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ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only.
1) Which Republic Act provides government assistance to students and teachers in private education?
a. RA 7836 b. RA 7784 c. RA 6728 d. RA 6675
2) In the preamble of the CODE of ethics for Professional Teachers, which of the following teacher descriptions is included in the
Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers?
a. With satisfactory teaching performance c. Duly licensed professional
b. Passed the licensure exams for teachers d. Persons of dignity and reputation
3) Which stage according to Erickson is the stage of trust and mistrust?
a. Young adulthood b. Early childhood c. Adolescence d. Infancy
4) In the history of education system, including that of the Philippines, which system was first and last remained a partner of other
systems of education?
a. Formal b. Non-formal c. Informal d. Pre-school
5) Who among the following subscribe to the theory that the good, the true and the beautiful are universally valid in all places at all
times?
a. Realists and idealists b. Realist and existentialists c. Pragmatists and idealists d. Pragmatists and realists
6) The 1987 Constitution mandates the state to encourage among others self-learning, independent and out-of-school study
programs particularly those that respond to community needs. Which is an off shoot of this mandate?
a. Institutionalization of early childhood care and development c. Multi-grade teaching
b. Principal empowerment program d. Practices of community-based learning
7) Authors claim that education is given greater in the 1987 Philippine Constitution than in the past Constitution. Which article
provision on education is found only in the 1987 Constitution?
a. Support to teacher education c. The establishment of the integrated system of education
b. Provision on assigning the highest budget priority to education d. The creation of CHED
8) According to Hurlock, studies of children’s play revealed that toy play reaches its peak during the:
a. Middle childhood years b. Early childhood years c. Babyhood d. Late childhood
9) In a DECS memorandum issued last 1998, the new name for multi-grade class is:
a. Friendly school b. School-of-the-future . c.Paaralan ng bahay d. Escuela nueva
10) The student-centered curriculum belongs to which group of educators?
a. Reconstructionist-Essentialist b. Progressivist, Perennialist c. Perennialist, Essentialist d. Progressivist, Reconstructionist
11) Daniel Goleman talks about emotional intelligence. Which of the following characterize a student with a high degree of emotional
intelligence?
a. Sensitive to points of view and feeling of others c. Obsessed with achieving at any cost
b. Prodded by others d. Unable to delay gratification
12) The history of curriculum development includes the hidden curriculum approach. Which is the content emphasis of the hidden
curriculum?
a. Students experiences and activities c. Student needs and interest
b. Implicit processes and social norms d. Introspection and choice
13) Teacher T is concerned with conceptual matters since reality is mental teacher T’s thinking is quite-
a. Realistic b. Pragmatic c. Existential d. Idealistic
14) The authoritarian setting in the Filipino home is reinforced by a classroom teacher who-
a. Asks open –ended questions c. Prescribes what pupils should do
b. Encourages pupils to ask questions d. Is open to suggestions
15) A number of researches found that the effects of maternal employment on children’s achievement are-
a. Hardly established b. Positive and negative c. Fully established d. Negative
16) Which one correctly describes the phenomenon of latchkey children?
a. They turn to empty homes after school either to sit by the television or to roam the streets
b. They are truant school children
c. They are engaged in child labor
d. They are engaged in child labor
17) Teacher Q regards the student as a spiritual entity and as part of the larger spiritual universe. To what philosophy does teacher Q
subscribed?
a. Idealism b. Existentialism c. Realism d. Pragmatism
18) The 1987 Constitution mandates the state to assign the highest budgetary priority to-
a. Health b. Education c. Social work] d. Defense
19) Moral development in early childhood is characterized by-
b. The content should help students learn how to learn d. The content should be verifiable
57) Which one can NOT help individuals reduce their own fears about change?
a. Reflect on the extent of change in one’s life so far and how it has coped with
b. Identify shortfalls in skills or knowledge and take action to remedy them
c. Identify skills which will be useful in a new situation
d. Keep feeling of anxiety to themselves
58) The following are generating thinking skills, Except:
a. Connecting new ideas b. Predicting c. Classifying d. Inferring
59) Mrs. Valdez wants to generates as many ideas as she can as the class is about to embark on a community outreach program.
Which of the following will she employ?
a. role playing b. brainstorming c. brainwashing d. simulation
60) Which teaching practice will most likely decrease learner’s attention?
a. Questioning c. Assessing learning as an integral part of instruction
b. Assessing learning as an external part of instruction d. Teaching by telling
61) For efficiency, if in the process of teaching a teacher realizes that too little has been planned, which of the following may she NOT
do?
a. Discuss possible problems of the new assignment. c. Drill the students on the major points of the lesson.
b. Pose additional questions to explore various facets of the content d. Give a quiz
62) Correct practice makes perfect. This maxim is based on Thorndike’s laws of exercise and the finding that reinforcement of a
response increases the likelihood its occurrence. Whose research finding is the underlined statement?
a. Skinner b. Bruner c. Palo d. Lewin
63) Here is a lesson objective: Given a microscope and a slide, the students must be able to focus the prepared slide. Applying Robert
F. Mager’s principle, which does this lesson objective lack?
a. Criterion measure b. Condition c. . Performance d. time element
64) Which is a focusing thinking skill?
a. Identifying key concepts b. Summarizing c. Obtaining information d. Clarifying through inquiry
65) In the use of television in the classroom, which of the following should be avoided?
a. The TV program lasts the whole class period.
b. There is a pre-viewing orientation
c. Select programs that match the learners’ level of interest and maturity
d. Life should be left on if students are to take notes
66) Based on Victor Lowenfield’s classification, which sequence in the developmental stages of children in art is followed?
a. Scribbling stage, pre-schematic stage, schematic stage, dawning realism stage, pseudo-realistic stage
b. Scribbling stage, pre-schematic stage, schematic stage, pseudorealistic stage, dawning realism stage
c. Pre-schematic stage, schematic stage, scribbling stage, pseudorealistic stage, dawning realism stage
d. Pre-schematic, schematic stage, scribbling dawning realism stage, pseudo-realistic stage
67) In relation to teacher’s ratings research suggests the following, Except one:
a. Teachers favor self-evaluation over all other forms of evaluation
b. Peer and supervisory evaluation are not reliable
c. Student raters of teachers are more reliable and valid than other raters
d. Student work and test outcomes are supplementary sources for evaluating teachers
68) Suppose defined 3 levels of computer-assisted instruction: dialogue, tutoring, practice-drill. Which ones are two higher levels in the
correct order?
a. Tutoring and dialogue b. Practices-drill and tutoring c. Dialogue and tutoring d. Practice-drill and dialogue
69) In what condition is the use of the lecture method appropriate?
a. Higher cognitive learning is sought c. The subject matter is quite easy
b. The information is not available d. Long term learning is desired
70) Which refers to the time when students learn at a maximum level?
a. Wait time b. Engaged time c. Allocated time d. Academic learning time
71) What is a sign of the underachiever in the classroom?
a. Resist authority and carry on a power struggle with a teacher. c. Frustrated about quality of work
b. Holds back from class participant unless sure of self d. Minimum work output.
72) If after calling on a number of students, a teacher is unable to obtain the desired response, what should teacher do?
a. Ask leading questions c. Probe student’s answers
b. Re-teach parts of the lesson that need re-teaching d. Rephrase the questions
73) For global competitiveness, a school must embark on a proactive change. Which one is a characteristic of proactive change?
a. radical and inventive b. imitative of others c. late in the game d. problem-driven
74) Which guideline on the use of the chalkboard should a teacher AVOID?
a. Establish routine uses for the chalkboard c. Don’t talk to the chalkboard while writing on it
b. While writing, proceed from right to left d.Limit your board writing to major ideas
75) To teach the democratic process to the pupils, Mabuhay Elementary School decided that the election of class and school officers
shall be patterned after local election of the class and school officers shall be patterned after local election process. There are
qualifications set for candidates, limited period for campaign and rules for posting campaign materials, etc. Which of the following
did the school use?
a. Simulation b. Philips 66 c. Role playing d. Symposium
76) Which is NOT a characteristic of preventive discipline.
a. Proactive b. Anticipatory c. Inventive d. Reactive.
77) One criterion that has been proposed in the selection and organization of content in the development section of a lesson plan is
balance. When does lesson content possess balance?
a. The content should have practical application for the learners
b. The content is not cluttered by masses of more trivial content
c. The content should enable the learners to experience the broad sweep of content and give them the opportunity to go deeper
d. The content should help student learns how to learn
78) The burnout malady gets worse if a teacher doesn’t intervene to change whatever areas he or she can control. Which one can
renew a teacher’s enthusiasm?
a. Engage in self-pity b. Stick to the job c. Judge someone else as wrong d. Initiate changes in job.
79) Although learning can take place anywhere and anytime, the more systematic the teacher, the greater the probability for success.
This points out the need for teachers to:
a. Specify their objectives b. Plan their lessons c. Set their teaching priorities d. Select their instructional
materials
80) Below are teacher’s effective classroom management practices, Except One.
a. Teachers make sure students understand and follow rules and procedures
b. Disruptive behavior is handled every weekend
c. Teachers clearly establish consequences for not following rules
d. Teachers spend more time in the beginning of the year explaining and reminding students of rules.
81) A teacher’s summary of a lesson serves the following functions:
a. It links the parts of the less
b. It makes provisions for full participation of the students
c. It clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson
d. It brings together the information that has been discussed
82) Which ones are projected visuals?
a. Graphs on a book b. Models c. Realias d. Slides
83) The lesson is on the pros and cons of capital punishment. Mr. Milan wants to do high level thinking and to develop a view of capital
punishment from a different perspective. Which technique will be most appropriate?
a. Lecture b. Simulation c. Role playing d. Panel discussion
84) Which is used to emphasize individualized instruction?
a. Tutorial group b. Philips 66 c. Inquiry group d. Task group
85) Here a question: FROM THE DATA PRESENTED FROM GENERALIZATION THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE DATA. Under
what type of question does this test item fall?
a. Evaluate b. Convergent c. Divergent d. Application
86) Ms. Estira cannot bring her pupils to the sea for a lesson on marine community. Which of the following will be closest to an actual
experience of marine community?
a. Motion picture on marine community c. Pictures of marine community
b. Description of marine community d. Taped lesson of marine community
87) Which can NOT help organizations reduces fears about change?
a. By training people in new skills c. By clandestine moves
b. By keeping people informed about plans d. By consultation
88) After a lesson in air pollution, teacher C gives each pupil mimeographed sheets, which contain statements to which each is
expected to react. Examples of these statements are. Do you in any way contribute to air pollution? What solutions do you propose
to minimize, if not eliminate, air pollution. Then the students are grouped for sharing. In this case what does the teacher make use
of
a. Value sheet b. Conflict story c. Rank ordering d. Contrived incident
89) Which orders consist of the goal-oriented instructional model?
a. Pre-assessment, specification of objectives, pre-assessment, instruction, evaluation
b. Specification of objectives, pre-assessment, instruction evaluation
c. Pre-assessment, specification of objectives, instruction, evaluation
d. Specification of objectives, evaluation, pre-assessment, instruction
90) Teacher B’s lesson was on abortion. She wanted to get her student’s maximum participation and reaction. She showed slides on
abortion accompanied by an audiotape that presented the reasons for and against abortion. Teacher took a stand in favor of
abortion and came up with all her justifications. At the end, however, she made clear her stand on abortion. Which did the teacher
use?
a. She made use of value clarifying discussion c. She made use of simulation
b. She made use of contrived incident d. She played the role of the devil’s advocate
91) In on of the pages of her reference material, Ms. Estrada finds the life cycle of a frog. Assuming that the following are available to
her, the quickest way to effectively present the life cycle of a frog to the class is by way of
a. An overhead projector b. An opaque projector c. Describing the life cycle d. A drawing on the chalkboard
92) Below are questions that must be considered in developing appropriate learning activities/ experience, Except one:
a. Do the experiences encourage pupils to inquire further?
b. Do the experiences save the pupils from learning difficulties?
c. Can be experiences profit the pupils?
d. Are the experiences in accordance with an increasing amount of learning?
93) Which order of the senses goes with an increasing amount of learning?
a. Sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell c. Taste and smell, touch, sight, hearing
b. Taste and smell, sight , touch, hearing d.Taste and smell, touch, hearing, sight
94) Which of the following statements on peer tutoring is true?
a. Teacher has time with more severe learning problems c. The social skills of pear tutors are not enhanced
b. The atmosphere is threatening d. the peer tutor’s achievement goes down
95) A lesson in Philippine history was presented by Mrs. Palaroan by making her class view a videotape on EDSA revolution. The
videotape which Mrs. Palaroan used in class points to what property of instructional media?
a. Manipulative b. Multi-sensory c. Fixative d. Distributive
96) Read the following teacher-student- situation. Teacher, why is the process called photosynthesis? Student: I don’t know. Which
questioning technique should the teacher use?
a. Concept b. Prompting c. Clarification d. Multiple responses
97) Miss Lee’s objective is to focus student’s attention on and quickly create interest in a problem or concept. She makes use of:
a. Task group b. Panel discussion c. Tutorial group d. Philips 66
98) The content of the lesson must be feasible. This means that:
a. The lesson should be interesting to the student
b. The lesson must be within the capacity of the students
c. The teacher must considered the time needed and resources available
d. The lesson must be useful
99) Which questioning behavior is appropriate:
a. Not allowing a student to complete a long response c. Allowing choral responses
b. Repeating all student’s response d. Asking varied questions
100) Research on teacher effective practices has shown the following:
a. Planning has title impact on student learning
b. Questioning strategies are ineffective monitoring technique
c. Teaching procedures on classroom routines early in the school year are essential
d. Directives should be few and best delivered in a casual manner
101) Teacher Y wants to measure student’s ability to organize thoughts and ideas. Which type of test is most appropriate?
a. Objectives test b. Limited response essay c. Extended response essay d. Short answer type of test
102) Which of the following refers to organized services specially designed to improve the adjustment of students?
a. Group growth sessions b. Test profiles c. Cumulative records d. Guidance program
103) Which tests survey existing problems of academic progress?
a. Achievement tests b. Interest inventories c. Problem checklist d. Aptitude tests
104) Which of the following statements about guidance is NOT true?
a. Guidance is a continuous process
b. Guidance is concerned with “ Whole” student, not only with his or her intellectual and academic aspect
c. Guidance is telling a student what is best for him, and advising him about what he should do
d. Guidance is primary concerned with prevention rather than cure
105) Which of the following is NOT a guidance service?
a. Psychological testing b. Counseling c. Observation d. Education placement
106) Which of the following tests is given at the end of instruction?
a. Summative b. Placement test c. formative test d. diagnostic test
107) Special or exceptional students are such in certain aspects, Except for one:
a. Sensory abilities b. Gender orientation c. Mental characteristics d. Communication abilities
108) Information from achievement tests can be used in the following, Except in:
a. Grading a student b. Labeling pupils c. Establishing proficiency d. Giving feedback regarding effectiveness of learning
109) Which of the following occurs when the teachers have a general tendency to rate all individuals’ performance at approximately the
same position on the rating scale?
a. Personal bias error b. Halo effect c. Logical error d. Severity error
110) Read and analyze the matching type of test given below: Directions: Match column A with column. Write only the letter of your
answer at the left blank column.
Column A Column B
_____1. Jose Rizal A. Considered the 8Th wonder of the world
_____2. Ferdinand Marcos B. The National hero of the Philippines
_____3. Corazon Aquino C. National Heroes’ day
_____ 4. Manila D. The only woman President of the Philippines
_____5. November 30 E. The capital of the Phil.
_____ 6. Banawe Rice Terraces F. The President of the Philippines who served the longest
What Does the Test Lack?
a. Options b. Distraction c. Response d. Premise
111) When teachers, administrators and counselors come together to synthesize or coordinate in interpreting data about a student for
the purpose of a more intensive study, this is called:
a. Longitudinal study b. Case study c. Case conference d. Case analysis
112) Which type of test can help teachers predict the probability of success of students in certain areas or endeavors?
a. Achievement b. Intelligence c. Aptitude d. Personality
113) Which of the following correctly describes dyslexia?
a. It is a developmental expressive writing disorder c. It is a developmental reading disorder
b. It is a developmental arithmetic disorder d. It is a developmental articulation disorder
114) Here is a sample multiple choice type of test item: Man is to woman as boy is to:
a) Father b) Mother c) Girl d) Boy
The above Test item makes use of
a. A cause-effect relationship b. A comparison c. An analogy d. Part-whole relationship
155) Which is the first and foremost concern of a teacher? The interest and welfare of:
a. Learners b. Colleagues c. Parents d. The teaching profession
156) The ideal society in the context of Plato is one where:
a. There is hope b. Love prevails c. Justice reigns d. Faith matters
157) The survivors of a shipwreck are now packed in a lifeboat which may capsize unless partly deloaded. Which of the following acts
will be morally justifiable?
a. Pushing the young and old ones and leaving them behind to drown
b. Trying to save everyone as much as possible
c. Shooting some passengers and leaving them behind
d. Doing nothing and waiting for the boat to capsize
158) For the advocates of value clarification, values are
a. Universal b. Personal c. Objective d. Unchanging
159) With regard to business, which does the Code of Ethics NOT say about teachers?
a. A teacher shall maintain a good reputation with respect to debts loans and other financial matters
b. No teachers shall be financially interested in any commercial venture involving textbooks and other school commodities where
he/she can exercise official influence
c. No teacher shall act as agent of textbooks and other school commodities where he/she can exercise official influence
d. a teacher may not engage in any kind of business
160) The more consumeristics a person is, the more he/she gets attached to this material world, the father he is from the universal self,
the more miserable he/she becomes. This is a teaching of:
a. Confucianism b. Taoism c. Hinduism d. Buddhism
161) Who believed that there should be less reliance on the school, and the world of work?
a. Paolo Freire b. Ivan Illich c. Paul Goodman d. Jean Paul Sartre
162) Human dignity is inherent in every person. This means that
a. The inner worth of a person depends on what he has c. The inner worth of a person depends on what he can do
b. The inner worth of a person depends on how he/she looks d. The inner worth of a person is in him/her she looks
163) Which of the following runs counter runs counter to the development of honesty and accountability?
a. Being vigilant about weights and measures used in the markets
b. Equal payment of government employee’s productivity pay
c. Payment of just wages to workers and employees
d. Transparent in operations of the barangay and other organizations through public reporting
164) Which are said to be our wellspring of excellence
a. Third largest English-speaking nation, tiger economy, inventor of people’s power revolution
b. Tiger economy, superior human resources
c. Tiger largest English-speaking nation, superior human resources, inventor of people’s power revolution
d. Tiger economy, the inventor of people’s power revolution, superior, human resources
165) Which among these goals for change was proposed by the moral Recovery Program?
a. A sense of justice and outrage over its violation, a sense of national pride, a sense of seriousness
b. A sense of national guide, a sense of seriousness, sense of common good
c. A sense of national guide, a sense of seriousness, sense of national justice and outrage over its violation
d. A sense of seriousness, a sense of the common good, a sense of justice and outrage over its violation
166) The code of ethics for teachers states that school officials shall encourage and attend to the professional growth of all teachers.
According to the Code school officials can do this by:
a. Giving them due recognition for meritorious performance by allowing them to participate in conferences and training programs
recommending teachers for promotion
b. Recommending teachers for promotion, organizing teachers in a professional organization
c. Allowing them to participate in conferences and training programs
d. Organizing teachers into a professional organization, giving them due recognition for meritorious performance and
recommending teachers for promotion
167) Which thrust on value formation is intended to help the students identify and be aware of their values?
a. Analysis b. Value clarification c. Value inculcation d. Moral development
168) The idea that there should be less reliance on the school and greater use of education potential of the community and the world
of work is the essence of:
a. Community-based education b. Formal education c. Multi-grade teaching d. Mobile teaching
169) It is said that the big drama development is played out in small scenes. Which one does not serve as a further explanation of this
statement?
a. Ordinary things done by ordinary people are the solid building blocks on which a nation develops
b. Details can make a significant difference
c. Much of our personal development and progress of the nation depends on how extraordinary well we do the ordinary things
d. Let us give attention to major things because they are the ones that matter
170) Which of the following characteristics does not apply to Plato’s just society?
a. The artists are creative b. he leaders are wise c. The soldiers are courageous d. The working class are temperate
171) Martin Buber’s “ dialogic principle” requires as restructuring of society which can be achieved by:
a. Communism which cannot tolerate multiplicity and freedom c. Democracy which requires centralistic political set up
b. Fascism which cannot allow dialogue d. Democratic socialism which advocates a genuine dialogue life
172) Which of the following statements about society is TRUE?
a. Revolution produce the opposite of their goals c. Social education “ leads to a mature society
b. Ethnic cleansing leads to social unanimity d. Cooperative education is a means to Social education?
195) “Without a vision, a people perish.” Says the Book of Proverbs. This shows how important a vision is. What does a vision Not do
to a person’s life?
a. It guides him/her to follow the most efficient route c. It keeps him/her focused on one direction
b. It dilutes his/her attention d. It keeps him/her inspired
196) Which lie is the worst of all lies?
a. An officious lie b. A material lie c. A malicious lie d. A jocose lie
197) Which of the following does not refer to existentialism?
a. Each man shapes his own life and destiny
b. Existence means self-choice and self-determination
c. Existence means creativity and uniqueness
d. Social existence means anarchy and violence
198) Which is ethical for a teacher to do in a situation where she/he falls in love with a student or when a student falls in love with
his/her teacher?
a. The teacher avoids that learner
b. The teacher exercise discretion to avoid scandal and gossip and preferential treatment of that learned
c. The teacher resigns from his/her teaching job
d. The teacher advises the student to discontinue with his/her studies
199) Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE of an ideal social principle?
a. Restructure society to crates a union of communities
b. Advocate direct life-relations between men and men
c. De-emphasize centralization of power
d. Advocate an ethics of manipulation
200) If a ruler wants to maintain himself in power he must govern by moral power. Upon whose teaching is this based?
a. Kung-fu-zu c. Buddha
b. Lao Tzu d. Mohammad
"Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them.
They have developed the opportunity that was at hand."
–– Bruce Barton
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Which Republic Act provides government assistance to students and teachers in private education?
30. C 80. B 130.C 180.B
31. C 81. B 131.C 181.C
32. C 82. D 132.C 182.C
33. C 83. D 133.A 183.D
34. A 84. A 134.C 184.B
35. B 85. A 135.A 185.B
36. D 86. A 136.D 186.C
37. C 87. C 137.A 187.C
38. A 88. A 138.A 188.B
39. B 89. C 139.B 189.A
40. C 90. D 140.D 190.C
41. A 91. D 141.C 191.A
42. C 92. B 142.D 192.A
43. A 93. D 143.D 193.B
44. C 94. A 144.A 194.D
45. D 95. B 145.C 195.B
46. A 96. C 146.C 196.D
47. A 97. B 147.A 197.D
48. D 98. B 148.D 198.B
49. A 99. D 149.C 199.D
50. D 100.C 150.C 200.B