Pre-board exams in Professional Education

1. Teacher D plays soft classical music while her class is asked to meditate on the beauty of creation because she believes that meditative music can help them reflect better. On which theory is this practice founded?

A. Humanistic psychology           

B. Psychoanalysis 

C. Gestalt psychology      

D. Behaviorism

2. Teacher E’s sideline is selling “Encyclopedias for Children” on weekends. Her usual clientele are the parents of pupils who are on the verge of failing or those vying for the Top Ten. In fact, she always succeeded in selling encyclopedias to these parents. Is there anything unethical with the way Teacher E does her sideline?

A. Yes, there is. She may become less objective in her evaluation of the work of these pupils concerned.

B. No, there isn’t. Books and teachers mix. Teachers are supposed to promote reading.

C. No, there isn’t. A teacher’s salary is meager and selling books is respectable way of augmenting Teacher

    E’s income.

D. Yes, there is. She is not supposed to engage in any form of sideline.

3. To build a sense of pride among Filipino youth, which should be done?

A. Re-study our history and stress on our achievements as a people.

B. Re-study our history from the perspective of our colonizers.

C. Replace the study of folklores and myths with technical subjects that make youths globally competitive.

D. Set aside the study of local history.

4. Teacher Rodel discovered that his students are very good in dramatizing. Which tool must have helped him discover his pupils’ strength?

A. Product assessment    B. Performance test           C. Journal entry      D. Portfolio assessment

5. Here is a performance objective: “WITH THE AID OF A PERIODIC CHART, the students will list the atomic weights of the first ten elements.” The words in capital letters are referred to as the ___________.

A. minimum acceptable performance                

B. behavior   

C. condition    

D.  Performance statement

6. Even if the situation allowed her to cheat, Bianca chose not to because she believes it is not the right thing to do. In what moral developmental stage is Bianca?

A. Conventional      

 B. Post- conventional                    

C. Pre-conventional            

D. Universal

7. Which assessment tool will be most authentic?

A. Short answer test           

B. Alternate-response test            

C. Essay test            

D. Portfolio

8. Which of the following is a “fact” question?

A. What are some of the ways in which you have used the word ancient?

B. What are the effects of the invention of electricity on the life of people?

C. What is the function of a CPU in a microcomputer?

D. What would be one of the first things we have to do to clean the air we breathe?

9. Which holds true to norm-referenced testing

A. Constructing test items in terms of instructional objectives

B. Identifying an acceptable level of mastery in advance

C. Determining tasks that reflect instructional objectives

D. Identifying average performance of a group

10. I like to teach subtraction by engaging my pupils in a “sari-sari store business”. Which technique is this?

A. Contrived incident                    B. Game                C. Dramatization     D. Simulation

11. According to Bandura’s learning theory, the four factors that are necessary for a person to learn through observation are attention, retention, reproduction and ______.

A. metacognition                B. reflection             C. discrimination    D. motivation

12. In one of the pages of her printed reference material, Teacher Irene finds an illustrative life cycle of a frog. Assuming that the following are available to her, which is the quickest way for her to effectively present the life cycle of a frog to her class? By _______________.

A. the use of an overhead projector                              C. describing the life cycle

B. the use of an opaque projector                                 D. drawing on the chalkboard

13. HERE ARE TWO SETS OF SCORES:        SET A- 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9      SET B- 3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,9

Which statement correctly applies to the two sets of score distribution?

1. The scores in Set A are more spread out than those in Set B.
2. The range for Set B is 6
3. The range for Set A is 5
4. The scores in Set B are more spread out than those in Set A.

14. I like my students to master the skill of multiplying 2-digit numbers. Which method is most appropriate?

A. Drill                        B. Expository                      C. Discovery                      D. Unit

15. Which educational issue can be clarified by understanding Maslow’s Needs Theory?

A. The effects of different classroom structures      

B. Delinquency in the public schools                          

C. The effect of poverty on academic achievement

D. Sex education issues in school

16. Teacher Alvin wants to teach the class the rules in playing basketball. Which method is most appropriate?

A. Discovery           

B. Inductive reasoning      

C. Problem solving             

D. Direct instruction

17. From which educational philosophy does Back to the Basics movement spring?

A. Essentialism       B. Perennialism                  C. Progressivism    D. Existentialism

18. Which does NOT belong to the group?

A. Completion                      

 B. Alternate response                    

C. Multiple choice    

D. Matching type

19. Teacher F helps the pupils remember that stalaCtite grows from the Ceiling and the stalaGmites grow from the Ground. What device does Teacher F use?

A. Memory device                

B. Drill device           

C. Coding device                 

D. Mnemonic device

20. Which basic guidance service is concerned with the gathering and dissemination of information about students to appropriate professional staff to aid them in their job to help students?

A. Counseling service                                           C. Individual inventory service

B. Placement service                                            D. Research service

21. Which of the following best illustrates the balance of responsibility and accountability?

A. A teacher allows a below average child to find out for himself how to manipulate a simple machine.

B. A teacher advises the parents of a below average child to get their child a tutor to teach him how to manipulate a simple machine.

C. A teacher asks a brighter child to teach a below average pupil how to manipulate a simple machine.

D. A teacher diligently explains to a below average child how to manipulate a simple machine.

22. “What is most likely to happen in our economy when export continuously surpasses import?” is a thought question on______.          

A. generalizing                    B. predicting            C. synthesizing             D. creating

23. Teacher Y says: “Perfection must be real. While we cannot attain it here on earth, we aspire for it. It must be real.” Teacher Y leans towards which philosophy?

A. idealism                 

B. Realism                 

C. Philosophical analysis                         

D. Pragmatism

24. How do cognitive psychologists see the learner?

            A. With empty minds                     C. Full of experiences

            B. uninterested to learn                D. Totally conditioned by environment

25. A Grade I pupil has difficulty writing letter A. Which prompt/s is/are most appropriate?

A. Gestural               B. Physical               C. Verbal & Gestural                      D. Verbal

26. Which primary criterion should guide a teacher in the choice of instructional devices?

A. Novelty                 

B. Attractiveness    

C. Ability of the students           

D. Appropriateness

27. With which is true authority equated?

A. Suppression       B. Power                   C. Coercion                          D. Service

28. Mitos was first asked to compare identical amounts of liquids in two short glasses. The liquid from one of the two short glasses was poured into a taller, skinnier glass of the same capacity. Mitos indicated that the amounts of liquid in the two different glasses are still the same. What is Mitos that capable of ?

A. Assimilation        B. Accomodation   C. Conservation                 D. Reversibility

29. Which is most implied by a negatively skewed score distribution?

A. Several of the pupils are in middle of the distribution   

B. Most of the scores are high   

C. Most of the scores are low

D. The scores are evenly distributed from left to right of the normal curve.

30. Q₁ is to 25^th percentile as median is to ________.

A.  25^th  percentile         B. 40^th percentile          C. 50^th percentile       D. 75^th percentile

31. Which quotation goes with a proactive approach to discipline?

A. “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.”                    

B.  Do not make a mountain out of a mole.”                                      

C. “Walk your talk.”

D. “Do not smile until Christmas.”

32. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the cultural and educational heritage of the nation and is obliged to transmit to learners such heritage. Which practice helps him fulfill such obligation?

A. Observe continuing professional education to be the best Filipino teacher.

B. Teach the latest instructional technology to Filipino children.

C. Study the life of Filipino heroes and pass on their deeds worth emulating to students.

D. Supplant indigenous culture with foreign culture claimed to be superior.

33. “All men are pretty much alike. It is only by custom that they are set apart.”, said an Oriental philosopher. Where is this thought most inspiring?

A. In multi-cultural group of learners                                                   

B. In multi-cultural, heterogenous and indigenous peoples’ groups  

C. In a heterogenous class of learners

D. In a class composed of indigenous people

34. Principal A tells his teachers to employ more cooperative learning to help students develop social virtues like cooperation. Which philosophy governs Principal A’s thinking?

A. Essentialism                   

B. Perennialism                   

C. Existentialism                  

D. Progressivism

35. What is the mode of the following score distribution:  96, 97, 98, 97, 93, 90, 89, 97, 81, 80?

A. 97                           B. 96                                       C. 98                                       D. 83

36. What an individual has learned in the formative years tend to persist, but they are not unchangeable according to Hurlock. Change is most likely to occur under the following conditions EXCEPT when _______.

            A. the individual himself/herself is strongly motivated to make the change

            B. significant people treat the individual in new and different ways

            C. needs to be changed are in the genes

            D. the individual receives help and guidance in making the change

37. You have presented a lesson on animal protective coloration. At the end, you ask if there are any questions. There are none. You can take this to mean that ________.

A. the students are not interested in the lesson                               

B. the students did not understand what you were talking about

C. the students understood everything you presented

D. you need to ask specific questions to elicit response

38. English and Filipino are the official languages of the Philippines according to the Philippine Constitution. This means that they are the prescribed media of ______.

I. communication in government                                   III. Communication in public fora

II. instruction in educational institutions                      IV. Lectures in teacher’s seminars

A. I, II                          B. I, III                         C. II, III                                    D. I, IV

39. What measure/s of central tendency does the number 16 represent in the following score distribution? 14, 15, 17, 16, 19, 20, 16, 14, 16?   

A. Mode only                                    C. Mode and median                    

B. Median only                                D. Mean and mode

40. Teacher Jhonna is convinced that she should teach her students to appreciate themselves for who they are and to accept the responsibility for their thoughts, feeling and actions. Which philosophy governs Teacher Jhonna’s thought?

A. Existentialism                 B. Realism                C. Perennialism                  D. Naturalism

41. Who is NOT  covered by the Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers?

A. Teachers of academic, vocational, specific, technical, or non-formal institutions

B. Teachers in all educational institutions at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels

C. Teachers in the tertiary level

D. All full time or part time public and private school teachers and administrators

42. Which group of philosophers has opposite views from the rationalists?

A. Empiricists            B. Existentialists             C. Naturalists                D. Idealists

43. What does the principle of individual differences require teachers to do?

A. Give less attention to gifted learners                      

B. Provide for a variety of learning activities             

C.Treat all learners alike while teaching

D. Prepare modules for slow learners in class

44. Which one does NOT illustrate the principle that rights and duties are correlative?

A. The right of an unmarried pregnant teacher to abort her baby is in relation to her duty to protect her name.

B. The right to a living wage involves the duty of the employer to give the salary agreed upon and the duty of the employee to give a fair amount of work.

C. The right to life on the part of one person corresponds to the obligation on the part of other persons to respect such a right.

D. The right of the state to compel citizens to military service is reciprocated by the duty of the state to protect citizens.

45. For maximum interaction, which type of questions must a teacher avoid?

A. Rhetorical              B. Informational           C. Leading             D. Divergent

46. A caregiver working with infants aims to maximize their cognitive development by having an environment that provides multi-sensorial stimulation. This is guided by the theory of _______.

A. Erikson                 B. Piaget                   C. Gardner                  D. Goleman

47. What is/are important to state when explaining percentile-ranked tests to parents?

 I. What group took the test

 II. That the scores show how students performed in relation to other students

 III. That the scores show how students performed in relation to an absolute measure

A. I & II                            B. II only                       C. I & III               D. III only

48. Which is the true end of a teacher’s authority in the classroom?

A. To sow fear in every child for order’s sake                       

B. To coerce the child to do what is good     

C. To motivate the child to internalize self-discipline          

D. To make the child obey orders

49. I started my lesson with a graphic presentation of data then asked my students to analyze and interpret them and draw implications from them. How did my lesson development proceed?

A. Deductively          

B. Transductively    

C. Inductively           

D. Inductively then deductively

50. I want to have small group discussions in my class. Which topics will be best for group discussion? Those topics_____.                     

A. that are formally structured by texts

B. that are factual

C. where a high degree of consensus among students does not yet exist

D. where a high degree of consensus among students already exists.

51. Which questioning behavior is appropriate?

A. Repeating students’ responses.                  

B. Allowing choral responses.

C. Cutting a student who gives a long response.                            

D. Asking the question then calling on a student to answer.

52. Standard deviation is to variability as mode is to ________.

A. correlation         B. level of difficulty        C. discrimination         D. central tendency

53. You regard the classroom as a small democracy where you help your children live the democratic way of life. To which educational philosophy do you adhere?

A. Reconstructivism         B. Progressivism       C. Existentialism         D. Realism

54. Marking on a normative basis means that _______.

A. the normal curve of distribution should be followed

B. the symbols used in grading indicate how a student achieved relative to other students

C. some get high marks

D. some are expected to fail

55. In Krathwohl’s taxonomy of objectives in the affective domain, which is the highest level of affective behavior?

A. Responding        B. Valuing                 C. Organization                   D. Characterization

56. The cultivation of reflective and meditative skills in teaching is an influence of _____.

A. Taoism                 B. Shintoism            C. Confucianism                 D. Zen Buddhism

57. A teacher should take the obligation upon himself to study the customs and traditions of the community where she works in order to __________.

A. change the culture of the community

B. have a sympathetic attribute for the people of the community

C. please the people of the community

D. identify the weakness of the culture of the community

58. Which of the following group activities provides an open environment in which group members can discuss their opinions without being judged as wrong?

A. Buzz session                  B. Forum                               C. Philips 66                         D. Panel

59.To teach the democratic process to the pupils, School T decided to pattern the election of class and school officers after the local election process. There were qualifications set for candidates, limited period of campaign and rules for posting campaign materials, etc. Which of the following did the school employ?

A. Symposium                     B. Simulation                       C. Philips 66           D. Role playing

60. If a child is bitten by a large, black dog, the child may fear not only that black dog but also other large dogs. Which conditioning process is illustrated?

A. Generalization           B. Acquisition          C. Discrimination         D. Extinction

61. Here is a question on the knowledge level: “WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF CAPITALISM” Which one is a corresponding question in the application level?

A. In your own words, explain the concept of capitalism

B. What should an economic system be like that combines the main features of capitalism and socialism?

C. What countries from among those listed do have a capitalist economic system?

D. What factors distinguish capitalism from socialism?

62. To believe in the basic goodness of every learner is in line with the thought on the innate goodness of man as taught by _______.                    

A. Lao tsu                 B. Kung-fu-tsu               C. Mohammad                D. Mencius

63. Cristy, a Grade 3 pupil, is happy when she wins in a game but sulks when she doesn’t. Which does Cristy’s behavior indicate?                

A. Egotism                B. Egocentrism       C. Rigidity of thought                    D. Autonomy

64.World War II has caused too much destruction to life and property and the Allied Forces which composed of the United States, Great Britain and France wanted to end it. But Japan adamantly refused. To force Japan’s surrender, the Allied Forces dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Which basic principle of morality applies to this case?

A. Always do what is right                       C. The end does not justify the means

B. Principle of double of effect               D. Between the two evils, do the lesser evil.

65. To arouse in them the spirit of nationalism, Teacher Ima plays Philippine folk music as pupils enter the classroom after flag ceremony. To what theory does Teacher Ima adhere?

A. Humanistic psychology     

B. Gestalt psychology     

C. Behaviorism     

D. Psychoanalysis

66. Research found that children learn visual discrimination tasks more rapidly if they talk to themselves. This shows that _________.         

A. visual discrimination may be learned without vocalization

B. vocalization does not enhance visual discrimination

C. vocalization assists visual discrimination

D. visual discrimination cannot be learned without vocalization

67. In which lesson can you use the indirect instruction method?

A. Using a microscope properly                     C. Solving an equation with two unknowns

B. Distinguishing war from aggression        D. Cooking pinakbet

68. The authoritarian setting in the Filipino home is reinforced by a classroom teacher who _______.

A. prescribes what pupils should do                            C. asks open-ended questions

B. encourages pupils to ask questions                       D. is open to suggestions

69. Belen enjoys games like scrabble, anagrams, and password. Which type of intelligence is strong in Belen?

A. Interpersonal intelligence                                           C. Spatial intelligence

B. Linguistic intelligence                                                  D. logical and mathematical intelligence

70. To test if values have really been imbibed, which measurement instruments should a teacher use?

A. Rating scales and conflict stories                           

B. Projective techniques and moral dilemmas

C. Unobtrusive observation and anecdotal records                       

D. Likert scales and rating scales

71. The following are trends in marking and reporting systems EXCEPT

A. raising the passing grade from 75 to 80

B. conducting parent-teacher conferences as often as needed

C. indicating strong points as well as those needing improvement.

D. supplementing subject grades with checklist on traits.

72. Here is a lesson objective in a Language lesson: “From memory, the pupils must be able to recite the poem”. Applying Robert Mager’s principle which does this objective lack?

A. Location               B. Condition                        C. Criterion measure         D. Performance

73. Teacher Jenny subscribes to the mental discipline approach. Which is she convinced of?

A. The more difficult the subject, the more the student exercises his mind, the greater the value of the subject.

B. The more bodily exercises, the better for the student.

C. The less the student engages himself in mental exercise, the better for the student.

D. The easier the subject, the greater the value of the subject

74. The students of Teacher Sophie scan an electronic encyclopedia, view a film on a subject, or look at related topics at the touch of a button right there in the classroom. Which device does Teacher Sophie’s class have?

A. Videodisc            B. Videotaped lesson        C. CD           D. Teaching machines

75.  A class is composed of academically poor students. The distribution would be most likely to be _____.

A skewed to the right        B. leptokurtic           C. a bell curve         D. skewed to the left

76. A good classroom manager has “eyes on the back of his head.” This means that the effective teacher ___.

                        A. has eye contact with his students

                        B. gives penetrating looks to his students

                        C. looks at his students from head to toe when he expresses 

                             legitimate anger

                        D. is aware of all actions and activities in his classroom

77. In Krathwohl’s affective domain of objectives, which of the following is the LEAST authentic?

A. Responding        B. Receiving            C. Valuing                 D. Organization

78. I want to measure students’ awareness of values. Which tool will I use?

A. Likert scales       B. Projective technique    C.  Moral dilemma   D. Observation

79. Which theory backs up the use of computer-assisted instruction?

A. Classical conditioning

B. Insight learning 

C. Associative shifting     

D. Operant conditioning

80. Which characteristic of a good test is threatened when a significantly greater number from the lower group gets a test item correctly?

A. Objectivity           B. Scorability           C. Administrability              D. Reliability

81. Cognitive is to knowledge as affective is to ____.

A. rights                                B. skills                     C. obligations          D. values

82. To develop higher-level thinking skill among students, which type of questions should be discouraged?

A. Sequential questions                           C. Stimulating questions

B. Overload questions                              D. Clear questions

83. You want to generate as many ideas as you can as your class is about to embark on a class project for senior citizens. Which of the following will you employ?

A. Brainstorming                B. Role playing       C. Brainwashing     D. Simulation

84. Regular medical  check-up required of teachers is done in the interest of _______.

A. School officials                                      C. the state and of every teacher

B. Filipino medical doctors                      D. parents

85. In which competency did my students find the greatest difficulty? In the item with a difficulty index of _____.

A.  0.1                         B. 1.0                          C. 0.9                       D. 0.5

86. You made use of an “I message” to communicate your anger to Venus. Which is a characteristic of that “ I message.”? Focus on _____.        

A. what in Venus’s behavior made you angry                       

B. your feelings about Venus’s misbehavior

C. why you cannot control Ruth’s behavior  

D. your thinking about Venus’s misbehavior

87. What kind of social environment prevails in your class if you, as the teacher, are the primary provider of information, opinions, and instructions?

A. In between democratic and Laissez faire               C. Authoritarian

B. Laissez faire                                                                   D. Democratic

88. “ Knowledge is innate in the soul. Provoke people into thinking for themselves rather than teach them they did not already know, said one Greek philosopher. What is the application of this in the classroom today? Use of _____.      

A. cooperative learning                            C. questioning method

B. role playing                                             D. concept mapping

89. Because the pupils are hungry, they ignore the instruction to line up for their snacks and are therefore unruly. On what level(s) are the students acting?

A. Ego and Superego                    B. Ego                       C. Id                D. Superego