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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
1. Principal B tells her teachers that training in the
humanities is most important. To which educational
philosophy does he adhere?
a. Existentialism
c. Progressivism
b. Perennialism
d. Essentialism
2. Principal C shares this thought with his teachers:
"Subject matter should help students understand and
appreciate themselves as unique individuals who
accept complete responsibility for their thoughts,
feelings, and actions." From which philosophy is this
thought based?
a. Perennialism
c. Existentialism
b. Essentialism
d. Progressivism
3. To come closer to the truth we need to "go back to
the things themselves." This is the advice of the
a. behaviorists
c. idealists
b. phenomenologists
d. pragmatists
4. Student B claims: "I cannot see perfection but I long
for it. So it must be real." Under which group can he
be classified?
a. Idealist
c. Realist
b. Empiridst
d. Pragmatist.
5. 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 Iatent ideas
are brought to consciousness.
d. Sense perception is the most accurate guide to
knowledge.
6. On whose philosophy was A. S. Neil's Summerhill,
one of the most experimental schools, based?
a. Rousseau
c. Montessori
b. Pestalozzi
d. John Locke
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 to develop his mental
powers to the full.
c. I must teach the child so he is assured of
heaven.
d. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and
value that he needs for a better future.
8. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not
the highest good. Teacher's teaching is against what
philosophy?
a. Realism
c. Epicureanism
b. Hedonism
d. Empiricism
9. Who among the following puts more emphasis on
core requirements, longer school day, longer
academic year and more challenging textbooks?
a. Perennialist
c. Progressivist
b. Essentialist
d. Existentialist
10. Which group of philosophers maintain that "truth
exists in an objective order that is independent of the
knower"?
a. Idealists
c. Existentialists
b. Pragmatists
d. Realists
11. You arrive at knowledge by re-thinking of latent
ideas. From whom does this thought come?
a. Experimentalist
c. Idealist
b. Realist
d. Existentialist
12. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist. Which
among these will be your guiding principle?
a. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and
value that he needs for a better future.
b. I must teach the child to develop his mental
powers to the full.
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government's expense?
a. Government Assistance Program
b. Study Now-Pay Later
c. Educational Service Contract System
d. National Scholarship Program
What was the most prominent educational issue of
the mid 1980s?
a. Bilingual Education
c. Accountability
b. Values Education
d. Mainstreaming
Availment of the Philippine Education Placement Test
(PEPT) for adults and out-of-school youths is in
support of the governments educational program
towards __________
a. equitable access c. quality and relevance
b. quality
d. relevance
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
Which one may support equitable access but may
sacrifice quality?
a. Open admission
b. School accreditation
c. Deregulated tuition fee hike
d. Selective retention
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
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 nativeabilty.
c. Every child is a potential genius.
d. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they
have learned everything.
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.
Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher
provide for children in the sensimotor 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.
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.
A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes from a
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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.
76. Referring to Teacher S, Nicolle describes her teacher
as "fair, caring and someone you can talk to." Which
power or leadership does Teacher S have?
a. Referent power
c. Reward power
b. Legitimate power
d. Expert power
77. Research tells that teachers ask mostly content
questions. Which of the following terms does NOT
refer to content question?
a. Closed
c. Concept
b. Direct
d. Convergent
78. Read the following then answer the question:
TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE
PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT THE
UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GO TOTHE 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?
Question: Which questioning strategy/ies does/do
the exchange of thoughts above illustrate?
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a. Funneling
c. Nose-dive
b. Sowing and reaping
d. Extending and lifting
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.
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 are forthcoming.
c. Ask another question, an easier one.
d. Wait for a response.
Teacher P wants to develop the skill of synthesizing
in her pupils. Which one will she do?
a. Ask her students to formulate a generalization
from the data shown in graphs.
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.
The following are sound specific purposes of
questions EXCEPT
b. Hear
d. Attend exhibit
92. Which criterion should guide a teacher in the choice
of instructional devices?
a. Attractiveness c. Novelty
b. Cost
d. Appropriateness
93. To elicit more student's response, Teacher G 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.
94. Teacher W wants to review and check on the lesson
of the previous day? Which one will be 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.
95. Teacher M's pupils are quite weak academically and
his lesson is already far behind his time table. How
should Teacher M proceed with his lesson?
a. Experientially
c. Logically
b. lnductively
d. Deductively
96. Which activity should a teacher have more for his
students if he wants them to develop logicalmathematical thinking?
a. Problem solving
c. Drama
b. Choral reading
d. Storytelling
97. 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.
98. 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
99. 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.
100.
Teacher T taught a lesson denoting ownership by
means of possessives. He first introduced the rule,
then gave examples, followed by class exercises,
then back to the rule before he moved into the
second rule. Which presenting technique did he use?
a. Combinatorial
c. Part-whole
b. Comparative
d. Sequential
101.
The burnout malady gets worse if a teacher
doesn't intervene to change whatever areas he or
she can control. Which one can renew a teacher's
enthusiasm?
a. Stick to job
b. Initiate changes in jobs
c. Judge someone else as wrong
d. Engage in self-pity
102.
Which Filipino trait works against the shift in
teacher's role from teacher as a fountain of
information to teacher as facilitator?
a. Authoritativeness
c. Hiya
b. Authoritarianism
d. Pakikisama
103.
Which method has been proven to be effective in
courses that stress acquisition of knowledge?
a. Socratic method
c. Mastery learning
b. Cooperative learning
d. Indirect instruction
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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
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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.
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I want to teach concepts, patterns and
abstractions. Which method is most appropriate?
a. Indirect instruction
c. Direct instruction
b. Discovery
d. Problem solving
107.
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 classmates level to
challenge them.
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By what name is Indirect instruction the Socratic
method also known?
a. Mastery learning
c. Morrison method
b. Indirect Method
d. Questioning method
109.
Teacher B is a teacher of English as a Second
Language. She uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-theblank 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.
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Which is a form of direct instruction?
a. Discovery process c. Programmed instruction
b. Problem solving
d. Inductive reasoning
111.Which does NOT belong to the group of alternative
learning systems?
a. Multi-grade grouping c. Graded education
b. Multi-age grouping d. Non-graded grouping
112.
Teacher H gave her first-grade class a page with
a story in which pictures take the place of some
words. Which method did she use?
a. The whole language approach
b. The Spaulding method
c. The rebus method
d. The language experience approach
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Teacher B uses the direct instruction strategy.
Which sequence of steps will she follow?
I. Independent practice
II. Feedback and correctiveness
III. Guided student practice
IV. Presenting and structuring
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"What is most likely to happen to our economy
when export continuously surpasses import" is a
thought question on __________.
a. creating
c. synthesizing
b. relating cause-and-effect
d. predicting
124.
The test item "Group the following items
according to shape" is a thought test item on
__________.
a. creating
c. generalizing
b. classifying
d. comparing
125.
In the context on the theory on multiple
intelligences, what is one weakness of the paperpencil test?
a. It is not easy to administer.
b. It puts the non-linguistically intelligent at a
disadvantage
c. It utilizes so much time.
d. It lacks reability.
126.
With synthesizing skills in mind, which has the
highest diagnostic value?
a. Essay test
c. Completion test
b. Performance test
d. Multiple choice test
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Which one can best evaluate students' attitudinal
development?
a. Essay test
c. Observation
b. Portfolio
d. Short answer test
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With specific details in mind, which one has
(have) a stronger diagnostic value?
a. Multiple choice test
b. Non-restricted essay test
c. Restricted essay test
d. Restricted and non-restricted essay tests
129.
Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very
good in dramatizing. Which tool must have helped
him discover his pupils' strength?
a. Portfolio assessment
b. Performance test
c. Journal entry
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Which can effectively measure students'
awareness of values?
a. Projective techniques c. Likert scales
b. Moral dilemma
d. Anecdotal record
e. Paper-and-pencil test
131.
Teacher F 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
c. Objectivity
b. Reliability
d. Validity
132.
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
c. content
b. construct
d. predictive
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"In the light of the facts presented, what is most
likely to happen when ... ?" is a sample thought
question on
a. inferring
c. synthesizing
b. generalizing
d. justifying
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In a criterion-referenced testing, what must you
do to ensure that your test is fair?
a. Make all of the questions true or false.
b. Ask each student to contribute one question.
c. Make twenty questions but ask the students to
answer only ten of their choice.
d. Use the objectives for the units as guide in your
test construction.
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Which test has broad sampling of topics as
strength?
a. Objective test
c. Essay test
b. Short answer test
d. Problem type
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Which is the first step in planning an
achievement test?
a. Define the instructional objective.
b. Decide on the length of the test.
c. Select the type of test items to use.
d. Build a table of specification.
137.
The first thing to do in constructing a periodic test
is for a teacher to __________
a. decide on the number of items for the test
b. go back to her instructional objectives
c. study the content
d. decide on the type of test to construct
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In the parlance of test construction what does
"TOS" mean?
a. Table of Specifics
b. Table of Specifications
c. Table of Specific Test Items
d. Team of Specifications
139.
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
c. creating
b. applying
d. predicting
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Which guideline in test construction is NOT
observed in this test item Jose Rizal wrote
__________.
a. The central problem should be packed in the
stem.
b. There must be only one correct answer.
c. Alternatives must have grammatical parallelism.
d. The alternates must be plausible.
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Quiz is to formative test while periodic is to
__________
a. criterion-reference test c. norm-reference test
b. summative test
d. diagnostic test
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If teacher wants to test students' ability to
organize ideas, which type of test should she
formulate?
a. Multiple-choice type
c. Essay
b. Short answer
d. Technical problem
143.
Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item,
namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose D as answer.
This implies that D is __________
a. an ineffective distracter
b. a vague distracter
c. an effective distracter
d. a plausible distracter
144.
Study this group of tests which was administered
with the following results, then answer the question
Subject
Mean SD
Ronnels'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
c. Physics
b. English
d. Math
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Study this group of tests which was administered
with the following results, then answer the question.
Subject Mean
SO
Ronnel's Score
Math
56
10
43
Physics 41
9
31
English 80
16
109
In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most poorly in
relation to the group's performance?
a. English
c. Math
b. English and Math
d. Physics
146.
What can be said of Peter who obtained a score
of 75 in a Grammar objective test?
a. He answered 75 items in the test correctly.
b. He answered 75% of the test items correctly.
c. Acting as a mediator
d. Making the decision for the confused student
170.
Who among the following needs less verbal
counseling but needs more concrete and operational
forms of assistance? The child who __________.
a. has mental retardation
b. has attention-deficit disorder
c. has learning disability
d. has conduct disorder
171.
The cultivation of reflective and meditative skills
in teaching is an influence of __________.
a. Shintoism
c. Confucianism
b. Zen Buddhism
d. Taoism
172.
Helping in the development of graduates who
are "maka-Diyos" is an influence of
a. naturalistic morality
b. classical Christian morality
c. situational morality
d. dialectical morality
173.
The attention to the development of a deep
respect and affection for our rich cultural past is an
influence of __________.
a. Confucius
c. Teilhard de Chardin
b. Hegel
d. Dewey
174.
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
c. Mencius
b. Confucius
d. Lao tsu
175.
We encounter people whose prayer goes like
this: "O God, if there is a God; save my soul, if I have
a soul" From whom is this prayer?
a. Stoic
c. Agnostic
b. Empiricist
d. Skeptic
176.
How would you select the most fit in government
positions? Applying Confucius teachings, which
would be the answer?
a. By course accreditation of an accrediting body
b. By merit system and course accreditation
c. By merit system
d. By government examinations
177.
Whose influence is the education program that
puts emphasis on self-development. through the
classics, music, and rituals?
a. Buddha
c. Confucius
b. Mohammed
d. Lao tsu
178.
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
c. Experimentalism
b. Existentalism
d. Realism
179.
Value clarification as a strategy in Values
Education classes is anchored on which philosophy?
a. Existentialism
c. Idealism
b. Christian philosophy
d. Hedonism
180.
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
c. idealist
b. pragmatist
d. existentialist
181.
"All men are pretty much alike. It is only by
custom that they are set apart", said one Oriental
philosopher. Where can this thought be most
inspiring?
a. In a multi-cultural group of learners
b. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of
learners and indigenous peoples' group
c. In a class composed of indigenous peoples
d. In heterogeneous class of learners
182.
From whom do we owe the theory of deductive
interference as illustrated in syllogisms?
a. Plato
c. Aristotle
b. Scorates
d. Pythagoras
183.
Teacher A knows of the illegal activities of a
neighbor but keeps quiet in order not to be involved
in any investigation. Which foundational principle of
morality does Teacher A fail to apply?
a. The end does not justify the means.
b. The principle of double-effect
c. Always do what is right.
d. Between two evils, do the lesser evil.
184.
Teacher A is directed to pass an undeserving
student with a death threat. Which advice will a
hedonist give?
a. Pass the student. Why suffer the threat?
b. Don't pass him. You surely will not like someone
to give you a death threat in order to pass.
c. Don't pass him. Live by your principle of justice.
You will get reward, if not in this life, in the next!
d. Pass the student. That will be of use to the
student, his parents and you.
185.
History books used in schools are replete with
events portraying defeats and weaknesses of the
Filipino as a people. How should you tackle them in
the classroom?
a. Present them and express your feelings of
shame.
b. Present facts and use them as means in
inspiring your class to learn from them.
c. Present them and blame those people
responsible or those who have contributed.
d. Present them as they are presented, and tell the
class to accept reality.
186.
If you agree with Rizal on how you can contribute
to our nation's redemption, which should you work
for?
a. Opening our doors to foreign influence
b. Upgrading the quality of the Filipino through
education
c. Stabilizing the political situation
d. Gaining economic recovery
187.
Rights and duties are correlative. This means
that __________.
a. rights and duties regulate the relationship of men
in society
b. rights and duties arise from natural law
c. each right carries with it one or several
corresponding duties
d. rights and duties ultimately come from God
188.
A teacher who equates authority with power does
NOT __________.
a. shame
b. develop self-respect in every pupil
c. retaliate
d. intimidate
189.
Which is a true foundation of the social order?
a. Obedient citizenry
b. The reciprocation of rights and duties
c. Strong political leadership
d. Equitable distribution of wealth
190.
In what way can teachers uphold the highest
possible standards of quality education?
a. By continually improving themselves personally
and professionally
b. By wearing expensive clothes to change
people's poor perception of teachers
c. By working out undeserved promotions
d. By putting down other professions to lift the
status of teaching
191.
A teacher/student is held responsible for his
actions because s/he __________.
a. has instincts
c. has a choice
b. is mature
d. has reason
192.
The typical autocratic teacher consistently does
the following EXCEPT
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177.
178.
179.
180.
d
d
b
b
d
b
b
d
b
d
a
c
a
d
c
d
b
b
a
b
b
c
a
a
a
d
b
c
c
b
c
c
d
c
a
d
c
d
c
a
b
c
a
a
c
a
c
b
c
b
b
b
a
d
c
c
a
b
b
d
181.
182.
183.
184.
185.
186.
187.
188.
189.
190.
191.
192.
193.
194.
195.
196.
197.
198.
199.
200.
b
a
c
b
b
b
c
b
b
a
c
a
b
a
c
b
a
b
d
b
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