PROFESIONAL

EDUCATION 8. What can the teachers in one school do to maximize

FREE PRACTICE EXAM 150 their community resources to ensure that effective
ITEMS instruction is employed at all times?
Prepared by: Sir Lester A. Have a learning resource center of materials
prepared by teachers.
FREE EXAM B. Request the school to purchase materials.
Code 2.1 C. Require students to bring materials for their teacher.
1. Which holds true to standardized tests? D. Let a company/agency sponsor the building of a
A. They are used for comparative purposes resource center.
B. They are administered differently
C. They are scored according to different standards 9. In a multiple choice test item with four options and
D. They are used for assigning grades out of 50 examinees, which was the most effective
distracter?
2. A negative discrimination index of a test item tells A. the correct answer that was chosen by 6 examinees
that particular test item lacks _____. B. the option that was chosen by 30 examinees
A. objectivity C. the option that was chosen by 2 examinees
B. reliability D. the option that was chosen by 12 examinees
C. content validity
D. construct validity 10. To reduce electronic waste, implement a recycling
system. Which belong to an e-waste recycling system?
3. In his second item analysis, Teacher H found out that I. Repair
more from the lower group got the test item # 6 II. Reuse
correctly. This means that the test item __________. III. Upgrading of existing equipment
A. has a negative discriminating power A. I, II, and III
B. has a lower validity B. I only
C. has a positive discriminating power C. I and II
D. has a high reliability D. II only

4. You want ti teach concepts, patterns, and 11. After scoring, Teacher G got the difference of the
abstractions. Which method is most appropriate? highest and lowest scores in each class. What did she
A. deductive method compute?
B. problem solving A. standard deviation
C. direct instruction B. mean
D. indirect instruction C. range
D. median
5. Which can enhance the development of spatial
intelligence? 12. Which of the following is NOT an example of a
A. hands-on demonstrations teacher’s nonverbal communication?
B. environmental study A. eye contact
C. concept miming B. gestures
D. concept mapping C. pauses
D. voice
6. Which of these is not an indicator of a supportive
learning environment? 13. In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of Professional
A. high drop-out rates Teachers, which is not mentioned about teachers?
B. warm and friendly atmosphere A. possess dignity and reputation
C. students take personal responsibility for their B. with high moral values as well as technical and
learning and behavior professional competence
D. increase in student bonding activities in school C. LET passers
D. duly licensed professionals
7. Which of the following statements is/are not true
about assessment? 14. You want to engage your students in a small group
I. Feedback is the most important factor in assessment. discussions. Which topic lends itself to a lively
II. Only those that can be objectively measured should discussion?
be taught. A. the exclusion of Pluto as a planet
III. Assessment should follow a developmental pattern. B. the meaning of the law of supply and demand
IV. Identifying systematic errors committed by students C. the law of inertia
should be the basis of remedial instruction. D. rules on subject-verb agreement
A. II only
B. IV only 15. Teacher X subscribes to the idealist philosophy. This
C. III and IV means that the teacher believes that knowledge arrived
D. I and II through ______.
A. trial and error
B. concrete experience
C. experimenting
D. reasoning
 B. listening activities
16. Analytic scoring uses the _____ judgement of the C. self-evaluation activities
student's work. D. concept miming
A. evaluation
B. performance 23. When curriculum content is fairly distributed in each
C. standard area of discipline, this means that the curriculum is
D. criterion _____.
A. sequenced
17. Teacher N teaches in a remote barrio. In order not to B. balanced
incur salary deduction, she does not file her leave of C. integrated
absence every time she gets absent. Anyway, she uses D. continued
that amount, which is supposed to be deducted from
her salary on account of her absence, to buy pencils and 24. Teacher B discovered that her pupils are weak in
paper for the poor pupils in her class. Is Teacher N right? comprehension. To further determine in which
A. Yes, the poor students are benefited. particular skills her pupils are weak which test should
B. No, the end does not justify the means. Teacher B give?
C. Yes, the amount is little compared to the millions of A. Aptitude Test
pesos stolen by corrupt government officials. B. Placement Test
D. Yes, she is not the only one benefited by her actions. C. Diagnostic Test
D. Standardized Test
18. According to Piaget's stages of cognitive
development, between ages 12 and 15, children reach 25. In constructing test items the teacher considers the
formal operational stage. What are they capable of alignment of _____ with assessment.
doing at this stage? A. content and process
A. can focus on only one aspect of a situation or event B. monitoring and evaluation
B. can solve abstract problems and think deductively C. instructional objectives
C. can reason inductively or deductively D. instructional materials
D. can do multi-tasking
26. Teacher B wanted her students to learn the electoral
19. To enable all students to succeed, two simple process in action. So, they stimulate a copy of the real
approaches you should use are variety and choice. What thing completed with coming up with their own
does this mean? qualification of candidates, manner of campaigning, and
I. Make use of a variety of teaching methodologies. canvassing of votes. With this, the students learned
II. Consider learning styles and so allow students some from _____.
options on how to go about assignments. A. contrived experiences
III. Allow for more flexibility in activities. B. direct experiences
IV. Do away with routines, rules, and procedures. C. purposeful experience
A. I and II D. demonstration
B. I, II, and III
C. II and III 27. The Education Act of 1982 categorically states that it
D. I, II, III, and IV is a teacher's _____ to refrain from making deductions
in scholastic ratings for acts that are clearly not
manifestations of poor scholarship.
A. obligation
20. Which of the following is true about ICT? B. right
I. The use of ICT has negative effects C. prerogative
II. The use of ICT has a lot of benefits. D. responsibility
III. The use of ICT is effective only in industrialized
countries. 28. Research on teacher-effectiveness practices has
A. I and II shown that _____.
B. II only A. directions should be few and best delivered in a
C. III only casual manner
D. I and III B. planning has little impact on student learning
C. questioning strategies are ineffective monitoring
21. Teacher R, a science teacher, makes sure all eyes are techniques
on her as she demonstrates the proper behavior for D. teaching procedures on classroom routines early in
lighting a Bunsen burner. Whose theory supports the school year are essential
Teacher R's practice?
A. Vygotsky's 29. A student with a percentile score of 80 means that
B. Glasser's the student scored _____.
C. Piaget's A. higher than 80% of the members of the group
D. Bandura's B. better, relative to the competencies targeted
C. high in all the skills being tested
22. Which should you use more if you want to D. 80% of the specified content
counteract the spirit of destructive competition among
your students? 30. With a computer, you can organize information
A. community involvement projects about trees and planets. Which tool should you use?
A. spreadsheet D. self-assessment
B. database
C. word processing 37. Article XIII of the Code of Ethics stipulates that the
D. desktop publishing evaluation of the learner's work should be based on
merit and quality of academic _____.
31. Which of the following is a right granted to parents A. marks
as provided in B. P. 232, Sec. 8:12? B. evaluation
A. The right to receive, through primarily competent C. performance
instruction, relevant quality education in line with D. results
national goals and conducive to their full development
as persons with human dignity. 38. Which is a classroom application of Vygotsky's idea
B. The right to free expression of opinion and of scaffolding?
suggestions and to effective channels of A. Give the learner the necessary assistance until she
communications with appropriate academic and can be on her own.
administrative bodies of the school or institution. B. From the start, leave the learner to herself because
C. The right to organize themselves and/or with she has the power for self-learning.
teachers for the purpose of providing a forum for the C. Don't spoil the learner by doing what she ought to
discussion of matters relating to the school programs. do.
D. The right of institutions of higher learning top D. Give the learner a task that challenges her ability.
determines on academic grounds that shall be admitted
to study, who may teach, and what shall be the subject 39. At the preoperational stage of Piaget's cognitive
of the study and research. development theory, the child can see only his point of
view and assumes that everyone also has the same view
32. Which of these are the two most important as his. What is this tendency called?
knowledge and skills that a teacher needs to be able to A. transductive reasoning
provide teaching-learning opportunities that develop B. animism
problem solving and higher order thinking abilities? C. egocentrism
I. designing, planning, implementing, documenting, and D. conservatism
reviewing learning experiences.
II. impact of cultural, social, and political influences in 40. The adoption of national language directed by the
education. Philippine Constitution is designed primarily to _____.
III. meta-cognitive processes A. facilitate communication among diverse linguistic
IV. methods of identifying students' learning needs groups
A. III and IV B. do away from colonial mentality
B. II and III C. officially adopt Tagalog as national language
C. I and III D. counteract elitism
D. I and IV
41. The Department of Education directed that the
33. Bruner's theory on intellectual development moves lowest passing grade is _____% and the lowest failing
from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages. Applying grade is _____% in the report card.
Bruner's how should you teach? A. 70 - 60
A. Begin with the concrete. B. 75 - 70
B. Begin with the abstract. C. 75 - 65
C. Be interactive in approach. D. 70 -50
D. Do direct instruction.
42. If you use Pygmallion effect to explain why children
34. When asked about her order, a little girl tells the coming from depressed areas cannot read, to which do
waiter " 'yong kagaya kahapon." With Piaget's theory in you attribute the poor reading performance of this
mind, what is the little girl's behavior called? particular group of children?
A. pre-operational egocentrism A. poor expectation from depressed areas
B. conservation B. lack of motivation
C. reversibility C. ineffective teaching methods
D. transudative reasoning D. lack of reading materials

35. If one asked to develop himself to the fullest, what 43. Student R gave a wrong answer. Teacher W said
need is he trying to satisfy according to Maslow’s "Wrong! You are way off." As a consequence other
hierarchy of needs? students in the class were afraid to answer questions.
A. Safety needs Which of the following is illustrated by the event?
B. Belongingness A. ripple effect
C. Physiological needs B. halo effect
D. Self-actualization C. severity error
D. central tendency error
36. Which is the most reliable tool of seeing the
development in your pupils' ability to write? 44. Which is a selective reading technique meant at
A. portfolio assessment getting important facts very fast?
B. scoring rubric A. silent reading
C. interview of pupils B. skim reading
C. oral reading 52. Ask to do a learning task, Joe hesitates and says
D. scanning "Mahirap. Ayaw ko. 'Di ko kaya!" (It's difficult. I don't like
it. I can't do it.) Which drive can motivate him to
45. Ask to do a learning task, Joe hesitates and says perform the learning task? The drive to _____.
"Mahirap. Ayaw ko. 'Di ko kaya!" (It's difficult. I don't like A. achieve
it. I can't do it.) To which factor can you attribute his B. have power
perceived inability to perform the task? To a factor C. affiliate
_____. D. to be free
I. within him
II. outside his control 53. Which one should teacher AVOID to produce an
III. which is stable environment conducive for learning?
IV. within his control A. Tests
A. I and IV B. Seat plan
B. II and III C. Individual competition
C. I only D. Games
D. IV only
54. If you are a constructivist, what assumptions about
46. You were assigned to handle a multi-grade class. learning and learner govern your thinking?
What instructional materials must be utilized to provide A. For learners to learn, knowledge should be
for the needs of each level? transmitted directly from teachers to learners.
A. differentiated materials to cater to different levels B. Learners are capable of constructing meaning of what
B. multi-sensory materials is taught to them.
C. colorful, useful, and durable materials C. Learners are empty receptacles waiting to be filled.
D. materials of high level thinking skills D. Teachers are the only source of knowledge.

47. What is the initial step that a homeroom adviser 55. To ensure that all Filipino children are functionally
must do at the beginning of the class? literate, which mechanism is meant to reach out to
A. Get to know each member of the class. children who come from a barangay without a school?
B. Prepare a seat plan. A. mobile teacher
C. Secure the class list. B. multi-level classroom
D. Memorize the names of the students. C. multi-grade classroom
D. Sine Eskwela
48. Having a mock presidential election, complete with
debates, discussion of issues, and voting, teaches 56. Which is an offshoot of the fourth pillar of learning,
students ______. "learning to live together"?
A. the decision-making process A. Schools teach respect for diversity.
B. the skill to win in debates B. Schools show concern to what happens to children
C. the art of winning in an election after they leave school.
D. the skill to persuade C. Schools celebrate United Nations Week.
D. Schools teach care for the environment.
49. Teacher R observed that one of her students excels
in activities requiring strength, speed, flexibility, 57. From the Households and School Matching Survey
balance, and hand-eye coordination. According to H. (HSMS) conducted in 1982, it was found out that school
Gardner, such natural intelligence can be identified as factors have less influence on learning when compared
_____. to community and home backround variables. Which is
A. bodily-kinesthetic one implication of this finding?
B. intrapersonal A. The school needs to strengthen its partnership with
C. interpersonal parents and community.
D. verbal-linguistic B. The school must focus on mastery learning.
C. DECS should work for 1:1 child-book ratio.
50. The search for related literature by accessing several D. DECS must create more teacher items.
databases by the use of a telephone line to connect a
computer library with other computers that have 58. Which should you use if you want to teach the
database is termed _____. human digestive system in such a way that the pupils
A. compact disc search can manipulate the organs?
B. manual search A. model of the digestive system
C. on-line search B. realia from medical schools
D. computer search C. drawing of an artist
D. picture from medical references
51. The government’s educational program on _____
made the Philippine Education Placement Test 59. The strongest disadvantage of the alternate
accessible for adults and outofschoolyouth. response type of test is _____.
A. equitable access A. the demand for critical thinking
B. quality B. the absence of analysis
C. quality and relevance C. the encouragement of rote memory
D. relevance D. the high possibility of guessing
60. Which is not part of classroom routines? 68. The test item “Group the following items according
A. line formation during recess, lunch, and dismissal to shape” is a thought test item on _____.
B. passing of papers A. creating
C. greeting teachers and classmates B. classifying
D. studying lessons before, during, and after classes C. generalizing
D. comparing
61. Any deviation from a standard or desired level of
performance is a _____. 69. The old, time-tested methods are also used in
A. problem classes. Which of the following describes these
B. gap methods?
C. devotion I. They are teacher-directed.
D. decision II. Mastery of subject matter is of utmost importance.
III. Procedures are well-established.
62. The class of IV - K is tasked to analyze the present A. II and III
population of the different cities and municipalities of B. I and II
the National Capital Region for the last five years. How C. I and III
can they best present their analysis? D. I, II, and III
A. By means of a table
B. By looking for a pattern 70. Skinner is known for his theory based upon the
C. By means of a graph notion that learning is a result of change in overt
D. By guessing and checking behavior, meaning, an individual responds to events
that occur in the environment. This theory came to be
63. In the context of the theory on multiple intelligence, known as _____.
one weakness of the paperpencil test is that _____. A. connectionism
A. it utilizes so much time B. stimulus-response associations
B. it puts the non linguistically intelligent at a C. classical conditioning
disadvantage D. operant conditioning
C. it lacks reliability
D. it is not easy to administer 71. A sentence that comes before is missing. How is
understanding of a concept shown by learners?
64. Which of the following belongs to non-projected A. by repeating what has been heard
media? B. by memorizing what has been read
A. realias C. both a and b
B. flannel boards D. by using and adopting these concepts
C. filmstrips
D. field trips 72. The introduction of non-formal education in life with
the Constitution provision on _____.
65. Which measure of central tendency is most reliable A. protection of teachers
when scores are extremely high and low? B. promoting the rights of all citizens to make quality
A. cannot be identified unless individual scores are given education accessible to all
B. mode C. acceptance, affection and achievement
C. mean D. affection, ability, attitudes
D. median
73. Nita doesn't enjoy writing but can't escape from it.
66. Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, Sec. 13:2 provides She has to finish it in order to graduate. Greta has
institutions the freedom to determine on academic always liked to write. She really likes to become a writer
grounds that shall be admitted to study, who shall because she wants to be a journalist someday. Who is
teach, and what shall be the subject and research. This more likely to be more focused on the writing activity
statement means and why?
A. Philippine education provides equal access to cultural A. Greta, because she is intrinsically motivated.
opportunities. B. Nita because she is extrinsically motivated.
B. Philippine education recognizes academic freedom. C. Both, because they are both motivated anyway.
C. Philippine education encourages voluntary D. It cannot be determined. Motivation fluctuates.
accreditation.
D. Philippine education accord rights to and imposes 74. J. Bruner taught that curriculum should revisit basic
duties and obligations upon school administrators or ideas and build on them until the student grasped the
managers. full formal concept. Which curriculum is referred to?
A. special curriculum
67. This self-assessment tool which is used nationwide is B. re-structured curriculum
one of the bases in planning the _____ training of C. basic curriculum
teachers. D. hidden curriculum
A. preservice
B. post-service 75. Based on Freud's theory, which operates when a
C. school-based student a classmate at the height of anger?
D. division-based A. ego alone
B. superego alone
C. Id alone
D. Id and ego interaction 84. High levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, inhibits
76. Which is not a domain of NCBTS? learning. What is an implication of this in the teaching-
A. Learning Environment learning process?
B. Alternative Learning A. Teachers should be non-threatening in their ways.
C. Diversity of Learners B. Avoid quizzes and tests.
D. Social Regard for Learning C. Never raise your voice.
D. Do not give assignments.
77. Which of these statements reflects best active
learning? 85. Which is ethical for a teacher to do in a situation
A. "I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I where he/she falls in love with a student or when a
understand." student falls in love with his/her teacher?
B. "I became interested in the school, I feel it is my A. the teacher advises the student to discontinue with
school now." his/her studies
C. "I need more support, a network from which I could B. the teacher resigns from his/her teaching job
learn." C. the teacher avoids that learner
D. "I have found that one key to student development is D. the teacher exercises discretion to avoid scandal and
providing criteria for performance." gossip and preferential treatment of that learner

78. The facility index of a test item is .50. This means 86. If you want to hone your students' metacognitive
that the test item is _____. ability, which is most fit?
A. valid A. drill for mastery
B. moderate in difficulty B. journal writing
C. very easy C. debate
D. reliable D. brainstorming

79. Which graphic organizer is most fit for sequencing? 87. The principle of leaner _____ makes assessment a
A. hierarchy diagram shared responsibility with the teacher.
B. Venn diagram A. perfromance
C. flow chart B. accountability
D. double cell diagram C. responsibility
D. evaluation
80. Scoring guides for rating open-ended questions are
called _____. 88. Which of the following assessment tools would you
A. outputs recommend if one should adhere to constructivist
B. outcomes theory of learning?
C. rubrics I. Constructed response test
D. scales II. Performance test
III. Checklist of a motor screening test
81. "Do not cheat. Cheating does not pay. If you do, you IV. Observation test
cheat yourself." says the voiceless voice from within A. I and II
you. In the context of Freud's theory, which is at work B. II and III
A. id alone C. I, II, and III
B. superego alone D. I, II, and IV
C. ego alone
D. Id and ego interaction 89. Which technique in cooperative learning is used
when new information is divided equally among all
82. Which is a graphic representation of numerical data? group members and each student teaches his or her
A. histogram portion to the other group members?
B. attribute wheel A. round table
C. Venn diagram B. think-pair-share
D. spider map C. round robin
D. jigsaw
83. After the holidays, there was much chatter and
sharing of stories in class. You are confronted with 90. Which of the following is the most important
behavioral management. You have a well-planned contribution of Gestalt psychology to the theories of
lesson which you cannot start. What is the best strategy learning?
for the class to settle down so you can start the lesson? A. Use of multimedia approaches
A. Give the class 10 minutes to share how they spent B. Importance of the reinforcement in the learning
the holidays. process
B. Ask the students what their New Year's resolutions C. Cognitive insight
are. D. Concept of readiness in learning
C. Give the students 10 minutes to write a paragraph on
their New Year's resolution. 91. John Dewey's major contributions to the sociological
D. Give a 10-item test to keep them quiet. foundations of education are the following. Which is an
exception?
A. School is a continuation of home; activities at home
continue at school.
B. Education is a social process beginning unconsciously C. It is diagnostic, formative, and summative.
at birth. D. It is evaluative and judgmental.
C. "True Education" is transmission of knowledge from
the teacher to the learner. 99. A P.E. Teacher wrote this objective in her lesson
D. Facilitating education means being aware of the plan, "To execute the four fundamental dance steps."
social condition of the learners. When observed by the school principal, she was
showing her class how to execute the basic dance steps
92. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set correctly. Why did the teacher use a demonstration
mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall method to implement her objective?
under? A. It is a chance to show the teacher's expertise.
A. criterionreference test B. It is easier to imitate a teacher who shows the steps.
B. intelligence test C. No student knows how to execute the steps.
C. aptitude test D. Class time is limited to ask student to execute.
D. normreference test
100. How much of the scientific method has your pupils
93. A child who is cold towards the people around him acquired? This is the best measured in their skill to
might have failed to attain what basic goal based on _____.
Erikson’s theory on psychological development? I. Generate and test hypotheses
A. Autonomy II. Critic and evaluate
B. Initiative III. See connectedness of events
C. Trust A. II and III
D. Mistrust B. I and II
C. I only
94. What is referred to as the "looking glass self" of D. I, II, and III
Cooley?
A. It is how I look at myself through the eyes of others. 101. Which is the least exploratory in nature?
B. It is how others look at myself. A. problem solving
C. It is how others affect me. B. inquiry
D. It is how I influence others. C. demonstration
D. discovery
95. Student A is one-half standard deviation above the
mean of his group in arithmetic and one standard 102. Teacher R asserts that he needs to make his
deviation above in spelling. What does this imply? students get interested in the subject whether they like
A. She excels both in spelling and arithmetic. it or not. This is more the thinking of a/an _____.
B. She is better in arithmetic than in spelling. A. reconstructionist
C. She does not excel in spelling nor in arithmetic. B. essentialist
D. She is better in spelling than in arithmetic. C. perennialist
D. behaviorist
96. Is it wise to orient our students and parents on our
grading system? 103. Inculcaying the spirit of empathy among learners
A. Yes, so that from the very start, students and their fulfills which pillar of learning?
parents know how grades are derived. A. learning to live together
B. Yes, but orientation must be only for our immediate B. learning to do
customers, the students. C. learning to be
C. No, this will court a lot of complaints later. D. learning to know
D. No, grades and how they are derived are highly
confidential. 104. Teacher M sees to it that her classroom is clean
and orderly so her pupils will less likely disarrange seats
and litter on the floor. On which thought is her action
97. The design of the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum based?
(BEC) is based on the principles that the main sources A. behaviorism
for contemporary basic education are the expert B. existentialism
systems of knowledge and the learner's experience in C. progressivism
their context. This shows that the BEC is _____ in D. reconstructionism
orientation.
I. constructivist 105. It is equivalent to the average score of the group or
II. behaviorist class?
III. essentialist A. Mean
A. I and III B. Median
B. III only C. Mode
C. I only D. Standard Deviation
D. I, II, and III
106. Which tool should a teacher use if she wants to
98. Which is the basic principle underpinning the locate areas which are adversely affecting the
performance-based grading system? performance of a significant number of students?
A. It is a tool for improving teaching and learning. A. problem checklist
B. It is a tool to determine prerequisite knowledge. B. self-report technique
C. autobiography C. I, II, and III
D. cumulative record D. I and III

107. What theory states that identical instructional 114. Rodel is very aloof and cold in his relationships with
environments, methods, and resources may be effective his classmates. Which basic goal must haye not been
for some learners and ineffective for others because of attained by Rodel during his developmental years,
the differences in the learner's biological and according to Erikson’s theory on psychological
developmental set of characteristics? development?
A. Learning Style Theory A. Autonomy
B. Reading Readiness Theory B. Trust
C. Multiple Intelligence Theory C. Initiative
D. Emotional Intelligence Theory D. Generativity

108. A student knows that the examination week is 115. Which statement on test result interpretation is
approaching, but instead of studying, he chose to spend CORRECT?
his time playing computer games. On the examination A. A raw score by itself is meaningful.
day itself, He opted to pray for miracles rather than B. A student’s score is a final indication of his ability.
studying. Which attitude towards religion is displayed? C. The use of statistical technique gives meaning to
Miracles rather than studying which attitude towards pupil’s score.
religion is displayed? D. Test scores do not in any way reflect teacher’s
A. Religion as Fake effectiveness.
B. Religion as Magic
C. Religion as authentic 116. If the difficulty index of your test item is 0.10, what
D. Religion as real should you do with this item?
A. Revise it.
109. Which is an appropriate way to manage off-task B. Reject it.
behavior? C. Retain it.
A. Make eye contact. D. Reserve it for another group of pupils.
B. Stop your class activity to correct a child who is no
longer on task. 117. To solve moral ambiguity among us Filipinos, we
C. Move closer to the child. must _____.
D. Redirect a child's attention to task and check his A. excuse ourselves whenever we do wrong
progress to make sure he is continuing to work. B. blame our government for not doing anything about
it
110. At the high school level, Kohlberg's advice to C. be aware and responsible about the problem
teachers is for them to begin discussing with students D. be comfortable with the present state affairs
about abstract principles such as justice and human
rights. On the average, in which moral development 118. The Parent-Learning Support System targets the
stage are high school students supposed to be? acceptance of the parent's responsibility of educating a
A. post conventional stage child. In attending to this responsibility, which of the
B. conventional stage following roles of parents should be given priority?
C. in between conventional and post conventional stage I. as a learner
D. this depends on the school culture II. as a child educator
III. as a participant in school activities
111. Which of the following is NOT a guidance role of IV. as a model for children's development
the classroom teacher? V. as a provider of home environment conducive to
A. Psychological Test Administrator learning
B. ListenerAdviser A. V
C. Human Potential Discoverer B. II
D. Total Development Facilitator C. IV and V
D. I and II
112. To make the materials highly engaging, what must
teachers do? 119. After a leason on the atom, the students were
A. Make the materials interactive. asked to work on a physical model of the atom to
B. Prepare materials which are easy to make. determine learning. Which of the M.I. Is being
C. Create materials which are less costly. enhanced?
D. Design materials similar to commercial ones. A. linguistic
B. interpersonal
113. Which are violations of the principle of respect? C. mathematical
I. Teacher A tells her students that what Teacher B D. kinesthetical
taught is wrong.
II. To retaliate, Teacher b advises students not to attend 120. It is an approach that makes students "think about
Teacher A's class. their thinking". Students get conscious of their thought
III. Teacher J secretly gives way to special favor to add 2 processes while they are engaged in their cognitive
points to the grade of Student A who is vying for honors. tasks.
A. I and II A. cognitive
B. II and III B. constructivist
C. metacognitive A. mastery learning
D. reflectivist B. process approach
C. computer-assisted instruction
121. There is a controversial report that in a certain D. project method
country, toddlers are disciplined by being beaten,
scalded with boiling water, and tied to the chairs for 129. Educational institutions’ effort of developing work
hours. According to the same report, the orphanages skills inside the school are aimed at _____.
limited the number of orphans according to the budget. A. developing moral character
They did this by selecting children, especially the ugly B. inculcating love of country
and naughty ones, and placed them in the "dying room" C. teaching the duties of citizenship
where they were deliberately left to starve to death. Is D. developing vocational efficiency
this morally right?
A. No, the end does not justify the means. 130. You have presented a lesson on animal protective
B. No, the children, no matter how naughty, have basic coloration. At the end, you ask if there are any
goodness. questions. There are none. You can take this to mean
C. Yes, the government cannot afford to maintain _____.
crowded orphanages. A. your students are not interested in the lesson
D. Yes, the children are naughty anyway and may grow B. you need to determine if the students understood
to be undesirable citizens. everything you presented
C. you need to ask specific questions to elicit responses
122. With which goals of educational institutions as D. your students did not understand what you were
provided for by the Constitution is the development of talking about
work skills aligned?
A. To develop moral character 131. The teacher performance results provide continual
B. To teach the duties of citizenship _____ to professional development.
C. To inculcate love of country A. support
D. To develop vocational efficiency B. feedback
C. guidance
123. Essay questions are used in an achievement test D. assessment
when _____.
A. most of the material sampled is factorial information 132. If a student is encouraged to develop himself to the
B. a wide sampling of material is desired fullest and must satisfy his hierarchy of needs, the
C. originality is a factor in the response highest need to satisfy according to Maslow is _____.
D. little time is available for construction and scoring A. belongingness
B. safety
124. Research findings showed that student's C. psychological need
motivation may vary according to socio-economic D. self-actualization
background. Which observation can attest to this?
A. Females are more likely than males to earn higher 133. To what extent were the objectives of the course
grades. met? This is the concern of the process of _____
B. Students from low-income families are among those evaluation.
likely to be at risk of failing and dropping from school. A. authentic
C. Gifted students are more highly motivated. B. criterion-referenced
D. More boys than girls become underachievers. C. norm-referenced
D. formative
125. The developmental focus of the guidance process
suggests that it. 134. Which of these school practices helps create a
A. Follows definite phases and stages positive learnin climate?
B. Entails much time and effort A. giving recognition or appreciation for teachers/staff
C. Is characterized by varied changes accomplishments
D. Facilitates changes in all aspects B. giving clear expectations to the academic community
C. encouraging everyone to participate in accomplishing
126. A test is considered reliable if _____. school goals and objectives
A. it is easy to score D. encouraging only the high performing teachers to
B. it served the purpose for which it is constructed apply for promotion
C. it is consistent and stable
D. it is easy to administer 135. What is the purpose of directed reading-thinking
activity (DRTA)?
127. Erikson labeled children who are two years of age A. to encourage students to model their own thinking
as “terrible two” because _____. B. to bridge the learning of oral language and written
A. they are inquisitive language
B. they are playful C. to increase comprehension and comprehension
C. they are sickly monitoring by predicting, generating questions,
D. they are assertive clarifying, and summarizing
D. to encourage students to think about their reading by
128. Which technique is an application of B.F. Skinner's having them make their predictions, confirm or reject
theory on operant conditioning? them, and revise their prediction as the story unfolds
 it. I can't do it.) Is it possible to motivate this type of
student?
136. "Each learner approaches the world in many ways" A. Yes, he can do something with his ability.
implies that the learner has different views of what they B. Yes, he can change the nature of the job.
learn. It implies varied learning styles as well as teaching C. No, it is impossible to motivate a student who himself
styles. As a teacher, how would you apply this is not motivated.
statement? D. No, motivation is totally dependent on the student.
A. Review the contents of the lesson. No person outside him can influence him.
B. Master one strategy in teaching.
C. Make one standard lesson plan. 144. Which type of test measures higher order thinking
D. Provide various activities of learning. skills?
A. Enumeration
137. It is sound to encourage students to define terms in B. Matching
their own words because _____. C. Completion
A. defining the terms in their own words helps them D. Analogy
memorize the definition faster
B. students remember information better when they 145. In the context of the six facets of understading
mentally process it in some way cited by Wiggins and McTighe, what is a proof of a
C. this is one opportunity to brush up with their English student's understanding a principle?
D. they ought to connect the terms that they learn A. repeating the principle given by the teacher
B. applying the principle to solve a problem
138. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the cultural C. stating the principle from memory
and educational heritage of the nation and is obliged to D. memorizing the principle
transmit to learners such heritage. Which practice helps
them fulfill such obligation? 146. You want your students to develop the ability to
A. Observe continuing professional education and be look at a problem from various perspectives, which
the best teacher. approach will be more fit?
B. Teach the latest instructional technology to children. A. affective approach
C. Teach community life and culture worth emulating. B. behaviorist approach
D. Supplant indigenous culture with foreign culture. C. modular approach
D. integrative approach
139. Test norms are established so that they have basis
for _____. 147. What is an application of Vygotsky's idea of scaffolding?
A. computing grades A. Give the learner a task that challenge her ability.
B. establishing learning goals B. From the start, leave the learner to herself because she has
C. identifying pupil’s the power for self-learning.
C. Don't spoil the learner by doing what she ought to do.
D. interpreting test results
D. Give the learner the necessary assistance until she can be
on her own.
140. Professionalization of teachers and teaching as
promulgated in Presidential Decree No. 1006, defines 148. Instead of assigning our students to discuss how to write
teaching as profession concerned with classroom a good editorial, ask them to write one for the school organ.
institution ______. Which principle underlies this practice?
A. by teachers on fulltime basis A. Promote meaningful connections between classroom
B. at the tertiary level in both public and private subject matter and real-world contexts.
institutions B. Use assignments for instructional and diagnostic purposes.
C. at the elementary and secondary levels in both public C. When giving assignments take into account students'
development levels.
and private schools
D. Make assignments challenging.
D. by teachers of permanent status
149. Which are the most important concerns about the use of
ICT in instruction?
141. Which of the following indicates a strong negative I. Developing appropriate curriculum materials that allow
correlation? students to construct meaning and develop knowledge
A. -0.75 throught the use of ICT
B. -0.10 II. Devising strategies to meaningfully integrate technology
C. -0.25 into the curriculum
D. -0.15 III. Using pedagogical skills related to technology
IV. Providing teachers with skills for using software
applications
142. The official title of the Philippine National Anthem
A. I and III
is _____. B. II and III
A. Bayang Magiliw C. III and IV
B. Ang Alab ng Puso D. I, II, III, and IV
C. Lupang Hinirang
D. Pilipinas kong Mahal 150. What is the mean of this score distribution: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10?
143. Ask to do a learning task, Joe hesitates and says A. 7
"Mahirap. Ayaw ko. 'Di ko kaya!" (It's difficult. I don't like B. 6
C. 8.5
D. 7.5
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EDUCATION
FREE PRACTICE EXAM 150
ITEMS
Prepared by: Sir Lester
FREE EXAM
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. A 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. A

11. C 12. D 13. C 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. B 18. B 19. B 20. A

21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. A 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. B

31. C 32. C 33. A 34. A 35. D 36. A 37. C 38. A 39. C 40. A

41. C 42. A 43. A 44. D 45. A 46. B 47. A 48. A 49. A 50. C

51. A 52. A 53. C 54. A 55. A 56. A 57. A 58. A 59. D 60. C

61. B 62. C 63. C 64. C 65. D 66. D 67. C 68. B 69. D 70. D

71. D 72. B 73. A 74. C 75. C 76. B 77. A 78. B 79. C 80. C

81. B 82. A 83. A 84. A 85. D 86. B 87. B 88. A 89. D 90. A

91. C 92. A 93. C 94. A 95. D 96. A 97. A 98. A 99. B 100. D

101. C 102. B 103. A 104. A 105. D 106. A 107. A 108. B 109. D 110. A

111. A 112. A 113. C 114. B 115. C 116. C 117. C 118. C 119. D 120. C

121. A 122. D 123. C 124. B 125. D 126. C 127. D 128. C 129. D 130. C

131. B 132. D 133. B 134. C 135. D 136. D 137. B 138. C 139. C 140. C

141. A 142. C 143. A 144. A 145. B 146. D 147. D 148. A 149. D 150. A