LET Reviewer: Professional Education Part 5

1.    A teacher’s quarrel with a parent makes her develop a feeling of

prejudice against the parent’s child. The teacher’s unfavorable treatment
of the child is an influence of what Filipino trait?
    
a.    Lack of self-reflection
b.    Extreme personalism
c.     Extreme family-centeredness
d.    “Sakop-mentality

2.    In the context of grading, what is referred to as teacher’s generosity

error? A teacher _______.

a.    Rewards students who perform well

b.    In overgenerous with praise
c.    Has a tendency to give high grades as compare to the rest
d.    Gives way to students’ bargain for no more quiz

3.    For mastery learning and in line with outcome-based evaluation model

which element should be present?

a.    Inclusion of non-performance objectives

b.    Construction of criterion-referenced tests
c.     Construction of norm-referenced tests
d.    Non-provision of independent learning

4.    Which statement about standard deviation is correct?

a.    The higher the standard deviation the more spread the scores are
b.    The lower the standard deviation the more spread the scores are
c.     The higher the standard deviation the less spread the scores are
d.    It is a measure of central tendency

5.    What is the Teacher’s Professionalism Act?

a.    RA 7836                c. RA 7722

b.    RA 4670                d. RA 9263

6.    The State shall protect and promote the right of citizens to quality
education at all levels. Which government program is in support of this?
a.    Exclusion of children with special needs from the formal system
b.    Free elementary and secondary education
c.     Deregulated tuition fee hike
d.    Re-introduction of the NEAT and NSAT

7.    The American Teachers who were recruited to help set the public
educational system in the Philippines during the American regime were
called Thomasite’s because:

a.    They were devotees of St. Thomas Aquinas

b.    They disembarked from the CIS Transport called Thomas
c.     They first taught at the University of Sto. Tomas
d.    They arrived in the Philippines on the feast of St. Tomas

8.    Zazha exhibits fear response to freely roaming dogs but does not show
fear when a dog is on a leash or confined to a pen. Which conditioning
process is illustrated?

a.    Generalization       c. Discrimination
b.    Acquisition             d. Extinction

9.    The Filipino learner envisioned by the Department of Education is one

who is imbued with the desirable values of person who is:

a.    Makabayan, makatao, makakalikasan at maka-Diyos

b.    Makabayan, makatao, makahalaman, at maka-Diyos
c.     Makabayan, makasarili, makakalikasan, at maka-Diyos
d.    Makabayan, makakaragatan, makatao, at maka-Diyos

10.  The right hemisphere of the brain is involved with the following function
except:

a.    Intuitive functions
b.    Nonverbal functions
c.     Visual functions
d.    Detail-oriented functions

11.  What function is associated with the right brain?

a.    Visual, non-verbal, logical

b.    Visual, intuitive, non-verbal
c.    Visual, intuitive, logical
d.    Visual, logical, detail-oriented

12.  Principal Connie tells her teachers that training in the humanities is

most important. To which education philosophy does he adhere?

a.    Existentialism                    c. Essentialism
b.    Progressivism                   d. Perennialism

13.  Behavior followed by pleasant consequences will be strengthened and

will be more likely to occur in the future. Behavior followed by
unpleasant consequences will be weakened and will be less likely to be
repeated in the future. Which one is explained?

a.    Freud’s psychoanalytic theory

b.    Thorndike’s law of effect
c.     B.F. Skinner’s Operant conditioning theory
d.    Bandura’s social learning theory

14.  Theft of school equipment like TV, computer, etc. by people on the

community itself is becoming a common phenomenon. What does this
signify?

a.    Prevalence of poverty in the community

b.    Inability of school to hire security guards
c.     Deprivation of Filipino schools
d.    Community’s lack of sense of co-ownership

15.  The main purpose of compulsory study of the Constitution is to _____.

a.    Develop students into responsible, thinking citizen

b.    Acquaint students with the historical development of the Philippine
Constitution
c.     Make constitutional experts of the students
d.    Prepare students for law-making

16.  Which goals of educational institution, as provided for by the

Constitution, is the development of work skills aligned?

a.    To develop moral character

b.    To develop vocational efficiency
c.     To teach the duties of citizenship
d.    To inculcate love of country

17.  Complete this analogy:

Spanish period: moral and religious person.

American period: _______

a.    Productive citizen                 c. Patriotic citizen

b.    Self-reliant citizen                   d. Caring citizen

18.  Who is remembered for his famous quotation? “My loyalty to may party
ends where my loyalty to my country begins.”

a.    Carlos P. Garcia                c. Manuel L. Quezon

b.    Ferdinand Marcos             d. Manuel Roxas

19.  Here is a question: “Is the paragraph a good one? Evaluate.” If broken

down to simplify, which is the best simplification?

a.    Is the paragraph a good one? Why or why not?

b.    Why is the paragraph a good one? Prove
c.     If you asked to evaluate something, what do you do? Evaluate the paragraph
d.    What are the qualities of a good paragraph? Does the paragraph have these
qualities?

20.  Manunulat ang tatay mo kaya sa personal mong kagustuhan

makasunod sa kanyang mga yapak, magsusulat ka. Ano ang kahulugan
ng pagsusulat?

a.    Proseso na nagsisimula sa idea o karanasan

b.    Makalikha ng mga salita, pangungusap at talata
c.     Kakayahan ng tao na makapagtala o makapagimprenta ng malinaw
d.    Pagpili ng paksa at pagsasaliksik

21.  Anong bahagi ng pananalita ang nasa malaking titik? Malungkot ANG

MGA nagtapos na wala pang trabaho.

a.    Pananda               c. Pariralang pantukoy

b.    Pang-ukol             d. Pangatnig

22.  Which is NOT a characteristic of education during the pre-Spanish era?

a.    Vocational training-oriented
b.    Structured
c.     Unstructured
d.    Informal

23.  Which is closest to the real human digestive system for study in the
classroom?

a.    Model of the human digestive system

b.    Drawing of the human digestive system on the board
c.     The human digestive system projected on an OHP
d.    Drawing of human digestive system on a page of a textbook

24.  Which one is in support of greater interaction?

a.    Repeating the question

b.    Not allowing a student to complete a response
c.     Probing
d.    Selecting the same student respondents

25.  Which is/are effective methods/s in teaching students critical reading

skills?

a.    Interpret editorials about a particular subject from three different newspapers

b.    Read and interpret three different movie reviews
c.     Distinguish fiction from non-fiction materials
d.    Interpret editorials and read and interpret three different movie reviews

26.  Which is true of a bimodal score distribution?

a.    The group tested has two different groups

b.    The scores are neither high nor low
c.     The scores are high
d.    The scores are low

27.  What is the mastery level of school in a 100 item test with a mean of 55?
a.    42%              b. 50%            c. 45%           d. 55%

28.  Who stressed the idea that students cannot learn if their basic needs
are not first met?

a.    Thorndike
b.    Maslow
c.     Wertheimer
d.    Operant conditioning

29.  A person, who has had painful experience as the dentist’s office, may
become fearful at the mere sight of the dentist’s office building. What
theory can explain this?

a.    Attribution theory
b.    Classical conditioning
c.     Generalization
d.    Operant conditioning

30.  I want my students to have mastery learning of a basic topic. Which of

the following can help?

a.    Socratic method and drill

b.    Drill
c.     Socratic method
d.    None of the above

31.  As a teacher you are a skeptic. Which among these will be your guiding
principle? 

a.    I must teach the child to the fullest

b.    I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a
better future
c.    I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything

d.    I must teach the child so he is assured

32.  With forms of prompting in mind, which group is arranged from least to

most instructive prompting?
a.    Verbal, physical, gestural
b.    Verbal, gestural, physical
c.     Gestural, physical, verbal
d.    Physical, gestural, verbal

33.  In which way does heredity affect the development of the learner?

a.    By providing equal potential to all

b.    By making acquired traits hereditary
c.     By compensating for what environment fails to develop
d.    By placing limits beyond which the learner cannot develop

34.  In writing performance objectives, which word is not acceptable?

a.    Integrate                                  c. Manipulate

b.    Delineate                                 d. Comprehend

35.  For which lesson objective will a teacher use the direct instruction
method?

a.    Distinguish war from aggression

b.    Appreciate Milton’s Paradise Lost
c.    Use a microscope properly
d.    Become aware of the pollutants in the environment

36.  To encourage introspection, which teaching method is MOST

appropriate?

a.    Cognitive                c. Process

b.    Reflective             d. Cooperative learning

37.  With indirect instruction in mind, which does not belong to the group?

a.    Lecture-recitation
b.    Experiential method
c.     Inductive method
d.    Discovery method

38.  A master teacher is the resource speaker in an in-service training. He

presented the situated learning theory and encouraged his colleagues to
 apply the same in class. Which of the following did he not encourage his
colleagues to do?

a.    Apprenticeship
b.    Decontextualized teaching
c.     Learning as it normally occurs
d.    Authentic problem solving

39.  I want to engage my students in small group discussions. Which topic

lends itself to a lively discussion?

a.    The exclusion of Pluto as a planet

b.    The meaning of the law of supply and demand
c.     The law of inertia
d.    Rules on subject-verb agreement

40.  Teacher Joshua discovered that his pupils are weak in comprehension.

To further in which particular skill(s) his pupils are weak, which test
should Teacher Joshua give?

a.    Standardized test                           c. Placement

b.    Aptitude test                                  d. Diagnostic

41.  The students of Teacher Kath scan an electronic encyclopedia, view a

film on the subject, or look at related topics at the touch of a button right
there in the classroom. Which devices does teacher Kath’s class have?

a.    Videotape lesson                          c. Video disc

b.    Teaching machine                      d. CD

42.  If my approach to my lesson is behaviorist, what features will dominate

my lesson?

I.              Lecturing               III. Reasoning
II.            Copying notes       IV. Demonstration

a.    III, IV                                  c. I, II, III, IV

b.    I, III, IV                               d. II, III, IV

43.  You practice inclusive education. Which of these applies to you?

I.      You accept every student as full and valued member of the class and school
community
II.    Your special attention is on learners with specific learning or social needs

III.   You address the needs of the class as a whole within the context of the
learners with specific learning or social needs

a.    II only                    c. I only

b.    I and II                   d. I and III

44.  Which will be the most authentic assessment tool for an instructional

objective on working with and relating to people?

a.    Organizing a community project

b.    Writing articles on working and relating to people
c.     Home visitation
d.    Conducting mock election

45.  Here is a test item:

“From the data presented in the table, form generalizations that are
supported by the data.” Under what type of question does this item fall?

a.    Convergent                       c. Application
b.    Evaluative                        d. Divergent

46.  I want to teach concepts, patterns, and abstractions. Which method will
be most appropriate?

a.    Discovery                         c. Direct instruction

b.    Indirect instruction            d. Problem solving

47.  We are very much interested in a quality professional development

program for teachers. What characteristic should we look for?

a.    Required for renewal of professional license

b.    Prescribed by top educational leader
c.    Responsive to identified teacher’s needs
d.    Dependent on the availability of funds

48.  What principle is violated by overusing the chalkboards, as though it is

the only education technology available?
 a.    Isolated use                      c. Variety
b.    Flexibility                          d. Uniformity

49.  Which statement applies correctly to Edgar Dale’s “CONE of

experience”?

a.    The farther you are from the base, the more direct the learning experience
becomes
b.    The farther you are from the bottom, the more direct the learning experience
becomes
c.     The close you are to the base, the more indirect the learning experience
become
d.    The closer you are to the base, the more direct the learning experience
becomes

50.      To teach the democratic process to the pupils. Santo Domingo

Elementary School decided that the election of class officers shall be
patterned after local elections. There are qualities set for candidates,
limited period for campaign, rules for posting campaign materials, etc.
Which of the following did the school use?

a.    Symposium              c. Role playing

b.    Simulation             d. Philips 66