PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING TEST I

1. Mr. Cruz would like his students to perform the activities and finish the work
on the same day. Hence, the students have to work overtime for the activity.
They have to test the different variables and wait for resulting variables. What
method was used?
A. Laboratory method
B. Experimental method
C. Project method
D. Problem method
2. Ms. Carlos, a grade one teacher prepares her lessons well. The different
strategies to be used are all planned by the teacher. What method did she
follow?
A. Method of teaching
B. Strategies of teaching
C. The teaching itself
D. The administration’s policy
3. This method is known for being autocratic because of one – sided
participation. The teacher is at the front of the class. . What is this method
used? A. Problem solving method
B. Project method
C. Experimental method
D. Lecture method
4. When teacher gives drill review exercise in concert manner, she is violating
the principle of:
A. Motivation
B. Individualization
C. Exercise
D. Repetition
5. Ms. Reyes, a HEKASI teacher, starts the lesson with a concept. The pupils are
asked to give questions about the concept. Hence, a new lesson is formed.
What method is used?
A. Inductive
B. Problem-solving
C. Deductive
D. Lecture
6. Mr. Bugarin gives the purpose of planned activity. Materials and its cost were
taken, too. The steps of the planned activity were discussed. What method was
used?
A. Inductive B. Deductive C. Project D. Problem-solving
7. Mr. Reyes made use of the project method in the Practical Arts subject.
Purposing, planning, executing, lecturing were parts of the method. Among the
four parts which should not be included?
A. Lecturing
B. Purposing
C. Planning
D. Executing
8. Mrs. Laurel, a geography teacher, handles lowest section in grade six. This
class needs a teacher who can explain the lesson well. Hence, the principal
chose Mrs. Laurel. What method can she used in teaching the subject?
A. Project method
B. Laboratory method
C. Unit method
D. Expository method
9. Teachers should be aware of the needs of the pupils. In teaching, they should
know the individual differences of each. What must be given emphasis in
teaching?
A. Teachers
B. Principles
C. Administrator
D. Methods
10. Mr. Tizon, a grade four teacher is an awarded Metro Bank Teacher of the
year. When interviewed, he told the panel that a teacher should be aware of
different strategies of teaching and be concerned on the needs of each
individual learner. The teacher’s actions in helping the learners to achieve the
objective are also important. What is he referring to?
A. Teaching techniques
B. Classroom management
C. Teaching principles
D. Teacher’s style in teaching
11. Mrs. Tan sees to it that all the materials she needs are all ready before
initiating an activity. She doesn’t want unnecessary interruptions once the
discussion takes place. She believes that this is the key to sustain students’
interest. What is being referred to?
A. Smoothness
B. Withitness
C. Momentum
D. Linkage
12. Ms. Ruiz is fond of giving away material incentives such as candies, biscuits,
toys, and ribbons for deserving answers. As a result, the children really exert
effort to give smart answers to Ms. Ruiz’s questions aiming for the material
reward they’re going to receive. What motivation is this?
A. Reverse
B. Intrinsic
C. Extrinsic
D. Artificial
13. Inductive method has many good characteristics which makes it one of the
best methods and one of those very popular among teachers. When is this most
useful?
A. When the child needs to observe many cases
B. When the child needs to compare different cases
C. When the child needs to form own generalization
D. When the child needs to learn chiefly through self-activity
14. Ms. Unida started her science lesson by stating a generalization. Then she
asked her pupils to undertake activities to prove the correctness of the
generalization before letting them give specific examples or cases. What
method did she use?
A. Inductive
B. Problem solving
C. Deductive
D. Discovery
15. To prove the truth of the concept ”Air has weight”, Mr. Teodoro grouped his
children into four. He gave each group a set of materials with which to perform
some experiments to verify the correctness and wrongness of the concept. The
groups were also given activity cards where the procedures of the experiment
were indicated. So all the groups performed the experiment, after which they
filled up a chart to show the result of such activities. This is an illustration of:
A. Discovery Approach
B. Laboratory method
C. Process approach
D. Demonstration method
16. Mrs. Espinosa, a teacher of Values Education, focuses her activities on
affective learning. She employs experiential methods centered around a group
discussion, or peer counseling, guided imaging, narrative exercises, diaries and
autobiographies. What type of experience is prioritized by these experiential
strategies?
A. Problem-based learning
B. Social change
C. Personal development
D. Non-traditional learning
17. To make science lessons interesting and functional, Ms. De Guzman, gives
opportunity to her students to develop and apply such skills as communicating,
verifying, predicting, hypothesizing, theorizing, measuring and observing. What
instructional approach is she using?
A. Discovery approach
B. Team teaching approach
C. Integrative approach
D. Process approach
18. Miss Barrameda has been utilizing problem solving method in her Social
Studies lesson. Which parallels this method?
A. Peer learning
B. Concept learning
C. Inquiry learning
D. Cooperative learning
19. Mrs. Victoria gathered all the grade two pupils who failed in the
Mathematics achievement test covering the four fundamentals. For several
days after class, she conducted lessons on the basic concepts and operations
involved. What did this teacher’s action exemplify?
A. Tutorial activities
B. Remedial Instruction
C. Enrichment activities
D. Make-up instruction
20. Mrs. Bartolome is excited about trying out cooperative learning in her own
class in Social Studies. Which should be her primary consideration?
A. Homogeneous grouping
B. At least 10 members in a group
C. Interdependence among members should be stressed.
D. Permanent roles for everyone in the group activity.
21. Ms. Arceo’s method of teaching has shifted from a very traditional method
to a contemporary notion of an experiential learning. She always finds means
and ways by which student learn with and from each other by attempting to
identify, and then implement solutions to their problems and opportunities.
What kind of learning is emphasized by Ms. Arceo?
A. Personal teaching
B. Self learning
C. Group learning
D. Action learning
22. Problem based learning has been conceptualized in various ways. What is
the first step of this procedure?
A. Explore the problem
B. Generate possible solutions
C. Start with a problem
D. Implement a solution
23. Ms. Sunga very often uses the inquiry approach in Science teaching. What
would be the emphasis in this approach?
A. Verbal interaction with peers.
B. Verbal interaction with the teacher.
C. Pupils’ manipulation of information and materials
D. Step-by-step laboratory procedure
24. Which discussion technique requires advance and extensive preparation?
A. Panel
B. Symposium
C. Forum
D. Brainstorming
25. To make students more aware of the consequences of drugs, the Araling
Panlipunan teacher asked her students to present some situations observed in
their respective community regarding the destructive effects of drug abuse. She
gave the students ten minutes to think and organize themselves before they act
out the situation. What technique is used by the teacher?
A. Dramatization
B. Pageant
C. Role Playing
D. Socio-drama
26. Which teacher’s statement illustrates a redirection technique of
questioning?
A. Another, Michael.
B. What is equal twelve?
C. Well, do you think they have the same element?
D. What can you say about their culture?
27. Mr. Santos has been using probing as one of the questioning techniques in
her class. In which of the following will probing be least effective?
A. Probing for clarification
B. Probing for consensus
C. Probing for redirection
D. Probing for complexity
28. Asking questions that require students to apply, analyze, and evaluate
information is a major goal of Social Studies lesson. What questioning
technique will best set a classroom climate in which thinking and analyzing are
valued?
A. Using divergent follow-up question
B. Extending wait time.
C. Repeating what students say
D. Providing unlimited think time
29. Mrs. De Jesus has been having discipline problems with her English class.
What questioning technique may sustain the students’ attention?
A. Ask question that are sequential
B. Ask questions that are stimulating
C. Ask questions that are memory testing
D. Ask questions that contribute to continuous learning
30. One important aspect of classroom management is establishing an effective
climate. Which describes accurately the climate in the context of classroom
management?
A. The manner and degree to which a teacher exercises authority
B. The atmosphere or mood in which interaction between teacher and students
take place.
C. The temperature reading at different periods of the day
D. Emotional atmosphere emanating from the teacher’s mood.
31. In what teaching situation can experimentation turn to a demonstration
lesson?
A. When pupils perform the experiment by themselves
B. When pupils set-up a control to test the variable being tested
C. When pupils gather data before formulating conclusion
D. When few pupils perform the experiment in front while others observe.
32. Every teacher has to develop varied mental processes and skills among
students. Which mental process is being emphasized when she tries to help
them remember words or ideas in a definite order?
A. Logical Sequencing
B. Rote association
C. Reflective thinking
D. Analytical thinking
33. Mrs. Castillo wanted to use the laboratory method in her lesson on osmosis.
However, she lacks materials and equipment for several groups to perform an
experiment at the same time. What alternative method may she use?
A. Demonstration
B. Laboratory
C. Expository
D. Project
34. In inquiry, the teacher asks opening questions requiring great range of
cognitive skills in order to invite responses from children. Which of the
following opening questions is most fitted for an inquiry lesson?
A. What is the tallest building in the world?
B. How many legs does a centipede have?
C. Why do birds fly south in the winter?
D. What is the name of the movable part of an airplane wing?
35. Mr. Decella drew several triangles on the board. She asked the students to
measure the angles of the triangles with their protractors. After the activity, the
class concluded that the sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to 180 degrees.
What teaching strategy was used by the teacher?
A. Expository
B. Deductive
C. Demonstration
D. Discovery
36. Which of the following objectives could be most appropriately taught
through discussion?
A. Describe the major causes of air pollution in Metro Manila B. Develop class
rules for the year
C. Describe Rizal’s motive in Noli Me Tangere
D. Demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear power as an energy source.
37. Ms. Hilbero is using cooperative learning approach in her social science
lesson. She is quite successful in establishing a cooperative classroom ethics
characterized by a safe, caring community of learners. What will be her initial
step in order to successfully implement cooperative learning approach?
A. Arrange the learning environment
B. Establish positive interdependence
C. Identify academic and social objectives
D. Determine group size and membership
38. Which objective could be taught best using an inquiry method?
A. To diagram sentences
B. To know the effect of demand on cost
C. To distinguish between living and non-living things
D. To distinguish between Christianity and Buddhism
39. Mrs. Salazar believes that students should be given utmost freedom and
autonomy to pursue their own learning. She prefers methods that focus more
on those that prepare them for life problems. Which emerging teaching
approach would be most useful for problem-based learning?
A. Individual centered
B. Project centered
C. Group centered
D. Both B and C
40. In which of the following situations does a teacher need to formulate high
level questions?
A. When he wants his students to recall information
B. When he asks students to show awareness of events
C. When learners need to repeat a definition
D. When he wants to draw inferences
41. Miss Yamson is formulating questions for the purpose of increasing the
amount of student participation. Which of the following types of questions are
easier to redirect?
A. Those that require factual information
B. Those that require description or comparison
C. Those that require principles
D. Those that require application

42. Ms. Dela Rosa presented an article on smoking to her health class. Which of
the questions she asked requires the most cognitive processing?
A. How much does the Philippine tobacco industry spend per year on
advertisement?
B. What is the Philippines annual advertising expenditure on cigarette?
C. How does the tobacco industry try to market its product? D. Explain why
smoking is not a natural need.

43. Which questioning technique is violated by this statement? “How would

you describe man?
A. Avoid indefinite question
B. Avoid suggestive question
C. Avoid guessing question
D. Avoid overload question

44. How can Ms. Gregorio make her questions in her Values Education class
concise?
A. By asking questions that are divergent and valuing
B. By asking questions that lead to student problem formulation
C. By asking questions that are centered on one specific point D. By asking
questions that promote inquiry
45. Mrs. Perez has been noticing disorder in the classroom every time students
hear the bell. Children rush to the door, desks remain littered, materials
scattered on the table, and traffic jams at the door. It has become impossible of
her to give instruction to the pupils. Which is a possible cause?
A. The teacher wants to maintain a permissive classroom atmosphere.
B. The teacher continues talking right up to the first bell.
C. The teacher did not provide sanctions.
D. The teacher failed to establish routine.
46. The morning routine of Mrs. Lara consists of organizing the room for the
days lesson, checking materials and equipment and doing other similar
activities that will promote an orderly and safe place of learning. These
activities are part of:
A. Setting management
B. Routine management
C. Conduct management
D. Climate management

47. How can Mrs. Dato best handle the routine of attendance taking?
A. Call the roll as fast as she can at the start of the day’s lesson.
B. Ask students to turn their names from a pocket chart placed closer to the
door as they enter.
C. Assign a monitor to check attendance and report orally the attendance by
rows and tables.
D. Ask students to write their names on slips of paper and drop them in an
“Attendance Box”

48. Mrs. Marzan wanted to establish control on the very first day. Which action
is imperative for her?
A. Be in the room when pupils arrive.
B. Give a long list of rules and sanctions
C. Give a long assignment to command respect.
D. Establish yourself immediately as the supreme authority.

49. In effective classroom management, the closure of a lesson is as important

as its beginning. Which statement is suggestive of effective management of
closure?
A. That’s all for today. Good bye.
B. There’s the bell. Get ready for home.
C. Before we end, let us look at what we learned today.
D. Our time is over, you are responsible for all the problems we did not finish
today.
50. On the first day of school, the pupils in Mrs. Nolasco’s class are allowed to
select their own seats. She feels that pupils are happier when surrounded by
close friends. However, this practice is not without its problems. Some students
enjoy one another too much and even engage in disruptive behaviors.
Unfortunately, some students without friends are viewed as intruders. Which
seating assignment technique will correct the problem of Mrs. Nolasco?
A. Allow the unacceptable behaviors to occur during the first week.
B. Distribute the students without friends to various existing groups.
C. Immediately separate the members who are engaged in disruptive
behaviors.
D. Develop guidelines cooperatively in terms of the size and composition of
friendship group.