1. In the following distribution: 1,3,3,3,5; we can say that:
a. the mean is greater than the median
b. the median is greater than the mode
c. the mode is greater than the mode
d. the median, median and the mode have the
same value
2. The distribution given in no.39 is:
a. skewed to the left
b. skewed to the right
c. normal
d. leptokurtic
3. Which of the following is an important duty of a teacher?
a. evaluating pupil‘s progress
b. soliciting contributions
c. safekeeping of the properties of the school
d. going on a vacation
4. Which of the following is not to be considered in preparing items
for objectives tests?
a. make each test items comprehensible
b. group items belonging to the same type together
c. provide specific directions on how the test is to be taken
d. very difficult test items
5. To promote better student learning, which of these should be
practical in testing?
a. check the papers long after the test has been given
b. check and return corrected papers to the
student as soon as possible to appraise them of their performances
c. pile test papers in the stockroom
d. use to get even with the students
6. In scoring essay test, which of the following is not a good
practice?
a. decide what qualities are to be considered in scoring the answer
b. write comments and correct errors on the answers
c. rearrange the papers after checking one questions before starting
to check the next
d. accept all answers written by the tester
7. Which type of objective test is best or evaluating mastery of
facts and information?
a. multiple-choice
b. completing type
c. true-false
d. essay
8. In making test items of objective type, which o the following
should be observed?
a. no clues to the correct response should be
given intentionally
b. each test item should be related to the item
c. the vocabulary level of the test should present some form of
difficulty
d. test items should include also the irrelevant part of the lesson
9. Which of the following is not a good characteristic of an
evaluative technique?
a. has clear goals
b. utilizes various forms of testing
c. consider the nature of the learners
d. has ambiguous presentation
10. Which of the following is not an objective type of teacher-made
test?
a. matching type
b. completion type
c. multiple-response
d. essay test
11. Which of the following is not criterion in determining the effectiveness
of a test?
a. validity
b. reliability
c. cost of test
d. items based on factor analysis
12. Which of the following is not a purpose of evaluation?
a. provide educational guidance
b. appraise the total school program
c. provide for the individual differences
d. none of these
13. When the aim is to
determine where the strengths and weaknesses of the students lie before
teaching of a new lesson is done, what test is given?
a. unit
b. diagnostic
c. achievement
d. summative
14. I teach in a traditional
school that subscribes to a perennialist and essentialist philosophy of
education. Which is most likely the curricular approach implemented?
a. Activity-centered
b. Subject-centered
c. Student-centered
d. Hidden
15. My class is not a very
good one. The students find it hard to draw generalizations.
Which approach to lesson
planning may be most efficient and effective?
a. Inductive
b. Intuitive
c. Reflective
d. Deductive
16. Teacher Nene‘s lesson
plan is dominated by highly-instructive lesson consisting of pupils watching
demonstration, taking down notes and rote learning. What approach to lesson
planning does Teacher Nene use?
a. Intuitive
b. Behavioral
c. Cognitive
d. Inductive
17. How will I develop my lesson plan if I want to develop my students‘
skill to draw generalizations?
a. Reflectively
b. Intuitively
c. Deductively
d. Inductively
18. I want my pupils to find
the rule in adding similar fractions after I have given them sufficient
examples of similar fractions with their sums. Which method should I use in my
plan?
a. Discovery method
b. Deductive method
c. Reflective method
d. Expository method
19. If I want to teach my
students how to play chess, which method of lesson development is most
appropriate?
a. Direct method
b. Inquiry method
c. Discovery method
d. Inductive method
20. The education supervisor
from the Department of Education explains to the student teachers that the
content in Science must be used in the teaching of language skills in English
in Grade. Which approach does the supervisor promote?
a. Deductive
b. Integrative
c. Experiential
d. Inductive
21. Which is expected if a teacher develops her lesson in an experiential
manner?
a. She begins her lesson with pupils‘
experiences and ends by connecting subject matter to their life experiences.
b. The teacher narrates her experiences and ask questions to
challenge the students think
c. Students are made to learn from vicarious experiences through the
use of success stories
d. Students are taught that experience is the best teacher
22. Every time I plan the
lesson on the human digestive system in Biology I relate it to the disease
associated with the human digestive system which are discussed in a later
chapter of the course syllabus in biology. Which approach do I use?
a. Interactive
b. Multidisciplinary
c. Interdisciplinary
d. Collaborative
23. With collaborative
effort as point of reference in lesson planning, which one does NOT belong to
the group?
a. Computer-assisted instruction
b. Peer tutoring
c. Team teaching
d. Project method
24. Which one should I do if
I want to apply the integrative approach in my lesson development?
I. Design activities that cater to multiple intelligences
II. Relate lesson to other lesson in other subjects
III. Teach lesson in the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains
a. I and II
b. I, ll and lll
c. I and lll
d. Il and lll
25. The topic is environmental
degradation. Teacher tackles it from the perspective of an ecologist,
economist, medical doctor, educator and sociologist. For his lesson plan, which
method will be most appropriate?
a. Brainstorming
b. Panel discussion
c. Debate
d. Focus group discussion
26. In a lesson which
intends to generate as many ideas as there are, which technique ought to be
used?
a. Values Clarification
b. Brainwashing
c. Brainstorming
d. Inquiry
27. Teacher Jing wants to
develop team work, group and individual accountability for learning among her
students. Which teaching technique is a
major part of her lesson plan?
a. Cooperative learning
b. Small group discussion
c. Team building
d. Group dynamics
28. If you abide by Bruner‘s
three-tiered model learning, which will you begin lesson on the definition
fraction?
a. A. Show a cake divided into two
b. Write a fraction, e.g. ¾ on the board
c. Project the definition on the screen
d. Ask your students to give examples of fraction.
29. Applying the principle,
―the more senses that are involved, the more effective the learning becomes‖
which instructional technology should be preferred?
a. Workbooks
b. Field trips
c. Video Presentation
d. Dramatization
30. I want to help chemistry
students develop and practice research skills by using a laboratory similar to
that of a real laboratory before the students use the riskier, more expensive
real equipment. What methodology shall I use?
a. simulation
b. apprentice-like activity
c. laboratory
d. process approach
31. Feedback is necessary
for effective teaching. Which educational technology supports person-to-person
feedback?
a. Electronic mail
b. Electorate
c. World-wide web
d. Computer-assisted instruction
32. If you apply Edgar‘s Dale‘s Cone of Experience in teaching, which
would you do?
a. Connect the concrete and the abstract
b. Use one audio-visual aid at time
c. Do away with interactive teaching
d. Avoid the use of the chalkboard since it has been overused
33. If you apply the
principle ―less is more‖ in the use of the
chalkboard for teaching- learning, which should you do?
a. Limit your writing/diagrams on the
chalkboard to the most important details
b. Write every word on the chalkboard to ensure clarity and
completeness of ideas
c. Use the board only for diagrams
d. Avoid using the chalkboard all the time even when there is no other
material available.
34. Which instructional
method is aligned to this lesson objective: Given a tabular data on weights and
heights of school athletes, the students will be able to draw conclusions
regarding correlation of weights and heights of the athletes.
a. Inductive method
b. Intuitive method
c. Deductive method
d. Meta-cognitive method
35. If I want students to connect
educational theory and practice, which learning experiences will be most
appropriate?
a. School immersion
b. Role playing
c. Simulation
d. Microteaching
36. Which activity is most
fit if Teacher Flora wants to develop in her students understanding and
compassion for the aged and children with special needs?
a. Immersion in communities of the aged and
children with special needs
b. Watching a movie on the aged and children with special needs
c. Conducting research on the aged and children with special needs
d. Composing poems about the aged and children with special needs
37. I want my students totaled
personal stand on the Reproductive Bill and defend the same. Which assessment
item/activity matches my objective?
a. Are you for or against the Reproductive
Bill? Why or why not?
b. Research on reasons given by those who are pro Reproductive Bill
and by those who are anti.
c. Why are a number of leaders in favor for the Reproductive Bill?
d. Why is the Catholic Church against the Reproductive Bill?
38. Give a summary of the
chapter by means of a graphic organizer, jingle, dance, song, or poem or in any
manner of your choice. Which objective is this assessment
activity meant to measure?
a. The students must be able to give a chapter summary by
considering multiple intelligences of the students
b. The students must be able to display their
talents as they give a chapter summary.
c. The students show their multiple intelligences by giving a
chapter summary.
d. The students must develop their multiple intelligences by giving
a chapter summary.
39. Here is a Unit
objective: ―To develop appreciation for all the sacrifices that our heroes made
for our freedom as a nation. What activities will be most
appropriate?
I. Dramatization of selected nationalistic episodes from the life
of our Filipino heroes
II. Debate on who should have been declared as national hero- Rizal
or Bonifacio
III. Writing a thank you letter to at least two Filipino heroes in
appreciation of the sacrifice they have made
a. I and III
b. III only
c. I only
d. II only
40. A school wants to
develop the learners‘ metacognitive skills. Which practice is inconsistent with
the school‘s goal?
a. Rote teaching and learning
b. Emphasis on HOTS
c. Constructivist instruction
d. Authentic assessment
41. Schools want to develop
students to become lifelong learners. Which is LEAST helpful in the attainment
of this goal?
a. Stress on factual learning
b. Mastery of the 4 r‘s
c. Use of authentic assessment
d. Teaching learners the skills to learn
42. Schools want to develop children to become critical thinkers. Which
one can be of help?
a. Emphasis on HOTS
b. Application of Paolo Freire‘s banking system‖ of
education
c. Use of convergent questions
d. Authorization classroom setting
43. If schools want to equip
children with the basic skills, what should teachers do?
a. Make pupils master reading, writing and
arithmetic
b. Develop pupils ―multiple intelligences
c. Teach them to ask the right question
d. Teach them livelihood skills
44 . Is the learner a resource in the classroom?
a. Yes, she/he is a very important resource
b. No, he is still very inexperienced
c. No, only he teacher who is trained to teach can serve as resource
d. Yes, provided she/he is a high performing pupil
45. To enhance metacognitive
reading skills, what should I make my students do?
I. Reflect on what they have read
II. Write their reflections
III. Make them answer comprehension question on what was read
a. I and ll
b. Ill only
c. I, ll and lll
d. Il only
46. Which question can help
develop students‘ creative thinking skills after reading the story of The
Monkey and the Turtle?
a. Why did the Turtle treat the Monkey that way?
b. Who is wiser – the Monkey or the Turtle? Why?
c. If you were to re-write the story, how would
you end it?
d. Did you find the story interesting? Explain your answer.
47. Is outlining an essay read in the level of creative and
metacognitive reading?
a. No (cognitive only)
b. Yes
c. Yes, if a student is asked to go beyond a skeletal
d. No, if a student is asked just an ordinary outline.
48. Which word is contrary to a creative classroom atmosphere?
a. Perspective (strong opinion, judgment,
biases)
b. Non-judgmental
c. Open
d. Liberal
49. Have factual skills something to do with metacognitive skills?
a. Yes, the prerequisite knowledge must have
been mastered so a student can engage in higher metacognitive process.
b. No, the prerequisite knowledge is disconnected to metacognitive
processes
c. Yes, if the subject matter is extremely difficult
d. No, if the subject matter is quite easy
50. If you apply the cognitive theories of learning with which do you
agree?
a. Learning is an active process of organizing
and integrating information.
b. Learning is strengthening the connection between stimulus and
response.
c. Learning involves a mind that is totally blank.
d. Learning is automatically responding to a stimulus.
51. How would you make your students
look forward to coming to school every day from the point of view of B.F.
Skinner‘s reinforcement theory?
a. Make them enjoy learning activities.
b. Make use of mental drills in the classroom.
c. Convince them of the importance of education.
d. Always end your lessons with a clear summary.
52. How would you make the
teaching-learning process effective from the point of view of Gestalt theories?
a. Ask your students to draw their insights
from the lesson.
b. Reward every performing child.
c. Dwell on the development of critical thinking.
d. Punish a child who does not do his/her assignment.
53. Which is an application of Vygotsky‘s zone of proximal development?
a. Guide the child for learning until she/he
can be on his/her own
b. Transmit information to students
c. Reward every child for every good work
d. Create a stimulating learning environment
54. If a teacher is
humanistic, on which learning goal is he focused? Facilitating the development
of ___________
a. Self-actualized individuals
b. Learners who can process information
c. Independent learners (liberal-minded)
d. Highly skilled technical individuals
55. Which is an application
of Gardner‘s MI theory?
a. Make use of variety of teaching strategies
b. Stick to one proven effective teaching for learners with
multi-intelligences
c. Present one model of a project for class to imitate
d. Demonstrates the steps in doing an experiment completely
56. Which would be Piaget‘s advice to teachers?
a. Challenge the learners ability but do not present information far
beyond their level
b. There is no such thing as information beyond the level of
learners provided it is presented clearly
c. Use varied teaching strategies to cater to
learners in varied developmental stages
d. Arrange subject matter in a hierarchal manner
57. Which activity/ties should be used for students in the formal
operation stage of Piaget?
I. Make them come up with hypothetical to explore
II. Teach facts and make them connect the facts
III. Make the students pay attention to the BIG ideas.
a. L, ll and lll
b. l and lll
c. l and ll
d. ll and lll
58. Which flows from Kohlberg‘s theory of moral development?
a. Use of moral dilemmas
b. Teacher as model of values
c. Using the inculcation method of values education
d. Teaching the unchanging values
59. For discipline, how should
you approach a student’s misbehavior from the point of view of Skinner‘s
extinction or non-reinforcement theory?
a. Ignore the misbehavior(mild)
b. Punish the misbehaving student as inconspicuously as possible
(not acceptable- positive punishment-undesirable)
c. Withdraw a privilege which the student used to enjoy (negative
punishment- undesirable)
d. Isolate the student to prevent disruption of class activities
(antiseptic bouncing- heavy))
60. Applying information
processing theory, how can you help learners increase retrieval of information
by context?
a. Connect the information to a situation
(remembering)
b. Recite the information, not just hear
c. Personalize the information
d. Connecting pieces of information (comprehension)
61. If you apply Bruner‘s
concept of knowledge representation in teaching Math, in which order will you
use these materials?
I. Symbols
II. Blocks
III. Pictorials
a. ll lll l
b. l ll lll
c. l lll ll
d. ll l lll
62. What is an application of Ausubel‘s subsumption theory to
instruction?
a. Make use of advance organizers
b. Teach from the concrete to abstract
c. Arrange curriculum hierarchically
d. Connect one information to another
63. If a teacher is guided by Gestalt‘s Law of Figure/Ground when
he/she teaches, what does she/he do?
a. Highlights the words I want to give attention to
b. Relates the topic to something the student
already knows (background)
c. Arranges topics logically
d. Teaches topic that are similar close to one another
64. If you want to apply
Skinner‘s operant conditioning theory in reinforcing a learner‘s good behavior,
what should you do?
I. Reward the learner for good behavior
II. (Punish the wrong behavior - not promoted by skinner)
III. (Ignore behavior)
a. l and lll
b. l only
c. lll only
d. ll only
65. In the context of Bruner‘s theory of learning, if a teacher teaches
in the iconic level, what does she use?
a. Models
b. Symbols
c. Realias
d. Words
66. Which order of steps should I follow if abide by Kolb‘s experiential
learning theory?
I. Do ( concrete experience )
II. Plan ( testing in new situations )
III. Observe ( observation and reflection )
IV. Think ( form abstract concepts )
a. l lll 1V ll
b. l ll lll 1V
c. l lll ll 1V
d. l ll 1V lll
67. If a teacher applies Kolb‘s experiential learning theory in his
teaching, with which will he begin his lesson?
a. Concrete experience
b. Testing in new situations
c. Observation and reflection
d. Abstract concepts
68. Which is a pedagogical consequence of John Locke‘s tabula rasa?
a. Teacher does not expect students to have
built-in mental content
b. Teacher withdraws ideas from students minds
c. Teacher expects knowledge contributions from students
d. Teacher draws insights from learners
69. In the context of Piaget‘s cognitive theory, to which do you
attribute a kindergartners inability to see reality from other‘s point of view?
a. Egocentrism
b. Assimilation
c. Decent ration
d. Accommodation
70. If your approach to teaching is constructivist, which class
behavior is observable?
a. Students uncompounded words by creating
their own compound words using comic strip
b. Teacher introduces and develops the lesson without interruption
c. Students don‘t ask questions as these are signs of inattention
d. Students drill on subject- verb agreement
71. Which assumption about learning underlies the cognitive model of
learning?
a. One cannot force someone to learn
b. The process of learning excludes sensory input
c. Meaningful learning can be imposed on learners
d. Mistakes committed in the process of learning are unacceptable
72. Research says that the
adolescent compares her parents to an ideal standard and then criticizes their
flaws. To which can you attribute this behavior?
a. Adolescents increased sense of idealism
b. Society urgent for model parents
c. Adolescents desire for recognition
d. Biological maturation of adolescents
73. Research findings show that conformity to pressure
in adolescence can be positive or negative. How can a teacher channel this
conformity for good? Challenge them to______.
a. Work on a noble project of fund raising for
indigent children
b. Organize sororities/fraternities
c. Embark on class projects by group
d. Think like everyone in their group
74. Group identity often
overrides personal identity in adolescence. Which should be done for optimum
learning?
a. Organize group work
b. Assess learning by group
c. Eliminate individual projects
d. Make greater use of intrapersonal activities
75. Harry Stack Sullivan
(1953), the most influential theorist to discuss the importance of adolescence
friendships, argued that there is a dramatic increase in the psychological
importance and intimacy of close friends during early adolescence. What then
should be done?
a. Adolescents should develop genuine
friendships
b. Adolescents should allowed to go dating
c. Parents should choose the friends for their children
d. Adolescents should set standards that govern their choice of
lifetime partners
76. Researches on the brain
tell that the brain is more―plastic‖ in
younger children and potentially more malleable for re-routing neural circuits.
What is an implication on reading disabilities?
I. Early identification of reading disabilities is very important
II. Remediation for reading disabilities must be given as early as
possible
III. Reading disabilities in late childhood are beyond remediation
a. I and ll
b. Il only
c. I only
d. Ill only
77. In the formal operation
stage of Piaget‘s cognitive development, which can individuals do?
I. Views things only from his perspective
II. Begin to think abstractly
III. Reason logically
IV. Draw conclusions from given information
a. I lll and IV
b. II and IV
c. I and ll
d. I and IV
78. According to Erikson,
what happens to a young adult who is confused about his/her possible future
role as an adult?
a. Isolates himself/herself
b. Findings intimacy through meaningful friendship
c. Fails to grasp a sense of meaning in life
d. Trust himself/herself
79. Girls start puberty
earlier than boys. What is an implication of this to classroom instruction?
I. Avoid comparing performance of boys and girls
II. Use a differentiated approach to instruction
III. Compare boys‘ and girls‘ performance to motivate them to perform
better
a. I and ll
b. Ill only
c. I only
d. Il only
80. Assessment must be
authentic. If you want to know how well children read and write, which should
you do?
a. Have them read and write
b. Have them mark, circle and underline words after you have read
them
c. Allow children to select how they will be evaluated
d. Have them list the stories they read for the month
81. Which practice goes with authentic assessment?
a. Make students dance tango to determine if
they learned how to dance tango
b. Make students recite the multiplication table to check for
mastery
c. Make students check their own answer after quiz
d. Make students come up with a flow chart to demonstrates a process
82. In what way are the
results of summative assessment utilized?
a. To assign a grade
b. To diagnose learning difficulties
c. To guide teacher in her choice of class activity
d. To check attainment lesson objectives
83. What does a grade given
to the student‘s measure?
a. Learners achievement
b. Learners intelligence
c. Parents involvement in the learning of a child
d. Teacher effectiveness
84. What does the phrase
assessment for learning imply?
a. Assessment is meant to improve learning.
b. Assessment is a necessary ingredients of the teaching learning
process
c. There can be no learning without assessment
d. There is no assessment without learning
85. In an average grading
system, what will be the average of grade VI students with the following grades
75, 78, 76 and 75 in the 4 grading periods?
a. 76
b. 76.3
c. 76.1
d. 76.2
86. _______introduced the
idea of child‘s garden‖ or kindergarten.
a. A. Maria Montessori
b. Friedrich Froebel
c. B. Edward Paparazzi
d. John Locke
87. If a teacher believes in
the concept of education that makes every individual a useful citizen to the
state, then he is influenced by the concept:
a. Conformity
b. Humanitarianism
c. Security
d. Utilitarianism
88. It is a science that deals with the methods and strategies of
teachings.
a. Epistemology
b. Metaphysics
c. Pedagogy
d. Ethics
89. If the teacher would say
that honesty is still an important value even if nobody values it, then he is
considered as:
a. Pragmatist
b. Reconstructivist
c. Idealist
d. Progressivist
90. If the teacher believes
that an individual has ideas about the world and he learns these ideas by
reflecting on them, he is considered as_____.
a. Empiricist
b. Rationalist
c. Existentialist
d. Constructivist
91. If a teacher believes
that even though there is an external world from which human beings acquire
sensory information, ideas originate from the working of the mind, then we can
consider him as:
a. Idealist
b. Empiricist
c. Existentialist
d. Pragmatist
92. If a teacher believes
that a child‘s mind is TABULA RASA, then the teacher will most likely engage
the students in _________ process for them to learn.
a. Sensory impressions
b. Reflections
c. Reasoning
d. Meta-cognition
93. A teacher who believes
that one should not trust the senses since ideas are arrived at only by reason
in influenced by:
a. Naturalist
b. Existentialist
c. Rationalist
d. Empiricist
794. The individual soul is
part of the absolute soul. This thought is from_______ philosophy.
a. Greek
b. Hebrew
c. Chinese
d. Hindu
95. The school curriculum
includes the study about Rizal and other heroes to inculcate love of country.
This is in accordance with what philosophy?
a. Pragmatist
b. Nationalism
c. Existentialist
d. Realist
96. ________ said that
schools must develop human reason because reason is superior to experience as a
source of knowledge.
a. Humanist
b. Hedonists
c. Stoics
d. Rationalists
97. The belief that love,
hope, and faith are values for eternity whether they are valued by others or
not, is deeply rooted on what philosophy?
a. Idealism
b. Realism
c. Existentialism
d. Pragmatism
98. The concept of karma originated from:
a. Hebrews
b. Hindus
c. Greeks
d. Chinese
99. The teacher stresses the
need to revise the curriculum in order to make the curriculum responsive to the
needs of the society. What philosophy does the teacher adhere?
a. Pragmatism
b. Essentialism
c. Existentialism
d. Reconstructionism
100. After Marcos‘ declaration of Martial Law, he signed PD 6-A in order
to:
a. Establish a complete, adequate and integrated system of education
b. Undertake educational development/projects
and the mechanics of implementation
and financing
c. improve the quality of education in all levels
d. Regulate and control the practice of teaching profession