enforce strict discipline at home and teachers in school
c. Parents and teachers should be the role models at all times
d. Parents and teachers should always consult each other with regards the child’s intellectual
development
17. __________ is the process by which an individual acquires the social and cultural heritage of
the society where he belongs.
a. Socialization
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b. Integration
c. Internalization
d. Acquisition
18. A teacher wants to know the current functional reading level of a student in her reading class in
terms of word recognition. Which of the following assessment measures, tools, or procedures
should the teacher use to meet her aim?
a. Think – Aloud
b. Miscue Analysis
c. Standardized Tests
d. Informal Reading Inventory
19. Philosophy of education’s main function is __________.
a. Aid the leaner to build his own personal philosophy
b. Definition o goals and setting of directions from which education
c. Educations carries on a lifetime cycle
d. Provision of academic background prerequisite to learning
20. __________ refers to the idea that “no individuals are exactly the same or alike.”
a. Cognitive Theory
b. Individual Differences
c. Exclusivity Theory
d. Emotional Quotient
21. According to Froebel, kindergarten is also known as “__________.
a. Children have fun and enjoyment
b. Garden where children could grow
c. He learning center for life
d. Where new beginnings begin
22. __________ is a stimulation of action that best explains the behavior of an individual to take
what he perceives to be the shortest route to his goals.
a. Recognition
b. Response
c. Assimilation
d. Motivation
23. Which of the following statements is given emphasis by “humanistic education?”
a. The great works of man such as the classics should be enjoyed.
b. Man should learn the different philosophies of education
c. Build a man who is distinctly civilized, educations and refined
d. Develop man into a thinking individual
24. Regression is best when the reader uses it as a means to __________.
a. Search for keywords in a text.
b. Monitor comprehension when the text seems not to make sense.
c. Read a passage all over again.
d. Highlight important lines in the text for retrieval purposes.
25. Before a reader could read the WORD, he must learn to read the WORLD first. This statement
implies that __________.
a. Students or readers must know the names of the letter first before they will know what the
word means.
b. Readers must know the sounds of the letters first before they will know what the word means.
c. Words are only representations of the concepts that the child or reader knows before
encountering the print.
d. The text supplies the readers with the necessary knowledge they need to make sense of the
print.
26. Any change in the behavior of an individual is called __________.
a. Learning
b. Change
c. Response
d. Development
27. A teacher who advocates the pragmatic philosophy of education believes that experience
should follow learning, thus, he has to __________.
a. Require her student mastery of the lessons
b. Encourage her students to memorize facts
c. Equip her students with basic skills and abilities
d. Provide her student with opportunities to apply their skills and abilities
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28. __________ is a type of intelligence which characterizes actress, actors, mimes, dancers and
people of the Arts.
a. Bodily – Kinesthetic Intelligence
b. Research Intelligence
c. Scientific Intelligence
d. Emotions Intelligence
29. How are institutions of learning encouraged to set higher standards over and above the
minimum requirement for state recognition?
a. Scholastic Achievement
b. Faculty Development
c. Academic Freedom
d. Voluntary Accreditation
30. The period of physical, especially sexual, and mental maturation which is characterized by rapid
somatic growth is known as __________.
a. Infancy
b. Puberty
c. Early Childhood
d. Adulthood
31. Which of the following statements does not apply to adolescents?
a. They desire the approval of their peers
b. They seek dependence on their parents
c. They have a marked sex development
d. None of the above
32. An office secretary encoded her boss’s memorandum for the company’s employees. The boss
returned the memo to the secretary along with the note, “Please justify this!” The secretary felt
bad and wanted to resign immediately because she thinks that it’s not her job to explain the
contents of the memo. What cueing system did the secretary fail to consider?
a. Graphophonic Cueing System
b. Syntactic Cueing System
c. Semantic Cueing System
d. Pragmatic Cueing System
33. As young people mature, society expects them to develop competencies and assume social
roles in a conventional manner to __________.
a. expectation of parents
b. influence of peer groups
c. influence of formal education
d. cultural demands
34. Teacher Lannie uses the timeline as a graphic organizer to teach the readers to understand a
given expository text. Which of the following organizational structures might be the one used in
the exposition of the text’s information?
a. Cause and Effect
b. Comparison and Contrast
c. Enumeration – Description
d. Sequence or Procedural
35. When the learner reaches a point where no further improvement can be expected, he is in a so
– called __________.
a. Development Crisis
b. Regression
c. Learning Plateau
d. Depression
36. Regarding the sexual maturation o boys and girls, teachers should bear in mind that
__________.
a. girls mature at a late stage than boys
b. girls mature at an earlier stage than boys
c. boys and girls mature at the same time
d. there are no marked differences in their time of maturity
37. Which of the following principles is not considered under Classical Conditioning by Ivan Pavlov?
a. Excitation
b. Adhesive Principle
c. Stimulus Generalization
d. None of the above
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38. Rationalization is used by student who __________.
a. always give explanation or reason for their failures rather than own their faults
b. like to take the blame for their faults
c. bribe their elders with promises
d. substitute words for deeds
39. Claustrophobia is an irrational fear of __________.
a. Darkness
b. Closed Space
c. Strangers
d. Height
40. Which of the following is true of Abnormal Psychology?
a. It studies the cause of personality defects
b. It measures the accomplishments of the individual
c. It concentrates on the scholastic performance of the individual
d. It investigates the educational background of the individual
41. Which of the following is a continuous variable?
a. Weight
b. Nationality
c. Sex
d. Race
42. Which of the following is true about one’s IQ?
a. It remains fairly constant
b. It is highly changeable
c. It is affected by attitude
d. It is never constant
43. Transfer of training easily takes place if the activities involved __________.
a. are different
b. have identical element
c. occur in the same place
d. vary in difficulty
44. Miss Jackie, a language teacher, has noticed that Bryan, a diagnosed dyslexic child, has
already improved in his reading, writing, gross, and fine motor abilities. She recommended to
her principal that Bryan should be learning in a regular classroom. Which of the following does
the teacher want to happen?
a. Promotion
b. Intervention
c. Inclusion
d. Exclusion
45. When the learner is well – motivated, he performs his task __________.
a. with indifference
b. with arrogance
c. with disinterest
d. with enthusiasm
46. Gerald, the principal of Loving You National High School, opted to use the curriculum that
employs the integration of Music, Arts, P.E., and Social Studies on a longer time block. This
situation clearly shows that the principal prefers to use __________.
a. Core Curriculum Design.
b. Correlated Subjects Design
c. Broad – Fields Curriculum Design
d. Single – Subject Curriculum Design
47. __________ is the ratio obtained by dividing mental age by chronological age times 100.
a. Derived Quotient
b. Deviation
c. Intelligence Quotient or IQ
d. Intelligence Ratio
48. When developers try to obtain relevant information to be able to judge the worth of an
educational program, its product, procedures, and objectives, the developers are in the process
of curriculum __________.
a. Planning
b. Designing
c. Evaluation
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d. Alignment
49. __________ is the reinforcement of a person’s responses by presentation or removal of rewards
and punishment.
a. Operant Conditioning
b. Feedback Principle
c. Transfer of Learning
d. Discipline
50. The right of an educational institution and its faculty to prescribe the methods/strategies of
teaching refers to __________.
a. Building Style
b. Choice of Curriculum
c. Academic Freedom
d. Co and Extra – Curricular Program
51. The 1987 Constitution provides that religious institution can be given __________.
a. with the students’ consent
b. with the parent or guardian approval
c. with Mayor’s Permit
d. with the school’s support
52. Public schools in the Philippines are the contribution of __________ colonizers.
a. American
b. Japanese
c. British
d. Spanish
53. Hardship allowance is given to a teacher when __________.
a. he’s assigned in a depressed area
b. he’s given additional teaching load
c. he’s in lahar area
d. he’s assigned in a hazardous area
54. The ability for quantitative learning of the relations of facts taken from newspaper readings, letter
writing and the like is called __________.
a. Functional Literacy
b. Knowledge Outcome
c. Adjustment Learning
d. Social Competence
55. The need to recognize and develop special sensitivity to language, thus helping the learners to
use the right word, phrase and/ or graph to grasp new meaning refers to __________.
a. Visual Intelligence
b. Feelings Sensitivity
c. Linguistic Intelligence
d. Multiple Intelligence
56. The following are the reasons why fixation is not encouraged at times except for __________.
a. Fixation allows readers to think of the meaning of a word encountered.
b. Fixation slows down fluency.
c. Readers are given the chance to do subvocalization when they fixate.
d. Too much fixation results to poor comprehension.
57. Modifying an existing scheme after an individual’s interaction with the environment, resulting in
the creation of a new scheme is called __________.
a. Assimilation
b. Recognition
c. Interaction
d. Accommodation
58. A teacher who gives a uniform assignment to be worked out by all learners in Arithmetic is not
observing a characteristic of a good assignment. Which characteristic is overlooked?
a. It should be definite
b. It should be stimulating
c. It should emphasize the essential
d. It should provide for individual differences
59. If a student’s ask a question which the teacher does not have a ready answer, the latter should
__________.
a. dismiss the question as irrelevant
b. offer a bluff
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c. admit the fact that he doesn’t know the answer
d. ask volunteers to answer the question and do research on it later.
60. An eye defect characterized by clear vision in one dimension but unfocused vision on the other
is called __________.
a. Myopia
b. Hyperopia
c. Astigmatism
d. Presbyopia
61. The heredity traits acquired by a person in his lifetime __________.
a. are transmissible to his offspring
b. reappear in his future grandparent
c. have no influence on the offspring
d. become recessive traits
62. When students are given a chance to settle differences of opinion by discussion, they develop
__________.
a. Fair play
b. Irritants
c. Tolerance
d. Sociability
63. A reader was asked to read the sentence found inside the box below. Instead of reading the
word “moved”, he substituted it with the word “ran”. Which of the cueing systems could have
interfered his reading so that he manifests such a deviation from the text?
I. Young children learn and apply grammatical rules and vocabulary as they are exposed
to them.
II. Begin formal teaching of grammatical rules to children as early as possible.
III. Do not require initial formal language teaching for children.
a. I and II
b. I only
c. II only
d. I and III
214. Which teaching activity is founded on Bandura's Social Learning Theory?
a. Lecturing
b. Questioning
c. Modeling
d. Inductive Reasoning
215. 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
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c. B. F. Skinner's Operant Conditioning Theory
d. Bandura's Social Learning Theory
216. Bruner's theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages.
In which stage(s) are diagrams helpful to accompany verbal information?
a. Enactive and Iconic
b. Symbolic and Enactive
c. Symbolic
d. Iconic
217. During the Spanish period, what was/were the medium/media of instruction in schools?
a. The Vernacular
b. English
c. Spanish
d. Spanish and the Vernacular
218. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramel was made to drink an alcoholic beverage and then made to
ingest a drug that produces nausea. Eventually, he was nauseated at the sight and smell of
alcohol and stopped drinking alcohol. Which theory explains this?
a. Operant conditioning
b. Social Learning Theory
c. Associative Learning
d. Attribution Theory
219. The primary objective of my lesson is: "To add similar fractions correctly." Before I can do this, I
must first aim at this specific objective: "To distinguish a numerator from a nominator." What
kind of objective is the latter?
a. Major
b. Enabling
c. Terminal
d. Primary
220. A mother gives his boy his favorite snack every time the boy cleans up his room. Afterwards, the
boy cleaned his room everyday in anticipation of the snack. Which theory is illustrated?
a. Associative Learning
b. Classical Conditioning
c. Operant Conditioning
d. Pavlonian Conditioning
221. Researches conducted show that teacher's expectations of students become. Do not require
initial formal language teaching for children self – fulfilling prophecies. This phenomenon is
called __________.
a. Halo Effect
b. Ripple Effect
c. Pygmalion Effect
d. Hawthorne Effect
222. What does extreme authoritarianism in the home reinforce in learners?
a. Doing things on their own initiative
b. Ability to direct themselves.
c. Dependence on others for direction.
d. Creativity in work.
223. Teacher Rose lesson objective has something to do with the skill of synthesizing? Which
behavioral term is the most appropriate?
a. Test
b. Appraise
c. Assess
d. Theorize
224. Theft of school equipment like tv, computer, etc. by teenagers in the community itself is
becoming a common phenomenon. What does this incident 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.
225. A student passes a research report poorly written but ornately presented in a folder to make up
for the poor quality of the book report content. Which Filipino trait does this practice prove?
Emphasis on __________.
a. Art over academics
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b. Substance over “porma”
c. Art over science
d. “Porma” over substance
226. Teacher Mark pupils are quite weak academically and his lesson is already far behind his time
table. How should he proceed with his lesson?
a. Experientially
b. Logically
c. Inductively
d. Deductively
227. Student Amy does not study at all but when the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET)
comes, before she takes the LET, she spends one hour or more praying for a miracle, i.e. to
pass the exam. Which attitude towards religion or God is displayed?
a. Religion as fake
b. Religion as magic
c. Religion as authentic
d. Religion as real
228. All subjects in Philippine elementary and secondary schools are expected to be taught using the
integrated approach. This came about as a result of the implementation of _________.
a. Program for Decentralized Education
b. School – Based Management
c. Basic Education Curriculum
d. Schools First Initiative
229. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive interference as illustrated in syllogisms?
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Socrates
d. Pythagoras
230. Under which program were students who were not accommodated in public elementary and
secondary schools because of lack of classroom, teachers, and instructional materials, were
enrolled in private schools in their respective communities at the government's expense?
a. Government Assistance Program
b. Study Now Pay Later
c. Educational Service Contract System
d. National Scholarship Program
231. What was the most prominent educational issue of the mid 1980s?
a. Bilingual Education
b. Accountability
c. Values Education
d. Mainstreaming
232. Availment of the Philippine Education Placement Test (PEPT) for adults and out – of – school
youth is in support of the government’s educational program towards ___________.
a. Equitable Access
b. Quality and Relevance
c. Quality
d. Relevance
233. The main purpose of compulsory study of the Constitution is to ___________.
a. Develop students into responsible, thinking citizens
b. Acquaint students with the historical development of the Philippine Constitution
c. Make constitutional experts of the students
d. Prepare students for law making
234. Which one may support equitable access but may sacrifice quality?
a. Open Admission
b. School Accreditation
c. Deregulated tuition fee hike
d. Selective Retention
235. Your teacher is of the opinion that the world and everything in it are ever changing and so
teaches you the skill to cope with change. What is his governing philosophy?
a. Idealism
b. Experimentalism
c. Existentialism
d. Realism
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236. Which does not belong to the group of alternative learning systems?
a. Multi – Grade Grouping
b. Graded Education
c. Multi – Age Grouping
d. Non – Graded Grouping
237. With which goals of educational institutions as provided for by the Constitution is the
development of work skills aligned?
a. To develop moral character
b. To teach the duties of citizenship
c. To inculcate love of country
d. To develop vocational efficiency
238. Studies in the areas of neurosciences disclosed that the human brain has limitless capacity.
What does this imply?
a. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of learning.
b. Every pupil has his own native ability and his learning is limited to this noticeability.
c. Every child is a potential genius.
d. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have learned everything.
239. Whose teaching is in support of "Education for All" (EFA), he asserted that in teaching there
should be no distinction of social classes.
a. Sun Yat Sen
b. Mencius
c. Confucius
d. Lao Tzu
240. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher provide for children in the concrete operational
stage?
a. Activities for hypothesis formulation.
b. Learning activities that involve problems of classification and ordering.
c. Games and other physical activities to develop motor skills.
d. Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with.
241. Who among the following puts more emphasis on core requirements, longer school day, longer
academic year and more challenging textbooks?
a. Perennialist
b. Progressivist
c. Essentialist
d. Existentialist
242. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher provide for children in the sensory motor
stage?
a. Games and other physical activities to develop motor skill.
b. Learning activities that involve problems of classification and ordering.
c. Activities for hypothesis formulation.
d. Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with.
243. Which of the following prepositions is attributed to Plato?
a. Truth is relative to a particular time and place
b. Human beings create their own truths.
c. Learning is the discovery of truth as Latent ideas are brought to consciousness.
d. Sense perception is the most accurate guide to knowledge
244. On whose philosophy was A. S. Neil's Summerhill, one of the most experimental schools,
based?
a. Rousseau
b. Montessori
c. Pestalozzi
d. John Locke
245. Which behavior is exhibited by a student who is strong in interpersonal intelligence?
a. Works on his/her own.
b. Keeps interest to himself/herself.
c. Seeks out a classmate for help when problem occurs.
d. Spends time meditating.
246. A child who gets punished for stealing candy may not steal again immediately. But this does not
mean that the child may not steal again. Based on Thorndike's theory on punishment and
learning, this shows that __________.
a. Punishment strengthens a response
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b. Punishment removes a response
c. Punishment does not remove a response
d. Punishment weakens a response
247. It is not wise to laugh at a two – year old child when he utters bad word because in his stage he
is learning to __________.
a. Consider other's views
b. Distinguish sex differences
c. Socialize
d. Distinguish right from wrong
248. A guest speaker in one graduation rites told his audience: "Reminder, you are what you choose
to be." The guest speaker is more of a/an __________.
a. Realistic
b. Idealist
c. Pragmatist
d. Existentialist
249. John Watson said: "Men are built not born." What does this statement point to?
a. The ineffectiveness of training on a person's development.
b. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person's development.
c. The absence of genetic influence on a person's development.
d. The effect of heredity.
250. Dennis 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. Acquisition
c. Extinction
d. Discrimination
251. 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 Onlooker Plays
d. Cooperative and Solitary Plays
252. All of the following describe the development of children aged eleven to thirteen except
__________.
a. They shift from impulsivity to adaptive ability
b. Sex differences in iq becomes more evident
c. They exhibit increase objectivity in thinking
d. They show abstract thinking and judgment
253. Based on Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience, which activity is closest to the real thing?
a. Hear
b. View Images
c. Watch a Demo
d. Attend Exhibit
254. Which assumption underlies the teacher's use of performance objectives?
a. Not every form of learning is observable.
b. Performance objectives assure the learner of learning.
c. Learning is defined as a change in the learner's observable performance.
d. The success of learner is based on teacher performance.
255. I combined several subject areas in order to focus on a single concept for inter – disciplinary
teaching. Which strategy/method did I use?
a. Problem – Centered Learning
b. Thematic Instruction
c. Reading – Writing Activity
d. Unit Method
256. The principle of individual differences requires teachers to __________.
a. Give greater attention to gifted learners
b. Provide for a variety of learning activities
c. Treat all learners alike while in the classroom
d. Prepare modules for slow learners in class
257. A goal – oriented instruction culminates in __________.
a. Planning of Activities
b. Identification of Topics
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c. Evaluation
d. Formulation of Objectives
258. A teacher's summary of a lesson serves the following functions, except __________.
a. It links the parts of the lesson
b. It brings together the information that has been discussed
c. It makes provisions for full participation of students.
d. It clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson.
259. With synthesizing skills in mind, which has the highest diagnostic value?
a. Essay Test
b. Completion Test
c. Performance Test
d. Multiple Choice Test
260. If a teacher plans a constructivist lesson, what will he most likely do? Plan how he can
__________.
a. Do evaluate his students' work
b. Do reciprocal teaching
c. Lecture to his students
d. Engage his students in convergent thinking
261. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage yourself in major task analysis?
a. Test if learning reached higher level thinking skills.
b. Breakdown a complex task into sub – skills.
c. Determine the level of thinking involved.
d. Revise lesson objectives.
262. Value clarification as a strategy in Values Education classes is anchored on which philosophy?
a. Existentialism
b. Idealism
c. Hedonism
d. Christian Philosophy
263. "A stitch on time saves nine", so goes the adage. Applied to classroom management, this
means that we __________
a. May not occupy ourselves with disruptions which are worth ignoring because they are minor
b. Must be reactive in our approach to discipline
c. Have to resolve minor disruptions before they are out of control
d. May apply 9 rules out of 10 consistently
264. Students' scores on a test were: 72, 72, 73, 74, 76, 78, 81, 83, 85. The score 76 is the
__________.
a. Mode
b. Mean
c. Average
d. Median
265. How can you exhibit referent power on the first day of school?
a. By making them 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.
266. You arrive at knowledge by re – thinking of latent ideas. From whom does this thought come?
a. Experimentalist
b. Idealist
c. Realist
d. Existentialist
267. How can you exhibit expert power on the first day of school?
a. By making them feel you know what you are talking about.
b. By making them realize the importance of good grades.
c. By reminding them your students your authority over them again and again.
d. By giving your students a sense of belonging and acceptance.
268. The attention to the development of a deep respect and affection for our rich cultural past is an
influence of __________.
a. Hegel
b. Dewey
c. Confucius
d. Teilhard de Chardin
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269. Teacher Sheila strives to draw participation of every student into her classroom discussion.
Which student's need is she trying to address?
a. To show their oral abilities to the rest of the class
b. To be creative
c. To feel significant and be part of a group
d. To get everything out in the open
270. Which is a sound classroom management practice?
a. Avoid establishing routines; routines make your student robots.
b. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks.
c. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis.
d. Apply reactive approach to discipline.
271. An effective classroom manager uses a low – profile classroom control. Which is a low – profile
classroom technique?
a. Note to parents
b. After – school detention
c. Withdrawal of privileges
d. Raising the pitch of the voice
272. Which is one characteristic of an effective classroom management?
a. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects misbehavior once it occurs.
b. It teaches dependence on others for self – control.
c. It respects cultural norms of a limited group students.
d. Strategies are simple enough to be used consistently.
273. In a Social Studies class, Teacher Myrna present a morally ambiguous situation and asks his
students what they would do. Her theory technique is based on __________.
a. Kohlberg
b. Piaget
c. Bandura
d. Bruner
274. How can you exhibit legitimate power on the first day of school?
a. By making your students feel they are accepted for who they are.
b. By informing them you are allowed to act in loco parentis.
c. By making them realize the importance of good grade
d. By making them feel you have mastery of subject matter.
275. If teacher wants to test students' ability to organize ideas, which type of test should she
formulate?
a. Multiple – Choice Type
b. Essay
c. Short Answer
d. Technical Problem
276. With – it – ness, according to Kounin, is one of the characteristics of an effective classroom
manager. Which phrase goes with it?
a. Have hands that write fast.
b. Have eyes on the back of your heads.
c. Have a mouth ready to speak.
d. Have minds packed with knowledge.
277. If your Licensure Examination Test (LET) items sample adequately the competencies listed in
the syllabi, it can be said that the LET possesses __________ validity.
a. Concurrent
b. Content
c. Construct
d. Predictive
278. Which is an appropriate way to manage off – task behavior
a. Make eye contact.
b. Stop your class activity to correct a child who is no longer on task.
c. Move closer to the child.
d. Redirect a child's attention to task and check his progress to make sure he is continuing to
work.
279. Referring to Teacher Amanda, Nicolle describes her teacher as "fair, caring and someone you
can talk to." Which power or leadership does Teacher Amanda has?
a. Referent Power
b. Reward Power
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c. Legitimate Power
d. Expert Power
280. Research tells that teachers ask mostly content questions. Which of the following terms does
not refer to content question?
a. Closed Content Question
b. Concept Content Question
c. Direct Content Question
d. Convergent Content Question
TABLE A
TEACHER: In what ways other than the periodic table might we predict the
undiscovered elements?
BOBBY: We could go to the moon and see if there are some elements there
we don't have.
BETTY: We could dig down to the center of the earth and see if we find any of
the missing elements.
RICKY: We could study debris from the meteorites if we can find any.
TEACHER: Those are all good answers but what if those, excursions to the
moon, to the center of the earth, or to find meteorites were too costly
and time consuming? How might we use the elements we already
have here on earth to find some new ones?
281. Which questioning strategy/ies does/do the exchange of thoughts above Table A illustrate?
a. Funneling
b. Nose – Dive
c. Sowing and Reaping
d. Extending and Lifting
282. The Teacher's questions in the above Table A exchange are examples of __________
questions?
a. Fact Content Question
b. Direct Content Question
c. Concept Content Question
d. Closed Content Question
283. Which questioning practice promotes more class interaction?
a. Asking the question before calling on a student.
b. Focusing on divergent questions.
c. Focusing on convergent questions
d. Asking rhetorical questions.
284. Shown a picture of children in sweaters inside the classroom, the students were asked this
question: "In what kind of climate do these children live?" This is a thought question on
__________.
a. Inferring
b. Creating
c. Applying
d. Predicting
285. Which technique should a teacher use to encourage response if his students do not respond to
his question?
a. Ask a specific student to respond, state the question, and wait a response.
b. Tell the class that it will have detention unless answer is forthcoming.
c. Ask another question, an easier one.
d. Wait for a response.
286. The cultivation of reflective and meditative skills in teaching is an influence of __________.
a. Taoism
b. Shintoism
c. Confucianism
d. Zen Buddhism
287. Teacher Rodney wants to develop the skill of synthesizing in his pupils. Which of the following
will he does?
a. Ask her students to formulate a generalization from the data shown in graphs.
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b. Ask her students to answer questions beginning with "What if ... "
c. Tell her pupils to state data presented in graphs.
d. Directs her students to ask questions on the parts of the lesson not understood.
288. I want to teach concepts, patterns and abstractions. Which method is most appropriate?
a. Indirect Instruction
b. Direct Instruction
c. Discovery
d. Problem Solving
289. The following are sound specific purposes of questions except
a. To call the attention of an inattentive student
b. To teach via student answers
c. To stimulate leaders to ask questions
d. To arouse interest and curiosity
290. Which is not a sound purpose for asking questions?
a. To probe deeper after an answer is given.
b. To discipline a bully in class.
c. To remind students of a procedure.
d. To encourage self – reflection.
291. To elicit more student's response, Teacher Leah made use of covert responses. Which one did
she not do?
a. She had the students write their response privately.
b. She showed the correct answers on the overhead after the students have written their
responses.
c. She had the students write their responses privately then called each of them.
d. She refrained from judging on the student's responses.
292. __________ is a method that has been proven to be effective in courses that stress acquisition
of knowledge.
a. Socratic Method
b. Mastery Learning
c. Cooperative Learning
d. Indirect Instruction
293. Teacher Kobe wants to review and check on the lesson of the previous day? Which one will be
the most reliable?
a. Having students identify difficult homework problems.
b. Having students correct each other's work.
c. Sampling the understanding of a few students
d. Explicitly reviewing the task – relevant information necessary for the day's lesson.
294. Teacher Paula wanted to teach the pupils the skill to do cross stitching. Her check – up quiz was
a written test on the steps of cross stitching. Which characteristic of a good test does it lack?
a. Scorability
b. Objectivity
c. Reliability
d. Validity
295. Which guideline must be observed in the use of prompting to shape the correct performance of
your students?
a. Use the least intrusive prompt first.
b. Use all prompts available.
c. Use the most intrusive prompt first.
d. Refrain from using prompts.
296. The search for related literature by accessing several databases by the use of a telephone line
to connect a computer library with other computers that have database is termed __________.
a. Compact Disc Search
b. Online Search
c. Manual Search
d. Computer Search
297. To promote effective practice, which guideline should you bear in mind? Practice should be
a. Done in an evaluative atmosphere
b. Difficult for students to learn a lesson
c. Arranged to allow students to receive feedback
d. Take place over a long period of time
298. The test item "Group the following items according to shape" is a thought test item on
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__________.
a. Creating
b. Classifying
c. Comparing
d. Generalizing
299. Which is one role of play in the pre – school and early childhood years?
a. Develops competitive spirit.
b. Separates reality from fantasy.
c. Increases imagination due to expanding knowledge and emotional range.
d. Develops the upper and lower limbs.
300. After giving an input on a good paragraph, Teacher William asks her students to rate a given
paragraph along the elements of a good paragraph. The students' task is in level of
__________.
a. Application
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Synthesis
301. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect instruction is for __________,
__________, __________.
a. Hypotheses, Verified Data and Conclusions
b. Concepts, Patterns and Abstractions
c. Concepts, Processes and Generalizations
d. Guesses, Data and Conclusions
302. Which are direct measures of competence?
a. Personality Tests
b. Paper – and – Pencil Tests
c. Performance Tests
d. Standardized Test
303. For which may you use the direct instruction method?
a. Become aware of the pollutants around us.
b. Appreciate Milton's Paradise Lost.
c. Use a microscope properly
d. Distinguish war from aggression.
304. Which is/are the sources of man's intellectual drives, according to Freud?
a. Id
b. Ego
c. Super Ego
d. Id and Ego
305. What should a teacher do for students in his class who are not on grade level?
a. Give them materials on their level and let them work at a pace that is reasonable for them,
trying to bring them up to a grade level.
b. Give them the same work as the other students, because they will absorb as much as they
are capable of
c. Give them the same work as the other students, not much, so that they won't feel
embarrassed.
d. Give them work on the level of the other students and work a little above the classmate level
to challenge them.
306. I drew learners into several content areas and encouraged them to solve a complex question for
inter – disciplinary teaching. Which strategy did I use?
a. Unit Method
b. Problem – Centered Learning
c. Reading – Writing Activity
d. Thematic Instruction
307. What name is an indirect instruction the Socratic Method also known of?
a. Mastery Learning
b. Morrison Method
c. Indirect Method
d. Questioning Method
308. A sixth – grade twelve – year old boy comes from a dysfunctional family and has been abused
and neglected. He has been to two orphanages and three different elementary schools. The
student can decode on the second – grade level, but he can comprehend orally material at the
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fourth or fifth grade level. The most probable cause/s of this student's reading problem is/are
__________.
a. Immaturity
b. Emotional Factors
c. Neurological Factors
d. Poor Teaching
309. Teacher John is a teacher of English as a Second Language. She uses vocabulary cards, fill –
in – the – blank sentences, dictation and writing exercises in teaching a lesson about grocery
shopping. Based on this information, which of the following is a valid conclusion?
a. The teacher is reinforcing learning by giving the same information in, a variety of methods.
b. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierarchy of cognitive learning.
c. The teacher wants to do less talk.
d. The teacher is emphasizing listening and speaking skills.
310. Teacher Alex uses the direct instruction strategy. Which sequence of steps will he follow?
I. Independent practice.
II. Feedback and correctness.
III. Guided student practice.
IV. Presenting and structuring.
V. Reviewing the previous day's work