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1. Which of the following is the most important contribution of Gestalt psychology to the
theories of learning?
A. Cognitive insight
C. The concept of readiness in learning
B.The use of multimedia approaches
D.The use of reinforcement
2. What psychological principle is used when teacher links the new information to the
previous one to enable the students to gain a holistic view of the topiC.
A. Stimulation
C. Assimilation
B.Accommodation
D.Conceptualization
3. What is the main concern of spiraling a curriculum?
A. Curriculum renewal and revision
B. Horizontal articulation among the students in a grade level
C. Vertical articulation of a given subject across a grade level
D. Incorporating government thrusts and societal concerns
4. Which of this information is not entered in Form 1 or the School Registrar?
A. Alphabetical list of students, boys separated from girls.
B. Daily attendance record of each student.
C. Grade obtained by each student in all his/her subjects.
D. Personal data of the students in the registrar.
5. Which behavior is exhibited by a student who is strong in interpersonal intelligence?
A. Works by his/her own.
D. Seeks out a classmate for help when
B. Spends time meditating.
problem occurs.
C. Keeps interest to himself/herself.
6. A teachers summary of a lesson serves the following functions, EXCEPT
A. It links the parts of the lesson.
B. It makes provisions for full participation of students.
C. It clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson.
D. It brings together the information that has been discussed.
7. Teacher Karen wanted to teach the pupils the skill to do cross stitching. Her check-up quiz
was a written test on the steps of cross stitching. Which characteristics of a good test does
it lack?
A. Objectivity
B. Reliability
C. Scorability
D. Validity
8. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose D
as an answer. This implies D is
A. A vague distracter
C. An effective distracter
B. A plausible distracter
D. An ineffective distracter
9. A parent visited you regarding his sons low grades. He showed you his quizzes, unit tests
and projects. You discovered that his name is Mel and you wrongfully put his name on the
girls list.
What will you do?
A. Recognize your mistake and promise to
C. Refer the matter to the principal
correct the grade.
D.Ignore the complain
B.Insists that you are right in grading him.
10. Which among the following pillars of learning is aimed for the holistic development and
complete fulfillment of man?
A. Learning to be
C. Learning to live together
B.Learning to know
D.Learning to do
11. Which of these techniques is BEST suited to developing skill in asking and answering
questions?
A. Interviews
C. Pictorial review
B.Song analysis
D.Riddles
12. Most delinquents are found to have low IQ. They can hardly read and comprehenD.How
can a teacher help them?
A. Call for their parents.
B.Refer them to a doctor.
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C. Give them remedial classes.

D.Suspend them from classes.

13. Children learn what they live by. Treat them with respect and they will respect others.
Shout at them and they will be shouting at others, too. How would you explain this
behavior?
A. They are easily impressed
C. They cannot tell right from wrong
B.They are imitative
D.They are observant
14. What should be done with a student in the upper grades who is a non reader?
A. Encourage him to join a reading club
C. Have him attend remedial reading class
B.Give him comic books
D.Transfer him to a lower section
15. In which situation is learning most likely to happen?
A. When students work by themselves
B.When students are quiet and well behaved
C. When all the needed materials are available
D.When students know the importance of the task at hand
16. How can a teacher avoid breakdown and interruptions in daily class procedures?
A. Punish the misbehaving students
D.Allow students to make their own
B.Establish routine for daily tasks
regulations
C. Assign a leader to assist everyone
17. Which is made after certain norms has been established?
A. Departmental test
C. Teacher-made test
B.Local-city wide test
D.Standardized test
18. A high school principal would like to know the causes of drop-outs in his school so he
could find solutions to this problem. What type of researched is used?
A. Applied
B.Action
C. Pure
D.Experimental
19. If we aim to produce globally competitive graduates, the Philippine education should
give major emphasis to _______________.
A. English, Science and Mathematics
D.Bilingual education and values
B.Technology and citizenship education
education
C. Humanities and work education
20. A teacher wants to make a rubric for scoring students' output. Which format will use
differential weighs for the qualities of a product or a performance?
A. Performance based
C. Holistic rubric
B.Rating scales
D.Analytic rubric
21. How can a teacher develop the value of time such as punctuality and maximal
utilization of time?
A. Avoid disruptions due to improper behavior
B.Consistently follow schedule for classroom routine
C. Rush if you are getting late for the right time
D.Have a big clock installed in the classroom for everyone's guidance
22. One learns by association and also by insight. This shows that the association and
cognitive theories of learning are:
A. Diametrically opposed
C. Partly wrong
B.Complementary
D.Partly correct
23. Studies in the area of neurosciences disclosed that the human brain has limitless
capacity. What does this imply?
A. Every pupil has his own native ability, his learning is limited to this ability
B.Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have learned everything
C. Some pupils are admitted but not capable of learning
D.Every child is a potential genius
24. Identical twins are more than alike than fraternal twins. Which of the following
statements/principles is supported by this?
A. Heredity has a part in determining physical appearance
B.Intelligence is determined partly by pre-natal nutrition
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C. Environment affects both fraternal and identical twins
D.Intelligences hinges in physical structure
25. Which of the following activities is stressed by humanistic education?
A. Enjoy the great works of man such as classics
B.Learn the philosophy know thyself
C. Make the distinctly civilized, educated and refined
D.Develop man into a thinking individual
26. Study this group of tests which was administered with the following results. Then
answer the questions about it.

In which subject(s) did Luke perform best in relation to the groups performance?
A. English
C. Physics
B.Math
D.English and Math
27. For a teacher to be competent, he/she is required to specialize in certain areA. This
pillar of learning is
A. Learning to do
C. Learning to be
B.Learning to live together
D.Learning to know
28. What pillar of learning is concerned on material development rather than of human
development?
A. learning to do
C. Learning to be
B.Learning to live together
D.Learning to know
29. In which competency do my students find the greatest difficulty? In the item with a
difficulty index of _______________.
A. 0.1
B.0.5
C. 0.9
D.1.0
30. What should a teacher do before constructing items for a particular test?
A. Review the previous lessons.
B.Determine the length of time for answering it.
C. Announce to the students the scope of the test.
D.Prepare the table of specifications.
31. What is the advantage of using computers in processing test results?
A. Its processing takes a shorter period of
C. Its statistical computation is accurate.
time.
D.All of the above.
B.Test results can easily be assessed.
32. Of the following types of test which is the most subjective in scoring?
A. Multiple choice
C. Simple recall
B.Matching type
D.Essay
33. Multiple choice test is considered the BEST type of test because _______________
A. It is easy to conduct
D.It possess the qualities of other types of
B.It contains many responses
tests
C. It measure several competencies in one
test
34. Which of the following will you recommend to a senior high school scholar who is
impregnated by a fellow student?
A. Force her boyfriend to marry her
C. Stop schooling till after she gave birth
B.Tell the parents about the condition
D.Direct her to an abortion clinic
35. Which describes an inappropriate practice in the education of young children?
A. Individual differences are expected and
B.Integrated teaching-learning
accepted
C. Isolated skills development
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D.Positive guidance techniques
36. Honesty remains a value even if nobody in a organization values it. This pronouncement
comes from the mouth of a(an) __________.
A. Pragmatist
C. Reconstructionist
B.Idealist
D.Progressivist
37. A fresh teacher graduate is usually idealistiC. Which one will most likely inspire her to
cling to her idealism?
A. Introduction of educational innovations
C. Pressure of work
B.Support of living models
D.High salary
38. Which principle of association as applied to memory is this?
The recall of an object or idea triggers recall of other objects like it.
A. Contrast
B.Contiguity
C. Similarity

D.Frequency

39. The _____________ method is observed when we wish the pupils learn from real life
situation dilemmas.
A. simulation
B.lecture
C. textbook
D.observation
40. If the materials are dangerous for the learners to handle, which of the following
methods will you use?
A. textbook
C. lecture demonstration
B. group discussion
D. eclectic
41. Which instructional aid requires pupils to verbalize?
A. Diorama
B.Brainstorming
C. Sociodrama

D.Graph

42. The first American teachers in the Philippines were _________________

A. elementary graduates
C. missionaries
B. graduates of the normal school
D.soldiers
43. James, age 7, was removed from his class frequent fights with other children. He
refused to be disciplined and was to focus in class only for a very short time. He has also
frequent tantrums. Which of the following is he suffering from?
A. Mental retardation
C. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
B.Down Syndrome
(ADHD)
D.Learning disability
44. Conducting follow up studies of graduates and drop out is a guidance service that falls
under
A. individual inventory service
C. counselling service
B.research service
D.placement service
45. Teacher B wants to check prior knowledge of his pupils about water pollution. She writes
the main topic water pollution at the center of the chalkboard and encircles it. Then she
asks the pupils to provide information that can be clustered around the main topiC. Which
technique did the teacher employ?
A. deductive teaching
C. Semantic mapping
B.demonstration
D.Particularism
46. According to Eriksons theory, the child aged three to five is largely ____________.
A. mischievous
B.ego centric
C. lazy
D.altruistic
47. Miss Cruz is teaching a three year old boy how to put on his shirt. She might first reward
him for placing his right arm in the right sleeve, then the left arm in the left sleeve, then
buttoning the front of the shirt, then tucking the shirt into his pants. The technique is called
____________.
A. conditioning
C. chaining
B.fading
D.reinforcement
48. Student D says bahala na and braves the storm for a test. In this situation which is
expressed by the students bahala na?
A. Lack of self reliance
B.Willingness to take risks
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C. Lack of foresight

D.Indolence

49. Piagets concrete operational stage, what is it that a child CANNOT do?
A. Reasoning applied to specific example.
B.Doing mentally what was just physically done
C. Classifying objects into different sets
D.Imagining the steps necessary to complete an algebraic equation
50. Which is an advantage of teacher made tests over those standardized test?
A. highly reliable
C. highly valid
B.better to the needs of the pupils
D.more objectively scored
51. Which is an advantage of teacher made tests over those standardized test?
A. highly reliable
C. highly valid
B.better to the needs of the pupils
D.more objectively scored
52. Which principle was observed by Ausubels schema theory?
A. Teachers must presume that learners know everything
B.There is no need to provide background information
C. Children can be taught how to study
D.Learners have stock knowledge of things based on background information and
experiences
53. What recent education development relates to perennialism?
A. Individualizing the learning experience and activities.
B.Suiting the strategies to the students learning style
C. Exercising the students higher order thinking skills (HOTS)
D.Having drills and rote activities that develop learning skills habits.
54. A sufficient wait time can achieve the following EXCEPT___________ .
A. Provides time for teacher to evaluate the answers given
B.Decreases the amount of guessing or wrong interferences
C. Increases the number of correct responses
D.Discourages slow and fast thinking students to respond
55. The last year of pre service education students is student teaching. Student teaching
may be classified as ________.
A. Simulation
B.Role Playing
C. Demonstration
D.Field trip
56. Which statement correctly applies to student who got a score of 72 in the test?
A. He surpassed the scores of 72 students
B.He correctly answered 72% of the items in the test
C. He obtained a raw score of 72
D.He answered only items in the test
57. The index of difficulty of a particular test is .10. What does this mean? My students
___________.
A. found the test item was neither easy
C. were hard up in that item
nor difficult
D.gained mastery over that item
B.performed very well against expectation
58. Who was a strong supporter of inclusive education and education for all concept?
A. Dewey
B.Hegel
C. Rousseau
D.Kung fu tsu
59. In what way can teachers uphold the highest possible standards of quality education?
A. By working out undeserved promotions.
B.By putting down other professions to lift the status of teaching
C. Wearing expensive clothes to change peoples poor perception of teachers
D.By continually improving themselves personally and professionally
60. Jose reads WAS for SAW or D for P or B.from his reading behavior, one can say that Jose
suffers from ___________.
A. dysgraphia
B.dyslexia
C. dysphasia
D.dyspraxia
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61. If you want a child to eliminate an undesirable behavior, punish him. This in accordance
with Thorndikes law of ____________.
A. multiple response
C. exercise
B.reinforcement
D.effect
62. Learning is strengthened if it results to satisfaction but weakened if it results to
annoyance is _________.
A. Law of Effect
C. Law of Readiness
B.Law of Exercise
D.all of the above
63. Believes in the doctrine that there is an indispensable common core of culture that can
be identified and should be taught to all with religious standards of achievements.
A. Idealism
B.Existentialism
C. Empiricism
D.Essentialism
64. Sometimes it may better to make wrong decisions when a decision is urgent to make a
right decision too late a thought encourage by the _____________.
A. Rationalist
B.Progressivist
C. Realist
D.Existentialist
65. Which philosophy approves of a teacher who lectures most of the time and requires his
students to memorize the rules of grammar?
A. Pragmatism
B.Existentialism
C. Realism
D.Idealism
66. How may a classroom teacher helps a learner regain self confidence after going through
a personal crisis?
A. Assign him a peer counsellor.
C. Make solutions to future problems
B.Recommend him for transfer to another
readily available
class
D.Provide him with continued
understanding and support.
67. The use of drills in the classroom is rooted on Thorndikes law of ____________.
A. Belongingness
B.Readiness
C. Exercise
D.Effect
68. Which is NOT a basic component of a lesson plan?
A. Evaluation
B.Assignment
C. Resources

D.Content

69. In the K W L technique K stands for what the pupil already knows, W for he wants to
know and L for what he ______________.
A. failed to learn
B.he likes to learn
C. needs to learn
D.learned
70. Which questioning technique would be appropriate for inductive lessons?
A. Use questions requiring only memory responses
B.Expect participation only among the more motivated students
C. Involve students actively in the questioning process
D.As a teacher, you ask no questions
71. After a lessons on AIDS, the students are asked to summarize the lesson in one long
sentence by answering: Who Does what? When? Why? This assessment technique
evaluates students ability to ____________.
A. evaluate
B.analyze
C. synthesize
D.recall
72. In what level of objective in the affective domain is this objective: To contribute to the
discussion by asking questions.
A. Organization
B.Receiving
C. Responding
D.Valuing
73. Which activity is best suited to summarize a lesson at the end?
A. Ask students to interpret a cartoon
C. Administer a short Quiz
related to the lesson.
D.Give as homework
B.Present a medical summary
74. What is the best way to handle a situation when a teacher realize that her planned
lesson were inadequate?
A. Send the students to the library to read related topics
B.Tell the students to prepare for the next subject
C. Give the students an essay for the remaining period
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D.Provide more exercises on the major points of the lesson.
75. Which is a popular teaching learning approach found in the Philippine schools where
classrooms are generally self contained, teacher is the focal point and reference, and the
pupils are taught the basic skills reading, writing, and counting?
A. Situational approach
C. Montessori approach
B.Traditional approach
D.eclectic approach
76. Good teaching is accepting responsibility for helping to make the journey as interesting,
as rewarding and as exciting as possible. This proves that teaching demands?
A. rest and relaxation
C. efficiency in service
B.interest in the profession
D.deeper commitment
77. Which of the following is NOT true about the professional qualities of a teacher?
A. Seldom comes on time
B.Provides quality instructions to the students
C. Knowledgeable of the subject matter he/she teaches
D.Teachers who truly love children can imbue with the love for learning
78. Which of the following lesson plan objectives needs improvement?
A. To explain the life cycle of a butterfly.
B.To dramatize situation showing humility
C. To define terms in about evolution comprehensively.
D.To develop scientific attitudes and apply scientific processes of thinking.
79. To make the lesson meaningful, systematic and motivating, teachers example should
be:
A. based on higher level skills
D.relevant to students experience and
B.interesting aided with illustrations
knowledge
C. easy, simple and understandable
80. Charles dances well. He knows how something works and he fixes things without asking
for help. Based on Gardners theory of multiple intelligence under what intelligence is she
strong?
A. Musical
B.Spatial
C. Kinesthetic
D.Intrapersonal
81. A parent regarding the grades of his son confronted you. If you are the teacher, what
will be the best thing for you to do?
A. send them to the principal
D.tell the parents that your computation is
B.show all the records of the child
correct and final
C. compare the results of the child to other
students
82. When does effective teaching takes place?
A. There is interaction between teacher
and students
B.Students perform well in the given tasks

C. Knowledge has been imparted

D.Desirable changes are evident in the
learners behavior

83. A vehicle on the street hit a 10 year old pupil when he was requested by his teacher to
leave the class and buy for her snacks at Jollibee. Does the teacher become liable for the
incident?
A. Yes, because the incident happen within her official time.
B. Yes, because that is her responsibility
.
D. No, because that was an incident and it happened to anyone
84. You found out that one of your pupils is not attending your class for almost a month
now. What is the most ideal thing for you to do?
A. Conduct a home visit
C. Ignore the situation
B.Drop her in the class
D.Write a letter to his/her parents

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85. The parents of your pupil wanted to see the scores of their child in your class
recorD.Can you refuse the parents to see the records of their child?
A. Yes, because its your right
B.Yes, because its your personal document
C. No, because parents have their own right
D.No, because class record is a public document
86. A teacher is a model of virtues. How can this be shown?
A. The teacher is hopping from one relationship to another
B.The teacher devoted her time for her job with excellence
C. The teacher touches the lives of her students
D.The teacher seriously maintained a structure of power and trust
87. Which of the following practices is unethical for a teacher?
A. The teacher observes mobility of her profession.
B.The teacher cast her vote during national and local elections
C. The teacher can claim money from the services rendered by his colleagues.
D.A teacher organizes remedial program for students with learning difficulty.
88. One of the students was attracted and fell in love with the teacher. What is the best
option the teachers do in his situation?
A. Impose disciplinary action
B.Call the attention of the students parents
C. Accept students feelings
D.Listen to the student and make her understand both situations
89. What will happen if there is NO Code of Ethics in the teaching profession?
A. Teaching becomes a hit and miss profession.
B.Refinement of the dignity of the teaching profession.
C. Integrity of the teaching profession will be elevated to a certain level.
D.Respect of the Human Dignity is missing.
90. Most of the fresh graduates are deployed to teach in the rural areas than in the lowland
villages of the towns and cities. What is the rationale behind this practice?
A. They are young and healthy
C. For them to experience trials in
B.They are active and realistic to take risk
teaching
D.For them to find future partners in life
91. In the context of the theory on multiple intelligence, one weakness of the paper pencil
test is _____________.
A. it utilizes so much time
B.it puts the non linguistically intelligent at a disadvantage
C. it lacks reliability
D.it is not easy to administer
92. The idea that man is free and deserves to be punished for the evil he freely commits
comes from _________________:
A. Plato
C. Thomas Aquinas
B.Aristotle
D.Socrates
93. Which describes Philippine education during the Spanish regime?
A. Establishment of a normal school
C. Separation of church and state
B. Vernacular as medium of instruction
D. Emphasis on religious instruction
94. You are very much interested in a quality professional development program for
teachers. What characteristic should you look for?
A. Prescribe by top educational teachers
D.Responsive to identified teachers
B.Dependent on the availability of funds
needs.
C. Required for renewal of professional
license
95. Despite of opposition from some school official, DepEd has continuously enforced the
no collection of fees policy during enrolment period in public schools. In this policy in
accordance with EFA goals?
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A. No, it violates the mandate of equality education
B.Yes, it somewhat eliminates gender disparities
C. Yes, it supports equitable access to basic education
D.No. it does not support parent of adult education
96. Material development at the expense of human development points to the need to do
more in school.
A. Learning to do
C. Learning to live together
B.Learning to know
D.Learning to be
97. Teacher A knows of the illegal activities of a neighbor but keeps quiet in order not to be
involved in any investigation. Which foundational principle of morality does Teacher A fail to
apply?
A. The end does not justify the means
C. Always do what is right
B.The end justifies the means
D.Between two evils, do the lesser evil
98. Flordeluna, an education student, was asked by Prof. Cruz to described accurately
education. Which of the following statement will Flordeluna most likely choose?
A. A process of individual growth and
C. Acquired basically through the teacher
social development
D.Synonymous to formal schooling.
B.Growth resulting from academic study
99. Education is a functional part of society. All except one are statements of social values
of education. Which one is NOT?
A. Education refines human sentiments
C. Education promotes wholesome family
and feelings
life
B.Education orders and humanizes
D.Education furthers community health
economic life
100. A teacher was found to be giving high grades to pupils who attend her church and low
grades to those who are not. What human right is she violating?
A. Right to life
C. Right to worship
B.Right to work
D.Right of expression
101. Miss Delgado is a newly appointed teacher. The principal advised her to avoid any
conduct which discredits the teaching profession. Which of the following action is
permissible in the teaching profession?
A. Writing anonymous letters
B.Assigning underserved grades
C. Joining social drinking and gambling session
D.Revealing confidential information to authorities concerned
102. As a teacher, which of the following actions would you judge as unprofessional?
A. Engaging in gainful employment
B.Seeking position known to be vacant
C. Giving due notice in case of absence
D.Taking professional matter directly to the highest authority
104. Which one stifles students initiative?
A. utang na loob
B.bahala na

C. Rationalism
D.Authoritarianism

105. Which is implied by negative skewed score distribution?

A. Most of the score are low
C. The score are evenly distributed
B.Most of the scores are high
D.Most pupils are underachievers
106. Which is true to guidance?
A. Guidance is making intelligent choices for confused individuals
B.Guidance is aimed merely at the amelioration of trauma
C. Guidance is confined to one type of life situation like social
D.Guidance is concerned with the maximum development of the individual
107. When plateau is reached in a students learning curve, it is advisable for the learner to
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A. Continue reviewing
B.Take rest

C. Give up learning
D.Force himself/ herself to get interested

108. In The Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers, who are not covered by it?
A. Teachers in all educational institutions at the pre-school, elementary and secondary level
B.All full time or part time public and private school teacher and administrators
C. Teachers in the tertiary level
D.Teachers of academic, vocational, special, technical or non-formal institutions
109. The distributions will most likely be_______, if a class is composed of bright students.
A. Very normal
C. Skewed to the right
B.Platykurtic
D.Skewed to the left
110. Which of these statements is correct on responsibility?
A. A persons sense of responsibility decreases as he grows in age
B.A persons sense of responsibility increases as he grows in age
C. A persons degree of responsibility is fixed at birth
D.A persons sense of responsibility cannot be develop
111. Which graphic organizer is most appropriate for comparing and contrasting?
A. Cycle
B.Web
C. Story map
D.Venn diagram
112. 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.
113. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by custom that they are set apart, said one
Oriental philosopher. Where can this thought be most inspiring?
A. In a multi-cultural group of learners
B.In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of learners and indigenous peoples' group
C. In a class composed of indigenous peoples
D.In heterogeneous class of learners
114. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that NSAT
and NEAT fall under __________.
A. intelligence test
C. criterion-referenced test
B.aptitude test
D.norm-referenced test
115. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents a morally ambiguous situation and asks his
students what they would do. On whose theory is Teacher I's technique based?
A. Kohlberg
B.Bandura
C. Piaget
D.Bruner
116. Which is a sound classroom management practice?
A. Avoid establishing routines
C. Apply rules and policies on a case to
B.Establish routines for all daily needs and
case basis.
tasks.
D.Apply reactive approach to discipline.
117. John Watson said: Men are built not born. What does this statement point to?
A. The ineffectiveness of training on a person's development.
B.The effect of environmental stimulation on a person's development.
C. The absence of genetic influence on a person's development
D.The effect of heredity.
118. A guest speaker in one graduation rites told his audience: "Reminder, you are what
you choose to be." The guestspeaker is more of a/an __________.
A. realistic
B.pragmatist
C. idealist
D.existentialist
119. The best way for a guidance counselor to begin to develop study skills and habits in
underachieving student would beto __________.
A. have these underachieving students observe the study habits of excelling students
B.encourage students to talk about study habits from their own experiences
C. have them view film strips about various study approaches
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D.give out a list of effective study approaches
120. Principal C shares this thought with his teachers:Subject matter should help students
understand and appreciatethemselves as unique individuals who accept complete
responsibility for their thoughts, feelings, and actions.From which philosophy is this thought
based?
A. Perennialism
B.Essentialism
C. Existentialism
D.Progressivism
121. With indirect instruction in mind, which does NOT belong to the group?
A. Problem
B.LectureC. Inductive
D.Discovery
solving
recitation
reasoning
122. In his second item analysis, Teacher H found out that more from the lower group got
the test item # 6 correctly. Thismeans that the test item __________.
A. has a negative discriminating power
C. has a positive discriminating power
B.has a lower validity
D.has a high reability
123. For maximum interaction, a teacher ought to avoid __________ questions.
A. informational
B.rhetorical
C. leading
D.divergent
124. The teacher's first task in the selection of media in teaching is to determine the ______.
A. choice of the
B.availability of
C. objectives of
D.technique to be
students
the media
the lesson
used
125. After giving an input on a good paragraph, Teacher W asks her students to rate a given
paragraph along the elements of a good paragraph. The students' task is in level of
__________
A. application
B.analysis
C. evaluation
D.synthesis
126. Ruben is very attached to his mother and Ruth to her father. In what developmental
stage are they according toFreudian psychological theory?
A. Oedipal stage
C. Anal stage
B.Latent stage
D.Pre-genital stage
127. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist. Which among these will be your guiding
principle?
A. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better future.
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 that we can never have real knowledge of anything.
128. Teacher B engages her students with information for thorough understanding for
meaning and for competent application. Which principle governs Teacher B's practice?
A. Contructivist
B.Gestalt
C. Behaviorist
D.Cognitivist
129. The principle of individual differences requires teachers to __________.
A. give greater attention to gifted learners
C. treat all learners alike while in the
B.provide for a variety of learning
classroom
activities
D.prepare modules for slow learners in
class
130. Which is one characteristic of an effective classroom management?
A. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects misbehavior once it occurs.
B.It teaches dependence on others for self-control.
C. It respects cultural norms of a limited group students.
D.Strategies aresimple enough to be used consistently.
131. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose
D as answer. This implies that D is __________
A. an ineffective distracter
C. an effective distracter
B.a vague distracter
D.a plausible distracter
132. Which method has been proven to be effective in courses that stress acquisition of
knowledge?
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A. Socratic method
B.Cooperative learning

C. Mastery learning
D.Indirect instruction

133. In Krathwohl's affective domain of objectives, which of the following is the lowest level
of affective behavior?
A. Valuing
B.Characterizatio
C. Responding
n
D.Organization
134. Which is a description of an electronic curriculum?
A. Those lessons learned through searching the Internet for information
B. Those things that students actually take out of classroom; those concepts and content
that are truly learned and remembered
C. Those processes, content, knowledge combined with the experiences and realities of the
learner to create new knowledge
D. None of these
135. What primary criterion should guide a teacher in the choice of instructional devices?
A. Novelty
C. Appropriateness
B.Cost
D.Attractiveness
136. What is the main purpose of compulsory study of the Constitution?
A. Develop students into responsible, thinking citizen.
B.Acquaint students with the historical development of the Phil. Constitution.
C. Make constitutional experts of the students
D.Prepare students for law-making
137. The right hemisphere of the brain is involved with the following functions EXCEPT
A. Nonverbal functions.
C. Intuitive functions.
B.Visual functions.
D.Detail-oriented functions.
138. Teacher Dianne used a video in her Makabayan class. Which generalization could best
support the utilization of the instructional material?
A. She was unprepared so videos are great escape.
B.The TV teacher is her friend who gave her videos.
C. She wanted to entertain the students through watching movies.
D.She wanted her students to observe things with audio and visual elements.
139. Mr. Fabic, a teacher who is about to retire still continues attending seminar-workshops,
in-service training and other teacher conferences. What could be his reason for this action?
A. for salary increase
C. for social recognition
B.for higher position
D.for professional growth
140. Which among the following objectives in the psychomotor domain is highest in level?
A. To distinguish distant and close sounds
C. To run a 100-meter dash
B.To contract a muscle
D.To dance the basic steps of the waltz
141. What does the acronym EFA imply for schools?
A. The acceptance of exclusive schools for boys and for girls
B.The stress on the superiority of formal education over that of alternative learning systems
C. Practice of inclusive education
D.The concentration on formal education system
142. You are assessing FOR learning. Which of these will you likely do?
A. Giving grades to students
B.Reporting to parents the performance of their chilD.
C. Recommending for new policies in grading students.
D.Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of students.
143. Mark exhibits 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. Generalization
B.Acquisition
C. Discrimination
D.Extinction
144. Ms. Marquez wants to teach the students the performance of a certain skill such as
dancing. Which technology would be the most appropriate and convenient to use?
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A. Radio

B.Video

C. Audio tape

D.Printed material

145. The practice of motivating students before we proceed to our lesson proper is in
accordance with the law of
A. exercise
B.effect
C. readiness
D.belongingness
146. Which category of curriculum design is organized around the analysis of performance
task and process sequencing rather than content?
A. Academic curriculum design
C. Personal curriculum design
B.Social curriculum design
D.Technical curriculum design
147. Which statement applies CORRECTLY to Edgar Dales Cone of Experience?
A. The farther you are from the base, the more direct the learning experience becomes.
B.The farther you are from the bottom, the more direct the learning experience becomes.
C. The closer you are to the base, the more indirect the learning experience become
D.The closer you are to the base, the more direct the learning experience becomes.
148. What must a teacher do to ensure orderly transitions between activities?
A. Allow time for the students to socialize
C. Assign fewer exercises to fill the allotted
in between activities.
time.
B.Have the materials ready at the start of
D.Wait for students who lag behind.
the activity.
149. Brian enjoys games like scrabble, anagrams, and passworD.Which type of intelligence
is strong in Brian?
A. Bodily kinesthetic intelligence
C. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
B.Linguistic intelligence
D.Spatial intelligence

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150. Researches conducted show that teacher's expectations of students become. Do not
require initial formal language teaching for children self-fulfilling prophecies. What is this
phenomenon called?
A. Halo effect
C. Ripple effect

B. Pygmalion effect
D. Hawthorne effect