MIDTERM EXAM: EDUC 233

NAME: ____________________________________ DATE: _________________________ SCORE: __________

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Letters only .Choose the best answer and write before the number.

1. Which of the following group of materials is considered to have the highest degree of abstraction?
A. pictures, posters, and slides
B. plants, insects, and other specimens
C. educational televisions, film, and video clips
D. friendly and business letters, novels, newspaper clips
2. Which of the following factors should Mr. Bautista primarily consider in his determination of his teaching
and learning objectives and in his utilization of instructional materials?
A. assessment tools
B. nature of the learners
C. modes of material presentation
D. instructional activity and experiences
3. In instructional development, teachers state objectives first because it helps them best in
A. operating the equipments to be used for instruction.
B. securing available instructional materials.
C. selecting which media to use best.
D. preparing materials beforehand.

4. Mrs. Gavina ensures that the illustrations she is preparing for her class do not suggest messages that can
be interpreted in variety of ways. Which of the following principles in media selection and utilization
guides her development of instructional materials?
A. communication effectiveness
B. meaningfulness
C. authenticity
D. interest
5. The following statements are examples of good practices in the use of printed visuals like charts, graphs,
and drawings EXCEPT for
A. Present the material one by one.
B. Students should pass the material around for everyone’s benefit.
C. Print visuals should be seen by everyone in a single presentation.
D. Provide written or verbal cues to support important information that is to be clearly understood
in the visuals.
6. Prof. Balagtas plans to utilize audiocassettes in his Literature class the next day. Which of the following
competencies does he want to develop in his students?
A. Literary criticism
B. Literary appreciation
C. Short story composition
D. Auditory comprehension
7. Hector is asked to present a report regarding the expedition of Christopher Columbus. He is planning to
deliver his report by making the parts of his presentation partly hidden to make it more interesting and
exciting. Which of the following materials should he probably use?
A. Video C. realia
B. Slides D. models
8. Ms. Runduin plans to tell a tall tale to her students. She is planning to tell it in an exciting progressing
presentation by using a group of transparent sheets placed over a base transparency. Which of the
following materials is she planning to use for her storytelling?
A. Marionettes C. silhouettes
B. Puppets D. overlay
9. Mr. Delos Santos, a fresh graduate elementary teacher is asked by the principal to help the school develop
resources for instruction so that the school would have available materials for the teachers to use. The
principal described the learners and the teachers in the school in terms of abilities and attitudes. Which of
the following processes would you suggest him to do so that he may be well guided in his development
process?
 A. development – utilization – evaluation – design
B. development – design – utilization – evaluation
C. design – development – utilization – evaluation
D. design – utilization – evaluation – development
10. Ms. Henson wants to determine her teaching and learning objectives for her science class the next day.
She also plans to think of a material to use so that she could deliver her lesson with efficiency. Which of
the following factors should Ms. Henson primarily consider?
A. instructional strategy
B. instructional activity
C. assessment tools
D. the learner
11. Mr. Binangonan brought real samples of leaves when he discussed about differences of plants through the
leaves. Which of the following principles BEST reflects his decision in the selection of instructional media?
A. Interest C. responsiveness
B. Authenticity D. cost effectiveness
12. Prof. Duque would like to create a presentation material for his lecture on the normal curve distribution in
statistics. To make his presentation more efficient and effective, which of the following tools should he
utilize?
A. communicative tool
B. productivity tool
C. informative tool
D. situating tool
13. You grouped your students and asked them to make a trailer for the novel they have read in your
Literature class. What tool could possibly help the students in their project?
A. communicative tool
B. productivity tool
C. informative tool
D. situating tool

14. Teacher Silva used video excerpts in teaching new economic concepts to her 4 th year high school class.
However, as the clips are viewed, the students seemed to have blank responses to them. Students yawn
and feel sleepy. There is an ineffective utilization of the instructional media in the classroom. In this
situation, educational technology is considered ineffective because it
A. does not provide vicarious experiences for the learners.
B. does not help attain the objectives of the lesson.
C. induces alienation on the part of the learners.
D. promotes passive reception of the message.

15. Mr. Bautista wants to increase the proficiency of his students in a newly learned skill and he wants to
refresh an existing skill in the learners. Which of the following categories of computer-assisted instruction
or CAI should he use to achieve his teaching objective?
A. instructional games
B. drill and practice
C. simulation
D. tutorial
16. Mr. Malaya is teaching a 3rd year high school class in world history. The students need note taking,
outlining, and study skills. Which strategy should she start to model, teach, and have students practice
first?
A. main idea
B. sequencing
C. reciprocal teaching
D. rhetorical patterns of expository texts
17. Teacher Sheila does a read-aloud and think-aloud modeling several times a week in her first and second
grade classroom. Which of the following strategies is she NOT modeling?
A. asking questions of the text, the author, and self
B. making connections with the text
 C. checking predictions
D. phonetic analysis
18. Mr. Rodrigo has several students in his fifth grade class that need more strategies for comprehension of
texts. Which of the following is NOT an effective strategy for him to model to the students?
A. checking and modifying predictions while reading
B. looking up vocabulary words during reading
C. activating prior knowledge before reading
D. using context clues for monitoring
19. Which of the following phonological and phonemic awareness activities is considered to have the LEAST
level of difficulty?
A. substitutions, additions, and deletions
B. segmentation
C. blending
D. rhyming

20. Mrs. Gutierrez has students who are weak in the use of structural analysis. Which of the following words
would BEST lend itself to the development of the skill mentioned?
A. Cough C. fountains
B. Decided D. previewed

21. Mrs. Ilanan has a new kindergarten class and needs to obtain some baseline data from her students. She
deems it necessary to assess her students’ print skills. Which of the following skills would NOT be included
in this particular assessment?
A. recognition of a capital letter
B. pointing the cover of a book
C. left-to-right orientation
D. word segmentation
22. Teacher A has found out that the results of the curriculum that was implemented call for an alteration in
the set of objectives and competencies. Which of the following curriculum development stages does
teacher A want to happen?
A. curriculum planning
B. curriculum evaluation
C. curriculum change
D. curriculum improvement
23. Ms. Natividad, a classroom teacher, wants to try-out to her class another strategy she has learned from a
seminar-workshop she has attended. Which level of curriculum is shown in this situation?
A. Societal C. instructional
B. Experiential D. institutional

24. Mr. Reyes, the principal of Bagumbato National High School, opted to use the curriculum that employs the
integration of Music, Arts, P.E., and Social Studies on a longer time block. This situation clearly shows that
the principal prefers to use
A. core curriculum design.
B. correlated subjects design.
C. broad-fields curriculum design.
D. single-subject curriculum design.
25. The sub-processes of curriculum planning, organization and designing, implementation and evaluation sum
up the process of
A. curriculum and instruction.
B. curriculum management.
C. curriculum development.
D. curriculum assessment.
26. When the aim of the curriculum is to provide the learners with the needed skills in this ever-changing
world, the curriculum reflects the belief that it should
A. provide learner’s with the knowledge needed for social relevance.
 B. perpetuate cumulative tradition of organized knowledge.
C. provide avenues for the students to do self-expression.
D. allow learner’s self-actualization.

27. The following statements are characteristics of the subject-centered curriculum EXCEPT for
A. The main task is mastery learning.
B. The teacher has full control of the lesson.
C. There is a high level of cooperative interaction.
D. It covers much of the content in a short span of time.
28. The phase of curriculum development which involves a survey of the current needs of the learners and the
demands of society is curriculum
A. planning.
B. evaluation.
C. organization.
D. implementation
29. Ms. Oliveros, a language teacher, has noticed that Bryan, a diagnosed dyslexic child, has already improved
in his reading, writing, gross, and fine motor abilities. She recommended to her principal that Bryan
should be learning in a regular classroom. Which of the following does the teacher want to happen?
A. Promotion C. inclusion
B. Intervention D. exclusion
30. When developers try to obtain relevant information to be able to judge the worth of an educational
program, its product, procedures, and objectives, the developers are in the process of curriculum
A. planning. C. evaluation.
B. designing. D. alignment.
31. Johnny, a junior high school student, connected his lesson on fractions with his Social Studies lesson on
land ownership during the time of Feudalism. Which curriculum design element is reflected in Johnny’s
practice?
A. Articulation C. continuity
B. Integration D. balance
32. Teacher B wants to give his student the freedom to choose what to learn and believe, and allow the
student to set his own identity and standards. Teacher B clearly shows that he believes in
A. Realism. C. Perennialism.
B. Idealism. D. Existentialism
33. A curriculum developer wants to combine geography, civics and culture, and history to complete the
subject area of Social Studies. The curriculum developer clearly manifests favor for the
A. correlated subjects curriculum design.
B. broad fields curriculum design.
C. fused curriculum design.
D. core curriculum design.
34. Teacher C has found out that there was a mismatch between the content she was teaching in the class and
the competencies tested in the standards-based assessment (SBA) given after a year of instruction. This
situation calls for curriculum
A. planning. C. alignment.
B. designing. D. implementation.
35. The following are characteristics of the experience-centered curriculum EXCEPT for
A. The classroom activities are cooperatively controlled by the learner and the teacher.
B. The emphasis is on the holistic development of the individual learner.
C. Education aims to develop a socially creative individual.
D. Facts and knowledge are to be mastered for future use.
36. The students’ first languages are to be the medium of instruction during the first three years of formal
schooling both in the public and private schools. Which of the following stakeholders in curriculum
development asks for this requirement?
A. Parents C. publishers
B. teachers D. legislators
37. Mr. Delos Reyes believes that curriculum is not concerned with what the students will do in the learning
situation, but what they will retain in mind as a consequence of what they do. Which of the following
definitions or conceptions of curriculum reflects the belief of Mr. Delos Reyes?
A. Curriculum as Plan
 B. Curriculum as Experience
C. Curriculum as Subject Matter
D. Curriculum as Result or Outcome
38. Mrs. Benitez, a school principal, has learned that there is a new trend in the teaching of Science and
Mathematics. She immediately planned for a seminar-workshop intended for her faculty so that they may
be updated with the current trend. Which of the following curriculum levels reflects this situation?
A. societal level
B. experiential level
C. institutional level
D. instructional level
39. Annie, a grade six pupil, has learned that she remembers better when she uses graphic organizers as study
aids when she reviews previous lessons. Which of the following curriculum levels reflects this situation?
A. societal level
B. experiential level
C. institutional level
D. instructional level
40. An international body of educational researchers has published a recent finding in the use of
Understanding by Design (UbD) in the Philippine setting. The experts report that there has been a
significant progress in the achievement of Philippine public high school students. The government
responds to mandate the use of the framework. Which of the following curriculum levels is responsible for
this affair?
A. societal level
B. experiential level
C. institutional level
D. instructional level
41. Administrative officials of a private school set a day for the parents to have a conference with their
children’s teachers so that the parents would know the current status of their children in their classes.
Which of the following curriculum levels is responsible for this practice?
A. societal level
B. experiential level
C. institutional level
D. instructional level
42. Mrs. Jimenez, an academic coordinator, arranges the different subjects by identifying a central theme so
that there will be a meeting point of ideas from different content areas. Which of the following phases of
curriculum development does Mrs. Jimenez practice?
A. curriculum change
B. curriculum planning
C. curriculum organization
D. curriculum implementation
43. Mr. Quiteviz, a guidance counselor, administered a psychological test to identify the child’s ability,
maturation, mental age, and experiential background. The test that he administered should BEST help
curriculum developers to decide on
A. time allotment.
B. grade placement.
C. curriculum content.
D. curriculum evaluation.
44. Mr. Calado, a private school owner, ensures that the equipments and facilities of his school are functional
and safe for the teachers and students to use. This situation implies that Mr. Calado is in the process of
A. curriculum planning.
B. curriculum designing.
C. curriculum improvement
D. curriculum implementation.
45. Region IV-A and B administered a Standards-Based Assessment (SBA) to know how their schools perform
against each other. The test was done so that they could appropriate funding for an educational
intervention for the least performing school. The regions clearly manifest that they underwent
A. curriculum implementation
B. curriculum organization
C. curriculum evaluation
 D. curriculum change
46. Mrs. Dumalanta admits that the current trends in teaching that are suggested by experts do not fit with
her current classroom conditions for instruction. Nevertheless, she devices a new strategy to approach a
classroom problem and she anticipates an improved condition for her class through this strategy. Which
of the following does the teacher manifest?
A. responsibility
B. accountability
C. innovativeness
D. professionalism

47. Mrs. Juntalon taught count nouns and non-count nouns in the classroom. After the class, when the pupils
went home, Johnny, one of her pupils, points to the sugar and says, “Non-count, Mama!” Which of the
following types of curriculum is reflected in this situation?
A. tested curriculum
B. taught curriculum
C. written curriculum
D. received curriculum
48. Mr. Pinzon suggests that the curricular content of Science should only include practical ways of applying
scientific principles into everyday situations. Which of the following criteria for curriculum organization
and design is considered by Mr. Pinzon?
A. Integration C. validity
B. Sequence D. scope
49. Which of the following is NOT a function of curriculum evaluation?
A. Evaluation provides feedback to those who are concerned in the students’ learning.
B. Evaluation serves as basis for curriculum change and improvement.
C. Evaluation gives light to curriculum misalignment.
D. Evaluation could serve as a disciplinary measure.
50. Mrs. Elena, an academic coordinator, finds it necessary for most subject areas to have their contents be
repeated across grade levels in progressing degrees of difficulty and contextualization. Which of the
following curriculum designs does she want to use?
A. broad-fields C. spiral
B. correlated D. core
51. Mr. Ventura, a Literature teacher, tries to enrich the content of his lesson by identifying related concepts
in History and Art. Which of the following reflects the pattern of organizing subject matter that he
utilized?
A. separate subject C. correlated
B. broad fields D. core
52. Too much use of technology under Bruner’s symbolic mode does not guarantee effectiveness to children
at a very young age because they
A. do not engage the learners’ active participation in classroom discussions.
B. require tactile and manipulation skills from the learners.
C. are not interesting.
D. are too abstract.
53. Which of the following is not included in Bruner’s three modes of learning?
A. Inductive C. abstract
B. Enactive D. iconic
54. These are experiences that draw heavily on the richest and most vivid sense impressions involving feelings
and perceptions as the young learner embarks on exploring the world. Which of the following refers to
these experiences?
A. direct purposeful experiences
B. dramatized experiences
C. contrived experiences
D. abstract experiences
55. Which of the following instructional media is the LEAST abstract under the enactive mode?
A. role plays C. models
B. mock-ups D. realia
56. A diagram that illustrates the sequence of steps that a learner might follow logically is called
A. pie chart. C. flow chart.
 B. bar graph. D. pictograph.
57. A technique used to protect a visual material from wear and tear by covering it with clear plastic or similar
substances is called
A. mimeographing. C. lamination.
B. duplication. D. simulation.
58. The equilibrium achieved when the elements in a display are equally distributed on both sides, either
horizontally or vertically is called
A. emphasis. C. balance.
B. contrast. D. unity.
59. Which of the following statements BEST articulates the reason why teachers use models over real things as
an instructional tool?
A. Models are more advanced and up-to-date than real things.
B. Models bridge time and space, therefore, economical.
C. Models provide direct purposeful experiences.
D. Models are the best instructional tools to use.
60. Which of the following refers to a learning exercise which demands constant repetition until behavior
becomes desirable?
A. Gaming C. demonstration
B. Simulation D. drill and practice
61. Which of the following refers to inexpensive, instructional resources which involve students and teachers
being engaged in planning and preparing exhibits to be mounted in an integrated, meaningful and
attractive manner?
A. field trips C. teaching displays
B. role-playing D. simulation programs
62. Which of the following refers to the repeated transmission of a message, possibly through different
channels, to overcome or bypass distracting noises?
A. Feedback C. redundancy
B. Channeling D. communication
63. A grade one teacher made lines on her chalkboard. The lines seem to be like a grade one pad paper which
contains a blue-red-blue sequence. Which of the following is the BEST reason for the teacher’s
instructional designing?
A. Different colors draw the children’s attention to the teacher and the lesson.
B. The lines require the learner’s control of their fine and gross motor skills.
C. The teacher can write on the board with perfect alignment.
D. Dull chalkboards make any lesson boring to the learners.

64. Mr. Leopoldo is hesitant to integrate computers in his Mathematics instruction because he fears that he
might press a wrong key in the keyboard. He thinks that he might damage both the hardware and the
computer program installed in the computer. Which of the following factors affecting resistance to change
in media utilization does he exhibit?
A. Technophobia
B. Lack of integration ideas
C. Inhibition of human conduct
D. Lack of local production ability
65. Which of the following is a limitation of printed materials?
A. They require little technological expertise and maintenance.
B. They provide a common resource for all students to follow.
C. They require self-paced or individualized learning.
D. They are usually written for a national audience.
66. Which of the following is considered as strength of drawings over photographs?
A. They are more attractive to learners.
B. They have a higher degree of realism.
C. Children prefer to view drawings rather than photographs.
D. Drawings deliver less crowded messages and they are less ambiguous than photos.
67. In the bottom-up perspective, a reader could read a text when he/she
A. uses his prior knowledge to make sense of the text.
B. selects only the meaningful segments in the text.
C. can translate the visual symbols to their aural equivalent.
 D. relates the text to other texts previously read.
68. Which of the following reading skills or strategies is the closest to outside-in processing or reading?
A. inferencing
B. outlining
C. predicting outcomes
D. structural analysis
69. Before a reader could read the WORD, he must learn to read the WORLD first. This statement implies that
A. students or readers must know the names of the letter first before they will know what the
word means.
B. readers must know the sounds of the letters first before they will know what the word means.
C. words are only representations of the concepts that the child or reader knows before
encountering the print.
D. the text supplies the readers with the necessary knowledge they need to make sense of the
print.

70. Teacher A explicitly teaches his/her students the rhetorical patterns of an informational text taken from a
science textbook. Which of the following does the teacher want to develop in the reader?
A. print skill
B. content schemata
C. formal schemata
D. vocabulary knowledge
71. Teacher B uses the timeline as a graphic organizer to teach the readers to understand a given expository
text. Which of the following organizational structures might be the one used in the exposition of the text’s
information?
A. cause and effect
B. comparison and contrast
C. enumeration-description
D. sequence or procedural
72. Teacher C has presented a reading lesson to her students. The lesson went on for a span of a week. After
a day or two, when the teacher introduced a new lesson that requires them the knowledge of the previous
lesson, the students no longer remember it. What could be the cause of this problem?

A. There was a lack of constant drill and practice given by the teacher.
B. The text used and the instruction given in the previous lesson is within the students’
independent level.
C. There was a lack of activities that integrate the students’ background experiences to the text
presented.
D. The text used and the instruction given in the previous lesson is within the students’
instructional level.
73. A reader was asked to fill in words to the sentences that are found inside the box below. Which of the
following cueing systems did the reader fail to consider?
The candy is in the sweet. It’s in the inside bowl.

A. graphophonic cues
B. syntactic cues
C. semantic cues
D. pragmatic cues

74. A reader read the word “plan” with a pronunciation like “plane” in the sentence, “It’s my plan to sail across
the ocean.” The deviation of the reader in reading the text can be explained by the reader’s use of
A. syntactic cues
B. semantic cues
C. graphophonic cues
D. pragmatic cues
75. An office secretary encoded her boss’s memorandum for the company’s employees. The boss returned
the memo to the secretary along with the note, “Please justify this!” The secretary felt bad and wanted to
 resign immediately because she thinks that it’s not her job to explain the contents of the memo. What
cueing system did the secretary fail to consider?
A. Graphophonic C. semantic
B. Syntactic D. pragmatic
76. A reader was asked to read the sentence found inside the box below. Instead of reading the word
“moved”, he substituted it with the word “ran”. Which of the cueing systems could have interfered his
reading so that he manifests such a deviation from the text?
.
The car moved fast
A. graphophonic cues
B. syntactic cues
C. semantic cues
D. pragmatic cues
77. Which of the following refers to the movement of the eyes across a line of text?
A. Saccades C. clustering
B. Fixation D. regression
78. A reader was asked to read a short story. When the reader started reading the text, he encountered
several words that are unfamiliar. He tried to pause for a moment and tried to convert the word from
visual to aural. Which of the following physiological correlates of effective reading does the reader
evidently practice in this situation?
A. saccadic movements C. fixations
B. return sweeps D. clustering
79. The following are the reasons why fixation is not encouraged at times EXCEPT for
A. Fixation allows readers to think of the meaning of a word encountered.
B. Fixation slows down fluency.
C. Readers are given the chance to do subvocalization when they fixate.
D. Too much fixation results to poor comprehension.
80. It refers to the learned ability to see words in groups rather than as individual words.
A. Subvocalization C. fixation
B. Regression D clustering.
81. You asked a group of students to read a passage silently. After a minute of observation, you noticed that
they are moving their lips as they do saccadic movements along the page. Which of the following terms
refers to the practice that you have observed from your students?
A. Subvocalization C. fixation
B. Regression D. clustering
82. You asked your students to silently read the passage you have prepared for them. The passage is all about
arthropods. As a student go over his passage, you noticed that he sweeps his hands along the page. After
a while, his eyebrows met, as if he doubts what the passage is all about. You noticed that he made return
sweeps to the text in a backward manner, as if trying to search for a previously read word. This situation
implies that the reader is doing
A. regression. C. fixation.
B. saccades. D. subvocalization.

83. Regression is BEST when the reader uses it as a means to

A. search for keywords in a text.
B. monitor comprehension when the text seems not to make sense.
C. read a passage all over again.
D. highlight important lines in the text for retrieval purposes.
84. Teacher D entered the classroom and posted images that she has taken from the story she is about to tell
the students. Before she started telling the story to the class, she grouped the students and asked them to
make a story out of the pictures posted on the board. Which of the following approaches reflects the
practice of the teacher?
A. Explicit Phonics
B. Basal Approach
C. Embedded Phonics
D. Language Experience Approach
85. Teacher E entered the classroom and showed a list of word families like cat, mat, fat, rat, pat, and bat.
This practice clearly shows that the teacher employs
A. Whole-language approach.
 B. Language experience approach.
C. Literature-based approach.
D. Phonics approach.
86. A student asked the teacher to tell him the meaning of the word “disestablishmentarianism”, which is
found in the text that the student read. Instead of explicitly stating the meaning of the word, the teacher
asked the student to segment the word and look for its base word, prefix, and suffixes so that they may
construct the meaning of the word through these word parts. Which of the following vocabulary strategy
did the teacher use to help the students arrive at the meaning of the unfamiliar word?
A. semantic feature analysis
B. semantic mapping
C. structural analysis
D. context clues

87. You were given a long passage to read in a short period of time. Along with the passage, you were also
asked to answer questions regarding the text you are to read. Which of the following reading strategies
should you use to successfully meet your aim?
A. Skimming C. close reading
B. Scanning D. summarizing
88. You want your students to give you a detailed account of what they have understood from the story you
have all read in the classroom. Which of the following assessment measures, tools, or procedures should
you use to meet your goal?
A. think-aloud
B. cloze procedure
C. miscue analysis
D. retelling

89. A teacher wants to know the current functional reading level of a student in her reading class in terms of
word recognition. Which of the following assessment measures, tools, or procedures should the teacher
use to meet her aim?
A. think-aloud
B. miscue analysis
C. standardized tests
D. informal reading inventory

90. You want to know the quality of responses the students make as they process a text while they are in the
act of audibly reading it. You recorded their reading and found out that they stop at times and give
personal reactions to the text. Some of the students’ reactions are even stated in their mother tongue.
Which of the following assessment tools or procedures refers to this practice?
A. think-aloud C. standardized tests
B. miscue analysis D. cloze procedure
91. You want to know the range of your students’ vocabulary, graphophonic knowledge, syntactic knowledge,
semantic knowledge, and pragmatic knowledge by filling in gaps within a given information. Which of the
following should you use to achieve your goal?
A. think-aloud C. standardized tests
B. miscue analysis D. cloze procedure
92. According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, a child belonging to the sensorimotor stage does
not see things in abstraction. Consequently, as instruction of mathematics to young children, the
A. abstract stage should succeed the concrete stage.
B. abstract stage should precede the concrete stage.
C. use of concrete objects may not be necessary.
D. use of pictures may not be essential.
93. Which of the following circumstances reflects an individual under the integrity versus despair stage of
Erikson’s theory?
A. A person develops a self-concept that he or she can accept and is pleased with his or her role in
life and what he or she produces.
B. A person is satisfied with his status among his or her peers in work skills.
C. The individual is able to work positively and creatively.
D. He or she is sure of his or her own identity.
94. Rubi and Maribel are identical twins, who were orphaned and raised separately by their relatives who
belong to different socio-economic status. After 15 years, there was a difference in their academic
performance and achievement. Which of the following explains the difference that occurred?
A. Difference in intelligence.
B. Difference in heredity.
C. Difference in nurture.
D. Difference in nature.
95. Ruben acquired knowledge and skills through constant conversation and sharing of his experiences to his
parents, older siblings, older cousins, and teachers. Which of the following theories illustrates the
situation mentioned?
A. Psychosocial Theory
B. Sociohistoric Theory
C. Cognitive Theory
D. Learning Theory
96. Cheating is a continual predicament during examinations. Andy, a second year high school student,
observed that during their final examination, several of his classmates cheated. Though he noticed this, he
did not cheat. Which stage of Kohlberg’s theory does Andy exhibit?
A. Universal ethical principle orientation
B. Good boy, Nice girl orientation
C. Social contract orientation
D. Law and order orientation.
97. Learning should be aided by formulating and asking questions so that
A. the teacher will know the students who can communicate very well.
B. the students will be given the chance to do the same thing.
C. students will earn a good grade in recitation.
D. students will develop their self-confidence.
98. Mr. Natividad considers his students’ ages in presenting certain content and in modeling certain cognitive
processes. Which of the following principles of learning does Mr. Natividad follow?
A. Principle of learning aided by formulating and asking questions
B. Principle of presenting challenging tasks
C. Principle of learning by doing
D. Principle of readiness
99. Which of the following statements DOES NOT support the idea on individual differences?
A. Help should be extended to both the gifted and retarded.
B. Involve all students regardless of what the activity is.
C. Use varied activities for a difficult lesson.
D. Consider the uniqueness of each student.
100. A teacher should provide positive feedback and realistic praises
A. so the students will also praise him or her.
B. to be liked and loved by the students.
C. so the students will know what to do.
D. to encourage the students to study.
101. Mrs. Karaan, an English teacher, pointed out to the students the specific elements in making coherent
paragraphs or compositions. Which of the following elements of observational learning is demonstrated in
this situation?
A. Attention C. motivation
B. Retention D. production
102. Mrs. Gunigundo observed that Delfin is very shy and he happens to be a transferee. He does not like
to participate in class activities. Which of the following means should be the BEST option for her?
A. Converse with him to understand him better.
B. Ask one of his classmates to be his friend.
C. Make him the leader in a group activity.
D. Call on him to recite always.
103. A teacher should do a series of observations, and not just a single observation to be able to make a
conclusion concerning an individual’s behavior because it
A. helps one to see the consistency of the exhibited behavior.
B. lets one to check if the modeled behavior was mimicked correctly.
C. is better to see the individual display different behavior at different times.
 D. is not always possible to draw accurate conclusions by single observations.
104. In which stage in Erikson’s theory is an individual in if he learns to win recognition by being productive
and his work becomes pleasurable and he learns to persevere?
A. Initiative vs. Guilt
B. Industry vs. Inferiority
C. Identity vs. Role Confusion
D. Generativity vs. Stagnation
105. Mr. Bendo is currently teaching his class. He observed that his students keep on asking for his
permission so that they could go out of the room and drink water from the drinking fountain. He, himself,
feels the same way as his students because of the warm weather. Which of the following principles
rationalizes the students’ behavior?
A. One of the basic needs of man is water.
B. The body tends to maintain a state of equilibrium called homeostasis.
C. The needs of an individual are the same for all individuals in order to grow and develop.
D. Development is the product of the interaction of the organism’s heredity and its environment.
106. Jun and Jan are fraternal twins. Jun is an introvert while Jan is an extrovert. Jun likes to eat pizza while
Jan likes cake. On the other hand, Jan gets good grades while Jun contends himself with fairly good
grades. Which of the following principles DOES NOT apply in this situation?
A. Development is a product of the interaction of the organism and its environment.
B. Development patterns show wide individual differences.
C. No two individuals are alike.
D. Each individual is unique.

107. Ben keeps on sucking his thumb until he turns 12. His needs during his oral development were not
gratified so he underwent stage fixation. This circumstance that Ben undergoes can be explained by
A. Psychosocial Theory.
B. Psychoanalytic Theory.
C. Social Learning Theory.
D. Cognitive Development Theory.
108. Ms. Gonong handles a class of kindergarten composed of six-year-olds. She observes that John plays
with his penis. Freud purports that children in this stage have matured to the point that their genitals have
become an interesting and sensitive area of the body. The stage that corresponds to the phenomenon
that John displays is called
A. Latency period. C. Phallic stage.
B. Genital stage. D. Anal stage
109. Mrs. Vergara asked Jenny to clean their classroom. Jenny obeyed her teacher. While Jenny was
sweeping the floor, she found a purse near the teacher’s table. Jenny decided to surrender the purse to
Mrs. Vergara. This situation shows that Jenny’s moral orientation in Kohlberg’s theory is in the stage of
A. Law and order orientation.
B. Social contract orientation.
C. Good boy, nice girl orientation.
D. Universal ethical principle orientation.
110. Benito comes to school on time because it is one of the school’s rules and regulations. Aside from that,
he does not want to interrupt their class by being tardy. Which level of Kohlberg’s theory about morality
does Benito manifest?
A. Postconventional C. Conventional
B. Preconventional D. Universal
111. Lisa is now in grade two. She tries her best to perfect her exams and avoids doing something wrong.
Prior to grade two, she always perfects her exams in grade one and receives extra allowance from her
parents everytime she makes it to the top of the class. Nevertheless, she was reprimanded everytime she
commits error in class. Lisa’s current behavior in grade two was brought about by
A. Cognitive learning.
B. Associative learning.
C. Operant conditioning.
D. Classical conditioning.
112. Ranilo is a transfer student and he feels uncomfortable and apprehensive with his new school. His
teacher is very accommodating, approachable, warm, and caring. Ranilo felt comfortable with his
teacher’s display of genuine warmth. There is a consistency in the teacher’s manner and Ranilo begins to
 associate school with the teacher’s warmth. Which of the following theories is reflective of this kind of
situation?
A. Observational learning
B. Classical conditioning
C. Operant conditioning
D. Meaningful learning
113. Which of the following should BEST enhance the learning of preschoolers?
A. Make activities too easy, simple and can be done for a short period of time.
B. Use colorful, attractive and challenging materials.
C. Activities should be hands-on and not written.
D. Always give reward and never punish.
114. The mother of Robert got angry with him because he disobeyed her. He joined his circle of friends in
their trip, one which the mother thought was dangerous. If Robert did not join the trip, he will be
considered an outcast by his group. Which of the following characteristics of adolescents did Roberto
manifest in this situation?
A. Adolescents know that their parents could give them pardon even if they commit mistakes.
B. Adolescents’ priority is focused on the demands of their peers rather than their parents.
C. Adolescents do not mind other people as long as they are happy.
D. Adolescents are care-free and happy-go-lucky individuals.
115. Gina and Rina, who are grade three pupils, observe Ms. Alfero, their teacher, after taking her lunch.
They observe her brush her teeth, comb her hair, and powder her face. After several days, the girls did the
same things that Ms. Alfero did after eating her lunch. This scenario only tells that children
A. learn by doing.
B. learn by repetition.
C. learn by observation.
D. like to display the same behavior like adults.
116. Shiela found a wallet in the canteen. She gave it to the canteen manager. The canteen manager
appreciated her deed. Which of the following would most likely be the behavior that Shiela will display
every time she finds something that is not hers?
A. She would always return whatever she finds.
B. She will not return the things she finds.
C. Give the things she finds to others.
D. She will keep the things she finds.
117. If Mr. Bautista wants to increase the abilities of his students in solving more complex problems, which
of the following provisions should he give his students?
A. problems that match appropriately to students’ level of thinking
B. stimulation reduction so as to increase attention to the task
C. increase drill and practice with simple problems
D. correct answers all the time

118. Mrs. Dela Rosa requires her grade one pupils to use big pencils in writing. She discourages the use of
small pencils and ballpens. Mrs. Dela Rosa clearly believes that
A. small pencils and ballpens are thin and have pointed writing edges, which might be dangerous
to very young children.
B. big pencils are easy to hold because fine muscles at this stage are not yet fully developed.
C. small pencils and ballpens make small prints, which are difficult to read.
D. big pencils make big prints, which are easier to read.
119. Mr. Diego, a computer teacher, lets his students explore the computer on their own. Which of the
following principles does he exhibit to believe in?
A. Learning is aided by formulating and asking questions.
B. Concepts should be presented in varied ways.
C. Effort is put forth when tasks are challenging.
D. Children learn by doing.
120. Teacher Celia believes that students learn with pictures. Nevertheless, her continued use of pictures
for succeeding days of instruction made her students feel bored towards the lesson she presents. Which
of the following principles of learning did she forget to consider?
A. Effort is put forth when tasks are challenging.
B. Concepts should be presented in variety of ways.
 C. Learning is aided by formulating and asking questions.
D. The principle of readiness is related to the learner’s stage of development and their previous
learning.
121. Aling Berta is 60 years old but still experiences depression in her educational achievement. She feels
that the time is too short for an attempt to start another life and to try out alternative roads to integrity.
In which stage of Erikson’s psychosocial theory does Aling Berta belong?
A. Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt
B. Generativity vs. Stagnation
C. Ego Integrity vs. Despair
D. Industry vs. Inferiority
122. For the students to produce correctly the /f/ and /p/, Ms. Manzano reads-aloud clearly the two lists of
words written on the board, one with /f/ sound and the other with /p/ asking them to focus on her sound
production including the formation of her lips. Then, she asks the class to repeat after her, read on their
own, and later do tongue-twisters. Ms. Manzano clearly utilizes
A. inductive method.
B. deductive method.
C. direct-instruction.
D. concept-attainment.
123. After several observation of cluttered garbage in the trash bin, Mr. Bumaat, the TLE teacher,
challenged his students to think of ways to convert the trash into something useful. With his guidance, the
students brainstormed of varied things that they could produce using the garbage. Some came up with
purse and bags, others with door decorations which they proudly displayed on the door of their classroom
for judging and appreciation of teachers and other students. Which of the following methods was
employed in this instructional situation?
A. problem-solving method
B. cooperative learning
C. laboratory method
D. project method
124. The method that allows the students to engage in constructive activity making them develop creativity,
independence, sense of responsibility, and pride in their own work while responding to a real-life problem
is
A. problem-solving method.
B. laboratory method.
C. research method.
D. project method.
125. Ms. Consuelo aims to train her students to formulate or generalization based on careful studying,
observing, comparing, and analyzing of examples and cases presented. Which of the following methods
would you suggest her to use?
A. inquiry method
B. inductive method
C. lecture-discussion method
D. concept-attainment method
126. Which of the following practices can be considered an example of expository teaching?
A. The teacher presented examples for students’ analysis to be used as basis for the formulation
of rule or definition.
B. The teacher allows the students to do an experiment to find answers to their own questions.
C. The teacher engaged the students to a listening activity to acquire information not provided in
the textbook.
D. The teacher engaged the students in a constructive activity that will enhance their creativity.
127. Mrs. Tismo, a TLE plans to teach dress making to her students. She plans to show the parts and
functions of the sewing machine and how it works by using the machine herself. What method would you
suggest her to use?
A. Experimentation C. inquiry
B. Demonstration D. lecture
128. Teacher Roman is presently teaching chemical change and is executing his lesson by doing the
following steps: presenting a question, forming hypotheses, gathering of data, analysis of data and then
generalizing their findings. Which of the following instructional methods is he using?
A. Demonstration C. inquiry
 B. Interview D. lecture
129. Which of the following is NOT considered an essential aspect of instruction?
A. Learners should learn with appropriate level of input from the environment.
B. Learners need to know how they are getting along with each other.
C. Learners must function in the right kind of social relationship.
D. Learners must always work in his unique and individual way.
130. Ms. Dee, a preschool teacher, carries out learning through activities like sorting of objects, categorizing
them according to colors, shapes, size, and identifying examples and non-examples. Which of the
following methods reflects her instructional practice?
A. discussion method
B. concept teaching
C. lecture method
D. inquiry method
131. Mr. Leviste wants his students to acquire the most reliable information about certain scientific
discovery from an expert. What best experience should he hold his students in?
A. lecture-demonstration
B. independent study
C. interview
D. field trip
132. Several of Mr. Bautista’s students consistently scored low in their objective tests. However, they were
the same students who led group activities, who wrote excellent insight journals, and submitted creative
and unique projects. Which of the following assessment measures allows the use of these evidences as
bases in determining the students’ class performance?
A. performance-based assessment
B. portfolio assessment
C. journal assessment
D. pen-and-paper tes
133. Mr. Gabao taught the students how to multiply whole numbers through demonstration. Which of the
following tests should he prepare to determine who among the students have learned the process of
multiplication?
A. formative test C. diagnostic test
B. placement test D. summative test
134. Mrs. Asistio wants to know her students’ ability to explicate a poem and organize their ideas into a
coherent whole. Which of the following types of test would you suggest her to employ?
A. short-answer test
B. multiple choice
C. sentence completion
D. essay

135. Mrs. Collado gave a test in Science which requires the students to name the 50 laboratory equipments
placed on the tables lined up inside their classroom. Each student is given 10 seconds to name an
equipment before she instructs them to move to another item. Which of the following tests did she
administer?
A. short-answer test C. mastery test
B. multiple choice D. speed test
136. Mr. Duque needs to revise the multiple-choice item found inside the box below. If you are to help Mr.
Duque in his revision, which of the following choices would you revise or modify and why?

What do you call the union of the egg and the

sperm cells?
A. communion
B. reproduction
C. ovulation
D. fertilization

A. Choice A because it has no relation with the other choices.

B. Choice C because it gives the clue to the answer.
C. Choice B because it is a different process.
D. Choice D because this is obviously correct.
137. Mrs. Mendoza prepared activities which will make her grade 4 pupils sing, play, dance, talk, learn and
introduce themselves to the class because it is the first instructional day of the year. She believes that
these activities will help the pupils to be at ease with each other. Which of the following processes does
the teacher emphasize?
A. Acculturation C. enculturation
B. Indoctrination D. socialization
138. Which of the following practices establishes a desirable relationship between the teacher and other
groups of people?
A. The principal does her own means of campaigning for cleanliness in and outside the school; he
never gets involved with the same nature of campaign sponsored by the barangay officials
where the school is situated.
B. Mr. Genaro feels that the barangay council is against his plans that’s why he does not consult
the council even if there is requirement to do so.
C. A teacher declined the request of the barangay council to have her as a witness to a child’s
moral conduct in school because the child was suspected of bullying other children in the
barangay.
D. A newly appointed principal in a barangay school calls on the barangay chairman as a courtesy.

139. The teaching and learning of religion and values clearly manifest the use of the process of
A. acculturation.
B. assimilation.
C. indoctrination.
D. enculturation.
140. Public officials and employees are entitled to specific privileges from the government. Which of the
following situations portray that an action is legal but is not moral?
A. Buys the latest and the most expensive car model for his department
B. Reverts back to the public fund the ten percent commission due him
C. Does his or her job without getting favors from the client he/she serves
D. Takes the most economical fare in going about his execution of duties
141. Which of the following best demonstrates or exemplifies a sense of responsibility that a professional
teacher is expected to have?
A. Teacher A is humble.
B. Teacher A has a pleasant disposition.
C. Teacher A makes good use of his time.
D. Teacher A tutors own student for a fee.

Prepared by:

Prof. Judy “Jude” C. Bautista

Faculty
Department of Professional Education
Philippine Normal University, Manila
©2010