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General Education - Mock Exam
General Education - Mock Exam
General Education - Mock Exam
8. The concepts of trust vs. maturity, autonomy vs. self-doubt, and initiative vs. guilt
are most closely related with the works of __________.
a. Erikson
b. Jung
c. Freud
d. Piaget Incorrect
9. Bruner's theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and
symbolic stages. In which stage(s) are diagrams helpful to accompany verbal
information?
a. Symbolic
b. Enactive and iconic
c. Iconic Incorrect
d. Symbolic and enactive
10.To elicit more student's response, Teacher G made use of covert responses. Which
one did she NOT do?
a. She had the students write their responses privately then called each of them.
b. She showed the correct answers on the overhead after the students have written
their responses. Correct
c. She refrained from judging on the student's responses.
d. She had the students write their response privately.
11. I combined several subject areas in order to focus on a single concept for interdisciplinary teaching. Which strategy/method did I use?
a. Thematic instruction Incorrect
b. Unit method
c. Reading-writing activity
d. Problem-entered learning
12. Which is one characteristic of an effective classroom management?
a. It respects cultural norms of a limited group students. Incorrect
b. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects misbehavior once it occurs.
c. It teaches dependence on others for self-control.
d. Strategies aresimple enough to be used consistently.
13. Which of the following propositions is attributed to Plato?
a. Truth is relative to a particular time and place.
b. Learning is the discovery of truth as Iatent ideas are brought to consciousness.
Correct
c. Human beings create their own truths.
d. Sense perception is the most accurate guide to knowledge.
14. John Watson said:Men are built not born.What does this statement point to?
a. The ineffectiveness of training on a person's development.
b. The absence of genetic influence on a person's development
c. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person's development.
d. The effect of heredity. Incorrect
15. Study this group of tests which was administered with the following results, then
answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
In which subject(s) were the scores most homogenous?
a. English
b. Physics
c. Math Incorrect
d. Physics and Math
16. What was the most prominent educational issue of the mid 1980s?
a. Accountability
b. Bilingual Education Correct
c. Values Education
d. Mainstreaming
17. Teacher G's lesson objective has something to do with the skill of synthesizing?
Which behavioral term is most appropriate?
a. Appraise
b. Theorize
c. Assess
d. Test Incorrect
18. An effective classroom manager uses low-profile classroom control. Which is a lowprofile classroom technique?
a. After-school detention
b. Raising the pitch of the voice Correct
c. Note to parents
d. Withdrawal of privileges
19.A child who gets punished for stealing candy may not steal again immediately. But
this does not mean that the child may not steal again. Based on Thorndike's theory on
punishment and learning, this shows that
a. punishment weakens a response
b. punishment does not remove a response
c. punishment removes a response
d. punishment strengthens a response Incorrect
20.Studies in the areas of neurosciences disclosed that the human brain has limitless
capacity. What does this imply?
a. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have learned everything.
b. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of learning.
c. Every pupil has his own native ability and his learning is limited to this nativeabilty.
d. Every child is a potential genius. Correct
21.In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers, which is NOT said of
teachers?
a. Duly licensed professionals
b. Possess dignity and reputation
c. With high-moral values as well as technical and professional competence Incorrect
d. LET passers
22.What is the mean of this score distribution: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10?
a. 8.5 Incorrect
b. 7
c. 6
d. 7.5
23.NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that
NSAT and NEAT fall under__________.
a. aptitude test Incorrect
b. criterion-referenced test
c. intelligence test
d. norm-referenced test
24.In Krathwohl's affective domain of objectives, which of the following is the lowest
level of affective behavior?
a. Characterization
b. Organization
c. Valuing
d. Responding Correct
25. Student Z does not study at all but when the Licensure Examination for Teachers
(LET) comes, before he takes the LET, he spends one hour or more praying for a
miracle, i.e. to pass the exam. Which attitude towards religion or God is displayed?
a. Religion as fake
b. Religion as authentic
c. Religion as real
d. Religion as magic Correct
26. Which holds true to standardized tests?
a. They are scored according to different standards
b. They are used for comparative purposes
c. They are used for assigning grades
d. They are administered differently Incorrect
27. Which guideline must be observed in the use of prompting to shape the correct
performance of your students?
a. Use the least intrusive prompt first.
b. Use the most intrusive prompt first.
c. Use all prompts available.
d. Refrain from using prompts. Incorrect
28.What measure of central tendency does the number 16 represent in the following
data: 14, 15, 17, 16, 19, 20, 16, 14, 16?
a. Mean
b. Median Incorrect
c. Mode
34. Teacher H gave her first-grade class a page with a story in which pictures take the
place of some words. Which method did she use?
a. The whole language approach
b. The rebus method Incorrect
40. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents a morally ambiguous situation and asks
his students what they would do. On whose theory is Teacher I's technique based?
a. Bruner
b. Kohlberg Incorrect
c. Bandura
d. Piaget
41. If teacher has to ask more higher-order questions, he has to ask more __________
questions.
a. fact
b. convergent Correct
c. closed
d. concept
42. By what name is Indirect instruction the Socratic method also known?
a. Questioning method Correct
b. Indirect Method
c. Mastery learning
d. Morrison method
43. Ruben is very attached to his mother and Ruth to her father. In what developmental
stage are they according to Freudian psychological theory?
a. Oedipal stage
b. Anal stage Incorrect
c. Latent stage
d. Pre-genital stage
44. Who among the following puts more emphasis on core requirements, longer school
day, longer academic year and more challenging textbooks?
a. Perennialist
b. Progressivist
c. Existentialist Incorrect
d. Essentialist
45. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by custom that they are set apart, said one
Oriental philosopher. Where can this thought be most inspiring?
a. In heterogeneous class of learners
b. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of learners and indigenous peoples'
group
c. In a class composed of indigenous peoples
d. In a multi-cultural group of learners Incorrect
46. Which applies when skewness is zero?
a. Median is greater than mean Incorrect
b. Scores have three modes
c. Scores are normally distributed
d. Mean is greater than the median
47. What should you do if a parent who is concerned about a grade his child received
compared to another student's grade, demands to see both students' grades?
a. Refuse to show any record without expressing permission from principal. Incorrect
b. Show only his child's records.
c. Show both records to him.
d. Refuse to show either record.
48. Rodel is very aloof and cold in his relationships with his classmates. Which basic
goal must haye not been attained by Rodel during his developmental years, according
to Erikson's theory on psychological development?
a. Initiative
b. Autonomy Incorrect
c. Generativity
d. Trust
49. During the Spanish period, what was/were the medium/media of instruction in
schools?
a. Spanish and the Vernacular
b. English
c. Spanish Incorrect
d. The Vernacular
50. We encounter people whose prayer goes like this: "O God, if there is a God; save
my soul, if I have a soul" From whom is this prayer?
a. Skeptic
b. Stoic
c. Empiricist
d. Agnostic Correct
51. Theft of school equipment like tv, computer, etc. by teenagers in the community
itself is becoming a common phenomenon. What does this incident signify?
a. Deprivation of Filipino schools. Incorrect
b. Prevalence of poverty in the community.
c. Inability of school to hire security guards.
d. Community's lack of sense of co-ownership.
52. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very good in dramatizing. Which tool must
have helped him discover hispupils' strength?
a. Journal entry Incorrect
b. Paper-and-pencil test
c. Performance test
d. Portfolio assessment
53. Principal B tells her teachers that training in the humanities is most important. To
which educational philosophy does he adhere?
a. Perennialism
b. Progressivism Incorrect
c. Essentialism
d. Existentialism
64. Which is one role of play in the pre-school and early childhood years?
a. Develops the upper and lower limbs.
b. Develops competitive spirit.
c. Increases imagination due to expanding knowledge and emotional range.
d. Separates reality from fantasy. Incorrect
65. The best way for a guidance counselor to begin to develop study skills and habits in
underachieving student would be to __________.
a. encourage students to talk about study habits from their own experiences
b. give out a list of effective study approaches Incorrect
c. have them view film strips about various study approaches
d. have these underachieving students observe the study habits of excelling students
66. With indirect instruction in mind, which does NOT belong to the group?
a. Problem solving
b. Inductive reasoning Incorrect
c. Discovery
d. Lecture-recitation
67. Teacher B engages her students with information for thorough understanding for
meaning and for competent application. Which principle governs Teacher B's practice?
a. Gestalt Incorrect
b. Behaviorist
c. Contructivist
d. Cognitivist
68. Read the following then answer the question
TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT THE
UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GOTO THE MOON AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THERE
WE DON'T
HAVE.
BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN INTO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH AND SEE IF WE FIND
ANY OF THE
MISSING ELEMENTS.
RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM THE METEORITES IF WE CAN FIND ANY.
TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD ANSWERS. BUT WHAT IF THOSE EXCURSIONS TO THE
MOON, TO
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, OR TO FIND METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND TIME
CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT WE USE THE ELEMENTS WE ALREADY HAVE HERE ON EARTH
TO FIND
SOME NEW ONES?
Question: The Teacher's questions in the above exchange are examples of __________
questions.
a. closed
b. direct
c. fact Incorrect
d. concept
69. A teacher/student is held responsible for his actions because s/he __________.
a. has a choice
b. is mature Incorrect
c. has instincts
d. has reason
70. Teacher A knows of the illegal activities of a neighbor but keeps quiet in order not to
be involved in any investigation. Which foundational principle of morality does Teacher
A fail to apply?
a. Between two evils, do the lesser evil.
b. The end does not justify the means. Incorrect
c. Always do what is right.
d. The principle of double-effect
71. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not the highest good. Teacher's
teaching is against what philosophy?
a. Epicureanism
b. Realism Incorrect
c. Empiricism
d. Hedonism
72. Who among the following needs less verbal counseling but needs more concrete
and operational forms of assistance? The child who __________.
a. has mental retardation Incorrect
b. has conduct disorder
c. has attention-deficit disorder
d. has learning disability
73. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect instruction is for
__________, __________, __________.
a. guesses, data and conclusions
b. concepts, processes and generalizations
c. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions Incorrect
d. concepts, patterns and abstractions
74. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist. Which among these will be your guiding
principle?
a. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to the full. Incorrect
b. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better
future.
c. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven.
d. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything.
75. For maximum interaction, a teacher ought to avoid __________ questions.
a. rhetorical
b. divergent Incorrect
c. leading
d. informational
76. Which is an appropriate way to manage off-task behavior?
a. Redirect a child's attention to task and check his progress to make sure he is
continuing to work.
d. idealists
84. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive interference as illustrated in
syllogisms?
a. Scorates
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. Pythagoras
85. The search for related literature by accessing several databases by the use of a
telephone line to connect a computer library with other computers that have database
is termed __________.
a. manual search
b. compact disc search
c. computer search Incorrect
d. on-line search
86. For which may you use the direct instruction method?
a. Use a microscope properly. Correct
b. Distinguish war from aggression.
c. Become aware of the pollutants around us.
d. Appreciate Milton's Paradise Lost.
87. Teacher A is a teacher of English as a Second Language. She uses vocabulary cards,
fill-in-the-blank sentences, dialogues, dictation and writing excercises in teaching a
lesson about grocery shopping. Based on this information, which of the following is a
valid conclusion?
a. The teacher is teaching in a variety of ways because not all students learn in the
same manner.
b. The teacher is emphasizing reading and writing skills. Incorrect
c. The teacher wants to make herteachirig easier by having less talk.
d. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierachy of cognitive learning.
88. Which test has broad sampling of topics as strength?
a. Short answer test
b. Problem type
c. Objective test Incorrect
d. Essay test
89. Teacher T taught a lesson denoting ownership by means of possessives. He first
introduced the rule, then gave examples, followed by class exercises, then back to the
rule before he moved into the second rule. Which presenting technique did he use?
a. Comparative
b. Combinatorial
c. Sequence
d. Part-whole Correct
90. I drew learners into several content areas and encouraged them to solve a complex
question for inter-disciplinary teaching. Which strategy did I use?
a. Problem-centered learning Correct
b. Reading-writing activity
c. Thematic instruction
d. Unit method
91. In what way can teachers uphold the highest possible standards of quality
education?
a. By wearing expensive clothes to change people's poor perception of teachers
Incorrect
b. By putting down other professions to lift the status of teaching
c. By continually improving themselves personally and professionally
d. By working out undeserved promotions
92. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage yourself in major task analysis?
a. Breakdown a complex task into sub-skills.
b. Revise lesson objectives. Incorrect
c. Test if learning reached higher level thinking skills.
d. Determine the level of thinking involved.