PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LET REVIEWER

2023 (New Curriculum) 140– ITEMS

PREBOARD IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
JOYLYN C. BARRO, LPT
PROFESSIOANAL EDUCATION
SET B
NEW CURRICULUM 2023

1. This test booklet contains 140 test questions. Examinees shall manage to use the time wisely.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

1.Who authored the three-tiered model of learningenactive, iconic and symbolic and emphasized that
we
should not teach directly to the abstract level without
adequate foundation of the concrete?
A. Jerome Bruner C. Erik Erikson
B. Jean Piaget D. Lev Vygotsky

2. The school conducted a general student election for

the Supreme Student Council. The election is patterned
after the COMELEC system. The school is using what
kind of technique?
A. Symposium C. Simulation
B. Panel discussion D. Dramatization

3. The theme of Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory

emphasizes the role of appropriate assistance given by
the teacher to accomplish a task.
A. competency technique C. active participation
B. scaffolding D. collaboration
4. The speaker shows COMPOSURE in a big audience.
The capitalized word means:
A. Nervousness C. Calmness
B. Agitation D. Excitement

5. As a head teacher, what task will you give to a

beginning teacher
A. Demo subjects C. Subject “pegs”
B. light subject D. Subject overload

6. Natural and Physical science is more important

than humanities
A. Empiricism C. Progressivism
B. Naturalism D. Essentialism

7. What is the purpose of a pre-test?

A. To assess results
B. To apply an intervention
C. To determine entry knowledge or skills
D. To grade learners

8. Focused in on 3 r’s
A. Essentialism C. Progressivism
B. Existentialism D. Empiricism

9. Gestalt theory is well known for its concept of

_____learning
A. Situation. C. Cognition
B. Perception D. Insight

10. What is the philosophy of education derived?

A. National education policies and goals
B. School spirit
C. Theories of teaching and learning
D. Comparative curriculum

11. Which psychological theory states that the mind

insists on finding patterns in things that contribute to
the development of insight?
A. Piaget's psychology C. Gestalt psychology
B. Bruner’s theory D. Kohlberg's psychology

12. What kind of sources do critical thinkers rely on for

attaining truth or resolving problems?
A. Biased C. opinionated
B. credible D. vested interest

13. Which is an exemption in the code of ethics of

teachers?
A. Principal C. Division office superintendent
B. Librarian D. Master teacher

14. Which learning activities involve estimating,

calculating, budgeting and analyzing?
A. Research C. Data gathering
B. Literacy D. Numeracy

15. Teacher A wanted his students to rate their own

work using the scoring rubric
A. Applying C. Analyzing
B. Evaluating D. Synthesizing

16. What kind of assessment is a post test?

A. Process assessment C. Diagnostic assessment
B. Outcome assessment D. Self assessment

17. In Bruner's Three-tiered, which is action based?

A. Iconic learning C. Inactive learning
B. Enactive learning D. Symbolic learning

18. Which pillar of learning describes the phrase "Unity in

Diversity"?
A. Learning to live together C. Learning to know
B. Learning to be D. Learning to do

19. When a child says that the sun is sleeping at night,

the child is in the pre-operational stage,
particularly______.
A. animism C. egocentrism
B. centration D. reversibility

20. What is the special program given to the students

who can't read?
A. Reading program C. Language program
B. Literary program D. Phonic program

21. When the daughter is competing with the mother

for the father’s attention, the daughter is said to be
experiencing _______
A. Electra Complex C. Identity Crisis
B. Oedipus complex D. Sexual Deviation

22. Performance experiment is an example of ___.

A. demonstration
B .direct purposeful experience
C. contrived experience
D. dramatized experience

23. Learners are information processors. Whose thought is

this?
A. Gestalt theorist C. Behaviorist
B. Metacognitivist D. Cognitivist

24. Which of the following is consider as the nursery of

the state?
A. Home C. Religion
B. School D. Politics

25. What kind of knowledge processing was involved

when teacher A asked his students to reflect on
themselves as self-learners?
A. Deduction C. Meta-cognition
B. Observation D. Induction

26. Teacher Dada’s lesson was on “what man can do

to arrest climate change”. She made students do the
talking, the arguing, and the synthesizing. She gave her
lecturette after students have participated in the lively
discussion. Which teaching approach did Teacher Dada
employ?
A. Learner-centered approach
B. Activity-centered approach
C. subject matter-centered approach
D. Teacher-centered approach

27. When you begin teaching with concrete experience

then come in with conclusion, which method do you
employ?
A. deductive
B. it depends on your type of generalization
C. inductive
D. it depends on the quantity of details you bring in
28. Learning is an active process. Which one is an
application of this principle?
A. Let student learn the steps In opening a computer
by making them follow the steps.
B. Group students for work or project that way project
becomes less expensive.
C. Teach your content from a multidisciplinary
perspective.
D. Avoid drills which are out of context

29. Which method is more interactive?

A. deductive
B. deductive, if teacher wants to
C. inductive
D. Inductive, if teacher chooses to

30. When you begin teaching with the generalization

then bring in details, which method do you employ?
A. deductive
B. it depends on your type of generalization
C. inductive
D. it depends on the quantity of details you bring in

31. What kind of authority is best applied in guiding

millennial youths or learning?
A. Laissez faire C. Authoritative
B. Rigorous D. Relational

32. Which assessment tool will you use that

performance result highly measurable?
A. Tests and quizzes C. Journal writing
B. Essay requirement D. Demonstration of skills

33. According to Gardner's multiple intelligence theory,

naturalist learned can be ____.
A. use hands to fix and create, and use bodily
expression
B. analyze ecological and natural situations and data
C. mediate, reflect, exhibit self-discipline, maintain
composure
D. work with people and help them overcome problems

34. According to Confucius, what is the best way to rule

a people and attain harmony?
A. by allowing people to do as they please
B. by allowing consulting the governed
C. by force
D. by moral example

35. The ability to work well with others by tapping

each other’s talents and skills
A. Citizenship C. Creativity
B. Collaboration D. Critical thinking

36. In introducing a new lesson what is important to

consider by way of lesson continuity.
A. introduce new lesson
B. prepare new audio visuals
C. have a pre-test for new lesson
D. relate new ideas to past lesson

37. Teacher A sees to it that her classroom is clean

and orderly so his pupils will less likely disarrange seats
and litter on the floor. On which thought is his action
based?
A. Reconstructionism C. Progressivism
B. Existentialism D. Behaviorism

38. When teachers conduct a series of evaluation to

determine the extent of teaching, what must be
implemented?
A. Hidden curriculum C. Taught curriculum
B. Learned curriculum D. Assessed curriculum

39. Without abandoning other duties of a teacher,

Teacher A considers herself mainly as a facilitator by
which her students become curious a discover idea on
their own. This ideal for a ______class.
A. Activity-centered B. student-centered
C. lesson-centered D. teacher-centered

40. What is the process for Piaget done during our

growing years, acquiring new experiences and ideas?
A. Assimilation
B. Equilibrium
C. Schematization
D. Accommodation
41. What will happen to a cell in a hypotonic solution?
A. The cell will swell
B. The cell will develop a thickened cell wall
C. No effect on the plant cell
D. The Cell will shrivel

42. Which is true about lithosphere?

A. Crust and water on it
B. Continents and crust
C. Crust and upper mantle
D. Crust and the core

43. Who discovered penicillin?

A. Fleming
B. Mendel
C. Curie
D. Darwin

44.Which kingdom should streptococcus be classified?

A. Plantae
B. Monera
C. Fungi
D. Protista

45. Which of the following best demonstrates the greenhouse principle?

A. A vehicle with rolled-up windows
B. A heated aquarium
C. A solar battery-powered calculator
D. A microwave

46. Object, person, or situation which when perceived cause action or reaction?
A. Sound
B. Sight
C. Stimulus
D. Scent

47. Of the following, which is an example of natural altered state of awareness?

A. Sedation
B. Intoxication
C. Sleep
D. Drug “high”

48. The union of an ovum and sperm inside a test tube is ____.
A. Embryology
B. In vivo fertilization
C. Pollination
D. In vitro fertilization

49. Which is one role of play in the pre-school and early childhood years?
A. Develops competitive spirit.
B. Separates reality from fantasy.
C. Increases imagination due to expanding knowledge and emotional range.
D. Develops the upper and lower limbs.

50. As a teacher, you are a rationalist. Which among these will be your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything.
B. I must teAch the child to develop his mental powers to the full.
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven.
D. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better future

51. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very good in dramatizing. Which tool must have helped him
discover his pupils' strength?
A. Portfolio assessment
B. Performance test
C. Journal entry
D. Paper-and-pencil test

52. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not the highest good. Teacher's teaching is against
what philosophy?
A. Realism
B. Hedonism
C. Epicureanism
D. Empiricism

53. A guest speaker in one graduation rites told his audience: "Reminder, you are what you choose to
be." The guest speaker is more of a/an __________.
A. realistic
B. pragmatist
C. idealist
D. existentialist

54. The teacher's first task in the selection of media in teaching is to determine the ______.
A. choice of the students
B. availability of the media
C. objectives of the lesson
D. technique to be used
55. In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers, which is NOT said of teachers?
A. LET passers
B. Duly licensed professionals
C. Possess dignity and reputation
D. With high-moral values as well as technical and professional competence

56. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive interference as illustrated in syllogisms?
A. Plato
B. Scorates
C. Aristotle
D. Pythagoras

57. Whose influence is the education program that puts emphasis on self-development. through the
classics, music, and rituals?
A. Buddha
B. Mohammed
C. Confucius
D. Lao Tsu

58. By what name is Indirect instruction the Socratic method also known?
A. Mastery learning
B. Indirect Method
C. Morrison method
D. Questioning method

59. Which Republic Act provides government assistance to students and teachers in private education?
a. RA 7836 c. RA 8545
b. RA 7784 d. RA 6675

60. In a DECS memorandum issued last 1998, the new name for multi-grade class is:
a. A.Friendly school c. Paaralan ng bahay
b. School-of-the-future d. Escuela nueva

61. Which stage according to Erickson is the stage of trust and mistrust?
a. Young adulthood c. Adolescence
b. Early childhood d. Infancy

62. According to Piaget, by adolescence boys and girls must have reached what stage?
a. Concrete operations stage
b. Sensorimotor stage
c. Formal operations stage
d. Pre-operational stage
63. Which developmental task is expected of the adolescent according to havughurst?
a. Achieving new and more mature relations with age-mates of both sexes
b. Skilled games
c. Getting started in an occupation
d. Learning to get along with age-mates

64. Teacher X is often times frustrated. The students in her class hardly volunteer to recite and to do
other learning-related task. This is a proof of the Filipino’s:
a. Sense of humor
b. Lack of resourcefulness
c. Lack of reflection
d. Passivity and lack of initiative

65. Which is not a characteristic of democratic discipline?

a. Child obeys blindly
b. Child understands the meaning of rules
c. Child is given punishment us related to the misdeed
d. Child has opportunity to express his/her opinion

66. The three A’s of happiness according to Hurlock are:

a. Adjustments, affection, altruism
b. Attitude, ability, adjustment
c. Acceptance, affection, and achievement
d. Affection, ability, attitude

67. For the drill method to be effective there should be:

a. Much practice on a few skills
b. Little practices on few skills
c. Much practice on many skills
d. Little practice on many skills

68. Which of the following statements defines ethics?

a. The science of correct thinking
b. The study of being a general
c. The study of the nature of human knowledge
d. The study of rightness or wrongness of human knowledge

69. Which of the following dose not characterize fascism?

a. A government of laws and not of men
b. Rigid hierarchy and authority of single leader
c. Militarist, nationalist and dictatorial regime
d. It justifies any of its means by its end
70. Which of the following is not Anarchism?
a. Freedom and responsibility
b. Social organization without hierarchy
c. Extreme view of individual freedom
d. Destruction of the state and its supporting institution

71. Which does not characterize a non-violent society?

a. Solves problems in non-adversarial way
b. Prefers indigenous ways of solving problems
c. A passive society
d. Solves problems in a non-confrontational way

72. To attain harmony in society people must rule their subjects with benevolence . whose teaching was
this?
a. Mohammad c. Buddha
b. Kung-fu-zu d. Lao Tzu

73. The following EXCEPT ONE are the strength of Filipino character
a. Pakikipagkapwa-tao c. Frankness
b. Family orientation d. Joy of humor

74. John Dewey advocates which of the following?

a. Something is true if it works
b. Morality is for persons
c. Everything in this world is tentative, a series of means and ends
d. What is right or wrong depends on the situation

75. Which of the following is the Aristotlelian definition of happiness?

a. One’s ultimate achievements in life
b. A state made perfectly the aggregation of good things
c. The satisfaction of all desires and the absence of pain
d. The experience of the fulfillment of possibilities

76. According to Plato, the good form of government is

a. Oligarchy c. democracy
b. Aristocracy d. Monarchy

77. Which of the following ways of life refer to Taoism?

a. Practice an all-embracing love
b. Practice the golden rule
c. Love one another
d. Be natural
78. Which of the following does not refer to existentialism?
a. Each man shapes his own life and destiny
b. Existence means self-choice and self-determination
c. Existence means creativity and uniqueness
d. Social existence means anarchy and violence

79. Which is ethical for a teacher to do in a situation where she/he falls in love with a student or when a
student falls in love with his/her teacher?
a. The teacher avoids that learner
b. The teacher exercise discretion to avoid scandal and gossip and preferential treatment of that learned
c. The teacher resigns from his/her teaching job
d. The teacher advises the student to discontinue with his/her studies

80. A teacher who equates authority with power does NOT __________.
a. Shame
b. develop self-respect in every pupil
c. retaliate
d. intimidate

81. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher provide for children in the concrete operational
stage?
a. Activities for hypothesis formulation.
b. Learning activities that involve problems of classification and ordering.
c. Games and other physical activities to develop motor skills.
d. Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with.

82. Teacher R wants to develop his student’s creativity. Which type of questions will be MOST
appropriate?
a. Synthesis questions
b. Fact questions
c. “What if….” questions
d. Analysis questions

83. In my attempt to develop creative thinking skills, I want to test fluency of ideas. Which activity for my
students will be MOST appropriate?
a. Solve this math problem
b. List animals covered with hair in 1 minute
c. Solve this puzzle
d. Compare pictures 1 and 2. Where are the differences?

84. You want your students to answer the questions at the end of a reading lesson. “What did I learn
did?”,”What still puzzle me?”, “What did I enjoy, hate accomplish in the class today”?,”How did I learn
from the lesson?”.Which of the following are you asking them to do?
a. Work on an assignment
b. Make journal entry
c. Work on a drill
d. Apply what they learned

85. After reading an essay. Teacher B wants to help sharpen her students’ ability to interpret. Which of
these activities will be most appropriate?
a. Drawing conclusions
b. Making inferences
c. Getting the main idea
d. Listing facts separately from opinion

86. Read the following then answer the question

A man and his son are driving in a car. The car crashes into a tree, killing the father and seriously injury
his son. At the hospital, the boy needs to have surgery. Looking at the boy, the doctor says (telling the
truth),”I cannot operate on him. He is my son. How can this be?
ASWER: The doctor is the boy’s mother.
The above brain twister helps develop critical reading skills. Which activity was used?
a. Comparing
b. Classifying
c. Inferring meaning
d. Looking for cause and effect

87. The value that students put on reading is critical to their success. In what way/s can teachers
inculcate his value for reading?
I. Sharing the excitement of read-aloud
II. Showing their passion for reading
III. Being rewarded to demonstrate the value of reading
a. II and III c. I, II and III
b. I and II d. II only

88. Bruner’s theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages.
Applying Bruner’s theory. How would you teach?
a. Be interactive in approach
b. Begin with the abstract
c. Begin with the concrete
d. do direct instruction

89. A person who has painful experiences at the dentist’s office may become fearful at the mere sight of
the dentist’s office building. Which theory can explain this?
a. Generalization
b. Operant Conditioning
c. Attribution theory
d. Classical conditioning
90. Which is/are the basic assumption/s of behaviorists?
I. The mind of newborn child is a blank state.
II. all behaviors are determined by environmental events
III. The child has a certain degree of freedom not to allow himself to be shaped by his environment.
a. III only c. II only
b. I and II d. I and II

91. If a student is encourage to develop himself to the fullest and must satisfy his hierarchy of needs, the
highest needs to satisfy according to Maslow is .
a. psychological need c. belongingness
b. self-actualization d. safety needs

92. In a Social studies class. Teacher I presents a morally ambiguous situation and asks student what
they would do. On whose theory is Teacher I’s technique based?
a. Bandura c. Kohberg
b. Piaget d. Bruner

93. Teacher F is convinced that whatever a student performs a desired behavior, provide reinforcement
and soon the student learns to perform the behavior on his own. On which principle is Teacher F’s
conviction based?
a. Environmentalism c. Cognitivism
b. Behaviorism d. Constructivism

94. Bandura’s social learning theory, states that children often imitate those who _______
I. have substantial influence over their lives
II. belong their peer group
III. belong to other races
IV. are successful and seem admired
a. IV only c. I and II
b. I and IV d. II and IV

95. According to Erikson, what years are critical for the development of self-confidence?
a. High school years
b. College years
c. Preschool years
d. Elementary school years

96. Which of the following does NOT describe the development of children aged 11 to 13?
a. They exhibit increased objectivity in thinking
b. They shift from impulsivity to adaptive ability
c. Sex difference in IQ become more evident
d. They show abstract thinking and judgment
97. When is a table of specifications required in test standardization?
a. when norms are developed
b. when test items are planned
c. when a tryout test is needed
d. when test results are to be interpreted

98. Research must be integrated into the curriculum for K to 12. What is the least significant of
research-based pedagogy?
a. Research supplements the teacher’s background in the subject matter.
b. Research updates trends and information.
c. Research brings about discoveries in the bodies of knowledge.
d. Research serves as compliance to fulfill the course curriculum.

99. Teacher H begins a lesson on tumbling, demonstrating front and back somersaults in slow motion
and physically guiding his students through the correct movements. As his students become more
skillful, he stands back from the man and gives verbal feedback about how to improve. With Vygotsky’s
theory in mind, what did Teacher H do?
a. Apprenticeship
b. Guided participation
c. Peer interaction
d. Scaffolding

100. What does Gagne’s hierarchy theory propose for effective instruction?
a. Be concerned with the socio-emotional climate in the classroom
b. Teach beginning with the concrete
c. Sequence instruction
d. Reward good behavior

101. After each field of Study episode, you are tasked to write a reflection journal. What is the best item
to include when you write this?
a. Learnings and insights gained in the episodes.
b. Pictures of the performance of the students
c. Detailed daily observations.
d. Important words in the lesson

102. William Glasser’s control theory states that behavior in inspired by what satisfies a person’s want at
any given time. What then must a teacher do to motivate students to learn?
a. Make teaching-leaning interactive
b. Avoid giving assignments
c. Organize a curriculum in a spiral manner
d. Make schoolwork relevant to students’ basic human needs

103. Soc exhibit fear response to freely roaming dogs but does not show fear when a dog is on a leash or
confined to a pen. Which conditioning process is illustrated?
a. extinction c. acquisition
b. generalization d. discrimination

104. The teacher instills in students the Filipino value of respect for older people, which is shown
through the provision of spaces in the building, granting discount privileges, and prioritizing them
in the grocery stores and LRT stations. What literacy is being implied?
a. Social Literacy
b. Financial Literacy
c. Multicultural Literacy
d. Eco-Literacy

105. What characterized the Competency-Based Performance Appraisal System for Teachers (CBPAST)
formative nature?
a. Non- supportive
b. rewarding
c. Innovative
d. self-directed

106. Based on Freud’s theory, which operate/s when a student strikes a classmates at the height of
anger?
a. Ego c. Id and Ego interact
b. Id d. Superego

107. Bernadette enjoyed the roller coaster when he and her family went to Enchanted Kingdom. The
mere sight of a roller coaster gets her excited. Which theory explains Bernadette’s behavior?
a. Operant conditioning
b. Social learning theory
c. Attribution theory
d. Pavlovian conditioning

108. Which is the job-embedded requirements for teachers who must continuously develop themselves
in these aspects?
I. maintain updated student school records.
II. conducts action research.
III. Maintains harmonious relationships with stakeholders.
IV. channels and guide learners
a. I, II, and II
b. II, III, and IV
c. I, II, III, and IV
d. I, III, and IV

109. To guarantee lofty standards in teachers' personal and professional development, the Department
of Education (DepEd) has developed a tool or instrument for self-assessment. This instrument
serves as a means for teachers to continuously evaluate and reflect upon their performance and
growth to improve their skills and expertise.
a. TSNA: Teacher Strengths and Needs Assessment
b. KSA: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
c. IPPD: In-Service Training and Professional Development
d. TPDI: Teacher Professional Development Institute

110. According to Frued, with which should one be concerned if he/she has to develop in the students a
correct sense of right and wrong?
I. Super-ego II. Ego III. Id
a. I and II c. I
b. II d. III

111. When small children call animals “dog”, what process is illustrated on Piaget’s cognitive
development theory?
a. reversion c. accommodation
b. assimilation d. conservation

112. Which National Competency-Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS) domain creates situations that
encourage learners to use high-order thinking skills (HOTS)?
a. Diversity of learners
b. learning environment
c. Curriculum
d. community linkages

113. As a community leader, what may a teacher not do?

a. solicits donations from philanthropists in the community.
b. plays an active part in the activities of the community.
c. supports the effort of the community to improve their status in life.
d. makes herself aloof to ensure community politics will not influence her decisions.

114. Researchers found that when a child is engaged in a learning experience a number of areas of the
brain are simultaneously activated. Which of the following is/are implication/s of this research finding?
I. Make use of field trips, guest speakers
II. Do multicultural units of study
III. Stick to the “left brain and right brain” approach
a. I and III c. I and II
b. I only d. II only

115. A teacher discourages her students from watching TV excessively. The average student spends
about twenty-four hours watching television a week. According to research, how is learning done
effectively through TV viewing?
a. shorter attention span
b. enhanced creativity
c. improved thinking ability
d. improved communication skills

116. What is the best meaning of collaboration in school? It is ________.

a. support for the beginning teacher
b. identifying mentors among the experienced teachers
c. working interdependently to analyze practice.
d. working interdependently to determine the impact of the practice.

117. What is the essential characteristic of a Total Quality School model?

a. Clientele-focused
b. Involvement of stakeholders
c. Empowerment
d. Continuous improvement

118. Which is not a basic consideration in selecting and evaluating the content of an educational
technology tool?
a. Will it motivate and maintain interest?
b. Does it match the content?
c. Can it be easily dismantled?
d. Is there evidence of its effectiveness?

119. A professor is thinking of an online learning approach by which content provides links to
information at other locations and serves as a focal point for a distance education experience.
Which of the following should she use?
a. Teleconferencing
b. Self-paced program
c. Web-based instruction
d. Computer-aided instruction

120. A professor would like to create presentation material for her lesson on the types of
computerassisted instruction to make her presentation effective.
a. Situating tool
b. Informative tool
c. Productivity tool
d. Communicative tool

121. Which computer-based instructional materials can be used to learn new concepts?
a. Games
b. Tutorial
c. Simulation
d. Drill and practice
122. Which appropriate teaching practice flows from this research finding on the brain: “The brain’s
emotional center is tied into its ability to learn”.
a. Establish the discipline of being judgmental in attitude
b. Come up with highly competitive games where winners will feel happy
c. Tell the students to participate in class activities or else won’t receive plus points in class recitation
d. Create a learning environment that encourages students to explore their feeling and ideas freely

123. What is at the heart of the Teacher Education Development Program (TEDP)?
A. National Competency-Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS)
B. IPPD
C. RPMS
D. LET

124. Research on Piagetian tasks indicates that thinking becomes more logical and abstract as children
reach the formal operations stage. What is an educational implication of this finding?
a. Engage children in analogical reasoning as early as preschool to train them for higher order thinking
skills (HOTS)
b. Learners who are not capable of logical reasoning from ages 8 to 11 lag behind in their cognitive
development
c. Let children be children
d. Expect hypothetical reasoning for learners between 12 to 15 years of age

125. The following are the domains of National Competency-Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS), except
for __________.
a. Tenure of Office
b. Curriculum
c. Learning Environment
d. Community Linkages

126. According to Republic Act 4670, the term “teacher” includes __________.
I. Full-time teachers
II. Vocational teachers
III. Guidance counselors
IV. Librarian
a. I, II, and III
b. I and II
c. I, II, III, and IV
d. III and IV

127. During conferences and meetings, a teacher often introduced himself by saying, “I am only a
teacher.” This line implies that ________.
a. The teaching profession is insignificant.
b. Teachers receive the lowest salaries.
c. The speaker is a reluctant teacher.
d. The speaker is not proud to be a teacher.

128. A Grade 8 teacher is socially detached from his learners’ parents not to be perceived as biased
and unfair by other parents, especially in selecting the deserving honor students of the class. Is
his behavior correct?
a. No, a teacher should maintain cordial relations with parents.
b. Yes, it is his personal choice and suitable as a teacher.
c. Yes, the teacher’s behavior of being socially detached is an excellent example of avoiding inequalities
and being partial to his learners.
d. Yes, provided that such behavior receives approval from the school head.

129. A teacher shall base the evaluation of the learner’s work only on ________.
a. attendance, character, merit, and quality of academic performance
b. attendance, beauty, merit, and quality of academic performance
c. attendance, merit, and quality of academic performance
d. merit and quality of academic performance

130. The principal denied the enrolment of 3 international students claiming that the school already has
300 international students out of the 900 total enrolments. Is the principal’s action justified?
a. No. Aliens should be given a chance, just like Filipinos.
b. Yes. They should be enrolled in a school exclusively for aliens.
c. No. It is a violation of their right to access education.
d. Yes. The Constitution grants it.

131. Can a singer Lea Salonga be a music teacher even without a license?
a. No. She must take the board exam for teachers before teaching.
b. Yes. She can because she is an acknowledged expert in her field.
c. No. Unless she takes 18 units of professional education subjects.
d. Yes. If she is committed to fulfilling her functions as a teacher.

132. Which one does not appeal to tactile learners?

a. movements activities
b. games
c. group activities
d. posters

133. If you want to hone your students' metacognitive ability, which fits most?
a. Drill for mastery
b. Journal writing
c. Debate
d. Brainstorming
134. With the closeness to direct experience as a standard, which should a teacher choose?
a. Contrived experience
b. Study trip
c. Dramatized experiences
d. Demonstration

135. Which methods would best familiarize learners with the parts and uses of a microscope?
A. Discovery
B. Expository teaching
C. Inductive learning
D. Experimentation

136. Two identical beakers A and B are presented to the child. A teacher pours the liquid from B to C,
which is taller and thinner than A and B but has an equal capacity to B. The teacher asks if beakers
A and C have the same amount of liquid. The child says “NO” and points to C as the beaker with
more liquid. In which cognitive developmental stage is the child?
a. Sensorimotor stage
b. Concrete operational stage
c. Pre-operational stage
d. Formal Operational stage

137. You arrange the rows of blocks so that a row of 5 blocks is longer than a row of 7 blocks. If you ask
which row has more, Grade 1 pupils will say that the row makes the longer line. Based on Piaget’s
cognitive development theory, what problem is illustrated?
a. Assimilation problem
b. Accommodation problem
c. Conservation problem
d. Egocentrism problem

138. According to R.A. 9155, a school head has two roles, namely administrative manager and
_____________.
a. Health officer
b. Instructional leader
c. Facilitator
d. Guidance Counselor

139. After reading and paraphrasing Robert Frost’s Stopping by the “Woods on Snowy Evening,” a
teacher asked the class to share any insight from the poem. In which domain in Bloom’s taxonomy
of objectives is the term paraphrase?
a. Analysis
b. Comprehension
c. Application
d. Synthesis
140. According to Tolman’s theory on purposive behaviorism, learning is goal-directed. What is its
implication for teaching?
a. Evaluate lessons based on your objectives.
b. Set as many objectives as you can.
c. Stick to your objectives no matter what happens.
d. Make the objectives of your lesson clear and specific.

141. Here are comments from the School Head regarding her observations on teacher’s practice in
lesson planning ________.
The words “identify,” “tell,” and “enumerate” are overused. Many times, they make use of
nonbehavioral terms. Often their lesson objectives do not include value formation and inculcation.
What can be inferred from the School Head’s comments regarding teacher-formulated lesson
objectives?
a. Often, the lesson objectives are at a low level.
b. Very often, lesson objectives are in the cognitive domain.
c. Quite often, lesson objectives describe the teacher’s behavior.
d. Often, lesson objectives are in the psychomotor domain.

142. Why is babyhood referred to as a “critical period” in personality development? Because ________.
a. Currently, the baby is exposed to many physical and psychological hazards.
b. Changes in the personality pattern take place.
c. At this time, the foundations are laid upon which the adult personality structure will be built.
d. The brain grows and develops at an accelerated rate during babyhood.

143. Which one is in support of greater interaction?

a. Probing.
b. Repeating question.
c. Not allowing a student to complete a response.
d. Selecting the same student respondents.

144. After establishing my learning objectives, how should I determine what my students already know
and still need to learn about my lesson objectives in the cognitive domain?
a. Give a pretest.
b. Study the least learned competencies in the National Achievement Test
c. Analyze my students’ grades last year.
d. Interview a sample of my students.

145. According to Bruner's theory, which should a teacher observe for lesson clarity and effective
retention?
a. Begin teaching at the concrete level but go beyond it by reaching the abstract
b. Use purely verbal symbols in teaching.
c. Start at the concrete level and end there.
d. End teaching with verbal symbols
146. I want to use a pre-teaching strategy to immediately engage my students in the content and give
me insight into how students think and feel about the topic. Which is most appropriate?
a. K-W-L chart
b. Graphic organizer
c. Storyboarding
d. Document analysis

147. I intended to inculcate my lesson by asking them to share their experiences about the dirtiest and
the cleanest place they have seen and how they felt about them. From there, I lead them to the
consequences of the dirty and clean home surroundings. In my lesson development plan, how do
I proceed?
a. Transudative
b. Deductively
c. Inductively
d. Concretely

148. What should I employ when teaching skills critical to learning the next topics?
a. Direct instruction
b. Mastery learning
c. Socratic method
d. Cooperative learning

149. I used the GUMAMELA FLOWER, a complete flower, to teach the parts of a flower. Which method
did I use?
a. Demonstration method
b. Type-study method
c. Drill method
d. Laboratory method

150. Other than finding out how well the course competencies were met, a teacher also wants to know
his students’ performance compared with other students in the country. What is he interested in
doing?
a. Formative evaluation
b. Authentic evaluation
c. Norm-referenced evaluation
d. Criterion-referenced evaluation