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GENERAL EDUCATION

1. ________________, the contractor would have had no difficulty in finishing the renovation of the
restaurant on time.
A. If the construction strike has not occurred
B. If the construction strike would have not occurred
C. If it not been that the construction strike had occurred
D. If the construction strike had not occurred

2. In the Philippines, an increasing number of commuters ________ immune from the perils of city
life.
A. That believe their families are
B. Believes their families are
C. Who believe their families to be
D. Believe their families to be

3. If they _______ “The White Birds”, he might have liked William Butler Yeats’ poetry.
A. Will read
B. Has read
C. Would read
D. Had read

4. All of the following are good topic sentences, EXCEPT:

A. Doing housework can be very boring.
B. Browsing in a library is an exciting experience.
C. My trip to the botanical garden taught me a lot.
D. The Education week is held every first week of December.

5. Which of the following best describes the critical period in language development?
A. If a child does not learn to write by a certain age, he or she is likely to never acquire basic
writing skills.
B. If a child is not exposed to a second language by a certain age, he or she is likely to never
fluently read or write a second language.
C. If a child is not exposed to regular language use by a certain age, he or she is likely to never
fully develop language capabilities.
D. If a child does not learn phonetics by a certain age, he or she is likely to never acquire basic
reading skills.
6. His DIFFIDENCE caused him to miss many opportunities. The meaning of the capitalized word is:
A. Ignorance
B. Indifference
C. Timidity
D. Arrogance

7. The following lines are characterized by _______.

1 Fair is my Love, and cruel as she’s fair;
2 Her brow-shades frown, although her eyes are sunny.
3 Her smiles are lightning, though her pride despair,
4 And her disdains are gall, her favors honey.

A. Anticlimax
B. Antithesis
C. Antihero
D. Anti-utopia

8. If the area of one circle is twice that of another circle, what is the ratio in percent of the smaller to
larger circle?
A. 50% C. 75%
B. 25% D. 70%

9. The sum of two complementary angles is I the ratio 1:4. What is the larger angle?
A. 18 C. 72
B. 36 D. 90

10. What is the equation of a line through (5, 1) perpendicular to 3x + 4y -5 = 0?

A. 3x-4y +17 =0 C. 4x-3y-17=0
B. 4x-3y+17=0 D. 3x+4y-17=0

11. A stick 96 cm long is to be divided in the ratio 3:4:5. How long is the longest part?
A. 8 C. 24
B. 16 D. 40

12. Joan received 52% of the votes as class officer. If she receives 104 votes, how many votes were
cast?
A. 50 C. 100
B. 75 D. 200

13. If 9 in 798567 is change to a 5 how much smaller is the new number formed?
A. 30000 C. 40000
B. 3000 D. 4000

14. Which term of the sequence -7, -3, 1, 5 … is 69?

A. 17th C. 19th
th
B. 18 D. 20th

15. A certain bacteria double every 30 minutes. If there are 100g at the start, how many are there
after 2 hours?
A. 200g C. 800g
B. 400g D. 1600g
16. A taxi charges P50 for the first kilometer and charges Php3 for each additional kilometer. How far
could P200 go?
A. 50 kilometers C. 66.67 kilometers
B. 51 kilometers D. 4 kilometers

17. How many materials are need in feet to frame a picture a picture 8 ½ by 11 inches?
A. 5 ¼ ft C. 3 ¼ ft
B. 4 ¼ ft D. 2 ¼ ft

18. Nilo picked some mangoes. He gave half to her mother and half of the remaining mangoes to
Allan. Allan received 9 mangoes. How many mangoes did Nilo pick?
A. 9 C. 27
B. 18 D. 36

19. Which of the following is exactly divisible by 3 and 11?

A. 3570404 C. 991111
B. 114345 D. 135792

20. What was the First Philippine Republic?

A. The Republic proclaimed in Malolos
B. The Republic proclaimed under the 1935 Constitution.
C. The Republic of the Philippines proclaimed in 1946
D. The Republic proclaimed under the Japanese-sponsored Constitution

21. Which is a legislative check on the President?

A. Rejection of appointment/s by the President
B. Prescription of the qualifications of the President
C. Prescription of qualifications of judges of lower courts
D. Inquiry into the wisdom of any pardon given by the President

22. All appropriation, revenue or traffic bills, etc. shall originate exclusively in the:
A. House of Representatives
B. Sangguniang Panlalawigan
C. Senate
D. Supreme court

23. In which order did the following occupy the Philippines?

A. Spaniards, Americans, Japanese, British
B. Spaniards, Americans, British, Japanese
C. British, Spaniards. Americans, Japanese
D. Spaniards, British, Americans, Japanese

24. In whose term was the celebration date of Philippine Independence Day changed from July 4 to
June 12?
A. Diosdado Macapagal
B. Carlos P. Garcia
C. Ferdinand Marcos
D. Elpidio Quirino

25. In which poem did Rizal inspire every Filipino to offer one's life for one's country?
A. Mi Retire
 B. Las Flores del Heidelberg
C. A La Juventud Filipina
D. Mi Ultimo Adios

26. Which theory of evolution accounts for snake’s disappearance of legs and development of
giraffe’s long neck?
A. Theory of use and disuse
B. Theory of natural selection
C. Theory of chromosomal change
D. Theory of action and interaction

27. Which of the following seedless plants has the greatest number?
A. Moss
B. Liverworts
C. Ferns
D. Hornwort

28. How do you classify a deer that eats on acacia tree?

A. Primary producer
B. Decomposer
C. Secondary consumer
D. Primary consumer

29. What is the flap-like structure that prevents the food from going the wrong way during swallowing?
A. Epiglottis
B. Larynx
C. Esophagus
D. Pharynx

30. Where does protein synthesis take place?

A. Ribosomes
B. Rough ER
C. Golgi Apparatus
D. Smooth ER

31. What branch of biology is involved when one is studying the characteristics structure and
functions of all kinds of cells?
A. Morphology
B. Cytology
C. Physiology
D. Histology

32. Element X has an electron configuration of 1s22s22p4. Based on information, element X belongs to
a/an _______ family.
A. Noble gas
B. Chalcogen
C. Alkali metal
D. Halogen
33. What is the mass number of an atom which contains twenty eight protons, twenty eight electrons
and thirty four neutrons?
A. Twenty eight
B. Fifty six
C. Sixty two
D. Ninety

34. Which is an example of a chemical change?

A. Boiling of water
B. Melting of butter
C. Nails turn into rust
D. Dissolving salt in water

35. What do you call a mixture that scatters light passing through it?
A. Solution
B. Colloid
C. Suspension
D. All of them

36. What kind of energy is possessed by water falling from a dam?

A. Potential
B. Kinetic
C. Accelerating
D. Interacting

37. A bag of groceries has a mass of 10 kilograms. What is its weight?

A. 10 N
B. 100 N
C. 1 N
D. 1000N

38. Ang bagong Alpabetong Filipino ay ginagamit ang ispeling o bigkas na ___________.
A. Kastila
B. Bisaya
C. Ingles
D. Tagalog

39. Ano ang katangian ng sumusunod na salita? mag-aral, umibig, matuwid, pauwi. Ang mga salitang
ito ay may pare-parehong _______.
A. Unlapi
B. Gitlapi
C. Hulapi
D. Laguhan

40. Ang nanguna sa pagtatakwil sa paggamit ng sukat at tugma sa tula.

A. Ciriko Panganiban
B. Amado V. Hernandez
C. Alejandro Abadilla
D. Cerila Panganiban
41. Dumadagundong ang kulog bago bumuhos ang ulan, ay halimbawa ng tayutay na
_____________.
A. Pang-uyam
B. Onomatopeya
C. Epipora
D. Anadiplosis

42. Salitang maituturing na Jargon.

A. Dito na me
B. Kalerki
C. Check and balance
D. Cheke

43. Ipagtanggol ang mga mahihirap at labanan ang mga taong gumagawa para lalo silang maghirap.
A. Payak
B. Tambalan
C. Hugnayan
D. Langkapan

44. Read the paragraph and answer the item that follows. “As far back as I can remember, our family
had always been an extended one. Our grandmother was the mainstay in the family the silent
strength behind our mother who is her daughter.” The informal guide and honorary household
chief in the extended family is the________
A. Grandmother
B. Mother
C. Father
D. Aunt

45. An international convention where the Philippines can validate its claim to the Spratlys and other
territories in the West Philippine Sea is known as the __________.
A. United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea
B. Geneva Convention
C. Rio De Janeiro Convention
D. Kyoto Protocol

46. Which band played the Marcha Nacional Filipino of the national anthem on June 12, 1898 during
the declaration of Philippine Independence?
A. Pangkat Kawayan ng Pateros
B. Kawit Cavite Band
C. Malabon Band
D. San Francisco del Monte Band

47. Which enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1916 established a bicameral legislature in the Philippines
with the senator (upper house) and House of Representative (lower house) to be composed of
elected Filipinos?
A. Philippine Legislative Law
B. Mckinley Law
C. Jones Law
D. Cooper Act
48. Some genetic disorders are caused by the damage to DNA, which cannot be repaired. This shows
___________.
A. Mutation
B. Pathology
C. Embryology
D. Speciation

49. How many times does digit 7 appear between 1 to 100?

A. 9
B. 20
C. 19
D. 11

50. If x is an odd integer and y is an even integer, which of the following is an even integer?
A. 2x-y-1
B. x2+y
C. x2+3y+1
D. 4x-1

PRFOFESSIONAL EDUCATION

51. If the teacher favors “assessment for learning”, which will she do most likely?
A. Conduct a pretest, formative and summative test.
B. Teach based on pretest results.
C. Give specific feedback to students.
D. Conduct peer tutoring for students in need of help.

52. The teacher wanted to teach the pupils the skill of cross stitching. Her check-up quiz was a written
test on the steps of cross stitching. What characteristic of a good test does it lack?
A. Objectivity
B. Reliability
C. Predictive validity
D. Content validity

53. Q1 is 25th percentile as median is to ____________.

A. 40th percentile
B. 60th percentile
C. 50th percentile
D. 75th percentile

54. Here are the raw scores of the students in their quiz: 97, 95, 85, 83, 77, 75, 50, 10, 5, 2, 1. Which
is the median?
A. 75
B. 52.72
C. 76
D. 77

55. What does a negatively skewed score distribution imply?

A. The scores congregate on the left side of the normal distribution curve.
B. The scores are widespread.
 C. The students must be academically poor.
D. The score congregate on the right side of the normal distribution curve.

56. It was noticed by the mother that her 6 month-old child no longer cries when left in the room. What
was developed by the child?
A. A feeling of trust
B. Independence
C. Object permanence
D. Initiative

57. According to Piaget’s stage of cognitive development, between ages 12 and 15 children reach
formal operational stage. What are they capable of doing at this stage?
A. Can focus on only one aspect of a situation or event.
B. Can solve abstract problems and think deductively.
C. Can reason inductively or deductively
D. Can do multi-tasking

58. When small children call all animals “dogs,” what process is illustrated based on Piaget’s cognitive
development theory?
A. Conservation
B. Assimilation
C. Accommodation
D. Reversion

59. You will understand when a pre-school boy asserts that two rows of five coins similarly spaced
have equal amounts; but when one row is spread out so that it is longer than the other, he says it
has more coins. Based on Piaget’s theory, which ability does he lack?
A. Multiple classification
B. Perspective taking
C. Reversibility
D. Conservation

60. It includes everything from simple associations between stimuli and responses or association
learning to the development of complex insights as in problem solving:
A. Cognitive learning
B. Affective learning
C. Psychomotor learning
D. All of the above

61. These theories emphasize the establishment and strengthening of relationships between the
stimulus (S) and the response (R):
A. Behavioral or Association Learning Theories
B. Cognitive-Field Theories
C. Bloom’s Taxonomy
D. None of the above

62. The view that cognitive growth is not an additive process but rather a continuous reconstruction of
existing cognitive structure is attributed to:
A. Kohlberg
B. Freud
 C. Rousseau
D. Piaget

63. In a treatment for alcoholism, Prince was made to drink an alcoholic beverage and then made to
ingest Antabuse, a drug that produces nausea. Eventually, he was nauseated at the sight and
smell of alcohol and stopped drinking alcohol. This is an example of which theory?
A. Operant conditioning
B. Associative Learning
C. Social Learning Theory
D. Attribution Theory

64. Ms. Unida started her science lesson by stating a generalization. Then she asked her pupils to
undertake activities to prove the correctness of the generalization before letting them give specific
examples or cases. What method did she use?
A. Inductive
B. Deductive
C. Problem solving
D. Discovery

65. Which teacher’s statement illustrates a redirection technique of questioning?

A. Another, Michael.
B. What is equal twelve?
C. Well, do you think they have the same element?
D. What can you say about their culture?

66. Mrs. Victoria gathered all the grade two pupils who failed in the Mathematics achievement test
covering the four fundamentals. For several days after class, she conducted lessons on the basic
concepts and operations involved. What did this teacher’s action exemplify?
A. Tutorial activities
B. Enrichment activities
C. Remedial Instruction
D. Make-up instruction

67. The morning routine of Mrs. Lara consists of organizing the room for the days lesson, checking
materials and equipment and doing other similar activities that will promote an orderly and safe
place of learning. These activities are part of:
A. Setting management
B. Conduct management
C. Routine management
D. Climate management

68. Which of the following strategies could enable learners to see relationships among concepts?
A. Deduction
B. Visual organizer
C. Problem-solving
D. Mastery teaching

69. Why should a teacher learn to conduct a lesson using a variety of discussion procedures?
A. Discussion procedures help the teacher to attend to other things while the lesson is in
progress.
B. The students will learn to conform with the rules established for discussion.
 C. The teacher can delegate the most able student in the class to facilitate the discussion .
D. The students will learn to analyze and question the relationships of concepts involved in the
topic or problem under study.

70. Which educational philosophy focuses on the role of curriculum as a means in remaking society
and rebuilding culture?
A. Perennialism
B. Progressivism
C. Existentialism
D. Reconstructionism

71. School curricula reflect worldwide economic issues, political integration and industrialization. What
do these point to in curriculum development?
A. The trends toward globalization and localization
B. The trend toward participatory curriculum development
C. The shift in the paradigm of curriculum development from a process-oriented to a product-
oriented one
D. The trend towards the classical approach to curriculum development

72. The subject matter or content to be learned must be within the time allowed, resource available,
expertise of the teacher and nature of learners. What criterion is addressed?
A. Validity
B. Significance
C. Interest
D. Feasibility

73. Which curriculum design element is taking place when Eduardo, s Senior high students can
connect the lessons he learned in a subject area to a related content in another subject area?
A. Articulation
B. Balance
C. Continuity
D. Integration

74. Which of the following technologies provide iconic experience?

A. Videos and computer
B. Books and periodicals
C. Printed and verbal symbols
D. Radio and magazines

75. Ms. Torre, A grade school II teacher, wanted to show the parts of a seed by using a large, wooden
seed visual aid with detachable cotyledons and tiny seed. Under what classification does this
wooden structure fall?
A. Replica
B. Mock up
C. Model
D. Realia

76. Which of the following is a result of compressing a file?

A. The file is deleted.
B. The file size is smaller.
C. The three character extension is hidden.
D. All file properties are lost.
77. Which software is needed when one wants to perform automatic calculations on numerical data?
A. Spreadsheet program
B. Database
C. Microsoft powerpoint
D. Word processing

78. The basic value that is central to human rights education is:
A. Human diversity
B. Human dignity
C. Respect for individuality
D. Justice for all

79. It represents the skillful, creative and discerning application of knowledge.

A. Learning to know
B. Learning to be
C. Learning to do
D. Learning how to learn

80. Which of the following interventions reduces stigma between social status and social selection in
the educational system?
A. Education Service Contracting Scheme
B. Education for All
C. National Achievement Test
D. National College Admission Examination

81. Joanne who married a German national finally learns new traits from his husband’s culture. This is
an example of:
A. Acculturation
B. Assimilation
C. Enculturation
D. Cultural traits

82. Aside from being a teacher, Ms. Valdez is also a community leader. Which of the following should
Ms. Valdez NOT do as a teacher and community leader?
A. Solicit donations from wealthy and generous people in the community for community projects
B. Support the community to improve his status in life
C. Make herself aloof to ensure that her decision will not be influenced by others
D. Play an active part in the activities of the community.

83. Giving education the highest budgetary allocation, the Philippine government recognizes the
possible contribution of its future citizens to the national development goals of the Philippines
society. Which stressed this goal of education for social transformation?
A. Athenian education
B. Greek education
C. Followers of Christ
D. Roman education

84. Which philosophy has the educational objective to indoctrinate Filipinos to accept the teachings of
the Catholic Church which is to foster faith in GOD?
A. Realism
B. Pragmatism
 C. Idealism
D. Existentialism

85. Teacher Samuel, a Values Education teacher emphasizes ethics in almost all he lessons. Which
of the following emphasizes the same?
A. Liberal Education
B. Moral Education
C. Religious Training
D. Social Education

86. John Dewey’s major contributions to the sociological foundations of education are the following,
except:
A. School is a continuation of home; activities at home continue at school.
B. Education is a social process beginning unconsciously at birth.
C. “True education” is transmission of knowledge from the teacher to the learner.
D. Facilitating education means being aware of the social condition of the learners.

87. It is said that some private schools employ teachers without license. Is that in accordance with the
Philippine Teachers’ Professionalization Act?
A. Yes, provided the teacher has at least five years of teaching experience
B. Yes, the Teachers’ Professionalization Act applies only to teachers in government schools.
C. No, the license as a requirement for teaching applies to teachers in both public and private
schools.
D. No, except if the teacher has very satisfactory performance continuously in the past five years.

88. Are elementary and secondary education compulsory for all children of school age?
A. No, only elementary education is compulsory.
B. Yes, for all children regardless of age.
C. Yes, that is why they are free of charge
D. No, this violates parents’ and children’s right to decide what is best for them and their children.

89. Can parents pass on their duty to educate their children to the school especially is they are
illiterate?
A. No, parents have the primary duty to educate children.
B. Yes, because the parents did not go through formal training for the education of their children.
C. It depends on the condition of parents.
D. It depends on the condition of the children.

90. Teachers often complain of numerous non-teaching assignments that adversely affect their
teaching. Does this mean that teachers must be preoccupied only with teaching?
A. No, because every teacher is expected to provide leadership and initiative in activities for the
betterment of communities.
B. Yes, because teaching is more than enough for full time job.
C. No, because to lead in community activities is the job of elected officials.
D. Yes, if they are given other assignments justice demands that they be properly compensated.

91. What theory or model of the reading process is closely related to top-down processing?
A. Bottom-Up Theory
B. Interactive Theory
C. Schema Theory
D. Transactional Theory
92. By asking the question at the end, the teacher helped her students to use the word-attack strategy
of _____ in Goodell’s Reading Skills Ladder.
A. Phonic clues
B. Morphemic clues
C. Context clues
D. Sight-word clues

93. Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is based on the common underlying principle that successful
language learning occurs when students are presented with target language material in a
meaningful, contextualized form, with the primary focus on _____.
A. Understanding the lessons
B. Acquiring information and knowledge
C. Making connections between what they learn at school and what they learn outside the school
D. Making meaning from what they learn

94. Which of the following is an example of Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?
A. A child knows the short vowel sounds, so he is able to learn the long vowel sounds.
B. A class “reads” the words under a picture as the teacher guides them while she points and
says the word.
C. Children read in groups based on their abilities or interests.
D. A teacher pairs students with other students of unlike ability and has them do their worksheets
together.

95. Which of the following is an accurate depiction of an authentic assessment?

A. Attending a lecture on Botany
B. Performing first-aid measures to scald burns
C. Conducting a seminar on breastfeeding
D. Answering a multiple-choice exam

96. A high negative discrimination index means that:

A. The item is valid but not reliable
B. More from the bottom group answered the test question correctly
C. More from the upper group successfully answered the test item
D. The item does not discriminate from among groups

97. When a teacher jumps from one topic to another without assessing if the students are ready to
absorb the instructions, this practice depicts:
A. Dangling
B. Thrust
C. Truncation
D. Flip-flop

98. Which of the following forms of punishment is least likely to affect students negatively?
A. Surprise quiz
B. Ridiculing
C. Corporal punishment
D. Delaying lunch break
99. If a teacher wishes to enjoy study leave, she will get how many percent of her salary while on
study leave?
A. 50%
B. 60%
 C. 70%
D. 75%

100. Which of the following is not true about Language Acquisition among children?
A. Language acquisition device assumes that people are born with innate ability to acquire
language
B. Chomsky explains in his model that children acquired language solely through exposure
C. LAD claims that certain linguistic structures must already be imprinted on the child’s mind at
birth
D. Among those who worked on these are Crystal and Piaget.