PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SECONDARY [ MARCH 26, 2016]

 

1.    Is membership to the Accredited Professional Organization of teachers mandatory for all LET passers?

 

A.         No.

B.          Yes, when the teachers is already teaching.

C.          Yes.

D.         Only for LET passers who are not repeaters.

 

2.    Which is TRUE of the periodic merit exam for teacher provided for in RA 7836?

 

I.           Consist of oral exam

II.         Consist of written exam

III.      May serve as additional basis for merit promotion in addition to performance rating

IV.       Taken with fee P1000 per examinee

 

A.    I only             C. II and III

B.    I and IV          D. II only

 

3.    Can Manny Pacquiao be given a special permit to teach boxing in a special school?

A.    No, he is not a teacher education graduate.

B.    No, he has not passed the LET.

C.    Yes, he is a graduate of ALS.

D.    Yes, has excelled and gained international recognition.

 

4.    Is it professional for a teacher to receive gifts from students and parents?

 

A.          Not at all

B.         No, especially if done in exchange for requested concessions

C.          Yes, if deserved

D.         Yes, in-session and out-of-season gifts

 

5.    “Specialization is knowing more and more about less and less”. Then it is better to be a generalist, claims Teacher Cris. On which philosophy Teacher Cris lean?

 

A.    Perennialism               C. Essentialism

B.    Progressivism                D. Existentialism

 

6.    An Education graduate without a license is accepted to teach in a private school? Is this in violation of RA 7836?

 

A.          No, provided he has taught for at least 3 years.

B.          Yes, No one may teach without a license.

C.         No.

D.         Yes.

 

7.    For relevance to business and industry, what did the First Biennial National Education on Education (2008) impose for updating the Licensure examination for teachers?

 

A.    Moral or ethical values

B.    Technical and scientific competencies

C.    Upgraded laboratory facilities

D.    Vocational skills

 

8.    Which program directly embodies both the pre-service and in-service programs?

A.          BESRA – Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda

B.         TEDP – Teacher Education Development Program

C.          K-12

D.         BEC – Basic Education Curriculum

 

9.    How can the efforts of four agencies (DepEd, CHED, PRC and CSC) be best achieved for the training and development of teachers?

 

A.    Synchronization  C. Streamlining

B.    Cost-reduction        D. Sharing of resources

 

10.  What is at the core of the Teacher Education Development Program?

 

A.    High order thinking skills or HOTS

B.    Student-centered learning

C.    National Competency-Based Teaching Standards

D.    Technology integration in instruction

 

11.  What kind of school environment will MOST EFFECTIVELY encourage the new teacher for active participation in the school’s unique educational culture?

 

A.    Constructive feedback

B.    Involvement in planning/designing activities

C.    Induction/orientation program

D.    Briefing with colleagues

 

12.  What is known as a self-appraisal for professional growth that is acceptable and useful for recognizing weakness and strengths for a new or beginning teacher?

 

A.    Master teacher’s evaluation    C. Principal’s evaluation

B.    Student’s evaluation             D. Self-evaluation

 

13.  Facilities such as classrooms, fixtures, and equipment can often damage the morale of new teachers and become an obstacle for adapting well to the school environment. What should be the policy for assigning said physical facilities?

 

A.         Needs of student’s basis

B.          Position ranking basis

C.          First-come, first served basis

D.         Service seniority basis

 

14.  There are various functions a fellow teacher or peer coach can help new teachers. What role does a peer coach play by being present/available to share ideas, problems and successes with a new teacher?

 

A.          A provide technical feedback    

B.          A facilitator of strategies   

C.          An analyzer of teaching job

D.         A close peer or companion

 

15.  Among reforms for enhancing teacher professionalism, which has been implemented by law in order to determine whether prospective teachers have acquired professional competencies prior to granting them a permit to teach?

 

A.          Accrediting a national organization of learners

B.          Setting up centers for excellence in teacher education centers

C.         Licensure examination

D.         Creation of a professional board for teachers

 

16.  From global competence as defined by international educators, which is the MOST appropriate characteristic of a globally competent individual?

A.          Familiarity with new culture      

B.         Open-mindedness to new culture      

C.          Adaptability to new work environment

 

D.         Foreign-language facility

 

17.  Teacher Nora sees to it that her classroom is clean and orderly so her pupils will less likely disarrange seats and little on the floor. On which thought is her action based?

A.    Existentialism                C. Behaviorism

B.    Progressivism                D. Reconstructionism

 

18.  Teacher Hilda is directed to pass an undeserving student with a death threat. Which advise will a utilitarian give?

A.          Don’t pass him. You surely will not like someone to give you a death threat in order to pass.

B.         Pass the student. That will be off use to the student, his parents and you

C.          Pass the student. Why you suffer the threat?

D.         Don’t pass him: Live by your principle of justice. You will get reward, if not in this life, in the next.

 

19.  For a school, which of the following is most significant in repairing shorelines with depleted coral reefs?

 

A.          Outreach by depositing rubber tires as artificial coral reefs

B.          Implement reporting system against dynamite fishermen

C.          Legislative lobby to disallow tourism in endangered shorelines

D.         Outreach by educating villagers on protection of coral reefs

 

20.  What is the constitutional exemption for prohibition to establish schools solely for aliens in the Philippines?

 

A.    Religious or mission schools

B.    Schools for Asians only

C.    Schools for children of diplomats and their dependents

D.    School for special alien children

 

21.  In a tertiary school, the President organized a Fun Run for students, faculty and personnel to enjoy camaraderie, physical exertion under the sun, sense of engagement and achievement. What does the activity promote?

 

A.    Spiritual vigor                          C. National integrity

B.    Cultural consciousness                 D. Moral integrity

 

22.  If your students appear to be more interested in a topic outside your planned lesson for the day you set aside your lesson plan for that day and grab the opportunity to discuss the topic of particular interest to your students. Strike the iron while it is hot! Which philosophy governs your action?

 

A.    Rationalism     C. Existentialism

B.    Empiricism      D. Progressivism

 

23.  In what setting is differentiated and multi-lingual teaching most effective?

 

A.    Special children classes

B.    Multi-grade classes

C.    Children with diverse cultural backgrounds

D.    Pre-school children

 

24.  What is essential to the school-based management approach to upgrading teaching- and-learning in schools?

A.          Outcome-based curriculum

B.          Planned document     

C.         Participation by stakeholders

D.         Vision-mission-core values

 

25.  In the Education Act of 1901 which established a free public education in the Philippines, what language was imposed under the one-language policy

 

A.    Spanish          C. Tagalog

B.    English         D. Filipino

 

26.  Of the following, which is the most functional intervention in order to achieve a basic right of every Filipino Child under the Constitution and Magna Carta for Disabled Persons?

A.          Philosophy of education     

B.          Policy for curricular reform

C.         Home study program

D.         Structural organization

 

27.  From a broad vantage view of human development, who has the primary duty to educated the youth or children?

A.    Parents         C. The State

B.    Teachers         D. The schools

 

28.  Of the following interventions, which is directly aimed at responding to the transitional gap between academic achievement and employment?

 

A.    Identification of centers of excellence

B.    Deregulation of tuition fees

C.    School networking with business and industry

D.    Voluntary accreditation of schools

 

29.  In the formal education system during Hispanic times in the Philippines, what was not implemented, but which we enjoyed during the American period?

A.    Vocational education      C. Religious education

B.    Private education           D. Public education

 

30.  If Dr. Jose Rizal lived in the 21st century, what character expression and commitment would have shown our generation?

 

A.    Inventor of techniques   C. Member of family and community

B.    Citizen and producer      D. Creative dreamer

 

31.  In the learning to do pillar of new education, what is the enabling factor that can make the learner fully contribute to a peaceful and just society?

A.    Knowledge                    C. Insights

B.    Skills                            D. Values

 

32.  Before being able to fully learn to live and work together under the pillar of 21st century education, what must the learner attain for himself?

 

A.         Find peace within oneself    

B.          Attain an altruistic mind    

C.          Love his fellowmen

D.         Become self-actualized

 

33.  What best described people of the world learning to live together in peace and harmony through understanding of each other’s history traditions and spiritual values?

 

A.    Interdependence                  C. Accentuated risk

B.    Pluralism and diversity      D. Contemporaneity

 

34.  The transparency International’s perception that the Philippines suffers a cultural malaise of corruption, what component of our character needs to be further developed along the Learning To Be Pillar of education in 21st century?

A.          Familial-social component 

B.          Physical0economic component  

C.          Intellectual-emotional component

D.         Ethical-spiritual component

 

35.  Of the three aspects of learning, which is NOT mentioned as needed so that the individual learner in the 21st century can learn how to learn?

A.    Ability to think                      C. Memory skills

B.    Mathematical skills                D. Concentration

 

36.  Which of the following belongs to the more sophisticated learning-to-learn skills for the individual learner?

A.          To ask and gather data     

B.          To listen and observe

C.         To process and select information

D.         To read with understanding

 

37.  This powerful European country supplied arms to Afghanistan rebels who were fighting a terrorist war in the Middle East. What was the principle of moral discernment applicable in this case?

 

A.          Principle of double effect   

B.          Principle of lesser evil

C.          Principle of material cooperation

D.         Principle of formal cooperation

 

38.  Which of the following best defines a morally mature person?

A.    Cultural values clarification

B.    Unhampered exercise of one’s right

C.    Transmittal of one’s moral viewpoint

D.    Knowledge and practice of universal moral values

 

39.  Educated in a religious school, Dona goes to confession everyday to be free of any kind of sin. How do you characterize Dona’s moral attitude?

 

A.    Callous           C. Scrupulous

B.    Pharisaical      D. Strict

 

40.  How would you characterize the moral attitude of Hispanic friars who taught religion but were unfaithful to their vow of poverty by amassing the land properties of natives?

A.    Scrupulous     C. Lax

B.    Strict      D. Pharisaical

 

41.  How would you characterize the moral attitude of prisoners with criminal minds, who have no sensitivity to the welfare of other people?

A.    Pharisaical      C. Lax

B.    Strict             D. Callous

 

42.  Teacher Susan is of the thinking that from the very start students must be made to realize that study is indeed hard work. To which philosophy does Teacher Susan adhere?

A.    Essentialism        C. Progressivism

B.    Perennialism          D. Reconstructionism

 

43.  What was the degree of moral certitude when U.S. statement decided to drop the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to prevent mass deaths by a land invasion of Japan?

A.    Doubtful  C. Perplexed

B.    Certain    D. Probable

 

44.  After the embarrassing incident, Teacher Dante vowed to himself to flunk the student at the end of the school term. What has Dante done that is against the guidelines the for using punishment?

 

A.    Punishment immediately in an emotional state

B.    Using double standards in punishing

C.    Doing the impossible

D.    Holding a grudge and not starting with a clean state

 

45.  Following the principles for punishing students, which of the following is the LEAST desirable strategy for classroom management?

 

A.          Punishing while clarifying why punishment is done

B.         Punishing while angry

C.          Punish the erring student rather than the entire class

D.         Give punishment sparingly

 

46.  According to guidelines on punishment, what does it mean that the teacher should give the student the benefit of the doubt?

 

A.    Make sure facts are right before punishing

B.    Doubt the incident really happened

C.    Don’t punish and doubt effectiveness of punishment

D.    Get the side of students when punishing

 

47.  Which of the following guidelines for punishment may be done?

 

A.         Don’t punish students outside of school rules on punishment

B.          Don’t threaten the impossible

C.          Don’t use double standards for punishing

D.         Don’t assign extra homework

 

48.  For group guidance in classroom management, what element is lacking when there is too much competitiveness and exclusiveness with the teacher being punitive and partial to some students?

 

A.    Dissatisfaction with classroom work

B.    Poor interpersonal relations

C.    Poor group organization

D.    Disturbance in group climate

 

49.  To demonstrate her authority Teacher Tanna made an appeal to undisciplined students. What kind of appeal did she make by saying “Ladies and gentlemen, don’t engage in that kind of behavior, you can do much better?”

 

A.    Invoke peer reaction

B.    Exert authority

C.    Internalizing student’s image of themselves

D.    Teacher student relationship

 

50.  What is the term for the leap from theory to practice in which the teacher applies theories to effective teaching methods and theories?

A.    Integration process           C. Conceptualization process

B.    Information process                     D. Construction process

 

51.  Teacher Jun applies humor to defuse a tense situation. What kind of joke is NOT acceptable to the classroom?

 

A.    Funny bloopers                    C. Sex jokes

B.    Folk humor                   D. Comic humor

 

52.  Of subcategories of teacher movement behavior, what is happening when the teacher ends an activity or drops a topic before it is completed?

A.    Dangle    C. Flip-flop

B.    Thrust     D. Truncation

 

53.  From classroom management strategies applied on erring students, which of the following should NOT be done?

 

A.    Surprise quiz

B.    Communicating problem to parents

C.    Parent-principal conference

D.    Shaming erring student before the class

 

54.  Among the mistaken goals in the Acceptance Approach to discipline, what happens when students defy adult by arguing, contradicting, teasing, temper tantrums, and low level hostile behavior?

 

A.    Power seeking            C. Revenge seeking

B.    Withdrawal            D. Attention getting

 

55.  Teacher Anna dealt effectively with a minor infraction of whispering by a student to a neighbor during class. Which of the following did she do?

 

A.    Reprimand quietly

B.    Continue to teach and ignore infraction

C.    Reprimand student after class

D.    Use nonverbal signals (gesture or facial expression)

 

56.  Of subcategories of movement behavior, what is happening when the teacher ends an activity abruptly?

A.    Thrust            C. Stimulus-bounded

B.    Truncation    D. Flip-flop

 

57.  Of subcategories of teacher movement behavior, what is happening when the teacher goes from topic or activity to other topics or activities, lacking clear direction and sequence of activities?

A.    Truncation      C. Thrust

B.    Dangle           D. Flip-flop

 

58.  If your students appear to be more interested in a topic outside you planned lesson for the day, you set aside your lesson plan for that day and grab the opportunity to discuss the topic of particular interest to your students. Strike the iron while it is hot! Which philosophy governs your action?

 

A.    Progressivism      C. Empiricism

B.    Rationalism            D. Existentialism

 

59.  Of subcategories of teacher movement behavior, what is happening when the teacher is too immersed in a small group of students-of-activity, thus ignoring other students or activity?

 

A.    Truncation      C. Stimulus-bounded

B.    Flip-flop          D. Thrust

 

60.  What mistake is teacher Zeny trying to avoid by never ignoring any student or group of students in her discussions and other activities?

A.    No-direction           C. Divided attention

B.    Dangled activity     D. Abrupt end

 

61.  Teacher Mona is a great lecturer and so she is invited to speak and represent the school on many occasions. What is one quality of her lectures when she follows a planned sequence, not diverting so as to lose attention of her listeners?

A.    Explicit explanations                    C. Inclusion of elements

B.    Continuity                                  D. Fluency

 

62.  Teacher Job makes certain content interesting to his students. Focusing on learners, he also uses many simple examples, metaphors and stories. What is this quality of lesson content?

A.    Interest               C. Self-sufficiency

B.    Feasibility               D. Balance

 

63.  Teaching English, teacher Job is careful about his lesson content. What quality of content did he achieve when he made certain his information came with the “information explosion” which he got in the internet, such as on how to effectively teach phonetics?

A.    Learnability     C. Balance

B.    Significance  D. Interest

 

64.  Among the major goals of Philippine education, which seeks to develop judgment as to right and wrong and commitment to truth, moral integrity and strengthening of the moral fabric of society?

A.    Self-actualization    C. Ethical character

B.    Autonomy                    D. Enculturation

 

65.  Teacher Job made certain his lesson content can be useful to his students, taking care of their needs in a student-centered classroom. What is this kind of quality of content?

A.    Utility           C. Self-sufficiency

B.    Balance          D. Interest

 

66.  In the implementation of the curriculum at the classroom level, effective strategies are called “Green”. Which of the following belongs to the Green Flag?

 

A.    Homogeneous students grouping

B.    Content delivery based on lessons

C.    Excess in chalkboard talk

D.    Student interest and teacher enthusiasm

E.    Rigidity of movement

 

67.  Teacher Maggie explains by spicing her lectures with examples, descriptions and stories. What is this quality in her lectures?

A.          Planned sequence      

B.         Elaboration through elements    

C.          Use of audiovisuals

D.         Simple vocabulary

 

68.  Of the following effects on learning, what is the effect of simulations that make students fell and sense experience in the classroom?

A.    Reinforcing learning

B.    Providing experiences that otherwise might not be had

C.    Motivating students

D.    Changing attitudes and feelings

 

69.  Which of the following is the most appropriate use of television in the classroom?

A.          TV viewing to entertain students

B.          TV viewing to replace absent teacher

C.         TV viewing with cuts and explanation

D.         TV viewing for the whole one-hour class

 

70.  Of the following effects on learning, what is the effect of assigning various sections of the newspaper, and allowing choice depending on the learner’s choice?

A.          Encouraging participation  

B.          Reinforcing learning   

C.         Allowing different interests

D.         Changing attitudes and feelings

 

71. A young mother observes her seven year old girl glued to her computer games. What aspect of family life may suffer due to obsession of the young with technology gadgets

 

A.          Family social life 

B.          Family economic life  

C.          Discipline and obedience

D.         Parent-child relationship

 

72.  Can technology take the place of the teacher in the classroom? Select the most appropriate answer:

 

A.         No, It is only an instrument or a tool

B.          Yes, When they hire less teachers and acquire more computers

C.          Yes, When teachers are not competent

D.         Yes, Such as in the case of Computer-assisted (not teacher-assisted instruction)

 

73.  What kind of tool is technology as evidenced by its use in word processing databases, spreadsheets, graphics design and desktop publishing?

A.    Analyzing tool               C. Productivity tool

B.    Encoding tool                D. Calculating tool

 

74.  Michael Harrington noted: “If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery.” Which of the following shows Mr. Harrington is right?

A.    Internet pornography C. Facebook

B.    Twitter                         D. E-mailing

 

75.  Of the types of validity for tests, what is concerned with the relation of test scores to performance at some future time e.g. Freshman college test can show success in college?

A.    Curricular validity    C. Content validity

B.    Criterion validity     D. Predictive validity

 

76.  The test questions in Teacher Dante’s test was confusing and subject to wrong understanding, especially to poorer students. What was wrong with the test?

A.          Inappropriate level of difficulty of items

B.          Unclear directions

C.         Ambiguity

D.         Test items inappropriate for outcomes being measured

 

77.  Of the following, which exemplifies the best example of cooperation and voluntarism in the Parent-Teacher Associations?

A.         Helping hands after a natural crisis, e.g. devastating storm

B.          Attending regular meetings

C.          Fund raising for PT funds

D.         Running the school canteen

 

78.  Among standardized tests, which reveals strengths and weaknesses for purposes of placement and formulating an appropriate instructional program?

 

A.    Personality tests     C. Diagnostic tests

B.    Achievement          D. Competency tests

 

79.  Among standardized tests, which can show how students perform in comparison with each other and to students in other schools?

A.    Competency tests   C. Achievement tests

B.    Subject exit tests   D. Diagnostic tests

 

80.  Teacher Bea makes her tests easy for students to understand, easy to administer and score and suitable to test conditions, e.g. time. What is she achieving for her tests?

 

A.    Efficiency             C. Reliability

B.    Usability                D. Validity

 

81.  Students must be taught self responsibility is the desire of the       teacher.

 

A.    Existentialist        C. Pragmatic

B.    Utilitarianist           D. Constructivist

 

82.  Which of the following is NOT an advanced process of meta-cognition among learners?

A.    Learning how to recognize thoughts    

B.    Acquisition of new knowledge

C.    Assessing own thinking

D.    Learning how to study

 

83.  Of comprehension or thinking strategies, which is relating one or two items, such as nouns and verbs?

A.         Basic elaboration strategies

B.          Complex rehearsal strategies    

C.          Complex elaboration strategies

D.         Affective strategies

 

84.  In reading books, which kind of literary work are most likely very creative by way of descriptive language and imaginative dramatic episodes?

 

A.    Fiction novels      C. Biography

B.    Autobiography        D. Historical accounts

 

85.  Among components of direct instruction, which is the identification of the skill required and how it is used with the teacher sharing a cognitive secret?

 

A.    Modeling or introduction               C. Guided practice

B.    Application                                  D. Review

 

86.  Of skills teachers should understand and students need to acquire, which is the ability to integrate complex information into categories through its attributes (characteristics, principles or functions)?

A.          Scanning    

B.         Complex cognitive 

C.          Sharpening-leveling

D.         Complexity-simplicity

 

87.  Inculcating moral maturity among students, which of the following relates to beliefs and ideals?

A.          Promoting human equality

B.          Refraining from prejudiced action     

C.          Avoiding deception and dishonesty

D.         Respecting freedom of conscience

 

88.  In reading newspapers, which sections provide critical views about current socio- economic and political events or issues?

A.    Ads and commercial section   C. Opinion page

B.    Community news section              D. Entertainment section

 

89.  What is the main organization and orientation of fiction dramatic novels?

A.    Informative                   C. Argumentative

B.    Narrative                    D. Expository

 

90.  Research studies showed that children in slums generally have lower reading achievement, then children I urban schools. What factor is shown to affect reading achievement?

A.          Mobility                    

B.          Personality and emotional factors     

C.         Socio-economic status

D.         Listening comprehension

 

91.  Who asserts that teaching is not just depositing knowledge into the empty minds of the learners? It is helping students create knowledge and meaning of their experiences.

 

A.    Constructivist             C. Existentialist

B.    Essentialist                   D. Pragmatist

 

92.  Among models of reading strategies, what did student Mina adopt when she began with what was in her mind by making predictions or hypothesis from the title of an essay she was going to read?

 

A.    Top-down              C. Interactive

B.    Down-top              D. Bottoms-up

 

93.  Values are subjective. Your value may not necessarily be my value. Who subscribe to this thoughts?

I.     Progressivists

II.    Pragmatists

III.  Essentialists

 

A.    I and III                C. I and II

B.    II and III               D. I, II and III

 

94.  When preacher John read the Genesis story on creation, he explained that God is so powerful that he create the universe in only seven days. What level of reading comprehension did preacher John apply?

 

A.          Evaluative reading on character plot or style

B.         Literal reading the lines

C.          Applied reading beyond the lines

D.         Interpretative reading between the lines

 

95.  What is the main organization and orientation of science and social studies reading materials?

 

A.    Expository           C. Narrative

B.    Descriptive            D. Argumentative

 

96.  In his History class, teacher Naomi used a current events IQ content to determine champions in identifying people, places and events. What learning objective/outcome does she aim to achieve?

 

A.    Knowledge or recall                 C. Application

B.    Perpetual abilities                        D. Responding

 

97.  The following are examples of non-verbal behavior by teachers. Which one is the restricting or non-helpful non-verbal mannerisms in class by teachers?

 

A.          Teacher pats good student on the back

B.          Facial expression connotes approval

C.         Teacher avoids eye contact

D.         Teacher displays supportiveness by laughing

 

98.  In the instructional framework for learning strategies, which components is demonstrated by teacher Jose who identifies the skills required in writing a personality essay and shows his personally written essay while showing the steps he used to complete it?

A.    Review                         C. Application

B.    Consolidation                D. Modeling

 

99.  Without misuse of learning time. Teacher Odie requests students with singing talent to perform in class, adding to make learning a source of fun. What facilitating environment is Teacher Odie adopting?

 

A.          Tolerates ambiguity

B.          Permits confrontation

C.          Recognizes right of students to make mistakes

D.         Makes students feel accepted

 

100. Principal Luis Sets up structure and designs for teaching-learning that favor free and open communication, acceptance, respect freedom from threat and trust in self. What is this general view about teaching?

 

A.         It is a consequence of experience     

B.          It is an evolutionary process

C.          It is at times a painful process  

D.         It requires school resources

 

101. In Erikson’s stage of Development Questionnaire, which affirmation does NOT belong to the stage of initiative versus guilt?

A.    People can be trusted

B.    In difficulty, I will not give up

C.    I feel what happens to me is the result of what I have done

D.    I am prepared to take a risk

 

102. In his Mathematics class, teacher Don practical examples to teach abstract mathematical concepts, ensuring that learning is useful in life and not just for the test. What guiding principle in selection and organization of lesson content is he following?

A.    utility           C. Interest

B.    significance     D. Feasibility

 

103. For cognitive learning, what are sets of facts, concepts and principles that describe underlying mechanism that regulate human learning, development and behavior?

A.    Facts                     C. Theories

B.    Concepts               D. Hypothesis

 

104. Literature teacher Zeny introduced figures of speech in poetry to improve ability of her students to interpret verses. What of thinking is she developing in her students?

A.    Critical thinking                    C. Convergent thinking

B.    Metaphoric thinking                 D. Divergent thinking

 

105. Of clusters of meaningful learning activities, which does NOT belong to Spatial learning activities?

A.    Visualization                  C. Peer tutoring

B.    Concept-mapping          D. Art projects

 

106. of the dimensions in learning, which is NOT included as an aspect to be given importance in values education?

A.    Dogmatic dimension                    C. Affective dimension

B.    Behavioral dimension            D. Cognitive dimension

 

107. From cluster of meaningful learning activities, which does NOT belong to Verbal- linguistic intelligence learning?

 

A.    Ecological field trip            C. Journal writing

B.    Debates                               D. Reading

 

108. In cognitive learning, what are firmly established and thoroughly tested principles or theories?

 

A.    Facts              C. Hypothesis

B.    Concepts        D. Laws

 

109. Of the following subjects, which does NOT belong to performance-based subjects in which direct instruction is effectively used?

 

A.    Values Education    C. Science

B.    Music                    D. Mathematics

 

110. Which of the following violates the principle that “each child’s brain is unique and vastly different from one another?

A.          Giving ample opportunity for a pupil to explore rather than simply dish out information

B.          Employing principles in multiple intelligence in teaching

C.         Making a left-handed pupil write with her right hand as this is better

D.         Allowing open dialogue among students of various cultural backgrounds

 

111. Of the following which is normally expected of Grade IV pupils?

A.         Getting along with classmates   

B.          Being independent of parents   

C.          Showing class leadership

D.         Displaying a male or feminine social role

 

112. From categories of exceptionalities in the young child and adolescents what involves difficulties in specific cognitive processes like perception, language, memory due to mental retardation, emotional/behavioral disorder, or sensory impairment?

 

A.    Learning disabilities

B.    Speech and communication disorders

C.    Autism

D.    Emotional/conduct disorders

 

113. Of the following which is most true of adolescents?

A.    Hormonal changes                    C. Unruly behavior

B.    Last splurge of dependence          D. Defiance of peer goup

 

114. Following Kolberg’s Theory of Moral Development, what is the moral reasoning or perspective of social activists who seek human rights and the welfare of citizens beyond what is given by laws?

A.    Social contract                  C. Multi benefit

B.    Law and order                      D. Punishment

 

115. To impart appreciation of the 1986 EDSA revolution, teacher Minny related the event to the studentsparents who lived at the time. What memory retrieval method did teacher Minny use?

A.    Generation      C. Personalization

B.    Elaboration     D. Context

 

116. To increase learning recall of exploits of our patriots, history teacher Jack gave the socio-political and cultural background of the late 19th century Hispanic colonial Philippines. What method for memory retrieval did teacher Jack use?

 

A.    Elaboration            C. Context

B.    Visual imaginary     D. Meaningful learning

 

117. Research says “People tend to attribute successes to internal causes and their failures to external causes.” What does this imply as a most potent key to success?

 

A.    Reasoning       C. Application

B.    Imagination    D. Motivation

 

118. FromKolberg’s Theory of Moral Development, what is the moral reasoning or perspective of Mother Teresa who pledged her life to serve the sick and very old?

 

A.    Social contract               C. Obedience

B.    Universal principles           D. Law and order

 

119. In avoiding implying sickness or suffering, which of the following is the most preferable way to refer to those with disabilities like polio?

A.    “Is polio stricken”                 C. “Polio victim”

B.    “Had Polio”                        D. “Suffers from polio”

 

120. Which of the following classroom climate is less threatening?

A.    Autocratic                     C. Competitive

B.    Cooperative         D. Individualistic

 

121. Which of these approaches would reform assessment outcomes?

A.          Apply sanctions on low performing schools

B.          Focus on testing without investing the learner’s needs

C.         Use understanding as means of giving feedback on students learning

D.         Compare results of performance of all schools

 

122. Using extrinsic motivational assessment, what could be the most noble motive in students pursuing a lifetime work and mission for the teaching profession?

A.    Promise of higher rank and prestige

B.    Social service to upcoming generations

C.    Economic security and welfare

D.    respond position in society

 

 

123. To what process of evaluation does determining the extent objectives are met belong?

 

A.    Authentic               C. Criterion-referenced

B.    Formative                     D. Norm-referenced

 

124. In Rubrics assessment of acceptance of the family reproductive service in Barangay TipoTipo, Tondo, which is the most immediately tangible/observable of the following selected criteria?

A.          Valuing (clarifying)    

B.          Characterization character build-up  

C.         Response (action)

D.         Awareness (mind awakening)

 

125. Which form the foundation of all cognitive objects without which the next level of higher thinking skills cannot be attained?

 

A.    Knowledge          C. Application

B.    Synthesis               D. Analysis

 

126. What primary response factor is considered by Essay questions?

A.    Factual information

B.    Wide sampling of ideas    

C.    Originality

D.    Less time for construction and scoring

 

127. Among written categories of assessment methods, what did teacher Jack use when he assessed the stock of knowledge of his students through questioning in an open class?

A.    Oral questioning  C. Product rating scale

B.    Performance test    D. Observation and self report

 

128. In the context of the 6 facets of understanding cited by Wiggins and McTighe, what is a proof of a student’s understanding a principle?

A.          Stating given examples

B.          Repeating it as given by the teacher

C.         Applying it to solve his/her problem

D.         Retaining it in memory for a long period of time

 

129.        What does it mean if student Pete got a 60% percentile rank in class? A. He scored better than 60% of the class

B.    He scored less than 60% of the class

C.    He got 40% of the test wrongly

D.    He got 60% of the items correctly

 

130. Which of the following may NOT be adequately assessed by a paper-and-pencil test?

A.    Sight reading in music             C. Subject-verb-agreement

B.    Multiplication skills                D. Vocabulary meaning

 

131. What should be done with the test item whose difficulty index is .98?

A.          Revise it

B.          Retain it

C.         Reject it

D.         Reserve it for another group of students

 

132. Which of the following statements most accurately expresses test validity and reliability?

 

A.          A reliable tests is a valid tests

B.          A test must be objective to be valid and reliable

C.         A valid tests is a reliable test

D.         A test must be standardized to be valid and reliable

 

133. What is known as the scoring guides for rating open-ended questions?

A.    Rubrics         C. Scales

B.    Outcomes              D. Outputs

 

134. What does it mean to say that the facility index of a test item is .50?

A.    It is reliable           C. It is moderate in difficulty

B.    It is valid               D. It is very easy

 

135. With the mode of answering as a point of relevance, which of the following does NOT belong to this test group?

A.    Completion     C. Problem-solving

B.    Essay             D. Matching

 

136. One of the class scored very low. Teacher Cita gave another tests to determine where were the students were weakest. What type of test is this?

A.    Aptitude test          C. Diagnostic test

B.    Remedial test         D. Readiness test

 

137. On what is normative marking based?

 

A.    High marks of few students

B.    Failure of some students

C.    Normal curve of students distribution

D.    Student achievement relative to other-students

 

138. What cognitive domain is involved in the student’s clarifying information from conclusion?

A.    Synthesis        C. Analysis

B.    Evaluation      D. Application

 

139.        Which of the following indicates a strong negative correlation?

A.  -75                 C. -10

B. -15                   D. -25

 

140. What is graphic illustration for the relationship between two variables?

 

A.    Histogram             C. Frequency polygon

B.    Normal curve         D. Scatter diagram

 

141. What does a negative discrimination index mean?

 

A.          The test item has low reliability

B.         More from the lower group answered the test item correctly

C.          More from the upper answered the test correctly

D.         The test could not discriminate between the upper and lower group

 

142. What is the deviation from a standard or desired level of performance?

A.    A problem             C. A defect

B.    A deficit                 D. A gap

 

143. Which measure of central tendency is most reliable when scores are extremely high and low?

 

A.          Cannot be identified unless individual scores are given

B.          Median

C.         Mode

D.         Mean

 

144. How does a student’s 80% percentile score interpreted?

 

A.    High in all the skills being tested

B.    Higher than 80% of the members of the group

C.    Better relative to the competencies targeted

D.    80% of the specified content

 

SITUATIONAL

 

In a faculty meeting, the principal told his teachers. We need to improve our school performance in the National Achievement Test. What should we do? The teachers gave varied answers as follows:

 

1.          Let’s give incentives and rewards to students who get a rating of 85%.

2.          Let’s teach them to accept complete responsibility for their performance.

3.          Let’s make the school environment conducive for learning.

4.          Let’s make use of the experiential methods of teaching.

 

145. On which educational philosophy is response #1 anchored?

 

A.    Behaviorism        C. Existentialism

B.    Progressivism         D. Essentialism

 

146. Which response/s come/s from a behaviorist?

 

A.    1 and 3         C. 1 and 2

B.    2 and 4          D. 3 and 4

 

147. If you lean toward a progressivist philosophy, with which response do you agree?

A.    4                   C. 1

B.    2                   D. 3

 

How a teacher relates to his/her pupils depends on his/her concept about him/her. In a faculty recollection, the teachers were asked to share their thought of the learner, their primary customer. What follows are the gists of what were shared.

 

Teacher A – The learner is a product of his environment. Sometimes he has no choice.

He is determined by his environment.

Teacher B – The learner can choose what he can become despite his environment.

Teacher C – The learner is a social being who learns well through an active interplay withothers.

Teacher D – The learner is a rational being. Schools should develops his rational and moral powers.

 

148. Whose philosophical concept is that of Teacher A?

A.    Behaviorist’s               C. Progressivist’s

B.    Existentialist’s               D. Rationalist’s

 

149. If you agree with Teacher C, you are more of a/an      .

A.    Progressivist C. Essentialist

B.    Perennialist     D. Rationalist

 

150. Whose response denies man’s freewill?

A.    Teacher A’s   C. Teacher B’s

B.    Teacher C’s     D. Teacher D’s


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