(LET) LICENSE EXAM. FOR TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL orally material at the fourth or fifth grade level.
rth or fifth grade level. The most probable
EDUCATION Set A
1. Which is one role of play in the pre-school and early childhood
years?
A. Develops competitive spirit.
B. Separates reality from fantasy.
C. Increases imagination due to expanding knowledge and
emotional range.
D. Develops the upper and lower limbs.
2. Student Z does not study at all but when the Licensure
Examination for Teachers (LET) comes, before he takes the LET, he
spends one hour or more praying for a miracle, i.e. to pass the
exam. Which attitude towards religion or God is displayed?
A. Religion as fake B. Religion as magic
C. Religion as authenticD. Religion as real
3. As a teacher, you are a rationalist. Which among these will be
your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of
anything.
B. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to the full.
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven.
D. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he
needs for a better future.
4. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by custom that they are
set apart, said one Oriental philosopher. Where can this thought be
most inspiring?
A. In a multi-cultural group of learners
B. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of learners and
indigenous peoples' group
C. In a class composed of indigenous peoples
D. In heterogeneous class of learners
5. 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
6. 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
7. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents a morally ambiguous
situation and asks his students what they would do. On whose
theory is Teacher I's technique based?
A. Kohlberg B. Bandura C. Piaget D. Bruner
8. Which is a sound classroom management practice?
A. Avoid establishing routines
B. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks.
C. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis.
D. Apply reactive approach to discipline.
9. A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes from a dysfunctional
family and has been abused and neglected. He has been to two
orphanages and three different elementary schools. The student
can decode on the second grade level, but he can comprehend
cause/s of this student's reading problem is/are __________.
A. emotional factors B. poor teaching
C. neurological factors D. immaturity
10. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not the highest
good. Teacher's teaching is against what philosophy?
A. Realism B. Hedonism
C. Epicureanism D. Empiricism
11. With which goals of educational institutions as provided for by
the Constitution is the development of work skills aligned?
A. To develop moral character
B. To teach the duties of citizenship
C. To inculcate love of country
D. To develop vocational efficiency
12. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect
instruction is for __________, __________, __________.
A. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions
B. concepts, patterns and abstractions
C. concepts, processes and generalizations
D. guesses, data and conclusions
13. To elicit more student's response, Teacher G made use of
covert responses. Which one did she NOT do?
A. She had the students write their response privately.
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.
D. She refrained from judging on the student's responses.
14. What should you do if a parent who is concerned about a grade
his child received compared to another student's grade, demands
to see both students' grades?
A. Refuse to show either record.
B. Show both records to him.
C. Refuse to show any record without expressing permission from
principal.
D. Show only his child's records.
15. John Watson said: Men are built not born. What does this
statement point to?
A. The ineffectiveness of training on a person's development.
B. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person's
development.
C. The absence of genetic influence on a person's development
D. The effect of heredity.
16. A guest speaker in one graduation rites told his audience:
"Reminder, you are what you choose to be." The guest speaker is
more of a/an __________.
A. realisticB. pragmatistC. idealist D. existentialist
17. The best way for a guidance counselor to begin to develop
study skills and habits in underachieving student would be to
__________.
A. have these underachieving students observe the study habits of
excelling students
B. encourage students to talk about study habits from their own
experiences
C. have them view film strips about various study approaches
D. give out a list of effective study approaches
18. Principal C shares this thought with his teachers: Subject matter
should help students understand and appreciate themselves as
unique individuals who accept complete responsibility for their
thoughts, feelings, and actions. From which philosophy is this
thought based?
A. Perennialism B. Essentialism
C. Existentialism D. Progressivism
19. The search for related literature by accessing several databases
by the use of a telephone line to connect a computer library with
other computers that have database is termed __________.
A. compact disc search B. manual search
C. on-line search D. computer search
20. Teacher W wants to review and check on the lesson of the
previous day? Which one will be most reliable?
A. Having students identify difficult homework problems.
B. Having students correct each other's work.
C. Sampling the understanding of a few students.
D. Explicitly reviewing the task-relevant information necessary for
the day's lesson.
21. During the Spanish period, what was/were the medium/media
of instruction in schools?
A. The Vernacular B. English
C. Spanish D. Spanish and the Vernacular
22. With indirect instruction in mind, which does NOT belong to the
group?
A. Problem solving B. Lecture-recitation
C. Inductive reasoning D. Discovery
23. I combined several subject areas in order to focus on a single
concept for inter-disciplinary teaching. Which strategy/method did
I use?
A. Problem-entered learning B. Thematic instruction
C. Reading-writing activity D. Unit method
24. Read the following then answer the question
TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE PERIODIC TABLE
MIGHT WE PREDICT THE UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GO TO THE MOON AND SEE IF THERE ARE
SOME ELEMENTS THERE WE DON'T HAVE.
BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN INTO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
AND SEE IF WE FIND ANY OF THE MISSING ELEMENTS.
RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM THE METEORITES IF WE
CAN FIND ANY.
TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD ANSWERS. BUT WHAT IF THOSE
EXCURSIONS TO THE MOON, TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, OR
TO FIND METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING?
HOW MIGHT WE USE THE ELEMENTS WE ALREADY HAVE HERE ON
EARTH TO FIND SOME NEW ONES?
Question: The Teacher's questions in the above exchange are
examples of __________ questions.
A. fact B. concept C. direct D. closed
25. In his second item analysis, Teacher H found out that more
from the lower group got the test item # 6 correctly. This means
that the test item __________.
A. has a negative discriminating power
B. has a lower validity
C. has a positive discriminating power
D. has a high reliability
26. For maximum interaction, a teacher ought to avoid __________
questions.
A. informationalB. rhetorical C. leading D. divergent
27. The teacher's first task in the selection of media in teaching is
to determine the ______.
A. choice of the students
B. availability of the media
C. objectives of the lesson
D. technique to be used
28. Principal B tells her teachers that training in the humanities is
most important. To which educational philosophy does he adhere?
A. Existentialism B. Perennialism
C. Progressivism D. Essentialism
29. Who among the following needs less verbal counseling but
needs more concrete and operational forms of assistance? The
child who __________.
A. has mental retardation
B. has attention-deficit disorder
C. has learning disability
D. has conduct disorder
30. After giving an input on a good paragraph, Teacher W asks her
students to rate a given paragraph along the elements of a good
paragraph. The students' task is in level of __________
A. application B. analysis C. evaluation D. synthesis
31. In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers,
which is NOT said of teachers?
A. LET passers B. Duly licensed professionals
C. Possess dignity and reputation
D. With high-moral values as well as technical and professional
competence
32. Study this group of tests which was administered with the
following results, then answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most poorly in relation to
the group's performance?
A. English B. English and Math C. Math D. Physics
33. Teacher G's lesson objective has something to do with the skill
of synthesizing? Which behavioral term is most appropriate?
A. Test B. Assess C. Appraise D. Theorize
34. Standard deviation is to variability as mean is to __________.
A. coefficient of correlationB. central tendency
C. discrimination index D. level of difficulty
35. If you agree with Rizal on how you can contribute to our
nation's redemption, which should you work for?
A. Opening our doors to foreign influence
B. Upgrading the quality of the Filipino through education
C. Stabilizing the political situation
D. Gaining economic recovery
36. Teacher T taught a lesson denoting ownership by means of
possessives. He first introduced the rule, then gave examples,
followed by class exercises, then back to the rule before he moved
into the second rule. Which presenting technique did he use?
A. Combinatorial B. Comparative
C. Part-whole D. Sequence
37. Theft of school equipment like tv, computer, etc. by teenagers
in the community itself is becoming a common phenomenon. What
does this incident signify?
A. 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.
38. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage yourself in
major task analysis?
A. Test if learning reached higher level thinking skills.
B. Breakdown a complex task into sub-skills.
C. Determine the level of thinking involved.
D. Revise lesson objectives.
39. With-it-ness, according to Kounin, is one of the characteristics
of an effective classroom manager. Which phrase goes with it?
A. Have hands that write fast.
B. Have eyes on the back of your heads.
C. Have a mouth ready to speak.
D. Have minds packed with knowledge.
40. Ruben is very attached to his mother and Ruth to her father. In
what developmental stage are they according to Freudian
psychological theory?
A. Oedipal stage B. Latent stage C. Anal stage D.
Pre-genital stage
41. Teacher Y does norm-referenced interpretation of scores.
Which of the following does she do?
A. She describes group performance in relation to a level of
mastery set.
B. She uses a specified content as its frame of reference.
C. She compares every individual students' scores with others'
scores.
D. She describes what should be their performance.
42. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist. Which among these
will be your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he
needs for a better future.
B. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to the full.
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven.
D. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of
anything.
43. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive interference as
illustrated in syllogisms?
A. Plato B. Socrates C. Aristotle D. Pythagoras
44. Teacher B engages her students with information for thorough
understanding for meaning and for competent application. Which
principle governs Teacher B's practice?
A. ConstructivistB. GestaltC. Behaviorist D. Cognitivist
45. What was the most prominent educational issue of the mid
1980s?
A. Bilingual Education B. Values Education
C. Accountability D. Mainstreaming
46. A teacher/student is held responsible for his actions because
s/he __________.
A. has instincts B. is mature
C. has a choice D. has reason
47. For which may you use the direct instruction method?
A. Become aware of the pollutants around us.
B. Appreciate Milton's Paradise Lost.
C. Use a microscope properly.
D. Distinguish war from aggression.
48. The concepts of trust vs. maturity, autonomy vs. self-doubt,
and initiative vs. guilt are most closely related with the works of
__________.
A. Eriksson B. Piaget C. Freud D. Jung
49. What measure of central tendency does the number 16
represent in the following data: 14, 15, 17, 16, 19, 20, 16, 14, 16?
A. ModeB. MedianC. Mode and median D. Mean
50. The principle of individual differences requires teachers to
__________.
A. give greater attention to gifted learners
B. provide for a variety of learning activities
C. treat all learners alike while in the classroom
D. prepare modules for slow learners in class
51. Which of the following propositions is attributed to Plato?
A. Truth is relative to a particular time and place.
B. Human beings create their own truths.
C. Learning is the discovery of truth as Iatent ideas are brought to
consciousness.
D. Sense perception is the most accurate guide to knowledge.
52. Which is one characteristic of an effective classroom
management?
A. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects misbehavior once it
occurs.
B. It teaches dependence on others for self-control.
C. It respects cultural norms of a limited group students.
D. Strategies are simple enough to be used consistently.
53. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item, namely B, C,
and D, no pupil chose D as answer. This implies that D is
__________
A. an ineffective distracter B. a vague distracter
C. an effective distracter D. a plausible distracter
54. I drew learners into several content areas and encouraged
them to solve a complex question for inter-disciplinary teaching.
Which strategy did I use?
A. Problem-centered learning
B. Unit method
C. Reading-writing activity
D. Thematic instruction
55. Value clarification as a strategy in Values Education classes is 65. Read this question: How will you present the layers of the earth
anchored on which philosophy? to your class? This is a question that
A. Existentialism B. Christian philosophy A. directs
C. Idealism D. Hedonism B. leads the student to evaluate
C. assesses cognition
56. Teacher A is a teacher of English as a Second Language. She D. probes creative thinking
uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-the-blank sentences, dialogues,
dictation and writing exercises in teaching a lesson about grocery 66. In Krathwohl's affective domain of objectives, which of the
shopping. Based on this information, which of the following is a following is the lowest level of affective behavior?
valid conclusion? A. Valuing B. Characterization
A. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierarchy of cognitive learning. C. Responding D. Organization
B. The teacher is teaching in a variety of ways because not all
students learn in the same manner. 67. Rodel is very aloof and cold in his relationships with his
C. The teacher wants to make her teaching easier by having less classmates. Which basic goal must haye not been attained by Rodel
talk. during his developmental years, according to Eriksson’s theory on
D. The teacher is emphasizing reading and writing skills. psychological development?
A. Autonomy B. Trust C. Initiative D. Generativity
57. If teacher has to ask more higher-order questions, he has to ask
more __________ questions. 68. Two students are given the WISE II. One has a full scale IQ of
A. closed B. fact C. concept D. convergent 91, while the other has an IQ of 109. Which conclusion can be
drawn?
58. Are percentile ranks the same as percentage correct? A. The second student has significantly higher intellectual ability
A. It cannot be determined unless scores are given. B. The first student is probably below average, while the second
B. It cannot be determined unless the number of examinees is has above average potential
given. C. Both students are functioning in the average range of intellectual
C. No D. Yes ability
D. Another IQ test should be given to truly assess their intellectual
59. Which method has been proven to be effective in courses that potential
stress acquisition of knowledge?
A. Socratic method B. Cooperative learning 69. To come closer to the truth we need to go back to the things
C. Mastery learning D. Indirect instruction them selves. This is the advice of the
A. behaviorists B. phenomenologists
60. A teacher's summary of a lesson serves the following functions, C. idealists D. pragmatists
EXCEPT
A. it links the parts of the lesson 70. Which guideline in test construction is NOT observed in this
B. lt brings together the information that has been discussed test item: Jose Rizal wrote __________.
C. it makes provisions for full participation of students. A. The central problem should be packed in the stem.
D. it clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson. B. There must be only one correct answer.
61. Which is a true foundation of the social order? C. Alternatives must have grammatical parallelism.
A. Obedient citizenry D. The alternates must be plausible.
B. The reciprocation of rights and duties
C. Strong political leadership 71. In what way can teachers uphold the highest possible standards
D. Equitable distribution of wealth of quality education?
62. Which one can enhance the comparability of grades? A. By continually improving themselves personally and
A. Using common conversion table for translating test scores in to professionally
ratings B. By wearing expensive clothes to change people's poor
B. Formulating tests that vary from one teacher to another perception of teachers
C. Allowing individual teachers to determine factors for rating C. By working out undeserved promotions
D. Individual teachers giving weights to factors considered for D. By putting down other professions to lift the status of teaching
rating
72. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the cultural and
63. Who among the following puts more emphasis on core educational heritage of the nation and is, under obligation to
requirements, longer school day, longer academic year and more transmit to learners such heritage. Which practice makes him fulfill
challenging textbooks? such obligation?
A. PerennialistB. Essentialist A. Use the latest instructional technology.
C. Progressivist D. Existentialist B. Observe continuing professional education.
C. Use interactive teaching strategies.
64. Which test has broad sampling of topics as strength? D. Study the life of Filipino heroes.
A. Objective test B. Short answer test
C. Essay test D. Problem type 73. Studies in the areas of neurosciences disclosed that the human
brain has limitless capacity. What does this imply?
A. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of learning.
B. Every pupil has his own native ability and his learning is limited
to this nativeabilty.
C. Every child is a potential genius.
D. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have learned
everything.
74. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil was made to drink an
alcoholic beverage and then made to ingest a drug that produces
nausea. Eventually, he was nauseated at the sight and smell of
alcohol and stopped drinking alcohoLWhich theory explains this?
A. Operant conditioning
B. Social Learning Theory
C. Associative Learning
D. Attribution Theory
75. The following are used in writing performance objectives,
EXCEPT
A. delineate B. diagram C. integrate D. comprehend
76. Which guideline must be observed in the use of prompting to
shape the correct performance of your students?
A. Use the least intrusive prompt first.
B. Use all prompts available.
C. Use the most intrusive prompt first.
D. Refrain from using prompts.
77. On whose philosophy was A. S. Neil's Summerhill, one of the
most experimental schools, based?
A. RousseauB. PestalozziC. MontessoriD.John Locke
78. "In the light of the facts presented, what is most likely to
happen when ... ?" is a sample thought question on
A. inferring B. generalizing C. synthesizing D. justifying
79. Which applies when skewness is zero?
A. Mean is greater than the median
B. Median is greater than mean
C. Scores have three modes
D. Scores are normally distributed
80. Whose influence is the education program that puts emphasis
on self-development.through the classics, music, and rituals?
A. Buddha B. Mohammed C. Confucius D. Lao Tzu
81. Which is an appropriate way to manage off-task behavior?
A. Make eye contact.
B. Stop your class activity to correct a child who is no longer on
task.
C. Move closer to the child.
D. Redirect a child's attention to task and check his progress to
make sure he is continuing to work.
82. In Krathwohl's taxonomy of objectives in the affective, which is
most authentic?
A. Characterization B. Organization C. Responding D.
Valuing
83. Study this group of tests which was administered with the
following results, then answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
In which subject(s) were the scores most homogenous?
A. Math B. English C. Physics D. Physics and Math
84. 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
85. The test item "Group the following items according to shape" is
a thought test item on __________.
A. creating B. classifying C. generalizing D.
comparing
86. 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.
B. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierarchy of cognitive learning.
C. The teacher wants to do less talk.
D. The teacher is emphasizing listening and speaking skills.
87. What is the mean of this score distribution: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10?
A. 7 B. 6 C. 8.5 D. 7.5
88. Teacher P wants to develop the skill of synthesizing in her
pupils. Which one will she do?
A. Ask her students to formulate a generalization from the data
shown in graphs.
B. Ask her students to answer questions beginning with What if ...
C. Tell her pupils to state data presented in graphs.
D. Directs her students to ask questions on the parts of the lesson
not understood.
89. Bruner's theory on intellectual development moves from
enactive to iconic and symbolic stages. In which stage(s) are
diagrams helpful to accompany verbal information?
A. Enactive and iconic B. Symbolic C. Symbolic and enactive
D. Iconic
90. Which holds true to standardized tests?
A. They are used for comparative purposes
B. They are administered differently
C. They are scored according to different standards
D. They are used for assigning grades
91. An effective classroom manager uses low-profile classroom
control. Which is a low-profile classroom technique?
A. Note to parents
B. After-school detention
C. Withdrawal of privileges
D. Raising the pitch of the voice
92. Which type of report refers to on-the-spot description of some
incident, episode or occurrence that is being observed and
recorded as being of possible significance?
A. Autobiographical report B. Biographical report
C. Value and interest report D. Anecdotal report
93. By what name is Indirect instruction the Socratic method also
known?
A. Mastery learning B. Indirect Method
C. Morrison method D. Questioning method

94. Teacher A knows of the illegal activities of a neighbor but keeps

quiet in order not to be involved in any investigation. Which
foundational principle of morality does Teacher A fail to apply?
A. The end does not justify the means.
B. The principle of double-effect
C. Always do what is right.
D. Between two evils, do the lesser evil.

95. What should a teacher do for students in his class who are not
on grade level?
A. Give them materials on their level and let them work at a pace
that is reasonable forthem, trying to bring them up to a grade
level.
B. Give them the same work as the other students, because they
will absorb as much as they are capable of.
C. Give them the same work as the other students, not much, so
that they won't feel embarrassed.
D. Give them work on the level of the other students and work a
little above the classmates level to challenge them.

96. A child who gets punished for stealing candy may not steal
again immediately. But this does not mean that the child may not
steal again. Based on Thorndike's theory on punishment and
learning, this shows that __________
A. punishment strengthens a response
B. punishment removes a response
C. punishment does not remove a response
D. punishment weakens a response

97. Helping in the development of graduates who are maka-Diyos

is an influence of
A. naturalistic morality B. classical Christian morality
C. situational morality D. dialectical morality

98. Teacher H gave her first-grade class a page with a story in which
pictures take the place of some words. Which method did she use?
A. The whole language approach
B. The Spaulding method
C. The rebus method
D. The language experience approach

99. Soc 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 B. Extinction C. Acquisition D.
Discrimination

100. Teachers often complain of numerous non-teaching

assignments that adversely, affect their teaching. Does this mean
that teachers must be preoccupied only with teaching?
A. Yes, if they are given other assignments, justice demands that
they be properly compensated.
B. Yes, because other community leaders, not teachers, are tasked
to leading community activities.
C. NO, because every teacher is expected to provide leadership
and initiative in activities for betterment of communities.
D. Yes, because teaching is enough full time job.