BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS- SECONDARY/ ELEMENTARY

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION QUESTIONS

PREPRED BY: SIR LESTER (UNANG PABAON)
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1. Which guideline must be observed in the use of 8. To encourage introspection, which is most
prompting to shape th e correct performance of your appropriate?
students?
A. Use the least intrusive prompt first. A. process
B. Use all prompts available. B. cognitive
C. Use the most intrusive prompt first. C. reflective
D. Refrain from using prompts. D. cooperative learning

2. At the high school level, Kohlberg's advice to teachers 9. With the passage of R.A. 9155, the school head is
is for them to begin discussing with students about given more power and authority over his school. That
abstract principles such as justice and human rights. On power is for the school head to _____.
the average, in which moral development stage are high A. transform his school into a high-performing one
school students supposed to be? B. make his student faculty feel his authority over them
A. post conventional stage C. set aside standard hiring procedures in order to get
B. conventional stage those whom he believes are most capable
C. in between conventional and post conventional stage D. introduce changes as fast as he can
D. this depends on the school culture
10. The theory where in association between a
3. Student M obtained an NSAT percentile rank of 80. conditioned stimulus a response is strengthened by
This indicates that _____. repeated presentation with the unconditional stimulus.
A. he surpassed in performance 80% of her fellow A. Connectionism theory
examinees B. Classical Conditioning
B. he got a score of 80 C. Operant conditioning
C. he surpassed in performance 20% of her fellow D. Social Learning theory
examinees
D. he answered 80 items correctly 11. Gardner (1999) states: "There are many great
teachers - but the lack of coordination among classes
4. The following functions are done by the brain’s right and the absence of accountability to those 'outside the
hemisphere except: door' is lamentable." What does Gardner's statement
A. Nonverbal functions imply?
B. Intuitive functions A. need for mentors
C. Detail- oriented function B. need for coaches
D. Visual function C. need for cooperation
D. need for collaboration
5. Which statement on test result interpretation is
CORRECT? 12. Studies in the area of neurosciences disclosed that
A. A raw score by itself is meaningful. the human brain has limitless capacity. What does this
B. A student’s score is a final indication of his ability. imply?
C. The use of statistical technique gives meaning to A. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have
pupil’s score. learned everything.
D. Test scores do not in any way reflect teacher’s B. Every child is a potential genius.
effectiveness. C. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of learning.
D. Every pupil has his own native ability and his learning
6. On whose teaching is the performance of rituals or is limited to this native ability.
ceremonies in schools rooted?
A. Lao tzu's 13. All learning should center on the child's interests
B. Buddha's and needs. The school should be a pleasant place for
C. Confucius's learning. Its emphasis is on the child as the learner and
D. Mohammed's not on subject matter, on activities and experience than
on textbook. Which philosophy is described?
7. Which type of report refers toon-the-spot description A. progressivism
of some incident, episode or occurrence that is being B. reconstructionism
observed and recorded as being of possible C. perennialism
significance? D. pragmantism
A. Autobiographical report
B. Biographical report 14. What does a Table of Specification establish?
C. Value and interest report A. construct validity
D. Anecdotal report B. content related validity and criterion reference
C. content validity and construct validity
D. content validity and content related validity 22. Which of the following is most likely to be a
characteristic of the teacher who is a good implementer
15. Marking on a normative basis means that _____. of the curriculum?
A. the normal curve of distribution should be followed A. Teacher sticks to standard set by the subject content.
B. some students must fail B. Teacher emphasizes pupil discussion on varied
C. fewer students must get high marks topics.
D. grades show how a student achieves relative to other C. Teaching controls classroom activities and
students interaction.
D. Teaching provides differentiated activities for the
16. After reading and paraphrasing R. Frost's Stopping students.
by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Teacher M asked the
class to share any insight derived from this poem. On 23. How can you make students intrinsically motivated
which assumption about the learner is Teacher M's act to work?
of asking the class to share their insight based? A. Give them tasks that are too easy.
A. Learners are producers of knowledge, not only B. Help them in everything that they do.
passive recipients of information. C. Give varied, novel, and complex tasks.
B. Learners are meant to interact with one another. D. Tell them that their task is too difficult, therefore
C. Learners are like empty receptacles waiting to be they should to their best.
filled up.
D. Learners have multiple intelligence and varied 24. To give everyone in a big class a chance to
learning styles. participate, which one should you employ?
A. simulation
17. According to Erickson, what years are critical for the B. class game
development of self-confidence? C. panel discussion
A. high school years D. small group discussion
B. elementar school years
C. preschool years 25. Which type of parenting style is most beneficial to
D. college years the development of children, according to research?
A. authoritarian
18. Stage in cognitive development was children begin B. permissive
to learn symbols system and concepts, acquire concepts C. authoritative
and learn to add and subtract. D. uninvolved
A. Formal Operation Stage
B. Pre-operation Stage 26. Ask to do a learning task, Joe hesitates and says
C. Concrete Operation Stage "Mahirap. Ayaw ko. 'Di ko kaya!" (It's difficult. I don't like
D. Sensory Motor Stage it. I can't do it.) Is it possible to motivate this type of
student?
19. Teacher B engages her students with information for A. Yes, he can do something with his ability.
thorough understanding for meaning and for competent B. Yes, he can change the nature of the job.
application. Which principle governs Teacher B’s C. No, it is impossible to motivate a student who
practice? himself is not motivated.
A. Constructivist D. No, motivation is totally dependent on the student.
B. Gestalt No person outside him can influence him.
C. Behaviorist
D. Cognitivist 27. Which practice helps the teacher maximize time for
instruction?
20. It is an act to strengthen the regulation and A. employ a reactive approach to discipline
supervision of the practice of teaching in the Philippines B. maximize discipline time
and prescribing a Licensure Examination for Teachers. C. avoid classroom routine
A. RA 7836 D. minimize discipline time
B. RA 9293
C. RA 7722 28. In a Muslim area, what will a teacher refrain from
D. RA 9155 doing as she teaches how to cook adobo to her class?
A. exclude pork from the adobo lesson
21. In their desire to make schools perform, the DepEd B. lead the class in a prayer before meals
then published the ranking of schools in NAT results C. exempt the Muslim children from the adobo lesson
nationwide. As an effect of this practice, what did D. differentiate the task of the boys from the girls
schools tend to do?
I. Taught at the expense of NAT 29. Rubrics are used for rating performance and scoring
II. Conducted review classes for NAT at the expense of guides to describr the _____ qualities of student
teaching outcomes.
III. Practiced the so-called teaching to the test A. tested
A. II and III B. accomplished
B. II only C. distinguished
C. I and III D. desired
D. III only
30. The facility index of a test item is .50. This means
that the test item is _____.
A. valid A. safely needs
B. moderate in difficulty B. Physiological needs
C. very easy C. Belongingness
D. reliable D. Self- actualization

31. In a social studies class, Teacher P presents a morally 39. What characterizes the formative developmental
ambiguous situation and asks students what they would nature of PAST?
do. On whose theory is Teacher P's technique based? A. non-supportive
A. Bruner B. innovative
B. Piaget C. rewarding
C. Kohlberg D. self-directed
D. Bandura
40. Which of the following could produce more than
32. Test norms are established so that they have basis one value?
for _____. A. mean
A. computing grades B. mode
B. establishing learning goals C. median
C. identifying pupil’s D. mean of grouped data
D. interpreting test results
41. Here are raw scores in a quiz: 97, 95, 85, 83, 77, 75,
33. Which is a graphic representation of numerical data? 50, 10, 5, 2, 1. What would be the median?
A. histogram A. 75
B. attribute wheel B. 52.72
C. Venn diagram C. 76
D. spider map D. 77

34. A parent regarding the grades of his son confronted 42. Teacher B requested an older, brighter, and more
you. If you are the teacher, what will be the best thing cooperative member in a group to teach the other
for you to do? members. What is her rationale in employing this
A. Send them to the principal, methodology?
B. Show all the records of the child. A. The tutor is better equipped and close to the rest.
C. Compare the results of the child to other students. B. They know one another, learning is faster.
D. Tell the parents that your computation is correct and C. The tutor is older and con command them to
final. understand.
D. The members can rely on a brighter tutor.
35. Which are the desired outcomes of a CFSS?
I. Children who are healthy, free from exploitation, and 43. The adoption of a national language by the 1987
violence Constitution is designed primarily to ______.
II. Children who are aware of their rights and have A. do away with colonial mentality
opportunities to realize them B. officially adopt Tagalog as a national language
III. Children who are able to protect themselves and C. facilitate communication among diverse linguistic
develop their full potential groups
A. I only D. counteract elitism
B. III only
C. I, II, and III 44. Which developmental principle is not true?
D. II and III A. Children's development is a function of environment
and heredity.
36. Teacher C teaches elementary in a rural community B. Children develop at different rates.
not reached by the electricity yet, but she has some C. Children develop in a predictable manner.
tapes which can be useful to teach the topics on D. Children develop skills and abilities in an
weather. What practical audio-visual material should unpredictable manner.
she use instead?
A. pictures 45. What teaching method can best be taught by the
B. powerpoint presentation use of computers?
C. films A. role playing
D. transparencies B. debate
C. panel discussion
37. Bruner's theory on intellectual development moves D. individualized instruction
from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages. Applying
Bruner's how should you teach? 46. As a community leader, whicb one may a teacher
A. Begin with the concrete. not do?
B. Begin with the abstract. A. solicits donation from philanthropists in the
C. Be interactive in approach. community
D. Do direct instruction. B. plays an active part in the activities of the
community
38. If the student is encouraged to develop himself to C. support effort of the community to improve their
the fullest, which of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs should status in life
be satisfied?
D. makes herself aloof to ensure that her decisions will D. should immediately master the second language
not be influenced by community politics
55. Which of the following statements on classroom
47. Assuming that the following are possible, which climates can be considered true?
activity will be most appropriate if the teacher wants to I. Classroom climate is affected by the type of leadership
have a first-hand knowledge of a marine community? exhibited by a teacher.
A. educational trip II. Classroom climate is not affected by the type of
B. viewing exhibits leadership exhibited by a teacher.
C. film viewing III. Democratic leadership produces more task
D. still pictures orientation and more socially acceptable behavior than
does autocratic leadership.
48. In preparing instructional materials, what is the IV. When environmental conditions are appropriate for
primary factor to be considered? learning, the likelihood of disruptive behavior is
A. the objectives of the lesson minimized.
B. the diversity of the learners A. II and III
C. the methods and techniques B. I, III, and IV
D. the technology available in the classroom C. III only
D. I only
49. What is the implication of using a method that
focuses on the why rather than the how? 56. The difficulty index of a test item is 1.0. This means
A. There is best method that the test is _____.
B. Typical one will be good for any subject A. a quality item
C. These methods should be standardized for different B. very difficult
subjects. C. very easy
D. Teaching methods should favor inquiry and problem D. missed by everybody
solving.
57. The learner can choose what he can become despite
50. If you decide to develop a lesson the constructivist's his environment. You deny the concept of _____.
way, what kind of learning environment must you create A. existentialism
for you to succeed? B. progressivism
A. open and flexible C. behaviorism
B. structured D. cognitivism
C. authoritarian
D. laissez faire 58. Which educational issue can be clarified by
understanding Maslow's Needs Theory?
51. A young boy exhibits fear response to freely roaming A. sex education issues in school
dogs but does not show fear when a dog is on a leash or B. delinquency in the public schools
confined to a pen. Which conditioning process is C. the effects of different classroom structures
illustrated? D. the effect of poverty on academic achievement
A. discrimination
B. extinction 59. Teachers often complain of numerous non-teaching
C. generalization assignments that adversely, affect their teaching. Does
D. acquisition this mean that teachers must be preoccupied only with
teaching?
52. Which of the following measures is more affected by A. Yes, if they are given other assignments, justice
an extreme score? demands that they be properly compensated.
A. Semi-interquartile range B. Yes, because other community leaders, not teachers,
B. Median are tasked to leading community activities.
C. mode C. NO, because every teacher is expected to provide
D. Mean leadership and initiative in activities for betterment of
communities
53. What does Gagne's hierarchical theory propose for D. Yes, because teaching is enough full time job.
effective instruction?
A. Sequence instruction. 60. The result of the item analysis showed that item no.
B. Reward good behavior. 4 has a discrimination index of 0.67. What characteristic
C. Be concerned with the socio-emotional climate in could be true about this item?
the classroom. A. Difficult
D. Teach beginning with the concrete. B. Valid
C. Easy
54. The use of mother tongue-based multi-lingual D. Average
education (MTB-MLE) in the curriculum of basic
education means that learners _____. 61. Teacher R asserts that he needs to make his students
A. continue to use the local dialect all throughout get interested in the subject whether they like it or not.
schooling This is more the thinking of a/an _____.
B. shifts only to the second language after the mastery A. reconstructionist
of the first language B. essentialist
C. are not allowed to learn the second or the third C. perennialist
language D. behaviorist
62. Devices can make a lecture more understandable 71. It is an approach that makes students "think about
and meaningful. What is the most important thing a their thinking". Students get conscious of their thought
teacher should consider in the selection and utilization processes while they are engaged in their cognitive
of instructional materials? tasks.
A. Objectives of the lesson A. cognitive
B. Availability of instructional materials B. constructivist
C. Attractiveness of instructional materials C. metacognitive
D. Degree of interest on the part of the students D. reflectivist

63. When you use the overhead projector (OHP) for 72. In what developmental stage is the pre-school child?
topic presentation, point to the _____. A. infancy
A. OHP slide B. babyhood
B. projection wall C. early childhood
C. OHP screen D. late childhood
D. OHP light
73. Which of the illustrative verbs in stating objectives
64. Which of the following materials does not belong to does not belong to the group?
the group? A. define
A. LCD projector B. cite
B. laptop C. realize
C. opaque projector D. explain
D. realia
74. Like a TV, the computer has a _____.
65. Audio-visual aids are used primarily _____. A. disk drive
A. to discipline children by focusing their attention to B. keyboard
the lesson C. screen
B. as a motivational tool for learning D. CPU
C. to reward children for outstanding achievement
D. as part of a planned lesson 75. As provided for in Article II, Sec. 17 of the 1987
Philippine Constitution, "to foster patriotism, accelerate
66. The discrimination index of a test item is +0.48. social progress, and promote total human liberation, the
What does this mean? state shall give priority" to the following except for
A. An equal number from the lower and upper group _____.
got the item correctly. A. education
B. More from the upper group got the item wrongly. B. science and technology
C. More from the lower group got the item correctly. C. arts, culture, and sports
D. More from the upper group got the item correctly. D. value formation

67. The use of drills in the classroom is rooted on 76. Nita doesn't enjoy writing but can't escape from it.
Thorndike’s law of _____. She has to finish it in order to graduate. Greta has
A. belongingness always liked to write. She really likes to become a writer
B. readiness because she wants to be a journalist someday. Who is
C. exercise more likely to be more focused on the writing activity
D. effect and why?
A. Greta, because she is intrinsically motivated.
68. How may education and guidance support and B. Nita because she is extrinsically motivated.
complement each other to the learner’s advantage? C. Both, because they are both motivated anyway.
A. Designating teachers to guidance position D. It cannot be determined. Motivation fluctuates.
B. Assigning guidance responsibilities to teachers
C. Consulting students in guidance program planning 77. Which one should teacher B use if he wants to teach
D. Integrating guidance and counseling in daily lessons to pupils the relationship among details?
A. Journal entries
69. Professor B once said: "We talk of developing critical B. Story frame
thinking among our students, but when they disagree C. Graphic organizers
with us, we get offended." To which Filipino trait does D. Learning log
this point?
A. inquisitiveness of the Filipino Youth 78. Which domain in the National Competency-Based
B. the lack of seriousness among Filipinos Teacher Standard (NCBTS) upholds gender sensitivity?
C. extreme authoritarianism A. Social Regard for Learning
D. lack of subjectivity B. Learning Environment
C. Diversity of Learners
70. Which method has been proven to be effective in D. Community Linkages
courses that stress acquisition of knowledge?
A. Socratic method 79. Teacher Y does norm-referenced interpretation of
B. Cooperative learning scores. Which of the following does she do?
C. Mastery learning A. She describes group performance in relation to a
D. Indirect instruction level of mastery set.
 B. She uses a specified content as its frame of 86. From the existentialist point of view, schools exist for
reference. children to _____.
C. She compares every individual students' scores with A. develop their cognitive and metacognitive powers to
others' scores. the fullest
D. She describes what should be their performance. B. know themselves and their place in society
C. re-engineer society
80. You want to present the characteristic features o a D. acquire productive skills
constructivist approach. Which of the following should
you use? 87. In a multiple choice test item with four options and
A. attribute wheel out of 50 examinees, which was the most effective
B. fishbone diagram distracter?
C. venn diagram A. the correct answer that was chosen by 6 examinees
D. narrative frame B. the option that was chosen by 30 examinees
C. the option that was chosen by 2 examinees
81. Teacher B wanted her students to learn the electoral D. the option that was chosen by 12 examinees
process in action. So, they stimulate a copy of the real
thing completed with coming up with their own 88. Which refers to the trait of practicing conflicting
qualification of candidates, manner of campaigning, and values in different venues and with different social
canvassing of votes. With this, the students learned groups?
from _____. A. procastination
A. contrived experiences B. "kanya-kanya" mentality
B. direct experiences C. crab mentality
C. purposeful experience D. split personality
D. demonstration
89. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil was made to
82. Which illustrates the principle that rights and duties drink an alcoholic beverage and then made to ingest a
are correlative? drug that produces nausea. Eventually, he was
I. The right to education on the part of a child nauseated at the sight and smell of alcohol and stopped
corresponds to the obligation on the part of parents to drinking alcohol. Which theory explains this?
educate their children. A. Operant conditioning
II. The right to speak carries with it a duty to speak only B. Social Learning Theory
what is true. C. Associative Learning
III. The right to a good name demands a duty from every D. Attribution Theory
person not to destroy that name.
A. I only 90. When the schools take the responsibilities for
B. II and III developing high quality performance, teachers develop
C. II only a/an _____ ethic and standards of practice.
D. I and II A. responsibility
B. accountability
83. What is an application of B.F. Skinner's operant C. assessment
conditioning theory? D. work
A. use of ICT in the classroom
B. constructivist teaching 91. What should you do if a parent who is concerned
C. computer-based self instruction about a grade his child received compared to another
D. action research student’s grade, demands to see both students’ grades?
A. Refuse to show either record.
84. When a failing student comes to you for help and B. Show both records to him.
asks you for extra work so he can pass, what is ethical C. Refuse to show any record without expressing
for you to do? permission from principal.
A. Find out why he is delinquent and extend the D. Show only his child's records.
needed assistance in solving his difficulties.
B. Make the extra work that he is asking extremely 92. The State sees to it that the right of all citizens to
difficult for him to learn a lesson. quality education at all levels is protected and
C. Give him the extra work he is asking then if he passes promoted. This statement means:
quality work, give him a passing mark. A. Philippine education grants university status to
D. Give an easy extra work so he can really be helped to qualified colleges.
pass. B. Philippine education strives to be of high quality.
C. Philippine education recognizes the complementary
85. When teachers are convinced that it is best to teach roles of public and private educational institutions.
students the skill to adapt to change since change is the D. Philippine education is financed by public and private
only thing permanent in this world, they subscribe to funds
the philosophy of _____.
A. realism 93. In which philosophy is moral education emphasized?
B. existentialism A. Confucianism
C. pragmatism B. Taoism
D. idealism C. Shintoism
D. Hinduism
94. Student B was asked to report to the Guidance 102. If the difficulty index of your test item is 0.98, what
Office. Student B and his classmates at once remarked: should you do with this item?
"What's wrong?" What does this imply? A. Revise it.
A. Reporting to a Guidance Office is often associated B. Reject it.
with misbehavior. C. Retain it.
B. Student B is a "problem" student. D. Reserve it for another group of pupils.
C. Guidance counselors are perceived to be "almighty
and omniscient". 103. Teachers use a lot of problem and thinking skills in
D. The parents of Student B must be of the delinquent teaching and learning. These are exemplified through
type. the following practices: reflective thinking, intuitive
thinking, and discovery learning. What is the basis of
95. A Grade I pupil likes to play with his friends, but gets these practices?
angry when defeated. Piaget’s theory states that this A. cognitive psychology
pupil is under what developmental stage? B. behaviorist psychology
A. Concrete operation C. humanistic psychology
B. Formal operation D. social psychology
C. Sensorimotor
D. Pre-operation 104. Which one should teacher AVOID to produce an
environment conducive for learning?
96. The collgeial process of developing ad evaluating A. Tests
performance assessments help teachers to understand B. Seat plan
the _____ needed to produce high quality performance. C. Individual competition
A. tests D. Games
B. information
C. materials 105. An entering student in college would like to
D. scaffolding determine which vocation is best suited for him. Which
of the following tests is most appropriate for his
97. To teach students to explore, which should you use? purpose?
A. problem solving A. intelligence test
B. project B. readiness test
C. discovery C. achievement test
D. reflection D. aptitude test

98. Which was perceived to be contrary to the 106. There are several reasons why problem-solving is
democratized access to education? taught in Math. Which is the LEAST important?
A. the granting of scholarships to a selected few A. It is the main goal for the study of Math
B. the "Study-Now-Pay-Later" plan B. It provides the content in which concepts and skills
C. the giving of the National College Entrance are learned and applied
Examination (NCEE) C. It provides an opportunity to develop critical and
D. the imposition on moratorium on pro-poor courses analytical thinking
D. It provides pupils an opportunity to relate Math in
99. Which must go with self-assessment for it to be the real world
effective?
A. external monitor 107. Piagetian tasks state that thinking becomes more
B. consensus of evaluation results from teacher and logical and abstract as children reach the formal
student operations stage. What is an educational implication of
C. scoring rubric this finding?
D. public display of results of self-evaluation A. Expect hypothetical reasoning from learners
between 12 to 15 years of age.
100. Educational objectives are arranged from simple to B. Engage children in analogical reasoning as early as
complex. Why is this? preschool to train them for HOTS.
A. Each level is built upon and assumes acquisition of C. Learners who are not capable of logical reasoning
skills from the previous level. from ages 8 to 11 lag behind in their cognitive
B. Objectives are broad and value-laden statements development.
that lead to the philosophy of education. D. Let children be children.
C. Be idealistic and ambitious to begin with grandiose
scheme for using taxonomy in all levels. 108. Knowledge of procedure in writing a report is an
D. These are guidelines to be taught and learned where example of a _____ rubric.
teachers and students evaluate learning. A. specific
B. generic
101. Central to the design approach in Understanding by C. standard
Design (UBD) is the need to _____ that evoke in-depth D. performance
understanding.
A. focus on alternative methods of assessing 109. What do the school campus expressions "promdi"
B. use alternative methods of teaching and "barriotic" indicate?
C. go against traditional testing A. the powerlessness of the poor
D. design lessons and assessment B. low literacy rate of the country
C. the power of the rich
D. the prevalence of ethnocentrism A. respect for authority
B. respect for colleagues
110. Which of the following statements is/are not true C. respect for the learners
about assessment? D. respect for the institution
I. Feedback is the most importannt factor in assessment.
II. Only those that can be objectively measured should 118. Which characteristic of a good test will pupils will
be taught. assured of when a teacher constructs a table of
III. Assessment should follow a developmental pattern. specification for test construction purpose?
IV. Identifying systematic errors committed by students A. Scorability
should be the basis of remedial instruction. B. Reliability
A. II only C. Economy
B. IV only D. Content validity
C. III and IV
D. I and II 119. Among the components of the learner's
marks/ratings, behavior is reflected in _____.
111. In constructing test items the teacher considers the A. Values Education (CERC)
alignment of _____ with assessment. B. Technology and Livelihood Education
A. content and process C. Filipino
B. monitoring and evaluation D. outputs/projects
C. instructional objectives
D. instructional materials 120. Ian’s raw of score in the Filipino class is 23 which is
equal to the 70th percentile. What does this imply?
112. The basic policy of the Batas Pambansa Big. 232 is A. 70% of Ian’s classmates got a score lower than 23.
to establish and maintain a complete, adequate, and B. Ian’s score is higher than 23% of his classmates.
integrated system of education relevant to the goals of C. 70% of Ian’s classmate got a score of above 23.
national development. Which of the following is not D. Ian’s score is higher than 23 of his classmates.
covered by this act?
A. private schools 121. "What conclusions can you draw from the case
B. literacy classes involving a taxi driver and three members of the VFA
C. Sunday schools team?" is an example of which type of question?
D. multi-grade classes A. descriptive
B. explanatory
113. The philosophical doctrine that emphasizes the C. synthesizing
role of experience rather than the role of reason as the D. judgmental
source of knowledge.
A. Pragmatism 122. Upon prior consent of parents and school
B. Empiricism/Pragmatism authorities, religion may be taught in Philippine schools
C. Progressivism _____.
D. Functionalism A. within regular class hours
B. after class
114. When using instructional material, what should the C. during vacant period
teacher primarily consider? D. after recess
A. The material must be new and skilfully made.
B. It must be suited to the lesson objective. 123. Which policy of the State does the National
C. The material must stimulate and maintain students' Secondary Assessment Test (NSAT) enhance?
interest A. the coordination of functions and activities of
D. It must be updated and relevant to Filipino setting. education institutions
B. the evaluation of the graduates of secondary schools
115. Which is a type of graph in which lines represent C. the offering of scholarships to deserving students
each score or set of scores? D. the maintenance of the highest quality of education
A. Scattergram
B. Histogram 124. Experimentation in Science laboratory classes is an
C. Frequency polygon example of _____.
D. Scatterplot A. cognitive learning
B. sensory motorlearning
116. The more information teachers obtain about how C. affective learning
students perform, the more capacity they have to D. association learning
rethink their pedagogy, and the more opportunities they
create for student success. Which statement best 125. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set
explains the text above? mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under
A. Teachers should keep track of learning outcomes. __________.
B. Teachers should keep records of family background. A. intelligence test
C. Teachers should file information. B. aptitude test
D. Teachers should teach to test. C. criterion-referenced test
D. norm-referenced test
117. Teacher D openly criticizes before her class the
school's policy on school uniform. Which ethical
principle is violated?
126. The collaborative approach includes the major In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most poorly in
behaviors of listening, clarifying, presenting, problem- relation to the group’s performance?
solving, and _____. A. English
A. negotiating B. English and Math
B. evaluating C. Math
C. feedbacking D. Physics
D. assessing
134. Ask to do a learning task, Joe hesitates and says
127. When a student clarifies information from "Mahirap. Ayaw ko. 'Di ko kaya!" (It's difficult. I don't like
conclusion, what cognitive domain is involved? it. I can't do it.) To which factor can you attribute his
A. analysis perceived inability to perform the task? To a factor
B. evaluation _____.
C. application I. within him
D. synthesis II. outside his control
III. which is stable
128. "Once a teacher, forever a student." What does the IV. within his control
statement imply about quality personal and professional A. I and IV
development for teachers? B. II and III
A. The teacher is able to teach their students. C. I only
B. The teacher learns from their students. D. IV only
C. It is continuing.
D. Personal and professional development calls for 135. Which is the ideal stage of moral development?
teacher's exposure to students. A. social contract
B. universal ethical principle
129. Which objective in the affective domain is in the C. law and order
highest level? D. good boy/ good girl
A. To resist alcoholism
B. To approve of rules agreed upon 136. Why should negative terms be avoided in the stem
C. To listen to the narration of identified models of multiple choice items?
D. To relinquish membership in a gang A. They may be overlooked
B. It increases the difficulty of scoring
130. The present values education program is based on C. It increase the length of the stem
the philosophy of "understanding the human person." D. They make the construction of alternatives more
This philosophy is best illustrated by a curriculum that is difficult
_____.
A. learner centered 137. Teacher G does not wait for the end of the term to
B. driven by spirituality find out how much the students learn. With which does
C. focused on social needs Teacher G agree?
D. prescribed by teachers A. formative evaluation
B. authentic evaluation
131. A pre-school child says: “That tree pushed the leaf C. summative evaluation
off, and it fell down.” This shows that the pre- school D. norm-reference evaluation
child believes that inanimate objects have lifelike
qualities and are capable of action. This belief is called 138. An appropriate assessment tool for assessing the
_____. development of learning in the affective domain is
A. symbolism through _____.
B. animation A. reading of journal entries
C. realism B. performance assessment
D. animism C. product assessment
D. self-assessment
132. The pre-school curriculum focuses on children's
physical and mental growth, development of good 139. _____ is/are used as medium/media of instruction
habits, and attitudes via informal activities. Which of the in schools during the Spanish era.
following are emphasized in the first eight weeks? A. The vernacular
I. Aesthetic ideas B. English
II. Religious instruction C. Spanish
III. Social relationship D. Spanish and the vernacular
IV. Physical training
A. I, II, and III 140. Between the child and the teacher, who is more
B. I, III, and IV accountable for learning and why?
C. III only A. The teacher and the child are equally accountable
D. I only because both have a role in the teaching-learning
process.
133. Study this group of tests which was administered B. The child is held more accountable because learning
with the following results, then answer the question. ultimately depends on the child.
SubjectMathPhysicsEnglishMean564180SD10916Studen C. The teacher is more accountable because the
t′sScore4331109 teacher has more power.
D. Nobody can be claimed to be more accountable A. interview
because we are not given a concrete situation. B. focus group discussion
C. post-test
141. Teacher G’s lesson objective has something to do D. pre-test
with the skill of synthesizing? Which behavioral term is
most appropriate? 146. After scoring, Teacher G got the difference of the
A. Test highest and lowest scores in each class. What did she
B. Assess compute?
C. Appraise A. standard deviation
D. Theorize B. mean
C. range
142. In which order does cognitive development D. median
proceed, according to Piaget?
I. Formal Operation stage 147. Which of the following may not be adequately
II. Sensorimotor stage assessed by a paper-and-pencil test?
III. Pre-operational stage A. Subject-verb agreement
IV. Concrete operational stage B. Vocabulary
A. II, III, IV, I C. Multiplication skills in Math
B. II, III, I, IV D. Sight reading in Music
C. II, i, III, IV
D. II, I, IV, III 148. If a child is bitten by a large, black dog, the child
may fear not only that black dog but also other large
143. As an effective classroom manager, what should a dogs. Which conditioning process is illustrated?
teacher do? A. discrimination
I. She uses instructional time wisely. B. extinction
II. She uses her power to punish students for the sake of C. acquisition
discipline. D. generalization
III. She puts to use the available and appropriate
materials. 149. Which of the following belongs to non-projected
IV. She manipulates colleagues and students so she can media?
meet her goals. A. realias
A. I and III B. flannel boards
B. II, III, and IV C. filmstrips
C. I, II, and III D. field trips
D. I, II, III, and IV
150. Which improvement should be done on this test
144. For an effective presentation of Article XIV of the item: An example of a mammal is _____.
Philippine Constitution, which is most appropriate? A. The question should have only one acceptable
A. team game answer.
B. direct instruction B. The blank should be at the beginning of the
C. independent study sentence.
D. learning circles C. The items should give more cues.
D. The blank should be longer to accommodate all
145. To determine your pupil's entry knowledge and possible answers.
skills, which should you employ?

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS- SECONDARY/ ELEMENTARY

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION QUESTIONS
PREPRED BY: SIR LESTER (UNANG PABAON)
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Key Corrections: 51. A 103. A

52. D 104. C
1. A 53. A 105. D
2. A 54. B 106. A
3. A 55. B 107. A
4. B 56. C 108. B
5. C 57. C 109. D
6. C 58. D 110. A
7. C 59. C 111. C
8. C 60. D 112. C
9. A 61. B 113. B
10. B 62. A 114. B
11. D 63. A 115. B
12. B 64. D 116. A
13. A 65. D 117. A
14. C 66. D 118. D
15. D 67. C 119. A
16. A 68. D 120. A
17. C 69. C 121. C
18. C 70. C 122. A
19. B 71. C 123. B
20. A 72. C 124. B
21. A 73. C 125. C
22. D 74. C 126. C
23. C 75. D 127. A
24. D 76. A 128. C
25. C 77. C 129. D
26. A 78. B 130. A
27. D 79. C 131. D
28. A 80. A 132. C
29. D 81. A 133. A
30. B 82. A 134. A
31. C 83. C 135. B
32. C 84. A 136. D
33. A 85. A 137. A
34. B 86. B 138. A
35. C 87. B 139. D
36. A 88. D 140. C
37. A 89. C 141. D
38. D 90. B 142. A
39. D 91. C 143. A
40. B 92. B 144. B
41. A 93. A 145. D
42. A 94. A 146. C
43. C 95. D 147. D
44. D 96. D 148. D
45. D 97. C 149. C
46. D 98. C 150. A
47. A 99. C
48. A 100. A
49. D 101. D
50. A 102. B