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• Cases of robberies have tremendously decreased because of

SOPHISTICATED security schemes installed in almost all banks in

ER
the country. Sophisticated means high-tech.

• The theme of the quote, “Have a good bank account, a good cook

NT
and a good digestion” is security.

• The examination will take place a quarter after five. Nora should be

CE
in the venue at 5:15 PM.

• Blissful is synonymous to ecstatic.

W
• She described her classmate’s statement as too SOPHOMORIC. This
means immature.

E
VI
• n English verse, a poetic foot having one stressed syllable followed
by one unstressed syllable is trochaic.
RE
• /p/ sound is voiceless.

• In The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dante was wrongfully

A

imprisoned in The Devil’s Island.

IT

• The line from the Koran, “Woe to every backbiter,” talks of misery
for those who talks ill of others.
AL

• The area and perimeter of a square are numerically equal if the side
length is 4.
.B

• The hardware is the physical components of the computer.

LE

• Uploading refers to the process of sending a file from the computer

to another computer in a network.
AR

• When coal is burned, stored energy is being released in the form of

thermal energy.
.C

• In the process in manufacturing food, plants store the energy from

the sun.
DR

• Hydrogen is much lighter than air.

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• An object floating in water displaces less than its own volume.

ER
• The Earth travels around the Sun once each year. The Earth spins on
its axis once each day.

NT
• The secretion given off by the liver which helps in the digestion of
fats is the bile.

CE
• Taxonomy is the branch of Biology concerned with the classification
of organisms. They are arranged in the following hierarchy: kingdom-
phylum-class-order-family-genus-species. Members of the same
species have the most in common with one another.

W
• A plant growing on a shady side of a tall fence bends around the

E
corner of the fence towards the sunlight. This illustrates positive

VI
phototropism.

• The vacuole is the part of the plant cell that stores water, sugar and
RE
minerals.

• Sound waves travel the slowest in gases.

A

• Plants need carbon dioxide, water, light and chlorophyll in order to

IT

make starch by photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide enters plants through

holes in the leaves called stomata.
AL

• Sugar and starches are carbohydrates.

.B

• Monera is considered as the most primitive kingdom.

• Not all microorganisms are harmful. Yeasts promote the rising of

LE

bread for baking.

• Heterotrophs are organisms that cannot manufacture their own

AR

food.

• The use of auxins may stimulate the growth of the roots in plant
.C

cuttings.

• Chloroplasts play an active role in the chemical processes required

DR

by plant cells to make food. On the other hand, animal cells no

chloroplasts, animals must obtain food from outside sources.
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• A group of student researchers believe that high blood pressure is
due to too much salt in the diet. This is best classified as a hypothesis.

ER
• The weight of an atom comes mostly from its protons.

NT
• Positive geotropism is exhibited by the roots of plants.

• The ozone layer is the region of the atmosphere which absorbs

CE
harmful ultraviolet radiation.

• Amphibians are the animals which live on land but return to the
water to breed.

W
• Dolphins and whales are mammals that live in the sea. They feed

E
their young on milk with mammary glands is the characteristic

VI
possessed only by mammals.

• The liquid portion of the blood is the plasma.

RE
• The building blocks from which all matter is composed are known
as atoms.
A

• Xylem is a vascular tissue that conducts water and minerals; phloem

IT

is a vascular tissue that conducts food.

AL

• Eutrophication is an environmental condition that has been blamed

for the usual occurrence of fish kills.
.B

• A chemical change is any change that results in the production of

one or more substances that differ in chemical properties and
composition from the original substances.
LE

• Phenotype may be defined as visible expression of genotype.

AR

• Cell walls present in plant cells are made up of cellulose.

• Our diet must include three types of food: energy foods, body-
.C

building foods and maintenance foods. The energy foods are

carbohydrates and fats.
DR

• Aspirin has been known to retard the blood-clotting process

allowing us to use aspirin to reduce the possibility of stroke.
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• Elements are classified according to the number of protons in its
nucleus.

ER
• The lizard is an organism which is cold blooded with a dry scaly skin.

NT
• Decomposers are organisms responsible for the return of
substances in the bodies of the dead plants and animals to the soil.

CE
• Testosterone promotes the development of secondary male sexual
characteristics.

• Hemoglobin is the iron-containing compound which give the red

W
corpuscles its color.

E
• Night blindness in children and adults is attributed to the deficiency

VI
in Vitamin A in the diet.

• Boyle’s law states that at constant temperature, the volume of a gas

RE
in inversely proportional to the pressure.

• The red light has the least frequency but the longest wavelength.
A

• Technology is the application of scientific concepts and principles.

IT

• The ecosystem is the interaction of a colony of ant to the nonliving

AL

and living things in its habitat.

• Solid, of the state of matter, has the strongest intermolecular force

.B

of attraction.

• A seismograph can detect the magnitude of an earthquake.

LE

• The speed increases as sound waves travel from a less dense

medium to a denser medium.
AR

• The Bill of Rights guaranteed that no private property shall be taken

for public use without just compensation.
.C

• Sikatuna was the chieftain of Bohol with whom Miguel Lopez de

Legaspi had blood compact with in 1565.
DR

• Political party is not an element of a state.

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• In connection with government transaction involving public interest,
the full disclosure policy is adopted by the Constitution to ensure

ER
the public accountability and transparency.

• A young girl left her baby at the household of a monastery. The child

NT
grew up without knowing her mother and father. The right of self-
assertion is deprived of the child.

CE
• Bahasa Malaysia is the Asian language nearest to Filipino.

• The Filipino trait of “pakikisama” is said to be ambivalent because it

can be used for or against the person who values it.

W
• John F. Kennedy was the American president who said, “Ask not

E
what America will do for you, but what together can we do for the

VI
freedom of man.”

• Capitalism is an economic system based on free enterprise.

RE
• Productivity is the principle of taxation that the Philippine lack if it
fails to raise the needed revenue and therefore borrows from other
A

countries to cover its expenses.

IT

• Loss of qualified teachers going abroad is a type of Brain drain.

AL

• Timawa refers to the class of Filipinos who were free and

independent.
.B

• The saying “Every right has a corresponding duty” means that rights
and duties are reciprocal.
LE

• The credit cooperative promotes thrift among members and

generates funds in order to lend to its members.
AR

• “My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins.”

This statement came from Manuel Quezon.
.C

• The government tax people’s labor through an income tax.

• “Ako ay isang ibon na nakakaigayang pakinggan.” Ito ay isang

DR

pagwawangis.

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• Cebu: Sinulog, Kalibo: Ati-atihan, Iloilo: Dinagyang

ER
• Ang tamang sulat ng 1/3 ay isang katlo.

• Kundiman ang tawag sa awit ng pag-ibig.

NT
• “Daig ng maagap ang masipag.” Ito ay isang uri ng salawikain.

CE
• Ang gintong panahon ng mga manunulat noong panahon ng
Amerikano ay batid sa uring maikling kwento.

• Ayon kay Balagtas, “ang laki sa layaw, karaniwa’y hubad” kaya ang

W
mga bata ay hindi sumusunod sa magulang.

E
• Ang epiko ay ang tulang pasalaysay na naglalahad ng buhay at

VI
kabayanihan ng isang tao sa isang partikular na lugar.

• Ang pangungusap na Umaaraw na ay isang pangungusap na

RE
penomenal.

• Ang paggamit ng globo ay nabibilang sa kagamitang biswal.

A

• A ballad does not rhyme ABCD.

IT

• The oldest form of Egyptian writing is hieroglyphics.

AL

• Veni, vidi, vici is a famous phrase said to have been spoken by

the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar
.B

• Res ipsa loquitor means the thing speaks for itself.

LE

• In Loco Parentis is a Latin term meaning “instead of a parent” or

“in place of a parent”.
AR

• The Manila Times is the oldest extant English-language

newspaper in the Philippines.
.C

• Folktales are stories which reflect the people’s beliefs and are
handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.
DR

• The greatest haiku poet is Matsuo Basho.

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• Gulliver’s Travel is Jonathan Swift’s satire on human folly and
stupidity

ER
• Middle ages is the era of knights and castles in English literature.

NT
• The first Asian writer to receive a Nobel Prize for literature is
Rabindranath Tagore.

CE
• Book burning is an event that marked the 1st literary
demonstration

• O Captain! My captain! commemorates the life of Abraham

W
Lincoln

E
• Euripides is a Greek dramatist/author of Alcestis.

• VI
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining
RE
sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head
of a human.

• In English verse, a poetic foot having one stressed syllable

A

followed by one unstressed syllable is trochaic.

IT

• “She is a lovely rose” is an example of metaphor.

AL

• Considering that nothing had been organized, confusion seemed

inevitable. Inevitable means certain.
.B

• Nathaniel Hawthorne was the author of the famous novel Scarlet

Letter.
LE

• Timbre is the tone quality of the voice which identifies quality

different from the voice of other people.
AR

• Psychology is the study of human behavior.

• In 1565, Legazpi concluded a blood compact with the chief of

.C

Bohol who is referred to Sikatuna.

• Jose Rizal was considered the National Hero because of his

DR

efforts to bring about reforms in the lives of Filipinos through his

work in the La Liga Filipina.
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• Teresa Magbanua was the first woman fighter in Panay and
considered as the Visayan Joan of Arc.

ER
• Trinidad Tecson joined the women chapter of the Katipunan in
1895 at the age of 47 and was popularly known as the Mother of

NT
Biak-na-Bato.

• Antonio Luna was the greatest Filipino strategist of the Filipino-

CE
American war.

• Rizal was referred to as the Great Malayan.

W
• When Rizal was in trial, Luis Taviel de Andrade was the defense
counsel assigned to him.

E
VI
• Recently passed is the TRAIN Law which stands for Tax Reform for
Acceleration and Inclusion.
RE
• The tax imposed on beer and other alcohol products is called sin
tax.
A

• Evasion is an unlawful act of escaping from payment of taxes.

IT

• Philippine economy indicates are closely related to the rise and

fall of the US Dollars.
AL

• John F. Kennedy was the American President who said, “Ask not
what America will do for you, but what together we can do for
.B

the freedom of man.”

• The theory that population increases by geometrical ratio while

LE

the means of subsistence increases by arithmetical ratio is Robert

Malthus.
AR

• In buying goods, the meaning of the foreign borrowed phrase

“caveat emptor” is let the buyer beware.
.C

• Patents Patriae is prerogative inherent in the state where it is

called upon to protect those with less than full capacity to take
adequate care of their own interests.
DR

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• “Our Common Future” was a comprehensive document which
was an outcome of UN’s Commission on Environment and

ER
Development. This commission is also known as the Brundtland
Commission.

NT
• Mohorovicic is a Yugoslavian scientist who discovered the
boundary between the Earth’s crust and the different rocks of the
mantle.

CE
• Detritivores are the organisms that obtain energy from dead
bodies and organic waste.

W
• In the human body, white blood cells most nearly resemble a
one-celled animal.

E
VI
• The use of organisms to produce things that people need is called
Biotechnology.
RE
• Potential energy is the form of energy demonstrated by a tightly
coiled spring.
A

• 10 is the numerical value for the hardest mineral on the Mohs

hardness scale.
IT

• Venus is dubbed as the morning star.

AL

• The basic capacities of ICT are store, retrieve, process and

distribute information.
.B

• Among facets of computer literacy, computer awareness is

LE

knowledge about the importance and versatility and

pervasiveness of computer in society.

• The field of computer engineering allows computers to perform

AR

jobs for humans in areas that are unpleasant, critical or

dangerous, e.g. opening packages containing bombs.
.C

• Task-oriented software that allows users to prepare data in

columns and rows, while doing the work of calculating is the
electronic spreadsheet.
DR

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• Ang Panubong ay isang mahabang tulang pang-awit bilang handog
sa isang dalagang may kaarawan. Kilala rin ito sa Katagalugan

ER
dahil sa pagpuputong ng koronang bulaklak sa dalaga.

• Si Graciano Lopez Jaena ang tinaguriang “Orador ng Pagbabago.”

NT
• Si Pascual Poblete ay ang Ama ng Pahayagang Tagalog.

CE
• 199 is the largest prime number less than 200

• 45 and 46 are consecutive numbers with the sum of 91.

W
• Nonagon is a regular polygon with 27 diagonals.

E
• Spanish: sarswela=American: bodabil

•
VI
Mapagpakumbaba: pagong=mapagmataas: matsing
RE
• Ang “Siya ay maganda ngunit siya ay mahinhing talipandas” ay
nangangahulugang mapagkunwari.
A

• Ang mahalagang salik ng pamamahayag ay Ipahayag ang ano,

sino, saan, kailan
IT

• Ang talumpati ay pampublikong komunikasyon na layong

AL

magpaliwanag o manghikayat

• Ang masaklaw na pamamahayag ay nagpapahayag ng iba’t-ibang

.B

anggulo ng minamatyagang pangyayari

• A professional teacher should faithfully observe the Code of

LE

Ethics

• The great grandfather of Rizal is Chinese.

AR

• Cockfighting is the principal form of entertainment by Filipinos.

.C

• Banaue Rice Terraces is a man-made wonder of the world.

• Kung Fu Tzu is not a religious leader.

DR

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• The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of
bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s.

ER
• Stratification is the grouping, layering and stratifying of the
society

NT
• Excise tax is a tax paid for commodity

CE
• Sayyid Abu Bakr founded the first sultanate in Sulu.

• Lope de Vega established the national theatre in Spain

W
• Father Andres de Urdaneta discovered the galleon trade route.

E
• Manila is known as the distinguished and ever loyal city.

• VI
Spain claimed Philippines by right of discovery and right of
RE
conquest

• The Spanish king instructed the Mexican viceroy to send an annual

royal subsidy (real situado) to keep colonial administration going in
A

the Philippines
IT

• The Ilustrados constituted the Filipino educated class during the

Spanishcolonialperiodinthelate19thcentury.
AL
.B
LE
AR
.C
DR

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• For the continuing professional development seminar of the
Bachelor of Education graduate to meet standards, the outcome/s

ER
should be in accordance with the Level 6; the graduate in the Masters
level with Level 7; and, the doctorate level with Level 8 in the
Philippine Qualifications Framework.

NT
• Yes, for professionals to be globally competitive, the planning of
continuing professional development programs should consider
the ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework.

CE
• Sustained, Lifelong and Self-directed are characteristics of quality
professional development.

W
• Teachers play the role of Resource Provider when they help their
colleagues by sharing instructional resources such as Web sites,

E
readings.
•
VI
Christine, the 10th grade language arts team leader, facilitates a
team of her. Teacher Christine plays the role of an Expert.
RE
• DepEd A Child- and Community Centered Education System (ACCES)
describes the learner-centered education that teachers ought to
provide but not to include Ethnocentric.
A

• Teacher Elmer encourages other teachers to examine how they can

IT

change his instructional practices to improve student engagement

and achievement. Teacher Elmer plays the role of a Catalyst for
AL

Change.
• To shape the culture of their schools, improve student learning,
.B

and influence practice among their peers are roles that teacher-
leaders play.
• A global teacher is Able to teach learners from diverse groups and
LE

cultures.
• Education Service Contracting Scheme point to the complementary
AR

roles of public and private institutions in the educational system.

• TRUE of Alternative Delivery Modes (ADMs) are I. Addressing the
learning needs of the marginalized pupils and those learners at risk
.C

of dropping out and II. Helping learners overcome social and

economic constraints in their schooling
DR

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• If the school acts as an agent of change, what is it expected to
Enhance curriculum by localizing and indigenizing it with the help

ER
of community.
• An indicator of cultural sensitivity is knowing that differences exist
between cultures.

NT
• The aforecited provisions of RA 10533 make clear that schools should
be community-centered.

CE
• The way/s by which schools can be learner-centered, according to
the aforementioned provisions of RA 10533 are: I. Using Mother
Tongue as language of instruction II. By making curriculum flexible

W
and responsive to community needs III. By indigenizing curriculum

E
• NOT implied in the aforementioned provisions of RA 10533 is that
schools be independent of the community.
• VI
In a knowledge-based economy, schools can act as agents of changes
RE
by equipping learners with lifetime skills such as knowledge
retrieval, comprehension, application and utilization.
• A progressive approach in transforming education that holistically
A

critiques current shortcomings, failures, and discriminatory

practices in education is Multicultural education.
IT

• To enable learners to respond to the demands of the present world,

should schools Teach application-based, creative, critical, and
AL

innovative thinking.
• An offshoot of the pillar of learning to live together is that Students
.B

learn how to understand others and appreciate diversity among

people.
LE

• Not TRUE of globalization is that As advanced by the ASEAN Heads

of States it has three distinct pillars: economic, socio-cultural, and
political community.
AR

• Education plays a vital role in sustainability by promoting health

and teaching care for the environment.,
.C

• The following are attributes of a peace educator EXCEPT one that is

motivated by service but expects rewards for services.
• A correct statement for Education for Sustainable Development
DR

(ESD) is that It concerns economic and social development and

environmental protection.
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• What pedagogy should schools adopt to help learners acquire the
basic skills is to Demonstrate skills needed and then let students

ER
perform the skills until mastery is achieved.
• TRUE of the Alternative Learning System is that it is a Learning
system parallel to the formal system.

NT
• An integrated school offers complete basic education in one school
site and has unified instructional programs.

CE
• According to RA 9155, the heart of the formal educational system is
the school.
•

W
Yes, an alien qualified to take the Licensure Examination for
Teachers, provided his/her country has reciprocity with the

E
Philippines in the practice of the teaching profession.

VI
• Yes, after 2002, there is another way of obtaining a professional
teacher’s license other than passing the LET, and that is by applying
RE
for the conversion of one’s Professional Board Examination for
Teachers (PBET) passing rating to a license.
• No, a licensed professional teacher cannot teach after continuous
A

five years of not practicing the teaching profession unless he/she

has earned 12 units of refresher courses in education.
IT

• Provided for in Article XIV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution is the

Protection of intellectual property rights.
AL

• A statement is not TRUE of CHED is that it is in charge of education

programs in all levels.
.B

• The goal that does NOT achieve global education is the Increase in
adult illiteracy by 50%.
LE

• Modesty has not practiced her teaching profession for the past five
years. She should take 12 units of education courses before she is
allowed to teach.
AR

• The pillar of education developed most when one prepares and

does PowerPoint presentation is learning to do.
.C

• When the teacher encourages the students to analyze issues, think

critically about information given them, and help develop their
skills on their own, the pillar of learning that she tries to develop is
DR

learning to know.

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• Based on the Preamble, teachers are duly licensed who possess
dignity and reputation with high moral values as well as technical

ER
and professional competence.
• Professor Santos should Continually improve herself/himself
personally and professionally to uphold the highest possible

NT
standard of education.
• According to the Professional Code of Ethics for Professional

CE
Teachers, NOT stated as quality of a professional teacher is that he/
she Has passion for teaching.
• Miss Arscil can connect with her students like a magnet. Her

W
personal quality is passion and humor.
•

E
A person is held responsible for his action because he has choice.

VI
• The process by which children become participating and functioning
members of society by fitting into an organized way of life is
RE
Socialization.
• Approach every pupil as he/she is without allowing yourself
to be influenced by your knowledge of his/her background” is an
A

advice from a/an existentialist-phenomenologist.

•
IT

Best describes the role of a teacher from a perennialist perspective

is To reveal the wisdom of the ages such as those contained in the
bible/Koran.
AL

• The recent educational development relates with perennialism is

Exercising the students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS).
.B

• The teacher believes that it is better to use the old and traditional
methods than to experiment with new techniques in classroom
LE

teaching. She is a/an essentialist.

• The idea that the pragmatic teacher reject is that Values are
objective.
AR

• In problem-based learning, the kind of problem that the teacher

should give are those with many possible answers
.C

• Problem-based learning makes use of problems with no clear cut

answer.
DR

• Cooperative learning ends with members reflecting on the

cooperative process they went through.
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Most appropriate or best strategy/technique:
• Forum. Teacher Karla, wants her Grade 7 students to express their

ER
opinions, sentiments, and ideas regarding a certain government
issue in the national level.
• Laboratory activity. Miss Demi wants to let her class learn that in the

NT
formation of ice cubes, the surrounding surface of the water freezes
first before the others and to show that I water expands rather than
contracts when frozen.

CE
• Inquiry. Teacher Gretch designed a lesson where she wanted her
students to design an activity on the effect of changing the
temperature of water on the dissolving rate of sugar.
• Mnemonics. Mrs. Rivera wants to help her students retain new

W
information learned from their lesson in Earth Science.
• Discussion. To yield greater interaction.

E
• Reflection log. Jenieca showed a video in her class about the life in

VI
an urban poor community. She wants to determine how the video
changed students’ thoughts about the life of these underprivileged
people.
RE
• Teacher Ruen is trying to develop the learners’ ability to derive the
meaning of words co-occurring with the unknown word, is an
A

example of using semantics.

IT

• The strategies that belong to both expository and exploratory

approach are deductive and cooperative.
AL

• The teacher exemplifies the generative approach of instruction if

the teacher provides opportunities to students to make own linkages
.B

to prior knowledge.

• A student is late to school every morning. It would be best for the

LE

teachers to investigate the student’s home condition.

• A bright student asks the teacher a difficult question that the latter
AR

cannot answer. The teacher should tell the student frankly that she
does not know.
.C

• A slow learner completely learn a particular skill in school by

Presenting to him the lesson thrice or more in varied forms.
DR

• A technique may be successful in one situation but may fail in

another because Instructional situations vary.
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• Substandard teaching competence of teachers may cause a poor
classroom instruction.

ER
• Teachers may manifest good time management in school By devoting
their time in instructional activities.

NT
• There is a district Math contest. The best way of selecting the
representatives to showcase the human/social functions of school

CE
is for the teacher to conduct competitive exams in Math to determine
the best representative.

• The correct practice in handling students’ records are the following:

W
I. Records are kept for safekeeping in filing cabinets; II. Feedbacks
about children’s performance are given to parents.

E
VI
• The best way to do when the lesson is done ahead of time allotment
is to provide filler activities.
RE
• A teacher who says “Girls are emotional and very sensitive while
boys are not” is practicing gender stereotyping.
A

• A correct example of the deductive method of teaching is when The

teacher starts by defining a term then gives examples..
IT

• Teacher A consults students and parents but she makes the decision.
AL

The classroom management style that Teacher A observe is

consultative.
.B

• A democratic teacher will allow the group to make the decision

together. Yes, this is correct.
LE

• Continuously scanning the classroom even when Teacher is working

with small groups illustrates Robert Kounin’s with-it-ness.
AR

• A child who is having difficulty containing himself is asked to do an

errand. Antiseptic bouncing was employed.
.C

• The question that could NOT be answered when curricularists do

curriculum mapping is “Are my students learning?”
DR

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• The condition that most likely could help in the fast and smooth
implementation of the K to 12 curriculum in schools of the

ER
Philippines is the Decrease the restraining forces.

• An outcomes-based approach to lesson planning begins with

NT
Outcomes.

• Constructive alignment means in outcomes -based lesson planning

CE
that The learning outcomes are the bases of teaching-learning
activities and assessment tasks.

• Teacher M wants to treat a particular lesson from the point of view

W
of different subjects. The lesson planning that he observes is
Thematic.

E
VI
• At the association/comparison phase, the Lesson is linked to daily
life.
RE
• The phase/s of the lesson where a teacher would know if the student
really learn what was intended for him to learn are application and
generalization.
A

• In a backward design approach to curriculum and lesson planning,

IT

the one that comes ahead is Identifying results desired.

AL

• No, in Understanding by Design (UbD), developing instructional plan

does not come right after identifying desired results.
.B

• UbD insist on identifying assessment evidence of learning right after

identifying desired learning results so that Teaching-learning
becomes more focused and organized.
LE

• Teacher has been constructivist in his approach to lesson planning.

The features of his lessons are: I. Students are engaged in learning.
AR

II. Students guide their own learning and meaning-making.

• TRUE of a constructivist lesson planning approach is that Students

.C

are building their own understanding.

• In a constructivist lesson planning approach, UNACCEPTABLE is that
Learners accept blindly what teacher teaches because she is an
DR

authority on the subject.

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• If curriculum is planned following the behavioral approach, the
sequence that is CORRECT: II. Start with the setting of objectives

ER
and goals. III. Learning outcomes are evaluated along goals and
objectives set at the start. IV. Change in behavior indicates the
measure of the accomplishments.

NT
• If curriculum is planned following the humanistic approach, the
feature applies is that it is very child-centered.

CE
• A humanistic approach to curriculum planning has the following
features, EXCEPT subject matter is not necessary in curriculum
planning.

W
• When a school applies the systems approach to curriculum planning,

E
expected is that The parts of the school system are considered in

VI
terms of how they relate to each other.

• In a systems approach to curriculum planning, yes, external

RE
stakeholders should be a part since they are part of the school
system.
A

• When one wants children to develop positive attitude toward life

and life] problems, the approach in curriculum planning that is most
IT

appropriate is Problem-centered approach.

AL

• E-learning may either be synchronous or asynchronous. What apply/

ies to’ synchronous learning is that All participants interact at the
same time.
.B

• Applies to asynchronous learning is that it is self-paced.

LE

• Stay on the Right side view as you talk when you write on the
chalkboard while busy discussing your lesson in front of the class.
AR

• In preparing instructional materials, the kind of graphics that is

effective on computer screens are Simple graphics with
corresponding text.
.C

• The combination promotes legibility on projected materials are Dark

letters against light background.
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• The main reason for leaving a silent space around the edge of a
chart is to increase readability.

ER
• The main purpose of using audio-visual aids in teaching To get the
interest and hold the attention of the learners.

NT
• The part of the screen of a computer has a strong influence among
learners is the Left half of the screen.

CE
• Learners learn better when all their senses are involved. The activity
classified under direct purposeful experience is setting the table.

W
• The purpose of music in a media presentation is to Provide
continuity.

E
VI
• To increase the readability of printed media, the kind of letters that
should be used for long statements or paragraphs is a Combination
of upper- and lower-case letters.
RE
• Mock-up can be used by a teacher to show the functioning of a part
of a whole.
A

• Teacher B wants to make use of simulated life condition suitable for

IT

animals and plants living on land. She can use a Terrarium.

AL

• Images are key elements of a PowerPoint presentation. Your reason

for not using them is to Use images to decorate.
.B

• The 6-6 principle in PowerPoint presentation mean? I. 6 lines only

or less and IV. 6 words only or less
LE

• A cluttered chalkboard may confuse your students. Don’t write too

much is a teacher’s action that follow this thought.
AR

• In the learning situation described before this item, the best

assessment type that Teacher Marie may employ is product-based
type.
.C
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• Learning outcome: distinguish between plant and animal cell. The
test item aligned is to Distinguish between a plant and an animal

ER
cell.

• Learning outcome: Dance tango to the tune of “La Cumparsita”. The

NT
test item aligned is to Dance tango as the music, “La Cumparista” is
played.

CE
• Learning outcome: Construct valid test item. The test item aligned
is to Formulate a valid test item for this learning outcome: “the
students must be able to supply the correct end or tag question.

W
• Learning outcome: Use the correct tense of verb in sentences. The
aligned test item is “I (am going, go) to school everyday.”

E
VI
• Learning outcome: Draw conclusion from observations. The aligned
test item is “What conclusion can you draw on the basis of your
observations?”
RE
• Learning outcome: Take a stand on the issue on same sex marriage
and defend the same. The aligned test item is “Do you favor same
A

sex marriage? Why or why not?”

IT

• A proof of constructive alignment is when The intended learning

outcomes are aligned to the learning activities and performance
AL

tasks.

• Teacher wants her students learn how to live in collaboration with

.B

others. The teaching-learning activity that will be aligned is project-

based learning.
LE

• A school wants to make its students globally aware by Making

students understand others’ perspectives and cultures.
AR

• If schools want students to become self-directed learners, should

they employ more metacognitive strategy.
.C

• Teacher R’s lesson for Grade 3 is on the history of the town. There is
no existing reference material in the library. He/she can tap The
elders in the community.
DR

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• Truancy is getting to be a problem in School B. Students cut classes
after recess after morning class. Parents and community can help

ER
By serving as “security guards” to check on truant students.

• The statement is TRUE about teaching vocabulary is that Vocabulary

NT
can be taught directly and indirectly.

• A limited vocabulary is a setback to efficient reading. This statement

CE
implies about the learner to Be equipped with certain skills to attack
unfamiliar words.

• Jessa lacks originality and imagination in his speech. The words he

W
uses and his speech patterns reveal a dull, unquestioning mind.
Jessa’s speech may be described as banal.

E
VI
• NOT a characteristic of a good question is that It is self-answering.

• A reader uses metacognition when I. She previews the text and

RE
makes predictions II. makes connections to personal experience or
other texts III. asks clarifying questions
A

• A reader uses metacognition when she I. identifies difficult

sentences or passages II. restates a sentence/passage in her own
IT

words III. reacts to the text.

AL

• the following is/are examples of “thinking stems,” or sentence

starter that can prompt reflective thinking: I. “I’m thinking...” II.
“I’m wondering...” and IV. “From what I read, I realize ...”
.B

• Enjoyment of reading does NOT belong to the external factors that

affect reading point of reference.
LE

• The factors relate to high reading achievement are I. Rich home

literacy environment, II. Reading enjoyment and III. Confidence in
AR

reading.

• The following are metacognitive processes that enhance learning:

.C

I. Monitoring progress as one learns II. Adjusting strategies if they

are perceived ineffective III. Goal setting
DR

• Remembering does NOT belong to metacognitive processes.

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• There is no single best method in motivating learners.

ER
• The elements that must be present for goal setting to be an effective
motivation tool are I. Goal acceptance, II. Specificity, III. Challenge,
IV. Performance monitoring and V. Performance feedback.

NT
• In the formal operational stage, adolescents are capable of doing
the following to solve a problem: I. Formulate hypotheses II.

CE
Systematically test hypotheses III. Reason out

• Metacognition refers to the act of a learner who reflects on his/her

own thinking.

W
• Health does NOT belong to cognitive factors affecting learning.

E
VI
• Noncognitive processes related to learning and aging include the
following EXCEPT IV. Intelligence.
RE
• I. Using cues, II. Establishing learning conditions that reduce
interference and III. Using advanced organizers can help minimize
memory deficit in learning.
A

• The following characterize successful learners: I. Active II. Goal-

IT

directed III. Self-regulating IV. Assume personal responsibility for

contributing to their own learning.
AL

• In Bruner’s three-tiered learning, enactive learning is action-based.

.B

• The law that states that we tend to fill the gaps in figures as we
perceive them is law of closure.
LE

• Based on Freud’s theory, the superego operates when Anjo lends

his bicycle to his friend Julius who was crying for it.
AR

• Prof. Pacis measures learning by the outward expression of new

behaviors only such as ability to solve math with ease. The theory
she applies is behaviorist theory.
.C

• If you provide positive reinforcement whenever a learner performs

an acceptable behavior on her own, your conviction is based on the
DR

principle of behaviorism.

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• Maturationist theory advance that Development is a biological
process that occurs automatically on predictable, sequential stage

ER
overtime.

• Scaffolding encourage children to discover and learn Above their

NT
level but with help from the teacher.

• Kenn likes to go to school. He enjoyed school on Day l. The Behaviorist

CE
theory explains this.

• Learning is viewed as collections of responses to external stimuli.

This is the thought of the Behaviorist.

W
• A person’s behavior, environment, and personal qualities all

E
reciprocally influence each other correctly and completely explains

VI
Bandura ‘s reciprocal determinism.

• NOT TRUE of behaviorists is that Free will plays a role in a person’s

RE
development.

• TRUE of behaviorists is that They focus solely on students’ observable

A

behaviors as the indicators of learning.

IT

• The successful learner can link new information with existing

knowledge in meaningful ways. The constructivist subscribes to
AL

such thought.

• Jerome Bruner and Edgar Dale agree that for effective teaching-
.B

learning, teachers should begin with the concrete.

• Jerome Bruner and Edgar Dale advise teachers to for effective

LE

teaching-learning to move from concrete to abstract.

• Local politics does NOT belong to the Bronfenbrenner’s

AR

microsystem as a factor on human development.

• The child’s parent and teacher are at odds is an example of a child’s

.C

mesosystem that does NOT work favorably for the child.

• Based on Ausubels’ subsumption theory, Present the most general

DR

ideas of a subject first and then progressively differentiate in terms

of detail and specificity.
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• Tolman’s term of latent learning means Learning which is not
manifested at the time of learning but which manifests later when

ER
a suitable motivation and circumstances appear.

• Behaviorists explain forgetting as I. Gradual cessation of a response

NT
as a result of passage of time and II. No repetition of the behavior
for a time

CE
• Highlighting student’s failure does not belong with teacher scaffolds
in mind.

• Social reconstructionism asserts that learners generate knowledge

W
and meaning from an interaction between their experiences and
their ideas.

E
VI
• Infancy is when physical growth fastest.

•
RE
Redmund often wears a headphone while working with his school
projects in school campus. When asked why, he said he just wants
to stay focused with I work. Redmund is an Analytical and
intrapersonal kind of learner.
A

• Well-liked children can read and respond to peers’ emotions better

IT

than children who are not-well liked. This research application is

Erikson’s psychosocial theory of development.
AL

• The condition that most likely brings about a classroom climate that
is business-like yet non-threatening is when Rules, limits, and
.B

expectations are made clear during the first day of classes.

•
LE

SLA child with hearing loss is likely to have language delay as well.
This proves that Speech is easily influenced by other aspects.

• Studies on delinquent students recommend effective authoritative

AR

parenting style for adolescents.

• Researchers have found that executive functioning is a better

.C

predictor of school readiness rather than IQ. An implication of this

to the teaching-learning process is to Strengthen executive
functioning among learners.
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• I. Self-control II. Working memory III. Flexible thinking are
dimensions of executive functioning that are most important to

ER
child cognitive development.

• A teacher should have more I. Nurturing of learners’ sense of

NT
independence and self-efficacy in class to create a growth mindset

• To build strong and healthy relationship in class, I. Criticizing and IV.

CE
Blaming should be out of the picture.

• Differentiated instruction is when there is atmosphere that is

favorable for learning ensures that what a student learns, how he

W
or she learns it is a match for his/her readiness level, interests, and
preferred mode of learning.

E
VI
• In a favorable learning environment, which competition promotes
learning? Against standards set
RE
• For a positive learning environment it is good to make clear that an
individual’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others
in terms of that individual’s own culture. Which concept is
A

explained? Cultural relativism

IT

• A test was given to the students by Mr. Lapid to determine what the
student already know and not know about the subject before he
AL

taught. He gave a pretest.

• Mrs Dy is doing an assessment of learning. Which of the following

.B

questions would she likely consider? I would ask “What grade

should I assign to each student?”
LE

• An achievement test measure Quality and quantity of previous

learning.
AR

• Students do an actual demonstration of their skill is an administrative

use of tests.
.C

• Considering that tests were found to have poor psychometric status,

psychologist- recommend that tests be supplemented by other
assessment methods.
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• Essay is the assessment task is aligned to this outcome. - Analyze
the socio-cultural factors that affect learning.

ER
• Here is a learning outcome: interpret assessment results. How should
this be assessed? Present data on score distribution, mean, standard

NT
deviation then ask the students to interpret the meaning of the
data.

CE
• By means of a diagram, compare a plant and an animal cell. This
should be assessed By means of a Venn diagram, compare a plant
and an animal cell.

W
• Which should be one of the criteria? Quality of answers to questions

E
• What can be an additional criterion against which the defense of

VI
the research paper can be assessed? Ability to integrate/connect
one part of the research paper to other parts to explain a point.
RE
• What is an advantage of a 4-point scale rubric? There is no column
for undecided, everyone has to make a choice.
A

• If you have to re-label the levels of the criteria, does not meet
expectations can be a substitute for poor.
IT

• ________________ is a part of speech that describes a verb and an

AL

adjective. What is wrong with this completion test item? The blank
is at the beginning of the sentence.
.B

• Here is a True-False test: Based on research findings, girls usually

develop earlier than boys. What is faulty with the test item? I. It
makes use of a specific determiner, “usually”. II. The word “usually”
LE

gives clue to the answer.

• Mrs. Rosal deducting points in students’ test scores due to poor

AR

penmanship lowers the validity of the test.

• Which statement CORRECTLY applies to a student who got a score of

.C

70 in a given test? He obtained a raw score of 70.

• The raw score of a student in a Mathematics test is equivalent to a

DR

Tscore of 70. What does his score mean? Two SDs above the mean

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• Skewed to the left/negatively skewed: good students/ most got
high scores. Effective teaching.

ER
Mode > Median > Mean.
• Skewed to the right/positively skewed: poor students/ most got

NT
low scores. Ineffective Teaching.

Mode < Median < Mean.

CE
• A score distribution follows a normal curve. What does this mean?
Most of the scores pile up between -1SD to +1SD.

• Anne wanted to determine students’ attitude toward cheating. She

W
asked them to rate several statements on the extent to which they
agree. What assessment tool did she use? Attitude Scale

E
VI
• What does a test item with a negative discrimination index indicate?
The test item may not be reliable.
RE
• What is a probable cause of a test item with a negative discrimination
index? Item vague and is open to many interpretations
A

• Student Queenie got a percentile score of 85. What does this mean?
She belongs to the upper 15% of the examinees.
IT

• Students were asked to nominate the first 3 classmates he/she

AL

wants to be with, for this project using a sheet of paper is an example

sociometric technique
.B

• Which of the following information about a student is the least

confidential? Periodical test record
LE

• Responding (doing something, taking action) is the second level in

the objectives in the affective domain manifested in agreeing to try
and volunteering for. Frequency Inventory is an appropriate tool for
AR

this.

• Which assessment tool is most appropriate in the assessment of

.C

the internalization of a value? Conflict story

• Norm-referenced grading explains score type in percentile, stanine,

DR

quartile or decile.

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• Why is performance given the largest weight in TLE and MAPEH?
They are dominantly physical skill subjects.

ER
• Based on DepEd Order 8, s. 2015, how are Kinder pupils graded? By
the use of checklists and portfolios

NT
• What does DepEd consider most significant aspect in grade giving?
The demonstration of what was learned.

CE
• Are the core values - maka-Diyos, makatao, maka-kalikasan and
maka-bansa - graded in the Report Card? Yes, by the use of non-
numerical rating scale.

W
• When is a learner retained in the same grade level? When he doesn’t

E
meet expectations in three subject/s.

•
VI
What happens if a learner fails in two subjects? He gets promoted
on condition that he goes through a remedial class and finally gets
RE
an average of 75 with his last failing grade.
A
IT
AL
.B
LE
AR
.C
DR

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