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1. 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. Realist b. Pragmatist c. Idealist d. Essentialist 2. A teacher who equates authority with power does NOT __________. a. Shame b. develop...

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1. 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. b. c. d.

Realist Pragmatist Idealist Essentialist

2. A teacher who equates authority with power does NOT __________. a. b. c. d.

Shame develop self-respect in every pupil retaliate intimidate

3. Based on Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience, which activity is farthest from the real thing? a. b. c. d.

Read Hear View images Attend exhibit

4. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher provide for children in the concrete operational stage? a. b. c. d.

Activities for hypothesis formulation. Learning activities that involve problems of classification and ordering. Games and other physical activities to develop motor skills. Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with.

5. 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 best in relation to the group's performance? a. b. c. d.

Physics and Math English Physics Math

6. Who among the following puts more emphasis on core requirements, longer school day, longer academic year and more challenging textbooks?

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A.

Perennialist

B.

Essentialist

C.

Progressivist

D. Existentialist 7. 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 8. The concepts of trust vs. maturity, autonomy vs. self-doubt, and initiative vs. guilt are most closely related with the works of __________. A. Erikson B.

Piaget

C.

Freud

D. Jung 9. I want to teach concepts, patterns and abstractions. Which method is most appropriate? a. Indirect instruction b. Discovery c. Direct instruction D. Problem solving 10. Which behavioral term describes a lesson outcome in the highest level of Bloom's cognitive domain? A. Create B. Evaluate C. Analyze D. Design 11. 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 orally material at the fourth or fifth grade level. The most probable cause/s of this student's reading problem is/are __________. A. emotional factors B. poor teaching C. neurological factors Page 2 of 39

D. immaturity 12. 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 13. Which is the first step in planning an achievement test? A. Define the instructional objective. B. Decide on the length of the test. C. Select the type of test items to use. D. Build a table of specification. 14. 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 15. Teacher Q does not want Teacher B to be promoted and so writes an anonymous letter against Teacher B accusing her of fabricated lies Teacher Q mails this anonymous letter to the Schools Division Superintendent. What should Teacher Q do if she has to act professionally? A. Submit a signed justifiable criticism against Teacher B, if there is any. B. Go straight to the Schools Division Superintendent and gives criticism verbally. C. Hire a group to distribute poison letters against Teacher B for information dissemination. D. Instigate student activists to read poison letters over the microphone. 16. 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. Page 3 of 39

D. Revise lesson objectives. 17. 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. 18. What does extreme authoritarianism in the home reinforce in learners? A. Doing things on their own initiative B. Ability to direct themselves. C. Dependence on others for direction. D. Creativity in work. 19. In a criterion-referenced testing, what must you do to ensure that your test is fair? A. Make all of the questions true or false. B. Ask each student to contribute one question. C. Make twenty questions but ask the students to answer only ten of their choice. D. Use the objectives for the units as guide in your test construction. 20. Teacher M's pupils are quite weak academically and his lesson is already far behind his time table. How should Teacher M proceed with his lesson? A. Experientially B. Inductively C. Logically D. Deductively 21. 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 Page 4 of 39

D. Discrimination 22. 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 withWhat 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. Rights and duties are correlative. This means that __________. A. rights and duties regulate the relationship of men in society B. rights and duties arise from natural law C. each right carries with it one or several corresponding duties D. rights and duties ultimately come from God 26. 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

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D. Gaining economic recovery 27. Teacher A is directed to pass an undeserving student with a death threat. Which advice will a hedonist give? A. Pass the student. Why suffer the threat? B. Don't pass him. You surely will not like someone to give you a death threat in order to pass. C. Don't pass him. Live by your principle of justice. You will get reward, if not in this life, in the next! D. Pass the student. That will be of use to the student, his parents and you. 28. Are percentile ranks the same as percentage correct? A. It cannot be determined unless scores are given. B. It cannot be determined unless the number of examinees is given. C. No D. Yes 29. 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. 30. 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. 31. Which is a form of direct instruction? A. Discovery process B. Problem solving C. Programmed instruction Page 6 of 39

D. Inductive reasoning 32. Which test has broad sampling of topics as strength? A. Objective test B. Short answer test C. Essay test D. Problem type 33. Teacher B uses the direct instruction strategy. Which sequence of steps will she follow? I. Independent practice II. Feedback and correctiveness III. Guided student practice IV. Presenting and structuring V. Reviewing the previous day's work A. V-II-IV-III-I B. III-II-IV-I-V C. V-lV-III-II-I D. I-V-II-III-IV 34. Teacher H and Teacher I are rivals for promotion. To gain the favor of the promotional staff, Teacher I offers her beach resort for free for members of the promotional staff before the ranking. As one of the contenders for promotion, is this becoming of her to do? A. Yes. This will be professional growth for the promotional staff. B. No. This may exert undue influence ori the members of the promotional staff and so may fail to promote someone on the basis of merit. C. Yes. The rare invitation will certainly be welcomed by an overworked promotional staff. D. Yes. There's nothing wrong with sharing one's blessings. 35. Which illustrates a developmental approach in guidance and counseling? A. Spotting on students in need of guidance B. Teaching students how to interact in a positive manner C. Acting as a mediator D. Making the decision for the confused student

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36. The test item "Group the following items according to shape" is a thought test item on __________. A. creating B. classifying C. generalizing D. comparing 37. 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 38. Which group of philosophers maintains that truth exists in an objective order that is independent of the knower? A. Idealists B. Pragmatists C. Existentialists D. Realist 39. On whose philosophy was A. S. Neil's Summerhill, one of the most experimental schools, based? A. Rousseau B. Pestalozzi C. Montessori D. John Locke 40. Teacher H strives to draw participation of every student into her classroom discussion. Which student's need is she trying to address? The need __________ A. to show their oral abilities to the rest of the class B. to be creative C. to feel significant and be part of a group D. to get everything out in the open 41. 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 Page 8 of 39

B. a vague distracter C. an effective distracter D. a plausible distracter 42. Which describes norm-referenced grading? A. The performance of the group B. What constitutes a perfect score C. The students' past performance D. An absolute standard 43. Which Filipino trait works against the shift in teacher's role from teacher as a fountain of information to teacher as facilitator? A. Authoritativeness B. Authoritarianism C. Hiya D. Pakikisama 44. 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 45. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive interference as illustrated in syllogisms? A. Plato B. Socrates C. Aristotle D. Pythagoras 46. To come closer to the truth we need to go back to the things themselves.This is the advice of the A. behaviorists B. phenomenologists C. idealists D. pragmatists Page 9 of 39

47. Which is NOT a sound purpose for asking questions? A. To probe deeper after an answer is given. B. To discipline a bully in class. C. To remind students of a procedure. D. To encourage self-reflection. 48. Your teacher is of the opinion that the world and everything in it are ever changing and so teaches you the skill to cope with change. What is his governing philosophy? A. Idealism B. Existentalism C. Experimentalism D. Realism 49. Research tells that teachers ask mostly content questions. Which of the following terms does NOT refer to content question? A. Closed B. Direct C. Concept D. Convergent 50. Whose teaching is in support of Education for All (EFA), he asserted that in teaching there should be no distinction of social classes. A. Sun Yat Sen B. Confucius C. Mencius D. Lao Tsu 51. 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. 52. If a teacher plans a constructivist lesson, what will he most likely do? Plan how he can A. do evaluate his students' work

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B. do reciprocal teaching C. lecture to his students D. engage his students in convergent thinking 53. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher provide for children in the sensorimotor stage? A. Games and other physical activities to develop motor skill. B. Learning activities that involve problems of classification and ordering. C. Activities for hypothesis formulation. D. Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with. 54. 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 55. A stitch on time saves nine, so goes the adage.. Applied to classroom management, this means that we __________ A. may not occupy ourselves with disruptions which are worth ignoring because they are minor B. must be reactive in our approach to discipline C. have to Jesolve minor disruptions before they are out of control D. may apply 9 rules out of 10 consistently 56. The attention to the development of a deep respect and affection for our rich cultural past is an influence of __________. A. Confucius B. Hegel C. Teilhard de Chardin D. Dewey 57. In what way can teachers uphold the highest possible standards of quality education? A. By continually improving themselves personally and professionally B. By wearing expensive clothes to change people's poor perception of teachers C. By working out undeserved promotions

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D. By putting down other professions to lift the status of teaching 58. Student B claims: I cannot see perfection but I long for it. So it must be real.Under which group can he be classified? A. Idealist B. Empiricist C. Realist D. Pragmatist 59. In Krathwohl's taxonomy of objectives in the affective, which is most authentic? A. Characterization B. Organization C. Responding D. Valuing 60. 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 61. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the cultural and educational heritage of the nation and is, under obligation to transmit to learners such heritage. Which practice makes him fulfill such obligation? A. Use the latest instructional technology. B. Observe continuing professional education. C. Use interactive teaching strategies. D. Study the life of Filipino heroes. 62. A teacher's summary of a lesson serves the following functions, EXCEPT A. it links the parts of the lesson B. lt brings together the information that has been discussed C. it makes provisions for full participation of students. D. it clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson.

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63. In which competency do my students find the greatest difficulty? In the item with a difficulty index of __________. A. 0.1 B. 0.9 C. 0.5 D. 1.0 64. Which method has been proven to be effective in courses that stress acquisition of knowledge? A. Socratic method B. Cooperative learning C. Mastery learning D. Indirect instruction 65. Why should a teacher NOT use direct instruction all the time? A. It requires much time. B. It requires use of many supplementary materials. C. It is generally effective only in the teaching of concepts and abstractions. D. It reduces students engagement in learning. 66. 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 67. 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 Tsu 68. Teacher A is a teacher of English as a Second Language. She uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-the-blank sentences, dialogues, dictation and writing excercises in teaching a lesson about grocery shopping. Based on this information, which of the following is a valid conclusion? Page 13 of 39

A. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierachy of cognitive learning. B. The teacher is teaching in a variety of ways because not all students learn in the same manner. C. The teacher wants to make herteachirig easier by having less talk. D. The teacher is emphasizing reading and writing skills. 69. Which one may support equitable access but may sacrifice quality? A. Open admission B. School accreditation C. Deregulated tuition fee hike D. Selective retention 70. 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 71. Two students are given the WISE II. One has a full scale IQ of 91, while the other has an IQ of 109. Which conclusion can be drawn? A. The second student has significantly higher intellectual ability B. The first student is probably below average, while the second has above average potential C. Both students are functioning in the average range of intellectual ability D. Another IQ test should be given to truly assess their intellectual potential 72. Helping in the development of graduates who aremaka-Diyosis an influence of A. naturalistic morality B. classical Christian morality C. situational morality D. dialectical morality 73. Teacher B clears his throat to communicate disapproval of a student's behavior. Which specific influence technique is this? A. Signal interference B. Direct appeal

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C. Interest boosting D. Proximity control 74. In the context on the theory on multiple intelligences, what is one weakness of the paper-pencil test? A. It is not easy to administer. B. It puts the non-linguistically intelligent at a disadvantage. C. It utilizes so much time. D. It lacks reability. 75. Which criterion should guide a teacher in the choice of instructional devices? A. Attractiveness B. Cost C. Novelty D. Appropriateness 76. What is most likely to happen to our economy when export continuously surpasses import is a thought question on __________. A. creating B. relating cause-and-effect C. synthesizing D. predicting 77. The teacher's first task in the sel...