PRACTICE TEST FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
enhance their counseling skills
1. Which stage of the counseling process does
decision making takes place?
a. Establishing rapport
b. Focusing on concerns
c. Acting on the concerns
2. Which type of test would yield significant
data for a region wide assessment of school
performance?
a. Aptitude
b. Achievement
c. Evaluation
d. Placement
3. Ms.Tapla is designing a Values Formation
Program for a group of high school students.
Which type of test should she use to assess the
needs of the target participants?
a. Interest Test
b. Aptitude Test
c. Intelligence Test
d. Personality Test
4. If the school guidance program is highly
academic oriented, the _________ principle is
not properly observed.
a. Holistic Development
b. Confidentiality of information
c. Independence in Decision Making
d. Adherence to Professional Standards
5. In line with the principle of professional
competence, it is the responsibility of the
counseling team members to.
a. stand up for the basic rights
b.
c. respect the worth and dignity of the client
d. observe strictly the professional standards
6. What should a classroom teacher do if a
learner with a serious emotional problem seeks
his/her assistance?
a. Personally handle the case
b. Refer the learner to the school counselor
c. Consult the principal to what course of action
to take
d. Tell the learner’s parents to bring him/her to
a psychologist outside the school
7. Which of the following best describes the
individual inventory service of the guidance
program?
a. The administration of psychological test to
the clients
b. The means of assessing the guidance needs
of the target clients
c. The process of gathering, organizing, and
utilizing pertinent data about the clients
8. Why should a needs assessment survey be
undertaken before planning the school
guidance program?
a. It is integral part of program planning
b. It provides for the total development of the
target clientele
c. It ensures the relevance and meaningfulness
of the guidance program
d. It contributes to the comprehensiveness of
the program goals and activities
9. Which of the following characteristics of the
classroom teacher is most instrumental inher
being a key member of the school guidance d. Word recognition skills
team?
14. Which one can help student develop the
a. Experience habit of critical thinking?

b. Personal qualities a. Asking low level questions

c. Educational Background b. A willingness to suspend judgment until

sufficient evidence is represented
d. Close contact with Learners
c. Asking convergent questions
10. Which of the following appraisal techniques
would be most useful with a big number of d. Blind obedience to authority
desired respondents?
15. Teacher wants his pupils to master the skill
a. Interview in adding unlike fractions. Which method
should he use?
b. Observation
a. Unit Method
c. Questionnaire
b. Drill Method
d. Autobiography
c. Laboratory Method
11. The use of drills in the classroom is rooted
on Thorndike’s law of d. Discovery Method

a. Belongingness 16. In the K W L technique K stands for what the

pupil already knows, W for he wants to know
b. Readiness
and L for what he
c. Exercise
a. failed to learn
d. Effect
b. he likes to learn
12. Which is NOT a basic component of a lesson
c. needs to learn
plan?
d. learned
a. Evaluation
17. Teacher Z shows a histogram on Filipino
b. Assignment
population growth from 1990 to 2001. Seeing
c. Resources the pattern of growth, pupil is asked to tell what
will happen in the next two years. What skill are
d. Content the pupils asked to display?
13. Teacher V teaches the pupils to find the a. Inferring
main idea, sequence events, find the details,
and read creatively and critically. What skills b. Predicting
does Teacher V teach?
c. Intrapolating
a. Utilizing skills
d. Drawing
b. Study skills
18. Which questioning technique would be
c. Comprehension skills appropriate for inductive lessons?
a. Use questions requiring only memory
responses
b. Expect participation only among the more
motivated students
c. Involve students actively in the questioning
process
d. As a teacher, you ask no questions
19. Bryan has had difficulty getting the right
solution to a problem in algebra. Suddenly he
“saw” how solve to problem. Which of the
following explains this situation?
a. Revelation
b. Insight
c. Retention
d. Memory
20. After a lessons on AIDS, the students are
asked to summarize the lesson in one long
sentence by answering: Who; Does what?;
When? Why? This assessment technique
evaluates student’s ability to.
a. evaluate
b. analyze
c. synthesize
d. recall
21. In what level of objective in the affective
domain is this objective: To contribute to the
discussion by asking questions.
a. Organization
b. Receiving
c. Responding
d. Valuing
22. Which activity is best suited to summarize a
lesson at the end?
a. Ask students to interpret a cartoon related to
the lesson.
b. Present a medical summary
c. Administer a short Quiz
d. Give as homework
23. What is the best way to handle a situation
when a teacher realize that her planned lesson
were inadequate?
a. Send the students to the library to read
related topics
b. Tell the students to prepare for the next
subject
c. Give the students an essay for the remaining
period
d. Provide more exercises on the major points
of the lesson.
24. After reading “The Horse and the Red Hen,
teacher asked the students this question:
“What is the best thing to be according to the
Horse”? Under what level of comprehension
does this question fall?
a. Interpretation
b. Literal comprehension
c. Integration
d. Critical evaluation
25. Which of the following is the most
important contribution of Gestalt psychology to
the theories of learning?
a. Use of multimedia approaches
c. Importance of the reinforcement in the
learning process
b. Cognitive insight
d. Concept of readiness in learning
26. Which is a popular teaching learning
approach found in the Philippine schools were
classrooms are generally self contained, teacher
is the focal point and reference, and the pupils
are taught the basic skills reading, writing, and
counting?
a. Situational approach
b. Traditional approach
c. Montessori approach
d. eclectic approach
27. Which learning principle marks the highlight
of Multiple Intelligences?
a. Learning is static and permanent
b. Intelligence is not measured in one form
c. Cognitive theory is stressed in learning
d. People have different I.Q level
28. The teacher provides various learning
activities and methods in her teaching so that
diverse needs and interest of learners are met.
Which principle of learning did she consider?
a. Learning by doing
b. Cognitive development stages
c. Multiple intelligence
d. Cooperative learning
29. A student has just learned a particular
formula to make math problem solve. She tries
it with another problem and succeeds at it. So,
this student is even more encouraged to
discover easier ways to solve math problems.
Which of Thorndike’s law is depicted in the
situation?
a. Readiness
b. Effect
c. Repetition
d. Practice
30. Teacher Jen begins her lesson with concrete
life experiences then leads the students to
abstractions. Which method did she employ?
a. Transductive
b. Inductive
c. Deductive
d. Interactive
31. Teacher B discovered that her pupils are
weak in comprehension. To further determine
in which particular skill(s) her pupils are weak
which test should Teacher B give?
a. Aptitude Test
b. Placement Test
c. Diagnostic Test
d. Standardized Test
32. Which the following supports the idea that
teaching is a human activity?
a. The teacher’s job is quite enormous which
includes the selection of the instructional
units, lesson plans and methods to be used.
b. Teacher provides students the facilities and
necessary skills needed to develop their
maximum potential
c. Teaching is just helping students understand
how they grow change and most of all the how
and why of their behavior.
d. The teacher should be well acquainted on the
nature of the learner, subject matter and
instructional material
33. Which of the following is NOT an example of
a teacher’s non verbal communication?
a. eye contact
b. gestures
c. pauses 38. What law of learning when a review of the
past lesson is conducted before the discussion
d. voice
of the new lesson?
34. Good teaching is accepting responsibility for
a. Law of exercise
helping to make the journey as interesting, as
rewarding and as exciting as possible. This b. Law of Effect
proves that teaching demands?
c. Law of Readiness
a. rest and relaxation
d. Law of Acceleration
b. interest in the profession
39. Charles dances well. He knows how
c. efficiency in service something works and he fixes things without
asking for help. Based on Gardner’s theory of
d. deeper commitment
multiple intelligence under what intelligence is
35. Which of the following is NOT true about she strong?
the professional qualities of a teacher?
a. Musical
a. Seldom comes on time
b. Spatial
b. Provides quality instructions to the students
c. Kinesthetic
c. Knowledgeable of the subject matter he/she
d. Intrapersonal
teaches
40. A parent regarding the grades of his son
d. Teachers who truly love children can imbue
confronted you. If you are the teacher, what
with the love for learning
will be the best thing for you to do?
36. Which of the following lesson plan
a. send them to the principal
objectives needs improvement?
b. show all the records of the child
a. To explain the life cycle of a butterfly.
c. compare the results of the child to other
b. To dramatize situation showing humility
students
c. To define terms in about evolution
d. tell the parents that your computation is
comprehensively.
correct and final
d. To develop scientific attitudes and apply
41. A generally accepted principle use as a basis
scientific processes of thinking.
for the whole process of teaching
37. To make the lesson meaningful, systematic
a. method
and motivating, teachers’ example should be:
b. technique
a. based on higher level skills
c. strategy
c. interesting aided with illustrations
d. approach
b. easy, simple and understandable
42. When does effective teaching takes place?
d. relevant to students’ experience and
knowledge
a. There is interaction between teacher and
students
b. Students perform well in the given tasks
c. Knowledge has been imparted
d. Desirable changes are evident in the learner’s
behavior
43. A vehicle on the street hit a 10 year old
pupil when he requested by his teacher to leave
the class and buy for her snacks at Jollibee.
Does the teacher become liable for the
incident?
a. Yes, because the incident happen within her
official time.
b. Yes, because that is her responsibility
c. No, because the pupil did not watch for his
safety
d. No, because that was an incident and it
happened to anyone
44. You found out that one of your pupils is not
attending your class for almost a month now.
What is the most ideal for you to do?
a. Conduct a home visit
b. Drop her in the class
c. Ignore the situation
d. Write a letter to his/her parents
45. The parents of your pupil wanted to see the
scores of their child in your class record.
Can you refuse the parents to see the records of
their child?
a. Yes, because it’s your right
b. Yes, because it’s your personal document
c. No, because parents have their own right
d. No, because class record is a public
document
46. A teacher is a model of virtues. How can this
be shown?
a. The teacher is hopping from one relationship
to another
b. The teacher devoted her time for her job
with excellence
c. The teacher touches the lives of her students
d. The teacher seriously maintained a structure
of power and trust
47. Which of the following practices is unethical
for a teacher?
a. The teacher observes mobility of her
profession.
b. The teacher cast her vote during national and
local elections
c. The teacher can claim money from the
services rendered by his colleagues
d. a teacher organizes remedial program for
students with learning difficulty
48. One of the students was attracted and fell in
love with the teacher. What is the best option
the teachers do in his situation?
a. Impose disciplinary action
c. Call the attention of the student’s parents
b. Accept student’s feelings
d. Listen to the student and make her
understand both situations
49. What will happen if there is NO Code of
Ethics in the teaching profession?
a. Teaching becomes a hit and miss profession
b. Refinement of the dignity of the teaching
profession
c. Integrity of the teaching profession will be
elevated to a certain level.
d. Respect of the Human Dignity is missing

50. Most of the fresh graduates are deployed to

teach in the rural areas than in the lowland
villages of the towns and cities. What is the
rationale behind this practice?

a. They are young and healthy

b. They are active and realistic to take risk

c. For them to experience trials in teaching

d. For them to find future partners in life