PART 1
1.
Miss
Quintana has been teaching since the early 2000s. In her math classes, Miss
Quintana believes that her pupils will benefit most by learning the basic
skills of the subject matter. What philosophical foundation of education does
she abide to?
Answer Provided: Idealism
Correct Answer: Essentialism
2.
Teacher
Soliman is new to the teaching profession. He is an English teacher who
emphasizes on the basic English skills. What philosophical basis does Teacher
Soliman base his teaching methods on?
Answer Provided: Constructivist
method
Correct Answer: Essentialism
3.
Mr.
Almendros is a tenured physics teacher. In his classes, he always reminds the
class of the basic calculations before moving on to new topics. He believes
that the students will benefit most when they develop the basic computing
skills in physics. His method abides with what philosophical foundation?
Answer Provided: Constructivist
method
Correct Answer: Essentialism
4.
Mr.
Fernandez homeschools his child. In his daily classes, Mr. Fernandez emphasizes
on providing the important basic skills in each subject he is teaching to his
child. Which philosophical basis does Mr. Fernandez use with his teaching
methods?
Answer Provided: Essentialism
Correct Answer: Essentialism
5.
Mr.
Locsin views his students as unique, free-choosing and responsible individuals.
All classroom activities revolve around the said premise. What theory underlies
this?
Answer Provided: Essentialism
Correct Answer: Existentialism
6.
The
principal emphasized to his high school teachers the importance of treating
each high school student as a free-thinking and responsible individual. She
told her teachers to think of each one as unique and one should not make
generalizations when interacting or providing instructions to them. According
to the above instructions, which philosophical foundation of educations does
the principal lean on?
Answer Provided: Social
Reconstructivism
Correct Answer: Existentialism
7.
Roman
education is said to be utilitarian. Which of the following methods do Romans
follow in education their youth?
Answer Provided: Lessons are
related to tasks and events in everyday life
Correct Answer: Lessons are
related to tasks and events in everyday life
8.
Which
of the following programs by the Philippine Government coincides with the
Christian principle of respect for an individual's personality?
Answer Provided: Upholding
the basic human rights of each Filipino
Correct Answer: Upholding the
basic human rights of each Filipino
9.
In
today's school system, elementary school students have the option to join the
Boy Scout of the Philippines. This program was strongly influenced by which
culture?
Answer Provided: Sumerians
Correct Answer: Romans
10. College students
have the option to join the ROTC and the secondary level students have the
option to take part in the CAT. The military training requirement in school is
influenced by what ancient culture?
Answer Provided: Americans
Correct Answer: Romans
11. Indoctrinating
Filipinos to take in the teaching of the Catholic Church to have faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ follows what educational philosophical foundation?
Answer Provided: Existentialism
Correct Answer: Idealism
12. Miss Tapia is a
science high school teacher. To make the students more interested in the
subject matter, she emphasizes how scientific discoveries contributed to
solving social problems in the past. With this method, Miss Tapia is using
which philosophical basis of education?
Answer Provided: Realism
Correct Answer: Social
Reconstructionism
13. The Boy Scout
Program and the Citizens Army Training aims to build character of the students.
The long term goal of these programs is to improve the quality of citizens in
the society. What educational philosophy supports this goal?
Answer Provided: Social
Reconstructionism
Correct Answer: Social
Reconstructionism
14. In South Korea,
male students are required to go through military training at a certain age.
This leads to the creation of a new social order. Eventually, this practice
will lead to a generation of citizens with character and discipline and this
practice will eventually lead to an improved society. What philosophy supports
this practice?
Answer Provided: Social
Reconstructionism
Correct Answer: Social
Reconstructionism
15. Miss Singson puts
significance on her lessons on how to group the members of the class based on
their interests and weaknesses. She also prefers to design self-paced
activities and instructional materials. This allows each group to control the
time they take to learn each material. Miss Singson uses what philosophical
basis of education?
Answer Provided: Realism
Correct Answer: Progressivism
16. A teacher from the
city is assigned to a school in the rural areas. He took it upon himself to
learn the culture and the unique social sctucture of the community. Why is it
necessary for teachers to do this in each new community?
Answer Provided: To develop
sympathy towards the unique situations of each student
Correct Answer: To develop
sympathy towards the unique situations of each student
17. A carpenter
teaches his son how to make good quality furniture so that he can continue the
family business. What cultural transmission process is this?
Answer Provided: acculturation
Correct Answer: enculturation
18. At this stage of
child and adolescent development, a child’s peer group begins to replace
parents and other adults as the basis of recognition of achievements.
Answer Provided: Early
Childhood Stage (6-8 years old)
Correct Answer: Late
Childhood stage(9-12 years old)
19. At this stage of
child and adolescent development, a child’s peer group begins to replace
parents and other adults as the basis of behavior.
Answer Provided: Early
Childhood Stage (Ages 5-8)
Correct Answer: Late
Childhood Stage (Ages 9-12)
20. A pair of grade
two classmates had a fight. Miss Almendros, the class adviser, instructed the
two students to stay after class. What is the best approach for Miss Almendros
to resolve the issue and to develop the social cognitive growth of the
children?
Answer Provided: Probe the
students for the reason behind the disagreement and guide them on how work out
the situation on their own
Correct Answer: Probe the
students for the reason behind the disagreement and guide them on how work out
the situation on their own
21. At this stage of
development, a child is still clumsy and unable to do certain skills that
require refined dexterity. Skills like tying of shoelaces and buttoning are
still too difficult for their fingers.
Answer Provided: Early
Childhood Stage
Correct Answer: Early
Childhood Stage
22.
Mrs. Vargas is charged with refining the skills of
three year-olds in her day care. Which of the following tasks should she avoid?
Answer Provided: Supervised
running and climbing activities
Correct Answer: Activities
that require fine and dexterous motor skills like origami and cutting paper
chains
23. This stage of a
child’s development lasts from the baby’s birth to 12 months. This stage is
characterized by rapid change in the height and weight of the baby. It is also
the stage where the baby learns to crawl, walk, talk and eat solid foods.
Answer Provided: Infancy
Stage
Correct Answer: Infancy Stage
24. In a baby’s
physical development in the womb of the mother, at what stage does the spinal
cord of the developing baby begin to develop?
Answer Provided: Fetal Stage
Correct Answer: Fetal Stage
25. In this stage of
the baby’s physical development in the mother’s womb, the baby begins to learn
various movements like blinking, sucking, turning the head and gripping.
Answer Provided: Infancy
Stage
Correct Answer: Fetal Stage
26. In a baby’s
physical development in the womb of the mother, at what stage does the sex
organs of the developing baby begin to develop?
Answer Provided: Zygote Stage
Correct Answer: Fetal Stage
27. At what stage of
the pregnancy does the mass of cells begin to differentiate into cell types
that make up the various parts and systems of the body?
Answer Provided: Embryonic
Stage
Correct Answer: Embryonic
Stage
28. Which among these
structure in the womb of a pregnant woman directly support the life of the
embryo:
Answer Provided: Placenta and
Umbilical Cord
Correct Answer: Placenta and
Umbilical Cord
29. After cell
division happens, the zygote is now known as the _____. This is a mass of cells
that will eventually specialize to create the baby.
Answer Provided: Embryo
Correct Answer: Embryo
30. A fertilized egg
is also known as a/an...
Answer Provided: Lymph node
Correct Answer: zygote
31. How many months
does it take to create a baby from conception to birth for a normal baby?
Answer Provided: 9
Correct Answer: 9
32. Which one is not a
characteristic of Philippine education during the Commonwealth Period?
Answer Provided: Establishment
of preparatory military training
Correct Answer: Education was
carried out by American friars and missionaries
33. Which one is not a
characteristic of Philippine education during the Commonwealth Period?
Answer Provided: The
democratic ideals and way of life taught by the Americans were continued
Correct Answer: Education
emphasized in the indoctrination of Christianity
34. Which one is not a
characteristic of Philippine education during the American Period?
Answer Provided: Training of
Filipinos for self-governance
Correct Answer: Use of
Filipino as the language of instruction
35. Which one is not a
characteristic of Philippine education during the Spanish times?
Answer Provided: Establishment
of parochial schools where religious subjects, basic arithmetic, music and arts
are taught
Correct Answer: Education
carried out by the Spanish Military
36. Which one is a
characteristic of Philippine education during the Spanish times?
Answer Provided: Use of
Baybayin alphabet as primary means of learning
Correct Answer: Education
meant to propagate Christianity
37. Which one is a
characteristic of Philippine education during the pre-Spanish times?
Answer Provided: Introduction
of classical literature
Correct Answer: Training of
domestic skills with parents and family members
38. Which one is a
characteristic of Philippine education during the pre-Spanish times?
Answer Provided: Introduction
of classical literature
Correct Answer: Vocational
skills education through parents
39. Among the
proponents of behavioral theories in education, who proposed that development
cannot be divided into stages since it is a continuous process marked by
gradual acquisition of new and more sophisticated behavioral patterns or
habits?
Answer Provided: John Watson
Correct Answer: John Watson
40. Among the
proponents of behavioral theories in education, who proposed that the mind of
an infant is blank slate? He also theorized that responses serve as building
blocks for development.
Answer Provided: Lev Vygotsky
Correct Answer: John Watson
41. Who is the
proponent of the cognitive development theory that highlights the Zone of
Proximal Development (ZPD)? The ZPD is the distance between a child’s current
development level and the next step for higher level of potential development.
Answer Provided: Lev Vygotsky
Correct Answer: Lev Vygotsky
42. In Jerome Bruner’s
theory of cognitive development, at what stage does a child learn to manage
abstract representations? At this stage, the child uses his cognitive skills to
understand abstract concepts like math and art.
Answer Provided: Iconic
Correct Answer: Symbolic
43. In Jerome Bruner’s
theory of cognitive development, at what stage does a child start to respond to
stimuli?
Answer Provided: Speculative
Correct Answer: Enactive
44. In Jean Piaget’s
Cognitive Development Theory, at what stage do children develop systematic,
deductive reasoning? At this stage, they can create multiple solutions to one
complex problem. They also learn to pick the best solution according to the
situation.
Answer Provided: Formal
Operations Stage
Correct Answer: Formal
Operations Stage
45. In Jean Piaget’s
Cognitive Development Theory, at what stage do children start to apply a
scientific method of thinking like forming and testing hypotheses?
Answer Provided: Formal
Operations Stage
Correct Answer: Formal
Operations Stage
46. In Jean Piaget’s
Cognitive Development Theory, at what stage do children learn to solve abstract
problems in a logical fashion?
Answer Provided: Concrete
Operations Stage
Correct Answer: Formal
Operations Stage
47. In Jean Piaget’s
Cognitive Development Theory, at what stage do children begin to understand the
laws of conservation and reversibility?
Answer Provided: Formal
Operations Stage
Correct Answer: Concrete
Operations Stage
48. In Jean Piaget’s
Cognitive Development Theory, at what stage do children begin to concrete
problems in a logical fashion based on what they observe?
Answer Provided: Preoperational
stage
Correct Answer: Concrete
Operations Stage
49. In Jean Piaget’s
Cognitive Development Theory, at what stage does the child exhibit egocentric
behavior?
Answer Provided: Preoperational
stage
Correct Answer: Preoperational
stage
50. In Jean Piaget’s
Cognitive Development Theory, at what stage does the child exhibit lack of
object permanence?
Answer Provided: Sensorimotor
stage
Correct Answer: Sensorimotor
stage
51. Which of the
following is false about the growth and development of a child?
Answer Provided: A child can
be expected to be as fast a learner as his or her siblings
Correct Answer: A child can
be expected to be as fast a learner as his or her siblings
52. Which of the
following is false about the growth and development of a child?
Answer Provided: Maturity and
development happen at exactly the same rate for each child
Correct Answer: Maturity and
development happen at exactly the same rate for each child
53. Which of the
following is false about the growth and development of a child?
Answer Provided: A child can
skip the basics when learning advanced skills
Correct Answer: A child can
skip the basics when learning advanced skills
54. Which of the
following is false about the growth and development of a child?
Answer Provided: Emotional
intelligence is not as significant as cognitive development
Correct Answer: Emotional
intelligence is not as significant as cognitive development
55. Which of these
show the basic social units of a child’s environment:
Answer Provided: School,
Family, Peer Group, Neighborhood
Correct Answer: School,
Family, Peer Group, Neighborhood
56. What is the
totality of the surrounding conditions that influence the growth, development
and survival of a child?
Answer Provided: School
Correct Answer: Environment
57. Clarence and
Dorothy both have black hair. Jody, their daughter also has black hair. This
example exhibits what process?
Answer Provided: Heredity
Correct Answer: Heredity
58. The bones in the
arms are already fully formed before the fingers develop. This shows what
characteristic of physical growth?
Answer Provided: Cephalocaudal
Correct Answer: Proximodistal
59. When an individual
is growing, he or she gradually shows simple to complex characteristics
associated with the stage of life that he or she is in. What is this process
called?
Answer Provided: Development
Correct Answer: Development
60. When Noel was in
Grade 1, he was smaller than most of his classmates. He was short and thin for
his age. Now that he is in Grade 6, he is tall and athletic that he got
accepted to become a school varsity. What type of development is Noel showing?
Answer Provided: Physical
Development
Correct Answer: Physical
Development
61. Deedee, when she
was three years old, used to think that Santa Clause traveled throughout the
world during Christmas eve to deliver gifts to children. Now that she is in
Grade 5, Deedee learned the size of the world in her Science subject. She
decided that it is impossible for a person to visit all the children in the
world in one night. What type of development did Deedee undergo?
Answer Provided: Cognitive
Development
Correct Answer: Cognitive
Development
62. When Eli started
Grade 1, he would try to hurt other children when they would not give them what
he wants. He would also punch and kick adults when they try to subdue him. When
he was in Grade 2, Eli now learned that kicking and punching is wrong. He learned
that he would not have a lot of friends if he keeps doing it. What type of
development did Eli undergo?
Answer Provided: Moral
Development
Correct Answer: Moral
Development
63. In elementary and secondary schools, which
subject has the goal similar to that of Rome's utilitarian form of education?
Answer Provided: History and
Social Studies
Correct Answer: TLE
64. A group of
students were asked to make an essay of what their plans are when they grow up.
Half of the students in the class wrote that they plan to marry a foreigner and
become a citizen of another country. Which responsibility regarding the state
and school does the teacher need to work on?
Answer Provided: Morality of
marriage
Correct Answer: Promotion of
national pride
65. One of the
following choices show an example of a technological lag. Which is it?
Answer Provided: Janet uses
eBooks to study even when she is commuting to school. EBooks allow her to carry
hundreds of books in her pocket.
Correct Answer: Jason spends
hours in the library looking for a single book because his teacher does not
allow the use of the internet when researching
66. Miss Catague wants
her students to develop a strong bond with each other. To facilitate this, she
plans to use activities like group work, class plays and collaborative home
work to facilitate her goal. What life skill is Miss Catague teaching her
students?
Answer Provided: Socialization
Correct Answer: Socialization
67. Parents and
teachers are considered as authorities and models by children at the early
childhood stage. What does this statement imply?
Answer Provided: Teachers and
parents should serve as role models at all times.
Correct Answer: Teachers and
parents should serve as role models at all times.
68. At what stage does
the learner begin to becomes confused and starts to experience identity crisis?
Answer Provided: Early
childhood
Correct Answer: Adolescent
69. Which of the
following will trigger additional development if a child is exposed to more
challenges and stimuli in his surroundings?
Answer Provided: interest
Correct Answer: Intelligence
70. Which of the
following is usually considered the most important factor in a child’s
observable classroom behavior?
Answer Provided: Cultural
background
Correct Answer: Intelligence
71. Social adjustment
means the ability to behave in accordance with?
Answer Provided: Universal
norms
Correct Answer: Social
expectations
72. Which of these
theories holds that human activity is based on the interaction of stimuli and
responses?
Answer Provided: Social-learning
Correct Answer: Association
73. The tendency to
imitate elders is very strong in the early childhood stage. Teachers should
therefore be very good _____.
Answer Provided: Role models
Correct Answer: Role models
74. Psychologically,
there is unity in all learning. However, there are distinct types of learning
that are recognized. One is Affective learning that involves:
Answer Provided: Acquisition
of attitudes, ideals, judgment and values
Correct Answer: Acquisition
of attitudes, ideals, judgment and values
75. Identical twins
are more alike than fraternal twins. Which of the following
statements/principles is supported by this?
Answer Provided: Environment
affects both fraternal and identical twins.
Correct Answer: Heredity has
a part in determining physical appearance.
76. The female gonads
which are responsible for the production of egg cells are also called ________.
Answer Provided: Ovary
Correct Answer: Ovary
77. It is the process
by which an organism inherits the characteristic traits of the parents.
Answer Provided: Heredity
Correct Answer: Heredity
78. The child’s
concept of right and wrong is based on external criteria laid down by adults
during the stage of pre-conventional morality. This is based on the ideas of?
Answer Provided: Freud
Correct Answer: Kohlberg
79. During the
pre-operational stage, language skill emerges and the child uses words to
represent ideas. This theory is attributed to ________.
Answer Provided: Piaget
Correct Answer: Piaget
80. Section 5, Article
XIV, of the Constitution states that academic freedom shall be enjoyed in:
Answer Provided: All
institutions of higher learning
Correct Answer: All
institutions of higher learning
81. An adolescent
combines his ability to use deductive and inductive reasoning in realistic
rules that he can respect and live by. When he does this, how does he perceive
his environment?
Answer Provided: He views the
world from his own perspective.
Correct Answer: He views the
world from his own perspective.
82. The singing of the
National Anthem is an offshoot of the philosophical ideals of ________.
Answer Provided: Nationalism
Correct Answer: Nationalism
83. The Royal Decree
of December 20, 1863 established in the Philippines a system of ________?
Answer Provided: Higher
education
Correct Answer: Primary
education
84. The present
military training in our school curriculum is an influence of ________.
Answer Provided: Athens
Correct Answer: Sparta
85. What was the
philosophy of education in the Philippines before the establishment of public
school system?
Answer Provided: Pragmatism
Correct Answer: Pragmatism
86. Which of the
following was the fundamental reason why John Dewey proposed a transformation
of the public school system?
Answer Provided: He
recognized that industrialization was destroying the home, neighborhood, and
church.
Correct Answer: He recognized
that a traditional academic education did not serve the ideals of a democratic
society.
87. Which of the
following abilities is stressed by humanistic education?
Answer Provided: Develop man
into a thinking individual.
Correct Answer: Make man
distinctly civilized, educated and refined.
88. Which of these
philosophies is reflective of that Dewey’s which stresses the development of an
individual capable of reflective thinking specially that of being able to solve
the problem he faces individually or collectively?
Answer Provided: Experimentation
Correct Answer: Developmentalism
89. Which of the
following is a mandate of the 1987 Constitution that the state shall maintain
to fight illiteracy?
Answer Provided: Free
education in both elementary and high school and compulsory in elementary
education for all children of school age
Correct Answer: Free
education in both elementary and high school and compulsory in
elementary education for all children of school age
90. Which of the
following embodies the operation “Return to the Basics”?
Answer Provided: New
Elementary School Curriculum
Correct Answer: New
Elementary School Curriculum
91. The first
kindergarten also known as “a garden where children could grow” was the product
of research by ________.
Answer Provided: Rousseau
Correct Answer: Froebel
92. Education is a
continuous process of experiencing and of receiving or reorganizing
experiences, according to John Dewey. Which of the following situations is apt
to happen in education as influenced by Dewey’s philosophy?
Answer Provided: Education
takes place in the school where the individual is exposed to specific,
self-contained experiences.
Correct Answer: Education is
never completed and goes on throughout life.
93. If the children
are cooperatively engaged with the teacher in a group project, the children
will discipline themselves as each member of the group exercises. What motivate
them to stay cooperative?
Answer Provided: Peer
influence
Correct Answer: Peer
influence
94. A student
collapsed in her Social Studies class. It was found out that she did not eat
her lunch. What principle is shown in this situation?
Answer Provided: Physiological
need
Correct Answer: Physiological
need
95. Manual-aesthetic
activities involving attitudes and feelings are primarily expressive of
emotions and values not thoughts. An example of this motor skill is ________.
Answer Provided: Dancing and
playing musical instruments.
Correct Answer: Dancing and
playing musical instruments.
96. Education is a
lifelong process. This means that education:
Answer Provided: is a
continuous process of experiencing and reorganizing experiences.
Correct Answer: is a
continuous process of experiencing and reorganizing experiences.
Consider these motivational theories:
I. Humanism
II. Cognitivism
III. Behaviorism.
97. Which of these
theories views the consequences of behavior as regulator and controller of an
individual’s action?
Answer Provided: III only
Correct Answer: III only
98. Which of the
following is not a correct statement regarding positive and negative
reinforcement as they relate to behavior change in the classroom?
Answer Provided: Punishment
tends to be more effective than rewards in controlling behavior.
Correct Answer: Punishment
tends to be more effective than rewards in controlling behavior.
99. Which of the
following is the best time for a teacher to set up routine activities that will
contribute to effective classroom management?
Answer Provided: On the very
first day of school
Correct Answer: On the very
first day of school
100.
In
teaching, the teacher reaches a step where data are critically evaluated and a
conclusion is generally arrived at. How is this step called?
Answer Provided: Generalization
Correct Answer: Generalization