PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION – Material 1

1. Mrs. Mercado, the Home Economics teacher, 8. You are very much interested in a quality
constantly gives verbal guidance to her pupils while professional development program for teachers.
practicing a sewing skill. What is the value of giving What characteristics should you look for?
verbal guidance in improving pupils’ learning A. Prescribed by top educational teachers
behavior? B. Dependent on the availability of funds
A. It promotes the growth of interest in the new C. Required for renewal of professional license
learning tasks D. Responsive to identified teacher’s needs
B. It serves as informational feedback
C. It facilitates the perfection of skills 9. I would like to use a model to emphasize a
D. It directs pupils’ attention to more adequate particular part. Which of these would be the MOST
and better techniques appropriate?
A. Realia C. Simulation
2. According to Bronfenbrenner, what system B. Audio Recording D. Mock-up
contains structures that have direct contact with
the child? 10. In a highly pluralistic society, what type of learning
A. Chronosystem C. Mesosystem environment is the responsibility of the teacher?
B. Exosystem D. Microsystem I. Safe
II. Gender-biased
3. Teacher H gave her first-grade class a page with a III. Secure
story in which pictures take the place of some A. I and II C. II only
words. Which method did she use? B. I, II, III D. I and III
A. The whole language approach
B. The Spaulding method 11. The widespread abuse of Mother Earth prompted
C. The rebus method schools to teach sustainable development. Which
D. The language experience approach one does this prove about schools?
A. The curriculum of schools is centered on
4. In the 5’S formula to create a conducive learning Mother Earth.
environment, which S stands for cleanliness of the B. Schools can easily integrate sustainable
workplace? development into their curriculum.
A. Shine C. Standardize C. Sustainable development cannot be effectively
B. Sweep D. Sort taught in the classroom.
D. Environmental factors influence the school as
5. What role does the teacher assume as a “sage on an agent of change.
the stage”?
A. Facilitator of learning 12. On learning deficiencies, what is known as a
B. Authority to impose rules learning disability in reading?
C. Dispense of knowledge A. Dyslexia C. Dysgraphia
D. Mentor to student B. Dyscalculia D. Dyspepsia

6. How can mastery of the multiplication table be 13. What is the appropriate teaching-learning strategy
best taught? to respond to cultural diversity among learners?
A. Game C. Drills A. Variety of teaching and assessment methods
B. Discussion D. Simulation B. Use of comparative assessment tools
C. Group entire class homogeneously
7. If the difficulty index of an item is 1, the item is? D. One set of teaching-learning methods
A. Very difficult C. Very easy
B. Missed by everyone D. Quality item
14. Which of the following characteristics among 21. Which is the best class performance on a 100-item
learners can indicate that their parents have been test?
authoritarian? A. Mean is 80 and SD is 2.
A. Fearful-inhibited C. Open-friendly B. Mean is 82 and SD is 10.
B. Strong-outgoing D. Responsive-active C. Mean is 90 and SD is 2.
D. Mean is 80 and SD is 12.
15. If a test item has a discrimination index of -0.30,
what should you do? 22. Due to the advent of COVID 19, which initiative is
A. Re-use it. required for curriculum change?
B. Discard it. (Reject it.) A. Curriculum implementation
C. Improve on it. B. Curriculum evaluation
D. Return it to the data bank of test items. C. Curriculum design
D. Curriculum modification
16. What activity of human intelligence attaches value
or quantitative description to measuring results of 23. You want your students to answer the questions at
learning and school activities? the end of a reading lesson. “What did I learn?”,
A. Understanding C. Analysis “What still puzzles me?”, What did I
B. Critical Thinking D. Assessment enjoy/hate/accomplish in the class today?”, “How
did I learn from the lesson?”. Which of the following
17. How is the bi-semester grade per subject for Grades are you asking them to do?
1 to 10 computed? A. Work on an assignment
A. By grade average for 2 quarters B. Make a journal entry
B. By grade average the whole year C. Work on a drill
C. By grade average each month D. Apply what they learned
D. By grade average each week
24. William Glasser’s control theory states that
18. If the scores of your test follow a negatively skewed behavior is inspired by what satisfies a person’s
score distribution, what went wrong? want at any given time. What then must a teacher
A. Items were wrong do to motivate students to learn?
B. Items were not in order A. Make teaching-learning interactive
C. Items were easy B. Avoid giving assignments
D. Items were difficult C. Organize curriculum in a spiral manner
D. Make schoolwork relevant to students’ basic
19. Due to the multiple intelligences and learning styles human needs
of learners, which approach works best in order to
enhance the learning of each and all events? 25. Bernadette enjoyed the roller coaster when she and
A. Unilateral approach her family went to the Enchanted Kingdom. The
B. Horizontal approach mere sight of a roller coaster gets her excited.
C. Streamlined approach Which theory explains Bernadette’s behavior?
D. Differentiated approach A. Operant conditioning
B. Social learning theory
20. Which is most likely the behavior of students whose C. Attribution theory
minds are solely aided by the ID? D. Pavlovian conditioning
A. They would discuss and ask questions a lot
B. They would be very considerate and 26. When small children call animals “dogs”, what
understanding with one another process is illustrated in Piaget’s cognitive
C. They would find it difficult to wait patiently for development theory?
their turn at the canteen when hungry A. Reversion C. Accommodation
D. They would do more independent work B. Assimilation D. Conservation
27. Which appropriate teaching practice flows from this
research finding on the brain: “The brain’s
emotional center is tied into its ability to learn”?
A. Establish the discipline of being judgmental in
attitude
B. Come up with highly competitive games where
winners will feel happy
C. Tell the students to participate in class activities
of they won’t receive plus points in class
recitation
D. Create a learning environment that encourages
students to explore their feeling and ideas
freely
28. What can be said of Jerome who obtained a score
of 75 in a Grammar objective test?
A. He answered 75 items in the test correctly.
B. He answered 75% of the test items correctly.
C. His rating is 75.
D. He performed better that 25% of his
classmates.
29. Nellie’s score is within x±1 SD. To which of the
following groups does she belong?
A. Below average C. Needs Improvement
B. Average D. Above average
30. With the assessment of affective learning in mind,
which DOES NOT belong to the group?
A. Cloze test C. Reflective writing
B. Moral dilemma D. Diary entry
31. Teacher Anna set 85% accuracy in a test on
predicting the kind of weather given 5 different
atmospheric conditions. May obtain a score of 82%.
This can be interpreted as
A. She is 3% short of the set percentile score
B. She did not meet the set standards by 3%
C. She obtained 82% percentile score
D. She is higher than 82% of the group
32. A document published by a school district identifies
rules of behavior that must be followed by anyone
using the school district’s computers, network, or
internet connection.
A. Ethical internet use policy
B. Classroom rules
C. Acceptable user policy
D. Fair use
33. Below is a list of methods used to establish the
reliability of a test. Which method is questionable
due to practice and familiarity?
A. Split half C. Kuder Richardson
B. Equivalent form D. Test-retest
34. In Gestalt psychology, our ability to perceive a
whole without first noticing its parts is called as
A. The Law of Similarity C. The superego
B. Reification D. Emergence
35. If you were depressed and wanted to talk to
someone, what type of psychologist would you go
see?
A. A social psychologist
B. A cognitive psychologist
C. A clinical psychologist
D. A development psychologist
36. What did Pavlov originally set out study?
A. What would happen if he showed Little Albert a
picture of a rat
B. The digestive system of dogs
C. Why dogs drooled at lab coats
D. Why dogs ate so much
37. What is the difference between an unconditioned
response and a conditioned response?
A. There is no difference between an
unconditioned and a conditioned response
B. An unconditioned response is based on
scientific study, and a conditioned response is
based on a psychological study
C. A conditioned response is completely natural,
and an unconditioned response is something
that we learn
D. An unconditioned response is completely
natural, and a conditioned response is
something that we learn
38. In psychoanalysis, what is the ego?
A. The person’s morality
B. The person’s basic desires
C. The person’s sense of self
D. The ego is all of these
39. _____ refers that are biological or inherited.
A. Genetics C. Hormones
B. Nurture D. Nature
40. When formulating a research question, one must be 47. The Philippine Association for Teacher and
careful to choose a question that is _____ and not Educators (PAFTE) proposed a new curriculum for
too _____. teacher education to make graduates of teacher
A. vague, affordable C. testable, boring education more globally competitive. This may be
B. testable, vague D. affordable, boring classified as _____.
A. Supported curriculum
41. The _____ states that social stratification has B. Hidden curriculum
beneficial consequence for the operation of society. C. Recommended curriculum
A. Capitalist Theory D. Assessed curriculum
B. Karl Marx Theorem
C. Davis-Moore thesis 48. Teacher Mimi sees to it that she checks for
D. No one would argue the social stratification is understanding as she teaches to ensure that every
beneficial student can follow the lesson. With what form of
assessment is she occupied with?
42. The psychology field that focuses on our family and A. Assessment OF Learning only
friends influencing our behavior is B. Assessment FOR Learning only
A. Social psychology C. Assessment AS Learning only
B. Clinical psychology D. Assessment FOR and AS Learning
C. Developmental psychology
D. Humanistic psychology 49. Studies in the areas of neuroscience disclosed that
the human brain has limitless capacity. What does
43. Self-actualization is thought to be a key motivating it imply?
factor in A. Every child is a potential genius.
A. Developmental psychology B. Every pupil has his own native ability and his
B. Humanistic psychology learning is limited to his native ability.
C. Social psychology C. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of
D. Cognitive psychology learning.
D. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they
44. Fernando Poe Jr. became a legend in the show have learned everything.
business because of his talent, determination, and
hard work. What role does this illustrate? 50. What is the mean of this score distribution:
A. ascribed role C. achieved role 5,9,10,11,12?
B. hereditary role D. temporary role A. 10.2 C. 9.4
B. 7 D. 12
45. Under the learning to do pillar, which of the
following instruments must be acquired so that a 51. A student gets a numerical grade of 80. What is his
person can perform his work effectively? descriptor for his level of proficiency?
A. Competence C. Compromise A. Very satisfactory
B. Insights D. Communication B. Satisfactory
C. Fairly satisfactory
46. A mother gives her son his favorite snack every time D. Did not meet expectations
the boy cleans his room. Afterward, the boy cleans
his room every day in anticipation of the snack. 52. In unit planning using the topical approach, it is
Which theory is illustrated? helpful to use the _____ of the textbook.
A. associative learning A. Attachments
B. classical conditioning B. Appendix
C. operant conditioning C. Graphs and tables
D. modeling D. Table of contents