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Midterm Examination (Principles of Teaching) – EDUC. 13
SY 2022 - 2023

Name____________________________________________________________ Year and

Section____________________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES
   Directions: Read each item carefully. You may select an answer even if you are not absolutely sure it is correct, but do
not guess blindly. Encircle the letter of the correct answer. STRICTLY NO ERASURES

1. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect instruction is for ____________________.
a. Guesses, data, and conclussions
b. Hypothess, refied data, and conclussions
c. Concepts, patterns, and abstractions
d. Concepts, processes, and abstractions
2. Which is one characteristic of an effective classroom management?
a. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects misbehavior once it occurs
b. It teachers 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
3. There is a statement that says, No amount of good instruction will come out without good management.” Which
of the following best explains this statement?
a. Classroom management is important to effect good instruction.
b. There must be classroom management for instruction to yield good outcomes/results.
c. Classroom management means good instruction.
d. Good instruction is equal to effective classroom management.
4. What did teacher Zeny use to enhance the inner motivation of her students when she asked three volunteers to
come to the chalkboard to fill in the blanks in a puzzle?
a. Contest and game
b. Personal experience
c. Challenging statement
d. Exploratory activity
5. What is the element in extrinsic motivation used in giving big raffle prizes to teacher during annual Christian
parties?
a. Frequent reward
b. High expectations
c. Value of reward
d. Praise device
6. Which among the aspects of personal classroom management greatly affects the rate of learning (absorption of
knowledge)?
a. Personal grooming
b. Voice of the teacher
c. Manner of dressing
d. Personal graciousness
7. After the holidays, there was much chatter and sharing of stories in class. You are confronted with behavioral
management. You have a well-planned lesson which you cannot start. What is the best strategy for the class to
settle down so you can start the lesson?
a. Give a 10-item test to keep them quiet.
b. Give the class 10 minutes to share how they spent the holidays.
c. Ask the students what is their new year’s resolutions are.
d. Give the students 10 minutes to write a paragraph on their new year’s resolution.
8. Borich identified three types of classroom climate that the teacher can use in different situations. Which of these
classroom climate is/are the less threatening?
I. Competitive
II. Cooperative
III. Individualistic

a. I and III
b. I and II
 c. II only
d. III only
9. In Krathwohl’s taxonomy of objectives in the affective, which is most authentic?
a. Characterization
b. Valuing
c. Organization
d. Responding
10. The new teacher entered a noisy classroom. She shouted immediately at the students desperately trying to get
order and discipline. Since then the teacher has the not controlled the class. Which is the most probable cause of
the teacher’s failure?
a. Rules and procedures are not defined to sustain order.
b. The students’ reactions to the teacher are the consequences of the behavior.
c. The class wants to test the ability and patience of the teacher.
d. The new teacher wants to show the class who is the authority.
11. The lesson is in the pros and cons of capital punishment. Mr. Millan wants to do high level thinking and to
develop a view of capital punishment from different perspectives. Which technique will be most appropriate?
a. Role playing
b. Panel discussion
c. Simulation
d. Lecture
12. Which practice helps the teacher maximize time for instruction?
a. Avoid classroom routine; they make your students robots.
b. Maximize discipline time.
c. Minimize discipline time.
d. Employ a reactive approach to discipline.
13. Mrs. Alvea is encouraging problems on classroom discipline. Which of these activities should she employ to
maintain classroom discipline?
a. Tell the class that she is the person in authority.
b. Punish erring students in front of the class.
c. Plan constructive and purposeful activities.
d. Enforce a system of rewards and punishments.
14. Which is sound classroom management practice?
a. Be preventive in approach.
b. Be reactive in approach.
c. Give students very easy task to lighten their load.
d. Occupy students with extremely difficult task.
15. Which of the following should class management and discipline problems take in consideration?
a. The proper functioning of the classroom and the individual interest of the learners should be interrelated.
b. Class management is based on a teacher’s ability to subordinate the interest of individual students.
c. The interest of the individual child are more important than the classroom as a whole.
d. Changing rules show weakness on the part of the teacher.
16. Read the following teacher-student interaction.
Teacher: Why is the process called photosynthesis?
Student: I don’t know. Which questioning technique should the teacher use?
a. Multiple response
b. Clarification
c. Prompting
d. Concept Review
17. As a professional teacher you must be good at interactive communication. What does interactive communication
include?

I. Person-to-person e-mail correspondence

II. Interaction through simulations and models
III. Electronic mailing list, video conferencing, chat rooms
IV. Group interaction in virtual learning space or audio communications
a. I, II, III, and IV
b. I, II, and III
 c. II and III
d. I and II
18. Kevin regularly practice playing the guitar so that he can finish Book I. his mother promised to buy him a
Nintendo when he finished Book I. how is Kevin motivated?
a. With Self-Efficacy
b. With Self-Determination
c. Intrinsically
d. Extrinsically
19. Which is an application of cognitive approach to motivation?
a. Provide clear and prompt feedback on assignments
b. Create a supportive classroom climate for students
c. Explain the reasons for studying the topic
d. Begin lessons with the challenging questions and conflicting events
20. Which of the following statements about motivation is false?
a. External motivation is longer lasting and more self-directive than internal motivation.
b. Internal motivation is fueled by one’s goals or ambitions.
c. Motivation is enhanced by the way in which the instructional material is organized.
d. Motivation to perform is affected by expectancy and value.
21. Mrs. Carpio always makes sure that her pre-school classroom is well-organized and clean. She puts up interesting
and colorful visuals on the bulletin boards. What principles of motivation is applied?
a. The environment can be used to focus the students’ attention on what needs to be learned.
b. Motivation is enhanced by the way in which instructional material is organized.
c. Internal motivation is longer lasting and more self-directive than is external motivation.
d. Incentives motivate learning.
22. Why should learning be aided by formulating and asking questions?
a. Students will have a grade in recitation
b. Students will develop their self-confidence
c. The teacher will know among the students can communicate very well
d. The teacher will not always do the talking but the students will be given chance to do the same thing
23. Which questioning technique would be appropriate for inductive lessons?
a. Use questions requiring only memory responses
b. Expect participation only among the more motivated students
c. Involve students actively in the questioning process
d. As teacher, you ask no questions
24. Mr. Alcantara presented a new lesson wherein the students were challenged to work on a novel project which the
students find so difficult. But the students showed interest while embarking on it. What principle is depicted in
this situation?
a. Varied opportunities must be given by the teacher for relevant and appropriate practice.
b. Learning is facilitated through the use of meaningful learning resources than nonsense learning tools.
c. The presentation of the lesson must be integrated with various methods.
d. When tasks are challenging for the students, some amount of efforts emanate from them without coercion
from the teacher.
25. To guarantee a maximum student’s engagement, Teacher Arlene divided the class into four groups to make them
share their ideas on “Respecting the Sanctity of Marriage” in this modern age. What discussion technique is
shown?
a. Buzzing
b. Circular response
c. Debate
d. Panel
26. Which objective could be taught using discussion technique?
a. To paraphrase the data
b. To compare and contrast the sun from the moon
c. To illustrate the impact of the destruction of the ozone layer
d. To interpret the first paragraph of the story
27. After all the discussions in motivation, Mr. Martinez was surprised to find that his students are still confused
when they disclose their wrong notions on motivation. Of the following motivation ideas given by his students,
which of the following is false?
a. Intrinsic motivation is enhanced by one’s goal and aspirations.
b. The training and expectations of the students affect their motivation to work.
 c. The planning and organization of learning resources influence one’s drive to study.
d. External motivation is a lifetime because of its long lasting impact.
28. Which of the following is a way that teachers and administrators can effectively collaborate?
a. They can meet to develop key disciplinary policies
b. They can define the layout of how teachers’ classroom should look
c. They can work together to determine standards, goals, and objectives would be best for measuring student
learning
d. All the choices are correct
29. Mr. Barry teaches English at Swaynesboro High. He directly teachers students meta-cognitive strategies and
progress tracking so that they are able to better evaluate their own learning. Additionally, he indirectly models
strategies through activities, such as journaling, that teach students how to be thoughtful about their learning
process. Mr. Barry is teaching his students ___________________________.
a. self-esteem building learning strategies
b. self-involved learning strategies
c. self-educated learning strategies
d. self-regulated learning strategies
30. Miss Serrano is a young and idealistic teacher who wants to enhance further the learning of her Grade 1 pupils.
What must she do?
a. Organize activities that are too easy and simple that will not be too boring for the pupils.
b. Present varied enlarged, realistic and challenging visual aids.
c. See to it that activities which will be provided are hands-on and novel.
d. Rewards must be given at all times despite students’ misbehavior.
31. In her Practice Teaching, Mr. Santos’ class would like to emphasize the meaningful application of an effective
approach to motivation. What must he do?
a. Discuss the rationale for studying the topic.
b. Structure the classroom for a conducive climate for students.
c. Explore the possibility of providing quick and transparent feedback on assignments.
d. Start the lesson with thought-provoking questions and inspiring events.
32. Which of the following situations supports a teacher’s effective classroom management to discipline?
a. Her generosity in giving prizes for exemplary conduct
b. Her success in instilling to her students the spirit of unity and concern for each other
c. The aura of fear and unapproachability in her personality
d. Principal warning that the class will be punished
33. Teacher Bekikang has the habit of embarrassing students who failed to get the correct answers. What is she
violating against discipline management?
a. The respect for the students’ dignity
b. The practice of public correction to awaken the students
c. The promptness in the response to misbehavior
d. The assistance rendered to the offender
34. Teacher Mary Rose is now in the teaching profession. She is having a second thought of whether to stick it out or
not because of her students’ unruly behavior and indifferent attitude.
What will you tell her to do?
a. Emphasize to class her rules and policies
b. Compromise with the class on the rules they can follow
c. Refer to the guidance office the most notorious students
d. Write a letter of discontent to the parents of the misbehaving students
35. When the students are responsible enough to be trusted to allow themselves to create their own boundaries inside
the classroom, the teacher is developing their sense of:
a. Unity
b. Collaboration
c. Discipline
d. Ownership
36. Which type of management is maximizing the use of available space despite constraints in resources falls?
a. Routine
b. Discipline
c. Time Management
d. Physical Environment
37. Student friendship _____________________ while teacher-student rapport _____________________________.
 a. focuses on leisure and commonalities; focuses on the teacher understanding the student as a learner
and helping he/she to succeed
b. acknowledge a student’s strengths, weaknesses, likes,a nd dislikes; involves knowing a students’ learning
abilities
c. allows the student to be viewed holistically as a learner and an individual; just focuses on the student’s likes
and dislikes both inside and outside the school
d. is highly effective for classroom management and academic achievement; only helps with behavioral
techniques
38. “Porma” (form) over substance is evident in students in one of these instances.
a. Harvey submitted his comprehensive written report to Mrs. Topacio even if it was slightly soiled with tomato
ketchup.
b. Kesha submitted her written report on time to Mrs. Yalung even if it reeked of the cigarette she smoked
before class.
c. Joel submitted his written report to Mr. Chow a week in advance.
d. Olivia submitted her poorly written report which was printed on perfumed stationery, to her English
for Research teacher Dr. Verchez.
39. This classroom practice is NOT recommended because it does not promote sound classroom management.
a. Enforcing firm and fair discipline in the classroom.
b. Applying rules and regulations on a case-to-case basis.
c. Developing a system of coming in and going out of the room.
d. Establishing rules, regulations, and routines starting on the first day of school.
40. Mrs. Estrada has a problem on how to motivate her students to engage in a more meaningful and complex
problem solving. What must she do?
a. See to it that students’ cognitive abilities are appropriately matched with the problems.
b. Refrain from using stimulating objects and visuals in order to maximize the students’ focus to the task.
c. Engage with more practical and simple problems.
d. Tolerate and consider inappropriate response and feedbacks to some questions.
41. Which of the following statements depicts a form of questioning short-changed by the teachers?
a. What can you conclude about this?
b. Well, do you think they are conflicting?
c. What is globalization?
d. Another, Marte?
42. Which statement does NOT refer to motivation?
a. Tells about psychological factors on behavior
b. Discusses the rationale on choosing the topic
c. Encourage simple and prompt feedbacks
d. Arouses the need to learn
43. Which of the following is not a questioning technique?
a. Basing conclusions on observations of the students’ manner of answering
b. Calling students before posing the question
c. Responding to every correct answers and errors
d. Motivating students to ask questions
44. Which of the following will enhance the discussion of the lesson?
a. Activities should solely be teacher’s tasks
b. Topics to be tackled are problem-based
c. Same tasks are assigned to all students
d. Subscribing to the belief in the non-observable behavior
45. A mother of one of Teacher Elvira’s students confronted her for embarrassing her daughter. What will Teacher
Elvira do?
a. Wait for the time to get even on the student.
b. Leave the mother immediately and refer the issue to the principal.
c. In an autocratic manner, tell the mother to leave immediately.
d. Listen patiently until the mother is pacified and ask her to discuss the matter with the guidance office.
46. Students are anticipating to be benefited by the latest update from a discussant, a former alumni of their
institution, about the topic on “Filial Respect”. For this purpose, which technique is best used?
a. Open-forum
b. Cooperative learning
c. Questioning
d. Peer tutoring
 47. Which idea does not refer to the “GO DEEPLY” techniques of motivation?
a. Refrain from supporting students who are poor in verbal skills
b. Embrace every student as your own despite their weak abilities
c. Give praises to students spontaneously and genuinely
d. Accept objectively students’ responses
48. Time management cannot be ignored in classroom management. Which of the following teacher behavior reflects
time management?
a. Keeping students engaged in the entire lesson
b. Maintaining collaborative group work
c. Directing the mandatory movement in class
d. Regular checking of attendance
49. To inculcate the value of time, like the practice of punctuality and using time wisely, what can a teacher do?
a. Routinize classroom schedule religiously without compromise
b. Ignore distractions created by unruly students
c. Assign a student timer to announce the end of a particular class activity
d. None of the above
50. When a teacher organizes class activities, he must not overlook its orderly transition. To guarantee that this is
accomplished, what can a teacher do?
a. Patiently wait for those who submitted late
b. Learning materials must be organized at the beginning of each activity
c. Settle for a limited number of paper works to comply with the scheduled time
d. Provide extra time for fun activities between assigned tasks

Prepared by: Checked by:

REXSON D. TAGUBA, LPT CHRISTINA C. MALAYAO, LPT

College Instructor Teacher Education Program Coordinator

Approved by:

CESAR B. MALENAB, Ph.D.

College Dean