THE TEACHER AND THE CURRICULUM

PRACTICE TEST

Multiple Choice.
Direction: Choose the best answer and click the letter of your choice.
1. True knowledge is achieved by the mind.
A. rationalist
B. empiricists
C. pragmatist
D. existentialist
2. He asserts that curriculum should consist entirely of knowledge which comes from various
disciplines.
A. John Dewey
B. Halls Caswell
C. Phillip Phoenix
D. Kenn Campbell
3. Which of the following refers to a plan or program of all experiences which learner encounters
under the direction of a school?
A. Instruction
B. Curriculum
C. Discussion
D. Direction
4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a curriculum?
A. It has a content.
B. It is planned.
C. It is a series of courses to be taken by the learners.
D. It does not comprise the experiences of the learners.
5. He believes that the mission of the school should be intellectual training.
A. John Dewey
B. Robert Hutchins
C. Arthur Bestor
D. Joseph Schwab
6. He views curriculum as a permanent studies where rules of grammar, reading, rhetoric, logic
and mathematics for basic education are emphasized.
A. John Dewey
B. Robert Hutchins
C. Arthur Bestor
D. Joseph Schwab
7. Existentialists conclude that
A. Education should be less formal.
B. True knowledge is derived from evidence.
C. Knowledge is experienced.
D. Knowledge is a series of evaluation.
8. Which of the following is the belief of pragmatists?
A. Knowledge is personal and subjective.
B. True knowledge is achieved by the mind.
C. Knowledge cannot be imposed on the learner.
D. Authentic knowledge comes come through the senses.
9. Which of the following is NOT an element of curriculum?
A. Purpose
B. Methods
C. Content
D. Interaction

10. The following are the categories of goals and objectives EXCEPT
A. Cognitive
B. Affective
C. Program
D. Psychomotor
11. Why evaluation of curriculum important?
A. It checks the effectiveness of methods and learning experiences used.
B. It does not give feedback to the learners.
C. It selects inappropriate methods to address the content and purpose.
D. It does not provide a rationale for making changes.
12. Which of the following is the aim of perennialism?
A. To promote democratic social living
B. To improve and reconstruct society
C. To educate the rational person and cultivate intellect.
D. To promote intellectual growth of learners to become competent.
13. Who proposed the theories of classical conditioning, operant conditioning and observational
learning?
A. Pavlov
B. Dewey
C. Vygotsky
D. Maslow
14. Which of the following is an example of progressive point of view about curriculum?
A. Teachers are required to teach the book from cover to cover.
B. Learning can only be achieved in schools.
C. Teachers are reluctant to teach beyond the written curriculum.
D. Teachers provide varied experiences for children.
15. Which of the following refers to the selected written programmes or courses students go
through?
A. Hidden Curriculum
B. Formal Curriculum
C. Informal Curriculum
D. Actual Curriculum
16. It refers to the unintended curriculum.
A. Implicit curriculum
B. Learned curriculum
C. Supported curriculum
D. Assessed curiculum
17. DepEd sent the standards, competencies and guidelines in teaching the Mother Tongue in
Grade 1 in our school. I will study and use it in the coming school year. Who am I as a
curricularist?
A. Innovator
B. Knower
C. Writer
D. Evaluator
18. I need a poem to celebrate the World Teachers’ day. I composed one to be used in my class
Literature. Who am I as a curricularist?
A. Innovator
B. Knower
C. Writer
D. Evaluator
19. I have a good idea on how to make my learners pay attention to the lesson. I will use the new
of idea and find out if it will work? Who am I as a curricularist?
A. Innovator
B. Knower
C. Writer
D. Evaluator
20. At the end of the lesson, the performance of the students is measured using the provided
monitoring tool to ensure if the students are progressing or not. Who am I as a curricularist?
A. Innovator
B. Knower
C. Writer
D. Evaluator
21. The teacher writes books, modules, and other instructional materials to suit the needs of the
learners during the time of pandemic. What is being described as a curricularist?
A. Knows the curriculum
B. Writes the curriculum
 C. Evaluates the curriculum
D. Initiates the curriculum.
22. The learner has no option but to study the prescribed course or subject.
A. Extra-Curriculum
B. Collateral Curriculum
C. Core Curriculum
D. Hidden Curiculum
23. This refers to the resources-textbooks, computers, audio-visual materials which help in the
implementation of the curriculum.
A. Assessed Curriculum
B. Learned Curriculum
C. Supported Curriculum
D. Recommended Curriculum
24. It is the curriculum that is written and published.
A. Formal curriculum
B. Counter curriculum
C. Unofficial curriculum
D. Hidden curriculum
25. What do you call a professional who is curriculum specialist and involves in curriculum
knowing, writing, planning, implementing, evaluating, innovating and initiating?
A. Scientist
B. Physicist
C. Psychologist
D. Curricularist
26. The teacher determines if the desired learning outcomes have been achieved and if the
curriculum is working.
A. Innovator
B. Implementor
C. Evaluator
D. Initiator
27. The teacher is teaching in a far-flung barangay with no electricity but the instructional aids for
teaching sent to the school were film and video tapes which need power. The teacher cannot
use them but the lessons are very important so she thinks of making an alternative activity.
She takes her class to the river and waterfall. Who is the teacher as a curricularist?
A. Innovator
B. Implementor
C. Evaluator
D. Initiator
28. The teacher includes other aspects of knowledge derived from other sources. What do you call
this additional material?
A. Formal curriculum
B. Informal curriculum
C. Actual curriculum
D. Official curriculum
29. Which of the following is the technological innovation that has significant impact on education
and society?
A. Textbook
B. Computer
C. Radio
D. Television
30. VUCA is an acronym for
A. Volatility, Uniformity, Complexity, Ambiguity
B. Volatile, Uniform, Complex, Ambiguous
C. Volatility, Uncertainty, Companionship, Anxiety
D. Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity
31. They dictate what should be included in the national curriculum and determine the quantity of
learners at different levels.
A. Market forces
B. Qualifications
C. Political forces
D. Social forces
32. Theories of learning and child development have to be considered when designing the content
of the curriculum and how it is delivered. What factor is considered?
A. Political factor
B. Social factor
C. Child psychology
D. Emotional factor
33. How politics influences the educational system?
A. Politics determines and defines the goals, content, learning experiences and evaluation
strategies in education.
B. Entry into educational institutions and the examinations systems are heavily influenced by
politics.
C. Political considerations may play a part in the hiring of personnel.
D. All of the choices.
34. Society has its expectations about the aim and objectives that should be considered when
designing the curriculum. What is the factor being considered?
A. Political
B. Social
C. Economic
D. Environmental
35. Textbooks, charts, equipment and chemicals for science experiments are the supplies needed
in the classroom. Without these materials, learning is compromised and have to be given
serious considerations when designing the curriculum. What is the factor being referred to?
A. Political
B. Social
C. Economic
D. Environmental
36. COVID 19 pandemic has introduced the new normal by changing the face-to-face instruction to
virtual and remote teaching and learning. What is the factor being considered when designing
the curriculum?
A. Political
B. Social
C. Economic
D. Environmental
37. Which of the following model of curriculum design contains content that is based on specific
objectives?
A. Objectives Model
B. Process Model
C. Tyler’s Model
D. Taba’s Model
38. Which of the following is a learning outcome?
A. Develop problem-solving skills
B. Say common expressions in Spanish
C. Compute the area of a triangle
D. Learn to cook spaghetti
39. Which of the following is an enabling objective?
A. Appreciate the benefits of learning a foreign language
B. Have more confidence in their knowledge of the subject matter
C. Write a 50 word expressive essay
D. Discuss various models
40. Which of the following does NOT belong to the domains of Kerr’s model?
A. Objectives
B. Knowledge
C. School learning experiences
D. Organization and integration of experiences
41. What model referred to as the Grassroots Approach?
A. Tyler’s Model
B. Taba’s Model
C. Wheeler’s Model
D. Saylor and Alexander Model
42. It is a complex process where teachers define intended learning outcomes, assessments,
content and pedagogic requirements necessary for student success across an entire
curriculum.
A. Curriculum planning
B. Curriculum designing
C. Curriculum implementing
D. Curriculum evaluation
43. It refers to an on-going process of collecting, analyzing, synthesizing and interpreting
information to aid in understanding what students know and can do.
A. Curriculum planning
B. Curriculum designing
C. Curriculum implementing
D. Curriculum evaluation
44. Which of the following refers to how the planned or officially designed course of study is
translated by the teacher into syllabus, schemes of work and lessons to be delivered to
students.
A. Curriculum planning
B. Curriculum designing
C. Curriculum implementing
D. Curriculum evaluation
45. It is a term used to describe the purposeful, deliberate, and systematic organization of
curriculum within a class or course.
A. Curriculum planning
B. Curriculum designing
C. Curriculum implementing
D. Curriculum evaluation
46. Believed that there must be a process for evaluating student achievement of content after the
content standards have been established and implemented.
A. Taba
B. Kerr
C. Tyler
D. Saylor and Alexander
47. This model does not consider objectives to be important but content has its own value.
A. Objectives Model
B. Process Model
C. Tyler’s Model
D. Taba’s Model
48. This model is linear in nature, starting from objectives and ending with evaluation.
A. Objectives Model
B. Process Model
C. Tyler’s Model
D. Taba’s Model
49. Curriculum is a plan for providing sets of learning opportunities to achieve broad educational
goals and related specific objectives for an identifiable population served by a single school
center.
A. Tyler’s Model
B. Taba’s Model
C. Wheeler’s Model
D. Saylor and Alexander Model
50. It is cyclical and evaluation is not terminal.
A. Tyler’s Model
B. Taba’s Model
C. Wheeler’s Model
D. Saylor and Alexander Model
51. The following are the three ways of approaching a curriculum EXCEPT
A. Content
B. Product
C. Process
D. Significance
52. Which of the following refers to a combination of concepts that develops conceptual
structures?
A. Modular Approach
B. Topical Approach
C. Concept Approach
D. Thematic Approach
53. Contents are based on knowledge and experiences.
A. Modular Approach
B. Topical Approach
C. Concept Approach
D. Thematic Approach
54. Content should contribute to ideas, concepts, principles and generalization that should attain
the overall purpose of the curriculum.
A. Learnability
B. Significance
C. Feasibility
D. Validity
55. Which of the following refers to the usefulness of the content in the curriculum?
A. Validity
B. Interest
C. Utility
D. Feasibility
56. Which of the following is NOT included in the selection of the content?
A. Content is commonly used in daily life.
B. Content is appropriate to the maturity level and abilities of the learners.
C. Content is worthless in meeting the needs and competencies of the future career.
D. Content is related to other subjects, fields or disciplines for complementation and
integration.
57. It is the logical arrangement of the content.
A. Sequence
B. Integration
C. Balance
D. Continuity
58. It is what the learners desire to achieve as a learning outcomes.
A. Product
B. Process
C. Content
D. Balance
59. Which of the following is the advantage of centralized curriculum design?
A. Learning materials can be mass-produced.
B. There are coordination and communication problems.
C. The process takes a long time before the final document is produced.
D. The design is insensitive to the needs of some groups within the country.
60. This framework allows learners to participate in real-life ways with their work.
A. Spiral
B. Inquiry
C. Integrated
D. Experiential
61. Which of the following is a term used to describe the purposeful, deliberate, and systematic
organization of curriculum?
A. Curriculum design
B. Curriculum evaluation
C. Curriculum Integration
D. Curriculum implementation
62. It is a curriculum design that takes individual’s needs, interests and goals into consideration.
A. Subject-centered
B. Problem-centered
C. Learner-centered
D. Content-centered
63. Which of the following can help educators to manage each stage of the curriculum design
process?
A. Identify the needs of the stakeholders.
B. Curriculum mapping may not be taken into consideration.
C. Create a general and broad list of learning goals and outcomes.
D. Evaluation method is unnecessary in assessing learners, instructors and curriculum.
64. Which of the following is entails putting into practice the officially prescribed courses of study,
syllabi, and subjects?
A. Curriculum design
B. Curriculum evaluation
C. Curriculum integration
D. Curriculum implementation
65. Which of the following selects and decides what to teach from the prescribed syllabus or
curriculum?
A. Teacher
B. Learner
C. Parent
D. Community
66. Which of the following influences curriculum implementation?
A. Interest Groups
B. School Environment
C. Culture and Ideology
D. All of the given choices
67. It is the reflective process that helps teachers understand what has been taught in a class, how
it has been taught, and how learning outcomes were assessed.
A. Curriculum Design
B. Curriculum Mapping
C. Curriculum Evaluation
D. Curriculum Implementation
68. Which of the following is the difference of curriculum map and lesson plan?
A. Lesson plan covers short time period while curriculum map offers a long-term overview.
B. Lesson plan covers long time period while curriculum map offers a short-term overview.
C. There is no difference between curriculum map and lesson plan.
D. No answer from the given choices.
69. It is the major curriculum change like shifting from face to face to online in the delivery of an
academic program.
A. Alteration
B. Restructuring
C. Implementing
D. Developmental
70. If the teachers of multiple subjects work together to improve the key cross-curricula skills that
learners need to succeed in all grades and subjects, what coherence is being referred to?
A. Vertical Coherence
B. Horizontal Coherence
C. Subject Area Coherence
D. Interdisciplinary Coherence
71. Which of the following is the importance of curriculum mapping?
A. It is done by one teacher.
B. It is a permanent document.
C. It cannot explain to parents what their children are doing in school.
D. It helps a teacher to understand what to accomplish within the period of time.
72. What should a teacher do when the students’ behavior disrupts his or her carefully designed
curriculum?
A. Punish those students.
B. Rewrite the entire curriculum because it is clearly not well-designed.
C. Meet with those students’ parents about moving them to another class.
D. Modify the curriculum to meet those students’ needs.
73. What does it mean to see the big picture in curriculum design?
A. It means you should know exactly what you are going to teach each day.
B. It means you should have some end goals in mind.
C. It means you should plan a big project for the end of the unit.
D. It means you should always work collaboratively with other teachers.
74. Which of the following can help the process of creating a curriculum map?
I- Only include authentic data.
II- Make sure that learning outcomes are precise, measurable and clearly identified.
III- Explain how learning outcomes be achieved by the students.

A. I, II, III
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only
75. Which of the following is the critical element in curriculum implementation?
A. Learners
B. Teachers
C. Parents
D. Community Stakeholders
76. It is to determine whether or not the newly adopted curriculum is producing the intended results
and meeting the objectives that has set forth.
A. Curriculum Design
B. Curriculum Mapping
C. Curriculum Evaluation
D. Curriculum Implementation
77. Why the school curriculum be evaluated?
A. It is to investigate whether the resources allocated for educational purposes are being used
to achieve the intended outcomes.
B. In order to determine how the school is succeeding at educating learners.
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
78. What are the major areas that are evaluated at the school level?
A. Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives
B. Faculty, Students, administration
C. Research, Extension, library
D. All of the given choices
79. It is the process of looking the strengths and weaknesses in the content, materials and
methodology as the evaluation process unfolds.
A. Summative evaluation
B. Formative evaluation
C. Diagnostic evaluation
D. Final Evaluation
80. What qualities should a curriculum evaluator have?
I- an educator
II- confident, precise and able to communicate effectively
III- able to create a conducive working atmosphere with assistants
IV- qualities are not considered as a curriculum evaluator

A. I, II, III
B. I and IV
C. III and IV
D. II and IV
81. Which of the following cannot be used when evaluating the entire curriculum as well as specific
curriculum programmes or projects?
A. Tests
B. Interviews
C. Observations
D. Questionnaires
82. It assesses whether or not the project or programme can perform as the originators and
designers intended.
A. Summative evaluation
B. Formative evaluation
C. Diagnostic evaluation
D. Pre - Evaluation
83. These are the foundations on which curriculum programme or project is frequently based.
A. Curriculum Content
B. Curriculum Methodology
C. Curriculum Objectives
D. Curriculum Outcomes
84. The purpose of evaluation is to supply curriculum designers with information that can be used
in improving the curriculum as a whole.
A. Curriculum Content
B. Curriculum Methodology
C. Curriculum Objectives
D. Curriculum Outcomes
85. Which of the following is/are the functions of curriculum evaluation?
A. Decision Making
B. Self-Evaluation
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
86. Curriculum, teaching and assessment are inextricably linked.
A. True
B. False
C. Neither True nor False
D. Cannot be determined
87. Curriculum evaluation must be based on information gathered from a comprehensive
assessment system.
A. True
B. False
C. Neither True nor False
D. Cannot be determined
88. Which of the following is a change embracing the concepts of innovation, development,
renewal and improvement of a curriculum?
A. Curriculum change
B. Curriculum innovation
C. Curriculum alteration
D. Curriculum development
89. Which refers to the ideas or practices that are new and different from those that exist in the
formal prescribed curriculum?
A. Curriculum change
B. Curriculum innovation
C. Curriculum alteration
D. Curriculum development
90. These changes are introduced by additions to facilities such as new classrooms, equipment,
books and playgrounds.
A. Hardware types
B. Software types
C. Neither A nor B
D. Both A and B
91. These changes are related to the methods of delivery recommended by curriculum initiators,
designers and developers.
A. Hardware types
B. Software types
C. Neither A nor B
D. Both A and B

92. New textbooks replace old textbooks.

A. Substitution
B. Alteration
C. Addition
D. Restructuring
93. Introduction of audio-visual aids and workshops to augment understanding the concept of the
existing subject matter.
A. Substitution
B. Alteration
C. Addition
D. Restructuring
94. This strategy focuses on the users, their needs and how they satisfy these needs.
A. Participative Problem-Solving
B. Planned Linkages
C. Coercive Strategies
D. Open Input Strategies
95. These operate on the basis of power by those in authority using laws, directories, circulars and
others.
A. Participative Problem-Solving
B. Planned Linkages
C. Coercive Strategies
D. Open Input Strategies
96. Flexible, pragmatic approaches that make use of external ideas and resources.
A. Participative Problem-Solving
B. Planned Linkages
C. Coercive Strategies
D. Open Input Strategies
97. Change in this model proceeds or diffuses through formal or informal contacts between
interacting social groups.
A. Wheeler’s Model
B. Problem-solving Model
C. Social Interaction Model
D. Research, Development and Diffusion Model
98. Innovation is invented or discovered, developed, produced and disseminated to the user.
A. Wheeler’s Model
B. Problem-solving Model
C. Social Interaction Model
D. Research, Development and Diffusion Model
99. What conditions are necessary for users to implement the curriculum change or innovation
successfully?
A. It must be firm and unbreakable.
B. The innovation must be irrelevant to the users.
C. It must pose threats to the user group’s identity, integrity and territory.
D. It must be compatible with the practices, values and characteristics of the system.
100. This relates to the person or group of people at which the innovation is directed.
A. Time
B. Innovation
C. User System
D. Change Agent