1. With R.A.

9155, to which body were all the functions, programs, and activities of the Department of
Education related to Sports competition transferred?

a. Technical Education Services Department Authority

b. Philippine Sports Commission

c. National Commission for Culture and the Arts

d. Commission on Higher Education

Ans: b

2. Parenting style influences children’s development. Read the following parent’s remarks for their
children then, answer the question.

Parent C – Tells her child: “You should do it my way or else. There is no discussion.” Parent D – Tells her
husband: “It is 10:00 PM, do you know where your child is?” Parent E – Tells her child: “You know, you
should have not done that. Let’s talk about it so you can handle the situation better next time.”

Parent F – Tells her child: “You may do what you want. We will always be here for you, no matter what
you do.” Which Parenting style is Authoritarian?

a. D

b. F

c. E

d. C

Ans: b

3. Two identical beakers A and B are presented to the child. Teacher Sonny pours the liquid from B to C
which is taller and thinner than A and B but has equal capacity with B. The teacher asks if the beakers A
and C have the same amount of liquid. The child says “NO” and points to C as the beaker that has more
liquid. In which cognitive developmental stage is the child? A. Sensorimotor stage

b. Concrete operational stage

c. Pre-operational stage

d. Formal Operational stage

Ans: c
4. To determine her students’ level of moral development, Teacher Evangeline presents to her class a
morally ambiguous situation and asks them what they would do in such a situation. On whose theory is
Teacher Evangeline’s technique based?

a. Bruner

b. Kohlberg

c. Freud

d. Piaget

Ans: b

5. According to R.A. 9155, which among the following is considered the “heart of the formal education
system”?

a. The pupil

b. The teacher

c. The classroom

d. The school

Ans: d

6. You arrange the rows of blocks in such a way that a row of 5 blocks is longer than a row of 7 blocks. If
you ask which row has more, Grade 1 pupils will say that it is the row that makes the longer line. Based
on Piaget’s cognitive development theory, what problem is illustrated?

a. Assimilation problem

b. Accommodation problem

c. Conservation problem

d. Egocentrism problem

Ans: c

7.According to R.A. 9155, a school head has two roles, namely administrative manager and ____.

a. Health officer

b. Instructional leader

c. Facilitator
d. Guidance counselor

Ans: c

8. After reading and paraphrasing Robert Frost’s Stopping by the Woods on Snowy Evening, Teacher
Marko asked the class to share any insight derived from the poem. In which domain in Bloom’s
taxonomy of objectives is the term paraphrase?

a. Analysis c. Comprehension

b. Application d. Synthesis

Ans: c

9. Which characterizes a constructivist teaching-learning process?

a. Conceptual interrelatedness

b. Multiple perspectives

c. Authentic assessment

d. Passive acceptance of information

Ans: a

10. On what theory is the sequencing of instruction anchored?

a. Gagne’s hierarchical theory

b. B.F. Skinner’s operant conditioning theory

c. Bandura’s social learning theory

d. Thorndike’s law of effect

Ans: a

11. A common complaint of teachers about pupils is this: “You give them assignment, the following day
they come without any. You teach them this today, asks them tomorrow and they don’t know. It is as if
there is nothing that you taught them at all.” Based on the theory of information processing, what must
teachers do to counteract pupil’s forgetting? I. Punish every child who can’t give correct answers to
questions. II. Work for meaningful learning by connecting lesson to what pupils know. III. Reward every
child who remembers past lessons.

A. III only c. II and III

Ans: c

12. When small children call all animals “dogs”, what process is illustrated, based on Piaget’s cognitive
development theory? A. Assimilation c. Reversion

b. Conservation. D. Accommodation Ans: a

13. Based on Bandura’s theory, which conditions must be present for a student to learn from a model? I.
Attention III. Motor reproduction II. Retention IV. Motivation

a. I and II c. I, II, III and IV

b. I, II and III. D. III and IV

Ans: c

14.When teachers conduct a series of evaluation to determine the extent of teaching, what must be
implemented?

A. Hidden curriculum

B. Learned curriculum

C. Taught curriculum

D. Assessed curriculum

Answer: D

15.Which software is needed when one wants to perform automatic calculations on numerical data?
 a. Database

b. Spreadsheet Program

c. Microsoft Word

d. Adobe Photoshop

Answer: B

16. Which order follows the basic rule in framing interaction?

A. Call on a student, pause, ask the question

B. Ask the question, call on a student, pause

C. Ask the question, pause, call on a student

D. Call on a student, ask the question, pause

Answer: C

17. You choose cooperative learning as a teaching approach. What thought do you impress on your
students?

A. Students’ success depends on the success of the group.

C. The accountability for learning is on the group not on the individual.

D. Interaction is a must but not necessarily face-to-face interaction.

Answer: B

18.What teaching method can best be taught by the use of computers?

A. Role paying

B. Debate

C. Panel discussion

D. Individualized instruction

Answer: D

19. The name of the Dept. of Education,Culture and Sports (DECS) was changed to Department of
Education (DepEd) by virtue of what law?

A. Republic Act No. 9155

C. Republic Act No. 9630

D. Republic Act No. 2194

Answer: A

20. High levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, inhibits learning. What is an implication of this in the
teaching-learning process?

A. Teachers should be non-threatening in their ways

B. Avoid quizzes and tests

C. Never raise your voice

D. Do not give assignments

Answer: A

21. Which statement applies correctly to Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience?

A. The closer you are to the base, the more direct the learning.

B. The farther you are from the bottom, the more direct the learning experience becomes.
 C. The closer you are to the base, the more indirect the learning experience becomes.

D. The farther you are from the base, the more direct the learning experience becomes.

Answer: A

22. You want to present the characteristic features of a constructivist approach. Which of the following
should you use?

A. Attribute wheel

B. Fishbone diagram

C. Venn diagram

D. Narrative frame

Answer: A

23. The brain’s left hemisphere is involved in _____ function.

A. Intuitive

B. Nonverbal

C. Visual
 D. Logical

Answer: D

24. In SEC 2010, Math and Science are taught using what approach?

A. Discipline-based

B. Spiral progression

Answer: A

25. The grading system used before the implementation of DepEd Order no. 8 series of 2015.

A. Knowledge, Process, Understanding, and Product/Performance (KPUP)

B. Written Work, Performance Task, and Quarterly Assessment

C. Understanding by Design

D. OBE

Answer: A

26. This tool measures the readiness of kindergarten pupils upon entering Grade 1.

A. Kindergarten Catch-Up Education Program

B. Early Language, Literacy, and Numeracy Assessment

C. School Readiness Assessment Examination

D. School Readiness Test

Answer: C

27. What school form is used by teachers to register the pupils/students in the Learner Information
System (LIS)?

A. SF 1
B. SF 2

C. SF 3

D. SF 4

Answer: A

28. The following schools are the area of study of SEAMEO INNOTECH in the process of reviewing the
Philippine curriculum before the implementation of the K to 12 Program EXCEPT

A. Manila Science High School

B. Don Bosco Technical College

C. San Pedro Relocation Center National High School

D. Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Answer: D

29. BESRA is composed of how many Key Reform Thrusts (KRTs)?

A. 3

B. 5

C. 7

D. 9

Answer: B

30. This refers to the complete assessment in basic education to measure attainment in K to 12
program.

A. National Basic Education Competency Assessment (NBECA)

B. End of Grade 12 Assessment

C. College Readiness Test

D. Exit Assessment

Answer: A

31. This is the official list of teacher applicants who obtained a score of 70 and above.
A. Learning Action Cell (LAC)

B. Registry of Qualified Applicants (RQA)

C. Key Result Areas (KRA)

D. Key Reform Thrust (KRT)

Answer: B

32. This refers to the unconditional means by which students learn in formal education.

A. Alternative Learning System

B. Alternative Delivery Mode

C. Multigrade Instruction

D. Modified In School Off School Approach

Answer: b

33. Early Language, Literacy, and Numeracy Assessment is administered in what grade level?

A. Grade 1

B. Grade 3

C. Grade 6, 10, and 12

D. Grade 9

Answer: b

34. This program in public schools aim to provide additional subject to Arabic Language and Values
Education

A. Madrasah Education

B. Arabic Emergent Reading

C. Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE)

D. Language Enhancement and Pedagogy

Answer: C

35. In what grade are exploratory subjects taken in the subject TLE?
A. Grade 7 and 8

B. Grade 8 and 9

C. Grade 9 and 10

D. Grade 11 and 12

Answer: A

36. K to 12 curriculum is to holistic development as BEC and SEC is to

a. Functional literacy

b. Discipline-based

c. Core curriculum

d. Concept development

Answer: A

37. The MTB-MLE is composed of how many languages?

A. 10

B. 11

C. 12

D. 13

Answer: C

38. Who was tasked to review the Philippine curriculum before the implementation of the K to 12
program?

A. DepEd

B. PRC

C. SEAMEO INNOTECH

D. PAFTE

Answer: C

39. The following are curricular themes for Kindergarten in the K to 12 curriculum EXCEPT
a. Myself

b. My family

c. My friends

d. My community

Answer: C

40. The math curriculum is composed of how many content areas?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6

Answer: C

41. Assessment for Kindergarten

a. Numerical Grades

b. Letters

c. Checklist and Anecdotal record

d. Anecdotal record

K TO 12 GRADING SYSTEM

Answer : C

42. How many percent is given to written work in Language, AP, and ESP for Grade 1-10?

a. 30%

b. 40%

c. 20%

d. 50%

Answer: A

43. How many percent is given to written work in Math and Science for Grade 1-10?
a. 30%

b. 40%

c. 20%

d. 50%

Answer: B

44. How many percent is given to written work in MAPEH, EPP, and TLE for Grade 1-10?

a. 30%

b. 40%

c. 20%

d. 50%

Answer: C

45. How many percent is given to performance task in MAPEH, EPP, and TLE for Grade 1-10?

a. 40%

b. 50%

c. 60%

d. 30%

Answer: C

46. How many percent is given to performance task in Math and Science for Grade 1-10?

a. 40%

b. 50%

c. 60%

d. 30%

Answer: A

47. How many percent is given to performance task in Language, AP, and ESP for Grade 1-10?

a. 40%
b. 50%

c. 60%

d. 30%

Answer: B

48. How many percent is given to quarterly assessment in all the subjects for Grade 1-10?

a. 10%

b. 20%

c. 30%

d. 40%

answer: B

49. How many percent is given to written work in all core subjects for Senior High School?

a. 10%

b. 25%

c. 15%

d. 50%

Answer : b

50. How many percent is given to performance task in all core subjects for Senior High School?

a. 10%

b. 25%

c. 15%

d. 50%

Answer : d

51. How many percent is given to quarterly assessment in all core subjects for Senior High School?

a. 10%

b. 25%
c. 15%

d. 50%

Answer; b

52. In what year was K to 12 offered to incoming grade 1 and grade 7?

a. 2011-2012

b. 2012-2013

c. 2013-2014

d. 2016-2017

Answer: b

53. In what year did the government put infrastructure to provide Senior High School?

a. 2011-2012

b. 2012-2013

c. 2013-2014

d. 2016-2017

Answer: d

54. If a student failed to pass 3 subjects, he/she will

a. retain in the same grade level***

b. take remedial classes

c. move to the next grade level

d. transfer to other school

Answer: a

55. If a student failed to pass 2 subjects, he/she will

a. retain in the same grade level

b. take remedial classes***

c. move to the next grade level

Answer: b

56. If a student passed all the subjects, he/she will

a. retain in the same grade level

b. take remedial classes

c. move to the next grade level***

d. transfer to other school

Answer: c

57. What assessment is given to Grade 9 students to determine aptitude and occupational interest?

a. Career Assessment***

b. Specialization Assessment

c. Exit Assessment

d. College Readiness Assessment

Answer: a

58. What assessment is given to Grade 6, 10, and 12 students before they can be promoted to the next
grade level?

a. Career Assessment

b. Specialization Assessment

c. Exit Assessment***

d. College Readiness Assessment

Answer: c

59. This refers to the subsidy given by the State to Grade 10 completers.

a. Educational Service Contracting Grant

b. Voucher Program***

c. Performance Based Incentive

Answer: b

60. The contents of various learning areas in the Senior High School are based on what standards?

a. Moving-Up Standards

b. College Readiness Standards***

c. Employment Readiness Standards

d. Higher Education Standards

Answer: b

61. What agency formulated the standards of the various learning areas in the Senior High School?

a. PRC

b. CHED***

c. DepEd

Answer : b

62. What is the primary fundamental question in examining a curriculum?

A. What educational experiences can be provided that are likely to attain these purposes?

B. What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?

C. How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?

D. How can we determine whether these purposes are attained or not?

Answer: B

63. 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.

64. Which is the ideal stage of moral development?

A. social contract

B. universal ethical principle

C. law and order

D. good boy/ good girl

Answer: B

65. There is a statement that says, “No amount of good instruction will come out without good
classroom management.” Which of the following best explains this statement?

A. Classroom management is important to effect good instruction.

B. There must be classroom management for instruction to yield good outcomes/ results.

C. Classroom management means good instruction.

D. Good instruction is equal to effective classroom management.

Answer: B

66. What does a Table of Specification establish?

A. construct validity

B. content related validity and criterion reference

C. content validity and construct validity

D. content validity and content related validity

Answer:C

67. A person who had painful experiences at the dentist’s office may become fearful at the mere sight of
the dentist’s office. Which theory can explain this?

A. generalization

B. classical conditioning

C. operant conditioning

D. attribution theory
Answer: B

68. Which one can help student develop the habit of critical thinking?

A. Asking low level questions

B. A willingness to suspend judgment until sufficient evidence is represented

C. Asking convergent questions

D. Blind obedience to authority

Answer: B

69. Multiple intelligences can be used to explain children’s reading performance. Which group tends to
be good readers?

A. linguistically intelligent group

B. spatially intelligent group

C. existentially intelligent group

D. kinesthetically intelligent group

Answer: A

70. Teachers should avoid _____ in assigning student performance-based ratings.

A. arbitrarines and bias

B. unnecessary deductions

C. partiality and calculation

D. unnecessary evaluation

Answer: A

71. Which of the following is NOT a guidance role of the classroom teacher?

A. Psychological Test Administrator

B. Listener-Adviser

C. Human Potential Discoverer

D. Total Development Facilitator

Answer: A
72. Watson applied classical conditioning in his experiments and the results showed that behavior is
learned through stimulus-response associations, specifically the development of emotional responses to
certain stimuli. This helps is in _____.

A. interpreting reflexes as emotions

B. understanding fears, phobias, and love

C. connecting observable behavior to stimulus

D. understanding the role of overt behavior

Answer: B

73. Who claimed that children are natural learners and therefore, must be taught in natural settings?

A. Piaget

B. Froebel

C. Montessori

D. Kohlberg

Answer: C

74. the benefit of “reading aloud” is that children learn _____.

A. new vocabulary in meaningful contexts

B. to value the presence of their friends as they read together

C. to make predictions by examining pictures and listening for clues

D. to use their imaginations to explore new ideas as they listen to books

Answer: B

75. Which one uses a projector?

A. Realia

B. Model

C. Slides

D. Mock up

Answer: C
76. “Once a teacher, forever a student.” What is an implication of this statement to teachers?

A. The competent and committed teacher is a rare commodity nowadays

B. A teacher must go through a continuing professional education in order to be effective

C. A teacher is teacher only in relation to the student

D. A teacher is pre-service preparation is wanting of quality

Answer: D

77. With the gradations of objectives in the affective down in mind, under what level does “developing a
consistent philosophy of life” fall?

A. Characterization

B. Organization

C. Responding

D. Valuing

Answer: D

78. Instead of describing the steps in opening a document on file in the computer, I ask my students to
do it graphically. What should they use?

A. Fishbone diagram

B. Continuous scale

C. Concept pattern organizer

D. Flow chart

Answer: D

79. Under which category does the MPS than we talk about in the measurement and evaluation of
learning fall? A. Median B. Mode C. Mean D. Ratio Answer: B

80. The base of the three-level approach to teaching consists of ____________ A. Concepts B. Facts C.
Values D. Review Answer: D
81. Concerned with the optimum development of the Filipino child

A. Seamless

B. Relevant and responsive

C. Enriched

D. Learner-centered

E. Decongested

Answer: D

82. Understanding mastery and removed unnecessarily repeated competencies

A. Seamless

B. Relevant and responsive

C. Enriched

D. Learner-centered

E. Decongested

Answer: E

83. Transition between grade levels and continuum competencies through spiral progression

A. Seamless

B. Relevant and responsive

C. Enriched

D. Learner-centered

E. Decongested

Answer: A

84. Caters on Filipino learners and needs of the community

A. Seamless

B. Relevant and responsive

D. Learner-centered

E. Decongested

Answer: B

85. Integrative, Inquiry-based, and constructive approach

A. Seamless

B. Relevant and responsive

C. Enriched

D. Learner-centered

E. Decongested

Answer: C

86. One teacher for 2 to 4 different grade levels in a single class

A. Multigrade Instruction

B. Modified In School Off School Approach (MISOSA)

C. Instructional Management by Parents,

Community, and Teachers (IMPACT)

D. Effective and Affordable Secondary Education (EASE)

E. Open High School Program (OHSP)

Answer: A

87. Given to high school students who incur long term absences or who are permanently unable to
attend school due to time, distance, or physical impairment.

A. Multigrade Instruction

B. Modified In School Off School Approach (MISOSA)

C. Instructional Management by Parents,

Community, and Teachers (IMPACT)

D. Effective and Affordable Secondary Education (EASE)

E. Open High School Program (OHSP)

88. Frees children from the four corners of classroom wherein a class is divided into two groups. Group1
goes to school and group2

Learns at home or vice versa.

A. Multigrade Instruction

B. Modified In School Off School Approach (MISOSA)

C. Instructional Management by Parents,

Community, and Teachers (IMPACT)

D. Effective and Affordable Secondary Education (EASE)

E. Open High School Program (OHSP)

Answer: B

89. This cater advanced students whose learning needs are not met by conventional learning system.

A. Multigrade Instruction

B. Modified In School Off School Approach (MISOSA)

C. Instructional Management by Parents, Community, and Teachers (IMPACT)

D. Effective and Affordable Secondary Education (EASE)

E. Open High School Program (OHSP)

Answer: D

90. This was developed by SEAMEO INNOTECH where parents, community and teachers collaborate to
address the large number of dropouts.

A. Multigrade Instruction

B. Modified In School Off School Approach (MISOSA)

C. Instructional Management by Parents, Community, and Teachers (IMPACT)

D. Effective and Affordable Secondary Education (EASE)

E. Open High School Program (OHSP)

Answer: C
91. A common complaint of teachers about pupils is this: “You give them assignment, the following day
they come without any. You teach them this today, asks them tomorrow and they don’t know. It is as if
there is nothing that you taught them at all.” Based on the theory of information processing, what must
teachers do to counteract pupil’s forgetting? I. Punish every child who can’t give correct answers to
questions. II. Work for meaningful learning by connecting lesson to what pupils know. III. Reward every
child who remembers past lessons.

A. III only c. II and III

b. I and III d. II only

Ans: c

92. When small children call all animals “dogs”, what process is illustrated, based on Piaget’s cognitive
development theory? A. Assimilation c. Reversion

b. Conservation. D. Accommodation Ans: a

93. Based on Bandura’s theory, which conditions must be present for a student to learn from a model? I.
Attention III. Motor reproduction II. Retention IV. Motivation

a. I and II c. I, II, III and IV

b. I, II and III. D. III and IV

Ans: c

94.When teachers conduct a series of evaluation to determine the extent of teaching, what must be
implemented?

A. Hidden curriculum

B. Learned curriculum

C. Taught curriculum

D. Assessed curriculum
Answer: D

95.Which software is needed when one wants to perform automatic calculations on numerical data?

a. Database

b. Spreadsheet Program

c. Microsoft Word

d. Adobe Photoshop

Answer: B

96. Which order follows the basic rule in framing interaction?

A. Call on a student, pause, ask the question

B. Ask the question, call on a student, pause

C. Ask the question, pause, call on a student

D. Call on a student, ask the question, pause

Answer: C
97. You choose cooperative learning as a teaching approach. What thought do you impress on your
students?

A. Students’ success depends on the success of the group.

B. Students’ individually evaluate how effectively their group worked.

C. The accountability for learning is on the group not on the individual.

D. Interaction is a must but not necessarily face-to-face interaction.

Answer: B

98.What teaching method can best be taught by the use of computers?

A. Role paying

B. Debate

C. Panel discussion

D. Individualized instruction

Answer: D
99. The name of the Dept. of Education,Culture and Sports (DECS) was changed to Department of
Education (DepEd) by virtue of what law?

A. Republic Act No. 9155

B. Republic Act No. 9411

C. Republic Act No. 9630

D. Republic Act No. 2194

Answer: A

100. High levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, inhibits learning. What is an implication of this in the
teaching-learning process?

A. Teachers should be non-threatening in their ways

B. Avoid quizzes and tests

C. Never raise your voice

D. Do not give assignments

Answer: A