1. Which of the following is not covered by the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers?
A. Elementary public teachers
B. Secondary public teachers
C. Tertiary public teachers
D. Both B and C
Answer: C
Rationale: Republic Act 4670
shall be known as the ''Magna Carta for Public School Teachers" and shall
apply to all public school teachers except those in the professional staff of
colleges and universities.
2. Which of the following does the term
"teacher" refer to as used in the Magna Carta for Public School
Teachers?
i. Public school teacher
ii. Guidance counselors
iii . School librarians
iv. Vocational instructor
v. School supervisor
A. i, ii, iii, iv, v
B. i, ii, iv
C. i, ii, iii, iv
D. i, ii
Answer: A
Rationale: The term
"teacher" shall mean all persons engaged in classroom teaching, in
any level of instruction, on full-time basis, including guidance counselors,
school librarians, industrial arts or vocational instructors, and all other
persons performing supervisory and/or administrative functions in all its
political subdivisions; but shall not include school nurses, school physicians,
school dentists, and other school employees.
3. According to RA 4670, who shall formulate
and prepare a Code of Professional Conduct for Public School Teachers?
A. Secretary of Education
B. PRC
C. Board of Professional Teachers
D. President of the Philippines
Answer: A
Rationale: Within six months
from the approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall formulate and
prepare a Code of Professional Conduct for Public School Teachers.
4. A teacher engaged in actual classroom
instruction shall not be required to render more than how many hours of
teaching a day?
A. 5 hours
B. 6 hours
C. 7 hours
D. 9 hours
Answer: B
Rationale: Any teacher
engaged in actual classroom instruction shall not be required to render more
than six hours of actual classroom teaching a day, which shall be so scheduled
as to give him time for the preparation and correction of exercises and other
work incidental to his normal teaching duties.
5. If a teacher may be required to render
more than six hours of teaching per day, he must be paid the same rate as his
regular pay plus at least how many percent of his basic remuneration?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100%
Answer: A
Rationale: RA 4670 states
that where the exigencies of the service so require, any teacher may be
required to render more than six hours but not exceeding eight hours of actual
classroom teaching a day upon payment of additional compensation at the same
rate as his regular remuneration plus at least twenty-five percent of his basic
pay.
6. A teacher's salary must increase right
after how many years of service according to the Magna Carta for Public School
Teachers?
A. 2 years
B. 3 years
C. 5 years
D. 7 years
Answer: B
Rationale: Salary scales of
teachers shall provide for gradual progression from a minimum to a maximum
salary by means of regular increments, granted automatically after three years.
7. Teachers who are assigned in areas that
are exposed to difficulty in commuting to the place of work or other hazards
shall be awarded allowances equivalent to how many percent of their monthly
salary?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100%
Answer: A
Rationale: In areas in which
teachers are exposed to hardship such as difficulty in commuting to the place
of work or other hazards peculiar to the place of employment, as determined by
the Secretary of Education, they shall be compensated special hardship
allowance equivalent to at least twenty-five percent of their monthly salary.
8. A teacher
may enjoy study leave if he or she has already how many years of service?
A. 3 years
B. 5 years
C. 7 years
D. 10 years
Answer: C
Rationale: In areas in which
teachers are exposed to hardship such as difficulty in commuting to the place
of work or other hazards peculiar to the place of employment, as determined by
the Secretary of Education, they shall be compensated special hardship allowance
equivalent to at least twenty-five percent of their monthly salary.
9. A teacher who is on study leave will
enjoy how many percent of their monthly salary?
A. 50%
B. 60%
C. 75%
D. 100%
Answer: B
Rationale: RA 4670 provides
that teacher who shall use study leave shall receive 60% of his/her basic pay.
10. When can a teacher be granted an
indefinite leave?
A. If he/she wants to pursue graduate
studies
B. If he/she is for promotion
C. If he/she has an illness that demands a
long treatment that will exceed one year at the least
D. All of the above.
Answer: C
Rationale: According to RA
4670, an indefinite leave of absence shall be granted to teachers when the
nature of the illness demands a long treatment that will exceed one year at the
least.
11. This is also known as Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act of 1994.
A. RA 7836
B. RA 9293
C. RA 4670
D. RA 10533
Answer: A
Rationale: Republic Act
7836, also known as Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994 is an
act to strengthen the regulation and supervision of the practice of teaching in
the Philippines and prescribing a licensure examination for teachers and for
other purposes. RA 9293 includes amendments of RA 7836. RA 4670 is the Magna
Carta for Public School Teachers. RA 10533 is known as the Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013 (K-12).
12. Can a failed examinee qualify for the
position of para teacher?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Yes, if his LET rating is below 75
D. Yes, if his LET rating is 70 and above
Answer: D
Rationale: According to RA
9293, those who have failed the licensure examination for professional teachers
with a rating of not lower than five percentage points from the passing general
average rating, shall be eligible as para-teachers upon issuance by the Board
of a two-year special
permit, renewable for a non-extendible
period of two.
13. Which is true of LET passers?
A. Every LET passer shall be required to
take the Professional Oath before practicing as a Professional Teacher
B. Taking the Professional Oath before
practicing as a Professional Teacher is optional for LET passer
C. The Professional Oath can be taken
before any Professional Teacher
D. The taking of oath must be within one
month from passing the LET
Answer: A
Rationale: According to RA
7836, every registrant shall be required to take his professional oath before
practicing as a professional teacher.
14. How do orientation sessions help the
new teacher?
I. Be attuned to the school environment
II. Learn guidelines to follow
III. Develop good relations
A. II and III
B. I and II
C. I only
D. I, II, and II
Answer: D
Rationale: Orientation among
new teachers may help teachers be aware of the school environment, learn
guidelines they need to follow and develop good relationship among colleagues.
15. When should teachers support one
another?
A. At all times for whatever cause
B. When they dialogue with administration
C. When there is rift among teachers
D. When the best interest of it learners
is at stake in a controversy
Answer: D
Rationale: Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers. Article V Sec 1: The Teachers and the Profession: The
teachers must be imbued with the spirit of professional loyalty, mutual
confidence, and faith in one another, self-sacrifice for the common good, and
full cooperation with colleagues. When the best interest of the learners, the
school, or the profession is at stake in any controversy, teachers shall
support one another
16. What does the Teacher Education Development
Program signify as a prerequisite for employment of teachers in basic education
schools?
A. Job interview for teacher applicant
B. Licensure examination for teachers
C. Induction of new teachers
D. National standard competencies among
teachers
Answer: B
Rationale: [Republic Act
7836] An act to strengthen the regulation and supervision of the. Practice of
teaching in the Philippines and prescribing a. Licensure examination for
teachers and for other purposes.
17. In essence, what is the new Performance
Appraisal System for Teachers (PAST)?
A. Competency-based
B. Skill-based
C. Practice-based
D. Knowledge-based
Answer: A
Rationale: One way of
safeguarding and analyzing how the teacher performs his/ her duties is the
Competency-Based Performance Appraisal System for Teachers. It is a process
wherein teacher's performances are appraised or assessed through various
criteria that will gauge how they perform in particular time of the year or the
entire school year. Because of this, teachers make the teaching-learning
environment more concrete and more inspiring.
18. This is known as the Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013:
A. K-12
B. RA 7836
C. RA 4670
D. RA 9293
Answer: A
Rationale: Republic Act
10533 is also known as Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 and provides the
implementation of the K-12 curriculum.
19. Students must be taught self- responsibility
is the desire of the ________ teacher.
A. Utilitarianism
B. Pragmatic
C. Existentialist
D. Constructivist
Answer: C
Rationale: Existentialism is
a philosophy that emphasizes individual existence, freedom, and choice. It is
the view that humans define their own meaning in life, and try to make rational
decisions despite existing in an irrational universe.
20. From the Constitution, what is the
condition for allowing students to be taught religion in public schools?
A. Extra pay for teachers
B. Catechists paid by government
C. Upon written permission by parents
D. Outside of school hours only
Answer: C
Rationale: ARTICLE 14, Sec 3, Par.
3 of 1987 Phil Constitution:
"At the option expressed in writing
by the parents or guardians, religion shall be allowed to be taught to thew
children or wards in public elementary and high schools within the regular
class hours by instructors designated or approved by the religious authorities
of the religion to which the children or wards belong, without additional cost
to the Government"
21. According to John Dewey education
starts at:
A. At birth
B. Early childhood
C. Elementary days
D. Preschool
Answer: A
Rationale: My Pedagogic
Creed: I believe that all education proceeds by the participation of the
individual in the social consciousness of the race. This process begins
unconsciously almost at birth, and is continually shaping the individuals powers, saturating his consciousness, forming
his habits, training his ideas, and arousing his feelings and emotions. Through
this unconscious education the individual gradually comes to share in the
intellectual and moral resources which humanity has succeeded in getting
together, He becomes an inheritor of the funded capital of civilization. The
most formal and technical education in the world cannot safely depart from this
general process. It can only organize it; or differentiate it in some
particular direction. —John Dewey
22. The focus of education during the Spanish
period:
A. Religion
B. Nationalism
C. Vocational training
D. Free basic education
Answer: A
Rationale: The focus of
education during the Spanish period is to spread Christianity. In American
period the focus is to train Filipinos for self-government. During the Japanese
period the aim was to inspire people with spirit to love labor.
23. It is an act that created the Commission
on Higher Education (CHED).
A. RA 7722
B. RA 7796
C. RA 7784
D. RA 7687
Answer: A
Rationale: RA 7722 also
known as the Higher Education Act of 1994 created CHED to be headed by a
chairman under the Office of the President. RA 7796 created TESDA, RA 7784 is
an act to strengthen teacher education by establishing Centers of Excellence,
and RA 7687 created the Science and Technology Scholarships for indigent but
deserving youth in the country.
24. Which of the following is an act that
aims to regulate the practice of teaching in the Philippines and prescribed the
licensure examination for teachers?
A. RA 7836
B. RA 4670
C. RA 10533
D. RA 9293
Answer: A
Rationale: Republic Act 7836
also known as the Teacher's Professionalization Act of 1994 revised
Presidential Decree 1006 which created the Professional Board of Teachers and
provided for LET or the Licensure Examination for Teachers to be administered
by the Professional Regulation Commission, RA 4670 is the Magna Carta for
Public School Teachers, RA 10533 is the K-12 law, and RA 9293 includes
amendments for RA 7836.
25. Which of the following correctly describes
enculturation?
A. Succession of one generation to the
future one
B. Passing culture from one who knows to
somebody who does not know
C. Merging of two different cultures
D. Passing down of culture from one
culture to a different culture
Answer: A
Rationale: Enculturation is
the process of handing down of culture from one generation to the succeeding
one. This involves passing on of group's custom, beliefs, and tradition to the
next generation.
26. Which
of the following does not involve characteristic of culture?
A. Constant
B. Dynamic
C. Symbolic
D. Universal
Answer: A
Rationale: Characteristics
of culture include continuous, transferable, dynamic, shared, adaptive,
learned, universal, symbolic, borrowed, among others.
27. Progressivism does not include:
A. Education should be similar for every
student
B. Solving-problem should be used for
learning
C. Teacher should only be a facilitator
D. Cooperation should be given emphasis
Answer: C
Rationale: Progressivism
accepts the pragmatists' view that change is the essence of reality. It states
that learning should take place through problem solving and is through
reconstruction of experiences. In progressivism, the teacher is a facilitator
and the school should encourage cooperation instead of competition.
28. Which of the following is an absolute
violation of the Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers?
A. Not make anonymous accusations or
charges against superiors
B. Dismiss a teacher for a just cause
C. Do not accept favors from learners
unless in exchange for a request
D. Keep information private until after
they have been formally released
Answer: C
Rationale: The Code of Ethics
for Professional Teachers was adopted pursuant to the provision of paragraph
(e), Article II RA 7836, otherwise known as the Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act of 1994 and paragraph (a), section 6 of Presidential
Decree 223, as amended. A teacher should avoid accepting favors and gifts from
learners, their parents, or others in exchange-for requested concessions
29. The Philippine Constitution of 1987
requires that the highest budgetary allocation should be given to:
A. Education
B. Health
C. Science and Technology
D. War on drugs
Answer: A
Rationale: Article XIV, 1987
Philippine Constitution (Education, Science and Technology, Arts, Culture and
Sports states that education should receive the highest budgetary allocation.
30. What is the government doing to ensure
that only competent professionals will be allowed to practice professional
teaching in the Philippines?
A. Licensure
B. NCBTS
C. BESRA
D. Core
competencies
Answer: A
Rationale: RA 7836 is the Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994 that prescribes the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) to make them duly licensed professional s who possess dignity and reputation with high moral values as well as technical and professional competence.