1. Educated in a religious school, Dona goes to confession every day to be free of any kinds of sin. How do you characterize Dona's moral attitude?
A. Pharisaical
B. Strict
C. Callous
D. Scrupulous
Answer: A
Rationale: Degrees of Moral
Certitude:
Pharisaical - practicing or advocating strict , observance of external forms
and ceremonies of religion or conduct without regard to the spirit;
self-righteous; hypocritical. Callous - showing or having an insensitive
and cruel disregard for others. Scrupulous - very concerned to avoid
doing wrong.
2. The following include negative sanctions,
except:
A. Imprisonment
B. Ostracizing
C. Gratitude
D. Verbal threats
Answer: C
Rationale: Negative
sanctions include firing, imprisonment, threats, stones, and ostracizing.
Positive sanctions include pay, promotion, medal, and words of gratitude.
3. It refers to the movement of a person
from one position of society to another
A. Social
mobility
B. Internal
mobility
C. Interpersonal
mobility
D. Personal
mobility
Answer: A
Rationale: Social mobility
refers to movement of individuals or groups from one position of society's
stratification to another.
4. Which of the following correctly describes
horizontal mobility?
A. Movement of an individual from one
social position to another of the same rank
B. One example of horizontal mobility is a
teacher being promoted as supervisor
C. One example of horizontal mobility is a
parent who is rich but their children become poor
D. It involves change in an individual's
social position within his adult life
Answer: A
Rationale: Horizontal mobility is defined as a
movement of a person from one social position to another of the same rank. One
example is a teacher in a barangay school was transferred as a teacher to a
school in town. Vertical mobility involves a person moving from one
social positon to another rank, such as a teacher being promoted as a
supervisor. Intergenerational mobility involves changes in the social
position of children relative to their parents, such as a parent who is rich
but their children becoming poor. Intragenerational mobility involves
change in person's social position within his/her adult life.
5. Which of the following is not included
among the eastern philosophies?
A. Classical
B. Islamic
C. Taoism
D. Buddhism
Answer: A
Rationale: Eastern
Philosophy includes Buddhism, Jainism, Carvaka, Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism,
Legalism, and Islam, Classical philosophies such as naturalism, idealism,
realism, and pragmatism are under western philosophy.
6. The Eight Fold Path is a concept under:
A. Buddhism
B. Jainism
C. Confucianism
D. Taoism
Answer: A
Rationale: The aim of
Buddhist practices is to become free of suffering and achieve enlightenment and
Nirvana. This includes the eightfold path: right faith or belief, resolve or
aspiration, speech, action, living, effort, though, and concentration.
7. In social development, mesosystem is
defined as:
A. Child's immediate contact
B. Social influences involving reciprocal
relationship
C. Includes those setting in which the
child usually does not have an active role as a participant but that influence
the child indirectly through their effects on the microsystem
D. Includes the ideologies, values,
attitudes, mores, and customs of particular culture
Answer: B
Rationale: Mesosystem involves social
influences involving reciprocal relationship, while microsystem is the child's
immediate contact. Exosystem includes those setting in which the child
has no active role but influences child indirectly. Macrosystem includes the
ideologies, values, etc.
8. Joseph, 12 years old, lives with his father,
mother, and his two siblings. This is known as which of the following types of
families?
A. Extended family
B. Nuclear family
C. Single family
D. Blended family
Answer: B
Rationale: A nuclear
family consists of a father, mother, and their children. A single-parent
family consists of a single parent and has one or more children. An extended
family consists of one parent, a possible mate, any children they might
have and other relatives. A blended or reconstituted family includes a
widowed or divorced person, with or without children, remarries another person
with or without children.
9. An infant enjoys playing with a rattle.
This type of play is known as:
A. Parallel play
B. Solitary play
C. Onlooker play
D. Associative play
Answer: B
Rationale: A solitary play
means that children play toys by themselves. In onlooker play, children
watch others play and talk to them but are not involved. In parallel play,
children play alongside, not with each other. An associative play
involves children interacting with others, borrowing or lending toys, following
or leading one another in similar activities.
10.Which of the following is true about autosociality?
A. A stage when children prefer to play
with others of the same sex
B. A stage when children prefer
companionship of others
C. A stage when adolescents find
friendship in both sexes
D. A stage when infants' interests are
themselves
Answer: D
Rationale: Autosociality is a stage of
psychological development during the first year or so of life, during which
infants' interests, pleasures and satisfactions are themselves. Childhood
heterosociality is a stage when children seek the companionship of others
regardless of sex. Homosociality is a stage during which the children
prefer to play with others of the same sex. Adolescent and Adult
Heterosociality is a stage of psychological development during which
companionship and friendship is found with those of both
sexes.
11. John Dewey said, 'An ounce of experience
is better than a ton of theory." To which does this statement point?
A. The need for theory
B. The need for experience
C. The primacy of experience
D. The primacy of theory
Answer: C
Rationale: John Dewey
emphasized that theory is nothing if there is no applying it in real-life
settings. It shows the primacy of experience over theory.
12. Before being able to fully learn to live
and work together under the pillar of the 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
Answer: A
Rationale: Learning to Do
demonstrates that in order to learn to live and work together productively and
harmoniously, we must first find peace within ourselves, expand our acceptance
& understanding of others, and continually strive towards living the values
which enable us to contribute more fully to the development of a peaceful and
just society.
13. 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
B. Skills
C. Insights
D. Values
Answer: D
Rationale: Learning to Do
demonstrates that in order to learn to live and work together productively and
harmoniously, we must first find peace within ourselves, expand our acceptance
& understanding of others, and continually strive towards living the values
which enable us to contribute more fully to the development of a peaceful and
just society.
14. 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
B. Mathematical skills
C. Memory skills
D. Concentration
Answer: B
Rationale: Learning to know
presupposes learning to learn, calling upon the power of concentration, memory
and thought, so as to benefit from ongoing educational opportunities
continuously arising formally and non-formally throughout life
15. 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"
B.
“Had polio"
C. "Polio victim"
D. "Suffers from polio
Answer: B
Rationale: More Appropriate: Sue has
arthritis, - diabetes, - paralyzed, - has paralysis in her legs.
Less Appropriate: Bob is afflicted
with, - stricken with, - suffers from, - a victim of polio, - spinal cord
injury. AIDS Comment: Terms reflect negative and tragedy and connote
pitiful helplessness, dependency, defeat. These deny other aspects of the
person. These emphasize the 'heart string" or telethon-ish perspective.
More Appropriate: Bob has polio, -
has a spinal cord injury, - has AIDS
Less Appropriate: confined to a
wheelchair, wheelchair-bound, wheel-chaired Comment; Terms create a false
impression: wheelchairs liberate, not confine or bind; they are mobility tools
from which people transfer to sleep, sit in other chairs, drive cars, stand,
etc.
16. Which of the following represents the
new paradigm shift in education?
A. Traditional pedagogies
B. Lifelong education for all
C. Rigid subject matter boundaries
D. Rigid selection of students based on
single and fixed criteria
Answer: B
Rationale; Lifelong
education is one of the key features of 21st Century Education. All other
options are characteristics of traditional education.
17. What is the concern of Multi- Cultural
Education?
A. Anticipating the future and imagining
possible and probable features.
B. Gender equality and harnessing of the
role of women in development
C. Promoting care of the environment and
building a global culture of ecological responsibility
D. The exploration of concepts of cultural
diversity, similarities, and prejudices to promote cultural understanding.
Answer: D
Rationale: This option
describes the tenets of multi-cultural education. Anticipating the future and
imagining possible and probable features is about global education, Gender
education talks about gender equality and environmental education involves
promoting car of the environment.
18. Which of the following statements is
not true of Philippine education?
A. Philippines has high drop-out rates and
they are mostly women and girls
B. In tertiary level of education, there
are more student enrollees in private schools than in state-run colleges and
universities.
C. The language policy of the Philippines
is multilingual. English, Filipino and local dialects
D The percentage of private school
students transferring to public schools is higher than the annual growth rate
in school enrollment
Answer: A
Rationale: The drop-out rate
in the Philippines is mostly men and boys or who because of poverty engage in
gainful employment. UNESCO priority program is literacy for women and girls in
Muslim countries.
19. The 2008 education reform measures
recommended by Pres. G.M. Arroyo's Presidential Task Force for Education (PTFE)
are found in the book:
A. Our Common Feature in Philippine
Education
B. Philippine Main Education Highway:
Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy
C. Learning: The Treasure Within
D. The Philippine Basic Education Reform
Agenda in the Future
Answer: B
Rationale: This shifts the
education system towards a strong economic status as a new trend today.
20. Which best describes the philosophy of
the present Basic Education Curriculum?
A. The promotion of transformative
education for national development
B. The development of highly competitive
and competent Filipinos for a globalized world.
C. The promotion of a just and humane
society through its citizens who are makabayari and makatao
D. The development of an empowered learner
who possesses life skills for lifelong learning
Answer: D
Rationale: This is stated in
the document for the Basic Education Curriculum. The Department of Education is
implementing this school opening the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC). It
is the product of 16 years of study conducted under the various DepEd secretaries
(Lourdes Quisumbing, Isidro Carina, and Bro. Andrew Gonzalez). Starting 1995,
intensive consultations were held with various stakeholders — the schools,
parents, students, business, trade and industry, NGOs and the people in the
Education Department who administer the education system on ground level.
21. A common behavior of Filipinos is to
always ask the most senior among the group for their advice or insight on a
certain issue. This clearly shows which Filipino trait?
A. Authoritarianism
B. Bahala na
C. Ningas kugon
D. Colonial mentality
Answer: A
Rationale: Filipinos have a
tradition of following the advice or seeking the opinion of the elderly in
important decisions involving the family of the community.
22. Which of the following will likely inspire
a new teacher to maintain his idealism?
A. Support of living models
B. Work pressure
C. High salary
D. Innovations in education
Answer: A
Rationale: Idealism will be
likely to be maintained if teachers are living models to emulate and serve as
inspirations to students.
23. A researcher asked a group of Filipino
respondents if they want to have been born an American, a European, or
Japanese. None said yes. What is an implication of this finding?
A. Inferiority of the Filipino
B. Superiority of other nationalities
C. Filipino lack of a sense of national
pride
D. Superiority of the Filipino
Answer: D
Rationale: The term
"none" connotes that they are generally not agreeable with the
attributes of an American, European, or Japanese. This also means that they
like being Filipinos.
24. When a person steals something from
another, he is held accountable for his action and is punished by society
accordingly. This is because man is said to have
A. No other choice
B. Instinct
C. A spirit
D. Reason or choice
Answer: D
Rationale: Man is said to be
endowed with reason or choice making him accountable for whatever action he
undertakes in his lifetime.
25. When a group of people believe that
the culture of another group of people is superior to them, this exemplifies:
A. Ethnocentrism
B. Cultural relativity
C. Cultural conflict
D. Xenocentrism
Answer: D
Rationale: Xenocentrism is
the belief that the culture of another group is superior to them. Ethnocentrism
is the belief that one's culture is superior to others. Cultural relativity
is a situation where one practice is acceptable to one society but considered
taboo in another, (e.g. divorce is legal in the U.S. but not in the
Philippines). Cultural conflict is a situation where the cultural
practice or belief of a group of people runs counter to the practice or belief
of another thereby causing disagreement.
26. A teacher, after discovering that a student
who complained about the computation of the final grade was right, still stuck
to the erroneous
computation for fear of losing
credibility. is this decision acceptable?
A. Yes, the teacher must maintain her
credibility at all times
B. Yes, the end justifies the means
C. No, the reason for not admitting the
error before the student is flimsy
D. No, the end does not justify the means
Answer: D
Rationale: Although the
intention of the teacher is to maintain her reputable image, the means to her
goal is not morally upright. There is an
inconsistency in the intent/goal and the process.
27. A parent quarreled with another parent
because apparently their
children hit each other during recess.
This behavior is an influence of which Filipino trait?
A. Sakop-mentality
B. Extreme family-centeredness
C. Lack of self-reflection
D. Extreme personalism
Answer: B
Rationale: Filipinos are
said to have the value of being family-centered. But it sometime becomes
negative when it is carried to extreme as when excessive concern for the family
creates an in-group to which the Filipino is fiercely loyal, to the detriment
of concern for the larger community or the common good.
28. Is it ethical for a teacher who does not
agree with a long standing
grading policy to openly talk against it
in her classes?
A. Yes, provided she ask her superior for
permission
B. No, she might be confused and might pass on her confusion to others
C. No, it is her duty to faithfully carry
the policy out even if she does not agree
D. Yes, she is entitled to her opinion
Answer: C
Rationale: The grading
policy is a school wide policy. She must have known this when she became part
of the system. This means that as a part of the system, she has to honor the
policy or she leaves the system.
29. A man kills a wife in a moment of unbridled
rage because of jealousy. Is the husband morally responsible? Why?
A. It depends on the husband's state of
mind
B. Not necessarily. Passion may completely
destroy freedom and therefore moral responsibility
C. It depends on the reason for the man's
jealousy
D. Yes. He killed his wife simply because
of jealousy
Answer: D
Rationale: As presented in
the item/ question, the husband is not mentioned as mentally-ill. He has to be
responsible as a normal human being who has reason and freewill.
30. Is it right for a woman to kill the man
who raped her and invoke self-defense?
A. Yes, if the killing is done to defend
her reputation
B. Yes, rape is a serious act of
aggression and killing the aggressor is justified
C. Yes, this is the only time the woman
can ably defend herself
D. No, the killing is no longer
self-defense because the rape already happened
Answer: D
Rationale: The phrase had
raped her" is in the past tense, which means the act of killing was done
after the rape had already been committed. This does not fall under
self-defense, as the killing was not committed during the rape act.