PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION “SOCIAL DIMENSIONS” (TEST DRILLS )

1. Which of the following statements is true about teacher-parent relationship?

 

A. Parents should be welcome in school and treated with consideration.

B.  Parents should be welcome only during PTA meetings

C.  Parents are given the rights to interfere in school management

D.  Parents should be given a hand in evaluating students' performance in school

 

2. A person strives to work at a given task because of a need. Which of the  following situations can make a person strive to meet his needs?

 

A.  Ask pupils to submit test questions or reactions from which you can select items for tests or topics for discussion

B.  Minimize the unpleasant consequences of student involvement

C.  Utilize your comprehension as teacher in making final decision in the classroom

D.  Use unfamiliar materials as examples in order to arouse their curiosity

 

3. You have a student who is always boasting in the class of his mastery of the  Bible because he is a protestant. How would you react being a Catholic?

 

A.  Challenge him to a debate

B.  Share with him your knowledge of the Bible

C.  Keep silent and respect his belief

D.  Listen to him once in a while

 

4. Mrs. Dioneda was scheduled to give a district demonstration one morning  but her husband needed her presence in his office. What should she do  under these circumstances?

 

A. Send a note to her principal asking to be excused

B. Go with her husband to support him and then proceed to her demonstration even if she would be late

C. Send her lesson plan to her co-teacher who can substitute for her

D. Arrange her schedule so that she can be with her husband immediately after her demonstration

 

5. All the statements below are kinds of pleasure. Which one is morally

good?

 

A. Pleasure in winning in a beauty contest by means of ballot

B. Pleasure in offering one's hard-earned grades to one's parents

C. Pleasure in winning in a chance number game

D. Pleasure in winning in a sports game by default

 

6. The chairman of a committee which you are a member of came to you

personally to inform you about a meeting at 2:00 in the afternoon the next

day. You are sure you could not attend because of an earlier appointment

that is equally important. What would you do?

 

A. Send a proxy to the meeting instead

B. Call up before the meeting starts and tell her you will not be able to attend

C. Answer "yes" as if you are sure you will attend

D. Tell her honestly that you wanted to but you have committed yourself to other appointment

 

7. Happiness is different from pleasure in being an abiding consequence of result which is not destroyed even by the presence of pain. The best

illustration of this principle is:

 

A. A student topping the board exam

B. A mother giving birth

C. An engaged couple getting married

D. A jackpot winner collecting his prize

 

8. Which of the following is considered as the fifth pillar of Education by

UNESCO?

 

A. Learning to be Free

B. Learning to See the Future

C. Learning to Transform Oneself and Society

D. Learning to be prepared

 

9. As a parent and at the same time a teacher, which of the following will you do to show your cooperation to a PTA project in your school to be financed with the proceeds of the sales from the school canteen where food prices are a little bit higher?

 

A. Buy all your food in the school canteen but request for a discount

B. Bring baon for you and your children but always make it a point to buy something from the school canteen

C.  Bring baon enough for you and your children even if you really do

not like to do it

D.  Buy all your food from the school canteen even if you cannot

afford to do so everyday

 

10. A utilitarianist is one who focuses on:

 

A. Pleasure        

B. Greater good        

C. Self-interest

D. Agapeic love

 

11. Since you are looked up to as a leader in the community, what would you do if the barangay captain seeks your advice on some important matters?

 

A. Inform the barangay captain that you have to get permission from your principal

B. Recommend a co-teacher to take your place

C. Discuss with the barangay captain how you can be of best help to him

D. Impress upon the barangay captain that you really know what to do for all his problems

 

12. Which of the following is another illustration of happiness?

 

A. A family dining at a 5 star hotel

B. A family admiring their newly bought car

C. A family looking at their craps ready for harvest

D. A family on their way for a Hong Kong holiday

 

13. Which of the following situations will manage conflicting situations to bring out values enhancing nationhood?

 

A. Kidnapped victims' refusal to report cases to authorities and paying ransom money instead.

B. The coddling of squatters before election time and evicting them after election

C.  Aling Tacing and her son patiently pick out worms and insects in their vegetable plots rather than use insecticides made from foreign chemicals

D.  Hostage-taking incidents leading to the granting of the hostage taker's demands in exchange for the release of the hostages

 

14. Which pillar of learning focuses on learning as source of knowledge, understanding and reasoning:

 

A. Learning to Be

B. Learning to Do

C. Learning to Know

D. Learning to Live Together

 

15. You teach in a "privileged" school where each classroom is air-conditioned. Aware of the present economic problems of the country, how do you think your school can contribute to the solution in this problem of the country?

 

A. Students cannot be made to sacrifice and recite in warm classrooms especially that they do not directly cause the country's economic problem

B. Air-conditioning of classrooms could be cut off on certain days especially if they are not in use

C. Savings on cutting down air-conditioning could be spent on other

worthwhile activities for the students

D. Air conditioning is such a small-matter that savings on it could

hardly affect the economy

 

16. Which of the following is morally good?

 

A. Assisting in performing abortion

B. Allowing students to cheat for them to pass

C. Allow students to take the examination even if they are late in paying their dues

D. Passing a non-deserving student in exchange of concessions

 

17. You were asked by your head to buy gifts for the family of their foreign

friend. You were told to decide. Which of these gifts will you buy?

 

A. Embroidered Philippine products

B. Chinaware dining set

C. A set of towels and imported bed sheets with pillow cases

D. A pair of very expensive elephants for good luck

 

18. The chairman in the election precinct wants you to change the entries in the election returns in exchange for special favors. It would be best for you to:

 

A. Say no and be firm in your decision

B. Say yes but do not do it

C. Change some as discretely as you can

D. Tell him to make the changes himself

 

19. When a Filipina teenager learns to act the way her ancestors did, this is known as:

 

A. Assimilation 

B. Socialization 

C. Acculturation

D. Enculturation

 

20. Which of the following is the best situation wherein you can balance responsibility and accountability?

 

A. A fireman responds to a fire call because all the other firemen are doing so

B. A fireman responds to a fire call to save life and property

C. A fireman responds to a fire call because he is paid to do so

D. A fireman responds to a fire call because his fire chief reprimands him if he does not


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