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PRE-TEST APRIL 2010 b. Early childhood years
c. Babyhood
1. Which Republic Act provides government d. Late childhood
assistance to students and teachers in 9. In a DECS memorandum issued last 1998,
private education? the new name for multi-grade class is:
a. RA 7836 c. RA 6728 a. A.Friendly school c. Paaralan ng
b. RA 7784 d. RA 6675 bahay
2. In the preamble of the CODE of ethics for b. School-of-the-future d. Escuela nueva
Professional Teachers, which of the following 10. The student-centered curriculum belongs to
teacher descriptions is included in the Code which group of educators?
of Ethics for Professional Teachers? a. Reconstructionist-Essentialist
a. A. With satisfactory teaching performance b. Progressivist, Perennialist
b. Passed the licensure exams for teachers c. Perennialist, Essentialist
c. Duly licensed professional d. Progressivist, Reconstructionist
d. Persons of dignity and reputation 11. Daniel Goleman talks about emotional
3. Which stage according to Erickson is the intelligence. Which of the following
stage of trust and mistrust? characterize a student with a high degree of
a. Young adulthood c. emotional intelligence?
Adolescence a. Sensitive to points of view and feeling of
b. Early childhood d. Infancy others
4. In the history of education system, including b. Prodded by others
that of the Philippines, which system was c. Obsessed with achieving at any cost
first and last remained a partner of other d. Unable to delay gratification
systems of education? 12. The history of curriculum development
a. Formal b. Non-formal c. Informal d. Pre- includes the hidden curriculum approach.
school Which is the content emphasis of the hidden
5. Who among the following subscribe to the curriculum?
theory that the good, the true and the a. Students experiences and activities
beautiful are universally valid in all places at b. Implicit processes and social norms
all times? c. Student needs and interest
a. Realists and idealists d. Introspection and choice
b. Realist and existentialists 13. Teacher T is concerned with conceptual
c. Pragmatists and idealists matters since reality is mental teacher T’s
d. Pragmatists and realists thinking is quite-
6. The 1987 Constitution mandates the state to a. Realistic c. Existential
encourage among others self-learning, b. Pragmatic d. Idealistic
independent and out-of-school study 14. The authoritarian setting in the Filipino home
programs particularly those that respond to is reinforced by a classroom teacher who-
community needs. Which is an off shoot of a. Asks open –ended questions
this mandate? b. Encourages pupils to ask questions
a. Institutionalization of early childhood care c. Prescribes what pupils should do
and development d. Is open to suggestions
b. Principal empowerment program 15. A number of researches found that the
c. Multi-grade teaching effects of maternal employment on children’s
d. Practices of community-based learning achievement are-
7. Authors claim that education is given greater a. Hardly established
in the 1987 Philippine Constitution than in b. Positive and negative
the past Constitution. Which article provision c. Fully established
on education is found only in the 1987 d. Negative
Constitution? 16. Which one correctly describes the
a. Support to teacher education phenomenon of latchkey children?
b. Provision on assigning the highest budget a. They turn to empty homes after school
priority to education either to sit by the television or to roam
the streets
b. They are truant school children
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d. They are engaged in child labor particular instances to tentative
17. Teacher Q regards the student as a spiritual generalizations that are Subjected to further
entity and as part of the larger spiritual verification . Teacher D engages
universe. To what philosophy does teacher Q himself/herself in:
subscribe? a. Intuition
a. Idealism c. Realism b. Inductive logic
b. Existentialism d. Pragmatism c. Deductive logic
18. The 1987 Constitution mandates the state to d. Philosophical analysis
assign the highest budgetary priority to- 27. Which of the correct statement of emotional
a. Health c. Social work intelligence is based on Daniel Goleman’s
b. Education d. Defense theory?
19. Moral development in early childhood is a. Emotional intelligence is feeling
characterized by- approximately and effectively
a. Questioning rules b. Emotional intelligence id being nice to
b. Willful disobedience of rules people
c. Acting out of conviction c. Emotional intelligence is giving free rein
d. Acting without knowing why they do so to feeling
20. According to Piaget, by adolescence boys and d. Emotional intelligence changes less
girls must have reached what stage? considerably than IQ through life.
a. Concrete operations stage 28. Which of the following is not a subject-
b. Sensorimotor stage centered curriculum?
c. Formal operations stage a. Perennialist c. Values-centered
d. Pre-operational stage b. Back-to-basics d. Subject area
21. Ruth dances well. She can figure out how 29. Which program is assisted financially by the
something works or how to fix something World Bank and OECF and is meant for the
that is broken, without asking for help. improvement of elementary education in the
Based on Garden’s theory of multiple SRA provinces?
intelligence under what intelligence is she a. Program for Decentralized Education
strong? b. First Elementary Education Project
a. Musical c. Kinesthetic intelligence
b. Logical-mathematical d. Second Elementary Education Project
c. Spatial intelligence 30. Mr. Z, A fifty-five year old American citizen,
d. Kinesthetic intelligence even though very educationally qualified to
22. Who among the following believes that be president an educational institution in
learning requires disciplined attention regular third country cannot be appointed as
homework, and respect for legitimate President because: He_____
authority? a. Does not belong to a religious group
a. Reconstructionist c. Essetialist b. Is nearing retirement
b. Perennialist d. Progressivist c. Is not Filipino Citizen
23. Which developmental task is expected of the d. Is not an official of a corporation
adolescent according to havughurst? 31. Which of the following is not a hazard to the
a. Achieving new and more mature relations mastery of developmental tasks?
with age-mates of both sexes a. Unfavorable social judgment
b. Skilled games b. Bypassing of stage of development as a
c. Getting started in an occupation result of failure to master the tasks for
d. Learning to get along with age-mates that stage of development
24. Mr. Roy wants his pupils to be creative. c. Crisis when individuals pass from on
Which of the following will he REFRAIN from stage to another
doing? d. Inappropriate or impossible expectations
a. Heighten the student’s sense of unusual 32. Teacher U emphasizes to her students the
b. Develops students’ ability to recognize importance of deep personal reflection on
and analyze problems and relationships one’s commitments and choices. Teacher U
c. Encourage sustained attention in an area subscribes to which Philosophy?
of interest a. Realism c. Existentialism
d. Develop solely skill mastery
25. The creation of Student’s Loan Fund to give b. Idealism d. Pragmatism
equal opportunity to all persons who desire 33. The constitutional provision on language has
to pursue higher education is the essence the following aims, Except:
of: a. To make Filipino the national language
a. RA 6014 c. RA 6655 and medium of instruction and official
b. RA 7836 d. RA 7784 communication
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auxiliary media of instructions in regional
schools
c. To make Filipino the sole medium of
instruction
d. To maintain English as a second
language
34. Which periods in the life span of an individual
are characterized by growth spurt?
a. Early childhood and adolescence
b. Prenatal period and early childhood
c. Early childhood
d. Pre-natal and puberty
35. The introduction of non-formal education in
line with the Constitutional Provision on:
a. Protection of teachers
b. Promoting the rights of all citizens to
make quality education accessible to all
c. Optional religious instructions
d. Promoting the rights of all citizens to
quality education at all levels
36. Teacher X is often times frustrated. The
students in her class hardly volunteer to
recite and to do other learning-related task.
This is a proof of the Filipino’s:
a. Sense of humor
b. Lack of resourcefulness
c. Lack of reflection
d. Passivity and lack of initiative
37. The tendency to emphasize so much on
school beautification to the detriment of
pupil’s performance illustrated the:
a. Filipino’s sense of humor
b. Filipino’s lack of reflection
c. Filipino’s love for “ Porma” at the expense
of substance
d. Filipino’s lack of seriousness
38. A president body to study Philippines
education created by virtue of Executive
Order No. 46 during the incumbency of DECS
secretary Andrew Gonzales with an aim to
study Philippine Education is the:
a. Presidential Commission on Educational
Reform
b. Philippine Commission to Survey
Philippine Education
c. Survey to outcomes of elementary
Education
d. Commission on Philippine Education
39. Which is a danger signal of adolescent mal-
adjustment?
a. Inappropriate body-build
b. Irresponsibility as shown in neglect of
studies in favor of having a good time
c. Attraction to the opposite sex
d. Prolonged treatment as children
40. To democratize access to secondary
education, public secondary education was
made free. In whose presidency was this
implemented?
a. Ferdinand Marcos c. Corazon Aquino
b. Joseph Estrada d. Fidel Ramos
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as 41. Which is not a characteristic of democratic
discipline?
a. Child obeys blindly
b. Child understands the meaning of rules
c. Child is given punishment us related to
the misdeed
d. Child has opportunity to express his/her
opinion
42. The three A’s of happiness according to
Hurlock are:
a. Adjustments, affection, altruism
b. Attitude, ability, adjustment
c. Acceptance, affection, and achievement
d. Affection, ability, attitude
43. Babyhood is often referred to as a “ Critical
period” in the development of personality
because:
a. At this time the foundations are laid upon
which the adult personality structure will
be built
b. Changes in the personality pattern take
place
c. The brain grows and develops at such an
accelerated rate during babyhood
d. At this time the baby is exposed to many
hazards both physical and psychological
44. Who among the following stressed the
processes of experiences and problem
solving?
a. Plato c. Dewey
b. Hegel d. Aristotle
45. Teacher L believes that creation of
knowledge in by way of the learners’
interaction with their environment. Teacher L
is more of:
a. An idealist c. An existentialis
b. A pragmatist d. A realist
46. To reach out clientele who cannot be in the
classroom for one reason or another, which
of the following was established
a. Non-formal education
b. Informal education
c. Pre-school education
d. formal education
47. The encouragement of self-learning,
independent, and out-of-school study
programs as stated in the 1987 constitution
has given rise to:
a. The implementation of open universities
and distance learning programs
b. Institutionalization of early childhood care
and development
c. The conduct of NEAT and NSAT
d. The clamor for a Grade VII
48. Which of the following statement on
developmental tasks is wrong?
a. Failure to master developmental tasks at
a certain developmental stage has far
reaching consequences in a person’s
development
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result of physical maturation, societal
pressure and individual’s aspiration
c. There are essential skills expected to be
acquired and mastered in each
developmental stage
d. Retirees are not expected to work on
mastering certain develop mental tasks
49. The 1987 Philippines Constitution states the
following, Except:
a. The official languages of the Philippines
are Filipino and English
b. The national language of the Philippines
is Filipino
c. Filipino is the Tagalog of the Tagalog –
speaking provinces
d. The government shall initiate and sustain
the use of Filipino as a medium of official
communication and as a language of
instruction in the education system
50. Which among the following has been said to
play an irreplaceable role in the education of
the young?
a. Community c. Church
b. School d. Home
51. For the drill method to be effective there
should be:
a. Much practice on a few skills
b. Little practices on few skills
c. Much practice on many skills
d. Little practice on many skills
52. Which of the following classroom
management practices runs counter to the
reality therapy approach of William Glasser?
a. The teacher asks a misbehaving student
what he or she is doing
b. Teacher requires the students to prepare
a plan in writing and sign it as means of
increasing personal motivation
maintain and fulfill the plan
c. The teacher evaluates pupil’s behavior as
good or bad
d. Teacher assists the students in making
realistic plans to change behavior
53. Which of the following does not apply to
mastery learning?
a. It makes use of varied instructional time
for different groups of students
b. It makes use of norm-reference tests
c. It is effective in teaching basic skills
d. It requires the use of carefully crafted
instructional objective
54. The teacher’s role in problem solving
methods is:
a. To test the conclusions
b. To set up the problem
c. To propose ways of obtaining the needed
data
d. To help the learners what is it that is
being solved
55. To nurture creativity in student, teacher
should:
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b. Allow for one-minute wait-time
c. Ask convergent questions
d. Emphasize the necessity of giving right
answers
56. The content of a good lesson plan is self-
sufficient. This means that:
a. The content should match with student’s
aptitude
b. The content should help students learn
how to learn
c. The content should be broad and treated
thoroughly
d. The content should be verifiable
57. Which one can NOT help individuals reduce
their own fears about change?
a. Reflect on the extent of change in one’s
life so far and how it has coped with
b. Identify shortfalls in skills or knowledge
and take action to remedy them
c. Identify skills which will be useful in a
new situation
d. Keep feeling of anxiety to themselves
58. The following are generating thinking skills,
Except:
a. Connecting new ideas c. Classifying
b. Predicting d. Inferring
59. Mrs. Valdez wants to generates as many
ideas as she can as the class is about to
embark on a community outreach program.
Which of the following will she employ?
a. role playing c. brainwashing
b. brainstorming d. simulation
60. Which teaching practice will most likely
decrease learner’s attention?
a. Questioning
b. Assessing learning as an integral part of
instruction
to c. Assessing learning as an integral part of
instruction
d. Teaching by telling
61. For efficiency, if in the process of teaching a
teacher realizes that too little has been
planned, which of the following may she NOT
do?
a. Discuss possible problems of the new
assignment.
b. Pose additional questions to explore
various facets of the content
c. Drill the students on the major points of
the lesson.
d. Give a quiz
62. Correct practice makes perfect. This maxim
is based on Thorndike’s law of exercise and
the finding that reinforcement of a response
increases the likelihood its occurrence.
Whose research finding is the underlined
statement?
a. Skinner c. Palo
b. Bruner d. Lewin
63. Here is a lesson objective: Given a
microscope and a slide, the students must be
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Robert F. Mager’s principle, which does this
lesson objective lack?
a. Criterion measure c. Performance
b. Condition d. time element
64. Which is a focusing thinking skill?
a. Identifying key concepts
b. Summarizing
c. Obtaining information
d. Clarifying through inquiry
65. In the use of television in the classroom,
which of the following should be avoided?
a. The TV program lasts the whole class
period.
b. There is a pre-viewing orientation
c. Select programs that match the learners’
level of interest and maturity
d. Life should be left on if students are to
take notes
66. Based on Victor Lowenfield’s classification,
which sequence in the developmental stages
of children in art is followed?
a. Scribbling stage, pre-schematic stage,
schematic stage, dawning realism stage,
pseudo-realistic stage
b. Scribbling stage, pre-schematic stage,
schematic stage, pseudorealistic stage,
dawning realism stage
c. Pre-schematic stage, schematic stage,
scribbling stage, pseudorealistic stage,
dawning realism stage
d. Pre-schematic, schematic
scribbling dawning realism
pseudo-realistic stage
67. In relation to teacher’s ratings research
suggests the following, Except one:
a. Teachers favor self-evaluation over all
other forms of evaluation
b. Peer and supervisory evaluation are not
reliable
c. Student raters of teachers are more
reliable and valid than other raters
d. Student work and test outcomes are
supplementary sources for evaluating
teachers
68. Suppose defined 3 levels of computer-
assisted instruction: dialogue, tutoring,
practice-drill. Which ones are two higher
levels in the correct order?
a. Tutoring and dialogue
b. Practices-drill and tutoring
c. Dialogue and tutoring
d. Practice-drill and dialogue
69. In what condition is the use of the lecture
method appropriate?
a. Higher cognitive learning is sought
b. The information is not available
c. The subject matter is quite easy
d. Long term learning is desired
70. Which refers to the time when students learn
at a maximum level?
a. Wait time c. Allocated time
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71. What is a sign of the underachiever in the
classroom?
a. Resist authority and carry on a power
struggle with a teacher.
b. Holds back from class participant unless
sure of self
c. Frustrated about quality of work
d. Minimum work output.
72. If after calling on a number of students, a
teacher is unable to obtain the desired
response, what should teacher do
a. Ask leading questions
b. Re-teach parts of the lesson that need re-
teaching
c. Probe student’s answers.
d. Rephrase the questions
73. For global competitiveness, a school must
embark on a proactive change. Which one is
a characteristic of proactive change?
a. radical and inventive c. late in the game
b. imitative of others d. problem-driven
74. Which guideline on the use of the chalkboard
should a teacher AVOID?
a. Establish routine uses for the chalkboard
b. While writing, proceed from right to left
c. Don’t talk to the chalkboard while writing
on it
d. Limit your board writing to major ideas
75. To teach the democratic process to the
stage, pupils, Mabuhay Elementary School decided
stage, that the election of class and school officers
shall be patterned after local election of the
class and school officers shall be patterned
after local election process. There are
qualifications set for candidates, limited
period for campaign and rules for
postingcampaign materials, etc. Which of the
following did the school use?
a. Simulation c. Role playing
b. Philips 66 d. Symposium
76. Which is NOT a characteristic of preventive
discipline.
a. Proactive c. Inventive
b. Anticipatory d. Reactive.
77. One criterion that has been proposed in the
selection and organization of content in the
development section of a lesson plan is
balance. When does lesson content possess
balance.
a. The content should have practical
application for the learners
b. The content is not cluttered by masses of
more trivial content
c. The content should enable the learners to
experience the broad sweep of content
and give them the opportunity to go
deeper
d. The content should help student learns
how to learn
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doesn’t intervene to change whatever areas
he or she can control. Which one can renew
a teachers enthusiasm.
a. Engage in self-pity
b. Stick to the job
c. Judge someone else as wrong
d. Initiate changes in job.
79. Although learning can take place anywhere
and anytime, the more systematic the
teacher, the greater the probability for
success. This points out the need for
teachers to:
a. Specify their objectives
b. Plan their lessons
c. Set their teaching priorities
d. Select their instructional materials
80. Below are teachers effective classroom
management practices, Except One.
a. Teachers make sure students understand
and follow rules and procedures
b. Disruptive behavior is handled every
weekend
c. Teachers clearly establish consequences
for not following rules
d. Teachers spend more time in the
beginning of the year explaining and
reminding students of rules.
81. A teacher’s summary of a lesson serves the
following functions except;
a. It links the parts of the less
b. It makes provisions for full participation
of the students
c. It clinches the basic ideas or concepts of
the lesson
d. It brings together the information that
has been discussed
82. Which ones are projected visuals?
a. Graphs on a book c. Realias
b. Models d. Slides
83. The lesson is on the pros and cons of capital
punishment. Mr. Milan wants to do high level
thinking and to develop a view of capital
punishment from a different perspective.
Which technique will be most appropriate?
a. Lecture c. Role playing
b. Simulation d. Panel discussion
84. Which is used to emphasize individualized
instruction?
a. Tutorial group c. Inquiry group
b. Philips 66 d. Task group
85. Here a question: FROM THE
PRESENTED FORM GENERALIZATIONS THAT
ARE SUPPORTED BY THE DATA. Under what
type of question does this test item fall?
a. Evaluate c. Divergent
b. Convergent d. Application
86. Ms. Estira cannot bring her pupils to the sea
for a lesson on marine community. Which of
the following will be closest to an actual
experience of marine community?
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b. Description of marine community
c. Pictures of marine community
d. Taped lesson of marine community
87. Which can NoT help organizations reduces
fears about change?
a. By training people in new skills
b. By keeping people informed about plans
c. By cladestine moves
d. By consultation
88. After a lesson in air pollution, teacher C gives
each pupil mimeographed sheets, which
contain statements to which each is expected
to react. Examples of these statements are.
Do you in any way contribute to air
pollution? What solutions do you propose to
minimize, if not eliminate, air pollution. Then
the students are grouped for sharing.
In this case what does the teacher make use
of
a. Value sheet c. Rank ordering
b. Conflict story d. Contrived
incident
89. Which orders consist of the goal-oriented
instructional model?
a. Pre-assessment, specification of
objectives, pre-assessment, instruction,
evaluation
b. Specification of objectives, pre-
assessment, instruction evaluation
c. Pre-assessment, specification of
objectives, instruction, evaluation
d. Specification of objectives, evaluation,
pre-assessment, instruction
90. Teacher B’s lesson was on abortion. She
wanted to get her student’s maximum
participation and reaction. She showed slides
on abortion accompanied by an audiotape
that presented the reasons for and against
abortion. Teacher took a stand in favor of
abortion and came up with all her
justifications. At the end, however, she made
clear her stand on abortion. Which did the
teacher use?
a. She made use of value clarifying
discussion
b. She made use of contrived incident
c. She made use of simulation
d. She played the role of the devil’s
advocate
91. In on of the pages of her reference material,
Ms. Estrada finds the life cycle of a frog.
DATA Assuming that the following are available to
her, the quickest way to effectively present
the life cycle of a frog to the class is by way
of
a. An overhead projector
b. An opaque projector
c. Describing the life cycle
d. A drawing on the chalkboard
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in developing appropriate learning learning
activities/ experience, Except one b. Questioning strategies are ineffective
a. Do the experiences encourage pupils to monitoring technique
inquire further? c. Teaching procedures on classroom
b. Do the experiences save the pupils from routines early in the school year are
learning difficulties? essential
c. Can be experiences profit the pupils? d. Directives should be few and best
d. Are the experiences in accordance with delivered in a casual manner
an increasing amount of learning? 101. Teacher Y wants to measure student’s
93. Which order of the senses goes with an ability to organize thoughts and ideas. Which
increasing amount of learning? type of test is most appropriate?
a. Sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell a. Objectives test
b. Taste and smell, sight , touch, hearing b. Limited response essay
c. Taste and smell, touch, sight, hearing c. Extended response essay
d. Taste and smell, touch, hearing, sight d. Short answer type of test
94. Which of the following statements on peer 102. Which of the following refers to organized
tutoring is true? services specially designed to improve the
a. Teacher has time with more severe adjustment of students?
learning problems a. Group growth sessions c. Cumulative
b. The atmosphere is threatening records
c. The social skills of pear tutors are not b. Test profiles d. Guidance
enhanced program
d. the peer tutor’s achievement goes down 103. Which tests survey existing problems of
95. A lesson in Philippines history was presented academic progress?
by Mrs. Palaroan by making her class view a a. Achievement tests c. Problem checklist
videotape on EDSA revolution. The videotape b. Interest inventories d. Aptitude tests
which Mrs. Palaroan used in class points to 104. Which of the following statements about
what property of instructional media? guidance is NOT true?
a. Manipulative c. Fixative a. Guidance is a continuous process
b. Multi-sensory d. Distributive b. Guidance is concerned with “ Whole”
96. Read the following teacher-student- student, not only with his or her
situation. Teacher: Why is the process called intellectual and academic aspect
photosynthesis? Student: I don’t know. c. Guidance is telling a student what is best
Which questioning technique should the for him, and advising him about what he
teacher use? should do
a. Concept c. Clarification d. Guidance is primary concerned with
b. Prompting d. Multiple prevention rather than cure
response 105. Which of the following is NOT a guidance
97. Miss Lee’s objective is to focus student’s service?
attention on and quickly create interest in a a. Psychological testing
problem or concept. She makes use of: b. Counseling
a. Task group c. Tutorial group c. Observation
b. Panel discussion d. Philips 66 d. Education placement
98. The content of the lesson must be feasible. 106. Which of the following tests is given at
This means that: the end of instruction?
a. The lesson should be interesting to the a. Summative c. formative test
student b. Placement test d. diagnostic test
b. The lesson must be within the capacity 107. Special or exceptional students are such
of the students in certain aspects, Except for one:
c. The teacher must considered the time a. Sensory abilities
needed and resources available b. Gender orientation
d. The lesson must be useful c. Mental characteristics
99. Which questioning behavior is appropriate: d. Communication abilities
a. Not allowing a student to complete a 108. Information from achievement tests can
long response be used in the following, Except in:
b. Repeating all student’s response a. Grading a student
c. Allowing choral responses b. Labeling pupils
d. Asking varied questions c. Establishing proficiency
100. Research on teacher effective practices d. Giving feedback regarding effectiveness
has shown the following except: of learning

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teachers have a general tendency to rate all
individuals’ performance at approximately
the same position on the rating scale?
a. Personal bias error c. Logical error
b. Halo effect d. Severity error
110. The environment must be interactive to
facilitate learning, which of the following
situations is an example of this?
a. The class copies a list of facts concerning
the habitat of insects
b. The teacher lectures on the habitat of
insects
c. The class goes out and discovers the
habitat of insects
d. The teacher shows posters of the habitat
of insects
111. When teachers, administrators
counselors come together to synthesize or
coordinate in interpreting data about a
student for the purpose of a more intensive
study, this is called
a. Longitudinal study c. Case conference
b. Case study d. Case
analysis
112. Which type of test can help teachers
predict the probability of success of students
in certain areas or endeavors?
a. Achievement c. Aptitude
b. Intelligence d. Personality
113. Which of the following correctly describes
dyslexia?
a. A. It is a developmental expressive
writing disorder
b. It is a developmental arithmetic disorder
c. It is a developmental reading disorder
d. It is a developmental articulation disorder
114. Free and compulsory education as
mandated in the 1987 constitution holds true
for_____________
a. Elementary and secondary education
b. Education in the primary grades
c. All children of school age
d. Grade VI pupils
115. Readiness pretests is give at the
beginning of an instructional unit is a:
a. Summative tests c. Placement test
b. Formative test d. Diagnostic test
116. The distribution of the scores is
negatively skewed. This means that:
a. Most of the score are low
b. Most of the scores are high
c. The score are concentrated on the left of
the distribution curve and most of the
score are low
d. The scores are concentrated on the left of
the distribution curve
117. Aside from professional competence,
what other important qualification must a
teacher have for guidance work?
a. Similar cultural background with the
students
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b. Personal qualities, such as warmth, open-
mindedness, interest in people
c. Affiliation with a professional group
d. Several year of experience as teacher
118. Which of the following is meant to
determine student performance at the
beginning of instruction?
a. Diagnostic assessment
b. Placement assessment
c. Summative assessment
d. Summative assessment
119. Mean is to central tendency as standard
deviation is to:
a. Discrimination c. Correlation
b. Level of difficulty d. Variability
120. The following characterize school
guidance programs, Except one:
and a. A part of every school activity
b. Separate from the general life of the
school
c. A function sheared by all
d. Located in every part of the school
121. Which factor is most likely to make a
school’s guidance program succeed?
a. Administrative support
b. The availability of the specialist
c. The favorable attitude of teachers toward
guidance
d. Located in every part of the school
122. The results if this type of test serve as
basis for remedial instruction. What is the
type of test referred to?
a. Prognotic test c. Diagnostic test
b. Speed test d. Achievement test
123. The difficulty index of a test item is 1.
This implies that:
a. The test item must be moderate in
difficulty because 50% got the item
correctly and 50% got it wrongly
b. The test item must be very difficult
because nobody got the item correctly
c. The test item must be neither difficult
because nor easy because this depends
on the ability of the students
d. The test item must be very easy because
everybody got the item correctly
124. In his conduct of item analysis Mr.
Milanes discovered that a significant greater
number from the lower group of the class
that from the upper group got item number
10 correctly. This implies that:
a. The test item is reliable
b. The test item has a negative
discriminating power
c. The item has a positive discrimination
power
d. The tests item is valid
125. Guidance is concerned with
a. All students, even if some seem not to
have problems
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behavior only girls
c. Underachieving students only d. More prevalent among girls than among
d. Students with emotional problems only boys
126. Which statement explains the primary 133. In interpreting test results which
focus of the non-directive approach in statements are true?
counseling? I. A raw score itself is meaningless but
a. It focuses in the person’s responsibility becomes meaningful once it is
and capacity to discover more interpreted
appropriate behavior II. An analysis of test results is useless
b. It places confidence in a person’s ability without interpretation
to deal with his or her needs through a III. Test result interpretation is possible
realistic process without analysis
c. it helps confidence to develop a more IV. The use of statistical techniques gives
rational to deal with his or her needs meaning to student’s scores
through a realistic process a. I, II, IV c. I, III, IV
d. it modifies behavior by providing b. I, II, III d. II, III, IV
appropriate learning conditions and 134. This guidance service to help students
experiences carry out their plans and act on their choices
127. An algebra test was designed to measure so that they become adjusted to their
what the students learned at the end of the chosen field or career is called:
course. It was also to predict success in a. Counseling c. placement
future mathematics subjects. This algebra b. information d. follow-up
test functioned as- 135. The tendency for the rather to use only
a. Diagnostic and placement test the lower end of rating scale in rating
b. An aptitude test performance is referred to as
c. An achievement test a. Personal bias error c. Generosity error
d. An aptitude and an achievement test b. Severity error d. logical error
128. Giftedness is a form of exceptionality. 136. What must be employed to continuously
Students who fall under this category strengthen a school guidance program
demonstrate high performance in special a. Assignment of responsibilities
areas, such as those below- b. research
a. Athletic prowess c. General intellectual c. Evaluation
ability d. Program Planning
b. Creative thinking d. Visual and 137. Which tests are given before instruction?
performing arts a. Placement c. Summative
129. Which of the following is the least stable b. Formative d. Achievement
measure of central tendency? 138. The operation “Return to the basics” saw
a. Median and mode c. Median its embodiment in the _________
b. Mode d. Mean a. National Elementary Achievement Test
130. Which assessment is concerned with b. New Secondary Education Curriculum
identifying learning difficulties during c. National Secondary Achievement Test
instruction d. New Elementary School Curriculum
a. Summative assessment 139. The following are computed
b. Placement assessment difficulty indices: 1, . 80, .50, .30 which one
c. Formative assessment indicates the most difficulty item?
d. Visual and performing arts a. 30 b. 50 c. 1 d. 80
131. These are significant information about a 140. Which of the following explains why the
student, gathered through the use of various plateau phenomenon of ten found in human
techniques, assembled, summarized and being does NOT exist in animal learning
organized in such a way that they may be experiments?
used effectively: a. Animals are unable to profit from errors
a. Cumulative records b. The incentive in animal learning is
b. Test profile constant
c. Personal inventories c. Animals have weak incentive in learning
d. Case studies d. Animals are unable to spurt in learning
132. Research findings show that autism is 141. All are components of remedial guidance
a. Either more prevalent among girls or in the classroom, Except:
among boys depending on their a. Dealing with discipline problems
nationality b. Dealing with poor study habits and skills
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plans
142. Which method provides a more or less
objective assessment of different aspects of
an individual?
a. Home visits
b. Counseling interview
c. Observations
d. Standardized testing
143. Which of the following behavior indicates
that a child has developed conventional
maturity? The behavior is based on
_________
a. The desire to avoid severe physical
punishment by a superior authority
b. Personal decisions based on his
satisfaction
c. The expectations of the group or society
in general to gain approval
d. Internalized ideals to avoid self
condemnation rather than social censure
144. A school guidance program should arise
mainly out of:
a. The curriculum and other programs of
the school
b. The school administrator’s directives
from his/her perceptions
c. The students’ needs and the problems
d. The availability of guidance resources in
the schools
145. A test in which the options are dependent
upon a foundation of some sort such as
graphical representation, paragraph, and
pictures is:
a. Contained-options test
b. Setting-and-options test
c. Structured-response
d. Stem-and-options test
146. In the scoring of essay tests, experts
advise teachers to score all answer to an
easy question before going to the next
question for which reason?
a. It reduce the chances that ratings will be
influenced by a halo effect
b. It is more convenient
c. It is easier to apply the criteria more
uniformly when considering only a single
task at a time when going from task to
task for each student
d. Checking is faster this way
147. Whose performance does stanine of 5
represent?
a. Performance of the upper 40%
b. Performance of the upper 20%
c. Performance of the lower 20%
d. Performance of the middle 20%
148. In making and reporting observations of
students’ behavior, which ones should be
avoided?
a. Descriptions of student’s gestures and
expressions
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b. The names of other students with whom
the one being observed interact
c. Opinions and judgment about students
d. Direct quotations of student’s statements
149. This is the stage when the learner
become confused and starts to experience
identity crisis. This is the ____________
a. Late childhood stage
b. Early childhood stage
c. Early adulthood stage
d. Adolescent stage
150. All are basic functions of psychological
tests EXCEPT ONE.
a. For selection or admission
b. Identification of students who need
special attention
c. For promotion or acceleration
d. Integration of life experiences and future
directions of students
151. Upon what shall a teacher base the
evaluation of the learner’s scholarship
a. Merit, learner’s scholarship
b. Merit, quality of performance
c. Merit, attendance
d. Quality of performance, learner’s
scholarship
152. The following are some of what a
professional teachers may NOT do EXCEPT:
a. Accept remuneration from tutorials other
than what is authorized for such service
b. Make deductions from student’s
scholastic ratings as a punishment
c. Base the evaluation of the learner’s work
on merit and quality of academic
performance
d. Inflict corporal punishment an offending
learners
153. The value of education, deference to
authority, and filial piety in the Philippines in
an influenced of
a. Taoist tradition c. Buddhist tradition
b. Confucianist tradition d. Hindu
tradition
154. Which statement regarding teacher’s
ethical behavior is wrong?
a. A teacher may not fall in love with
his/her students
b. Teachers shall support one another at all
times when the best interest of the
learners, the school, or the profession at
stake
c. A teachers may submit to the proper
authorities any justifiable criticisms
against an associate
d. It is every teacher’s responsibility to
seek correctives for any unprofessional
and unethical conduct of any associate
155. Which is the first and foremost concern of
a teacher? The interest and welfare of:
a. Learners
b. Colleagues
c. Parents
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156. The ideal society in the context of Plato is employee’s productivity pay
one where: c. Payment of just wages to workers and
a. There is hope c. Justice reigns employees
b. Love prevails d. Faith matters d. Transparent in operations of the
157. The survivors of a shipwreck are now barangay and other organizations
packed in a lifeboat which may capsize through public reporting
unless partly deloaded. Which of the 164. Which are said to be our wellspring of
following acts will be morally justifiable? excellence?
a. Pushing the young and old ones and a. Third largest English-speaking nation,
leaving them behind to drown tiger economy, inventor of people’s
b. Trying to save everyone as much as power revolution
possible b. Tiger economy, superior human
c. Shooting some passengers and leaving resources
them behind c. Tiger largest English-speaking nation,
d. Doing nothing and waiting for the boat to superior human resources, inventor of
capsize people’s power revolution
158. For the advocates of value clarification, d. Tiger economy, the inventor of people’s
values are power revolution, superior, human
a. Universal c. Objective resources
b. Personal d. Unchanging 165. Which among these goals for change was
159. With regard to business, which does the proposed by the moral Recovery Program?
Code of Ethics NOT say about teachers? a. A sense of justice and outrage over its
a. A teacher shall maintain a good violation, a sense of national pride, a
reputation with respect to debts loans sense of seriousness
and other financial matters b. A sense of national guide, a sense of
b. No teachers shall be financially interested seriousness, sense of common good
in any commercial venture involving c. A sense of national guide, a sense of
textbooks and other school commodities seriousness, sense of national justice and
where he/she can exercise official outrage over its violation
influence d. A sense of national guide, a sense of the
c. no teacher shall act as agent of textbooks common good, a sense of justice and
and other school commodities where outrage over its violation
he/she can exercise official influence 166. The code of ethics for teachers states
d. a teacher may not engage in any kind of that school officials shall encourage and
business attend to the professional growth of all
160. The more consumeristics a person is, the teachers. According to the Code school
more he/she gets attached to this material officials can do this by:
world, the farther he is from the universal a. Giving them due recognition for
self, the more miserable he/she becomes. meritorious performance by allowing
This is a teaching them to participate in conferences and
a. Confucianism c. Hinduism training programs ecommending teachers
b. Taoism d. Buddhism for promotion
161. Who believed that there should be less b. Recommending teachers for promotion,
reliance on the school, and the world of organizing teachers in a professional
work? organization
a. Paolo Freire c. Paul Goodman c. Allowing them to participate in
b. Ivan Illich d. Jean Paul Sartre conferences and training programs
162. Human dignity is inherent in every d. Organizing teachers into a professional
person. This means that organization, giving them due recognition
a. The inner worth of a person depends on for meritorious performance and
what he has recommending teachers for promotion
b. The inner worth of a person depends on 167. Which thrust on value formation is
how he/she looks intended to help the students identify and be
c. The inner worth of a person depends on aware of their values?
what he can do a. Analysis c. Value inculcation
d. The inner worth of a person is in him/her
she looks b. Value clarification d. Moral
163. Which of the following runs counter to the development
development of honesty and accountability? 168. The idea that there should be less
a. Being vigilant about weights and reliance on the school and greater use of
measures used in the markets
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the world of work is the essence of:
a. Community-based education
b. Formal education
c. Multi-grade teaching
d. Mobile teaching
169. It is said that the big drama development
is played out in small scenes. Which one
does not serve as a further explanation of
this statement?
a. Ordinary things done by ordinary people
are the solid building blocks on which a
nation develops
b. Details can make a significant difference
c. Much of our personal development and
progress of the nation depends on how
extraordinary well we do the ordinary
things
d. Let us give attention to major things
because they are the ones that matter
170. Which of the following characteristics
does not apply to Plato’s just society?
a. The artists are creative
b. The leaders are wise
c. The soldiers are courageous
d. The working class are temperant
171. Martin Buber’s “ dialogic principle”
requires as restructuring of society which
can be achieved by:
a. Communism which cannot
multiplicity and freedom
b. Fascism which cannot allow dialogue
c. Democracy which requires centralistic
political set up
d. Democratic socialism which advocates a
genuine dialogue life
172. Which of the following statements about
society is TRUE?
a. Revolution produce the opposite of their
goals
b. Ethnic cleansing leads to
unanimity
c. “ Social education “ leads to a mature
society
d. Cooperative education is a means to
Social education?
173. Which of the following statements defines
ethics?
a. The science of correct thinking
b. The study of being a general
c. The study of the nature of human
knowledge
d. The study of rightness or wrongness of
human knowledge
174. Which of the following dose not
characterize fascism?
a. A government of laws and not of men
b. Rigid hierarchy and authority of single
leader
c. Militarist, nationalist and dictatorial
regime
d. It justifies any of its means by its end
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175. Which of the following is not Anarchism?
a. Freedom and responsibility
b. Social organization without hierarchy
c. Extreme view of individual freedom
d. Destruction of the state and its
supporting institution
176. In which of the following acts would you
attribute responsibility?
a. A barkeeper sells liquor to a minor not
knowing he is an adult
b. A barkeeper sells liquor to a minor not
knowing it is illegal to do so
c. A barkeeper sells liquor to a client not
knowing it is contaminated with poison
d. A barkeeper sells liquor not knowing it
would cause the death of a diabetic
person
177. The values of the people are revealed in
the following approaches, Except One
a. When they are asked to choose freely
among alternative
b. When they act out what they choose but
for a short while and not repeatedly
c. When they act out what they choose
d. When they are asked to choose among
alternatives
178. To attain harmony in society people
must rule their subjects with benevolence .
whose teaching was this?
tolerate a. Mohammad c. Buddha
b. Kung-fu-zu d. Lao Tzu
179. The concept that school failed to
encourage positive learning and were
opposed to the production of independently-
minded adults was popularized by:
a. Paolo Freire c. Paul Goodman
b. John Dewey d. Ivan Illich
180. Which type of conscience is possessed by
one who is extremely rigorous and is
constantly afraid of committing evil?
social a. Scrupulous c. Certain
conscience
b. Lax conscience d. Certain
conscience
181. The following EXCEPT ONE are the
strength of Filipino character
a. Pakikipagkapwa-tao c. Frankness
b. Family orientation d. Joy of humor
182. Which of the following is the Aristotlelian
definition of happiness?
a. One’s ultimate achievements in life
b. A state made perfectly the aggregation of
good things
c. The satisfaction of all desires and the
absence of pain
d. The experience of the fulfillment of
possibilities
183. One of the following statements about
passion is NOT TRUE?
a. Passion does not affect voluntariness
b. Passion may completely destroy freedom
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the intellect
d. passion cannot affect freedom
184. Which does not characterize a non-violent
society?
a. Solves problems in non-adversarial way
b. Prefers indigenous ways of solving
problems
c. A passive society
d. Solves problems in a non-confrontational
way
185. Which statement holds true of values
clarification?
a. Values are objective; no person has the
right set of values to pass on to others
b. It is meant to help students get at their
own feelings, ideas, and belief’s; no
person has the right set of values to pass
on to others
c. No person has the right set of values to
pass on to others; values
independent of time
d. Values are independent of time, place,
and persons; meant to help students get
at their own feelings and ideas
186. Based on the Code of Ethics for teachers,
which of the following may teachers Not do?
a. Welcomes the opportunity to lead in
barangay
b. Studies and understands local customs
and traditions
c. Deducts points from students scholastic
ratings as a form of punishment
d. Attends church and worship of his choice
joy and humor
187. Which type of justice implies the duty of
one individual to give another what he is
due?
a. International justice
b. Distributive justice
c. Social justice
d. Commutative justice
188. It is said that our level of achievement is
always lower than our level of aspiration.
This suggests that:
a. We should aim high
b. We should not be over ambitious
c. We should think and act local
d. We should set over aspirations because it
is damaging if we cannot realize them
189. John Dewey advocates which of the
following?
a. Something is true if it works
b. Morality is for persons
c. Everything in this world is tentative, a
series of means and ends
d. What is right or wrong depends on the
situation
190. Which is NOT the goal of true authority?
a. To bring out the best in others
b. To set the examples for others
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c. To coerce others to do what people in
authority desire them to do
d. To help, from and guide others
191. In moral life, responsibility depends on
one’s knowingly and freely doing an act. In
which of the following situations would you
attribute responsibility?
a. A nurse administers a medicine despite
strong doubts about it
b. A four year old fires a loaded gun killing
his own father
c. A person unknowingly passes counterfeit
money
d. An insane person strikes someone’s head
with a hammer
192. “ Life is what you make it”. What you
become is up to you. This thought comes
from the:
a. Existentialist c. Idealist
b. Realist d.
are Philosophical analyst
193. According to Plato, the good form of
government is
a. Oligarchy c. emocracy
b. Aristocracy d. Monarchy
194. Which of the following ways of life refer
to Taoism?
a. Practice an all-embracing love
b. Practice the golden rule
c. Love one another
d. Be natural
195. “ Without a vision, a people perish.”
Says the Book of Proverbs. This shows how
important a vision is. What does a vision Not
do to a person’s life?
a. It guides him/her to follow the most
efficient route
b. It dilutes his/her attention
c. It keeps him/her focused on one
direction
d. It keeps him/her inspired
196. Which lie is the worst of all lies?
a. An officious lie c. A malicious lie
b. A material lie d. A jocose lie
197. Which of the following does not refer to
existentialism?
a. Each man shapes his own life and
destiny
b. Existence means self-choice and self-
determination
c. Existence means creativity and
uniqueness
d. Social existence means anarchy and
violence
198. Which is ethical for a teacher to do in a
situation where she/he falls in love with a
student or when a student falls in love with
his/her teacher?
a. The teacher avoids that learner
b. The teacher exercise discretion to avoid
scandal and gossip and preferential
treatment of that learned
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job
d. The teacher advises the student to
discontinue with his/her studies
199. Which of the following statements is NOT
TRUE of an ideal social principle?
a. Restructure society to crates a union of
communities
b. Advocate direct life-relations between
men and men
c. De-emphasize centralization of power
d. Advocate an ethics of manipulation
200. If a ruler wants to maintain himself in
power he must govern by moral power.
Upon whose teaching is this based?
a. Kung-fu-tzu c. Buddha
b. Lao Tzu d. Mohammad

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EXAM DRILLS

Which Republic Act provides

government assistance to
students and teachers in
private education?
51. A 101. C 151. B
1. C
52. A 102. D 152. C
2. D
53. B 103. C 153. B
3. D
54. D 104. C 154. A
4. A
55. A 105. C 155. A
5. D
56. B 106. A 156. C
6. D
57. D 107. B 157. B
7. B
58. C 108. C 158. B
8. D
59. B 109. C 159. D
9. B
60. D 110. C 160. C
10. C
61. D 111. C 161. C
11. A
62. A 112. C 162. A
12. B
63. A 113. C 163. B
13. D
64. B 114. C 164. A
14. C
65. B 115. D 165. C
15. A
66. A 116. C 166. A
16. A
67. B 117. B 167. B
17. B
68. B 118. B 168. A
18. B
69. B 119. D 169. D
19. D
70. A 120. B 170. D
20. C
71. B 121. C 171. D
21. D
72. D 122. A 172. C
22. B
73. A 123. D 173. D
23. A
74. C 124. D 174. A
24. D
75. A 125. A 175. A
25. A
76. D 126. C 176. C
26. B
77. C 127. D 177. B
27. A
78. D 128. C 178. D
28. C
79. B 129. B 179. A
29. A
80. B 130. A 180. A
30. C
81. B 131. C 181. C
31. C
82. D 132. C 182. C
32. C
83. D 133. A 183. A
33. C
84. A 134. C 184. C
34. A
85. A 135. B 185. B
35. B
86. A 136. A 186. C
36. D
87. C 137. A 187. C
37. C
88. A 138. D 188. A
38. A
89. C 139. D 189. C
39. B
90. D 140. B 190. C
40. C
91. D 141. D 191. A
41. A
92. B 142. C 192. A
42. C
93. D 143. C 193. B
43. A
94. A 144. C 194. D
44. C
95. B 145. B 195. B
45. D
96. C 146. A 196. D
46. A
97. B 147. B 197. D
47. A
98. B 148. C 198. B
48. D
99. D 149. D 199. C
49. A
100. C 150. D 200. C
50. D

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