miracle, i.e., to pass the examination.

Which attitude towards religion or God is

displayed?
A. Religion as fake C. Religion as
authentic
B. Religion as magic D. Religion as
real

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (Secondary)

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which does Naom Chomsky assert about
language learning for children?
I.
Young children learn and apply
grammatical
rules
and
vocabulary as they are exposed
to them.
II.
Begin
formal
teaching
of
grammatical rules to children as
early as possible.
III.
Do not require initial formal
language teaching for children.
A. I and III
B. II only

C. I only
D. I and II

7.

Teacher B engages her students with

information for thorough understanding,
for
meaning
and
for
competent
application. Which principle governs
Teacher Bs practice?
A. Constructivist
C. Behaviorist
B. Gestalt
D. Cognitivist

8.

Student B claims: I cannot see

perfection but I long for it. So it must be
real. under which group can he be
classified?
A. Idealist
C. Realist

2. Which is/are the sources of mans

intellectual drives, according to Freud
A. Id
C. Id -ego
B. Super ego
D. Ego
3. Theft of school equipment like TV,
computer, etc. by teenagers in the
community itself is becoming a common
phenomenon. What does this incident
signify?
A. Prevalence of poverty in the
community.
B. Inability of school to hire security
guards.
C. Deprivation of Filipino schools.
D. Communitys lack of sense of coownership.
4.

5.

6.

As a teacher, you are reconstructionist,

Which among these will be your
guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child every
knowledge, skills 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.
The concepts of Trust vs. mistrust,
autonomy vs. shame & self-doubt, and
initiative vs. guilt are most closely
related with works of _____.
A. Erickson C. Freud
B. Piaget
D. Jung
Student Z does not study at all but when
the Licensure Examination for Teachers
comes, before he takes the LET, he
spends one hour or more praying for a

B. Empiricist
Pragmatist

D.

9.

What does extreme authoritarianism in

the home reinforce in learners
A. Doing things on their own
initiative
B. Ability to direct themselves
C. Dependence on others for
directions.
D. Creativity in work.
10.

You arrive at knowledge by re-thinking of

latent ideas.
From whom does this
thought come?
A. Experimentalist
C. Idealist
B. Realist
D.
Existentialist

11.

Behavior
followed
by
pleasant
consequences will be strengthened and
will be more likely to occur in the future.
Behavior
followed
by
unpleasant
consequences will be weakened and will
be more likely to be repeated in the
future. Which one is explained
A. Freuds psychoanalytic theory
B. Thorndikes law effect
C. B.F. Skinners Operant conditioning
theory
D. D. Banduras social learning theory

12.

Principal B tells her teachers that

training in the humanities is most
important.
To
which
educational
philosophy does he adhere?
A. Existentialism
C.
Progressivism
B. Perennialism
D.
Essentialism

B. Hedonism
13. All subject in Philippine elementary and
secondary schools are expected to be
taught using the integrated approach.
This came about as a result of
implementation of ___________.
A. Program for Decentralized Education

20. Studies in the areas of neurosciences

discloses that the human brain has
limitless capacity. What does this imply
A. Some pupils are admittedly not
capable of learning.
B. Every pupil has his own native ability
and his learning is limited to this native
ability.
C. Every child is a potential genius.
D. Pupil can possibly reach a point where
they have learned everything.

B. School-Based Management
C. Basic Education Curriculum
D. D. Schools First Initiative
14. Principal C shares this thought with the
teachers: Subject matter should help
students understand and appreciate
themselves as unique individual who
accept complete responsibility for their
thoughts, feelings and actions. From
which philosophy is this thought based?
A. Perennialism C. Existentialism
B. Essentialism D. Progressivism

21. Availment of the Philippine Education

Placement Test for adults and out-ofschool youths is in support of the
governments
educational
program
towards _____.
A. equitable access C. quality and
relevance
B. quality
D. relevance

15. Based on Piagets 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
objectives to play with.

22. A mother gives his boy his favorite snack

every time the boy cleans up his room.
Afterwards, the boy cleaned his room
everyday in anticipation of the snack.
Which theory is illustrated?
A. Associative learning
B. Classical conditioning
C. Operant conditioning
D. Pavlonian conditioning
23. Which group of philosophers maintain the
truth exists in an objective order that is
independent of the knower?
A. Idealists C. Existentialists
B. Pragmatists
D. Realists

16. To come closer to the truth we need to

go back to the things themselves. This is
the advice of the ______.
A. Behavioris
C. idealist
B. phenomenologists D.
pragmatists

24. Under which program were students who

were not accommodated in public
elementary
and
secondary
schools
because of lack of classroom, teachers,
and instructional materials, were enrolled
in private schools in their respective
communities
at
the
governments
expense?
A. Government Assistance Program
B. Study Now-Pay later
C. Educational
Service
Contract
System
D. National Scholarship Program

17.

Researches
conducted
show
that
teachers expectations of students
become self-fulfilling prophecies. What is
this phenomenon called?
A. Halo effect
C. Ripple effect
B. Pygmalion effect D.
Hawthorne
effect
18.

D. Empiricism

Teacher F is convinced that whatever a

student performs a desired behavior,
provided reinforcement and soon the
student will learn to perform the
behavior on his own. On which principle
is Teacher Fs conviction based?
A. Cognitivism
C. Behaviorism
B. Environmentalism D. Constructivism

25. Which of the following prepositions is

attributed to Plato?
A. Truth is relative to a particular time
and place.
B. Human beings create their own truths.
C. Learning is the discovery of truth as
latent ideas are brought to
consciousness

19. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that

pleasure is not the highest good.
Teachers teaching is against what
philosophy?
A. Realism
C. Epicureanism

D. Sense perception is the most accurate

guide to knowledge.

33. If teacher wants to test students ability

to organize ideas, which type of test
should she formulate?
A. Short answer
C. Essay
B. Technical problem type D. Multiplechoice type

26. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil was

made to drink an alcoholic beverage and
then made to ingest a drug that produces
nausea. Eventually, h nauseated at he
sight and smell of alcohol and stopped
drinking alcohol. Which theory explains
this?
A. Operant conditioning C. Associative
learning
B. Social learning theory
D.
Attribution theory

34. Who among the following needs less

verbal counseling but needs more
concrete operational forms of assistance?
The child who ________.
A. has mental retardation
B. has attention-deficit disorder
C. has learning disability
D. has conduct disorder

27. In a social studies class, Teacher I present

a morally ambiguous situation and asks
his students what they would do. On
whose theory is Teacher Is technique
based
A. Kohlberg
C. Piaget
B. Bandura
D. Bruner

35. Which applies when skewness is zero?

A. Mean is greater than median.
B. Median is greater than the mean.
C. Scores have three modes.
D. Scores are normally distributed

28. Quiz to formative test while periodic is to

_________.
A.
criterion-reference test
C. normreference test
B. summative test
D.
diagnostic test

36. Which does NOT belong to the group of

alternative learning systems
A. Multi-grade grouping C.
Graded
education
B. Multi-age grouping
D. Non-graded
grouping

29. Your teacher is of the opinion that the

world and everything in it are ever
changing and so you the skill to cope
with change.
What is his governing
philosophy?
A. Idealism
C.
Experimentalism
B. Existentialism
D.
Realism

37. The first thing to do in constructing a

periodic test is for a teacher to ______.
A. decide on the number of items for the
test
B. go back to her instructional objectives
C. study the content
D. decide on the type of test to construct
38. Which one can enhance the comparability
of grades?
A. Using common conversation table for
translating test scores in to ratings.
B. Formulating tests that vary from one
teacher to another.
C. Allowing
individual
teachers
to
determine factors for rating
D. Individual teachers giving weights to
factors considered for rating.

30. The search for related literature by

accessing several data bases by the use
of a telephone line to connect a computer
that have database is termed ______.
A. compact disc search
C. on-line
search
B. manual search D.
computer
search
31. In which competency do my students find
the greater difficulty? In item with a
difficulty index of
A. 0. 1
C. 0.5
B. 0. 9
D. 1.0

39. The cultivation of reflective and

meditative skills in teaching is an influence of
_____.
A. Shintoism
C. Confucianism
39

32. We encounter people whose prayer goes

like this: O God, if there is a God; save
my soul if I have a soul, from whom is
this prayer?
A. Stoic
C. Agnostic
B. Empiricist
D. Skeptic

40.

B. Zen Buddhism

D. Taoism

Teacher
Y
does
norm-referenced
interpretation of scores.
Which of the
following does she do?
A. She describes group performance in
relation to a level of mastery set.
B. She uses a specified content as its
frame of reference.

C. She
compares
every
individual
students scores with others scores.
D. She describes what should be their
performance.

B. III-II-IV-I-V

47. Which guideline must be observed in the

use of prompting to shape the correct
performance of your students?
A. Use the list intrusive prompt first.
B. Use all prompts available.
C. Use the most intrusive prompt first.
D. Refrain form using prompts.

41. The best way for a guidance counselor to

begin to develop study skills and habits in
underachieving student would be to
______.
A. have these underachieving students
observe the study habits of excelling
students.
B. encourage students to talk study
habits from their own experiences
C. have them view filmstrips about
various study approaches
D. give out list of effective study
approaches

48. What measure/s of central tendency

do/es the number 16 represent in the
following
data:
14,15,17,16,19,20,16,14,16?
A. Mode
C. Median
B. Mode and median
D. Mean
49. Which holds true to standardized tests?
A. They are used for comparative
purposes.
B. They are administered differently.
C. They are scored according to different
standards.
D. They are used for assigned grades.

42. Teacher F wanted to teach the pupils the

skills to do cross stitching. He check up
quiz was a written test on the steps of
cross stitching. What characteristic of a
good test does it lack?
A. Scorability
C. Objectivity
B. Reliability
D. Validity
43.

50. Study this group of tests which was

administered with the following results,
then answer the question.
Subject
Mean
SD Ronnels
scrore
Math 56
10
43
Physics
41
9
31
English
80
16
109

For which may you use the direct

instruction method?
A. Become aware of the pollutants
around us.
B. Appreciate Miltons Paradise Lost.
C. Use a microscope properly.
D. Distinguish war from aggression.

44. In the context on the theory on multiple

intelligences, what is one weakness of the
paper-pencil test?
A. It is not easy to administer.
B. It
puts
the
non-linguistically
intelligent at a disadvantage
C. It utilizes so much time.
D. It lacks reliability.

In which subject(s) were the scores

most homogenous?
A. Math
C. Physics
B. English
D. Physics
and Math
51. In the parlance of test construction what
does TOS mean?
A. Table of Specifics
C. Table of Specific
Test Items
B. Term of Specifications
D.
Table
of
Specifications

45. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted

against set mastery level. This means
that NSAT and NEAT fall under _________.
A. intelligence test
C.
criterionreferenced test
B. aptitude test D. norm-referenced test

52.

46. Teacher B uses the direct instruction

strategy. Which sequence of steps will
she follow?
I.
Independent practice
II.
Feedback and correctiveness
III.
Guided student practice
IV.
Presenting and structuring
V.
Reviewing the previous days
work
A. V-IV-III-II-I

D. I-V-II-III-IV

Which is a major advantage of a

curriculum-based assessment?
A. It is informal nature.
B. It connects testing with teaching.
C. It tends to focus on anecdotal
information on student progress.
D. It is based on a norm-referenced
measurement model.

53. Teacher H gave first-grade class a page

with a story in which picture take the place
of some words. Which method did she
use?
A. The whole language approach

C. V-II-IV-III-I

B. The Spaulding method

C. The rebus method
D. The language experience approach

B. She showed the correct answers on the

overhead after the students have
written their responses.
C. She had the students write their
responses privately then called each of
them.
D. She refrained from judging on the
students responses.

54. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice

test items, namely B, C, and D, no pupil
choice D as answer. This implies that D is
________.
A. an ineffective distracter
B. a vague distracter
C. an effective distracter
D. a plausible distracter

61. Direct instruction id a facts, rules, and

actions as indirect instruction is for
_____ ,____, _____.
A. hypotheses,
verified
data
and
conclusions
B. concepts, patterns and abstractions
C. concepts,
processes
and
generalizations
D. guesses, data and conclusions

55. The burnout malady gets worse if a

teacher doesnt intervene to change
whatever areas he or she in control. Which
one can renew a teachers enthusiasm?
A. Stick to job
C. Judge someone else
as wrong
B. Initiate changes in jobs
D. Engage
in self-pity

62. Which test has broad sampling of topics

as strength?
A. Objective test C. Essay test
B. Short answer test
D.
Problem test
.
63. Teacher T taught a lesson denoting
ownership by means of possessives. He
first introduced the rule, then gave
examples, followed by class exercises,
then back to the rule before he moved
into second rule.
Which presenting
technique did he use
A. Combinatorial C. Part-whole
B. Comparative D. Sequential

56. If teacher has to ask more higher-order

questions, he has to ask more ____
questions.
A. closed
C. concept
B. Fact
D. convergent
57. What can be said of Peter who obtained a
score of P75 in a Grammar objective test?
A. His rating is 75 items in the test
correctly.
B. He answered 75 % of the test items
correctly.
C. He answered 75.
D. He performed better that 5% of his
classmate.

64. In his second item analysis, Teacher H

found out that more from the lower group
got the test item # 6 correctly.
This
means that the test item _____.
A. has a negative discriminating power.
B. has a lower validity.
C. has a positive discriminating power.
D. has a high reability.

58. I drew learners into several content areas

and encouraged them to solve a complex
question for interdisciplinary teaching.
Which strategy did I use?
A. Problem-centered learning
B. Unit method
C. Reading-writing activity
D. D. Thematic instruction

65. Teacher E discussed how electricity flows

through wires and what generates the
electric charge.
Then she gave the
students wires, bulbs, switches, and dry
cells and told the class to create a circuit
that will increase the brightness of each
bulb.
Which one best describes the
approach used?
A. It used a taxonomy of basic thinking
skills.
B. It was constructivist.
C. It
helped
students
understand
scientific methodology.
D. None of the above

59. Which guidance in test construction is

NOT observed in this test item Jose Rizal
wrote ____.
A. The central problem should be packed
in the stem.
B. There must be only one correct answer.
C. Alternatives
must
grammatical
parallelism.
D. The alternative must be plausible.
60. To elicit more students response, Teacher
G. made use of covert responses. Which
one did she NOT do?
A. She had the students write their
response privately.

66. Teacher W wants to review and check on

the lesson of the previous day. Which one
will be most reliable?

A. Having
students
identify
difficult
homework problems.
B. Having students correct each others
work.
C. Sampling the understanding of a few
students.
D. Explicitly reviewing the task-relevant
information necessary for the days
lesson.

B. synthesizing

72. Which method has been proven to be

effective in courses that stress acquisition
of knowledge?
A. Socratic method C.
Indirect
instruction
B. Cooperative learning
D. Mastery
learning

67. Shown a picture of children in sweaters

inside the classrooms, the students were
asked this question: In what kind of
climate do these children live? This is a
thought questions on ______.
A. inferring
C. applying
B. creating
D. predicting

73. Which is the first step in planning an

achievement test?
A. Define the instructional objective.
B. Decide on the length of the test.
C. Select the type of test items to use.
D. Build a table of specification.
74. Which activity should a teacher have more
for his students if he wants to develop
logical-mathematical thinking?
A. Drama
C. Problem solving
B. Choral reading
D. Storytelling

68. Study this group of tests which was

administered with the following results,
then answer the question.
Subject
Mean SD
Ronnels
scrore
Math 56
10
43
Physics
41
9
31
English
80
16
109

75. Why should a teacher NOT use direct

instruction all the time
A. It requires much time.
B. It requires use of many supplemental
materials.
C. It is generally effective only in the
teaching of concepts and abstractions.
D. It reduces students engagement in
learning.

In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform

best in relation to the groups
performance?
A.
B.
Math

Physics and Math

English

D. predicting

C. Physics
D.

76.
Which
are
direct
measures
of
competence?
A. Personality tests
C.
Paper-andpencil test
B. B. Performance testsD. Standardized
tests

69. Which criterion should guide a teacher in

the choice of instructional devices?
A. Attractiveness
C. Novelty
B. Cost
D.
Appropriateness
70. Study this group of tests which was
administered with the following results,
then answer the question.
Subject
Mean SD
Ronnels scrore
Math
56
10
43
Physics
41
9
31
English
80
16
109

77. Which is one role play in the pre-school

and early childhood years?
A. Develops competitive spirit.
B. Separates reality from fantasy.
C. Increase imagination due to expanding
knowledge and emotional range.
D. Develops the upper and lower limbs.

In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform

poorly in relation to the groups
performance?
A. English
C. Math
B. English and Math
D. Physics

78. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are

very good in dramatizing. Which tool must
have helped him discover his pupils
strength?
A. Portfolio assessment C. Journal entry
B. Performance test
D. Paperand-pencil test

71. What is most likely to happen to our

economy when export continuously
surpasses import is a thought question
on ______.
A. creating
C. relating causeand-effect

79. Teacher Ms pupils are quite weak

academically and his lesson is already far
behind time table. How should Teacher M
proceed with his lesson?
A. Experientially
C. Logically
B. B. Inductively
D. Deductively

B. generalizing
justifying

81. I want to teach concepts, patterns and

abstractions. Which method is most
appropriate?
A. Indirect instruction C.
Direct
instruction
B. Discovery
D.
Problem
solving

86. The teachers 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

82. If your Licensure Examination for Teacher

(LET) items sample adequately the
competencies listed in the syllabi, it can
be said that LET possesses ______ validity.
A. concurrent
C. content
B. construct
D. predictive

87. In
should
A.
B.

self-directed learning, to what extent

a teachers scaffolding be?
To a degree the student needs it.
None, to force the student to learn by
himself
C. To the maximum, in order to extend to
the student all the help he needs.
D. To the minimum, to spend up
development of students sense of
independence.

83. Read the following then answer the

questions:
TEACHER:

BOBBY:

BETTY:

RICKY:
TEACHER:

D.

IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN

THE PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT
WE
PREDICT
THE
UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
WE COULD GO TO THE
MOON AND SEE IF THERE
ARE
SOME
ELEMENTS
THERE WE DONT HAVE.
WE COULD DIG DOWN TO
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
AND SEE IF WE FIND ANY OF
THE MISSING ELEMENTS.
WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS
FROM THE METEORITES-IF
WE CAN FIND ANY.
THOSE ARE ALL GOOD
ANSWERS. BUT WHAT IF
THOSE EXCURSIONS TO THE
MOON, TO THE CENTER OF
THE EARTH OR TO FIND
METEORITES WERE TOO
COSTLY
AND
TIME
CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT
WE USE THE ELEMENTS WE
ALREADY HAVE HERE ON
EARTH TO FIND SOME NEW
ONES?

88. Which is a form of direct instruction?

A. Discovery process
C. Programmed
instruction
B. B. Problem solving
D. Inductive
reasoning
89. With synthesizing skills in mind, which has
the highest diagnostic value?
A. Essay test
C. Completion tes
B. Performance test
D. Multiple
choice test
90. How can you exhibit legitimate power on
the first day of school?
A. By making your students feel they are
accepted for who they are.
B. By informing them you are allowed to
act in loco parents.
C. By making them realize the importance
of good grades.
D. By making them feel you have mastery
of subject matter.
91.

Based on Edgar Dales Cone of

Experience, which activity is farthest from
the real thing?
A. View images
C. Watch a
demo
B. Attend exhibit
D. Hear

Question:
The Teacher questions in the
above exchange are examples of ____
questions.
A. Fact
C. Direct
B. Concept
D. Closed

92. Which can effectively measure students

awareness of values?
A. Projective techniquesC. Likert scales
B. Moral dilemma
D.
Anecdotal record

84. In Krathwohs taxonomy of objectives in

the affective, which is most authentic?
A. Characterization
C. Responding
B. Valuing
D. Organization

93. I combined several subject areas in order

to focus on a single concept for
interdisciplinary
teaching.
Which
strategy/method did I use?
A. Problem-entered learning
B. Thematic instruction

85. In the light of the facts presented, what is

most likely to happen when? is a
simple thought question on _____.
A. inferring
C. synthesizing

C. Readingwriting activity
D. Unit method

101.

On whose philosophy was A.S.Neil

Summerhill,
one
of
the
most
experimental schools based?
A. A. Rousseau
C. Montessori
B. B. Pestalozzi
D. John Locke

94. The test item Group the following items

according to shape is a thought test item
on _______.
A. creating
C. classifying
B. generating
D. comparing

102. Which Filipino trait works against the

shift in teachers role from teacher as a
fountain of information to teacher as
facilitator?
A. Authoritativeness
C. Hiya
B. Authoritarianism
D.
Pakikisama

95. For maximum interaction, a teacher

ought to avoid _____ questions.
A. informational
C. leading
B. rhetorical
D. divergent
96. By what name is Socratic method also
known ?
A. Mastery learning
C.
Morrison method
B. Indirect instruction
D. Questioning
Method

103. Teacher A is a teacher of English as

Second Language: she uses vocabulary
cards,
fill-in-the
blank
sentences,
dictation and writing exercises in teaching
a lesson about grocery shopping. Based
on this information, which of the following
is a valid conclusion?
A. The teacher is applying Blooms
hierarchy of cognitive learning.
B. The teacher is teaching variety of
ways because not all students learn in
the same manner.
C. The teacher wants to make her
teaching easier by having less talk.
D. The teacher is emphasizing reading
and writing skills.

97. Which is an appropriate way to make

manage off-task behavior?
A. Make eye contact.
B. Stop your class activity to correct a
child who is no longer on task.
C. Move closer to the child.
D. Redirect a childs attention to task and
check his progress to make sure he is
continuing to work
98. Which one can best evaluate students
attitudinal development?
A. Essay test
C. Observation
test

B. Portfolio

104. With specific details in mind, which one

has (have) a stronger diagnostic value?
A. Multiple choice test
B. Non-restricted essay test
C. Restricted essay test
D. Restricted and non-restricted essay
tests

D. Short answer

99. What should a teacher do for students in

his class who are on grade level
A. Give them materials on their level and
let them work at a pace that is
reasonable for them, trying to bring
them up to a grade level.
B. Give them the same work as the other
students, because they will absorb as
much as they are capable of.
C. Give them the same work as the other
students, not much, so that they wont
feel embarrassed.
D. Give them work on the level of the
other students and work a little above
the classmates level to challenge
them.

105. Teacher B is a teacher of English as

Second Language: she uses vocabulary
cards,
fill-in-the
blank
sentences,
dictation and writing exercises in teaching
a lesson about grocery shopping. Based
on this information, which of the following
is a valid conclusion?
A. The teacher is reinforcing learning by
giving the same information in a
variety of methods.
B. The
teacher
applying
Blooms
hierarchy of cognitive learning.
C. The teacher is wants to do less talk.
D. The teacher is emphasizing listening
and speaking skills.

100. With-it-ness, according to Kourin, is one

of the characteristics of an effective
classroom manager. Which phrase goes
with it?
A. Have hands that write fast.
B. Have eyes on the back of your hands.
C. Have a mouth ready to speak.
D. Have minds packed with knowledge.

106. In a criterion-referenced testing, what

must you do to ensure that your test is
fair
A. Make all of the questions true or false.
B. Ask each student to contribute one
question.

C. Make twenty questions but ask the

students to answer only ten of their
choice.
D. Use objectives for the unit as guide in
your test construction.

A. application
B. analysis

115. Which is one characteristic of an

effective classroom management?
A. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects
misbehavior once it occurs.
B. It teaches dependence on other for
self-control.
C. It respects cultural norms of a limited
group students.
D. Strategies are simple enough to be
used consistently

107. Read this question: How will you present

the layers of the earth to your class?
This is a question that _________.
A. directs
B. leads the students to evaluate
C. assesses cognition
D. probes creative thinking
108.

In Krathwohs affective domain of

objectives, which of the following is the
lowest level of effective behavior?
A. Valuing
C.
Responding
B. Characterization
D.
Organization

116. Read the following then answer the

questions:
TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN
THE PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE
PREDICT THE UNDISCOVERED
ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GO TO THE MOON
AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME
ELEMENTS THERE WE DONT
HAVE.
BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN TO THE
CENTER OF THE EARTH AND
SEE IF WE FIND ANY OF THE
MISSING ELEMENTS.
RICKY:
WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS
FROM THE METEORITES- IF WE
CAN FIND ANY.
TEACHER:
THOSE ARE ALL GOOD
ANSWERS BUT WHAT IF THOSE
EXCURSIONS TO THE MOON, TO
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH OR
TO FIND METEORITES WERE
TOO
COSTLY
AND
TIME
CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT WE
USE
THE
ELEMENTS
WE
ALREADY HAVE HERE ON EARTH
TO FIND SOME NEW ONES?

109. Which is NOT a sound purpose for asking

questions?
A. To probe deeper after an answer is
given
B. To discipline a bully in class
C. To remind students of a procedure
D. To encourage self-reflection
110. It is not wise to laugh at a two-year old
child when he utters bad word because in
his stage he is learning to __________.
A. considered others views
B. distinguish right from wrong
C. socialize
D. distinguish sex differences
111. Research tells that teachers ask mostly
content questions.
Which of the
following terms does NOT refer to content
questions?
A. Closed
C. Concept
B. Direct
D. Convergent

Question: which questioning strategy/ies

does/do the exchange of
thoughts above illustrate?
A. Funneling
B. Sowing and reaping
C. Nose-dive
D. Extending and lifting

112.

In mastery learning, the definition of

an acceptable standard of performance
is called a
A. behavior
C. SMART
B. condition
D. criterion measure

117. How can you exhibit referent power on

the first day of school?
A. By making them feel you know what
you are talking about.
B. By telling them the importance of good
grades.
C. By reminding your students your
authority over them again and again.

113.

Based on Edgar Dales Cone of

Experience, which activity is farthest from
the real thing?
A. Read
C. View images
B. Hear
D. Attend exhibit

114.

C. evaluation
D. synthesis

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 _________.

D. By giving your students a sense of

belonging and acceptance.

118. A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes

from a dysfunctional family and has been
abused and neglected. He has been to
two orphanages and three different
elementary schools.
The student can
decode on the second grade level, but he
can comprehend orally material at the
fourth or fifth grade level. The most
probable cause/s of this students reading
problem is/are ______.
A. emotional factors

can talk to. Which power or leadership does

Teacher S have?
A. Referent power
C. Reward
power
B. Legitimate power
D. Expert
power
125. During the Spanish period, what
was/were the medium/media of instruction in
schools?
A. The Vernacular
C. Spanish
B. English
the Vernacular

B. poor teaching
C. neurological factors
D. immaturity

D.

Spanish

and

126. Rodel is very aloof and cold in his

relationship with classmates. Which
basic goals must have not been attained
by Rodel during his developmental
years, according to Ericksons theory of
psychological development?
A. Autonomy
C. Initiative
B. Trust
D. Generativity

119. Which questioning practice promotes

more class interaction?
A. Asking the question before calling a
student
B. Focusing on divergent questions.
C. Focusing on convergent questions.
D. Asking rhetorical questions

127. How can you exhibit expert power on the

first day of school?
A. By making them feel you know what
you are talking about.
B. By telling them the importance of good
grades.
C. By reminding then your students your
authority over them again and again.
D. By giving your students a sense of
belonging and acceptance.

120. The following are sound specific purpose

of questions EXCEPTS
A. To call the attention of an inattentive
student
B. To teach via student answers
C. To stimulate learners to ask questions
D. To arouse interest and curiosity
121. Which technique should a teacher use to
encourage response if his students do not
respond to his question?
A. Ask a specific student to respond, state
the question, and wait a response.
B. Tell the class that it will have detention
unless answers are forthcoming.
C. Ask another question, an easier one.
D. Wait for a response.

128. Teacher P wants to develop the skill of

synthesizing in her pupil. Which one will
she do?
A. Ask her students to formulate a
generalization from the data shown in
graphs.
B. Ask her students to answer questions
beginning with What if
C. Tell her pupils to state data presented
in graphs.
D. Directs her students to ask questions
on the parts of the lesson not
understood.

122. Which types of play is most

characteristic of a four to six-year old child?
A. Solidarity plays and onlookers plays
B. Associative and cooperative plays
C. Associative and onlookers plays
D. Cooperative and solidarity plays

129. John Watson said Men are built not born.

What does this statement point to?
A. The ineffectiveness of training on a
persons development.
B. The effect of environmental stimulation
on a persons development.
C. The absence of genetic influence on a
persons development.
D. The effect of heredity.

123. The principle of the individual difference

requires teachers to ___________.
A. give greater attention to gifted
learners
B. provide for a variety of learning
activities
C. treat all learners alike while in the
classroom
D. prepare modules for slow learners in
class
124. Referring to Teacher S, Nicolle describes
her teacher as fair, caring and someone you

130. Teacher H strives to draw participation of

every student into classroom discussion.
Which students need is she trying to
address? The need

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A. to show their oral abilities to the rest of

the class
B. to be creative
C. to feel significant and be part of a
group
D. to get everything out in the open

137. Teacher B clears his throat to

communicate disapproval of a students
behavior.
Which
specific
influence
technique is this?
A. Signal interference C.
Interest
boosting
B. Direct appeal
D.
Proximity
control

131. Teacher Gs lessons objective has

something to do with the skill of
synthesizing? Which behavioral term is
most appropriate?
A. Test
C. Appraisal
B. Assess
D. Theorize

138. An effective classroom manager uses

low-profile classroom control. What is a
low-profile classroom technique?
A. Note to parents
B. After-school detention
C. Withdrawal of privileges

132. Which is a sound classroom management

practice?
A. Avoid establishing routines; routines
make your student robots.
B. Establish routines for all daily needs
and tasks.
C. Apply rules and policies on a case to
case basis.
D. Apply reactive approach to discipline.

D. Raising the pitch of the voice

139. The primary objective of my lesson is:
To add similar fractions correctly.
Before I can do this I must first aim at
this specific objective: to distinguish a
numerator from a nominator. What
kind of objective is the latter?
A. Major
C. Enabling
B. Terminal
D. Primary

133. A child who gets punished for stealing

candy may not steal again immediately. But
this does not mean that the child may not
steal again. Based on Thorndikes theory on
punishment and learning, this shows that
______________.
A. punishment strengthen e a response
B. punishment remove a response
C. punishment does not remove a
response
D. punishment weakens a response

140.

With which goals of educational

institutions as provided for by the
Constitution is the development of work
skills aligned?
A. To develop moral character
B. To teach the duties of citizenship
C. To inculcate love of country
D. To develop vocational efficiency

134. Which assumption underlines the

teachers use of performance objectives?
A. Not every form of learning id
observable.
B. Performance objectives assure the
learner of learning.
C. Learning is defined as a change in the
learners observable performance.
D. The success of the learner is based on
teachers performance.

141. In instructional planning it is necessary

that parts of the plan from the first to
the last have ___________.
A. clarity
C. coherence
B. symmetry
D. conciseness
142. All of the following describe the
development of children aged eleven to
thirteen EXCEPT
A. they shift from impulsivity to adaptive
ability
B. sex differences in IQ becomes more
evident
C. they exhibit increased objectivity in
thinking
D. they show abstract thinking and
judgement

135. As a teacher, what do you do when you

engage yourself in major task analysis?
A. Test if learning reached higher level
thinking skills
B.
Breakdown a complex task into subskills
C.
Determine the level of thinking
involved
D. Revise lesson objectives

143. If a teacher plans a constructivist lesson,

what will he most likely do? Plan how he
can _______.
A. do evaluate his students work
B. do reciprocal teaching
C. do lecture to his students
D. engage his students in convergent
thinking

136. The following are used in writing

performance objectives EXCEPT
A. delineate
C. integrate
B. diagram
D. comprehend

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A. planning activities
B. evaluation
C. identification of topics
D. formulation of objectives

144. In mastery learning, the definition of an

acceptable standard of performance is called
a
A. SMART
C. behavior
B. criterion measure
D. condition

152. Based on Freuds psychoanalytic theory

which component (s) of personality is
(are) concerned with a sense of right and
wrong?

145. A stitch on time saves nine, so goes the

adage.
Applied
to
classroom
management, this means that we _______.
A. may not occupy ourselves with
disruptions which are worth ignoring
because they are minor
B. must be reactive in our approach to
discipline
C. have to resolve minor disruptions
before they are out of control
D. may apply 9 rules out of 10
consistently

A. Super ego
B. Super-ego and Ego

153. Who among the following puts more

emphasis on core requirements, longer
school day, longer academic year and
more challenging textbooks?
A. Perennialist C. Progressivist
B. Essentialist
D. Existentialist

146. Ruben is very attached to his mother

and Ruth to her father.
In what
developmental stage are they according to
Freudian psychological theory?
A. Oedipal stage
C. Anal Stage
B. Latent stage
D.
Pregenital stage

154. A student passes a research report

poorly written but ornately presented in a
folder to make up for the poor quality of
the book report content. Which Filipino
trait does this practice prove?
A. art of academics
B. substance over porma
C. art over science
D. porma over substance

147. What was the prominent educational

issues of the mid 1980s?
A. Bilingual Education C. Accountability
B. Value Education
D.
Mainstreaming
148. Which behavior is exhibited by a
student who is strong in interpersonal
intelligence?
A. Works on his/her own.
B. Keeps interest to himself/herself
C. Seeks out a classmate for help when
problem occurs.
D. Spends time meditating.

155. Which one may support equitable access

but may sacrifice quality?
A. Open admission
C. Deregulated
tuition fee hike
B. School accreditation D.
Selective
retention
156. Based on Piagets theory, what should a
teacher provide for children in the
sensimotor stage?
A. Games and other physical activities to
develop motor skill.
B. Learning
activities
that
involve
problems of classification and ordering.
C. Activities for hypothesis formulation.
D. Stimulating environment with ample
objects to play with.

149. Which is behavioral term describes a

lesson outcome in the highest level of
Blooms cognitive domain?
A. Create C.
C. Analyze
B. Evaluate

C. Id
D. Ego

D. Design

157. A teachers summary of a lesson serves

the following functions, EXCEPT
A. it links the parts of the lesson.
B. it brings together the information that
has been discussed.
C. it makes provisions for full participation
of students.
D. it clinches the basic ideas or concepts
of the lesson.

150. The main purpose of compulsory study

of the Constitution is to ___.
A. develop students into responsible,
thinking citizens
B. acquaint student with the historical
development of the Phil Constitution
C. make constitutional experts of the
students
D. prepare students for law-making

158. As a teacher, you are rationalist, Which

among these will be your guiding principle?

151. A goal-oriented instruction culminates in

_______.

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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, skills and value that he
needs for a better future.

B. Go straight to the School Division

Superintendent and gives criticism
verbally.
C. Hire a group to distribute poison letters
against Teacher B for the information
dissemination.
D. Instigate student activists to read
poison letter over the microphone.
166. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of
the cultural and educational heritage of
the nation and is under obligation to
transmit to learners such heritage.
Which practice makes him fulfill such
obligation?
A. Use the latest instruction technology
B. Observing
continuing
professional
education.
C. Use interactive teaching strategies
D. Study the life of Filipino heroes

159.
Bruners
theory
on
intellectual
development moves from enactive to
iconic and symbolic stages. In which
stage(s)
are
diagrams
helpful
to
accompany verbal information?
A. Enactive and iconic
C. Symbolic
and enactive
B. Symbolic
D. Iconic
160. Students scores on a
72,72,73,74,76,78,81,83,85.
The score 76 is the ___.
A. mode
C. average
B. mean
D. median

test

were:

167. Which type of reports to on-the spot

description of some incident, episode or
occurrence that is being observed and
recorded
as
being
of
possible
significance?
A. Autobiographical report
B. Value and interest report
C. Biographical report
D. Anecdotal report

161. Standard deviation is to variability as

mode to _____.
A. level of difficulty
C.
correction
B. discrimination
D.
central
tendency

168.

Teacher A is directed to pass an

undeserving student with a death threat.
Which advice will a hedonist give?
A. Pass the student. Why suffer the
threat?
B. Dont pass him. You surely will not like
someone to give you a death threat in
order to pass.
C. Pass the student. That will be use to
the student, his parents and you.
D. D. Dont pass him. Live by principle of
justice. You will get reward, if not in
this life,
in the next.

162. A teacher who equates authority with

power does NOT usually __________.
A. Shame
C. develop self-respect in
every pupil
B. retaliate
D. intimidate
163. Which is a true foundation of the social
order?
A. Obedient citizenry
B. The reciprocation of rights and duties
C. Strong political leadership
D. Equitable distribution of wealth

169. If you agree with Rizal on how you can

contribute to our nations redemption,
which should you work for?
A. Opening our doors to foreign influence
B. Upgrading the quality of the Filipino
through education
C. Stabilizing the political situation
D. Gaining economic recovery

164. Standard deviation is to variability as

mean is to _______.
A. coefficient
of
correlation
C.
discrimination index
B. central tendency
D. level of
difficulty
165. Teacher Q does not want Teacher B to be
promoted and so writes an anonymous
letter against Teacher B accusing her of
fabricated lies. Teacher Q mails this
anonymous letter to School Division
Superintendent. What should Teacher Q do
if she has to act professionally?
A. Submit a signed justifiable criticism
against Teacher B, if there is any.

170. 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.

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B. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous

groups of learners and indigenous
peoples group.
C. In a class composed of indigenous
people.
D. In heterogeneous class of learners.

and so may fail to promote on the

basis of merit.
C. Yes. The rare invitation will certainly be
welcomed
by
an
overworked
promotional staff.
D. Yes. Theres nothing wrong with
sharing ones blessings.

171. In what way can teachers uphold the

highest
possible
standard
of
quality
education?
A. By continually improving themselves
personally and professionally
B. By wearing expensive clothes to
change peoples poor perception of
teachers
C. By
working
out
undeserved
promotions
D. By putting down other professions to
lift the status of teaching

177. Rights and duties are correlative. This

means that.
A. rights
and
duties
regulate
the
relationship of men in society.
B. rights and duties arise from natural
law.
C. each right carries with it one or several
corresponding duties.
D. rights and duties ultimately come from
God.
178. In the Preamble of Code of Ethics of
Professional Teachers, which is NOT said
of teachers?
A. LET passer
B. Duly licensed professionals
C. Possess dignity and reputation
D. With high moral values as well as
technical and professional competence

172. How would you select the most fit in

government
position?
Applying
Confucius teaching, which would be the
answer?
A. By
course
accreditation
of
an
accrediting body
B. By
merit
system
and
course
accreditation
C. By merit system
D. By government examinations

179. What should you do if a parent who is

concerned about a grade his child
received compared to another students
grade, demands to see both students
grades?
A. Refuse to show either record.
B. Show only his childs record.
C. Refuse to show any record without
expressing permission from principal.
D. Show both records to him.

173. The attention to the development of a

deep respect and affection for our rich
cultural past is an influence of ______
A. Confucius
C. Teilhard de
Chardin
B. Heqel
D. Dewey
174. A teacher / student is held responsible
for his actions because s/he _______.
A. has instincts
C. has mature
B. has a choice
D. is reason

180. Teacher often complain of numerous nonteaching assignments that adversely

affect their teaching. Does this mean
that teachers must be preoccupied only
with teaching?
A. Yes,
if
they
are
given
other
assignments, justice demands that
they be properly compensated.
B. Yes,
because
other
community
leaders, not leaders, not teachers, are
asked to lead in community activities.
C. Yes,
because
every teacher is
expected to provide leadership and
initiative in activities for betterment of
communities.
D. No, because teaching is enough full
time job.

175.

The
typical
autocratic
teacher
consistently does the following EXCEPT
A. intimidating students C.
shaming
students
B. ridiculing students
D.
encouraging students

176. Teacher H and teacher I are rivals for

promotion.
To again the favor of the
promotion staff, teacher I offers her beach
resort for free for members of he
promotional staff before ranking. As one
of the contenders for promotions, is this
becoming of her to do
A. Yes. This will be professional growth for
the promotional staff.
B. No. This may exert undue influence on
the members of the promotional staff

181.
Which
illustrates
a
development
approach in guidance and counseling?
A. Spotting on students in need of
guidance

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B. Teaching students how to interact in a

positive manner
C. Acting as a mentor
D. Making the decision for the confused
student

C. promote obedience to the laws of the

state
D. install allegiance to the Constitution
188. A guest 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
C.
pragmatist
B. Idealistic
D.
existentialist

182.

Whose influence is the education

program that puts emphasis on selfdevelopment through the classics,
music, and ritual?
A. Buddha
C. Confucius
B. Mohammed D. Lao tsu

183. Helping in the development of graduates

who are maka-Diyos is an influence of
___.
A. naturalistic morality
B. classical Christian morality
C. situational morality
D. dialectical morality
184. What is the mean of this
distribution 4,5,6,7,8,9,10?
A. 7
C. 8.5
B. B. 6
D. 7.5

189. From whom do we owe the theory of

deductive interference as illustrated in
syllogism?
A. Plato
C. Socrates
B. Aristotle
D.
Pythagoras
190. In what way can teachers uphold the
highest possible standard of quality
education?
A. By continually improving themselves
personally and professionally
B. By putting down other professions to
lift the status of teaching
C. By wearing expensive clothes to
change peoples poor perception of
teachers
D. By
working
out
undeserved
promotions

score

185. Are percentile ranks the same as

percentage correct?
A. It cannot be determined unless scores
are given.
B. It cannot be determined unless the
number of examinees is given
C. No
D. Yes

191. Two students are given the WISC III. One

has a full scale IQ of 91, while the other
has an IQ of 109. Which conclusion can
be drawn?
A. Both students are functioning in the
average range of intellectual ability
B. Another IQ test should be given to truly
assess their intellectual potential.
C. The first student is probably below
average, while the second has above
average potential.
D. The second student has significantly
higher intellectual ability.

186. Teacher F is a newly converted to a

religion. Deeply convinced of his new
found religion, he starts Monday classes
by attacking one religion and convinces
his pupil to attend their religion services
on Sundays. Is this in accordance with
the Code of Ethics of Professional
Teachers?
A. Yes. What he does strengthens value
education.
B. No. A teacher should not use his
position to proselyte others.
C. Yes. In the name of academic freedom,
a teacher can decide what to teach.

192.
Which
describes
norm-referenced
grading?
A. What constitutes a perfect score

D. Yes. What he does is a value education.

B. The students past performance

C. An absolute standard
D. The performance of the group

187. In a study conducted, the pupils were

asked which nationality they preferred. If
given a choice. Majority of the pupils
wanted to Americans. In this case, in
which obligation, relative to the state, do
schools seem to be failing? In their
obligation to
A. respect for all duly constituted
authorities
B. promote national pride

193. 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. Always do what is right
B. The principle of double effect

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C. The end does not justify the means

D. Between two evils, do the lesser evil

D. planning activities
200. Which of the following is considered a
peripheral device?
A. Keyboard
C. Monitor
B. CPU
D. Printer

194. Teacher Q does not want Teacher B to be

promoted and so writes an anonymous
letter against Teacher B accusing her of
fabricated lies. Teacher Q mails this
anonymous letter to School Division
Superintendent. What should Teacher Q
do if she has to act professionally?
A. Hire a group to distribute poison letters
against Teacher B for the information
dissemination.
B. Submit a signed justifiable criticism
against Teacher B, if there is any.
C. Go straight to the School Division
Superintendent and gives criticism
verbally.
D. Instigate student activists to read
poison letter over the microphone
195. A teachers summary of a lesson serves
the following functions, EXCEPT
A. it makes provisions for full participation
of students.
B. it brings together the information that
has been discussed.
C. it links the parts of the lesson.
D. it. clinches the basic ideas or concepts
of the lesson

ANSWER KEY
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
(Secondary)
1.
A
50.
C
100.
150. B
197. D
2.
B
51.
B
101.
answer 151. D
198. C
3.
D
52.
D
102.
152. A
199. A
4.
A
53. no answer
103. B
153. no answer
200. D
5.
A
54.
A
104.
154. D
6.
B
55.
B
105.
155. A
7.
D
56.
C
106.
156. A
8.
C
57.
A
107.
157
C
9.
C
58.
D
108.
158. B
10.
C
59.
B
109.
159. no answer
11.
C
60.
D
110.
160. D
12.
D
61.
B
111.
161. D
13.
C
62.
C
112.
162. C
14.
C
63.
D
113.
163. D
15.
B
64.
A
114.
164. B
16.
C
65.
D
115.
165. A
17.
B
66.
A
116.
166. D

196. Soc 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. Extinction
C. Generation
B. Discrimination
D.
Acquisition
197. Ruben is very attached to his mother
and Ruth to her father.
In what
developmental stage are they according
to Freudian psychological theory?
A. Latent stage
C.
Anal
Stage
B. Pre-genital stage
D. Oedipal
stage
198. The concepts of Trust vs. mistrust,
autonomy vs. shame & self-doubt, and
initiative vs. guilt are most closely
related with works of _____.
A. Jung
C. Erickson
B. Freud
D. Piaget
199. A goal-oriented instruction culminates in
_______.
A. evaluation
B. formulation of objectives
C. identification of topics

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D
no
B

B
A
D
D
C
B
C
D
C
C
A
D
A

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169.
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170
22.
171.
23.
172.
24.
173.
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174.
26.
175.
27.
176.
28.
177.
29.
178.
30.
179.
31.
180.
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181.
33.
182.
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183.
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184.
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185.
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186.
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187.
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188.
40
189.
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190.
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191.
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192.
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45
194.
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196.
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C
67.
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A
70.
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B
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A
72.
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C
73.
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answer 74.
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C
75.
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A
76.
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D
77.
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C
78.
A
C
79.
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A
80.
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81.
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82.
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A
83.
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D
84.
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85.
C
B
86.
B
A
87.
B
B
88.
D
C
89.
B
B
90.
A
D
91.
B
A
92.
D
B
93.
C
C
94.
B
C
95.
D
A
96.
B
A
97.
A
98.

117.

118.

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141.

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146.

D
B

147.
148.

B
C

99.

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