PROFESSIONAL

EDUCATION

SET 3
1. Teacher Kevin has not practiced his profession for the
past five years. Can he go back to teaching immediately?

A. Yes, if nobody can take his place

B. No, unless she has enrolled in refresher course of 12
units
C. No
D. Yes

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2. Is membership to the accredited professional
organization for teachers mandatory for all LET passers?

A. No
B. Yes, when the teacher is already teaching
C. Yes
D. Only for LET passers who are not repeaters

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3. Which is true of the periodic merit exam for teacher
provided for in RA 7836?
I. Consist of oral exam
II. Consist of written exam
III. May serve as additional basis for merit promotion
in addition to performance rating
IV. Taken with fee of P 1000 per examinee

A. I only C. II and III

B. I and IV D. II only
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4. Can Manny Pacquiao be given a special permit to
teach boxing in a special school?

A. No, he is not a teacher education graduate

B. No, he has not passed the LET
C. Yes, he is a graduate of ALS
D. Yes, he has excelled and gained international
recognition

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5. Is it professional for a teacher to receive gifts from
the student and parents?

A. Not at all
B. No, especially if done in exchange for requested
concessions
C. Yes, if deserved
D. Yes, in-season and out-of-season gifts

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6. For relevance to business and industry, what did the
First Biennial National Education on Education (2008)
impose for updating the Licensure Examination for
teachers?

A. Moral or ethical values

B. Technical and scientific competencies
C. Upgraded laboratory facilities
D. Vocational skills

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7. Which of the following is not John Dewey’s
contribution to the sociological foundation of
education?

A. Facilitating learning along social conditions of the

learner
B. As a social process, education begins at birth
C. True education is transmission of knowledge
D. The school is a continuation of home

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8. Of the following, which is most fundamental to
building up a strong school culture of excellence?

A. High standards of performance

B. Student-centered curriculum
C. Mission and core values
D. Student handbook of conduct

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9. What kind of grassroots model best advances
Education for All as served children of slum city
dwellers?
A. Mobile education on Kariton
B. Leaf flyers for out-of-school children
C. Radio education modules
D. Educational television

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10. After the implementation of NCBTS, results of LET
still reveal low performance among examinees. What
can teacher education institutions do to upgrade their
graduates’ LET performance?

A. Review curriculum vis-à-vis TOS

B. Intensify Field Study Courses
C. Hire expensive review trainers
D. Implement selective admission in TEIs

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11. Among qualities which employers look for in the
21st century workplace, which is the most challenging
and demanding?

A. Aptitude for teamwork

B. Skills and social behavior
C. Readiness to take risks
D. Specific competencies for work

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12. In educating the whole person as demanded by
the “Learning to be” pillar of the 21st century
education, where does the concept of meaning,
purpose and engagement belong?

A. Mind and body C. Spiritual values

B. Aesthetic sense D. Personal responsibility

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13. Which program directly embodies both the pre-
service and in-service programs?

A. BESRA – Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda

B. TEDPA – Technical Education Development
Program
C. K-12
D. BEC – Basic Education Curriculum

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14. How can the efforts of four agencies (DepEd,
CHED, PRC, CSC) be best achieved for the training
and development of teachers?

A. Synchronization C. streamlining
B. cost-reduction D. sharing of resources

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15. What is the core of the Teacher Education
Development Program?

A. high order thinking skills or HOTS

B. student-centered learning
C. National Competency-Based Teaching Standards
D. Technology integration in instruction

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16. Among reforms for enhancing teacher
professionalism, which has been implemented by law
in order to determine whether prospective teachers
have acquired professional competencies prior to
granting them a permit to teach?
A. accrediting a national organization for teachers
B. setting up centered for excellence in teacher
education centers
C. licensure examination
D. creation of a professional board for teachers
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17. From global competence as defined by
international educators, which is the most appropriate
characteristic of globally competent individual?

A. familiarity with new culture

B. open-mindedness to new culture
C. adaptability to new work environment
D. foreign-language policy

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18. For a school, which of the following is most
significant in repairing shorelines with depleted coral
reefs?
A. outreach by depositing rubber tires as artificial coral
reefs
B. implement reporting system against dynamite
fishermen
C. legislative lobby to disallow tourism in endangered
shorelines
D. outreach by educating the villagers on protection of
coral reefs
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19. In a tertiary school, the President organized a
Fun Run for students, faculty and personnel to enjoy
camaraderie, physical exertion under the sun, sense
of engagement and achievement. What does the
activity promote?

A. spiritual vigor C. national integrity

B. cultural consciousness D. moral integrity

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20. In the Education Act of 1901 which established a
free public education in the Philippines, what language
was imposed under the one-language policy?

A. Spanish C. Tagalog
B. English D. Filipino

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21. Of the following, which is the most functional
intervention in order to achieve a basic right of every
Filipino Child under the Constitution and Magna Carta
for Disabled Persons?

A. Philosophy of education
B. Policy for curricular reform
C. home study program
D. structural organization

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22. In the formal education system during Hispanic
times in the Philippines, what was not implement but
which we enjoyed during the American period?

A. vocational education C. religious education

B. private education D. public education

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23. In the learning to do pillar of new education, what
is the enabling factor that can make the learner fully
contribute to a peaceful and just society?

A. Knowledge C. insights
B. skills D. values

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24. Before being able to fully learn to live and work
together under the pillar of the 21st century education,
what must the learner attain for himself?

A. find peace within oneself

B. attain an altruistic mind
C. love his fellowmen
D. become self-actualized

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25. If your students appear to be more interested in a
topic outside your planned lesson for the day, you set
aside your lesson plan for that day and grasp the
opportunity to discuss the topic of particular interest to
your students. Strike the iron while it is hot! Which
philosophy governs for your action?

A. Rationalism C. existentialism
B. empiricism D. progressivism

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26. Facilities such as classrooms, fixtures, and
equipment can often damage the morale of new
teachers and become an obstacle for adapting well to
the school environment. What should be the policy for
assigning said physical facilities?

A. needs of student’s basis

B. position ranking basis
C. first-come, first-served basis
D. service seniority basis
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27. There are various functions a fellow teacher or
peer coach can help new teachers. What role does a
peer coach play by being present/available to share
ideas, problems and success with a new teacher?

A. a provider of technical feedback

B. a facilitator of strategies
C. an analyzer of teaching job
D. a close peer or companion

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28. Teacher Princess sees to it that her classroom is
clean and orderly so her pupils will less likely
disarrange seats and litter on the floor. On which
thought is her action based?

A. existentialism C. behaviorism
B. progressivism D. reconstructionism

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29. Teacher Nancy is directed to pass an undeserving
student with a death threat. Which advise will a
utilitarian give?
A. Don’t pass him. You surely will not like someone to
give you a death threat in order to pass
B. Pass the student. That will be off use to the student,
his parents and you.
C. Pass the student. Why suffer the threat?
D. Don’t pass him. Live by your principle of justice.
You will get reward, if not in this life, in the next!
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30. In what setting is differentiated and multi-lingual
teaching most effective?

A. special children with classes

B. multi-grade classes
C. children with diverse cultural backgrounds
D. pre-school children

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31. After the embarrassing incident, Teacher Kevin
vowed to himself to flunk the student at the end of the
school term. What has Dante done that is against the
guidelines for using punishment?

A. Punishing immediately in an emotional state

B. Using double standards in punishing
C. Doing the impossible
D. Holding a grudge and not starting with a clean slate

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32. Following the principles for punishing students,
which of the following is the LEAST desirable strategy
for classroom management?

A. Punishing while clarifying why punishment is done

B. Punishing while angry
C. Punishing the erring student rather than the entire
class
D. Give punishment sparingly

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33. According to the guidelines on punishment, what
does it mean that the teacher should give the student
the benefit of the doubt?

A. Make sure facts are right before punishing

B. Doubt the incident really happened
C. Don’t punish and doubt effectiveness of
punishment
D. Get the side of the students when punishing

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34. Which of the following guidelines for punishment
may be done?

A. Don’t punish students outside of school rules on

punishment
B. Don’t threaten the impossible
C. Don’t use double standards for punishing
D. Don’t assign extra homework

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35. To demonstrate here authority Teacher Kokeyni
made an appeal to undisciplined students. What kind
of appeal did she make by saying, “Ladies and
gentlemen, don’t engage in that kind of behavior, you
can do much better?”

A. Invoke peer reaction

B. Exert authority
C. Internalizing student’s image of themselves
D. Teacher-student relationship
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36. Of subcategories of movement behavior, what is
happening when the teacher ends an activity
abruptly?

A. Thrust C. Stimulus-bounded
B. Truncation D. Flip-flop

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37. Of subcategories of teacher movement behavior,
what is happening when the teacher goes from topic
or activity to other topic or activities, lacking clear
direction and sequence of activities?

A. Truncation C. Thrust
B. Dangle D. Flip-flop

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38. From classroom management strategies applied
on erring students, which of the following should not
be done?

A. Surprise quiz
B. Communicating problems to parents
C. Parent-principal conference
D. Shaming erring student before the class

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39. What mistake is teacher Senemin Basic trying to
avoid by never ignoring any student or group of
students in her discussions and other activities?

A. Non-direction C. Divided attention

B. Dangled activity D. Abrupt end

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40. Teacher Aldub makes certain content interesting to
his students. Focusing on learners, he also uses many
simple examples, metaphors and stories. What is this
quality of lesson content?

A. Interest C. Self-sufficiency
B. Feasibility D. Balance

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41. Teaching English, teacher Krizzy is careful about
her lesson content. What quality of content did he
achieve when she made certain her information came
with the “information explosion” which she got in the
Internet, such as how to effectively teach phonetics?

A. Learnability C. Balance
B. Significance D. Interest

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42. Teacher Kevin made certain his lesson content
can be useful to his students, taking care of their
needs in a student-centered classroom. What is this
kind of quality content?

A. Utility C. Self-sufficiency
B. Balance D. Interest

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43. Teacher Maggie explains by spicing her lectures
with examples, descriptions and stories. What is this
quality in her lectures?

A. Planned sequence
B. Elaboration through elements
C. Use of audiovisuals
D. Simple vocabulary

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44. Can technology take the place of the teacher in
the classroom? Select the most appropriate answer:

A. No. It is only an instrument or a tool

B. Yes, when they hire less teachers and acquire more
computers
C. Yes. When teachers are not competent
D. Yes, such as in the case of Computer-assisted
instruction (not teacher-assisted instruction)

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45. What kind of tool is technology as evidenced by its
use in word processing databases, spreadsheets,
graphics design and desktop publishing?

A. Analyzing tool C. Productivity tool

B. Encoding tool D. Calculating tool

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46. In avoiding implying sickness or suffering, which of
the following is the most preferable way to refer to
those with disabilities like polio?

A. “Is polio-stricken” C. “Polio victim”

B. “Had polio” D. “Suffers from polio”

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47. Among cognitive objectives, what is also known as
an understanding and is a step higher than more
knowledge of facts?

A. Comprehension C. Synthesis
B. Analysis D. Application

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48. What is the quality of teacher Pining Garcia’s
lecture when she makes use of various pictures,
charts, graphs, videos to support her lectures?

A. Simplified vocabulary
B. Enrichment through visual aids
C. Causal and logical relationships
D. Continuing sequence

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49. In determining the materials and media to use,
what consideration did Teacher Ina A. Mag adopt
when he chose materials that can arouse and sustain
in curiosity?

A. Satisfaction C. Expectancy
B. Interest D. Relevance

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50. Which of the following is true of a democratic
classroom?

A. Teacher acts as firm decision maker

B. Students decide what and how to learn
C. Consultation and dialogue
D. Suggestions are sent to higher officials for
decisions

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51. From a broad vantage view of human
development, who has the primary duty to educate the
youths or children?

A. Parents C. the state

B. Teachers D. the schools

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52. Of the three aspects of learning, which is not
mentioned as needed so that the individual learner in
the 21st century can learn how to learn?

A. Ability to think C. Memory skills

B. Mathematical skills D. Concentration

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53. Which of the following belongs to the more
sophisticated learning-to-learn skills for the individual
learner?

A. To ask and gather data

B. To listen and observe
C. To process and select information
D. To read with understanding

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54. Of the following effects on learning, what is the
effect of simulations that make students feel and
sense experience in the classroom?

A. Reinforcing learning
B. Providing experiences that otherwise might not be
had
C. Motivating students
D. Changing attitudes and feelings

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55. A young mother observes her seven year old girl
glued to her computer games. What aspect of the
family life may suffer due to obsession of the young
with technology gadgets?

A. Family social life

B. Family economic life
C. Discipline and obedience
D. Parent-child relationship

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56. Which of the following is not an advanced process
of meta-cognition among learners?

A. Learning how to recognize thoughts

B. Acquisition of new knowledge
C. Assessing own thinking
D. Learning how to study

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57. Of comprehension or thinking strategies, which is
relating one or two items, such as nouns and verbs?

A. Basic elaboration strategies

B. Complex rehearsal strategies
C. Complex elaboration strategies
D. Affective strategies

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 COGNITIVE FRAMEWORK by Weintein and Mayer
Basic Rehearsal Strategies – the ability to remember
names or words and the order of things.
Complex Rehearsal Strategies – making appropriate
choices or selection (e.g. what to copy; what to underline)
Basic Elaboration Strategies – relating two or more items
(such as nouns and verbs.

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 COGNITIVE FRAMEWORK by Weintein and Mayer
Complex Elaboration Strategies – Analyzing or
synthesizing new information with old information.
Basic Organizational Strategies – categorizing, grouping,
or ordering new information

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 COGNITIVE FRAMEWORK by Weintein and Mayer
Comprehension Monitoring – Checking progress,
recognizing when one is on the right track or confused,
right or wrong.
Affective Strategies – Being relaxed yet alert and
attentive during a test situation and when studying.

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58. Of skills teacher should understand and students
need to acquire, which is the ability to integrate
complex information into categories through its
attributes (characteristics, principles or functions)?

A. Scanning C. Sharpening-leveling
B. Complex cognitive D. Complexity-simplicity

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 List of seven comprehension or thinking skills that students can develop to
enhance the way they processed information:

Analysis (field dependence-independence) – The ability to break

down information into components parts for the purpose of
identification and categorization.

Focusing (Scanning) – The ability to select relevant information or

important information without being distracted or confused by
irrelevant secondary information

Comparative Analysis (reflective-impulsivity) – the ability to select

a correct item from among several alternatives and to compare
information and make proper decision
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Narrowing (breadth categorization) – The ability to
identify and place new information into categories
through its attributes (physical, characteristics, principles,
or functions)
Complex Cognitive (complexity-simplicity) – The ability
to integrate complex information into existing cognitive
structures

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Sharpening (Sharpening-level) – the ability to maintain
distinction between cognitive structures (including old and
new information) and to avoid confusion and overlap
Tolerance(tolerant-intolerant) – the ability to monitor and
modify thinking; the ability to deal with ambiguous or
unclear information without getting frustrated.

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59. Research studies showed that children in slums
generally have lower reading achievement then
children in urban schools. What factor is shown to
affect reading achievement?

A. Mobility
B. Personality and emotional factors
C. Socio-economic status
D. Listening comprehension

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60. When preacher Xian read the Genesis story on
creation, he explained that God is so powerful he
created the universe in only seven days. What level of
reading comprehension did preacher John apply?

A. Evaluative reading on character, plot or style

B. Literal reading the lines
C. Applied reading beyond the lines
D. Interpretative reading between the lines

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61. What is the main organization and orientation of
science and social studies reading materials?

A. Expository C. Narrative
B. Descriptive D. Argumentative

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62. In his History class, teacher Naomi used a current
events IQ contest to determine champions in
identifying people, places, and events. What learning
objective outcome does she aim to achieve?

A. Knowledge or recall C. Application

B. Perpetual abilities D. Responding

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63. In Erikson’s stage theory of development
questionnaire, which affirmation does not belong to
the stage of initiative vs. guilt?

A. People can be trusted

B. In difficulty, I will not give up
C. I feel what happens to me is the result of what I
have done
D. I am prepared to take a risk

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64. For cognitive learning, what are sets of facts,
concepts, and principles that describe underlying
mechanism that regulate human learning,
development and behavior?

A. Facts C. Theories
B Concepts D. Hypothesis

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65. Literature teacher Kim introduced figures of
speech in poetry to improve ability of her students to
interpret verses. What kind of thinking is she
developing in her students?

A. Critical thinking C. Convergent thinking

B. Metaphoric thinking D. Divergent thinking

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66. Of clusters of meaningful learning activities, which
does not belong to spatial learning activities?

A. Visualization C. Peer tutoring

B. Concept-mapping D. Art projects

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67. From cluster of meaningful learning activities,
which does not belong to verbal-linguistic intelligence
learning?

A. Ecological field trip C. Journal writing

B. Debates D. Reading

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68. Which of the following violates the principle that
“each child’s brain is unique and vastly different from
one another”?
A. Giving ample opportunity for a pupil to explore
rather than simply dish out information
B. Employing principles in multiple intelligence in
teaching
C. Making a left-handed pupil write with her right hand
as this is better
D. Allowing open dialogue among students of various
cultural backgrounds
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69. Of the following which is normally expected of
Grade IV pupils?

A. Getting along with classmates

B. Being independent of parents
C. Showing class leadership
D. Displaying a male or feminine social role

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 Middle and Late Childhood
• Learning physical skills necessary for ordinary games
• Learning to get along with age mates
• Building wholesome attitudes toward oneself as a
growing organism
• Learning an appropriate masculine and feminine social
role
• Developing concepts necessary for everyday living
• Developing conscience, morality, and a scale of values
• Achieving personal independence
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70. From categories of exceptionalities in the young
child and adolescents what involves difficulties in
specific cognitive processes like perception, language,
and memory due to mental retardation,
emotional/behavioral disorder, or sensory impairment?

A. Learning disabilities
B. Speech and communication disorders
C. Emotional/conduct disorders
D. Autism
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71. Of the following, which is most true of
adolescents?

A. Hormonal changes
B. Last splurge of dependence
C. Unruly behavior
D. Defiance of peer group

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72. Research says, “people tend to attribute
successes to internal causes and their failures to
external causes.” What does this imply as a most
potent key to success?

A. Reasoning C. Application
B. Imagination D. Motivation

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73. From Kohlberg’s theory of moral development,
what is the moral reasoning or perspective of Mother
Teresa who pledged her life to serve the sick and very
old?
A. Social contract C. Obedience
B. Universal principles D. Law and order

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74. Under the domains of learning, to what domain do
Reflex movements, perceptual abilities, and non-
discursive communication belong?

A. Psychomotor C. Cognitive
B. Affective D. Reflective

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75. In what development stage is the pre-school child?

A. Early childhood C. Infancy

B. Babyhood D. Late childhood

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76. Of the types of validity tests, what is concerned
with the relation of test scores to performance at some
future time, e.g. Freshmen college test can show
success in college?

A. Curriculum validity C. Content validity

B. Criterion validity D. Predictive validity

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77. Of the following, which exemplifies the best
example of cooperation and voluntarism in the Parent-
Teacher Associations?

A. Helping hands after a natural crisis, e.g.

devastating storm
B. Attending regular meetings
C. Fund raising for PT funds
D. Running the school canteen

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78. Among standardized tests, which reveals
strengths and weaknesses for purposes of placement
and formulating an appropriate instructional program?

A. Personality tests C. Diagnostic tests

B. Achievement tests D. Competency tests

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79. Among standardized tests, which can show how
students perform in comparison with each other and to
students in other schools?

A. Competency tests C. Achievement tests

B. Subject exit tests D. Diagnostic tests

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80. Teacher Bea Bunana makes her tests easy for
students to understand, easy to administer and score
and suitable to test conditions, e.g. time. What is she
achieving for her tests?

A. Efficiency C. Reliability
B. Usability D. Validity

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81. Of the following subjects, which does not belong to
performance-based subjects in which direct instruction
is effectively used?

A. Values education C. Science

B. Music D. Mathematics

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82. Which of these approaches would reform
assessment outcomes?

A. Apply sanctions on low performing schools

B. Focus on testing without investing the learner’s
needs
C. Use understanding as means of giving feedback on
students learning
D. Compare results of performance of all schools

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83. Using extrinsic motivational assessment, what
could be the noblest motive in students pursuing a
lifetime work and mission for the teaching profession?

A. Promise of high rank and prestige

B. Social service to upcoming generations
C. Economic security and welfare
D. Respected position in society

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84. To what process of evaluation does determining
the extent objectives are met belong?

A. Authentic C. Criterion-referenced
B. Formative D. Norm-referenced

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85. Which form of the foundation of all cognitive
objects without which the next level of higher thinking
skills cannot be attained?

A. Knowledge C. Application
B. Synthesis D. Analysis

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86. What primary response factor is considered by
Essay questions?

A. Factual information
B. Wide sampling of ideas
C. Originality
D. Less time for construction and scoring

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87. In the context of the 6 facets of understanding
cited by Wiggins and McTighe, what is a proof of a
student understands a principle?

A. Stating given examples

B. Repeating it as given by the teacher
C. Applying it to solve his problem
D. Retaining it in memory for a long period of time

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88. Which of the following may not be adequately
assessed by a paper and pencil test?

A. Sight reading in music

B. Multiplication skills
C. Subject-verb agreement
D. Vocabulary meaning

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89. What should be done with test item whose
difficulty index is .98?

A. Revise it
B. Retain it
C. Reject it
D. Reserve it for another group of students

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90. What is known as the scoring guides for rating
open-ended questions?

A. Rubrics C. Scales
B. Outcomes D. Outputs

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91. What does it mean to say that the facility index of
a test item is .50?

A. It is reliable C. It is moderate in difficulty

B. It is valid D. It is very easy

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92. With the mode of answering as a point of
reference, which of the following does not belong to
this test group?

A. Completion C. Problem-solving
B. Essay D. Matching

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93. One half of the class scored very low. Teacher
Janus gave another tests to determine where were the
students were weakest. What type of test is this?

A. Aptitude test C. Diagnostic test

B. Remedial test D. Readiness test

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94. On what is normative marking based?

A. High marks of few students

B. Failure of some students
C. Normal curve of standard distribution
D. Student achievement relative to other students

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95. What cognitive domain is involved in the student’s
clarifying information from conclusion?

A. Synthesis C. Analysis
B. Evaluation D. Application

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96. Which of the following indicates a strong negative
correlation?

A. -75 C. -10
B. -15 D. -25

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97. What does a negative discrimination index mean?

A. The test item has low reliability

B. More from the lower group answered the test item
correctly
C. More from the upper answered the test correctly
D. The test could not discriminate between the upper
and lower group

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98. What is the deviation from a standard or desired
level of performance?

A. A problem C. A defect
B. A deficit D. A gap

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99. How does a student’s 80 percentile score
interpreted?

A. High in all the skills being tested

B. Higher than 80% of the members of the group
C. Better relative to the competencies targeted
D. 80% of the specified content

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100. Of the types of validity for tests, what is focused
on the extent to which a particular tests correlates with
acceptable measure of performance?

A. Curricular validity C. Criterion validity

B. Content validity D. Predictive validity

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