PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION [PREDICTOR EXAM 2024]

1. Which of the following are the rationales behind using technology in the classrooms? I. Motivational II. Unique instructional capabilities III. Increasing teachers’ productivity 

A. I only

B. I and II only

C. II and III only

D. I, II, and III

 

2. Erik often wears a headphone while working with his school projects in school campus. When asked why, he said he just wants to stay focused with I work. What kind of learner is Erik? 

A. Global and intrapersonal

B. Analytical and intrapersonal

C. Global and interpersonal

D. Analytical and interpersonal

 

3. Research says that children learn words better in responsive and interactive contexts than in passive contexts. What is an implication of this finding in teaching-learning process? I. Let them talk as they experience turn-taking opportunities. II. Ask them to socialize with adults. III. Give them scaffolding necessary for optimal word learning. 

A. I, II and III

B. II and III

C. I and II

D. I and III

 

4. The Learning Resource / Audio-visual / Educational Technology Center regularly provides the Teachers a list of websites, apps and instructional materials available in the city which are relevant to the different subjects they teach. This fulfills which function? 

A. A link to other community resources

B. Recreational reading center

C. Center of resources

D. Laboratory of learning

 

5. What is an advantage of a 4-point scale rubric? 

A. There is no column for undecided and so everyone has to make a choice.

B. It is easier to choose because there are only four alternatives to choose from.

C. The student is assessed four times.

D. It is better than 5 options.

 

6. Here is a True-False test: Based on research findings, girls usually develop earlier than boys. What is faulty with the test item? I. It makes use of a specific determiner, "usually". II. The word "usually" gives clue to the answer. III. It is a sweeping statement. IV. It is an opinionated statement. 

A. I and IV

B. Ill and IV

C. I and II

D. I and III

 

7. What axiom emphasizes that curriculum design should be based on a careful plan, intended outcomes clearly established, etc.? 

A. Curriculum is a product of its time.           

B. Curriculum development is more effective when it follows a systematic process

C. Curriculum change is inevitable, necessary and desirable.

D. Curriculum development is more effective if it is a comprehensive process, rather than “piecemeal”.

 

8. The class was taught how to conduct an action research and was required an end-of-the-term written research report. The class was taught how to do the research report and was shown as an Analytic Scoring Rubric for them to know how they will graded. The class took the Scoring Rubric as guide in the making of their research report. They were all motivated to pass an excellent research report and as a group checked now and then if they were true to the qualities of an excellent research report as seen in the scoring rubric. What form of assessment is described? 

A. Assessment AS Learning

B. Assessment FOR Learning

C. Assessment OF Learning

D. Assessment FOR and AS Learning

 

9. The mother tongue of the learner shall be the primary medium of instruction for teaching and learning in the kindergarten level EXCEPT when __________________________. I. the pupils in the kindergarten classroom have different mother tongues or when some of them speak another mother tongue II. the teacher does not speak the mother tongue of the learners resources, III. materials in line with the use of the mother tongue, are not yet available IV. teachers are not yet trained how to use the MTB-MLE program 

A. I and II

B. I, II and III

C. II and III

D. I, II, III and IV

 

10. After 2002, is there another way of obtaining a professional teacher's license other than passing the LET? 

A. None.

B. Yes, if one has three years of teaching and with a Master's degree

C. Yes, by applying for the conversion of one's Professional Board Examination for Teachers (PBET) passing rating to a license.

D. Yes, if one has five years of teaching with very satisfactory teaching performance.

 

11. The reconstructionist philosophy influences classroom instruction today. Teachers act as social engineers and students learn within the classroom as a social laboratory. In line with this, teachers prepare the youth for leadership and life skills. However, mandatory volunteerism often results from this preparation due to the____. 

A. desire to get more funding from civic oriented organizations

B. increased pressure from administrative and governmental entities

C. emphasis on crediting and integration of civic education with existing curriculum

D. perceived sense of responsibility in the family and community

 

12. At the end of the school year, which is/are TRUE of grades? I. The General Average is computed by dividing the sum of all final grades by the total number of learning II. Each learning area has equal weight in computing for the General Average. III. The Final Grade per learning area and the General Average are reported as whole numbers. 

A. I and II

B. I and III

C. II and III

D. I, II and III

 

13. How is the final grade per subject for Grades 11 and 12 obtained? 

A. Get the average of the grades of all subjects for the 4 semesters.

B. Get the average of the grades of all subjects for the 2 semesters.

C. Get the average of the grades for the 2 Quarters.

D. Get the average of the grades for the 4 quarters.

 

14. Which is/are TRUE of MAPEH when it comes to grade computation? I. The quarterly grade is the average of the quarterly grades in the four areas – Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health (MAPEH) II. Individual grades are given to each area (MAPEH) III. There is one grade for Music and Arts, PE and Health because they are related. 

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and II

D. I and III

 

15. A teacher may submit to the proper authority any justifiable activities against an associate preferably in writing without violating any right of the individual concerned. Which section of the Code of Ethics is referred to in the given situation? 

A. Article III - Teachers and the Community

B. Article IV - Teachers and the Profession

C. Article V - Teacher and the Teaching Community

D. Article VI - Teacher and Higher Authorities

 

16. Of the following, which is most effective for influencing human emotion for retention and discovery of learning? 

A. Drills to augment retention

B. Use of inspirational tool (book, film, art, etc.)

C. Telling of jokes in teaching

D. Emotional delivery of lessons

 

17. Which idea does the pragmatic teacher reject? 

A. What works best is true.

B. The world is in constant change.

C. Knowledge is produced by a "transaction between man and his environment".

D. Values are objective.

 

18. The following are elements of cooperative learning: Positive interdependence, individual and group accountability, interpersonal and small group skills and face-to-face promotive interaction. Which is a missing element of cooperative learning? 

A. Assessment

B. Group processing

C. Group presentation

D. Group goal sharing

 

19. Which can be done to ensure positive interdependence? I. The group has only one pencil, paper, book, or other resource. II. One paper is written by the group. III. A task is divided into jobs and cannot be finished unless everyone help. IV. Pass one paper around the group on which each member must write a section. V. Each person learns a topic and then teaches it to the group. 

A. I, II, III, IV and V

B. I, II, III and V

C. I, II and III

D. II, III, IV, and V

 

20. Mr. Oliver is evaluating a website for his Literature class. He is making sure that factual pieces of information found on the site are well documented and pictures and diagrams are properly labelled. He is also checking that there are neither misspelled words nor grammar errors. Which criterion is focusing on? 

A. Clarity

B. Appropriateness

C. Accuracy

D. Motivation

 

21. Which of the following teacher actions exemplifies the generative approach of instruction? The teacher _________________. 

A. provides explicit directions and explanations on how to do a task

B. provides opportunities to students to make own linkages to prior knowledge

C. assumes responsibility for linking information with students' prior knowledge

D. presents information in an ordered sequence in which component sub-skills are taught directly

 

22. Biology, the science that deals with the study of life, is an important subject. This sentence illustrates the use of which CLUE in order for the reader to get the meaning of the word biology? 

A. Experience

B. Appositive

C. Explanation

D. Comparison and contrast

 

23. If the school acts as an agent of change, what is it expected to do? 

A. Implements a curriculum that will perpetuate the entire culture of the community

B. Supplants the community culture with a new one perceived to be superior to the community culture

C. Enhances curriculum by localizing and indigenizing it with the help of community

D. Lets teachers indigenize curriculum on their own

 

24. Which question/s does the learner ask at the metacognitive level processing? I. What has this lesson to do with me? II. Why did I not learn this at first? III. How should I do this to be sure of results? IV. What is the best way to arrive at the solution? 

A. II, III and IV

B. I, III, IV

C. I, II, III

D. I only

 

25. When one wants children to develop positive attitude toward life, which approach in curriculum planning is most appropriate? 

A. Problem-centered approach

B. Humanistic approach

C. Systems approach

D. Child-centered approach

 

26. While letting her pupils read on the blackboard, Mrs. Pacis, a Grade I teacher, uses a piece of illustration board to cover the succeeding lines of a passage that the children focus only on the line being read and then uncovers the next line they are through reading the first line. Which accurate eye movement does the teacher try to develop? 

A. Fixation

B. Return sweep

C. Regression

D. Interfixation

 

27. Which part of the screen of a computer has a strong influence among learners? 

A. Left half of the screen

B. Center of the screen

C. Right half of the screen

D. Corners of the screen

 

28. Learning outcome: Use the correct tense of verb in sentences. Which test item is aligned? 

A. I (am going, go) to school everyday.

B. Conjugate the verb "lie".

C. Is the verb used in this sentence correct? The criminal alluded the police.

D. Birds are (fly, flies).

 

29. Learning outcome: Draw implications of research findings on lifestyle disease. Which test is aligned? 

A. What does research say about lifestyle diseases? Do you agree? Why or why not?

B. What may be inferred from the research findings presented?

C. Are the research findings conclusive? Why or why not?

D. What are lifestyle diseases? Do they affect people at a young age

 

30. Gerry lacks originality and imagination in his speech. The words he uses and hi speech patterns reveal a dull, unquestioning mind. How may Gerry's speech described? 

A. Inarticulate

B. Banal

C. Haggard

D. Pessimistic

 

31. Which of the following is/are examples of "thinking stems," or sentence starter that can prompt reflective thinking? I. "I'm thinking..." II. "I'm wondering..." III. "From this chapter, I learned ..." IV. "From what I read, I realize ..." 

A. I, II and IV

B. II, III and IV

C. I, II and III

D. I, III and IV

 

32. A student once said: "I don't like to recite because my barkada who is not academically performing sarcastically laughs at me". What does this point to? 

A. Group influence can impact on a student's orientation toward learning.

B. Cognitive factors influence a student's attitude toward class participation.

C. The impact of group influence on a student's thinking is the student's choice.

D. A student has the tendency to put blame on a factor outside himself for non-performance.

 

33. Bing, a preschooler, insists on getting noodles for himself from the serving disi each time his family attends a gathering, even though he usually drops pasta oc the floor. When his mother tries to assist him, he brushes his mother off insists on doing it himself. In the context of Erikson's psychosocial developme theory, what stage of psychosocial development best describes Bing's behavior? 

A. Trust vs. Mistrust

B. Initiative vs. Guilt

C. Industry vs. Inferiority

D. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

 

34. Which of the following is NOT TRUE of behaviorists? 

A. Free will plays a role in a person's development.

B. Learning is shaped by stimuli in the environment.

C. Rewards reinforce goof behavior.

D. Learners are passive participants

 

35. According to Ausubel's subsumption theory, meaningful learning takes place when new material or relationships can be taken from the existing structure. Information can be linked to other concepts or information to create new interpretations or meaning. Which process is explained? 

A. Correlative subsumption

B. Advanced subsumption

C. Derivative subsumption

D. Delayed subsumption

 

36. When teachers lead other teachers to agree on standards, follow the adopted curriculum, use common pacing charts, and develop shared assessments, which role do they play? 

A. Curriculum specialist

B. Curriculum designer

C. Instruction specialist

D. Curriculum evaluator

 

37. Which of the following types of portfolio is intended for you to realize your learning outcomes? 

A. Evaluation portfolio

B. Showcase portfolio

C. Development portfolio

D. Assessment portfolio

 

38. What did Teacher Ana used when she enhanced her students’ inner motivation when she asked her volunteer students to complete the puzzle on the board? 

A. Contest and game

B. Personal experience

C. Preparatory activities

D. Challenging statement

 

39. What is the element in extrinsic motivation used in giving big prizes to teachers during annual Christmas party? 

A. Value of rewards

B. Praise

C. High expectations

D. Frequent rewards

 

40. In a class of 50 students, Romeo obtained a score of 30 which is the first quartile. What does his score imply? 

A. below the 3rd decile

B. above the 25th percentile

C. above the first quartile

D. above the third quartile

 

41. Which of the following types of portfolio is intended for you to realize your learning outcomes? 

A. Evaluation portfolio

B. Showcase portfolio

C. Development portfolio

D. Assessment portfolio

 

42. What did Teacher Ana used when she enhanced her students’ inner motivation when she asked her volunteer students to complete the puzzle on the board? 

A. Contest and game

B. Personal experience

C. Preparatory activities

D. Challenging statement

 

43. What is TRUE of Alternative Delivery Modes (ADMs)? I. Address the learning needs of the marginalized pupils and those learners at risk of dropping out II. Help learners overcome social and economic constraints in their schooling III. Simplify curriculum for students at risk of dropping out 

A. I only

B. II and III

C. II only

D. I and II

 

44. Which schools are subject to supervision, regulation and control by the state? 

A. Public schools

B. Secretarian and non-secretarian schools

C. Private schools

D. Public, private secretarian and non-secretarian schools

 

45. Which one holds true of anecdotal records? 

A. Combining facts with interpretation

B. Writing objective, descriptive behavior with case

C. Describing behavior in natural setting

D. Describing behavior in a laboratory setting

 

46. Young children develop in their executive and sustained attention. What are indicators of executive functioning? I. Inhibiting a strong tendency that is incorrect II. Shifting attention to another topic/item III. Waiting longer to get a more attractive reward 

A. I, II and III

B. I and III

C. I and II

D. II and III

 

47. Teacher Carl taught the parts of a microscope, demonstrated how to focus it under the low power objective, then asked 3 students to try to focus the microscope correctly. He also asked the class if the 3 students were able to focus the microscope correctly and ended his lesson citing the “don’ts” and explaining the “why’s” behind the “don’ts” in focusing the microscope. Before he did all these, he asked the class if it is not important for them to learn how to focus the microscope. Based on Kendall’s and Marzano’s new taxonomy, in what domains was Teacher Carl’s lesson? I. Information (Declarative knowledge) II. Mental procedure (procedural knowledge) III. Psychomotor procedures (Physical skills) 

A. II and III

B. II only

C. I and II

D. I, II and III

 

48. Who gave the most authentic assessment task for the instructional objective "Solve word problems involving operations with fractions". 

A. Mrs. Domingo who required her students to solve a set of problems on operations with fractions.

B. Mr. Pastor who asked his students to construct a word problem given a number sentence involving operations on fractions and then solve the problem they have constructed.

C. Mr. Ildefonso who asked students to construct any word problem on operations with fractions then formed pairs, exchanged problems and helped each other solve the problems.

D. Mrs. Padaong who required her students to construct any word problem involving operations on fractions and then show how to solve them.

 

49. Every time you meet your students, put your first impressions about each of them within brackets and allow them to disclose themselves as they are, is a wise thing to do", is an advice from a /an __________. 

A. Existential phenomenologist

B. Rationalist

C. Progressivist

D. Pragmatist

 

50. Miss Gasat is planning technology integration in her science lesson on states of matter. She is applying her pedagogical knowledge when she _____. 

A. Studies how to attach a video to her audio-visual presentation

B. Looks into the characteristics and interests of the learners in order to choose activities that would match them

C. Learn how to scan picture to include in her presentation

D. Researches further on plasma as another state of matter


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