1. It is the largest Muslim country in terms of population.

a. India
b. Indonesia
c. Iraq
d. Iran
2. During the discussion of the Noli Me Tangere, the students debated on the
identity of the Filipino. During much of the Spanish occupation, how were the
natives of the Philippines called?
a. Indios
b. Insulares
c. Peninsulares
d. Principalia
3. Which is the leading mineral export of the Philippines?
a. Iron
b. Copper
c. Coal
d. Chromite
4. Which is leading agricultural export of the Philippines?
a. Abaca
b. Copra
c. Fabric
d. Tobacco

Anthropologist characterize their discipline as holistic because _______

a.they study all kinds of people
B. they conduct ethnographic studies
C. they study the connections among sciences
D. They deal with all forms of culture

She_____ finished writing her novel before the publishers arrive.

A.should
B.have
C.will have
D.have been

Which can explain the fact that we still observe the nod of respect (mano po) to
our elders as our forebears?
a. Punishment for lack of respect
b. Modeling (gaya-gaya)
c. Folkways change slowly
d. Herd mentality

What should you do if your co-teacher flirts with your boyfriend?

a. Report the matter to the principal
b. Keep your boyfriend away from her
c. Confront her in private
d. Observe silently

PROF. ED
1. A teacher’s quarrel with a parent makes her develop a feeling of prejudice against the parent’s child.
The teacher’s unfavorable treatment of the child is an influence of what Filipino trait?

a. Lack of self-reflection
b. Extreme personalism
c. Extreme family-centeredness
d. “Sakop-mentality”

Ans: b

2. In the context of grading, what is referred to as teacher’s generosity error? A teacher _______.

a. Rewards students who perform well

b. In overgenerous with praise
c. Has a tendency to give high grades as compare to the rest
d. Gives way to students’ bargain for no more quiz

Ans: c

3. For mastery learning and in line with outcome-based evaluation model which element should be
present?

a. Inclusion of non-performance objectives

b. Construction of criterion-referenced tests
c. Construction of norm-referenced tests
d. Non-provision of independent learning

Ans: b

4. Which statement about standard deviation is correct?

a. The higher the standard deviation the more spread the scores are
b. The lower the standard deviation the more spread the scores are
c. The higher the standard deviation the less spread the scores are
d. It is a measure of central tendency

Ans: a

5. What is the Teacher’s Professionalism Act?

a. RA 7836 c. RA 7722
b. RA 4670 d. RA 9263

Ans: a

6. The State shall protect and promote the right of citizens to quality education at all levels. Which
government program is in support of this?
a. Exclusion of children with special needs from the formal system
b. Free elementary and secondary education
c. Deregulated tuition fee hike
d. Re-introduction of the NEAT and NSAT

Ans: b

7. The American Teachers who were recruited to help set the public educational system in the Philippines
during the American regime were called Thomasite’s because:

a. They were devotees of St. Thomas Aquinas

b. They disembarked from the CIS Transport called Thomas
c. They first taught at the University of Sto. Tomas
d. They arrived in the Philippines on the feast of St. Tomas

Ans: b

8. Zazha 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 c. Discrimination
b. Acquisition d. Extinction

Ans: c

9. The Filipino learner envisioned by the Department of Education is one who is imbued with the
desirable values of person who is:

a. Makabayan, makatao, makakalikasan at maka-Diyos

b. Makabayan, makatao, makahalaman, at maka-Diyos
c. Makabayan, makasarili, makakalikasan, at maka-Diyos
d. Makabayan, makakaragatan, makatao, at maka-Diyos

Ans: a

10. The right hemisphere of the brain is involved with the following function except:

a. Intuitive functions
b. Nonverbal functions
c. Visual functions
d. Detail-oriented functions

Ans: b

11. What function is associated with the right brain?

a. Visual, non-verbal, logical

b. Visual, intuitive, non-verbal
c. Visual, intuitive, logical
d. Visual, logical, detail-oriented

Ans: c
12. Principal Connie tells her teachers that training in the humanities is most important. To which
education philosophy does he adhere?

a. Existentialism c. Essentialism
b. Progressivism d. Perennialism

Ans: d

13. 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 less likely to be
repeated in the future. Which one is explained?

a. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory

b. Thorndike’s law of effect
c. B.F. Skinner’s Operant conditioning theory
d. Bandura’s social learning theory

Ans: b

14. Theft of school equipment like TV, computer, etc. by people on the community itself is becoming a
common phenomenon. What does this 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

Ans: d

15. The main purpose of compulsory study of the Constitution is to _____.

a. Develop students into responsible, thinking citizen

b. Acquaint students with the historical development of the Philippine Constitution
c. Make constitutional experts of the students
d. Prepare students for law-making

Ans: a

16. Which goals of educational institution, as provided for by the Constitution, is the development of
work skills aligned?

a. To develop moral character

b. To develop vocational efficiency
c. To teach the duties of citizenship
d. To inculcate love of country

Ans: b

17. Complete this analogy:

Spanish period: moral and religious person.
American period: _______
a. Productive citizen c. Patriotic citizen
b. Self-reliant citizen d. Caring citizen

Ans: a

18. Who is remembered for his famous quotation? “My loyalty to may party ends where my loyalty to my
country begins.”

a. Carlos P. Garcia c. Manuel L. Quezon

b. Ferdinand Marcos d. Manuel Roxas

Ans: c

19. Here is a question: “Is the paragraph a good one? Evaluate.” If broken down to simplify, which is the
best simplification?

a. Is the paragraph a good one? Why or why not?

b. Why is the paragraph a good one? Prove
c. If you asked to evaluate something, what do you do? Evaluate the paragraph
d. What are the qualities of a good paragraph? Does the paragraph have these qualities?

Ans: a

20. Manunulatangtataymo kaya sa personal mong kagustuhan makasunod sa kanyang mga yapak,
magsusulat ka. Ano ang kahulugan ng pagsusulat?

a. Prosesonanagsisimulasa idea o karanasan

b. Makalikha ng mgasalita, pangungusap at talata
c. Kakayahan ng taonamakapagtala o makapagimprenta ng malinaw
d. Pagpili ng paksa at pagsasaliksik

Ans: a

21. Anongbahagi ng pananalita ang nasa malaking titik? Malungkot ANG MGA nagtaposnawala pang
trabaho.

a. Pananda c. Pariralangpantukoy
b. Pang-ukol d. Pangatnig

Ans: a

22. Which is NOT a characteristic of education during the pre-Spanish era?

a. Vocational training-oriented
b. Structured
c. Unstructured
d. Informal

Ans: b

23. Which is closest to the real human digestive system for study in the classroom?
a. Model of the human digestive system
b. Drawing of the human digestive system on the board
c. The human digestive system projected on an OHP
d. Drawing of human digestive system on a page of a textbook

Ans: a

24. Which one is in support of greater interaction?

a. Repeating the question

b. Not allowing a student to complete a response
c. Probing
d. Selecting the same student respondents

Ans: c

25. Which is/are effective methods/s in teaching students critical reading skills?

a. Interpret editorials about a particular subject from three different

newspapers
b. Read and interpret three different movie reviews
c. Distinguish fiction from non-fiction materials
d. Interpret editorials and read and interpret three different movie
reviews

Ans: b

26. Which is true of a bimodal score distribution?

a. The group tested has two different groups

b. The scores are neither high nor low
c. The scores are high
d. The scores are low

Ans: a

27. What is the mastery level of school in a 100 item test with a mean of 55?

a. 42% b. 50% c. 45% d. 55%

Ans: d

28. Who stressed the idea that students cannot learn if their basic needs are not first met?

a. Thorndike
b. Maslow
c. Wertheimer
d. Operant conditioning

Ans: b
29. A person, who has had painful experience as the dentist’s office, may become fearful at the mere sight
of the dentist’s office building. What theory can explain this?

a. Attribution theory
b. Classical conditioning
c. Generalization
d. Operant conditioning

Ans: b

30. I want my students to have mastery learning of a basic topic. Which of the following can help?

a. Socratic method and drill

b. Drill
c. Socratic method
d. None of the above

Ans: b

31. As a teacher you are a skeptic. Which among these will be your guiding principle?

a. I must teach the child to the fullest

b. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better future
c. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything
d. I must teach the child so he is assured

Ans: c

32. With forms of prompting in mind, which group is arranged from least to most instructive prompting?

a. Verbal, physical, gestural

b. Verbal, gestural, physical
c. Gestural, physical, verbal
d. Physical, gestural, verbal

Ans: b

33. In which way does heredity affect the development of the learner?

a. By providing equal potential to all

b. By making acquired traits hereditary
c. By compensating for what environment fails to develop
d. By placing limits beyond which the learner cannot develop

Ans: d

34. In writing performance objectives, which word is not acceptable?

a. Integrate c. Manipulate
b. Delineate d. Comprehend

Ans: d
35. For which lesson objective will a teacher use the direct instruction method?

a. Distinguish war from aggression

b. Appreciate Milton’s Paradise Lost
c. Use a microscope properly
d. Become aware of the pollutants in the environment

Ans: c

36. To encourage introspection, which teaching method is MOST appropriate?

a. Cognitive c. Process
b. Reflective d. Cooperative learning

Ans: b

37. With indirect instruction in mind, which does not belong to the group?

a. Lecture-recitation
b. Experiential method
c. Inductive method
d. Discovery method

Ans: a

38. A master teacher is the resource speaker in an in-service training. He presented the situated learning
theory and encouraged his colleagues to apply the same in class. Which of the following did he not
encourage his colleagues to do?

a. Apprenticeship
b. Decontextualized teaching
c. Learning as it normally occurs
d. Authentic problem solving

Ans: a

39. I want to engage my students in small group discussions. Which topic lends itself to a lively
discussion?

a. The exclusion of Pluto as a planet

b. The meaning of the law of supply and demand
c. The law of inertia
d. Rules on subject-verb agreement

Ans: a

40. Teacher Joshua discovered that his pupils are weak in comprehension. To further in which particular
skill(s) his pupils are weak, which test should Teacher Joshua give?

a. Standardized test c. Placement

b. Aptitude test d. Diagnostic
Ans: d

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

a. Videotape lesson c. Video disc

b. Teaching machine d. CD

Ans: b

42. If my approach to my lesson is behaviorist, what features will dominate my lesson?

I.Lecturing III. Reasoning

II. Copying notes IV. Demonstration
a. III, IV c. I, II, III, IV
b. I, III, IV d. II, III, IV

Ans: d

43. You practice inclusive education. Which of these applies to you?

I. You accept every student as full and valued member of the class and school community
II. Your special attention is on learners with specific learning or social needs
III. You address the needs of the class as a whole within the context of the learners with specific learning
or social needs
a. II only c. I only
b. I and II d. I and III

Ans: d

44. Which will be the most authentic assessment tool for an instructional objective on working with and
relating to people?

a. Organizing a community project

b. Writing articles on working and relating to people
c. Home visitation
d. Conducting mock election

Ans: a

45. Here is a test item:

“From the data presented in the table, form generalizations that are supported by the data.” Under what
type of question does this item fall?

a. Convergent c. Application
b. Evaluative d. Divergent

Ans: b

46. I want to teach concepts, patterns, and abstractions. Which method will be most appropriate?
a. Discovery c. Direct instruction
b. Indirect instruction d. Problem solving

Ans: c

47. We are very much interested in a quality professional development program for teachers. What
characteristic should we look for?

a. Required for renewal of professional license

b. Prescribed by top educational leader
c. Responsive to identified teacher’s needs
d. Dependent on the availability of funds

Ans: c

48. What principle is violated by overusing the chalkboards, as though it is the only education technology
available?

a. Isolated use c. Variety

b. Flexibility d. Uniformity

Ans: c

49. Which statement applies correctly to Edgar Dale’s “CONE of experience”?

a. The farther you are from the base, the more direct the learning experience becomes
b. The farther you are from the bottom, the more direct the learning experience becomes
c. The close you are to the base, the more indirect the learning experience become
d. The closer you are to the base, the more direct the learning experience becomes

Ans: d

50. To teach the democratic process to the pupils. Santo Domingo Elementary School decided that the
election of class officers shall be patterned after local elections. There are qualities set for candidates,
limited period for campaign, rules for posting campaign materials, etc. Which of the following did the
school use?

a. Symposium c. Role playing

b. Simulation d. Philips 66

Ans: b