Drills week 4

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

1. Antonette was studious learner, and she carried this trait over to her teaching career. Many students saw this
diligence, and they tried to emulate her. In this situation, Antonette succeeded in this NCBTS domain.
A. Personal Growth and Professional Development
B. Community Linkages
C. Diversity of Learners
D. Social Regard for Learning

*The domain Social Regard for Learning (only found in the original NCBTS) emphasizes the need for teachers to
be role models to their students.

2. This law ensures that education will receive priority fiscal allocation.
A. Magna Carta for Public School Teachers
B. General Appropriations Act
C. 1987 Constitutions
D. Enhanced Basic Education Act

*The 1987 Constitution, in Article XIV, mandates that education will receive the highest budgetary allocation.

3. Which of the following fields are the foundations of curriculum?

A. Psychology, History, Philosophy, and Sociology
B. Religion, Mathematics, Biology, and Arts
C. Physical Sciences, Culture, Anthropology, and Economics
D. Business, Social Studies, Ethics, and Human Development

*The major foundations of the curriculum are the psychological, historical, philosophical, and social aspects.
These aspects work independently to meet the underlying concepts and principles of curriculum and education.

4. Which of the following Eriksonian statements relates to autonomy in early childhood?

A. As I do things, I feel I made a mistake.
B. I am apologetic about what I’ve done.
C. I do things without worrying about them.
D. I worry that my parents will find fault in me.

*According to Erikson, autonomy is when children have a greater sense of self-control or independence. Option
C implies autonomy and confidence. The rest of the options express shame and doubt.

5. Based on Vygotsky’s theory, when the leaner cannot do something even with the help of someone else, she/he
is said to be in this zone of development.
A. Actual
B. Potential
C. Proximal
D. Social

*In the zone of potential development, the child cannot accomplish tasks even with considerable assistance or
support. Meanwhile, in the zone of proximal development, the child can accomplish the tasks with some
assistance or support.

6. How is “truancy” best understood and interpreted so that proper responses can be made to prove it?
A. Absences due to family problems
B. Absences without reason
C. Absences due to sickness
D. Absences with permission

*Truancy is absenteeism or staying away from school without a good reason.

7. Ms. Dianna, a Grade-7 teacher, noticed that as she corrects the misbehavior of one student, it can positively
influence the behavior of the other students in such a way that all of them would behave properly when one
student is being corrected. This situation exemplifies _________.
A. With-it-ness
B. Smoothness
C. Ripple effect
D. Overlapping

*Ripple effect is a phenomenon in the room in which a behavior (whether negative or positive) spreads in the
room.
 8. Who among the following believes that educational technology serves as learning tools that help learners
construct knowledge through hands-on activities.
A. Constructivist
B. Progressivist
C. Traditionalist
D. Behaviorist

*Constructivists believe that learners construct knowledge through experiencing things and reflecting on it.

9. Republic Act 10844 is also known as __________.

A. The Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum Act of 2013
B. Department of Information and Communication Technology Act of 2015
C. ICT Act of 2012
D. K to 12 Act of 2011

* R.A 10844 is also known as the Department of Information and Communication Technology Act of 2015. It is a
law establishing the DICT, an administrative entity of the executive branch that will plan, develop, and promote
the national ICT development agenda.

10. Teacher Joey requires her students to submit a portfolio that shows their best literacy compositions from among
all their finished works. What type of portfolio is she requiring?
A. Working portfolio
B. Documentation portfolio
C. Display portfolio
D. Growth portfolio

*A portfolio that shows students’ best literacy composition is a characteristic of a display portfolio, which also
known as showcase or best-work portfolio. Such portfolio aims to shows the highest level of achievement
attained by the student.

GENERAL EDUCATION

1. What is language that refers to the language or dialect that is spoken by people that are inhabiting a particular
country or region?
A. Register
B. Vernacular
C. Pragmatics
D. Native

*Vernacular is the language that is common to people regardless of age, social class, gender or race.

2. The ‘d subshell’ can accommodate this number of electrons.

A. 2
B. 6
C. 10
D. 14

*The ‘d subshell’ has 5 orbitals. Each orbital can accommodate 2 electrons. Thus, the ‘d subshell’ can
accommodate a total of 10 electrons.

3. Bahagi ng pahayagan kung saan makikita ang opinion ukol sa napapanahong usapin.
A. Ulo ng balita
B. Pangulong tudling
C. Lead
D. Obitwaryo

*Ang pangulong tudling o editorial ay isang bahagi ng pahayagan kung saan mababasa ang kurukuro o opinion
na isinulat ng patnugot hinggil sa isang napapanahong paksa o isyu.

4. Rizal’s sulpture that depicts a woman standing on a skull while heralding a torch is one of the treasures inside
the National Museum of the Philippines. What is the title of the said work of art?
A. The Triumph of Science Over Death
B. The triumph of Feminism Over Patriarchy
C. The Triumph of Knowledge Over Ignorance
D. The Triumph of Freedom Over Bondage

*Now housed inside the National Museum of the Philippines, Jose Rizal’s sculpture entitled The Triumph of
Science Over Death features a woman holding a torch which symbolizes great scientific discoveries. The woman
was standing on a skull, which symbolizes victory over death.
5. Fat-soluble vitamins that helps for the development of bones.
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D

*Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin that help for the development of bones. Vitamin A for the eyes, vitamin C for
the immune system and vitamin B for the brain.

6. What is the Spanish origin word for Purple as part of the Filipino local language?
A. Mabaya
B. Morado
C. Kalimbahin
D. Kunig

*A word of Spanish origin, “Morado” eventually became part of the Filipino language as a local name for the
English color purple. Mabaya is red, kalimbahin is pink and kunig is yellow.

7. St. Thomas Aquinas Christianized the philosophy of Aristotle through what theory?
A. Natural Law Theory
B. Deontology Theory
C. Virtue Ethics Theory
D. Teleological Ethical Theory

*Natural Law Theory is developed by St. Thomas Aquinas.

8. An American Philosopher who is known for his Theory of Justice as Fairness.

A. Jeremy Bentham
B. John Stewart Mill
C. William Graham Sumner
D. John Rawl
*John Rawl is an American Philosopher who is known for his Theory of Justice as Fairness.

9. When was Rizal’s Diary taken away from him?

A. October 11, 1897
B. October 11, 1896
C. October 12, 1897
D. October 12, 1896

*On October 11, 1896, Rizal’s diary was confiscated by the Spanish authorities and was critically scrutinized.

10. Pia looks forward to her trip to Korea because she honestly believes hat the culture of Korea is a lot more
interesting than her own. This particular mindset is known as ________.
A. Xenocentrism
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Culture Shock
D. Colonial Mentality

*Xenocentrism is the preference for the cultural practices of other cultures, such as how they live and what they
eat, rather than of one’s own social way of life.