(LET) LICENSE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS
NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Set A
1. Which is one role of play in the pre-school
and early childhood years?
A. Develops competitive spirit.
B. Separates reality from fantasy.
C. Increases imagination due to expanding
knowledge and emotional range.
D. Develops the upper and lower limbs.
2. Student Z does not study at all but when
the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET)
comes, before he takes the LET, he spends
one hour or more praying for a miracle, i.e.
to pass the exam. Which attitude towards
religion or God is displayed?
A. Religion as fake B.
Religion as magic
C. Religion as authentic D.
Religion as real
3. As a teacher, you are a rationalist. Which
among these will be your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child that we can never
have real knowledge of anything.
B. I must teAch the child to develop his
mental powers to the full.
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of
heaven.
D. I must teach the child every knowledge,
skill, and value that he needs for a better
future.
4. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by
custom that they are set apart, said one
Oriental philosopher. Where can this thought
be most inspiring?
A. In a multi-cultural group of learners
B. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous
groups of learners and indigenous peoples'
group
C. In a class composed of indigenous peoples
D. In heterogeneous class of learners
5. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are
very good in dramatizing. Which tool must
have helped him discover his pupils'
strength?
A. Portfolio assessment B.
Performance test
C. Journal entry D. Paper-and-
pencil test
6.
against set mastery level. This means that
NSAT and NEAT fall under __________.
A. intelligence test B. aptitude
test
C. criterion-referenced test D. norm-
referenced test
7. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents
a morally ambiguous situation and asks his
students what they would do. On whose
theory is Teacher I's technique based?
A. Kohlberg B. Bandura C. Piaget
D. Bruner
8. Which is a sound classroom management
practice?
A. Avoid establishing routines
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.
9. 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
student's reading problem is/are __________.
A. emotional factors B.
poor teaching
C. neurological factors D.
immaturity
10. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that
pleasure is not the highest good. Teacher's
teaching is against what philosophy?
A. Realism B. Hedonism C. Epicureanism D.
Empiricism
11. 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
12. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and
actions as indirect instruction is for
__________, __________, __________.
A. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions D. give out a list of effective study
B. concepts, patterns and abstractions approaches
C. concepts, processes and generalizations
D. guesses, data and conclusions 18. Principal C shares this thought with his
teachers:Subject matter should help
13. To elicit more student's response, Teacher students understand and appreciate
G made use of covert responses. Which one themselves as unique individuals who accept
did she NOT do? complete responsibility for their thoughts,
A. She had the students write their response feelings, and actions.From which philosophy
privately. B. She showed the correct answers is this thought based?
on the overhead after the students have A. Perennialism B.
written their responses. Essentialism
C. She had the students write their responses C. Existentialism D.
privately then called each of them. Progressivism
D. She refrained from judging on the
student's responses. 19. The search for related literature by
accessing several databases by the use of a
14. What should you do if a parent who is telephone line to connect a computer library
concerned about a grade his child received with other computers that have database is
compared to another student's grade, termed __________.
demands to see both students' grades? A. compact disc search B.
A. Refuse to show either record. manual search C. on-line search
B. Show both records to him. D. computer search
C. Refuse to show any record without
expressing permission from principal. 20. Teacher W wants to review and check on
D. Show only his child's records. the lesson of the previous day? Which one
will be most reliable?
15. John Watson said:Men are built not A. Having students identify difficult
born.What does this statement point to? homework problems.
A. The ineffectiveness of training on a B. Having students correct each other's work.
person's development. C. Sampling the understanding of a few
B. The effect of environmental stimulation on students.
a person's development. D. Explicitly reviewing the task-relevant
C. The absence of genetic influence on a information necessary for the day's lesson.
person's development
D. The effect of heredity. 21. During the Spanish period, what
was/were the medium/media of instruction in
16. A guest speaker in one graduation rites schools?
told his audience: "Reminder, you are what A. The Vernacular B. English
you choose to be." The guest speaker is C. Spanish D. Spanish and
more of a/an __________. the Vernacular
A. realistic B. pragmatist C. idealist D.
existentialist 22. With indirect instruction in mind, which
does NOT belong to the group?
17. The best way for a guidance counselor to A. Problem solving B.
begin to develop study skills and habits in Lecture-recitation
underachieving student would be to C. Inductive reasoning D.
__________. Discovery
A. have these underachieving students
observe the study habits of excelling 23. I combined several subject areas in order
students to focus on a single concept for inter-
B. encourage students to talk about study disciplinary teaching. Which strategy/method
habits from their own experiences did I use?
C. have them view film strips about various A. Problem-entered learning B. Thematic
study approaches instruction
C. Reading-writing activity D. Unit
method
24. Read the following then answer the
question
TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE
PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT THE
UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GOTO THE MOON AND
SEE IF THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THERE
WE DON'T HAVE.
BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN INTO 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?
Question: The Teacher's questions in the
above exchange are examples of __________
questions.
A. fact B. concept C. direct
D. closed
25. 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
26. For maximum interaction, a teacher
ought to avoid __________ questions.
A. informational B. rhetorical C. leading D.
divergent
27. The teacher's first task in the selection of
media in teaching is to determine the ______.
A. choice of the students B. availability
of the media
C. objectives of the lesson D. technique to
be used
28. Principal B tells her teachers that training
in the humanities is most important. To which
educational philosophy does he adhere?
A. Existentialism B.
Perennialism
C. Progressivism D.
Essentialism
29. Who among the following needs less
verbal counseling but needs more concrete
and operational forms of assistance? The
child who __________.
A. has mental retardation
B. has attention-deficit disorder
C. has learning disability
D. has conduct disorder
30. After giving an input on a good
paragraph, Teacher W asks her students to
rate a given paragraph along the elements of
a good paragraph. The students' task is in
level of __________
A. application B. analysis C. evaluation
D. synthesis
31. In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of
Professional Teachers, which is NOT said of
teachers?
A. LET passers
B. Duly licensed professionals
C. Possess dignity and reputation
D. With high-moral values as well as
technical and professional competence
32. Study this group of tests which was
administered with the following results, then
answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score Math 56 10
43 Physics 41 9 31 English 80 16 109
In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most
poorly in relation to the group's
performance?
A. English B. English and Math C. Math
D. Physics
33. Teacher G's lesson objective has
something to do with the skill of
synthesizing? Which behavioral term is most
appropriate?
A. Test B. Assess C. Appraise
D. Theorize
34. Standard deviation is to variability as
mean is to __________.
A. coefficient of correlation B. central
tendency
C. discrimination index D. level
of difficulty
35. If you agree with Rizal on how you can
contribute to our nation's 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
36. 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 the second rule.
Which presenting technique did he use?
A. Combinatorial B.
Comparative
C. Part-whole D. Sequence
37. 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. Community's lack of sense of co-
ownership.
38. 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 sub-skills.
C. Determine the level of thinking involved.
D. Revise lesson objectives.
39. With-it-ness, according to Kounin, is one
of the characterestics of an effective
classroom manager. Which phrase goes with
it?
A. Have hands that write fast.
B. Have eyes on the back of your heads.
C. Have a mouth ready to speak.
D. Have minds packed with knowledge.7
40. 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 B.
Latent stage
C. Anal stage D. Pre-
genital stage
41. 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.
42. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist.
Which among these will be your guiding
principle?
A. I must teach the child every knowledge,
skill, and value that he needs for a better
future.
B. I must teach the child to develop his
mental powers to the full.
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of
heaven. D. I must teach the child that we can
never have real knowledge of anything.
43. From whom do we owe the theory of
deductive interference as illustrated in
syllogisms?
A. Plato B. Scorates C. Aristotle D.
Pythagoras
44. Teacher B engages her students with
information for thorough understanding for
meaning and for competent application.
Which principle governs Teacher B's
practice?
A. Contructivist B. Gestalt
C. Behaviorist D.
Cognitivist
45. What was the most prominent
educational issue of the mid 1980s?
A. Bilingual Education B. Values
Education
C. Accountability D.
Mainstreaming
46. A teacher/student is held responsible for
his actions because s/he __________.
A. has instincts B. is mature
C. has a choice D. has reason
47. For which may you use the direct
instruction method?
A. Become aware of the pollutants around us.
B. Appreciate Milton's Paradise Lost.
C. Use a microscope properly.
D. Distinguish war from aggression. C. Reading-writing activity D.
Thematic instruction
48. The concepts of trust vs. maturity,
autonomy vs. self-doubt, and initiative vs. 55. Value clarification as a strategy in Values
guilt are most closely related with the works Education classes is anchored on which
of __________. philosophy?
A. Erikson B. Piaget C. Freud A. Existentialism B. Christian
D. Jung philosophy
C. Idealism D.
49. What measure of central tendency does Hedonism
the number 16 represent in the following
data: 14, 15, 17, 16, 19, 20, 16, 14, 16? 56. Teacher A is a teacher of English as a
A. Mode B. Second Language. She uses vocabulary
Median cards, fill-in-the-blank sentences, dialogues,
C. Mode and median D. Mean dictation and writing excercises in teaching a
50. The principle of individual differences lesson about grocery shopping. Based on this
requires teachers to __________. information, which of the following is a valid
A. give greater attention to gifted learners conclusion?
B. provide for a variety of learning activities A. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierachy
C. treat all learners alike while in the of cognitive learning.
classroom B. The teacher is teaching in a variety of
D. prepare modules for slow learners in class ways because not all students learn in the
same manner.
51. Which of the following propositions is C. The teacher wants to make herteachirig
attributed to Plato? easier by having less talk.
A. Truth is relative to a particular time and D. The teacher is emphasizing reading and
place. writing skills.
B. Human beings create their own truths.
C. Learning is the discovery of truth as Iatent 57. If teacher has to ask more higher-order
ideas are brought to consciousness. questions, he has to ask more __________
D. Sense perception is the most accurate questions.
guide to knowledge. A. closed B. fact C. concept D.
convergent
52. Which is one characteristic of an
effective classroom management? 58. Are percentile ranks the same as
A. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects percentage correct?
misbehavior once it occurs. B. It teaches A. It cannot be determined unless scores are
dependence on others for self-control. C. It given.
respects cultural norms of a limited group B. It cannot be determined unless the
students. D. Strategies aresimple enough to number of examinees is given.
be used consistently. C. No
53. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice D. Yes
test item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose
D as answer. This implies that D is __________ 59. Which method has been proven to be
A. an ineffective distracter B. a vague effective in courses that stress acquisition of
distracter knowledge?
C. an effective distracter D. a A. Socratic method B. Cooperative
plausible distracter learning
C. Mastery learning D. Indirect
54. I drew learners into several content areas instruction
and encouraged them to solve a complex
question for inter-disciplinary teaching. 60. A teacher's summary of a lesson serves
Which strategy did I use? the following functions, EXCEPT
A. Problem-centered learning B. Unit A. it links the parts of the lesson
method B. lt brings together the information that has
been discussed
C. it makes provisions for full participation of Rodel during his developmental years,
students. D. it clinches the basic ideas or according to Erikson's theory on
concepts of the lesson. psychological development?
A. Autonomy B. Trust
61. Which is a true foundation of the social C. Initiative D.
order? Generativity
A. Obedient citizenry
B. The reciprocation of rights and duties 68. Two students are given the WISE II. One
C. Strong political leadership has a full scale IQ of 91, while the other has
D. Equitable distribution of wealth an IQ of 109. Which conclusion can be
drawn?
62. Which one can enhance the A. The second student has significantly
comparability of grades? higher intellectual ability
A. Using common conversion table for B. The first student is probably below
translating test scores in to ratings average, while the second has above
B. Formulating tests that vary from one average potential
teacher to another C. Both students are functioning in the
C. Allowing individual teachers to determine average range of intellectual ability
factors for rating D. Another IQ test should be given to truly
D. Individual teachers giving weights to assess their intellectual potential
factors considered for rating
69. To come closer to the truth we need togo
63. Who among the following puts more back to the things themselves.This is the
emphasis on core requirements, longer advice of the
school day, longer academic year and more A. behaviorists B.
challenging textbooks? phenomenologists
A. Perennialist C. idealists D. pragmatists
B.Essentialist
C. Progressivist D. 70. Which guideline in test construction is
Existentialist NOT observed in this test item: Jose Rizal
wrote __________.
64. Which test has broad sampling of topics A. The central problem should be packed in
as strength? the stem.
A. Objective test B. Short answer B. There must be only one correct answer.
test C. Alternatives must have grammatical
C. Essay test D. Problem parallelism.
type D. The alternates must be plausible.
65. Read this question:How will you present
the layers of the earth to your class?This is a 71. In what way can teachers uphold the
question that highest possible standards of quality
A. directs education?
B. leads the student to evaluate A. By continually improving themselves
C. assesses cognition personally and professionally
D. probes creative thinking B. By wearing expensive clothes to change
people's poor perception of teachers
66. In Krathwohl's affective domain of C. By working out undeserved promotions
objectives, which of the following is the D. By putting down other professions to lift
lowest level of affective behavior? the status of teaching
A. Valuing B.
Characterization 72. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of
C. Responding D. the cultural and educational heritage of the
Organization nation and is, under obligation to transmit to
learners such heritage. Which practice
67. Rodel is very aloof and cold in his makes him fulfill such obligation?
relationships with his classmates. Which A. Use the latest instructional technology.
basic goal must haye not been attained by
B. Observe continuing professional B. Median is greater than mean
education. C. Scores have three modes
C. Use interactive teaching strategies. D. Scores are normally distributed
D. Study the life of Filipino heroes.
80. Whose influence is the education
73. Studies in the areas of neurosciences program that puts emphasis on self-
disclosed that the human brain has limitless development. through the classics, music,
capacity. What does this imply? and rituals?
A. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of A. Buddha B. Mohammed
learning. B. Every pupil has his own native C. Confucius D. Lao Tsu
ability and his learning is limited to this
nativeabilty. 81. Which is an appropriate way to manage
C. Every child is a potential genius. off-task behavior?
D. Pupils can possibly reach a point where A. Make eye contact.
they have learned everything. B. Stop your class activity to correct a child
who is no longer on task.
74. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil was C. Move closer to the child.
made to drink an alcoholic beverage and D. Redirect a child's attention to task and
then made to ingest a drug that produces check his progress to make sure he is
nausea. Eventually, he was nauseated at the continuing to work.
sight and smell of alcohol and stopped
drinking alcohoL Which theory explains this? 82. In Krathwohl's taxonomy of objectives in
A. Operant conditioning B. Social the affective, which is most authentic?
Learning Theory C. Associative Learning A. Characterization B.
D. Attribution Theory Organization
C. Responding D. Valuing
75. The following are used in writing
performance objectives, EXCEPT 83. Study this group of tests which was
A. delineate B. diagram administered with the following results, then
C. integrate D. answer the question.
comprehend Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score Math 56 10
76. Which guideline must be observed in the 43 Physics 41 9 31 English 80 16 109
use of prompting to shape the correct In which subject(s) were the scores most
performance of your students? homogenous?
A. Use the least intrusive prompt first. A. Math B. English
B. Use all prompts available. C. Physics D. Physics and
C. Use the most intrusive prompt first. Math
D. Refrain from using prompts.
84. We encounter people whose prayer goes
77. On whose philosophy was A. S. Neil's like this: "O God, if there is a God; save my
Summerhill, one of the most experimental soul, if I have a soul" From whom is this
schools, based? prayer?
A. Rousseau B. A. Stoic B. Empiricist
Pestalozzi C. Agnostic D. Skeptic
C. Montessori D. John
Locke 85. The test item "Group the following items
78. "In the light of the facts presented, what according to shape" is a thought test item on
is most likely to happen when ... ?" is a __________.
sample thought question on A. creating B. classifying
A. inferring B. C. generalizing D. comparing
generalizing
C. synthesizing D. justifying 86. Teacher B is a teacher of English as a
Second Language. She uses vocabulary
cards, fill-in-the-blank sentences, dictation
79. Which applies when skewness is zero? and writing exercises in teaching a lesson
A. Mean is greater than the median 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 is applying Bloom's hierachy
of cognitive learning.
C. The teacher wants to do less talk.
D. The teacher is emphasizing listening and
speaking skills.
87. What is the mean of this score
distribution: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10?
A. 7 B. 6 C. 8.5 D.
7.5
88. Teacher P wants to develop the skill of
synthesizing in her pupils. 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 withWhat 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.
89. Bruner's 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 B.
Symbolic
C. Symbolic and enactive D. Iconic
90. 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 assigning grades
91. An effective classroom manager uses
low-profile classroom control. Which is a low-
profile classroom technique?
A. Note to parents
B. After-school detention
C. Withdrawal of privileges
D. Raising the pitch of the voice
92. Which type of report refers toon-the-
spotdescription of some incident, episode or
occurrence that is being observed and
recorded as being of possible significance?
A. Autobiographical report B.
Biographical report C. Value and interest
report D. Anecdotal report
93. By what name is Indirect instruction the
Socratic method also known?
A. Mastery learning B. Indirect
Method
C. Morrison method D.
Questioning method
94. Teacher A knows of the illegal activities
of a neighbor but keeps quiet in order not to
be involved in any investigation. Which
foundational principle of morality does
Teacher A fail to apply?
A. The end does not justify the means.
B. The principle of double-effect
C. Always do what is right.
D. Between two evils, do the lesser evil.
95. What should a teacher do for students in
his class who are not on grade level?
A. Give them materials on their level and let
them work at a pace that is reasonable
forthem, 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 won't feel
embarrassed.
D. Give them work on the level of the other
students and work a little above the
classmates level to challenge them.
96. 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 Thorndike's theory on
punishment and learning, this shows that
__________
A. punishment strengthens a response
B. punishment removes a response
C. punishment does not remove a response
D. punishment weakens a response
97. Helping in the development of graduates
who aremaka-Diyosis an influence of
A. naturalistic morality
B. classical Christian morality
C. situational morality
D. dialectical morality
98. Teacher H gave her first-grade class a
page with a story in which pictures take the
place of some words. Which method did she
use?
A. The whole language approach
B. The Spaulding method
C. The rebus method
D. The language experience approach

99. 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. Generalization B.
Extinction
C. Acquisition D.
Discrimination
100. Teachers often complain of numerous
non-
teaching 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 teachers, are tasked to leadin community
activities.
C. NO, because every teacher is expected to
provide leadership and initiative in activities
for betterment of communities.
D. Yes, because teaching is enough full time
job.