PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 8.

In what way can teachers uphold the highest possible

(100 ITEMS) standards of quality education?
o A. By continually improving themselves personally and
1. Teacher B engages her students with information for professionally
thorough understanding for meaning and for competent o B. By wearing expensive clothes to change people's poor
application. Which principle governs Teacher B’s practice? perception of teachers
o A. Constructivist o C. By working out undeserved promotions
o B. Gestalt o D. By putting down other professions to lift the status of
o C. Behaviorist teaching
o D. Cognitivist
9. Are percentile ranks the same as percentage correct?
2. An effective classroom manager uses low-profile classroom o A. It cannot be determined unless scores are given.
control. Which is a low-profile classroom technique? o B. It cannot be determined unless the number of examinees
o A. Note to parents is given.
o B. After-school detention o C. No
o C. Withdrawal of privileges o D. Yes
o D. Raising the pitch of the voice
10. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents a morally
3. In Krathwohl’s affective domain of objectives, which of the ambiguous situation and asks his students what they would
following is the lowest level of affective behavior? do. On whose theory is Teacher I’s technique based?
o A. Valuing o A. Kohlberg
o B. Characterization o B. Bandura
o C. Responding o C. Piaget
o D. Organization o D. Bruner

4. We encounter people whose prayer goes like this: “O God, 11. Student Z does not study at all but when the Licensure
if there is a God; save my soul, if I have a soul” From whom is Examination for Teachers (LET) comes, before he takes the
this prayer? LET, he spends one hour or more praying for a miracle, i.e. to
o A. Stoic pass the exam. Which attitude towards religion or God is
o B. Empiricist displayed?
o C. Agnostic o A. Religion as fake
o D. Skeptic o B. Religion as magic
o C. Religion as authentic
5. Teacher A is a teacher of English as a Second Language. She o D. Religion as real
uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-the-blank sentences, dialogues,
dictation and writing exercise’s in teaching a lesson about 12. The principle of individual differences requires teachers to
grocery shopping. Based on this information, which of the __________.
following is a valid conclusion? o A. give greater attention to gifted learners
o A. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierachy of cognitive o B. provide for a variety of learning activities
learning. o C. treat all learners alike while in the classroom
o B. The teacher is teaching in a variety of ways because not o D. prepare modules for slow learners in class
all students learn in the same manner.
o C. The teacher wants to make her teaching easier by having 13. Principal B tells her teachers that training in the
less talk. humanities is most important. To which educational
o D. The teacher is emphasizing reading and writing skills. philosophy does he adhere?
o A. Existentialism
6. Which is one characteristic of an effective classroom o B. Perennialism
management? o C. Progressivism
o A. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects misbehavior once it o D. Essentialism
occurs.
o B. It teaches dependence on others for self-control. 14. Teacher Y does norm-referenced interpretation of scores.
o C. It respects cultural norms of a limited group students. Which of the following does she do?
o D. Strategies are simple enough to be used consistently. o A. She describes group performance in relation to a level of
mastery set.
7. After giving an input on a good paragraph, Teacher W asks o B. She uses a specified content as its frame of reference.
her students to rate a given paragraph along the elements of o C. She compares every individual students' scores with
a good paragraph. The students’ task is in level of others' scores.
__________. o D. She describes what should be their performance.
o A. application
o B. analysis 15. The teacher’s first task in the selection of media in
o C. evaluation teaching is to determine the ______.
o D. synthesis o A. choice of the students
o B. availability of the media
o C. objectives of the lesson
o D. technique to be used o A. Mastery learning
o B. Indirect Method
16. What was the most prominent educational issue of the o C. Morrison method
mid 1980s? o D. Questioning method
o A. Bilingual Education
o B. Values Education 25. I drew learners into several content areas and
o C. Accountability encouraged them to solve a complex question for inter-
o D. Mainstreaming disciplinary teaching. Which strategy did I use?
o A. Problem-centered learning
17. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not the o B. Unit method
highest good. Teacher’s teaching is against what philosophy? o C. Reading-writing activity
o A. Realism o D. Thematic instruction
o B. Hedonism
o C. Epicureanism 26. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive
o D. Empiricism interference as illustrated in syllogisms?
o A. Plato
18. In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of Professional o B. Socrates
Teachers, which is NOT said of teachers? o C. Aristotle
o A. LET passers o D. Pythagoras
o B. Duly licensed professionals
o C. Possess dignity and reputation 27. Which of the following propositions is attributed to Plato?
o D. With high-moral values as well as technical and o A. Truth is relative to a particular time and place.
professional competence o B. Human beings create their own truths.
o C. Learning is the discovery of truth as Iatent ideas are
19. The following are used in writing performance objectives, brought to consciousness.
EXCEPT o D. Sense perception is the most accurate guide to
o A. delineate knowledge.
o B. diagram
o C. integrate 28. Read this question: How will you present the layers of the
o D. comprehend earth to your class? This is a question that
o A. directs
20. Teacher T taught a lesson denoting ownership by means o B. leads the student to evaluate
of possessives. He first introduced the rule, then gave o C. assesses cognition
examples, followed by class exercises, then back to the rule o D. probes creative thinking
before he moved into the second rule. Which presenting
technique did he use? 29. With indirect instruction in mind, which does NOT belong
o A. Combinatorial to the group?
o B. Comparative o A. Problem solving
o C. Part-whole o B. Lecture-recitation
o D. Sequence o C. Inductive reasoning
o D. Discovery
21. The test item “Group the following items according to
shape” is a thought test item on __________. 30. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil was made to drink an
o A. creating alcoholic beverage and then made to ingest a drug that
o B. classifying produces nausea. Eventually, he was nauseated at the sight
o C. generalizing and smell of alcohol and stopped drinking alcohol. Which
o D. comparing theory explains this?
o A. Operant conditioning
22. During the Spanish period, what was/were the o B. Social Learning Theory
medium/media of instruction in schools? o C. Associative Learning
o A. The Vernacular o D. Attribution Theory
o B. English
o C. Spanish 31. In Krathwohl’s taxonomy of objectives in the affective,
o D. Spanish and the Vernacular which is most authentic?
o A. Characterization
23. To come closer to the truth we need to go back to the o B. Organization
things themselves. This is the advice of the o C. Responding
o A. behaviorists o D. Valuing
o B. phenomenologists
o C. idealists 32. Teacher B is a teacher of English as a Second Language.
o D. pragmatists She uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-the-blank sentences,
dictation and writing exercises in teaching a lesson about
24. By what name is Indirect instruction the Socratic method grocery shopping. Based on this information, which of the
also known? following is a valid conclusion?
o A. The teacher is reinforcing learning by giving the same o A. Existentialism
information in, a variety of methods. o B. Christian philosophy
o B. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierachy of cognitive o C. Idealism
learning. o D. Hedonism
o C. The teacher wants to do less talk.
o D. The teacher is emphasizing listening and speaking skills. 40. As a teacher, you are a rationalist. Which among these
will be your guiding principle?
33. On whose philosophy was A. S. Neil’s Summerhill, one of o A. I must teach the child that we can never have real
the most experimental schools, based? knowledge of anything.
o A. Rousseau o B. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to
o B. Pestalozzi the full.
o C. Montessori o C. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven.
o D. John Locke o D. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value
that he needs for a better future.
34. If you agree with Rizal on how you can contribute to our
nation’s redemption, which should you work for? 41. The best way for a guidance counselor to begin to
o A. Opening our doors to foreign influence develop study skills and habits in underachieving student
o B. Upgrading the quality of the Filipino through education would be to __________.
o C. Stabilizing the political situation o A. have these underachieving students observe the study
o D. Gaining economic recovery habits of excelling students
o B. encourage students to talk about study habits from their
35. Study this group of tests which was administered with the own experiences
following results, then answer the question. o C. have them view film strips about various study
Subject Mean SD Ronnels’s Score approaches
Math 56 10 43 o D. give out a list of effective study approaches
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109 42. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage yourself
In which subject(s) were the scores most homogenous? in major task analysis?
o A. Math o A. Test if learning reached higher level thinking skills.
o B. English o B. Breakdown a complex task into sub-skills.
o C. Physics o C. Determine the level of thinking involved.
o D. Physics and Math o D. Revise lesson objectives.

36. What measure of central tendency does the number 16 43. A guest speaker in one graduation rites told his audience:
represent in the following data: 14, 15, 17, 16, 19, 20, 16, 14, “Reminder, you are what you choose to be.” The guest
16? speaker is more of a/an __________.
o A. Mode o A. realistic
o B. Median o B. pragmatist
o C. Mode and median o C. idealist
o D. Mean o D. existentialist

37. What should a teacher do for students in his class who 44. Which one can enhance the comparability of grades?
are not on grade level? o A. Using common conversion table for translating test
o A. Give them materials on their level and let them work at a scores in to ratings
pace that is reasonable for them, trying to bring them up to a o B. Formulating tests that vary from one teacher to another
grade level. o C. Allowing individual teachers to determine factors for
o B. Give them the same work as the other students, because rating
they will absorb as much as they are capable of o D. Individual teachers giving weights to factors considered
o C. Give them the same work as the other students, not for rating
much, so that they won't feel embarrassed.
o D. Give them work on the level of the other students and 45. “In the light of the facts presented, what is most likely to
work a little above the classmate’s level to challenge them. happen when … ?” is a sample thought question on
o A. inferring
38. Rodel is very aloof and cold in his relationships with his o B. generalizing
classmates. Which basic goal must haye not been attained by o C. synthesizing
Rodel during his developmental years, according to Erikson’s o D. justifying
theory on psychological development?
o A. Autonomy 46. Teacher P wants to develop the skill of synthesizing in her
o B. Trust pupils. Which one will she do?
o C. Initiative o A. Ask her students to formulate a generalization from the
o D. Generativity data shown in graphs.
o B. Ask her students to answer questions beginning with
39. Value clarification as a strategy in Values Education What if ...
classes is anchored on which philosophy? o C. Tell her pupils to state data presented in graphs.
o D. Directs her students to ask questions on the parts of the o B. it brings together the information that has been
lesson not understood. discussed
o C. it makes provisions for full participation of students.
47. Which guideline in test construction is NOT observed in o D. it clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson.
this test item: Jose Rizal wrote __________.
o A. The central problem should be packed in the stem. 55. Teachers often complain of numerous non-teaching
o B. There must be only one correct answer. assignments that adversely, affect their teaching. Does this
o C. Alternatives must have grammatical parallelism. mean that teachers must be preoccupied only with teaching?
o D. The alternates must be plausible. o A. Yes, if they are given other assignments, justice demands
that they be properly compensated.
48. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect o B. Yes, because other community leaders, not teachers, are
instruction is for __________, __________, __________. tasked to leadin community activities.
o A. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions o C. NO, because every teacher is expected to provide
o B. concepts, patterns and abstractions leadership and initiative in activities for betterment of
o C. concepts, processes and generalizations communities
o D. guesses, data and conclusions o D. Yes, because teaching is enough full time job.

49. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the cultural and 56. Which is one role of play in the pre-school and early
educational heritage of the nation and is, under obligation to childhood years?
transmit to learners such heritage. Which practice makes him o A. Develops competitive spirit.
fulfill such obligation? o B. Separates reality from fantasy.
o A. Use the latest instructional technology. o C. Increases imagination due to expanding knowledge and
o B. Observe continuing professional education. emotional range.
o C. Use interactive teaching strategies. o D. Develops the upper and lower limbs.
o D. Study the life of Filipino heroes.
57. Studies in the areas of neurosciences disclosed that the
50. Teacher G’s lesson objective has something to do with the human brain has limitless capacity. What does this imply?
skill of synthesizing? Which behavioral term is most o A. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of learning.
appropriate? o B. Every pupil has his own native ability and his learning is
o A. Test limited to this native abilty.
o B. Assess o C. Every child is a potential genius.
o C. Appraise o D. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have
o D. Theorize learned everything.
51. The search for related literature by accessing several
databases by the use of a telephone line to connect a 58. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by custom that
computer library with other computers that have database is they are set apart, said one Oriental philosopher. Where can
termed __________. this thought be most inspiring?
o A. compact disc search o A. In a multi-cultural group of learners
o B. manual search o B. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of learners
o C. on-line search and indigenous peoples' group
o D. computer search o C. In a class composed of indigenous peoples
o D. In heterogeneous class of learners
52. I combined several subject areas in order to focus on a
single concept for inter-disciplinary teaching. Which 59. Standard deviation is to variability as mean is to
strategy/method did I use? __________.
o A. Problem-entered learning o A. coefficient of correlation
o B. Thematic instruction o B. central tendency
o C. Reading-writing activity o C. discrimination index
o D. Unit method o D. level of difficulty

53. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist. Which among 60. 61. Which is a true foundation of the social order?
these will be your guiding principle? o A. Obedient citizenry
o A. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value o B. The reciprocation of rights and duties
that he needs for a better future. o C. Strong political leadership
o B. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to o D. Equitable distribution of wealth
the full.
o C. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven. 61. Who among the following puts more emphasis on core
o D. I must teach the child that we can never have real requirements, longer school day, longer academic year and
knowledge of anything. more challenging textbooks?
o A. Perennialist
54. A teacher’s summary of a lesson serves the following o B. Essentialist
functions, EXCEPT o C. Progressivist
o A. it links the parts of the lesson o D. Existentialist
62. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE PERIODIC TABLE
mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under MIGHT WE PREDICT THE UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
__________. BOBBY: WE COULD GOTO THE MOON AND SEE IF THERE ARE
o A. intelligence test SOME ELEMENTS THERE WE DON’T HAVE.
o B. aptitude test BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN INTO THE CENTER OF THE
o C. criterion-referenced test EARTH AND SEE IF WE FIND ANY OF THE MISSING ELEMENTS.
o D. norm-referenced test RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM THE METEORITES IF
WE CAN FIND ANY.
63. Bruner’s theory on intellectual development moves from TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD ANSWERS. BUT WHAT IF
enactive to iconic and symbolic stages. In which stage(s) are THOSE EXCURSIONS TO THE MOON, TO THE CENTER OF THE
diagrams helpful to accompany verbal information? EARTH, OR TO FIND METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND
o A. Enactive and iconic TIME CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT WE USE THE ELEMENTS WE
o B. Symbolic ALREADY HAVE HERE ON EARTH TO FIND SOME NEW ONES?
o C. Symbolic and enactive Question: The Teacher’s questions in the above exchange are
o D. Iconic examples of __________ questions.
o A. fact
64. Teacher H gave her first-grade class a page with a story in o B. concept
which pictures take the place of some words. Which method o C. direct
did she use? o D. closed
o A. The whole language approach
o B. The Spaulding method 70. Who among the following needs less verbal counseling
o C. The rebus method but needs more concrete and operational forms of
o D. The language experience approach assistance? The child who __________.
65. To elicit more student’s response, Teacher G made use of o A. has mental retardation
covert responses. Which one did she NOT do? o B. has attention-deficit disorder
o A. She had the students write their response privately. o C. has learning disability
o B. She showed the correct answers on the overhead after o D. has conduct disorder
the students have written their responses.
o C. She had the students write their responses privately then 71. For maximum interaction, a teacher ought to avoid
called each of them. __________ questions.
o D. She refrained from judging on the student's responses. o A. informational
o B. rhetorical
66. A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes from a o C. leading
dysfunctional family and has been abused and neglected. He o D. divergent
has been to two orphanages and three different elementary
schools. The student can decode on the second grade level, 72. A child who gets punished for stealing candy may not
but he can comprehend orally material at the fourth or fifth steal again immediately. But this does not mean that the
grade level. The most probable cause/s of this student’s child may not steal again. Based on Thorndike’s theory on
reading problem is/are __________. punishment and learning, this shows that __________.
o A. emotional factors o A. punishment strengthens a response
o B. poor teaching o B. punishment removes a response
o C. neurological factors o C. punishment does not remove a response
o D. immaturity o D. punishment weakens a response

67. Teacher A knows of the illegal activities of a neighbor but 73. In his second item analysis, Teacher H found out that
keeps quiet in order not to be involved in any investigation. more from the lower group got the test item # 6 correctly.
Which foundational principle of morality does Teacher A fail This means that the test item __________.
to apply? o A. has a negative discriminating power
o A. The end does not justify the means. o B. has a lower validity
o B. The principle of double-effect o C. has a positive discriminating power
o C. Always do what is right. o D. has a high reability
o D. Between two evils, do the lesser evil.
74. Principal C shares this thought with his teachers:Subject
68. Which is an appropriate way to manage off-task matter should help students understand and appreciate
behavior? themselves as unique individuals who accept complete
o A. Make eye contact. responsibility for their thoughts, feelings, and actions.From
o B. Stop your class activity to correct a child who is no longer which philosophy is this thought based?
on task. o A. Perennialism
o C. Move closer to the child. o B. Essentialism
o D. Redirect a child's attention to task and check his progress o C. Existentialism
to make sure he is continuing to work. o D. Progressivism

69. Read the following then answer the question

75. Which guideline must be observed in the use of o A. Autobiographical report
prompting to shape the correct performance of your o B. Biographical report
students? o C. Value and interest report
o A. Use the least intrusive prompt first. o D. Anecdotal report
o B. Use all prompts available.
o C. Use the most intrusive prompt first. 85. A teacher/student is held responsible for his actions
o D. Refrain from using prompts. because s/he __________.
o A. has instincts
76. If teacher has to ask more higher-order questions, he has o B. is mature
to ask more __________ questions. o C. has a choice
o A. closed o D. has reason
o B. fact 86. With-it-ness, according to Kounin, is one of the
o C. concept characteristics of an effective classroom manager. Which
o D. convergent phrase goes with it?
77. With which goals of educational institutions as provided o A. Have hands that write fast.
for by the Constitution is the development of work skills o B. Have eyes on the back of your heads.
aligned? o C. Have a mouth ready to speak.
o A. To develop moral character o D. Have minds packed with knowledge.
o B. To teach the duties of citizenship
o C. To inculcate love of country 87. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item, namely
o D. To develop vocational efficiency B, C, and D, no pupil chose D as answer. This implies that D is
__________.
78. Which test has broad sampling of topics as strength? o A. an ineffective distracter
o A. Objective test o B. a vague distracter
o B. Short answer test o C. an effective distracter
o C. Essay test o D. a plausible distracter
o D. Problem type
88. Two students are given the WISE II. One has a full scale IQ
79. Which holds true to standardized tests? of 91, while the other has an IQ of 109. Which conclusion can
o A. They are used for comparative purposes be drawn?
o B. They are administered differently o A. The second student has significantly higher intellectual
o C. They are scored according to different standards ability
o D. They are used for assigning grades o B. The first student is probably below average, while the
second has above average potential
80. Theft of school equipment like tv, computer, etc. by o C. Both students are functioning in the average range of
teenagers in the community itself is becoming a common intellectual ability
phenomenon. What does this incident signify? o D. Another IQ test should be given to truly assess their
o A. Prevalence of poverty in the community. intellectual potential
o B. Inability of school to hire security guards.
o C. Deprivation of Filipino schools. 89. Study this group of tests which was administered with
o D. Community's lack of sense of co-ownership. the following results, then answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels’s Score
81. Which is a sound classroom management practice? Math 56 10 43
o A. Avoid establishing routines Physics 41 9 31
o B. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks. English 80 16 109
o C. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis. In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most poorly in
o D. Apply reactive approach to discipline. relation to the group’s performance?
o A. English
82. What is the mean of this score distribution: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, o B. English and Math
10? o C. Math
o A. 7 o D. Physics
o B. 6
o C. 8.5 90. Which method has been proven to be effective in courses
o D. 7.5 that stress acquisition of knowledge?
o A. Socratic method
83. For which may you use the direct instruction method? Fng
o A. Become aware of the pollutants around us. o D. Indirect instruction
o B. Appreciate Milton's Paradise Lost.
o C. Use a microscope properly. 91. The concepts of trust vs. maturity, autonomy vs. self-
o D. Distinguish war from aggression. doubt, and initiative vs. guilt are most closely related with the
works of __________.
84. Which type of report refers toon-the-spot description of o A. Erikson
some incident, episode or occurrence that is being observed o B. Piaget
and recorded as being of possible significance? o C. Freud
o D. Jung 100. John Watson said:Men are built not born.What does this
statement point to?
92. What should you do if a parent who is concerned about a o A. The ineffectiveness of training on a person's
grade his child received compared to another student’s development.
grade, demands to see both students’ grades? o B. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person's
o A. Refuse to show either record. development.
o B. Show both records to him. o C. The absence of genetic influence on a person's
o C. Refuse to show any record without expressing development.
permission from principal. o D. The effect of heredity.
o D. Show only his child's records.

93. Ruben is very attached to his mother and Ruth to her

father. In what developmental stage are they according to
Freudian psychological theory?
o A. Oedipal stage
o B. Latent stage
o C. Anal stage
o D. Pre-genital stage

94. Whose influence is the education program that puts

emphasis on self-development through the classics, music,
and rituals?
o A. Buddha
o B. Mohammed
o C. Confucius
o D. Lao Tsu

95. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very good in

dramatizing. Which tool must have helped him discover his
pupils’ strength?
o A. Portfolio assessment
o B. Performance test
o C. Journal entry
o D. Paper-and-pencil test

96. Teacher W wants to review and check on the lesson of

the previous day? Which one will be most reliable?
o A. Having students identify difficult homework problems.
o B. Having students correct each other's work.
o C. Sampling the understanding of a few students.
o D. Explicitly reviewing the task-relevant information ANSWER
necessary for the day's lesson.
1. c 11. B 21. B 31. D 41. B 51. C 61. B
97. Helping in the development of graduates who are maka- 71.c 81.b 91.a
Diyos is an influence of
o A. naturalistic morality 2. a 12. B 22. D 32. A 42. B 52. D 62. C 72.c 82.a 92.c
o B. classical Christian morality
o C. situational morality
o D. dialectical morality 3. a 13. A 23. B 33. A 43. D 53. A 63. B 73.b 83.c 93.a

98. Soc exhibits fear response to freely roaming dogs but 4. d 14. C 24. D 34. B 44. A 54. B 64. B 74.c 84.c 94.a
does not show fear when a dog is on a leash or confined to a
pen. Which conditioning process is illustrated 5. b 15. C 25. A 35. D 45. A 55. C 65. B 75.a 85.c 95.b
o A. Generalization
o B. Extinction 6. a 16. A 26. A 36. C 46. A 56. C 66. C 76.d 86.d 96.c
o C. Acquisition
o D. Discrimination
7. b 17. B 27. C 37. A 47. B 57. C 67. C 77.d 87.a 97.b
99. Which applies when skewness is zero?
o A. Mean is greater than the median 8. A 18. A 28. D 38. B 48. C 58. B 68. D 78.c 88. A 98.C
o B. Median is greater than mean
o C. Scores have three modes 9. c 19. A 29. A 39. C 49. D 59. B 69. C 79.c 89.a 99.d
o D. Scores are normally distributed
10. b 20. C 30. C 40. B 50. D 60. B 70. B 80.d 90.c 100.b