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1. At the end of periodical examination, Teacher R administered a summative test in Filipino. After
scoring the test papers she assigned grades to each test score such as 95, 90, 85, 80 etc. What process
did Teacher R use?
A. Ranking
B. Computation
C. Measurement
D. Evaluation
2. It is the study of man’s prehistory through the buried remains of ancient culture, skeletal remnants of
human beings.
A. Anthropology
B. Archeology
C. Ethnology
D. Ethnography
3. Teacher D claims: "If I have to give reinforcement, it has to be given immediately after the response."
Which theory supports Teacher D?
C. cognitive theory
D. humanist theory
4. Visual imagery helps people store information in their memory more effectively. Which is one
teaching implication of this principle?
C. Encourage your students to imagine the characters and situations when reading a story.
A. independent thinking
B. social interaction
D. scientific thinking
6. The design of the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) is based on the principles that the main
sources for contemporary basic education are the expert systems of knowledge and the learner's
experience in their context. This shows that the BEC is _____ in orientation.
I. constructivist
II. behaviorist
III. essentialist
A. I and III
B. III only
C. I only
A. project
B. portfolio
C. critiquing sessions
D. daily journal
8. Ask to do a learning task, Joe hesitates and says "Mahirap. Ayaw ko. 'Di ko kaya!" (It's difficult. I don't
like it. I can't do it.) To which problem does the case of the student allude?
I. Unmotivated students
A. I and III
B. I and II
C. II and III
9. Teacher S wants to determine immediately the learning difficulties of her students. Which of the
following do you expect her to undertake?
10. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall
under __________.
A. intelligence test
B. aptitude test
C. criterion-referenced test
D. norm-referenced test
11. The result of the item analysis showed that item no. 4 has a discrimination index of 0.67. What
characteristic could be true about this item?
A. Difficult
B. Valid
C. Easy
D. Average
12. The theme of Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory emphasizes the role of appropriate assistance given by
the teacher to accomplish a task. Such help enables the child to move from the zone of actual
developmeny to a zone of proximal development. Such assistance is termed _____.
A. competency technique
B. scaffolding
C. active participation
D. collaboration
C. sketching/illustrating events
14. Institutions of learning are required to meet the minimum standards for state recognition but are
encouraged to set higher standards of quality over and above the minimum through _____ as provided
in Educational Act of 1982.
A. lifelong education
B. voluntary accreditation
C. formal education
D. academic freedom
15. You intend to assess affective attributes such as capacity to feel, attitudes, and behavior. Which of
the following should you establish to ascertain the instrument's validity?
A. construct
B. content
C. criterion-related
D. face
16. Which will be the most authentic assessment tool for an instructional objective on working with and
relating to people?
B. home visitation
II. She uses her power to punish students for the sake of discipline.
IV. She manipulates colleagues and students so she can meet her goals.
A. I and III
A. regional plan
D. division plan
19. In the K W L technique K stands for what the pupil already knows, W for he wants to know and L for
what he _____.
A. failed to learn
B. he likes to learn
C. needs to learn
D. learned
21. When curriculum content is fairly distributed in each area of discipline, this means that the
curriculum is _____.
A. sequenced
B. balanced
C. integrated
D. continued
22. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect instruction is for _____.
23. The difficulty index of a test item is 1.0. This means that the test is _____.
A. a quality item
B. very difficult
C. very easy
D. missed by everybody
24. The discrimination index of a test item is -0.35. What does this mean?
25. His aim of education is individual not a preparation for but participation in the life around the
individual.
A. Froebel
B. Spencer
C. Herbart
D. Pestalozzi
26. The following are characteristics of a child-friendly school except for _____.
A. exclusive
B. child-centered
C. gender-sensitive
D. nondiscriminating
27. To make the lesson meaningful, systematic and motivating, teachers’ example should be ______.
28. Which are the most important concerns about the use of ICT in instruction?
I. Developing appropriate curriculum materials that allow students to construct meaning and develop
knowledge throught the use of ICT
A. I and III
B. II and III
C. III and IV
I. Portfolio
II. Self-evaluation
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. I, II, and IV
D. II and III
30. Teacher A's lesson is about the parts of the gumamela. He asked his pupils per group to bring a real
flower to study the different parts. After the group work labeling each part, the teacher gave a test.
What would be the best type of test he can give?
A. essay type
B. matching type
C. diary
D. journal
31. Principal A wants her teachers to be constructivist in their teaching orientation. On which
assumption/s is the principal's action anchored?
III. Students derive meaning from the meaning that teacher gives.
A. I and III
B. I only
C. I and II
D. II only
A. learner
B. teacher
C. principal
D. supervisor
33. The difficulty index of a test item is 1.0. What does this mean?
34. Someone wrote: "Environment relates to the profound relationship between matter, nature, and
society, and in such a context, ICTs bring new ways of living in a more interconnected society, all of
which reduces our dependency on matter and affects our relationship with nature." What does this
convey?
35. Educational institutions’ effort of developing work skills inside the school are aimed at _____.
36. Teacher B discovered that her pupils are weak in comprehension. To further determine in which
particular skills her pupils are weak which test should Teacher B give?
A. Aptitude Test
B. Placement Test
C. Diagnostic Test
D. Standardized Test
37. That the quality of Philippine education is declining was the result of a study by EDCOM which
recommended to _____ teachers and teaching.
A. regulate
B. progessionalize
C. strengthen
D. improve
38. As provided in the Republic Act #4670, every teacher shall enjoy equitable safeguards at each stage
of any disciplinary procedures and shall the following except:
D. All of these
39. The subject matter or content to be learned must be within the time allowed, resources available,
expertise of the teacher, and nature of learners. What criterion is addressed?
A. validity
B. significance
C. interest
D. feasibility
40. A child was shown an amount of water in a glass. The teacher poured the whole amount to a much
taller and narrower glass and marked this glass as
A. The same amount was poured in a shorter and wider glass, marked glass
B. When asked which has more water, the child's answer was "Glass A". In what stage of cognitive
development is the child and what is this ability called? A. concrete operational stage; conservation B.
formal operational stage; deductive reasoning
41. In a multiple choice test item with four options and out of 50 examinees, which was the least
effective distracter?
42. What is an alternative assessment tool for teaching and learning consisting of a collection of
work/artifacts finished or in-progress accomplished by the targeted clientele?
A. rubric
B. achievement test
C. evaluation instrument
D. portfolio
43. Societal change requires continually deep-seated questions about "good" living. Which of these did
Socrates recognize as the greatest of human virtues?
A. moral wisdom
B. fair justice
C. courage
D. piety
44. Among the following curriculum stakeholders, who has the most responsibility in curriculum
implementation?
A. the learners
C. the teachers
D. the parents
45. Study this group of tests which was administered with the following results, then answer the
question.
SubjectMathPhysicsEnglishMean564180SD10916Student′sScore4331109
In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most poorly in relation to the group’s performance?
A. English
C. Math
D. Physics
46. You like to show a close representation of the size and shape of the earth and its location in the
entire solar system. What is the best instructional aid?
A. picture
B. model
C. realia
D. film
47. Which of the following techniques of curriculum implementation is fit to the objective of developing
cooperative learning and social interaction?
A. buzz session
B. graded recitation
C. individual reporting
D. lecture
48. To determine your pupil's entry knowledge and skills, which should you employ?
A. interview
C. post-test
D. pre-test
49. 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. Stoic
B. Empiricist
C. Agnostic
D. Skeptic
50. What is the implication of using a method that focuses on the why rather than the how?
51. Which software can you predict changes in weather pattern and or trends in the population of
endangered species?
A. word processing
B. spreadsheet
C. desktop publishing
D. database
52. You would like to assess students' ability to write a portfolio. What type of test will determine their
ability to organize ideas and think critically?
A. long test
B. essay test
C. formative test
D. summative test
53. Teacher F asks one student, "Rachel, can you summarize what we have just read? Remember, the
title of this section of the chapter." This is an example of a teacher's effort at _____.
A. scaffolding
B. inspiring
C. directing
D. giving feedback
54. Cooperative learning approach makes use of a classroom organization where students work in teams
to help each other learn. What mode of grouping can facilitate the skill and values desired?
A. large group
B. homogeneous
C. heterogeneous
56. In their desire to make schools perform, the DepEd then published the ranking of schools in NAT
results nationwide. As an effect of this practice, what did schools tend to do?
A. II and III
B. II only
C. I and III
D. III only
57. Which one appropriately describes your lesson if you use the cognitive approach?
B. lecture-dominated
A. I and II
B. II only
C. I and III
D. I only
59. To make our children become like "little scientists", which of the following methods should we
employ more often?
I. Inquiry
II. Problem-solving
III. Laboratory
A. II and III
B. I and II
D. I and III
60. Teacher B is a teacher of English as a Second Language. She uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-the-blank
sentences, dictation and writing exercises in teaching a lesson about grocery shopping. Based on this
information, which of the following is a valid conclusion?
A. The teacher is reinforcing learning by giving the same information in, a variety of methods.
61. A mother gives her son his favorite snack every time the boy cleans up his room. Afterwards, the boy
cleans his room everyday in anticipation of the snack. Which theory explains this?
A. operant conditioning
C. associative learning
D. Pavlovian conditioning
62. What is the primary fundamental question in examining a curriculum?
A. What educational experiences can be provided that are likely to attain these purposes?
63. To elicit more student’s response, Teacher G made use of covert responses. Which one did she NOT
do?
B. She showed the correct answers on the overhead after the students have written their responses.
C. She had the students write their responses privately then called each of them.
A. social contract
65. There is a statement that says, "No amount of good instruction will come out without good
classroom management." Which of the following best explains this statement?
B. There must be classroom management for instruction to yield good outcomes/ results.
A. construct validity
67. A person who had painful experiences at the dentist's office may become fearful at the mere sight of
the dentist's office. Which theory can explain this?
A. generalization
B. classical conditioning
C. operant conditioning
D. attribution theory
68. Which one can help student develop the habit of critical thinking?
69. Multiple intelligences can be used to explain children's reading performance. Which group tends to
be good readers?
B. unnecessary deductions
D. unnecessary evaluation
71. Which of the following is NOT a guidance role of the classroom teacher?
B. ListenerAdviser
72. Watson applied classical conditioning in his experiments and the results showed that behavior is
learned through stimulus-response associations, specifically the development of emotional responses to
certain stimuli. This helps is in _____.
73. Who claimed that children are natural learners and therefore, must be taught in natural settings?
A. Piaget
B. Froebel
C. Montessori
D. Kohlberg
74. the benefit of "reading aloud" is that children learn _____.
A. The scores congregate on the left side of the normal contribution curve.
D. The score congregate on the right side of the normal contribution curve.
76. A high school graduate was refused admission to a university on the grounds that he failed the
admission test. The student insisted that he had the right to be admitted and the act of the univeristy
was a violation of his right to education. Was the student correct?
A. No, the university may refuse the student in its exercise of academic freedom.
D. it is not cost-effective.
78. Student M obtained an NSAT percentile rank of 80. This indicates that _____.
B. he got a score of 80
79. Teachers are encouraged to make use of authentic assessment. Which goes with authentic
assessment?
A. unrealistic performances
B. de-contextualized drills
80. Global students learn with short bursts of energy. To maintain concentration they require ______.
81. A child was punished for cheating in an exam. For sure the child wont cheat again in short span of
time, but this does not guarantee that the child won’t cheat ever again. Based on Thorndike’s theory on
punishment and learning, this shows that _____.
A. Idealism
B. Existentialism
C. Realism
D. Pragmatism
A. a large number of students receiving low grades and very few students with high marks
B. a large number of more or less average students and very few students receiving low and high grades
C. a large number of students with high grades and very few with low grades
84. Lecturer C narrates: "I observe that when there is an English-speaking foreigner in class, more often
than not, his classmates perceive him to be superior." To which Filipino trait does this point?
A. hospitality
B. friendliness
C. colonial mentality
D. lack of confidence
85. Which violates this brain-based principle of teaching-learning: "Each child's brain is unique and vastly
different from one another."
A. giving ample opportunity for a pupil to explore even if the class creates "noise"
B. making a left-handed pupil write with his right hand as it is better this way
87. Which one should teacher AVOID to produce an environment conducive for learning?
A. Tests
B. Seat plan
C. Individual competition
D. Games
88. You are convinced that whenever a student performs a desired behavior, provide reinforcement and
soon the student learns to perform the behavior on her own. On which principle is your conviction
based?
A. cognitivism
B. behaviorism
C. constructivism
D. environmentalism
89. “Men are built not born.” This quotation by John Watson states that _____.
91. At the preoperational stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory, the child can see only his point
of view and assumes that everyone also has the same view as his. What is this tendency called?
A. transductive reasoning
B. animism
C. egocentrism
D. conservatism
92. "Vox Populi Est Supreme Lex" is a Latin expression that means what?
93. Which is not among the major targets of the Child-Friendly School System (CFSS)?
D. All Grade 6 students pass the division, regional, and national tests.
94. Thorndike's law of effect states that a connection between stimulus and response is strengthened
when the consequence is _____.
A. repeated
B. negative
C. pleasurable
D. positive
95. Which is the most reliable tool of seeing the development in your pupils' ability to write?
A. portfolio asssessment
B. scoring rubric
C. interview of pupils
D. self-assessment
96. The Philippine constitution directs the teaching of religion in public schools on the following
conditions except for?
97. These are also known as “combination classes” organized in barrios/barangays where the required
number of pupils of the same grade levels has not met the required number to make a separate class
thus the teacher apportions class time for instruction to every grade level within class. These are
______.
A. extension classes
B. heterogeneous classes
C. multigrade classes
D. homogeneous classes
98. After reading and paraphrasing R. Frost's Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Teacher M
asked the class to share any insight derived from this poem. On which assumption about the learner is
Teacher M's act of asking the class to share their insight based?
99. "Do not cheat. Cheating does not pay. If you do, you cheat yourself." says the voiceless voice from
within you. In the context of Freud's theory, which is at work
A. id alone
B. superego alone
C. ego alone
100. Which of the following assessment tools would you recommend if one should adhere to
constructivist theory of learning?
A. I and II
B. II and III
D. I, II, and IV
101. The test in English and Mathematics showed poor results in comprehension and problem-solving
questions. How may the data be used for better learners' performance?
III. The child has a certain degree of freedom not to allow himself to be shaped by his environment.
A. III only
B. I and II
C. I and III
D. II only
103. _____ supports equitable access but on the other hand, quality might be compromised. A. Open
admission B. School accreditation C. Deregulated tuition fee D. Selective retention
104. If you want your students to develop reading comprehension and learning strategies which one
should you employ?
A. reciprocal teaching
B. cooperative learning
C. peer tutoring
D. mastery learning
105. What statement is FALSE with reference to Article VIII “The Teacher and the Learners” of the Code
of Ethics of Professional Teachers?
A. A teacher shall not accept favors or gifts from learners, their parents, or others in their behalf in
exchange for requested concessions, especially if undeserved,
B. A teacher shall not inflict corporal punishment or offending learners nor make deductions from their
scholastic ratings as a punishment for acts which are clearly not manifestation of poor scholarship.
C. In a situation where mutual attraction and subsequent love develop between teacher and the
learner, the teacher shall exercise utmost professional discretion to avoid scandal, gossip, and
preferential treatment of the learner.
D. A teacher shall maintain at all ties a dignified personality, which could serve as model worthy of
emulation by learners, peers and others.
106. In the light of the modern concept of teaching, which is a characteristic of effective teaching?
A. A bright student refuses to consider that there is another correct solution to the problem apart from
hers.
B. A student explains the arguments for and against the acquittal of Hubert Webb and group.
108. Which among the indicators could be most useful for assessing quality of schooling?
A. participation rate
D. drop-out rate
109. The discrimination index of a test item is +0.48. What does this mean?
A. An equal number from the lower and upper group got the item correctly.
A. eye contact
B. gestures
C. pauses
D. voice
111. Which is a valid assessment tool if you want to find out how well your students can speak
extemporaneously?
D. writing speeches
112. Professionalization of teachers and teaching as promulgated in Presidential Decree No. 1006,
defines teaching as profession concerned with classroom institution ______.
113. Teacher U asked her pupils to create a story out of the given pictures. Which projective technique
did Teacher U use?
A. Rorschach test
B. narrative
D. reflective
114. The Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers stipulates that educational institutions shall offer
quality education for all Filipino citizens. How is quality education defined in R.A. 9155?
A. Relevance and excellence of education are emphasized to meet the needs and aspirations of an
individual and society.
C. Children with special needs should be mainstreamed with regular classes in the public schools.
D. Public and private basic education schools should provide relevant education.
115. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very good in dramatizing. Which tool must have helped
him discover his pupils’ strength?
A. Portfolio assessment
B. Performance test
C. Journal entry
D. Paper-and-pencil test
116. Which appropriate teaching practice flows from this research finding on the brain: The brain's
emotional center is tied into its ability to learn.
A. Create a learning environment that encourages students to explore their feelings and ideas freely.
B. Come up with highly competitive games where winners will feel happy.
C. Tell students to participate in class activities or else won't receive plus points in class recitation. D. To
establish discipline, be judgmental in attitude.
117. Your percentile rank in class is 60%. What does this mean?
118. Which test item is in the highest level of Bloom's taxonomy of objectives?
119. In qualitative social and behavioral studies, "the investigator is a part of the study." What are
implied in this statement?
IV. Data gathering may be done by others but the analysis is done by the researcher.
A. I and IV
B. II and III
C. I, II, and IV
D. I, II, III, and IV
120. The observable manifestation of student's feelings, thoughts, or attitude are summed up as
behavior. Every high school teacher is expected to contribute to the assessment of the student's
behavior but the grade is reflected in _____.
B. Values Education
C. co-curricular activities
D. curricular activities
122. The instructions for a test are made simple, clear and concise. This is part of which of the following
characteristics of a good test?
A. objectivity
B. economy
C. administrability
D. scorability
A. 7
B. 6
C. 8.5
D. 7.5
124. The Early Childhood Care and Development Act provides for the promotion of the rights of children
for survival and development. Which of the following statements is not among its objectives?
A. Enhance the role of parents as the primary caregivers and educators of their children form birth
onward.
B. Facilitate a smooth transition from care and education provided at home to community or school-
based setting and primary schools.
C. Assist the LGUs in their endeavor to prepare the child for adulthood.
D. Enhance the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, psychological, spiritual, and language
development of young children.
126. Bernadette enjoyed the roller coaster when they went to Enchanted Kingdom. Just at the sight of a
roller coaster, she gets excited. Which theory explains Bernadette's behavior?
A. operant conditioning
B. attribution theory
C. Pavlovian conditioning
I. Attainable
II.Measurable
III.Results-oriented
IV. Specific
V. Time-bound
C. I, IV, and V
A. the soldiers who doubted the success of the public educational system to be set in the Philippines
B. the first American teacher recruits to help establish the public educational system in the Philippines
C. the first religious group who came to the Philippines on board the US transport named Thomas.
130. Researchers found that when a child is engaged in a learning experience, a number of areas of the
brain are simultaneously activated. What is an application of this in the teaching-learning process?
A. II only
B. I only
C. I and III
D. I and II
131. Here is a score distribution: 98, 93, 93, 93, 90, 88, 87, 85, 85, 85, 70, 51, 34, 34, 34, 20, 18, 15, 12, 9,
8, 6, 3, 1. Which is the range?
A. 93
B. 85
C. 97
D. between 51 and 34
132. Which tool should a teacher use if she wants to locate areas which are adversely affecting the
performance of a significant number of students?
A. problem checklist
B. self-report technique
C. autobiography
D. cumulative record
A. metaphors
B. kinesthetic activities
C. inquiry
D. independent study
A. R.A. 9155
B. R.A. 9293
C. R.A. 7836
D. R.A. 7722
135. Piagetian tasks state that thinking becomes more logical and abstract as children reach the formal
operations stage. What is an educational implication of this finding?
B. Engage children in analogical reasoning as early as preschool to train them for HOTS.
C. Learners who are not capable of logical reasoning from ages 8 to 11 lag behind in their cognitive
development.
136. This embodies the teacher’s duties and responsibilities as well as proper behavior in performing
them.
C. Bill of Rights
137. The class was asked to share their insights about the poem. The ability to come up with an insight
stems from the ability to _____.
C. easy to complete
139. Schools should develop in the students the ability to adapt to a changing world. This is adhereance
to the philosophy of _____.
A. essentialism
B. perennialism
C. progressivism
D. reconstructionism
140. The teacher’s first task in the selection of media in teaching is to determine the ______.
D. technique to be used
141. With which goals of educational institutions as provided for by the Constitution is the development
of work skills aligned?
B. volume
C. distance
D. square
143. Who is the forerunner of the presence of the Language Acquisition Device?
A. Watson
B. Chomsky
C. Gardner
D. Piaget
144. Which of the following statements best describes metacognition as a strategy for curriculum
augmentation?
145. Which psychological theory states that the mind insists on finding patterns in things that contribute
to the development of insight?
A. Piaget's psychology
B. Kohlberg's psychology
C. Gestalt psychology
D. Bruner's psychology
B. enjoys memorizing
C. works on details
147. 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. Piaget
C. Freud
D. Jung
148. Ask to do a learning task, Joe hesitates and says "Mahirap. Ayaw ko. 'Di ko kaya!" (It's difficult. I
don't like it. I can't do it.) Is it possible to motivate this type of student?
D. No, motivation is totally dependent on the student. No person outside him can influence him.
149. As of the Republic Act 7836 the licensure exam for teachers is with the _____.
C. Department of Education
Answer Key
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. C
10. C
11. D
12. B
13. C
14. B
15. D
16. C
17. A
18. C
19. D
20. A
21. B
22. C
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. A
27. D
28. D
29. A
30. B
31. C
32. A
33. C
34. B
35. D
36. C
37. B
38. D
39. D
40. A
41. B
42. D
43. A
44. C
45. A
46. B
47. A
48. D
49. D
50. D
51. B
52. B
53. A
54. C
55. C
56. A
57. A
58. A
59. C
60. A
61. A
62. B
63. B
64. B
65. B
66. C
67. B
68. B
69. A
70. A
71. A
72. B
73. C
74. B
75. D
76. A
77. A
78. A
79. C
80. B
81. B
82. A
83. B
84. C
85. B
86. C
87. C
88. B
89. B
90. C
91. C
92. C
93. D
94. D
95. A
96. B
97. C
98. A
99. B
100. A
101. B
102. B
103. A
104. A
105. D
106. B
107. B
108. B
109. D
110. D
111. A
112. C
113. C
114. A
115. B
116. A
117. D
118. D
119. A
120. B
121. D
122. C
123. A
124. C
125. B
126. C
127. B
128. C
129. B
130. D
131. C
132. A
133. B
134. A
135. A
136. A
137. D
138. C
139. D
140. C
141. D
142. B
143. D
144. A
145. C
146. A
147. A
148. A
149. B
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