PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PRACTICE DRILLS Part 14

 

1. Which of the following will you do if somebody confided to you an offense which will implicate your brother?

 

a.    Advise the person who confided to you to get the services of the lawyer

b.    Encourage him to keep quite so as not to implicate your brother

c.    Find out the full account of the matter

d.    Tell him to report the matter to the authorities

 

2. A police officer informs you that there has been a rush of stealing within the vicinity of the school. He asks you for the names of some clients you believe might have been involved. Which of the following will you do?

 

a.    Provide him with the names of likely suspects

b.    Ask him to seek permission from the principal

c.    Remind the police officer of confidentiality of information

d.    Promise him that you will ask information about the crime

 

3. Parents and teachers are considered as authorities and models by children at the early childhood stage. What does this statement imply?

 

a.    Parent-teacher conference should always be an activity in school

b.    Teachers and parents should serve as a role model at all times

c.    Teachers should demand complete obedience from the learners in school

d.    Parents should enforce strict discipline at home and teachers in school

 

4. According to Piaget‘s stages of cognitive development, between ages 12 and 15 children reach formal operational stage. What are they capable of doing at this stage?

 

a.    Can solve abstract problems and think deductively

b.    Can focus on one aspect of a situation or event

c.    Reasoning is neither inductive nor deductive

d.    Intelligence is intuitive in nature

 

5. Field trip is an effective way of teaching where organisms could be observed in their natural habitat, active and responding to stimuli in the environment. In addition, what values are developed among the students during and after the trip?

 

a.    On-the-spot observation to keep them active

b.    Love of nature, proper behavior during exploration

c.    Freedom in an open space than in classroom

d.    Considerations of the rights of the others

 

6. How can a teacher enhance his/her questioning technique for an effective teacher- student interaction?

 

a.    Immediately call another student in case one cannot answer

b.    Allow sufficient ―think time at least 7-10 seconds

c.    You may answer your own question if no one can

d.    Extend wait time until the student responds

 

7. A teacher who advocates the pragmatic philosophy of education believes that experience should follow learning, thus she has to:

 

a.    Equip her students with basic skills and abilities

b.    Provide her students to apply their skills and abilities

c.    Encourage her students to memorize facts

d.    Require her students mastery of the lesson

 

8.    The teacher‘s role in the classroom according to cognitive psychologist is to:

 

a.    Help the learner to connect what he knows with the new information learned

b.    Dictate what the learners need to know

c.    Fill in minds of the learner with information

d.    Make the learning task easy for the learner

 

9. Instructional objectives in the affective domain includes receiving, responding, valuing and the highest level is:

 

a.    Selective attention or willingness to receive

b.    Acceptance or preference

c.    Conceptualization of a value system

d.    Sequence or feelings of satisfaction

 

10. An education for globalization should nurture the higher order cognitive skill and interpersonal skills in order to develop

 

a.    Students‘ awareness of the world in which they live inn

b.    Ability to think creatively and ethically

c.    Ability to master one‘s national origin

d.    Openness to diverse heritage and culture

 

11.  On which policy is RA 4670 known as the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers Focused?

 

a.    Right to establish or join organization

b.    Code of ethics for professional teachers

c.    Recruitment shall take place after training

d.    To promote and improve anti - social economic status of public school teachers

 

12. The following are the characteristics of a good teaching/learning practice except:

 

a.    Students are governed by fixed and rigid standards

b.    Life-like situations introduces as learning experiences in classroom

c.    Students are given more opportunities or act or experience learning

d.    Evaluation is made an integral part of teaching procedures

 

13. Which of the following principles highlights that of multiple intelligence?

 

a.    People have different Intelligence Quotient(IQ)

b.    Learning is static and permanent

c.    Intelligence is measured in multiple forms

d.    Best learning theory is cognitive in nature

 

14. Which of the following is not a developmental principle?

a.    Development follows an orderly, predictable sequence

b. Early development is more crucial than later development

 

c.    Numerous studies show how individual develops

d.    Presence of social expectations in early developmental stage

 

15. Which questioning technique would be appropriate for inductive lessons?

 

a.    Questioning only the more motivated students

b.    Using questions requiring only memory responses

c.    Activity involving students in the questioning process

d.    Teachers will not ask any questions

 

16. Which of these is not quality of a good teacher?

a.    A mastery of the subject matter

b.    Aims to become rich thru teaching

c.    Broad background of liberal education

d.    Understand the nature of learners

 

17. To accomplish many good activities in a particular class period, the teacher must provide?

 

a.    Additional curricular activities

b.    Institute a systematic plan

c.    Provide unique teaching aids

d.    Use of expensive materials

 

18. One way to encourage a student who lacks interest in reading to love reading is to:

 

a.    Reprimand him

b.    Ask the parents to buy books

c.    Provide reading materials

d.    Isolate him

 

19. If the teachers encounters student who is reluctant to attend classes, the teacher should  to encourage him to go to class regularly.

a.    Report the matter to principle

b.    Praise the student sincerely

c.    Scold him

d.    Report the matter to the parents

 

20. Which of the following situation would indicate that you, as a teacher, had been effective in instilling discipline among your students?

 

a.    Students have develop concern to each other

b.    Students behave because an award awaits them

c.    Fear and fright resulting in good behavior

d.    Your presence results in their being behave

 

21. Which of the following style or technique would make you the teacher a good classroom manager, teacher with eyes on the back of her head?

 

a.    Give your students the head-to-toe look when angry

b.    Fear and fright dominates the classroom atmosphere

c.    Uses eye contact technique with your students

d.    Being aware of all actions and activities in the classroom

 

22. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher provide for children in the senso 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.

 

23. Who among the following puts more emphasis on core requirements, longer school day, longer academic year and more challenging textbooks?

 

a.    Perennialist

b.    Essentialist

c.    Progressivist

d.    Existentialist

 

24. 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.    manual search

c.    on-line search

d.    computer search

 

25.  With synthesizing skills in mind, which has the highest diagnostic value?

 

a.    Essay test

b.    Performance test

c.    Completion test

d.    Multiple choice test

 

26.  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.

 

27.  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.

 

28. 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

b.    punishment removes a response

c.    punishment does not remove a response

d.    punishment weakens a response

 

29.  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.

c.    I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven.

d.    I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything.

 

30.  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.

 

31. 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 fourth or fifth grade level. The most probable cause/s of this student's reading problem is/are_______.

 

a.    emotional factors

b.    poor teaching

c.    neurological factors

d.    immaturity

 

32. Teacher Q does not want Teacher B to be promoted and so writes an anonymous letter against Teacher B accusing her of fabricated lies Teacher Q mails this anonymous letter to the Schools Division Superintendent. What should Teacher Q do if she has to act professionally?

 

a.    Submit a signed justifiable criticism against Teacher B, if there is any.

b.    Go straight to the Schools Division Superintendent and gives criticism verbally.

c.    Hire a group to distribute poison letters against Teacher B for information dissemination.

d.    Instigate student activists to read poison letters over the microphone.

 

33.  In self-directed learning, to what extent should a teacher's scaffolding be?

 

a.    To a degree the student needs it.

b.    None, to force the student to learn by himself.

c.    To the minimum, to speed up development of student's sense of independence.

d.    To the maximum, in order to extend to the student all the help he needs.

 

34. 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.

 

35. 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

 

36. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil 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

 

37.  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

 

38.  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.

 

39. In a study conducted, the pupils were asked which nationality they preferred, if given a choice. Majority of the pupils wanted to be Americans. In this case, in which obligation relative to the state, do schools seem to be failing? In their obligation to_________.

 

a.    respect for all duly constituted authorities

b.    promote national pride

c.    promote obedience to the laws of the state

d.    instill allegiance to the Constitution

 

40. What is most likely to happen to our economy when export continuously surpasses import is a thought question on     ______.

 

a.    creating

b.    relating cause-and-effect

c.    synthesizing

d.    predicting

 

41. The child fainted in your class because she has not eaten her breakfast. What is the best thing for you to do in this situation?

 

a.    Ignore the situation

b.    Comfort the child

c.    Give the child food

d.    Call the parent

 

42.  The old adage Do not do to others what you want others do to you is a teaching of?

 

a.    Lao Tzu

b.    Confucius

c.    Mohammad

d.    Buddha

 

43. Which is unethical for teachers to do?

 

a.    obeying the legitimate policy of the school administration

b.    cordial relation parents

c.    refusing to serve in worthwhile neighborhood activities as these will adversely affect her teaching

d.    conferring with the next of kin about the problems and needs of a student

 

44. Which characteristic of a good test will pupils will assured of when a teacher constructs a table of specification for test construction purpose?

 

a.    Scorability

b.    Reliability

c.    Economy

d.    Content validity

 

45. Which of the following is the most important contribution of Gestalt psychology to the theories of learning?

 

a.    Cognitive insights

b.    Use of the multimedia approaches

c.    Concept of readiness

d.    Importance of reinforcement in the learning process

 

46. Which statement on test result interpretation is CORRECT?

 

a.    a raw score by itself is meaningful

b.    A student‘s score is a final indication of his ability

c.    The use of statistical technique gives meaning to pupil‘s score

d.    Test scores do not in any way reflect teacher‘s effectiveness

 

47. This embodies the teacher‘s duties and responsibilities as well as the proper behavior in performing them?

 

a.    Code of Ethics for teachers

b.    Magna Carta for Public School Teachers

c.    Bill of Rights

d.    Philippine Constitution of1987

 

48. Which applies when there are extreme scores?

 

a.    The median will not be very reliable measure of central tendency

b.    The mode will be the most reliable measure of central tendency

c.    There is no reliable measure of central tendency

d.    The mean will not be very reliable measure of central tendency

 

49. What does a negatively skewed score contribution imply?

 

a.    The scores congregate on the left side of the normal contribution curve

b.    The scores are widespread

c.    The students must be academically poor

d.    The score congregate on the right side of the normal contribution curve

 

50. The more in direct the classroom instruction, the more   it is.

 

a.    Topic focused

b.    Student centered

c.    Teacher centered

d.    Individualized

 

51. Which terms to the act of educating a child with special education needs partially in a special education classroom and partially in regular classroom?

 

a.    Mainstreaming

b.    Inclusion

c.    Individualization

d.    Head Start

 

 

 

52. It is good to give students challenging and creative tasks because

 

a.    development is aided by stimulation

b.    the development of individual is unique

c.    development is effective by cultural changes

d.    development is the individual‘s choice

 

53. The process of one‘s thinking to develop critical thinking is known as______.

 

a.    Metacognition

b.    Hypothesizing

c.    Reflection

d.    Meditation

 

54. It is an intensive investigation of a particular individual, institution, community or any group considered as a unit which includes the development, adjustment, remedial or corrective procedures that suitably follow diagnosis of the causes of maladjustment or of favorable behaviors.

 

a.    Experimental

b.    Descriptive

c.    Historical

d.    Case study

 

55. Which of the following test is used as a basis in giving grades or rating?

 

a.    Mastery

b.    Formative

c.    Summative

d.    Post test

 

56.  It is the process of judging an attribute based on certain goals or standards.

 

a.    Counseling

b.    Measuring

c.    Evaluating

d.    Testing

 

57. Which of the following criteria is the most important in test construction?

 

a.    Preparation of Table of Specification

b.    Items must jive with the objectives

c.    Arrange events in occurrence

d.    The stem should contain the central problem

 

58. Which of the following type of test is not advisable to be used as a diagnostic test?

 

a.    Multiple choice

b.    Short response

c.    essays

d.    true false

 

59. Why should negative terms be avoided in the stem of multiple choice items?

 

a.    They may be overlooked

b.    It increases the difficulty of scoring

c.    It increase the length of the stem

d.    They make the construction of alternatives more difficult

 

60. It is equivalent to the average score of the group or class?

 

a.    Mean

b.    Median

c.    Mode

d.    Standard Deviation

 

61. What is the norm of a test?

 

a.    The mean of grouping scores

b.    The standard of for adequate performance

c.    The standard deviation of a group of scores

d.    The typical performance of a certain group of individuals who took the test

 

62. Which of the following is the most important stage in testing process?

 

a.    Constructing test items

b.    Establishing test reliability

c.    Improving test items

d.    Interpreting test result

 

63. What does a Table of Specification establish?

 

a.    construct validity

b.    content related validity and criterion reference

c.    content validity and construct validity

d.    content validity and content related validity

 

64. Aura Vivian is one half standard deviation above the mean of his group in arithmetic and one standard deviation above in spelling. What does this imply?

 

a.    she excels both in spelling and arithmetic

b.    She is better in arithmetic than in spelling

c.    She does not excel in spelling nor in arithmetic

d.    She is better in spelling than in arithmetic

 

65. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under?

 

a.    criterion reference test

b.    intelligence test

c.    aptitude test

d.    norm reference test

 

66. These are significant in formation about a student, gathered through the use of various techniques, assembled, summarize and organized in such a way that they may be used effectively. What is referred to?

 

a.    Cumulative record

b.    Case studies

c.    Test profiles

d.    personnel inventory

 

67. The inclusion of the study of Rizal and other national heroes in the school curriculum in order to inculcate love of country is based on a(an).

 

a.    pragmatist philosophy

b.    existentialist philosophy

c.    idealist philosophy

d.    realist philosophy

 

68.  It is an area of philosophy which on the nature of knowledge and the best method of teaching is.

 

a.    Epistemology

b.    Ethics

c.    Metaphysics

d.    Aesthetics

 

69. A test is considered reliable if

 

a.    it is easy to score

b.    it served the purpose for which it is constructed

c.    It is consistent and stable

d.    it is easy to administer

 

70. Which is an element of norm referenced grading?

 

a.    the student‘s pat performance

b.    an absolute standard

c.    the performance of the group

d.    what constitutes a perfect score

 

71. Mario obtained an NSAT percentile rank of 80. This indicates that

 

a.    He surpassed in performance 80% of her fellow examinees

b.    He got a score of 80

c.    He surpassed in performance 20% of her fellow examinees

d.    He answered 80 items correctly

 

72. Which element should be present for brainstorming to be effective?

 

a.    Lax atmosphere

b.    Teacher‘s nonjudgmental attitude

c.    Teacher‘s use of ―put down strategy

d.    Threatening atmosphere

 

73. Which is a selective reading technique meant at getting important facts very fast?

 

a.    Silent reading

b.    Skim reading

c.    Oral reading

d.    scanning

 

74. The study type of reading exercises gives practice in.

 

a.    picking out the main ideas

b.    all sorts of study methods

c.    reading skills needed in other subjects

d.    recognizing the precise meaning of words

 

75. Which is the best reason why Mr. Cruz begins a lesson in Math by checking and reviewing on the previous day‘s assignment practice and drills?

 

a.    Prepare the students for the mastery test

b.    Make learning interesting and enjoyable for students

c.    Check if parents guide their children in the making of assignment

d.    Make sure that the students understand the pre requisite skills of the lesson

 

76. The test item Group the following items according to shape is a thought question on.

 

a.    creating

b.    generalizing

c.    comparing

d.    classifying

 

77. Which one should teacher B use if he wants to teach to pupils the relationship among details?

 

a.    Journal entries

b.    Story frame

c.    Graphic organizers

d.    Learning log

 

78. What I hear, I forget. What I see I remember. What I do, I understand. This means that pupils learn best when they.

 

a.    learn independently

b.    work with groups

c.    watch TV

d.    take active part in the learning process

 

79. Which is a type of graph in which lines represent each score or set of scores

 

a.    Scattergram

b.    Histogram

c.    Frequency polygon

d.    Scatterplot

 

80.  According to Erikson, identity and role confusion occurs during

A.    Elementary Years   

B.    High schoolyears

C.    College years

D.    Preschool years

 

81. According to Jerome Bruner, learning is a simultaneous process of acquisition, transformation and _______ .

 

A.    Evaluation     

B.    Question 

C.    Metacognition

D.    Education

 

82.  Who among the following developed the Social Learning Theory?

 

A.    Bandura

B.    Kohlberg 

C.    Bruner

D.    Skinner

 

83. When a teacher present amorally ambiguous situation to his students and ask them what to do, the teacher‘s technique is based on the theory of

 

A.    Bandura 

B.    Piaget    

C.    Kohlberg

D.    Bruner

 

84. According to Maslow, the highest of the need in the Hierarchy of Needs theory is

 

A.    Psychological need 

B.    Self actualization

C.    belonging

D.    Safety

 

85. Based on Freud‘s theory, which operates when a person is in the height of anger?

 

A.    EgoC             

B.    Superego

C.    Id and ego

D.    Id

 

86. Operant conditioning can be applied to classroom by

 

A.    Connecting facts and concepts

B.    Fostering conducive learning environment

C.    Using reinforcement

D.    Using manipulative devices

 

87. Women should not study since they will be marrying soon. If a father tells his daughter this, can we consider his premise morally right?

 

A.    Depends on the family social status

B.    Yes, women are mean for the home

C.    No, women can perform just like men

D.    No, there is gender equality in education

 

88.  In Piaget‘s concrete operational stage, teacher Maritel should provide_______.

 

A.    Activities of hypothesis formulation

B.    Learning activities that involve problems of classification and order

C.    Activities for evaluation purposes

D.    Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with

 

89. A student is finding it hard to read. When the guidance counselor traced the child‘s history, the counselor was able to find out that the student came from a dysfunctional family, aside from that, the child was abused and neglected. What could have caused the student‘s reading disability?

 

A.    Emotional Factors

B.    Poor teaching

C.    Neurological factors

D.    Immaturity

 

90. A child was punished for cheating in an exam. For sure the child wont cheat again in short span of time, but this does not guarantee that the child won‘t cheat ever again Based on Thorndike‘s theory on punishment and learning, this shows that______.

 

A.    Punishment strengthens a response

B.    Punishment removes response

C.    Punishment doesn‘t remove a response

D.    Punishment weakens a response

 

91.  Laughing at a two-year-old child who uttered a bad word is not a proper thing to do because in this stage of the child‘s, the child is_____.

 

A.    Considering the views of others

B.    Distinguishing sex references

C.    Socializing

D.    Distinguishing right from wrong

 

92. According to Sigmund Freud, the main proponent of Psychoanalytic Theory, the superego is mainly concerned with

 

A.    The resolution of conflict within the self

B.    The finding of greater satisfaction

C.    The idea of right and wrong

D.    The development of healthy psyche

 

93. Modeling is a teaching rooted on      learning theory.

 

A.    Bandura

B.    Skinner  

C.    Thorndike

D.    Bruner

 

94. Teacher Marissa would like to employ Operant Conditioning on her students to increase the probabilities of greater participation during discussion. It is highly possible that teacher Marissa will

 

A.    Put more emphasis on sharing and consistently guide them to new ideas

B.    Allow them to think about thinking

C.    Give a star token to those who will participate

D.    Let them exercise metacognitive approaches to better understand the topic

 

95.   One of the traits of many students is putting more emphasis on ―porma over substance.

This is likely to be shown when

 

A.    A written report was submitted by a student with shabby cover but comprehensive content

B.    A written report was submitted by a student using ―perfumed stationary but poor content

C.    A written report was submitted by a student two days ahead of time

D.    A written report was submitted by a student two days late

 

96. Providing variety of learning activities to students is a characteristic of a teacher who understand the principle of

 

A.    Reward as a potential means of increasing the participation

B.    Proactive teaching as a modern technique of teaching

C.    Facilitating learning with emphasis on individual differences

D.    Allowing the student to be exposed to various teaching techniques

 

97. The best example of Operant Conditioning among the following is

 

A.    Connecting facts and concepts

B.    Fostering conducive learning environment

C.    Using reinforcement

D.    Using manipulative devices

 

98. He is considered as the first special education student.

A.    Victor of Aveyron

B.    Tarzan of the Jungle

C.    Sigmund Freud

D.    Alfred Binet

 

99. The Father of modern psychology

A.    Carl Jung

B.    Aristotle 

C.    Sigmund Freud

D.    Alfred Binet

 

100. He is postulated that man psyche is composed of animus and the anima

 

A.    Karen Horney 

B.    Carl Jung     

C.    William James

D.    Cattell

 

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