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1. A student passes a research report poorly written but ornately D

presented in a folder to make up for the poor quality of the book
report content. Which Filipino trait does this practice prove?
Emphasis on __________.

A. art over academics

B. substance over "porma"
C. art over science
D. "porma" over substance

2. Which does Noam Chomsky, assert about language learning for D

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 C. I only

B. II only D. I and II

3. Which Filipino trait works against the shift in teacher's role from C
teacher as a fountain of information to teacher as facilitator?

A. Authoritativeness C. Hiya
B. Authoritarianism D. Pakikisama

4. Who among the following needs less verbal counseling but needs B
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

5. Teacher Joan taught a lesson denoting ownership by means of C

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 presentation technique did he use?

A. Combinatorial C. Part-whole
B. Comparative D. Sequence

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6. "In the light of the facts presented, what is most likely to happen A
when ... ?" is a sample thought question on

A. inferring C. synthesizing
B. generalizing D. justifying

7. Teacher Mark discussed how electricity flows through wires and C

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 contructivist.
C. It helped students understand scientific methodology.
D. It used cooperative learning.

8. Teacher B uses the direct instruction strategy. Which sequence of B. participate

steps will she follow?
The verb agrees with
I. Independent practice the plural subject,
II. Feedback and correctiveness CHAIRPERSONS, not
III. Guided student practice with the subject in the
IV. Presenting and structuring intervening phrase.
V. Reviewing the previous day's work

A. V-II-IV-III-I C. V-lV-III-II-I
B. III-II-IV-I-V D. I-V-II-III-IV

9. Which are direct measures of competence? D

A. Personality tests C. Paper-and-pencil tests

B. Performance tests D. Standardized test

10. Which activity should a teacher have more for his students if he A
wants them to develop logical- mathematical thinking?

A. Problem solving C. Drama

B. Choral reading D. Storytelling

11. An effective classroom manager uses low-profile classroom D

control. Which is a low-profile classroom technique?

A. Note to parents C. Withdrawal of privileges

B. After-school detention D. Raising the pitch of the voice

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12. A stitch on time saves nine, so goes the adage. Applied to C

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

13. Read the following then answer the question: D

TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE PERIODIC TABLE

MIGHT WE PREDICT THE UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?

BOBBY: WE COULD GO TOTHE MOON AND SEE IF THERE ARE

SOME ELEMENTS THERE WE DON'T 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?

Question: Which questioning strategy/ies does/do the exchange of

thoughts above illustrate?

A. Funnelling C. Nose-dive
B. Sowing and reaping D. Extending and lifting

14. How can you exhibit expert power on the first day of school? A

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

15. A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes from a dysfunctional C

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

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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 C. neurological factors

B. poor teaching D. immaturity

16. In self-directed learning, to what extent should a teacher's C

scaffolding be?

A. To a degree the student needs it.

B. None, to force the student to learn by himself.
C. To the minimum, to speed up development of student's
sense of independence.
D. To the maximum, in order to extend to the student all the
help he needs.

17. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage yourself in B

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.

18. In a study conducted, the pupils were asked which nationality they B.
preferred, if given a choice. A majority of the pupils wanted to be
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
C. promote obedience to the laws of the state
D. instill allegiance to the Constitution

19. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect C

instruction is for __________, __________, __________.

A. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions

B. concepts, patterns and abstractions
C. concepts, processes and generalizations
D. guesses, data and conclusions

20. Positive interdependence as an element of collaborative learning A

means the students must:

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A. Be grounded heterogeneously
B. Depend on the diligent student
C. Learn to depend on each other to achieve a goal
D. Help one another in the individual test for
everyone to pass

21. Knowledge, Comprehension, Analysis, Synthesis, Application and D

Evaluation are levels under what domain of lesson objectives?

A. Affective
B. Psychomotor
C. Locomotor
D. Cognitive

22. Learning is enhanced when ______________ C

A. the learner competes with his classmates.
B. the teacher expresses his disappointment with low scores.
C. the expectation of success is high.
D. the learner is under stress and is challenged.

23. Which is correct about textually authentic materials? D

A. Improve learner’s vocabulary

B. Promote interest in language learning
C. Interactive in character
D. Not written for teaching

24. If you wish to relate a subject matter to one of the four principles D
of learning, the ________ approach should be used.

A. Multidisciplinary
B. Interdisciplinary
C. Conceptual
D. Integration

25. To enable the learners to learn by their own pace of growth, B

_________ approach is used.

A. Inquiry C. Mastery
B. Discovery D. Modular

26. The History teacher discusses about the brutal killing of the 44 B
policemen in Maguindanao. Which of the following approaches
can he use to discuss such issue confronting our society?
A. Integration C. Conceptual
B. Interdisciplinary D.Inquiry

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27. Which physical arrangement of chairs contributes to effective C

classroom management?

A. Arrangements that facilitates easy cleaning of the room

B. Arrangement that distinguishes teacher from students.
C. Arrangement that enhances classroom interaction.
D. Sticks to the traditional chair arrangement in the classroom.

28. Encouraging our students to define terms in their own words is C

important because _______________

A. this is one opportunity to brush up with other terms.

B. they ought to connect the terms that they learn with other
terms.
C. students remember information better when they mentally
process in some way.
D. Defining the terms in their own words helps them memorize
the definition faster.

29. Teacher Theresa, an English teacher, always provides A

opportunities for her students to take part in multiple
conversations about why things happen as they do, how one thing
leads to another, how a single event can have multiple causes—
and multiple consequences—and how some consequences are
intended and some are not.

What strategy does she use?

A. Cause and effect

B. Literature Circles
C. Reading Response Logs
D. Activating Prior Knowledge

30. The ______ approach is observed when the learners want to meet A
the criterion level of success act set by the teachers.

A. Mastery learning C. Conceptual

B. Interdisciplinary D. Modular

31. Mr. Eclarinal assigned his students to write an original essay on the B
topic he identified. The activity is on which level of objective in the
cognitive domain?

A. Analysis C. Evaluation
B. Synthesis D. Application

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32. Ms. Julio learned from her teacher in college that it is C

important to set up routine activities for effective classroom
management. When should this task be undertaken?

A. Every homeroom day.

B. On the very first day of school.
C. Every day at the start of the session.
D. As soon as the students have adjusted on their schedule.

33. A student is made to replace words omitted in a message or B

paragraph. This technique used for developing reading
comprehension is known as:

A. Developmental reading
B. Cloze procedure
C. Integrative mode
D. Structural method

34. Mrs. Farma aims to develop higher-order thinking skills among C

her students by making them investigate a problem or a
question based on facts and observation. This involves the
process of (1) generalizing, (2) gathering data, (3) assessing
hypothesis, (4) identifying a question or problem, and (5)
making hypothesis. What is the best sequence of the above
steps?

A. 54321
B. 45321
C. 45231
D. 43521

35. Materials are considered _______ if they are brought from the A
real world to the classroom to expose learners to language in
real use.

A. Authentic C. Suitable
B. Graded D. Appropriate

36. This principle in preparing for an instructional material D

provides continues and cumulative learning.

A. Pacing C. Balancing
B. Sequencing D. Evaluating

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37. The ______ approach is observed when the learners want to A

meet the criterion level of success act set by the teachers.

A. Mastery learning C. Conceptual

B. Interdisciplinary D. Modular

38. This is an approach to reading instruction based on activities C

and stories developed from personal experiences of the
learner. The stories about personal experiences are written
down by a teacher and read together until the learner
associates the written form of the word with the spoken.

A. Spalding method C. Language Experience Approach

B. Rebus D. Whole language approach

39. When the curriculum aims to develop to whole child, the A

curriculum is considered:

A. Child-centered C. Subject -centered

B. Nature-centered D. Project-centered

40. Mr. Torres asked his students to draw a few sets of parallel A
lines with two lines in each set. He let his students construct
and measure the corresponding and alternate angles in each
case. Through this activity, they will be able to generalise that
"corresponding angles are equal; alternate angles are equal."

What method did Mr. Torres use?

A. Inductive Method
B. Deductive Method
C. Direct instruction
D. Project Method

Prepared by:

RICHARD L. OANDASAN

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